Audiobooks Like The Measure

10 audiobooks for fans of The Measure

1. 1

   

   United States of Apocalypse

   United States of Apocalypse • Book 1

   by Mark Tufo, Armand Rosamilia

   Narrated by Sean Runnette, Julia Whelan

   ★ 4.16 ABR Score (3.2K ratings)

   ★ 4.32 Goodreads (684) ★ 4.59 Audible (2.5K)

   9h 3m listening time • Released 2016

   Dual narrators Runnette and Whelan anchor this apocalyptic thriller with distinct voices that make the cross-country narrative feel lived-in and urgent. A post-collapse story that actually earns its stakes.

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   How High We Go in the Dark

   by Sequoia Nagamatsu

   Narrated by Julia Whelan, Brian Nishii, Keisuke Hoashi, MacLeod Andrews, Jeanne Sakata, Greg Watanabe, Kurt Kanazawa, Matthew Bridges, Kotaro Watanabe, Brianna Ishibashi, Joe Knezevich, Micky Shiloah, Stephanie Komure, Jason Culp

   ★ 3.82 ABR Score (73.6K ratings)

   ★ 3.81 Goodreads (71.7K) ★ 4.16 Audible (1.9K)

   9h 20m listening time • Released 2022

   A pandemic novel told through interconnected lives across generations, with fourteen narrators so perfectly matched to their characters you'll forget you're listening to a performance rather than living it.

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   Vox

   by Christina Dalcher

   Narrated by Julia Whelan

   ★ 3.75 ABR Score (94.0K ratings)

   ★ 3.55 Goodreads (92.1K) ★ 4.22 Audible (1.9K)

   9h 27m listening time • Released 2018

   Julia Whelan's performance transforms this dystopian premise into something genuinely terrifying—her voice captures both the quiet desperation and fierce defiance of a woman fighting a system designed to erase her.

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   The Andromeda Evolution

   The Andromeda Strain • Book 2

   by Michael Crichton, Daniel H. Wilson

   Narrated by Julia Whelan

   ★ 3.89 ABR Score (17.1K ratings)

   ★ 3.74 Goodreads (14.7K) ★ 4.34 Audible (2.4K)

   10h 4m listening time • Released 2019

   Julia Whelan's crisp, intelligent narration elevates this hard sci-fi sequel into a propulsive listen—she handles the technical detail-work without letting it bog down the tension, making a 50-year-later resurrection of a planet-killer genuinely gripping.

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   Terminated

   Revivalist • Book 3

   by Rachel Caine

   Narrated by Julia Whelan

   ★ 3.88 ABR Score (1.6K ratings)

   ★ 3.95 Goodreads (1.5K) ★ 4.57 Audible (126)

   9h 52m listening time • Released 2013

   Julia Whelan nails the desperation and moral collapse in Caine's finale—her performance transforms Bryn's addiction and deteriorating humanity into something viscerally unsettling that hits harder in audio.

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   Two Weeks' Notice

   Revivalist • Book 2

   by Rachel Caine

   Narrated by Julia Whelan

   ★ 3.84 ABR Score (2.5K ratings)

   ★ 3.92 Goodreads (2.4K) ★ 4.4 Audible (160)

   9h 27m listening time • Released 2013

   Julia Whelan's performance elevates this paranoid corporate thriller, nailing both the dry humor and creeping dread as Bryn navigates a world that wants her dead twice over.

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   The Ninth Metal

   The Comet Cycle • Book 1

   by Benjamin Percy

   Narrated by Julia Whelan

   ★ 3.68 ABR Score (2.8K ratings)

   ★ 3.68 Goodreads (2.6K) ★ 4.16 Audible (154)

   10h 15m listening time • Released 2021

   Julia Whelan nails the grounded, urgent tone of a sci-fi thriller that feels disturbingly plausible—her performance makes the comet debris and resource-rush tension genuinely unsettling.

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   And Again

   by Jessica Chiarella

   Narrated by Julia Whelan, Joy Osmanski, Rebekkah Ross, Corey Brill

   ★ 3.43 ABR Score (2.7K ratings)

   ★ 3.54 Goodreads (2.4K) ★ 3.76 Audible (343)

   9h 53m listening time • Released 2016

   Multiple narrators anchor four parallel perspectives in this sci-fi meditation on identity and second chances, each voice so distinctly cast you'll forget you're listening to the same story unfold.

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   The Martian

   The Martian • Book 1

   by Andy Weir

   Narrated by Wil Wheaton

   ★ 4.76 ABR Score (1.3M ratings)

   ★ 4.42 Goodreads (1.3M) ★ 4.8 Audible (42.3K)

   10h 59m listening time • Released 2020

   Wil Wheaton's deadpan delivery transforms this survival story into something hilarious and gripping—his timing on Watney's wisecracks lands perfectly while keeping the genuine stakes sharp.

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    For We Are Many

    Bobiverse • Book 2

    by Dennis E. Taylor

    Narrated by Ray Porter

    ★ 4.67 ABR Score (149.2K ratings)

    ★ 4.37 Goodreads (75.2K) ★ 4.77 Audible (74.0K)

    8h 59m listening time • Released 2017

    Ray Porter's performance transforms the Bobiverse's multiple Bobs from a gimmick into genuinely distinct voices—each one feels like a real person making impossible decisions while the stakes keep escalating in ways that actually land.

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