Audiobooks Like The Hate U Give

Bahni Turpin narrates The Hate U Give with an immediacy that puts the listener directly inside Starr Carter's perspective — the voice code-switches between Starr's two worlds the way the character does, and that specificity is what keeps the novel's anger and grief from becoming abstraction. Ten of the recommendations here feature Turpin's narration, an extraordinary concentration of one performer's range applied to emotionally urgent contemporary fiction across race, identity, and survival.

10 audiobooks for fans of The Hate U Give

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    Whiteout

    Blackout • Book 2

    by Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, Nicola Yoon

    Narrated by Danielle Shemaiah, Nic Stone, Shayna Small, Bahni Turpin, Alaska Jackson, Joniece Abbott-Pratt, Kevin R. Free, James Fouhey, Korey Jackson

    3.77 ABR Score (7.2K ratings)
    ★ 3.6 Goodreads (7.2K) ★ 4.46 Audible (78)
    7h 17m listening time • Released 2022

    Multiple narrators each voicing their own character make this snowy Atlanta romance feel like eavesdropping on real conversations between friends, turning an ensemble story into something genuinely intimate.

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    Dandelion Summer

    Blue Sky Hill • Book 4

    by Lisa Wingate

    Narrated by Jason Culp, Bahni Turpin

    4.51 ABR Score (5.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.39 Goodreads (4.3K) ★ 4.88 Audible (1.4K)
    13h 44m listening time • Released 2020

    Culp and Turpin's dual narration captures the generational divide between a grieving widower and a rootless teen, making their unlikely friendship feel earned rather than sentimental.

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    If You Want to Make God Laugh

    by Bianca Marais

    Narrated by Bianca Amato, Katharine Lee McEwan, Bahni Turpin

    4.19 ABR Score (5.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.31 Goodreads (5.2K) ★ 4.72 Audible (224)
    12h 39m listening time • Released 2019

    Three narrators bring three women's intersecting crises to vivid life across post-Apartheid South Africa, creating an audiobook experience that deepens every emotional turn.

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    The Other Side

    by Kim Holden

    Narrated by Michael Crouch, Natasha Soudek, Bahni Turpin, Kirby Heyborne, Adenrele Ojo, Graydon Long, Erin Spencer, Vikas Adam, Kim Holden

    4.12 ABR Score (4.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.38 Goodreads (4.0K) ★ 4.79 Audible (96)
    11h 2m listening time • Released 2020

    A cast of nine narrators brings genuine depth to Toby's fragmented world, each voice anchoring a different layer of his reality until the full picture hits you like a gut punch.

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    Chains

    Seeds of America • Book 1

    by Laurie Halse Anderson

    Narrated by Bahni Turpin

    4.15 ABR Score (59.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.1 Goodreads (59.2K) ★ 4.67 Audible (179)
    9h 29m listening time • Released 2020

    Bahni Turpin's narration cuts through the moral complexity of the Revolution with raw intensity, making Isabel's impossible choices feel urgent and utterly real.

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    The Seven Daughters of Dupree

    by Nikesha Elise Williams

    Narrated by Bahni Turpin

    4.10 ABR Score (3.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.11 Goodreads (3.5K) ★ 4.78 Audible (183)
    11h 7m listening time • Released 2026

    Bahni Turpin brings generational depth to this family epic, shifting between voices across a century of Dupree women with such precision that you forget you're hearing one narrator carrying an entire legacy.

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    Never Meant to Meet You

    by Alli Frank, Asha Youmans

    Narrated by Bahni Turpin

    4.06 ABR Score (7.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.13 Goodreads (7.2K) ★ 4.45 Audible (372)
    11h 28m listening time • Released 2022

    Bahni Turpin's narration captures the sharp wit and emotional complexity of two Black women navigating love, motherhood, and unexpected connections with such naturalism it feels like eavesdropping on your smartest friends.

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    Mercy House

    by Alena Dillon

    Narrated by Dawn Harvey, Catherine Ho, Scarlette Hayes, Eboni Flowers, Caitlin Kelly, Bahni Turpin

    4.03 ABR Score (6.2K ratings)
    ★ 3.94 Goodreads (5.3K) ★ 4.44 Audible (893)
    9h 35m listening time • Released 2020

    The ensemble cast brings genuine weight to each woman's voice, making this Brooklyn refuge feel lived-in and real. A mystery that earns its emotional stakes through character, not plot twists.

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    One of the Good Ones

    by Maika Moulite, Maritza Moulite

    Narrated by Bahni Turpin, Jordan Cobb, Carolyn Smith

    4.02 ABR Score (4.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.12 Goodreads (4.7K) ★ 4.62 Audible (125)
    9h 49m listening time • Released 2021

    The three narrators nail the competing voices and raw grief here, making what could've been preachy into something genuinely human about who deserves to be mourned.

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    Cinderella Is Dead

    by Kalynn Bayron

    Narrated by Bahni Turpin

    4.02 ABR Score (88.8K ratings)
    ★ 3.66 Goodreads (87.7K) ★ 4.45 Audible (1.1K)
    10h 31m listening time • Released 2020

    Bahni Turpin's performance transforms this dark fairytale retelling into something visceral and urgent—her voice captures both the claustrophobia of an oppressive world and the fierce defiance of girls refusing to play by the rules.

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