Audiobooks Like The Giver of Stars

10 audiobooks for fans of The Giver of Stars

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   The Women

   by Kristin Hannah

   Narrated by Julia Whelan, Kristin Hannah

   Julia Whelan's compelling narration captures the same emotional depth and character-driven storytelling in both audiobooks, while *The Women* echoes *The Giver of Stars* with its exploration of women's agency and hidden histories set against vivid historical backdrops. Both mysteries unfold through intimate perspectives that reveal how ordinary women navigate extraordinary circumstances and challenge the constraints placed upon them.

   ★ 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 Four Winds

   by ALEXANDER E PATRICK

   Narrated by Julia Whelan

   ★ 4.34 ABR Score (38.3K ratings)

   ★ 4.21 Goodreads (78) ★ 4.67 Audible (38.2K)

   15h 20m listening time • Released 2021

   Julia Whelan's narration transforms this Depression-era saga into something unforgettable—she captures Elsa's quiet fury and maternal desperation with such precision that you'll feel every mile of that westward journey.

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   The Story She Left Behind

   by Patti Callahan Henry

   Narrated by Julia Whelan, Theo Solomon

   ★ 4.11 ABR Score (29.3K ratings)

   ★ 4.04 Goodreads (28.8K) ★ 4.51 Audible (451)

   12h 26m listening time • Released 2025

   Julia Whelan and Theo Solomon's dual narration captures the haunting pull of a literary mystery spanning generations—their voices perfectly distinguish a daughter's present-day obsession from her mother's vanished past.

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   The Witches of New York (Ami McKay's Witches)

   Witches of New York • Book 1

   by Ami McKay

   Narrated by Julia Whelan

   ★ 4.01 ABR Score (34.1K ratings)

   ★ 3.81 Goodreads (29.4K) ★ 4.39 Audible (4.8K)

   14h 22m listening time • Released 2017

   Julia Whelan's narration transforms this Victorian witch tale into pure immersion—her voice work across multiple characters and accents makes the gas-lit streets of 1880s New York feel genuinely haunted and alive.

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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 Book Thief

   by Markus Zusak

   Narrated by Allan Corduner

   ★ 4.73 ABR Score (2.9M ratings)

   ★ 4.39 Goodreads (2.9M) ★ 4.64 Audible (34.7K)

   13h 56m listening time • Released 2006

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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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   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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    The Song of Achilles

    by Madeline Miller

    Narrated by Frazer Douglas

    ★ 4.66 ABR Score (2.1M ratings)

    ★ 4.3 Goodreads (2.0M) ★ 4.61 Audible (40.8K)

    11h 15m listening time • Released 2012

    Frazer Douglas's tender, controlled performance makes this reimagining of the Iliad feel intimate and devastating—he captures the quiet ache of a love that rewrites mythology.

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