Audiobooks Like These Summer Storms

10 audiobooks for fans of These Summer Storms

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   The Great Alone

   by Kristin Hannah

   Narrated by Julia Whelan

   Julia Whelan's compelling narration brings the same atmospheric tension to this sprawling mystery, while both audiobooks weave intimate character drama with suspenseful plotting in richly detailed settings that reward deep listening.

   ★ 4.79 ABR Score (1.3M ratings)

   ★ 4.46 Goodreads (1.2M) ★ 4.7 Audible (58.5K)

   15h 3m listening time • Released 2018

   Julia Whelan's narration captures the suffocating intensity of a family unraveling in 1970s Alaska, making this survival story feel dangerously intimate and impossible to abandon.

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   The People We Keep

   by Allison Larkin

   Narrated by Julia Whelan

   ★ 4.33 ABR Score (122.8K ratings)

   ★ 4.08 Goodreads (117.2K) ★ 4.52 Audible (5.6K)

   11h 8m listening time • Released 2021

   Julia Whelan's performance transforms April's restless search into something deeply intimate—you're not just hearing her story, you're inside her head as she figures out who she actually is.

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   Girl in Pieces

   by Kathleen Glasgow

   Narrated by Julia Whelan, Kathleen Glasgow

   ★ 4.30 ABR Score (276.0K ratings)

   ★ 3.93 Goodreads (273.5K) ★ 4.59 Audible (2.5K)

   10h 42m listening time • Released 2016

   Julia Whelan's raw, unflinching performance transforms this into essential listening for anyone who's felt untethered—she captures Charlie's fragmentation so viscerally you'll feel each scar, not just hear about it.

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   The Boys' Club

   by Erica Katz

   Narrated by Julia Whelan

   ★ 4.14 ABR Score (18.9K ratings)

   ★ 3.91 Goodreads (16.9K) ★ 4.49 Audible (2.0K)

   11h 36m listening time • Released 2020

   Julia Whelan nails the moral quicksand of a woman ascending a corrupt power structure, making every compromise feel thrilling and then devastating. It's the rare workplace thriller that works as well on audio as on the page.

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   Home of the American Circus

   by Allison Larkin

   Narrated by Julia Whelan

   ★ 4.11 ABR Score (14.1K ratings)

   ★ 4.07 Goodreads (13.9K) ★ 4.65 Audible (209)

   13h 8m listening time • Released 2025

   Julia Whelan's narration transforms what could be a quiet homecoming story into something luminous—her voice captures both the brittleness and resilience of two women rebuilding their fractured family with absolute precision.

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   Workbook on People We Meet on Vacation

   by BookMaster

   Narrated by Julia Whelan

   ★ 3.97 ABR Score (24.0K ratings)

   ★ 5 Goodreads (2) ★ 4.39 Audible (24.0K)

   10h 46m listening time • Released 2021

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   Atmosphere: A GMA Book Club Pick

   by Taylor Jenkins Reid

   Narrated by Kristen DiMercurio, Julia Whelan, Taylor Jenkins Reid

   ★ 4.68 ABR Score (778.0K ratings)

   ★ 4.33 Goodreads (758.2K) ★ 4.7 Audible (19.8K)

   9h 52m listening time • Released 2025

   Multiple narrators embody the fierce ambition and competing loyalties of women breaking into NASA, making this feel like you're in the room with them rather than just hearing their story.

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   Summary : the Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - (Taylor Jenkins Reid)

   by Good Reads Publishing

   Narrated by Alma Cuervo, Julia Whelan, Robin Miles

   ★ 4.33 ABR Score (96.6K ratings)

   ★ 4.07 Goodreads (133) ★ 4.63 Audible (96.4K)

   12h 10m listening time • Released 2017

   Three stellar narrators trade off to bring Evelyn's glamorous secrets to life, and their distinct voices make each confession feel like a private confession rather than a summary.

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   Perversion of Justice: The Jeffrey Epstein Story

   by Julie K. Brown

   Narrated by Julie K. Brown, Julia Whelan

   ★ 4.22 ABR Score (4.3K ratings)

   ★ 4.21 Goodreads (3.6K) ★ 4.65 Audible (687)

   13h 42m listening time • Released 2021

   Brown's dual narration cuts between her relentless investigative reporting and the survivors' voices, creating an urgency that reveals how systemic corruption repeatedly failed the victims.

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    A Thread So Thin

    Cobbled Court Quilts • Book 3

    by Marie Bostwick

    Narrated by Pam Ward, Julia Whelan

    ★ 4.11 ABR Score (4.9K ratings)

    ★ 4.03 Goodreads (3.7K) ★ 4.51 Audible (1.1K)

    12h 30m listening time • Released 2010

    Pam Ward and Julia Whelan's dual narration captures the quiet intimacy of small-town life and the messy beauty of women choosing themselves, making this the emotional heart of the Cobbled Court series.

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