Audiobooks Like Serpent & Dove

Holter Graham and Saskia Maarleveld alternate narration on this 14-hour enemies-to-lovers witch fantasy, Graham's voice carrying the witch-hunter's rigid certainty while Maarleveld handles the fugitive witch's watchful wariness — the contrast in their registers is doing real work across a story where the two characters have every reason to despise each other. Maarleveld appears in more of the recommendations, and the list holds to similar runtimes and high ratings with a consistent interest in dark fantasy where desire and danger are the same thing.

10 audiobooks for fans of Serpent & Dove

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    Alchemised cover

    Alchemised

    by SenLinYu

    Narrated by Saskia Maarleveld

    4.46 ABR Score (237.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.37 Goodreads (227.8K) ★ 4.64 Audible (9.8K)
    36h 14m listening time • Released 2025

    Saskia Maarleveld's performance transforms this dark fantasy debut into something genuinely unsettling—her voice work for the necromantic elements is so immersive you'll forget you're listening.

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    Otherworld Nights

    Otherworld Stories • Book 3

    by Kelley Armstrong

    Narrated by Johanna Parker, Saskia Maarleveld, Brian Hutchison, Tim Gerard Reynolds

    4.12 ABR Score (3.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.28 Goodreads (3.4K) ★ 4.67 Audible (205)
    12h 7m listening time • Released 2014

    Four stellar narrators bring distinct voices to Armstrong's interconnected supernatural stories, turning this collection into an immersive audio experience that feels like multiple intimate conversations rather than a single narrator trudging through shorts.

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    Buried Deep and Other Stories

    by Naomi Novik

    Narrated by Frankie Corzo, Nicholas Guy Smith, Imani Jade Powers, Simon Vance, Elizabeth Knowelden, Saskia Maarleveld, Lauren Fortgang, Ell Potter, Billie Fulford-Brown, Steve West, Lisa Flanagan, Bronwen Price, Anisha Dadia, Naomi Novik

    3.99 ABR Score (6.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.02 Goodreads (6.8K) ★ 4.58 Audible (98)
    12h 46m listening time • Released 2024

    A star-studded ensemble cast elevates these thirteen stories from clever reimaginings into fully realized audio experiences, each narrator perfectly matched to their tale's voice and world.

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    Heroic Hearts

    Alpha & Omega #6.5 Dating Terrors

    by Jim Butcher, Kerrie L. Hughes, Patricia Briggs, Charlaine Harris, Kelley Armstrong, Anne Bishop, Annie Bellet, Kevin Hearne, R.R. Virdi, Chloe Neill, Nancy Holder, Jennifer Brozek

    Narrated by James Marsters, Alexandra Harris, Cassandra Morris, Maggi-Meg Reed, Luke Daniels, Travis Baldree, Suzanne Elise Freeman, Sean Patrick Hopkins, Johanna Parker, Daniel Henning, Nancy Linari, Holter Graham, Jim Butcher

    3.99 ABR Score (5.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.15 Goodreads (4.1K) ★ 4.4 Audible (862)
    11h 50m listening time • Released 2022
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    The Wolf and the Woodsman cover

    The Wolf and the Woodsman

    by Ava Reid

    Narrated by Saskia Maarleveld

    3.48 ABR Score (32.8K ratings)
    ★ 3.5 Goodreads (32.5K) ★ 3.85 Audible (342)
    13h 10m listening time • Released 2021
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    The Two Towers

    Middle-earth • Book 3

    by J.R.R. Tolkien

    Narrated by Rob Inglis

    4.83 ABR Score (1.2M ratings)
    ★ 4.5 Goodreads (1.1M) ★ 4.88 Audible (50.1K)
    16h 40m listening time • Released 2012

    Rob Inglis's performance elevates this sequel into something transcendent—his character voices and emotional depth make the sprawling narrative feel intimate, turning a 16-hour journey into something you won't want to pause.

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    Carl's Doomsday Scenario

    Dungeon Crawler Carl • Book 2

    by Matt Dinniman

    Narrated by Jeff Hays

    4.78 ABR Score (217.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.51 Goodreads (187.5K) ★ 4.89 Audible (30.0K)
    11h 28m listening time • Released 2021

    Jeff Hays transforms this LitRPG sequel into something genuinely unhinged—his voice work sells the escalating absurdity and real stakes so completely that you'll forget you're listening to a story about a pantless guy surviving a digital hellscape.

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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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    The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook cover

    The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook

    Dungeon Crawler Carl • Book 3

    by Matt Dinniman

    Narrated by Jeff Hays, The Critical Drinker

    4.75 ABR Score (182.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.43 Goodreads (152.4K) ★ 4.9 Audible (29.6K)
    16h 54m listening time • Released 2021

    Jeff Hays and The Critical Drinker elevate this already-wild progression fantasy into a full theatrical experience—the voice work and sound design transform a complex dungeon crawl into something you'll want to binge in one sitting.

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    Turn Coat

    The Dresden Files • Book 11

    by Jim Butcher

    Narrated by James Marsters

    4.72 ABR Score (139.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.44 Goodreads (112.9K) ★ 4.88 Audible (26.9K)
    14h 36m listening time • Released 2009

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