Julia Whelan
Actress-turned-narrator with Audie wins for Educated and The Witness.
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Julia Whelan is an American actress, narrator and author. As of August 2025 she has narrated over 600 audiobooks. [src]
She narrates long-form journalism too, including articles from The New Yorker, The Atlantic, ProPublica and Vanity Fair. [src]
In 2024 she started the audiobook publisher and distributor Audiobrary. [src]
AudioFile has named her a Golden Voice narrator. [src]
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Educated
by Tara Westover
Won Best Female Narrator at the 2019 Audie Awards.
Source: Wikipedia: Julia Whelan · Open Library
The Witness
by Nora Roberts
Won Best Romance at the 2013 Audie Awards.
Source: Wikipedia: Julia Whelan · Open Library
Gone Girl
by Gillian Flynn
Co-read with Kirby Heyborne.
Source: Wikipedia: Julia Whelan · Open Library
More by this narrator
My Year of Rest and Relaxation
by Ottessa Moshfegh
Described on Wikipedia as an award-winning novel she narrated.
Source: Wikipedia: Julia Whelan · Open Library
Evvie Drake Starts Over
by Linda Holmes
New York Times bestseller (per Wikipedia).
Source: Wikipedia: Julia Whelan · Open Library
My Oxford Year
by Julia Whelan
Her own debut novel (2018); she also narrated it.
Source: Wikipedia: Julia Whelan · Open Library
Thank You for Listening
by Julia Whelan
Her second novel (2022). Open Library lists her as a contributor.
Source: Open Library · Open Library
Of Blood and Bone
by Nora Roberts
Open Library lists her as a contributor (crowd-sourced; verify).
Source: Open Library · Open Library
The Sky is Everywhere
by Jandy Nelson
Open Library lists her as a contributor (crowd-sourced; verify).
Source: Open Library · Open Library
Unchanged
by Jessica Brody
Open Library lists her as a contributor (crowd-sourced; verify).
Source: Open Library · Open Library
Not a complete list. Rows sourced from Open Library are crowd-sourced contributor data; “verify” means confirm the narrator on the store page before buying.
Catalogue, ranked (10 titles)
Pulled from Open Library at build time (CC0). Narrator credits are crowd-sourced: verify on the store page. Ranking uses only open data and award flags, see the method. Ratings belong to the book overall, not to this narration.
- Educated 🏆 Audie Award (2019) crowd-sourced; verify
Tara Westover, Orah Danḳner · first published 2018
★ 4.45 from 22 Open Library ratings · 473 want to read · 37 editions · Open Library - Catwoman crowd-sourced; verify
Sarah J. Maas · first published 2018
★ 5.00 from 1 Open Library rating · 36 want to read · 14 editions · Open Library - The Great Alone crowd-sourced; verify
Kristin Hannah · first published 2018
★ 4.33 from 3 Open Library ratings · 105 want to read · 21 editions · Open Library - The Princess in Black crowd-sourced; verify
Shannon Hale, Dean Hale · first published 2014
★ 4.10 from 10 Open Library ratings · 52 want to read · 19 editions · Open Library - Year One crowd-sourced; verify
Nora Roberts · first published 2017
★ 4.09 from 11 Open Library ratings · 50 want to read · 11 editions · Open Library - Far from the tree crowd-sourced; verify
Robin Benway · first published 2017
★ 3.33 from 3 Open Library ratings · 14 want to read · 6 editions · Open Library - The wife between us crowd-sourced; verify
Greer Hendricks · first published 2018
No Open Library ratings · 5 want to read · 1 editions · Open Library - The Lonely Hearts Hotel crowd-sourced; verify
Heather O'Neill · first published 2017
No Open Library ratings · 4 want to read · 5 editions · Open Library - Gem & Dixie crowd-sourced; verify
Sara Zarr · first published 2017
No Open Library ratings · 0 want to read · 6 editions · Open Library - Emma in the night crowd-sourced; verify
Wendy Walker · first published 2017
No Open Library ratings · 0 want to read · 1 editions · Open Library
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