Audiobooks Like Wild Dark Shore

If you loved Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy, these audiobooks share similar qualities — same genre, sometimes the same narrator, comparable length, and the kind of ratings that signal a great listen. Fans of Cooper Mortlock's narration will find familiar voices here too.

10 audiobooks for fans of Wild Dark Shore

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    Migrations

    by Charlotte McConaghy

    Narrated by Barrie Kreinik

    4.14 ABR Score (108.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.11 Goodreads (106.9K) ★ 4.33 Audible (1.7K)
    8h 54m listening time • Released 2020
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    The Last Migration

    by Charlotte McConaghy

    Narrated by Barrie Kreinik

    3.93 ABR Score (106.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.11 Goodreads (106.9K) ★ 4.78 Audible (9)
    8h 48m listening time • Released 2021
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    Remarkably Bright Creatures

    by Shelby Van Pelt

    Narrated by Marin Ireland, Michael Urie

    4.83 ABR Score (1.4M ratings)
    ★ 4.36 Goodreads (1.3M) ★ 4.79 Audible (62.8K)
    11h 16m listening time • Released 2022

    Marin Ireland and Michael Urie elevate this widow-and-octopus story into something genuinely moving, their dual narration making the emotional reckoning feel earned rather than sentimental.

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    The Correspondent

    by Virginia Evans

    Narrated by Maggi-Meg Reed, Jane Oppenheimer, Carly Robins, Jeff Ebner, David Pittu, Chris Andrew Ciulla, Mark Bramhall, Petrea Burchard, Robert Petkoff, Kimberly Farr, Cerris Morgan-Moyer, Peter Ganim, Jade Wheeler, Various

    4.81 ABR Score (383.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.53 Goodreads (364.9K) ★ 4.8 Audible (18.3K)
    8h 36m listening time • Released 2025

    A sprawling ensemble cast brings luminous depth to this meditation on lifelong correspondence—each narrator inhabits their character so fully you'll forget you're listening to a performance, not overhearing actual lives unfolding.

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    The Hunger Games

    The Hunger Games • Book 1

    by Suzanne Collins

    Narrated by Tatiana Maslany

    4.89 ABR Score (10.0M ratings)
    ★ 4.35 Goodreads (10.0M) ★ 4.89 Audible (16.9K)
    10h 35m listening time • Released 2018

    Collins reinvented YA dystopia with a heroine who never stops fighting — propulsive, politically sharp, and impossible to put down.

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    The Rithmatist

    Rithmatist • Book 1

    by Brandon Sanderson, Ben McSweeney

    Narrated by Michael Kramer

    4.56 ABR Score (86.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.25 Goodreads (75.3K) ★ 4.71 Audible (10.7K)
    10h 23m listening time • Released 2013

    Michael Kramer's performance elevates this magic-school mystery into something genuinely gripping—he nails the outsider protagonist's frustration while making the chalk-based magic system feel tactile and urgent.

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    Perfume

    by Patrick Süskind, John E. Woods - translator

    Narrated by Nigel Patterson

    4.17 ABR Score (563.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.04 Goodreads (561.3K) ★ 4.35 Audible (1.8K)
    9h listening time • Released 2018

    Süskind's baroque literary thriller follows a 18th-century genius with no scent of his own who murders women to capture the perfect perfume — repellent, fascinating, unforgettable.

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    The Lovely Bones

    by Alice Sebold

    Narrated by Alice Sebold

    3.89 ABR Score (2.5M ratings)
    ★ 3.86 Goodreads (2.5M) ★ 4.01 Audible (2.2K)
    10h 53m listening time • Released 2007

    Sebold's debut is narrated by a murdered girl watching her family grieve from heaven — devastating, strangely beautiful, and unlike anything else in crime fiction.

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    Sunrise on the Reaping

    The Hunger Games

    by Suzanne Collins

    Narrated by Jefferson White

    4.90 ABR Score (1.2M ratings)
    ★ 4.5 Goodreads (1.1M) ★ 4.85 Audible (32.5K)
    12h 48m listening time • Released 2025

    Jefferson White's narration transforms this prequel into something unexpectedly intimate—he finds the quiet devastation in Haymitch before the legend, making every loss feel like your own.

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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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