Audiobooks Like The Rose Code

Saskia Maarleveld's narration of this 16-hour WWII code-breaking novel has an evenness of tone that never lets wartime urgency tip into melodrama — she carries three distinct women's voices across the dual-timeline structure with a clarity that keeps the complex plot machinery legible without flattening its emotional charge. She returns for both Kate Quinn titles in the recommendations, and the full list stays at similar length with high ratings throughout, all drawn toward that same blend of female-centered historical drama and the atmosphere of work and danger lived closely together.

10 audiobooks for fans of The Rose Code

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    The Alice Network

    by Kate Quinn

    Narrated by Saskia Maarleveld

    ★ 4.67 ABR Score (694.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.32 Goodreads (642.8K) ★ 4.63 Audible (51.3K)
    15h 7m listening time • Released 2017
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    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
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    Ribbons of Scarlet

    by Kate Quinn, Stephanie Dray, Laura Kamoie, E. Knight, Sophie Perinot, Heather Webb, Allison Pataki

    Narrated by Marisa Calin, Lisa Flanagan, Barrie Kreinik, Saskia Maarleveld, Cassandra Campbell, Lauren Ezzo

    ★ 3.82 ABR Score (6.8K ratings)
    ★ 3.87 Goodreads (6.0K) ★ 4.26 Audible (713)
    16h 1m listening time • Released 2019
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    The Last Night in London

    by Karen White

    Narrated by Barrie Kreinik, Saskia Maarleveld

    ★ 4.30 ABR Score (10.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.22 Goodreads (9.3K) ★ 4.64 Audible (833)
    16h 21m listening time • Released 2021
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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 2015

    Polly 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 Women

    by Kristin Hannah

    Narrated by Julia Whelan, Kristin Hannah

    ★ 5.00 ABR Score (1.7M ratings)
    ★ 4.59 Goodreads (1.6M) ★ 4.84 Audible (56.8K)
    14h 57m listening time • Released 2024

    Julia Whelan's dual narration captures the raw emotional cost of Vietnam through a nurse's eyes—this is immersive historical fiction that feels urgently alive, not distant.

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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 2009

    The 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 Book Thief

    by Markus Zusak

    Narrated by Allan Corduner

    ★ 4.73 ABR Score (2.9M ratings)
    ★ 4.39 Goodreads (2.9M) ★ 4.64 Audible (34.7K)
    13h 56m listening time • Released 2006
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    The Frozen River

    by Ariel Lawhon

    Narrated by Jane Oppenheimer, Ariel Lawhon

    ★ 4.71 ABR Score (610.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.38 Goodreads (594.0K) ★ 4.7 Audible (16.2K)
    15h 5m listening time • Released 2023

    The dual narration captures Martha Ballard's fierce intelligence against a corrupt town that underestimates her—a historical mystery that hinges on one woman's refusal to let power bury the truth.

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    Homegoing

    by Yaa Gyasi

    Narrated by Dominic Hoffman

    ★ 4.69 ABR Score (421.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.47 Goodreads (410.6K) ★ 4.67 Audible (10.9K)
    13h 11m listening time • Released 2016
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