Audiobooks Like The Devil in the White City

10 audiobooks for fans of The Devil in the White City

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   Dead Wake

   by Erik Larson

   Narrated by Scott Brick

   ★ 4.32 ABR Score (177.5K ratings)

   ★ 4.13 Goodreads (163.2K) ★ 4.46 Audible (14.3K)

   13h 4m listening time • Released 2015

   Scott Brick's measured intensity transforms this into a genuine page-turner: Larson weaves together the doomed ship's final voyage with the U-boat hunt closing in, building tension that grips you across 13 hours.

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   This Tender Land

   by William Kent Krueger

   Narrated by Scott Brick

   ★ 4.62 ABR Score (236.8K ratings)

   ★ 4.39 Goodreads (223.8K) ★ 4.64 Audible (12.9K)

   14h 19m listening time • Released 2019

   Scott Brick's weathered narration transforms this Depression-era journey into something haunting and deeply human, turning what could be a heavy historical tale into an unforgettable emotional gut-punch.

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   In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin

   by Erik Larson

   Narrated by Stephen Hoye

   ★ 3.94 ABR Score (231.3K ratings)

   ★ 3.9 Goodreads (221.9K) ★ 4.19 Audible (9.3K)

   12h 52m listening time • Released 2011

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   Salt

   by Mark Kurlansky

   Narrated by Scott Brick

   ★ 3.77 ABR Score (80.5K ratings)

   ★ 3.75 Goodreads (77.3K) ★ 4.16 Audible (3.2K)

   13h 48m listening time • Released 2021

   Scott Brick's measured, curious delivery transforms what could be dry history into genuine narrative pleasure—you'll hear the intrigue in how salt shaped empires, trade routes, and wars across millennia.

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   The Nightingale

   by Kristin Hannah

   Narrated by Polly Stone

   ★ 5.00 ABR Score (2.3M ratings)

   ★ 4.65 Goodreads (2.2M) ★ 4.84 Audible (116.4K)

   17h 19m listening time • Released 2015

   Polly Stone's dual narration captures two sisters' raw defiance under Nazi occupation with such emotional precision that you'll forget you're listening rather than living it.

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   The Frozen River

   by Ariel Lawhon

   Narrated by Jane Oppenheimer, Ariel Lawhon

   ★ 4.71 ABR Score (610.2K ratings)

   ★ 4.38 Goodreads (594.0K) ★ 4.7 Audible (16.2K)

   15h 5m listening time • Released 2023

   The dual narration captures Martha Ballard's fierce intelligence against a corrupt town that underestimates her—a historical mystery that hinges on one woman's refusal to let power bury the truth.

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   The Shadow of the Wind

   Cemetery of Forgotten Books • Book 1

   by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

   Narrated by Daniel Weyman

   ★ 4.31 ABR Score (727.9K ratings)

   ★ 4.31 Goodreads (727.6K) ★ 4.51 Audible (304)

   17h 13m listening time • Released 2011

   A love letter to books and Barcelona — a boy finds a novel by a forgotten author and uncovers a mystery that threatens his own life.

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   In the Heart of the Sea

   by Nathaniel Philbrick

   Narrated by Scott Brick

   ★ 4.24 ABR Score (123.5K ratings)

   ★ 4.17 Goodreads (119.9K) ★ 4.43 Audible (3.6K)

   10h 3m listening time • Released 2005

   Scott Brick's measured, gripping narration transforms this true whale-hunt survival story into pure disaster cinema. It's the kind of audiobook that makes a commute disappear.

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   The Women

   by Kristin Hannah

   Narrated by Julia Whelan, Kristin Hannah

   ★ 5.00 ABR Score (1.7M ratings)

   ★ 4.59 Goodreads (1.6M) ★ 4.84 Audible (56.8K)

   14h 57m listening time • Released 2024

   Julia Whelan's dual narration captures the raw emotional cost of Vietnam through a nurse's eyes—this is immersive historical fiction that feels urgently alive, not distant.

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    The Rose Code

    by Kate Quinn

    Narrated by Saskia Maarleveld

    ★ 4.85 ABR Score (406.6K ratings)

    ★ 4.44 Goodreads (381.4K) ★ 4.8 Audible (25.2K)

    16h 2m listening time • Released 2021

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