When Crickets Cry cover

When Crickets Cry

by Charles Martin

Narrated by Charles Martin, Adam Verner

4.45 ABR Score (74.6K ratings)
★ 4.38 Goodreads (72.3K) ★ 4.61 Audible (2.3K)
11h 15m Released 2019 Literature & Fiction

Why Listen to This Audiobook?

A bearded stranger, a seven-year-old with a scar, and a lemonade stand — Charles Martin turns this small Southern moment into something that will quietly wreck you.

  • Great if you want: quiet, emotional Southern fiction with redemptive depth
  • Listening experience: gentle and slow-burning, with a gut-punch emotional payoff
  • Narration: Martin reading his own work adds raw, unguarded intimacy
  • Skip if: faith-infused sentimentality isn't your register

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