Audiobooks Like The Summons

Michael Beck narrates The Summons with an unhurried Southern quality that suits Grisham's slow-burn inheritance mystery — nine hours of family secrets and unexpected cash in a Mississippi setting where the pace of revelation mirrors the reluctance of the characters to face what they know. One other recommendation features Beck, and the remaining titles stay inside Grisham's world, where courtrooms and family legacies are the sites of moral reckoning.

10 audiobooks for fans of The Summons

  1. 1
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    Sycamore Row

    Jake Brigance • Book 2

    by John Grisham

    Narrated by Michael Beck

    ★ 4.53 ABR Score (170.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.1 Goodreads (141.1K) ★ 4.6 Audible (29.5K)
    20h 46m listening time • Released 2013
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    Caminhos Da Lei - Ford County: Stories - John Grisham

    by John Grisham

    Narrated by John Grisham

    ★ 3.75 ABR Score (30.7K ratings)
    ★ 3.73 Goodreads (29.2K) ★ 4.17 Audible (1.5K)
    8h 42m listening time • Released 2009
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  3. 3
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    Resurrection Walk

    The Lincoln Lawyer • Book 7

    by Michael Connelly

    Narrated by Peter Giles, Titus Welliver, Christine Lakin

    ★ 4.86 ABR Score (84.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.53 Goodreads (77.5K) ★ 4.81 Audible (6.9K)
    10h 30m listening time • Released 2023
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    Desert Star

    Renée Ballard • Book 5

    by Michael Connelly

    Narrated by Titus Welliver, Christine Lakin, Peter Giles

    ★ 4.81 ABR Score (96.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.47 Goodreads (86.3K) ★ 4.77 Audible (10.4K)
    9h 43m listening time • Released 2022
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    The Wrong Side of Goodbye

    Harry Bosch • Book 19

    by Michael Connelly

    Narrated by Titus Welliver

    ★ 4.73 ABR Score (101.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.34 Goodreads (80.3K) ★ 4.71 Audible (21.5K)
    10h 21m listening time • Released 2016
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    The Longmire Defense

    Walt Longmire • Book 19

    by Craig Johnson

    Narrated by George Guidall

    ★ 4.69 ABR Score (12.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.54 Goodreads (11.0K) ★ 4.8 Audible (1.8K)
    9h 43m listening time • Released 2023

    George Guidall's weathered drawl makes Walt's reckoning with his family's violent legacy feel inevitable and devastating—this is the Longmire series at its moral and emotional peak.

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    Holiday in Death

    In Death • Book 7

    by J.D. Robb

    Narrated by Susan Ericksen

    ★ 4.64 ABR Score (50.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.34 Goodreads (45.9K) ★ 4.73 Audible (4.3K)
    10h 21m listening time • Released 2008
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    Daughter of the Morning Star

    Walt Longmire • Book 17

    by Craig Johnson

    Narrated by George Guidall

    ★ 4.60 ABR Score (15.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.39 Goodreads (12.1K) ★ 4.72 Audible (3.4K)
    8h 25m listening time • Released 2021
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    Land of Wolves

    Walt Longmire • Book 15

    by Craig Johnson

    Narrated by George Guidall

    ★ 4.57 ABR Score (17.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.32 Goodreads (12.6K) ★ 4.7 Audible (4.8K)
    8h 10m listening time • Released 2019
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    The Dark Horse

    Walt Longmire • Book 5

    by Craig Johnson

    Narrated by George Guidall

    ★ 4.55 ABR Score (28.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.3 Goodreads (21.6K) ★ 4.65 Audible (7.1K)
    9h 32m listening time • Released 2009
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