Audiobooks Like This Tender Land

10 audiobooks for fans of This Tender Land

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   Dead Wake

   by Erik Larson

   Narrated by Scott Brick

   ★ 4.32 ABR Score (177.5K ratings)

   ★ 4.13 Goodreads (163.2K) ★ 4.46 Audible (14.3K)

   13h 4m listening time • Released 2015

   Scott Brick's measured intensity transforms this into a genuine page-turner: Larson weaves together the doomed ship's final voyage with the U-boat hunt closing in, building tension that grips you across 13 hours.

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   The Devil in the White City

   by Erik Larson

   Narrated by Scott Brick

   ★ 4.21 ABR Score (796.0K ratings)

   ★ 4 Goodreads (764.6K) ★ 4.34 Audible (31.4K)

   14h 58m listening time • Released 2003

   Scott Brick's narration transforms this dual narrative into pure suspense: his voice captures both the architect's visionary grandeur and the killer's chilling menace with such distinct intensity that you'll forget you're listening to nonfiction.

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   Salt

   by Mark Kurlansky

   Narrated by Scott Brick

   ★ 3.77 ABR Score (80.5K ratings)

   ★ 3.75 Goodreads (77.3K) ★ 4.16 Audible (3.2K)

   13h 48m listening time • Released 2021

   Scott Brick's measured, curious delivery transforms what could be dry history into genuine narrative pleasure—you'll hear the intrigue in how salt shaped empires, trade routes, and wars across millennia.

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   The Frozen River

   by Ariel Lawhon

   Narrated by Jane Oppenheimer, Ariel Lawhon

   ★ 4.71 ABR 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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   In the Heart of the Sea

   by Nathaniel Philbrick

   Narrated by Scott Brick

   ★ 4.24 ABR Score (123.5K ratings)

   ★ 4.17 Goodreads (119.9K) ★ 4.43 Audible (3.6K)

   10h 3m listening time • Released 2005

   Scott Brick's measured, gripping narration transforms this true whale-hunt survival story into pure disaster cinema. It's the kind of audiobook that makes a commute disappear.

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   Brethren

   Foundation of the Dragon Series • Book 1

   by Robb Pritchard

   Narrated by Scott Brick

   ★ 3.75 ABR Score (400 ratings)

   ★ 4.22 Goodreads (395) ★ 3.6 Audible (5)

   11h 58m listening time • Released 2024

   Scott Brick transforms this Celtic revenge saga into something primal and inescapable—his gravel-voiced intensity makes the desperation feel suffocating, especially in those mine sequences where the audio design traps you right alongside the protagonist.

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   The Nightingale

   by Kristin Hannah

   Narrated by Polly Stone

   ★ 5.00 ABR Score (2.3M ratings)

   ★ 4.65 Goodreads (2.2M) ★ 4.84 Audible (116.4K)

   17h 19m listening time • Released 2015

   Polly Stone's dual narration captures two sisters' raw defiance under Nazi occupation with such emotional precision that you'll forget you're listening rather than living it.

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   The Women

   by Kristin Hannah

   Narrated by Julia Whelan, Kristin Hannah

   ★ 5.00 ABR 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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   The Rose Code

   by Kate Quinn

   Narrated by Saskia Maarleveld

   ★ 4.85 ABR Score (406.6K ratings)

   ★ 4.44 Goodreads (381.4K) ★ 4.8 Audible (25.2K)

   16h 2m listening time • Released 2021

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    Homegoing

    by Yaa Gyasi

    Narrated by Dominic Hoffman

    ★ 4.69 ABR Score (421.5K ratings)

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

    13h 11m listening time • Released 2016

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