10 audiobooks for fans of The Reformatory
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Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942
The Pacific War Trilogy • Book 1
by Ian W. Toll
Narrated by Grover Gardner
★ 4.74 ABR Score (14.5K ratings)★ 4.61 Goodreads (10.4K) ★ 4.82 Audible (4.2K)22h 6m listening time • Released 2011Grover Gardner's measured, authoritative narration transforms Toll's meticulous battle accounts into a gripping you-are-there experience—22 hours that feel essential, not exhausting.
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Code Name Hélène
by Ariel Lawhon
Narrated by Barrie Kreinik, Peter Ganim
★ 4.69 ABR Score (90.3K ratings)★ 4.41 Goodreads (82.5K) ★ 4.76 Audible (7.8K)17h 17m listening time • Released 2020 -
The Huntress
by Kate Quinn
Narrated by Saskia Maarleveld
★ 4.60 ABR Score (231.6K ratings)★ 4.3 Goodreads (217.5K) ★ 4.66 Audible (14.1K)19h 4m listening time • Released 2019 -
Pachinko (National Book Award Finalist)
by Min Jin Lee
Narrated by Sandra Oh, Min Jin Lee
★ 4.51 ABR Score (642.9K ratings)★ 4.34 Goodreads (641.5K) ★ 4.64 Audible (1.4K)17h 48m listening time • Released 2024 -
Genghis: Birth of an Empire
Conqueror • Book 1
Narrated by Richard Ferrone
★ 4.46 ABR Score (39.1K ratings)★ 4.39 Goodreads (38.2K) ★ 4.68 Audible (876)18h 14m listening time • Released 2011 -
The Shadow of the Wind
Cemetery of Forgotten Books • Book 1
by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Narrated by Daniel Weyman
★ 4.31 ABR Score (727.9K ratings)★ 4.31 Goodreads (727.6K) ★ 4.51 Audible (304)17h 13m listening time • Released 2011A love letter to books and Barcelona — a boy finds a novel by a forgotten author and uncovers a mystery that threatens his own life.
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The Nightingale
by Kristin Hannah
Narrated by Polly Stone
★ 5.00 ABR Score (2.3M ratings)★ 4.65 Goodreads (2.2M) ★ 4.84 Audible (116.4K)17h 19m listening time • Released 2015Polly Stone's dual narration captures two sisters' raw defiance under Nazi occupation with such emotional precision that you'll forget you're listening rather than living it.
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The Help
by Kathryn Stockett
Narrated by Cassandra Campbell, Jenna Lamia, Octavia Spencer, Bahni Turpin
★ 4.95 ABR Score (3.1M ratings)★ 4.47 Goodreads (3.0M) ★ 4.81 Audible (46.3K)18h 6m listening time • Released 2009The four narrators each disappear into their characters so completely, you'll forget you're listening to a performance. This is how ensemble audiobooks should work.
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The Other Boleyn Girl
The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels • Book 9
Narrated by Vanessa Kirby
★ 4.52 ABR Score (517.3K ratings)★ 4.09 Goodreads (515.4K) ★ 4.77 Audible (2.0K)22h 13m listening time • Released 2019 -
Under Fire
The Corps • Book 9
Narrated by Dick Hill
★ 4.49 ABR Score (6.2K ratings)★ 4.38 Goodreads (4.7K) ★ 4.78 Audible (1.4K)24h 48m listening time • Released 2013Dick Hill's narration transforms this Korean War epic into something you can't stop listening to—his ability to shift between dozens of military voices and personalities makes the sprawling cast feel like real men under impossible pressure.
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