Audiobooks Like The Great Alone

10 audiobooks for fans of The Great Alone

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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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   Summary : the Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - (Taylor Jenkins Reid)

   by Good Reads Publishing

   Narrated by Alma Cuervo, Julia Whelan, Robin Miles

   Both audiobooks feature richly layered mysteries anchored by complex female protagonists whose secrets unfold across decades, and Julia Whelan's narration brings the same compelling intimacy to each character's revelations. The multiple narrators in *The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo* echo the immersive, character-driven storytelling that made *The Great Alone* so gripping, creating a sophisticated listening experience that rewards close attention.

   ★ 4.33 ABR Score (96.6K ratings)

   ★ 4.07 Goodreads (133) ★ 4.63 Audible (96.4K)

   12h 10m listening time • Released 2017

   Three stellar narrators trade off to bring Evelyn's glamorous secrets to life, and their distinct voices make each confession feel like a private confession rather than a summary.

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   Perversion of Justice: The Jeffrey Epstein Story

   by Julie K. Brown

   Narrated by Julie K. Brown, Julia Whelan

   ★ 4.22 ABR Score (4.3K ratings)

   ★ 4.21 Goodreads (3.6K) ★ 4.65 Audible (687)

   13h 42m listening time • Released 2021

   Brown's dual narration cuts between her relentless investigative reporting and the survivors' voices, creating an urgency that reveals how systemic corruption repeatedly failed the victims.

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   These Summer Storms

   by Sarah MacLean

   Narrated by Julia Whelan

   ★ 4.12 ABR Score (109.3K ratings)

   ★ 3.77 Goodreads (106.9K) ★ 4.47 Audible (2.5K)

   13h 17m listening time • Released 2025

   Julia Whelan's narration elevates MacLean's sharp family drama into something irresistible—she makes every barbed conversation crackle with genuine tension and desire. If you want a mystery that's equal parts gossipy and genuinely moving, this is the one.

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   Home of the American Circus

   by Allison Larkin

   Narrated by Julia Whelan

   ★ 4.11 ABR Score (14.1K ratings)

   ★ 4.07 Goodreads (13.9K) ★ 4.65 Audible (209)

   13h 8m listening time • Released 2025

   Julia Whelan's narration transforms what could be a quiet homecoming story into something luminous—her voice captures both the brittleness and resilience of two women rebuilding their fractured family with absolute precision.

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   A Thread So Thin

   Cobbled Court Quilts • Book 3

   by Marie Bostwick

   Narrated by Pam Ward, Julia Whelan

   ★ 4.11 ABR Score (4.9K ratings)

   ★ 4.03 Goodreads (3.7K) ★ 4.51 Audible (1.1K)

   12h 30m listening time • Released 2010

   Pam Ward and Julia Whelan's dual narration captures the quiet intimacy of small-town life and the messy beauty of women choosing themselves, making this the emotional heart of the Cobbled Court series.

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   Escape!

   by Stephen Fishbach

   Narrated by Julia Whelan, Imani Jade Powers, Sean Patrick Hopkins, Stephen Fishbach

   ★ 3.80 ABR Score (2.4K ratings)

   ★ 3.78 Goodreads (2.3K) ★ 4.51 Audible (69)

   13h 29m listening time • Released 2026

   Multiple narrators bring genuine tension to this reality TV thriller where every contestant's backstory matters and nothing plays out as expected. Fishbach writes twists that actually earn themselves.

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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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   Theo of Golden

   by Allen Levi

   Narrated by David Morse

   ★ 4.85 ABR Score (178.8K ratings)

   ★ 4.57 Goodreads (168.5K) ★ 4.89 Audible (10.3K)

   13h 12m listening time • Released 2025

   David Morse's weathered voice transforms this quiet parable into something hypnotic—each pencil portrait portrait exchange feels like a secret being shared directly with you, making generosity feel less like virtue and more like magic.

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    Small Great Things

    Ruth Jefferson • Book 1

    by Jodi Picoult

    Narrated by Audra McDonald, Cassandra Campbell, Ari Fliakos

    ★ 4.74 ABR Score (478.4K ratings)

    ★ 4.36 Goodreads (444.3K) ★ 4.75 Audible (34.1K)

    16h 14m listening time • Released 2016

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