Audiobooks Like The Essex Serpent

10 audiobooks for fans of The Essex Serpent

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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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   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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   Homegoing

   by Yaa Gyasi

   Narrated by Dominic Hoffman

   ★ 4.69 ABR Score (421.5K ratings)

   ★ 4.47 Goodreads (410.6K) ★ 4.67 Audible (10.9K)

   13h 11m listening time • Released 2016

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   Code Name Hélène

   by Ariel Lawhon

   Narrated by Barrie Kreinik, Peter Ganim

   ★ 4.69 ABR Score (90.3K ratings)

   ★ 4.41 Goodreads (82.5K) ★ 4.76 Audible (7.8K)

   17h 17m listening time • Released 2020

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   A Land Remembered

   by Patrick D. Smith

   Narrated by George Guidall

   ★ 4.69 ABR Score (20.2K ratings)

   ★ 4.48 Goodreads (14.8K) ★ 4.79 Audible (5.4K)

   14h 59m listening time • Released 2011

   George Guidall's gravelly voice turns this multigenerational Florida saga into something hypnotic—you'll hear the dust and sweat of frontier life settle into your bones over nearly 15 hours.

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   The Alice Network

   by Kate Quinn

   Narrated by Saskia Maarleveld

   ★ 4.67 ABR Score (694.1K ratings)

   ★ 4.32 Goodreads (642.8K) ★ 4.63 Audible (51.3K)

   15h 7m listening time • Released 2017

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   Gates of Fire

   by Steven Pressfield

   Narrated by George Guidall

   ★ 4.66 ABR Score (51.0K ratings)

   ★ 4.4 Goodreads (44.4K) ★ 4.76 Audible (6.6K)

   14h 55m listening time • Released 2012

   George Guidall's voice transforms this Thermopylae epic into something operatic—his measured intensity makes the brutal final stand feel inevitable and intimate, like a dying man's confession.

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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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   Mrs. Endicott's Splendid Adventure

   Constable Evan Mystery

   by Rhys Bowen

   Narrated by Barrie Kreinik

   ★ 4.61 ABR Score (27.8K ratings)

   ★ 4.46 Goodreads (25.5K) ★ 4.76 Audible (2.3K)

   12h 2m listening time • Released 2025

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    The Killer Angels

    The Civil War Trilogy • Book 2

    by Michael Shaara

    Narrated by Stephen Hoye

    ★ 4.57 ABR Score (99.2K ratings)

    ★ 4.33 Goodreads (92.5K) ★ 4.68 Audible (6.7K)

    13h 44m listening time • Released 2004

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