Audiobooks Like The Muse

10 audiobooks for fans of The Muse

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   The Miniaturist

   The Miniaturist • Book 1

   by Jessie Burton, Unknown Author

   Narrated by Davina Porter

   ★ 3.63 ABR Score (155.3K ratings)

   ★ 3.62 Goodreads (153.6K) ★ 4.07 Audible (1.7K)

   13h 17m listening time • Released 2014

   Davina Porter's narration transforms this atmospheric Dutch Golden Age mystery into pure immersion—her voice captures the claustrophobia and intrigue so completely you'll forget you're listening rather than watching.

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   The Kitchen House

   by Kathleen Grissom

   Narrated by Orlagh Cassidy, Bahni Turpin

   ★ 4.61 ABR Score (309.3K ratings)

   ★ 4.24 Goodreads (304.9K) ★ 4.75 Audible (4.4K)

   12h 57m listening time • Released 2017

   Cassidy and Turpin's dual narration captures the emotional fracture at the heart of this plantation story, making you feel Lavinia's impossible loyalty to two families as acutely as she does.

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   The Book of Lost Friends

   by Lisa Wingate

   Narrated by Sophie Amoss, Lisa Flanagan, Dominic Hoffman, Sullivan Jones, Robin Miles, Bahni Turpin, Lisa Wingate

   ★ 4.55 ABR Score (135.6K ratings)

   ★ 4.15 Goodreads (123.9K) ★ 4.71 Audible (11.7K)

   15h 6m listening time • Released 2020

   The ensemble cast transforms this post-Civil War saga into something transcendent, each narrator embodying their character so distinctly you forget you're listening to a book rather than witnessing history unfold.

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   Scarlet Carnation

   Freedman/Johnson • Book 4

   by Laila Ibrahim

   Narrated by Bahni Turpin

   ★ 4.17 ABR Score (8.8K ratings)

   ★ 4.17 Goodreads (8.5K) ★ 4.58 Audible (382)

   10h 54m listening time • Released 2022

   Bahni Turpin's dual narration brings May and Naomi's parallel lives into sharp focus, making this early 1900s story of two women fighting against impossible odds feel urgent and deeply human.

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   The Underground Railroad (Oprah's Book Club)

   by Colson Whitehead

   Narrated by Bahni Turpin

   ★ 4.23 ABR Score (16.4K ratings)

   ★ 4.4 Audible (16.4K)

   10h 43m listening time • Released 2016

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   Slavery's Capitalism: A New History of American Economic Development

   Early American Studies

   by Sven Beckert, Seth Rockman

   Narrated by William Hughes, Kevin Kenerly, Bahni Turpin, Pam Ward, Ron Butler

   ★ 3.99 ABR Score (821 ratings)

   ★ 4.08 Goodreads (378) ★ 4.56 Audible (443)

   13h 49m listening time • Released 2017

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   'Til the Well Runs Dry

   by Lauren Francis-Sharma

   Narrated by Ron Butler, Bahni Turpin

   ★ 3.89 ABR Score (4.2K ratings)

   ★ 3.88 Goodreads (2.6K) ★ 4.35 Audible (1.6K)

   13h 3m listening time • Released 2015

   Butler and Turpin's dual narration captures the emotional gulf between Marcia and Farouk across decades, making their deteriorating marriage feel inevitable and devastating.

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   Citizens Creek

   by Lalita Tademy

   Narrated by Bahni Turpin, J. D. Jackson

   ★ 3.83 ABR Score (1.6K ratings)

   ★ 3.9 Goodreads (1.4K) ★ 4.36 Audible (196)

   15h 33m listening time • Released 2014

   Bahni Turpin and J.D. Jackson bring alive a sprawling multigenerational saga with the precision of a dual mystery, each narrator anchoring their character's search for truth with rare emotional clarity.

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   Red River

   Tademy Family Chronicles • Book 2

   by Lalita Tademy

   Narrated by Bahni Turpin

   ★ 3.76 ABR Score (3.7K ratings)

   ★ 3.89 Goodreads (3.5K) ★ 4.15 Audible (189)

   13h 27m listening time • Released 2007

   Bahni Turpin's narration transforms this multigenerational saga into an unforgettable immersion—her voice carries the weight of Reconstruction-era Louisiana with such authenticity that you feel the stakes of freedom in real time.

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    The Jewel of the Blues

    by Monica Chenault-Kilgore

    Narrated by Bahni Turpin

    ★ 3.63 ABR Score (365 ratings)

    ★ 3.32 Goodreads (354) ★ 4.55 Audible (11)

    11h 59m listening time • Released 2024

    Bahni Turpin's supple, dynamic narration captures every smoky club moment and moral contradiction in this 1920s jazz mystery—she makes you feel the performer's ambition and paranoia equally.

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