Audiobooks Like The Secret Keeper

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If you loved The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton, these audiobooks share similar qualities — same genre, sometimes the same narrator, comparable length, and the kind of ratings that signal a great listen. Fans of Caroline Lee's narration will find familiar voices here too.

10 audiobooks for fans of The Secret Keeper

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    The Distant Hours

    by Kate Morton, Unknown Author

    Narrated by Louise Brealey

    3.94 BLT Score (85.4K ratings)
    ★ 3.89 Goodreads (85.3K) ★ 4.38 Audible (87)
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    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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    Beneath a Scarlet Sky

    by Mark T. Sullivan

    Narrated by Will Damron

    4.81 BLT Score (445.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.43 Goodreads (396.0K) ★ 4.73 Audible (49.7K)
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    Will Damron captures a teenager torn between survival and conscience, risking everything to save lives while serving the Nazis in this devastating true story.

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    The Reformatory

    by Tananarive Due

    Narrated by Joniece Abbott-Pratt

    4.68 BLT Score (81.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.43 Goodreads (78.1K) ★ 4.79 Audible (3.2K)
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    Pachinko (National Book Award Finalist)

    by Min Jin Lee

    Narrated by Sandra Oh, Min Jin Lee

    4.51 BLT Score (642.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.34 Goodreads (641.5K) ★ 4.64 Audible (1.4K)
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    Genghis: Birth of an Empire

    Conqueror • Book 1

    by Conn Iggulden

    Narrated by Richard Ferrone

    4.45 BLT Score (39.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.39 Goodreads (38.2K) ★ 4.68 Audible (876)
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    The Shadow of the Wind

    Cemetery of Forgotten Books • Book 1

    by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

    Narrated by Daniel Weyman

    4.30 BLT Score (727.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.31 Goodreads (727.6K) ★ 4.51 Audible (304)
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    A 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 BLT Score (2.3M ratings)
    ★ 4.65 Goodreads (2.2M) ★ 4.84 Audible (116.4K)
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    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 Help

    by Kathryn Stockett

    Narrated by Cassandra Campbell, Jenna Lamia, Octavia Spencer, Bahni Turpin

    4.95 BLT Score (3.1M ratings)
    ★ 4.47 Goodreads (3.0M) ★ 4.81 Audible (46.3K)
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    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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    Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942

    The Pacific War Trilogy • Book 1

    by Ian W. Toll

    Narrated by Grover Gardner

    4.75 BLT Score (14.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.61 Goodreads (10.4K) ★ 4.82 Audible (4.2K)
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    Grover 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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    The Other Boleyn Girl

    The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels • Book 9

    by Philippa Gregory

    Narrated by Vanessa Kirby

    4.52 BLT Score (517.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.09 Goodreads (515.4K) ★ 4.77 Audible (2.0K)

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