Audiobooks Like Beowulf

10 audiobooks for fans of Beowulf

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   The Essential Rumi

   by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi, Coleman Barks, Reynold Alleyne Nicholson, A.J. Arberry, John Moyne

   Narrated by Robertson Dean

   ★ 4.32 ABR Score (51.4K ratings)

   ★ 4.39 Goodreads (50.8K) ★ 4.58 Audible (517)

   9h 24m listening time • Released 2018

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   The Brothers K

   by David James Duncan

   Narrated by Robertson Dean

   ★ 4.17 ABR Score (17.2K ratings)

   ★ 4.39 Goodreads (17.1K) ★ 4.78 Audible (83)

   28h 7m listening time • Released 2024

   Robertson Dean's narration captures the raw comedy and heartbreak of a fractured family across decades—his voice work transforms what could've been a sprawling mess into something you genuinely can't stop listening to.

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   A Brief History of Seven Killings

   by Marlon James

   Narrated by Robertson Dean, Cherise Boothe, Dwight Bacquie, Ryan Anderson, Johnathan McClain, Robert Younis, Thom Rivera

   ★ 3.98 ABR Score (40.8K ratings)

   ★ 3.89 Goodreads (38.4K) ★ 4.25 Audible (2.4K)

   Seven narrators bring seven killer perspectives to this sprawling Jamaica-centered crime saga, each voice sharp enough to cut through decades of political violence and moral chaos without ever letting you catch your breath.

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   As I Lay Dying Novel

   Sin and Salvation • Book 3

   by William Faulkner

   Narrated by Marc Cashman, Robertson Dean, Lina Patel, Lorna Raver, Jesmyn Ward

   ★ 3.78 ABR Score (190.8K ratings)

   ★ 3.72 Goodreads (188.9K) ★ 4.03 Audible (1.9K)

   7h 3m listening time • Released 2005

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   This Side of Paradise

   by F. Scott Fitzgerald

   Narrated by Robertson Dean

   ★ 3.71 ABR Score (81.0K ratings)

   ★ 3.63 Goodreads (80.6K) ★ 4.01 Audible (395)

   9h 10m listening time • Released 2010

   Robertson Dean's narration captures Amory Blaine's restless charm perfectly—he makes Fitzgerald's debut feel like overhearing a brilliant friend's confessions rather than reading a century-old novel.

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   The Sonnets - William Shakespeare

   by William Shakespeare

   Narrated by Alex Jennings

   ★ 4.06 ABR Score (113.2K ratings)

   ★ 4.25 Goodreads (113.1K) ★ 4.39 Audible (57)

   3h 9m listening time • Released 2000

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   A Christmas Carol

   by Charles Dickens

   Narrated by Maxine Mitchell, Tim Paige, Lucy Rivers, Tieran Wilder, Devon Ryder, Gary Furlong, Joe Arden, Sebastian York, Troy Duran

   ★ 3.96 ABR Score (947.6K ratings)

   ★ 4.09 Goodreads (947.6K) ★ 5 Audible (6)

   2h 47m listening time • Released 2025

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   Einstein’s Dreams

   by Alan Lightman

   Narrated by Grover Gardner

   ★ 3.94 ABR Score (44.1K ratings)

   ★ 4.06 Goodreads (43.2K) ★ 4.14 Audible (918)

   2h 32m listening time • Released 2015

   Grover Gardner's meditative delivery transforms these interconnected visions of time into something hypnotic—each dream lands with quiet wonder rather than intellectual weight, making the physics feel deeply human.

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   The Adventures of Tom Sawyer(Mark Twain Library)

   Adventures of Tom and Huck • Book 1

   by Mark Twain, Paul Bænder, John C. Gerber, True W. Williams

   Narrated by Wil Wheaton

   ★ 3.89 ABR Score (1.0M ratings)

   ★ 3.92 Goodreads (1.0M) ★ 3.9 Audible (60)

   3h 11m listening time • Released 2009

   Wil Wheaton's warm, mischievous narration captures the anarchic spirit of Twain's boyhood—you'll hear the river, the schemes, and the genuine heart beneath the chaos.

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    The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio : complete and unexpurgated

    by Richard Aldington, Rockwell Kent

    Narrated by Terry Jones, John Finnemore, Samuel Barnett, Colin McFarlane, Tim McInnerny, Neil Pearson, Louise Brealey, Paul Ritter, Tameka Empson, Full Cast

    ★ 3.77 ABR Score (43.9K ratings)

    ★ 3.88 Goodreads (43.9K) ★ 5 Audible (3)

    2h 22m listening time • Released 2022

    A stellar ensemble cast transforms Boccaccio's bawdy medieval tales into pure theater—each narrator finds the wit and mischief that makes these 14th-century stories feel startlingly alive.

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