Audiobooks Like Cloud Atlas

10 audiobooks for fans of Cloud Atlas

1. 1

   

   Small Great Things

   Ruth Jefferson • Book 1

   by Jodi Picoult

   Narrated by Audra McDonald, Cassandra Campbell, Ari Fliakos

   ★ 4.74 ABR Score (478.4K ratings)

   ★ 4.36 Goodreads (444.3K) ★ 4.75 Audible (34.1K)

   16h 14m listening time • Released 2016

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2. 2

   

   Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders

   by Vincent Bugliosi, Curt Gentry

   Narrated by Scott Brick

   ★ 4.42 ABR Score (164.8K ratings)

   ★ 4.06 Goodreads (154.7K) ★ 4.6 Audible (10.2K)

   26h 29m listening time • Released 2011

   Scott Brick's measured, forensic delivery transforms this true crime classic into something deeper than lurid true crime—you're inside the prosecutor's mind as he methodically dismantles one of the century's darkest conspiracies.

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3. 3

   

   Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand

   by Ayn Rand

   Narrated by Scott Brick

   ★ 4.28 ABR Score (427.6K ratings)

   ★ 3.69 Goodreads (408.2K) ★ 4.54 Audible (19.3K)

   62h 56m listening time • Released 2008

   Scott Brick's commanding performance transforms Rand's philosophical epic into something genuinely gripping—he gives each character a distinct voice that makes the 63-hour journey feel essential, not exhausting.

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4. 4

   

   Under the Banner of Heaven

   by Jon Krakauer

   Narrated by Scott Brick

   ★ 4.28 ABR Score (236.0K ratings)

   ★ 4.01 Goodreads (226.8K) ★ 4.44 Audible (9.2K)

   12h 29m listening time • Released 2003

   Scott Brick's measured, unflinching narration transforms Krakauer's investigation into religious extremism from true crime into something more unsettling: a forensic examination of how faith becomes justification for the unthinkable.

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   The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry

   by Gabrielle Zevin

   Narrated by Scott Brick

   ★ 4.26 ABR Score (375.2K ratings)

   ★ 4.04 Goodreads (362.9K) ★ 4.37 Audible (12.4K)

   7h 2m listening time • Released 2014

   Scott Brick's narration transforms this book-lover's redemption story into something genuinely moving—his gruff tenderness as A.J. feels earned, not performed.

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   Doctor Zhivago

   by Boris Pasternak

   Narrated by John Lee

   ★ 3.97 ABR Score (104.6K ratings)

   ★ 4.01 Goodreads (103.8K) ★ 4.18 Audible (787)

   23h 18m listening time • Released 2011

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7. 7

   

   2666

   2666 #1-5

   by Natasha [Translator] Bolano, Roberto; Wimmer

   Narrated by Armando Durán, G. Valmont Thomas, Grover Gardner, John Lee, Scott Brick

   ★ 3.96 ABR Score (49.5K ratings)

   ★ 4.22 Goodreads (49.5K) ★ 4.54 Audible (13)

   39h 16m listening time • Released 2025

   Five narrators divvy up Bolaño's sprawling masterpiece, and their distinct voices actually deepen the novel's fractured structure—each section lands differently, keeping you locked in for all 39 hours.

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   The Canterbury Tales

   by Geoffrey Chaucer, J.U. Nicolson

   Narrated by Martin Jarvis, Jay Carnes, Ray Porter, John Lee, Malcolm Hillgartner, Ralph Cosham, Simon Vance

   ★ 3.46 ABR Score (239.5K ratings)

   ★ 3.53 Goodreads (238.9K) ★ 3.63 Audible (606)

   20h 49m listening time • Released 2008

   A rotating cast of seven narrators brings Chaucer's medieval voices alive with distinct personalities and accents, making the fourteenth-century banter feel less dusty textbook and more like eavesdropping on real people.

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   The Holy Bible: King James Version

   by Anonymous

   Narrated by Scott Brick, Prentice Onayemi, Ellen Archer, LJ Ganser, Jennifer Van Dyck, Suzanne Toren

   ★ 4.56 ABR Score (322.5K ratings)

   ★ 4.45 Goodreads (320.9K) ★ 4.71 Audible (1.5K)

   82h 53m listening time • Released 2020

   The King James Version's cadence and poetry hit different when spoken aloud by this all-star ensemble cast, making the language feel alive rather than archaic.

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    The Last Tribe

    by Brad Manuel

    Narrated by Scott Brick

    ★ 4.16 ABR Score (21.0K ratings)

    ★ 3.94 Goodreads (4.4K) ★ 4.41 Audible (16.6K)

    22h 42m listening time • Released 2016

    Scott Brick's measured, haunted delivery transforms this survival story into something genuinely unsettling—he finds the quiet horror in a teenager alone with corpses and dwindling supplies.

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