Audiobooks Like The Miniaturist

10 audiobooks for fans of The Miniaturist

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   Bring Up The Bodies

   Thomas Cromwell • Book 2

   by Hilary Mantel, Unknown Author

   Narrated by Simon Vance

   ★ 4.40 ABR Score (109.1K ratings)

   ★ 4.3 Goodreads (105.7K) ★ 4.54 Audible (3.3K)

   14h 34m listening time • Released 2012

   Simon Vance's narration transforms Mantel's intricate political prose into pure suspense—you'll hear the machinery of power and betrayal click into place across 14 hours you won't want to pause.

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   The Muse

   by Jessie Burton

   Narrated by Bahni Turpin, Maria Elena Infantino

   ★ 3.93 ABR Score (62.6K ratings)

   ★ 3.85 Goodreads (62.2K) ★ 4.34 Audible (407)

   13h 21m listening time • Released 2016

   Dual narrators bring real depth to Burton's interlocking 1930s and 1960s narratives, making this slow-burn art world mystery feel lived-in and urgent in ways the prose alone couldn't quite achieve.

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   The Apothecary's Daughter

   by Julie Klassen

   Narrated by Davina Porter

   ★ 3.97 ABR Score (28.3K ratings)

   ★ 3.82 Goodreads (27.3K) ★ 4.42 Audible (939)

   13h 43m listening time • Released 2009

   Davina Porter's voice transforms this historical mystery into something intimate and obsessive—you'll feel Lilly's eidetic memory as a burden, not a gift, as she unravels her mother's disappearance against the glittering backdrop of Regency London.

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   The Distant Hours

   by Kate Morton, Unknown Author

   Narrated by Louise Brealey

   ★ 3.95 ABR Score (85.4K ratings)

   ★ 3.89 Goodreads (85.3K) ★ 4.38 Audible (87)

   21h 30m listening time • Released 2023

   Louise Brealey's narration transforms this multigenerational mystery into something genuinely haunting—her voice shifts subtly across decades and characters, making the slow unraveling of Milderhurst Castle's secrets feel like you're uncovering them yourself.

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   What Angels Fear

   Sebastian St. Cyr • Book 1

   by C.S. Harris

   Narrated by Davina Porter

   ★ 3.90 ABR Score (21.5K ratings)

   ★ 3.91 Goodreads (18.6K) ★ 4.26 Audible (2.9K)

   11h 47m listening time • Released 2014

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   Written in My Own Heart's Blood

   Outlander • Book 8

   by Diana Gabaldon

   Narrated by Davina Porter

   ★ 4.91 ABR Score (166.5K ratings)

   ★ 4.55 Goodreads (141.6K) ★ 4.84 Audible (24.9K)

   Davina Porter's narration transforms this sprawling historical epic into something intimate and urgent—her voices are so distinct you forget you're listening to one person carrying an entire war.

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   An Echo in the Bone

   Outlander • Book 7

   by Diana Gabaldon

   Narrated by Davina Porter

   ★ 4.84 ABR Score (193.4K ratings)

   ★ 4.44 Goodreads (166.8K) ★ 4.81 Audible (26.7K)

   45h 59m listening time • Released 2009

   Davina Porter's performance across nearly 46 hours transforms this sprawling time-travel epic into something genuinely intimate—she captures the emotional weight of impossible choices better than most narrators manage in half the time.

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   Drums of Autumn

   Outlander • Book 4

   by Diana Gabaldon

   Narrated by Davina Porter

   ★ 4.83 ABR Score (310.5K ratings)

   ★ 4.36 Goodreads (270.7K) ★ 4.81 Audible (39.9K)

   44h 50m listening time • Released 2008

   Davina Porter's narration transforms this epic into something transcendent—her voice captures the raw ache of impossible choices across time and generations with devastating intimacy.

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   A Breath of Snow and Ashes

   Outlander • Book 6

   by Diana Gabaldon

   Narrated by Davina Porter

   ★ 4.83 ABR Score (213.0K ratings)

   ★ 4.44 Goodreads (192.8K) ★ 4.81 Audible (20.2K)

   57h 48m listening time • Released 2011

   Davina Porter's performance transforms this epic into something you can't stop listening to—she shifts seamlessly between Claire's modern skepticism and Jamie's highland steadiness, making 58 hours disappear.

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    Dragonfly in Amber

    Outlander • Book 2

    by Diana Gabaldon

    Narrated by Davina Porter

    ★ 4.79 ABR Score (434.5K ratings)

    ★ 4.34 Goodreads (387.7K) ★ 4.76 Audible (46.8K)

    38h 54m listening time • Released 2006

    Davina Porter's narration transforms this sweeping time-travel epic into pure immersion—her range across dozens of characters and centuries makes the 39-hour journey feel essential, not exhausting.

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