Audiobooks Like The Things We Cannot Say

10 audiobooks for fans of The Things We Cannot Say

1. 1

   

   The Women

   by Kristin Hannah

   Narrated by Julia Whelan, Kristin Hannah

   ★ 5.00 BLT 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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   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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2. 2

   

   The Frozen River

   by Ariel Lawhon

   Narrated by Jane Oppenheimer, Ariel Lawhon

   ★ 4.71 BLT 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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   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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3. 3

   

   Homegoing

   by Yaa Gyasi

   Narrated by Dominic Hoffman

   ★ 4.70 BLT Score (421.5K ratings)

   ★ 4.47 Goodreads (410.6K) ★ 4.67 Audible (10.9K)

   13h 11m listening time • Released 2016

   Dominic Hoffman makes this three-century family saga intimate and inescapable, each voice carrying slavery's weight across generations with haunting clarity.

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   Dominic Hoffman makes this three-century family saga intimate and inescapable, each voice carrying slavery's weight across generations with haunting clarity.

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4. 4

   

   The Alice Network

   by Kate Quinn

   Narrated by Saskia Maarleveld

   ★ 4.67 BLT Score (694.1K ratings)

   ★ 4.32 Goodreads (642.8K) ★ 4.63 Audible (51.3K)

   15h 7m listening time • Released 2017

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5. 5

   

   Gates of Fire

   by Steven Pressfield

   Narrated by George Guidall

   ★ 4.66 BLT Score (51.0K ratings)

   ★ 4.4 Goodreads (44.4K) ★ 4.76 Audible (6.6K)

   14h 55m listening time • Released 2012

   George Guidall's voice transforms this Thermopylae epic into something operatic—his measured intensity makes the brutal final stand feel inevitable and intimate, like a dying man's confession.

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   George Guidall's voice transforms this Thermopylae epic into something operatic—his measured intensity makes the brutal final stand feel inevitable and intimate, like a dying man's confession.

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   The Song of Achilles

   by Madeline Miller

   Narrated by Frazer Douglas

   ★ 4.66 BLT Score (2.1M ratings)

   ★ 4.3 Goodreads (2.0M) ★ 4.61 Audible (40.8K)

   11h 15m listening time • Released 2012

   Frazer Douglas's tender, controlled performance makes this reimagining of the Iliad feel intimate and devastating—he captures the quiet ache of a love that rewrites mythology.

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   Frazer Douglas's tender, controlled performance makes this reimagining of the Iliad feel intimate and devastating—he captures the quiet ache of a love that rewrites mythology.

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7. 7

   

   The Killer Angels

   The Civil War Trilogy • Book 2

   by Michael Shaara

   Narrated by Stephen Hoye

   ★ 4.57 BLT Score (99.2K ratings)

   ★ 4.33 Goodreads (92.5K) ★ 4.68 Audible (6.7K)

   13h 44m listening time • Released 2004

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   Bring Up The Bodies

   Thomas Cromwell • Book 2

   by Hilary Mantel, Unknown Author

   Narrated by Simon Vance

   ★ 4.40 BLT Score (109.1K ratings)

   ★ 4.3 Goodreads (105.7K) ★ 4.54 Audible (3.3K)

   14h 34m listening time • Released 2012

   Simon Vance's narration transforms Mantel's intricate political prose into pure suspense—you'll hear the machinery of power and betrayal click into place across 14 hours you won't want to pause.

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   Simon Vance's narration transforms Mantel's intricate political prose into pure suspense—you'll hear the machinery of power and betrayal click into place across 14 hours you won't want to pause.

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   Where the Sky Begins

   Constable Evan Mystery

   by Rhys Bowen

   Narrated by Emma Griffiths

   ★ 4.36 BLT Score (35.9K ratings)

   ★ 4.34 Goodreads (34.4K) ★ 4.56 Audible (1.4K)

   11h 11m listening time • Released 2022

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    The Book Thief

    by Markus Zusak

    Narrated by Allan Corduner

    ★ 4.73 BLT Score (2.9M ratings)

    ★ 4.39 Goodreads (2.9M) ★ 4.64 Audible (34.7K)

    13h 56m listening time • Released 2006

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