Audiobooks Like Euphoria

Simon Vance and Xe Sands split the narration of Euphoria with a precision that mirrors the novel's divided loyalties — his measured, slightly formal tone against her more interior warmth, the contrast itself doing the work of characterization across the compact seven-hour listen. Most of the recommendations share Vance's voice or run at a similar length, and nearly half earned strong reader ratings, so if the density of feeling packed into a tight runtime appeals to you, these land in the same register.

10 audiobooks for fans of Euphoria

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    Heart the Lover

    by Lily King

    Narrated by Rebecca Lowman

    4.36 ABR Score (204.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.28 Goodreads (201.6K) ★ 4.5 Audible (2.4K)
    5h 52m listening time • Released 2025

    Rebecca Lowman's performance captures the raw vulnerability of King's prose so perfectly you'll forget you're listening—her pacing lets the emotional weight of each moment land exactly when it needs to.

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    Miracles - C

    by C.S. Lewis

    Narrated by Simon Vance

    4.19 ABR Score (21.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.05 Goodreads (20.7K) ★ 4.56 Audible (891)
    6h 29m listening time • Released 2005

    Simon Vance's measured, intellectual delivery transforms Lewis's intricate arguments into something genuinely compelling—you'll hear the rigor beneath the prose and feel the weight of each logical turn.

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    Uneasy Money: P. G. Wodehouse's Comic Financial Dilemmas

    by P.G. Wodehouse

    Narrated by Simon Vance

    3.96 ABR Score (2.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.05 Goodreads (2.5K) ★ 4.48 Audible (225)
    6h 20m listening time • Released 2009

    Simon Vance transforms Wodehouse's financial farce into pure comedic gold—his impeccable timing and character voices make the absurd money troubles feel like you're eavesdropping on actual chaos.

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    Metamorphica

    by Zachary Mason

    Narrated by Bronson Pinchot, Kevin Kenerly, Robertson Dean, Will Damron, Xe Sands, Amy Landon, Kate Reading, Robin Miles

    3.68 ABR Score (654 ratings)
    ★ 3.72 Goodreads (589) ★ 4.22 Audible (65)
    6h 31m listening time • Released 2018

    Mason remakes Ovid's myths with Borges-like inventiveness, and an all-star ensemble cast transforms each tale into its own distinct vocal world. Audible storytelling at its most theatrical.

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    Pulse

    by Julian Barnes

    Narrated by Simon Vance

    3.65 ABR Score (2.9K ratings)
    ★ 3.63 Goodreads (2.9K) ★ 4.2 Audible (15)
    6h 47m listening time • Released 2021

    Simon Vance's measured, intimate delivery transforms these fourteen linked stories into quiet revelations about what we miss in each other—Barnes' precision cuts deeper when you hear it spoken aloud.

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    James

    by Percival Everett

    Narrated by Dominic Hoffman

    4.76 ABR Score (552.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.42 Goodreads (533.5K) ★ 4.77 Audible (18.6K)
    7h 49m listening time • Released 2024

    Dominic Hoffman's narration brings Jim's voice to life with such moral clarity and wit that you'll hear why Everett's reimagining won the Pulitzer—it's the definitive audiobook performance of a story that needed retelling.

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    I Must Betray You

    by Ruta Sepetys

    Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini, Ruta Sepetys

    4.56 ABR Score (103.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.4 Goodreads (101.3K) ★ 4.77 Audible (1.7K)
    7h 10m listening time • Released 2022

    Ballerini's dual narration captures the suffocating paranoia of Cold War Romania so viscerally you'll feel the weight of every impossible choice Cristian makes. A gripping true-stakes thriller about resistance that refuses easy heroics.

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    The Body

    by Robin Waterfield, Stephen King

    Narrated by Wil Wheaton

    4.52 ABR Score (45.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.3 Goodreads (45.7K)
    6h 38m listening time • Released 2026

    Wil Wheaton's narration captures the raw nostalgia and heartbreak of King's coming-of-age masterpiece so perfectly you'll forget you're listening. This one hits different as an audiobook.

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    Stay

    by Catherine Ryan Hyde

    Narrated by Nick Podehl

    4.41 ABR Score (34.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.38 Goodreads (31.3K) ★ 4.55 Audible (3.6K)
    8h 12m listening time • Released 2019

    Nick Podehl captures the quiet intimacy of two broken people finding each other—his performance makes the 1969 setting feel lived-in and achingly real, turning a story about connection into something you won't forget.

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    North Woods

    by Daniel Mason

    Narrated by Mark Bramhall, Michael Crouch, Jason Culp, Mark Deakins, Jayne Entwistle, Billie Fulford-Brown, Arthur Morey, George Newbern, Kirsten Potter, Simon Vance

    4.26 ABR Score (120.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.1 Goodreads (117.0K) ★ 4.46 Audible (3.4K)
    11h 5m listening time • Released 2023

    A multigenerational haunting told through ten perfectly cast narrators—each voice anchors a different era, making the house itself feel alive across centuries of secrets and sorrow.

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