Audiobooks Like Red Sister

Heather O'Neill narrates Red Sister across 19 hours with an Irish lilt that gives the convent-school setting an unexpected intimacy — the violence lands harder against the warmth in her voice. Seven of the recommendations come from Mark Lawrence's broader catalog, and the list as a whole pulls toward dark, long-form epic fantasy where the protagonist carries as much psychological weight as the world-building.

10 audiobooks for fans of Red Sister

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    Unfettered II: New Tales

    Gunnie Rose #0.0 - The Gunnie

    by Shawn Speakman, Naomi Novik, Brandon Sanderson, Jim Butcher, Charlaine Harris, Michael J. Sullivan, Janny Wurts, Bradley P. Beaulieu, Mark Lawrence, Seanan McGuire, Peter Orullian, Aidan Moher, Erin Lindsey, John A. Pitts, Anthony Ryan, Scott Sigler, Django Wexler, Rachel Caine, Sarah Beth Durst, David Farland, Terry Brooks

    Narrated by Sarah Coomes, Michael Kramer, Emily Woo Zeller, Nick Podehl, Erin Mallon, Tim Gerard Reynolds

    3.78 ABR Score (1.5K ratings)
    ★ 3.92 Goodreads (1.1K) ★ 4.25 Audible (340)
    20h 17m listening time • Released 2017
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    Annwn Cycle #The Dead's Revenant • Book 1

    by Shawn Speakman, Terry Brooks, Seanan McGuire, Mark Lawrence, Anthony Ryan, Tim Marquitz, Brian Staveley, Michael J. Sullivan, John Marco, Peter Orullian, Kat Richardson, Sam Sykes, Kristen Britain, Mazarkis Williams, Jim Butcher, Rachel Caine, Harry Connolly, Delilah S. Dawson, David Anthony Durham, Jason M. Hough, Mary Robinette Kowal, Joe Abercrombie

    Narrated by Dick Hill, Tim Gerard Reynolds, Nick Podehl, Allyson Johnson, Christian Rodska, Emily Bauer

    3.74 ABR Score (1.3K ratings)
    ★ 3.96 Goodreads (1.0K) ★ 4.13 Audible (246)
    20h 55m listening time • Released 2016

    A star-studded anthology where twenty-three fantasy masters tell exactly the stories they want, each perfectly matched to a narrator who elevates the prose—Dick Hill's gravitas, Tim Gerard Reynolds' intensity—making this feel less like a collection and more like a curated experience.

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    Emperor of Thorns

    Broken Empire • Book 3

    by Mark Lawrence

    Narrated by James Clamp

    4.27 ABR Score (61.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.22 Goodreads (58.0K) ★ 4.58 Audible (3.2K)
    13h 47m listening time • Released 2013
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    King of Thorns

    Broken Empire • Book 2

    by Mark Lawrence

    Narrated by James Clamp

    4.23 ABR Score (74.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.18 Goodreads (71.0K) ★ 4.54 Audible (3.4K)
    13h 30m listening time • Released 2012
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    Prince of Fools

    The Red Queen's War • Book 1

    by Mark Lawrence

    Narrated by Tim Gerard Reynolds

    4.02 ABR Score (39.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.05 Goodreads (35.5K) ★ 4.35 Audible (4.3K)
    14h 38m listening time • Released 2014
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    Prince of Thorns

    Broken Empire • Book 1

    by Mark Lawrence

    Narrated by James Clamp

    3.82 ABR Score (129.6K ratings)
    ★ 3.83 Goodreads (124.2K) ★ 4.17 Audible (5.4K)
    9h 19m listening time • Released 2012

    Lawrence's debut is divisive and deliberately brutal — a boy prince narrating his own atrocities with black humor, in a post-apocalyptic fantasy that rewards patient readers.

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    Unfettered III: New Tales

    The Chathrand Voyage #Thasha's cure for cabin fever • Book 3

    by Shawn Speakman, Tad Williams, Naomi Novik, Megan Lindholm, John Gwynne, David Anthony Durham, Callie Bates, Jason Denzel, Carrie Vaughn, Deborah A. Wolf, Anna Stephens, Patrick Swenson, Ramon Terrell, Peter Orullian, Terry Brooks, Lev Grossman, Seanan McGuire, Delilah S. Dawson, Mark Lawrence, Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson, Brandon Sanderson, Robert Jordan, Todd Lockwood, Cat Rambo, Robert V.S. Redick, Ken Scholes, Scott Sigler, Anna Smith Spark, Marc Turner

    Narrated by Khristine Hvam, Natasha Soudek, Mark Bramhall, Michael Page, Vikas Adam, Tim Gerard Reynolds, Andrew Wincott, Luke Daniels, Brian Nishii

    3.85 ABR Score (779 ratings)
    ★ 3.98 Goodreads (571) ★ 4.37 Audible (208)
    27h 36m listening time • Released 2019
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    Daughter of Crows

    The Academy of Kindness • Book 1

    by Mark Lawrence

    Narrated by Olivia Dowd

    3.76 ABR Score (279 ratings)
    ★ 4.24 Goodreads (278) ★ 5 Audible (1)
    14h 30m listening time • Released 2026
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    The Gate of the Feral Gods

    Dungeon Crawler Carl • Book 4

    by Matt Dinniman

    Narrated by Jeff Hays

    4.79 ABR Score (150.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.55 Goodreads (125.6K) ★ 4.91 Audible (24.5K)
    18h 3m listening time • Released 2021

    Jeff Hays transforms this fourth installment into pure comedic gold—his voice work for Carl's deadpan chaos and the ensemble cast is so sharp it lands every joke before the punchline hits.

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    Skin Game

    The Dresden Files • Book 15

    by Jim Butcher

    Narrated by James Marsters

    4.77 ABR Score (124.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.56 Goodreads (93.2K) ★ 4.88 Audible (31.3K)
    15h 49m listening time • Released 2014

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