Audiobooks Like When Crickets Cry

10 audiobooks for fans of When Crickets Cry

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   Chasing Fireflies

   by Charles Martin

   Narrated by Adam Verner

   ★ 4.43 ABR Score (45.7K ratings)

   ★ 4.42 Goodreads (44.1K) ★ 4.6 Audible (1.7K)

   10h 25m listening time • Released 2020

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   Long Way Gone

   by Charles Martin

   Narrated by Adam Verner

   ★ 4.38 ABR Score (21.6K ratings)

   ★ 4.38 Goodreads (20.2K) ★ 4.59 Audible (1.5K)

   9h 50m listening time • Released 2016

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   The Award

   by Danielle Steel

   Narrated by Adam Verner

   ★ 4.14 ABR Score (9.1K ratings)

   ★ 4.21 Goodreads (7.7K) ★ 4.4 Audible (1.4K)

   9h 28m listening time • Released 2016

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   A Single Swallow

   by Zhang Ling, Shelly Bryant

   Narrated by Arthur Morey, Adam Verner, Feodor Chin, Tanya Eby, Christopher Lane

   ★ 4.02 ABR Score (10.7K ratings)

   ★ 4.16 Goodreads (10.2K) ★ 4.28 Audible (563)

   13h 19m listening time • Released 2020

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   You Will Be Peter

   by Jerry Lathan, Manchester

   Narrated by Adam Verner

   ★ 3.62 ABR Score (99 ratings)

   ★ 4.65 Goodreads (93) ★ 4.67 Audible (6)

   10h 39m listening time • Released 2025

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   The Hop

   by Diana Clarke

   Narrated by Taryn Ryan, Olivia Mackenzie-Smith, Adam Verner, Laura Petersen, Carolina Hoyos

   ★ 3.93 ABR Score (3.0K ratings)

   ★ 4.26 Goodreads (2.9K) ★ 4.41 Audible (59)

   11h 47m listening time • Released 2022

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   Theo of Golden

   by Allen Levi

   Narrated by David Morse

   ★ 4.85 ABR Score (178.8K ratings)

   ★ 4.57 Goodreads (168.5K) ★ 4.89 Audible (10.3K)

   13h 12m listening time • Released 2025

   David Morse's weathered voice transforms this quiet parable into something hypnotic—each pencil portrait portrait exchange feels like a secret being shared directly with you, making generosity feel less like virtue and more like magic.

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   The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell

   by Robert Dugoni

   Narrated by Robert Dugoni

   ★ 4.68 ABR Score (253.5K ratings)

   ★ 4.45 Goodreads (230.8K) ★ 4.67 Audible (22.7K)

   11h 41m listening time • Released 2018

   Robert Dugoni narrating his own coming-of-age story brings an intimacy that transforms a tale of isolation into something deeply moving. His performance captures both the wounded kid and the reflective adult looking back, making this feel less like memoir and more like a friend finally trusting you with his truth.

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   My Friends

   by Fredrik Backman

   Narrated by Marin Ireland

   ★ 4.58 ABR Score (421.8K ratings)

   ★ 4.36 Goodreads (413.4K) ★ 4.64 Audible (8.5K)

   13h 22m listening time • Released 2025

   Marin Ireland's narration transforms this story of teenage friendship into something achingly real—she captures the specific cadence of how friends actually talk, making you feel like you're eavesdropping on something sacred.

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    UnDivided

    Unwind Dystology • Book 4

    by Neal Shusterman

    Narrated by Luke Daniels

    ★ 4.57 ABR Score (34.4K ratings)

    ★ 4.45 Goodreads (32.4K) ★ 4.77 Audible (2.0K)

    12h 57m listening time • Released 2014

    Luke Daniels brings devastating clarity to this finale, making the moral reckoning hit harder than any previous book in the series. The stakes feel genuinely apocalyptic because he forces you to hear the humanity in every side of an impossible conflict.

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