10 audiobooks for fans of Child of God (Vintage International)
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The Road
by Cormac McCarthy
Narrated by Tom Stechschulte
★ 4.29 ABR Score (1.1M ratings)★ 4 Goodreads (1.1M) ★ 4.36 Audible (23.9K)6h 39m listening time • Released 2007 -
Psalms
Bible • Book 19
by Anonymous
Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini
★ 4.52 ABR Score (2.4K ratings)★ 4.65 Goodreads (2.4K)4h 2m listening time • Released 2026Ballerini's measured, reverent delivery transforms these ancient songs into intimate meditations—his voice becomes the instrument through which centuries of human longing and praise find their most resonant expression.
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What a Carve Up!
The Winshaw Legacy • Book 1
by Jonathan Coe
Narrated by Alex Jennings, Jeff Rawle
★ 4.25 ABR Score (13.3K ratings)★ 4.11 Goodreads (13.3K)3h 51m listening time • Released 2005 -
The Kreutzer Sonata
by Leo Tolstoy, Benj. R. Tucker
Narrated by Simon Prebble
★ 4.08 ABR Score (36.9K ratings)★ 3.86 Goodreads (36.2K) ★ 4.49 Audible (743)3h 30m listening time • Released 2012Simon Prebble's measured intensity transforms Tolstoy's psychological thriller into something unbearably intimate—a confession that feels like it's happening in real time, just for you.
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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 -
Gilgamesh: Versión de Stephen Mitchell
by Anonymous, Stephen Mitchell
Narrated by George Guidall
★ 4.06 ABR Score (124.6K ratings)★ 3.76 Goodreads (120.4K) ★ 4.35 Audible (4.2K)4h 5m listening time • Released 2004 -
Rare ELEVATION
by Stephen King
Narrated by Stephen King
★ 4.03 ABR Score (167.0K ratings)★ 3.63 Goodreads (161.4K) ★ 4.35 Audible (5.6K)3h 46m listening time • Released 2018 -
Dear Committee Members
Jason Fitger • Book 1
by Julie Schumacher
Narrated by Robertson Dean
★ 3.90 ABR Score (22.6K ratings)★ 3.77 Goodreads (22.0K) ★ 4.31 Audible (531)3h 55m listening time • Released 2014Robertson Dean's deadpan delivery transforms this pile of complaint letters into comedy gold—his timing on Fitger's grievances lands like a stand-up set, making the audiobook version funnier than the page ever could be.
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And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks
by William S. Burroughs, Jack Kerouac
Narrated by Ray Porter
★ 3.89 ABR Score (15.7K ratings)★ 3.72 Goodreads (15.2K) ★ 4.34 Audible (486)4h 15m listening time • Released 2008Ray Porter transforms this obscure Beat collaboration into a gripping true-crime narrative, capturing the paranoia and moral confusion of two literary giants witnessing a murder up close.
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A Month in the Country
by J.L. Carr
Narrated by Alex Jennings
★ 3.88 ABR Score (29.3K ratings)★ 4.08 Goodreads (29.3K) ★ 4.75 Audible (8)3h 45m listening time • Released 2024
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