Audiobooks Like Perfume

10 audiobooks for fans of Perfume

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   The Correspondent

   by Virginia Evans

   Narrated by Maggi-Meg Reed, Jane Oppenheimer, Carly Robins, Jeff Ebner, David Pittu, Chris Andrew Ciulla, Mark Bramhall, Petrea Burchard, Robert Petkoff, Kimberly Farr, Cerris Morgan-Moyer, Peter Ganim, Jade Wheeler, Various

   ★ 4.81 ABR Score (383.3K ratings)

   ★ 4.53 Goodreads (364.9K) ★ 4.8 Audible (18.3K)

   8h 36m listening time • Released 2025

   A sprawling ensemble cast brings luminous depth to this meditation on lifelong correspondence—each narrator inhabits their character so fully you'll forget you're listening to a performance, not overhearing actual lives unfolding.

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   The Hunger Games

   The Hunger Games • Book 1

   by Suzanne Collins

   Narrated by Tatiana Maslany

   ★ 4.89 ABR Score (10.0M ratings)

   ★ 4.35 Goodreads (10.0M) ★ 4.89 Audible (16.9K)

   10h 35m listening time • Released 2018

   Collins reinvented YA dystopia with a heroine who never stops fighting — propulsive, politically sharp, and impossible to put down.

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   The Rithmatist

   Rithmatist • Book 1

   by Brandon Sanderson, Ben McSweeney

   Narrated by Michael Kramer

   ★ 4.56 ABR Score (86.0K ratings)

   ★ 4.25 Goodreads (75.3K) ★ 4.71 Audible (10.7K)

   10h 23m listening time • Released 2013

   Michael Kramer's performance elevates this magic-school mystery into something genuinely gripping—he nails the outsider protagonist's frustration while making the chalk-based magic system feel tactile and urgent.

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   Wild Dark Shore

   by Charlotte McConaghy

   Narrated by Cooper Mortlock, Katherine Littrell, Saskia Maarleveld, Steve West

   ★ 4.18 ABR Score (391.4K ratings)

   ★ 4.11 Goodreads (386.5K) ★ 4.29 Audible (4.9K)

   9h 58m listening time • Released 2025

   The four narrators embody this isolated island family so distinctly that you'll hear the psychological unraveling as much as the plot—McConaghy's tension builds through their voices alone.

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   Sunrise on the Reaping

   The Hunger Games

   by Suzanne Collins

   Narrated by Jefferson White

   ★ 4.90 ABR Score (1.2M ratings)

   ★ 4.5 Goodreads (1.1M) ★ 4.85 Audible (32.5K)

   12h 48m listening time • Released 2025

   Jefferson White's narration transforms this prequel into something unexpectedly intimate—he finds the quiet devastation in Haymitch before the legend, making every loss feel like your own.

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   Remarkably Bright Creatures

   by Shelby Van Pelt

   Narrated by Marin Ireland, Michael Urie

   ★ 4.83 ABR Score (1.4M ratings)

   ★ 4.36 Goodreads (1.3M) ★ 4.79 Audible (62.8K)

   11h 16m listening time • Released 2022

   Marin Ireland and Michael Urie elevate this widow-and-octopus story into something genuinely moving, their dual narration making the emotional reckoning feel earned rather than sentimental.

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   James

   by Percival Everett

   Narrated by Dominic Hoffman

   ★ 4.76 ABR Score (552.1K ratings)

   ★ 4.42 Goodreads (533.5K) ★ 4.77 Audible (18.6K)

   7h 49m listening time • Released 2024

   Dominic Hoffman's narration brings Jim's voice to life with such moral clarity and wit that you'll hear why Everett's reimagining won the Pulitzer—it's the definitive audiobook performance of a story that needed retelling.

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   Atmosphere: A GMA Book Club Pick

   by Taylor Jenkins Reid

   Narrated by Kristen DiMercurio, Julia Whelan, Taylor Jenkins Reid

   ★ 4.68 ABR Score (778.0K ratings)

   ★ 4.33 Goodreads (758.2K) ★ 4.7 Audible (19.8K)

   9h 52m listening time • Released 2025

   Multiple narrators embody the fierce ambition and competing loyalties of women breaking into NASA, making this feel like you're in the room with them rather than just hearing their story.

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   My Friends

   by Fredrik Backman

   Narrated by Marin Ireland

   ★ 4.58 ABR Score (421.8K ratings)

   ★ 4.36 Goodreads (413.4K) ★ 4.64 Audible (8.5K)

   13h 22m listening time • Released 2025

   Marin Ireland's narration transforms this story of teenage friendship into something achingly real—she captures the specific cadence of how friends actually talk, making you feel like you're eavesdropping on something sacred.

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    Goats

    by Mark Jude Poirier

    Narrated by Ray Porter

    ★ 3.63 ABR Score (413 ratings)

    ★ 3.75 Goodreads (400) ★ 4.38 Audible (13)

    8h 42m listening time • Released 2012

    Ray Porter captures the raw tenderness between a drifting kid and his unlikely mentor with such understated warmth that you'll feel the weight of every goodbye before it happens.

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