Audiobooks Like The Hunger Games

10 audiobooks for fans of The Hunger Games

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   Remarkably Bright Creatures

   by Shelby Van Pelt

   Narrated by Marin Ireland, Michael Urie

   ★ 4.83 ABR Score (1.4M ratings)

   ★ 4.36 Goodreads (1.3M) ★ 4.79 Audible (62.8K)

   11h 16m listening time • Released 2022

   Marin Ireland and Michael Urie elevate this widow-and-octopus story into something genuinely moving, their dual narration making the emotional reckoning feel earned rather than sentimental.

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   To Kill a Mockingbird

   To Kill a Mockingbird • Book 1

   by Harper Lee

   Narrated by Sissy Spacek

   ★ 4.82 ABR Score (7.0M ratings)

   ★ 4.26 Goodreads (7.0M) ★ 4.8 Audible (49.0K)

   12h 17m listening time • Released 2014

   Sissy Spacek's narration captures Scout's voice with such immediacy and warmth that the injustice of the story hits harder—you're not just reading about the South's moral reckoning, you're living it through a child's dawning understanding.

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   The Correspondent

   by Virginia Evans

   Narrated by Maggi-Meg Reed, Jane Oppenheimer, Carly Robins, Jeff Ebner, David Pittu, Chris Andrew Ciulla, Mark Bramhall, Petrea Burchard, Robert Petkoff, Kimberly Farr, Cerris Morgan-Moyer, Peter Ganim, Jade Wheeler, Various

   ★ 4.81 ABR Score (383.3K ratings)

   ★ 4.53 Goodreads (364.9K) ★ 4.8 Audible (18.3K)

   8h 36m listening time • Released 2025

   A sprawling ensemble cast brings luminous depth to this meditation on lifelong correspondence—each narrator inhabits their character so fully you'll forget you're listening to a performance, not overhearing actual lives unfolding.

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   The Lovely Bones

   by Alice Sebold

   Narrated by Alice Sebold

   ★ 3.89 ABR Score (2.5M ratings)

   ★ 3.86 Goodreads (2.5M) ★ 4.01 Audible (2.2K)

   10h 53m listening time • Released 2007

   Sebold's debut is narrated by a murdered girl watching her family grieve from heaven — devastating, strangely beautiful, and unlike anything else in crime fiction.

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   Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

   Harry Potter • Book 3

   by J.K. Rowling

   Narrated by Jim Dale

   ★ 5.00 ABR Score (5.0M ratings)

   ★ 4.58 Goodreads (4.9M) ★ 4.94 Audible (130.7K)

   11h 49m listening time • Released 2015

   Jim Dale's narration transforms this into the series' emotional turning point, giving each character distinct life while building genuine dread alongside the mystery. His performance alone justifies the nearly 12-hour listen.

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   The Hate U Give

   The Hate U Give • Book 1

   by Angie Thomas

   Narrated by Bahni Turpin

   ★ 4.83 ABR Score (1.1M ratings)

   ★ 4.45 Goodreads (1.0M) ★ 4.78 Audible (45.9K)

   11h 50m listening time • Released 2017

   Bahni Turpin's narration gives each character a distinct, lived-in voice that makes Starr's internal conflict feel devastatingly real. This is essential listening for anyone who wants to understand why this book became a cultural phenomenon.

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   A Thousand Splendid Suns

   by Khaled Hosseini

   Narrated by Atossa Leoni

   ★ 4.66 ABR Score (1.8M ratings)

   ★ 4.46 Goodreads (1.8M) ★ 4.61 Audible (15.2K)

   11h 43m listening time • Released 2007

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   The Rithmatist

   Rithmatist • Book 1

   by Brandon Sanderson, Ben McSweeney

   Narrated by Michael Kramer

   ★ 4.56 ABR Score (86.0K ratings)

   ★ 4.25 Goodreads (75.3K) ★ 4.71 Audible (10.7K)

   10h 23m listening time • Released 2013

   Michael Kramer's performance elevates this magic-school mystery into something genuinely gripping—he nails the outsider protagonist's frustration while making the chalk-based magic system feel tactile and urgent.

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   Under the Banner of Heaven

   by Jon Krakauer

   Narrated by Scott Brick

   ★ 4.28 ABR Score (236.0K ratings)

   ★ 4.01 Goodreads (226.8K) ★ 4.44 Audible (9.2K)

   12h 29m listening time • Released 2003

   Scott Brick's measured, unflinching narration transforms Krakauer's investigation into religious extremism from true crime into something more unsettling: a forensic examination of how faith becomes justification for the unthinkable.

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    Wild Dark Shore

    by Charlotte McConaghy

    Narrated by Cooper Mortlock, Katherine Littrell, Saskia Maarleveld, Steve West

    ★ 4.18 ABR Score (391.4K ratings)

    ★ 4.11 Goodreads (386.5K) ★ 4.29 Audible (4.9K)

    9h 58m listening time • Released 2025

    The four narrators embody this isolated island family so distinctly that you'll hear the psychological unraveling as much as the plot—McConaghy's tension builds through their voices alone.

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