Audiobooks Like The Unhoneymooners

Cynthia Farrell plays Olive with a dry, exasperated timing that's essential to The Unhoneymooners' comedy — the jokes land because Farrell understands that the funniest moments come when you don't push them, and at 9 hours the pacing stays nimble enough to keep the enemies-to-lovers tension from dragging. Three picks here are other Christina Lauren titles, and every one of the ten runs at roughly the same brisk clip — contemporary romance that treats the listen as a good time rather than a grand experience.

10 audiobooks for fans of The Unhoneymooners

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    The Soulmate Equation

    DNA Duo • Book 1

    by Christina Lauren

    Narrated by Patti Murin

    4.29 ABR Score (308.1K ratings)
    ★ 3.99 Goodreads (304.3K) ★ 4.56 Audible (3.8K)
    10h 26m listening time • Released 2021

    Patti Murin brings real warmth to a rom-com that earns its emotional beats, making the chemistry between Jess and River feel effortless and lived-in.

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    Beautiful Bastard

    Beautiful Bastard • Book 1

    by Christina Lauren

    Narrated by Astrid Johannesen, Christian Engell

    4.07 ABR Score (225.8K ratings)
    ★ 3.88 Goodreads (225.8K)
    7h 34m listening time • Released 2023

    Dual narration nails the combative chemistry between these two, and the office tension is deliciously unrelenting from start to finish.

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    Beautiful Player

    Beautiful Bastard • Book 3

    by Christina Lauren

    Narrated by Christian Engell, Astrid Johannesen

    4.39 ABR Score (80.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.22 Goodreads (80.7K)
    10h 30m listening time • Released 2023

    Dual narration sells the slow-burn perfectly, with Engell and Johannesen building electric chemistry that makes the friends-to-lovers payoff land hard.

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    The Honey-Don't List

    by Christina Lauren

    Narrated by Patti Murin, Jon Root

    3.69 ABR Score (86.0K ratings)
    ★ 3.49 Goodreads (85.3K) ★ 4.23 Audible (618)
    7h 29m listening time • Released 2020
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    Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating

    Beautiful Bastard

    by Christina Lauren

    Narrated by Todd Haberkorn, Jayme Mattler

    4.06 ABR Score (189.7K ratings)
    ★ 3.93 Goodreads (188.1K) ★ 4.4 Audible (1.7K)
    7h 16m listening time • Released 2018
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    Just for the Summer

    Part of Your World • Book 3

    by Abby Jimenez

    Narrated by Julia Whelan, Zachary Webber

    4.79 ABR Score (1.1M ratings)
    ★ 4.34 Goodreads (1.1M) ★ 4.8 Audible (16.8K)
    10h 5m listening time • Released 2022

    Julia Whelan and Zachary Webber bring such natural chemistry to this premise that you'll forget how ridiculous the setup is—they make you believe in the curse, the plan, and everything that unravels between them.

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    Heartless

    Chestnut Springs • Book 2

    by Elsie Silver

    Narrated by Stephen Dexter, Vanessa Edwin

    4.65 ABR Score (589.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.36 Goodreads (585.5K) ★ 4.75 Audible (3.5K)
    9h 51m listening time • Released 2023
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    November 9

    by Colleen Hoover

    Narrated by Zachary Webber, Angela Goethals

    4.60 ABR Score (1.4M ratings)
    ★ 4.1 Goodreads (1.3M) ★ 4.7 Audible (25.0K)
    9h 46m listening time • Released 2015

    Webber and Goethals trade off chapters in dual narration that makes the once-a-year meetings hit harder, and the final twist lands like a gut punch.

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    Heated Rivalry

    Game Changers • Book 2

    by Rachel Reid

    Narrated by Tor Thom

    4.57 ABR Score (329.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.29 Goodreads (326.4K) ★ 4.73 Audible (2.9K)
    9h 32m listening time • Released 2019

    Tor Thom's dual narration makes the tension crackle—he captures both characters' voices so distinctly that their forbidden connection feels genuinely electric and impossible to resist.

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    Above All Things

    Carlisle • Book 2

    by Roslyn Sinclair

    Narrated by Abby Craden

    4.55 ABR Score (4.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.51 Goodreads (4.0K) ★ 4.88 Audible (806)
    9h 34m listening time • Released 2022

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