10 audiobooks for fans of The Correspondent
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The Road to Tender Hearts
by Annie Hartnett
Narrated by Mark Bramhall
★ 4.56 ABR Score (64.2K ratings)★ 4.35 Goodreads (61.9K) ★ 4.78 Audible (2.2K)11h 48m listening time • Released 2025Mark Bramhall's warm, weathered voice is perfect for PJ's cross-country redemption quest—you'll believe every heartbreak and laugh alongside this unlikely found family on wheels.
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The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
by Gabrielle Zevin
Narrated by Scott Brick
★ 4.26 ABR Score (375.2K ratings)★ 4.04 Goodreads (362.9K) ★ 4.37 Audible (12.4K)7h 2m listening time • Released 2014Scott Brick's narration transforms this book-lover's redemption story into something genuinely moving—his gruff tenderness as A.J. feels earned, not performed.
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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 2025The 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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Perfume
by Patrick Süskind, John E. Woods - translator
Narrated by Nigel Patterson
★ 4.17 ABR Score (563.1K ratings)★ 4.04 Goodreads (561.3K) ★ 4.35 Audible (1.8K)9h listening time • Released 2018Süskind's baroque literary thriller follows a 18th-century genius with no scent of his own who murders women to capture the perfect perfume — repellent, fascinating, unforgettable.
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Old Babes in the Wood: Stories
Narrated by Margaret Atwood, Linda Lavin, Dan Stevens, Kimberly Farr, Rebecca Lowman, Bahni Turpin, Dawn Harvey, Allan Corduner
★ 3.61 ABR Score (11.5K ratings)★ 3.66 Goodreads (11.5K) ★ 4 Audible (1)8h 43m listening time • Released 2023 -
The Girl and the Bomb
Metro-trilogia • Book 1
by Jari Järvelä, Kristian London
Narrated by Carly Robins, Nick Podehl
★ 3.57 ABR Score (430 ratings)★ 3.55 Goodreads (420) ★ 3.8 Audible (10)7h 8m listening time • Released 2015 -
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 2025Jefferson 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 2022Marin 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 2024Dominic 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 2025Multiple 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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