Audiobooks Like They Both Die at the End

10 audiobooks for fans of They Both Die at the End

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   Forever a Hustler's Wife

   A Hustler's Wife • Book 2

   by Nikki Turner

   Narrated by Bahni Turpin

   ★ 4.30 ABR Score (3.6K ratings)

   ★ 4.46 Goodreads (3.1K) ★ 4.73 Audible (457)

   8h 10m listening time • Released 2009

   Bahni Turpin's delivery transforms this street-lit sequel into pure theater—she nails every character's voice so sharply you forget you're listening to one narrator commanding a cast of hustlers and preachers.

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   Transcendent Kingdom

   by Yaa Gyasi

   Narrated by Bahni Turpin

   ★ 4.21 ABR Score (166.8K ratings)

   ★ 4.1 Goodreads (164.2K) ★ 4.4 Audible (2.6K)

   8h 40m listening time • Released 2020

   Bahni Turpin's narration transforms this intimate family tragedy into something almost unbearable to hear—her voice captures both Gifty's scientific precision and the raw spiritual hunger underneath, making the audiobook feel like a confession.

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   The Hate U Give

   The Hate U Give • Book 1

   by Angie Thomas

   Narrated by Bahni Turpin

   ★ 4.83 ABR Score (1.1M ratings)

   ★ 4.45 Goodreads (1.0M) ★ 4.78 Audible (45.9K)

   11h 50m listening time • Released 2017

   Bahni Turpin's narration gives each character a distinct, lived-in voice that makes Starr's internal conflict feel devastatingly real. This is essential listening for anyone who wants to understand why this book became a cultural phenomenon.

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   If Beale Street Could Talk (Vintage International)

   by James Baldwin

   Narrated by Bahni Turpin

   ★ 4.37 ABR Score (88.1K ratings)

   ★ 4.27 Goodreads (84.2K) ★ 4.51 Audible (3.8K)

   7h 7m listening time • Released 2016

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   Chains

   Seeds of America • Book 1

   by Laurie Halse Anderson

   Narrated by Bahni Turpin

   ★ 4.15 ABR Score (59.4K ratings)

   ★ 4.1 Goodreads (59.2K) ★ 4.67 Audible (179)

   9h 29m listening time • Released 2020

   Bahni Turpin's narration cuts through the moral complexity of the Revolution with raw intensity, making Isabel's impossible choices feel urgent and utterly real.

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   Netherwings

   by Django Wexler, Bahni Turpin

   Narrated by Bahni Turpin

   ★ 4.07 ABR Score (1.0K ratings)

   ★ 3.84 Goodreads (187) ★ 4.72 Audible (837)

   8h 34m listening time • Released 2021

   Bahni Turpin's dual performance as narrator and co-author brings genuine warmth to Kay's underdog journey, making this middle-grade fantasy feel like a friend telling you a story you actually want to hear.

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   Mercy House

   by Alena Dillon

   Narrated by Dawn Harvey, Catherine Ho, Scarlette Hayes, Eboni Flowers, Caitlin Kelly, Bahni Turpin

   ★ 4.03 ABR Score (6.2K ratings)

   ★ 3.94 Goodreads (5.3K) ★ 4.44 Audible (893)

   9h 35m listening time • Released 2020

   The ensemble cast brings genuine weight to each woman's voice, making this Brooklyn refuge feel lived-in and real. A mystery that earns its emotional stakes through character, not plot twists.

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   One of the Good Ones

   by Maika Moulite, Maritza Moulite

   Narrated by Bahni Turpin, Jordan Cobb, Carolyn Smith

   ★ 4.02 ABR Score (4.9K ratings)

   ★ 4.12 Goodreads (4.7K) ★ 4.62 Audible (125)

   9h 49m listening time • Released 2021

   The three narrators nail the competing voices and raw grief here, making what could've been preachy into something genuinely human about who deserves to be mourned.

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   Just Too Good to Be True

   by E. Lynn Harris

   Narrated by Adenrele Ojo, Bahni Turpin, Mirron Willis

   ★ 4.00 ABR Score (3.7K ratings)

   ★ 4.22 Goodreads (3.5K) ★ 4.43 Audible (176)

   9h 51m listening time • Released 2008

   Three narrators bring real chemistry to Harris's tangle of ambition, desire, and deception—the audiobook format lets you hear the lies and motivations shift between characters in real time.

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    by Nikki Turner

    Narrated by Bahni Turpin

    ★ 3.91 ABR Score (862 ratings)

    ★ 4.19 Goodreads (699) ★ 4.51 Audible (163)

    8h 35m listening time • Released 2010

    Bahni Turpin's sharp, commanding performance transforms Beijing Lee into an unforgettable antihero—a woman whose ambition and hunger feel inevitable, not reckless, making every moral compromise land harder.

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