Audiobooks Like Frankenstein

Dan Stevens narrates Frankenstein with an eerie, sculpted intensity — his Victor is both feverish and cold, a man who speaks of creation the way others speak of God, and the creature's chapters arrive in a voice that is somehow more eloquent and more wounded than the man who made him. At 9 hours, the story never rushes its philosophical dread. Several of these recommendations also feature Stevens in the narrator's chair, and the rest run a similar length with that same unsettling quality of horror that thinks.

10 audiobooks for fans of Frankenstein

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    Ever Winter

    by Peter Hackshaw

    Narrated by Dan Stevens

    3.90 ABR Score (945 ratings)
    ★ 4.11 Goodreads (582) ★ 4.46 Audible (363)
    9h 58m listening time • Released 2021

    Dan Stevens brings haunting restraint to this frozen revenge saga, letting long silences and quiet rage do more damage than any shouting. If you loved The Road's bleakness, Hackshaw's prose will gut you.

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    Fall with Honor : Vampire Earth

    Vampire Earth • Book 7

    by E.E. Knight

    Narrated by full cast, Ken Jackson, Tim Getman, Thomas Penny, James Keegan, Christopher Graybill, Julie-Ann Elliott, Mort Shelby, Michael Glenn, Dan Stevens, Richard Rohan, Christopher Scheeren

    3.74 ABR Score (1.8K ratings)
    ★ 3.93 Goodreads (1.8K) ★ 4.67 Audible (9)
    8h 11m listening time • Released 2020

    A full cast dramatization transforms this deep-series entry into cinematic sci-fi, with each narrator bringing distinct life to Valentine's resistance fighters facing impossible odds in occupied Earth.

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    Winter Duty

    Vampire Earth • Book 8

    by E.E. Knight

    Narrated by full cast, Ken Jackson, Tim Getman, Lily Beacon, Casie Platt, James Keegan, Dan Stevens, James Lewis, Kate Foster, Tony Nam, Mort Shelby, Dylan Lynch

    3.70 ABR Score (1.5K ratings)
    ★ 3.87 Goodreads (1.5K) ★ 4.83 Audible (6)
    8h 10m listening time • Released 2020

    The full-cast dramatization transforms this survival thriller into something cinematic, with distinct voices anchoring Valentine's desperate winter campaign across fractured Kentucky with real tactical stakes.

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    All These Worlds

    Bobiverse • Book 3

    by Dennis E. Taylor

    Narrated by Ray Porter

    4.68 ABR Score (134.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.4 Goodreads (65.4K) ★ 4.78 Audible (68.9K)
    7h 56m listening time • Released 2017

    Ray Porter's performance captures each Bob clone's distinct personality so perfectly that you'll forget you're listening to one narrator—it's like having a full cast in your head. The emotional stakes hit harder than the first two books, making this the trilogy's most rewarding installment.

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    For We Are Many

    Bobiverse • Book 2

    by Dennis E. Taylor

    Narrated by Ray Porter

    4.67 ABR Score (149.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.37 Goodreads (75.2K) ★ 4.77 Audible (74.0K)
    8h 59m listening time • Released 2017

    Ray Porter's performance transforms the Bobiverse's multiple Bobs from a gimmick into genuinely distinct voices—each one feels like a real person making impossible decisions while the stakes keep escalating in ways that actually land.

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    The Flood

    Arisen • Book 10

    by Michael Stephen Fuchs

    Narrated by R.C. Bray

    4.46 ABR Score (5.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.44 Goodreads (1.9K) ★ 4.84 Audible (3.7K)
    9h 9m listening time • Released 2016

    R.C. Bray's gravel-voiced intensity transforms this apocalyptic finale into pure adrenaline—his command of the chaos makes you feel trapped in London's collapse alongside the team.

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    Second Foundation

    Foundation (Publication Order) • Book 3

    by Isaac Asimov

    Narrated by Scott Brick

    4.46 ABR Score (212.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.28 Goodreads (204.3K) ★ 4.65 Audible (7.9K)
    9h 21m listening time • Released 2010

    Scott Brick's measured, intelligent narration transforms this mind-bending finale into something genuinely suspenseful—he finds the psychological tension beneath Asimov's intricate plotting and makes you feel the paranoia of not knowing who's really in control.

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    Foundation and Empire

    Foundation (Publication Order) • Book 2

    by Isaac Asimov

    Narrated by Scott Brick

    4.43 ABR Score (237.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.22 Goodreads (228.2K) ★ 4.63 Audible (9.6K)
    9h 33m listening time • Released 2010

    Scott Brick makes the political intrigue and galactic chess moves sing—his pacing transforms what could be dense sci-fi philosophy into pure narrative momentum across nine hours you won't want to pause.

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    Old Man's War

    Old Man\u2019s War • Book 1

    by John Scalzi

    Narrated by William Dufris

    4.43 ABR Score (255.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.23 Goodreads (226.8K) ★ 4.55 Audible (28.5K)
    9h 55m listening time • Released 2007

    Scalzi's military sci-fi debut is the most fun you'll have with the genre — Earth's elderly enlist for interstellar war and get young bodies with old wisdom.

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    Death of Empires

    Arisen • Book 7

    by Glynn James, Michael Stephen Fuchs

    Narrated by R.C. Bray

    4.41 ABR Score (4.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.41 Goodreads (2.0K) ★ 4.8 Audible (2.8K)
    9h 28m listening time • Released 2016

    R.C. Bray transforms this series finale into something genuinely epic—his commanding narration sells both the sprawling military strategy and the raw human stakes as empires crumble around you.

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