Audiobooks Like The Corrections

10 audiobooks for fans of The Corrections

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   We Are Water

   by Wally Lamb

   Narrated by Wally Lamb, George Guidall, Maggi-Meg Reed, Tavia Gilbert, Richard Ferrone, Edoardo Ballerini, Cynthia Darlow, Therese Plummer, Robin Miles, Sandy Rustin

   ★ 4.03 ABR Score (59.5K ratings)

   ★ 3.84 Goodreads (56.6K) ★ 4.32 Audible (2.9K)

   23h 11m listening time • Released 2013

   A stellar ensemble cast transforms this multigenerational family reckoning into something closer to theater than narration, with each voice bringing authentic depth to competing perspectives on love, loyalty, and secrets.

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   Baudolino

   by Umberto Eco

   Narrated by George Guidall

   ★ 3.96 ABR Score (25.8K ratings)

   ★ 3.8 Goodreads (25.5K) ★ 4.43 Audible (309)

   18h 53m listening time • Released 2012

   George Guidall's performance transforms Eco's labyrinthine medieval adventure into pure narrative magic—his voice shifts effortlessly between con artists, crusaders, and philosophers, making 19 hours vanish.

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   The Hour I First Believed

   by Wally Lamb

   Narrated by George Guidall

   George Guidall's masterful narration brings the same literary depth and emotional complexity to Wally Lamb's multigenerational family saga, which mirrors *The Corrections* with its unflinching exploration of familial dysfunction and personal reckoning. Both works demand active listening as they weave intricate character studies and moral ambiguity into narratives that reward patience with profound insight.

   ★ 3.93 ABR Score (67.5K ratings)

   ★ 3.84 Goodreads (66.1K) ★ 4.22 Audible (1.3K)

   25h 9m listening time • Released 2008

   George Guidall's measured, empathetic narration transforms Lamb's sprawling meditation on trauma and redemption into something unforgettable. His voice carries the weight of generational pain without ever letting it collapse into despair.

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   Demon Copperhead

   by Barbara Kingsolver

   Narrated by Charlie Thurston

   ★ 4.81 ABR Score (858.9K ratings)

   ★ 4.46 Goodreads (824.6K) ★ 4.77 Audible (34.3K)

   21h 3m listening time • Released 2022

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   East of Eden

   by John Steinbeck

   Narrated by Richard Poe

   ★ 4.78 ABR Score (674.9K ratings)

   ★ 4.44 Goodreads (655.0K) ★ 4.78 Audible (19.8K)

   25h 23m listening time • Released 2011

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   The Master and Margarita

   by Mikhail Bulgakov, George Guidall, Diana Burgin - Translator - translator, Katherine Tiernan O'Connor - Translator - translator

   Narrated by George Guidall

   ★ 4.64 ABR Score (428.1K ratings)

   ★ 4.28 Goodreads (428.1K)

   17h 4m listening time • Released 2026

   George Guidall's masterful narration transforms Bulgakov's wildly inventive Soviet satire into a hypnotic experience—his voice shifts effortlessly between the demonic, the tragic, and the absurd across 17 hours of pure literary magic.

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   The Storyteller

   by Jodi Picoult

   Narrated by Mozhan Marno, Jennifer Ikeda, Edoardo Ballerini, Suzanne Toren, Fred Berman

   ★ 4.57 ABR Score (299.1K ratings)

   ★ 4.3 Goodreads (278.1K) ★ 4.61 Audible (21.0K)

   18h 13m listening time • Released 2013

   Multiple narrators bring genuine depth to this emotional story about complicity and forgiveness—each voice makes you feel like you're hearing a different person's truth.

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   The House of the Spirits

   Trilogía Involuntaria • Book 3

   by Isabel Allende, Magda Bogin

   Narrated by Thom Rivera, Marisol Ramirez

   ★ 4.35 ABR Score (328.3K ratings)

   ★ 4.3 Goodreads (325.3K) ★ 4.45 Audible (3.0K)

   18h 51m listening time • Released 2016

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   The Godfather

   The Godfather • Book 1

   by Mario Puzo

   Narrated by Joe Mantegna

   ★ 4.35 ABR Score (468.1K ratings)

   ★ 4.4 Goodreads (468.0K) ★ 4.88 Audible (128)

   18h 5m listening time • Released 2014

   Puzo's crime epic isn't just a novel about the Mafia — it's a story about power, family, and the American dream pursued by any means necessary.

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    The Neil Gaiman Reader: Selected Fiction

    by Neil Gaiman, Marlon James

    Narrated by Neil Gaiman, George Guidall, Lenny Henry, Leon Nixon

    ★ 4.32 ABR Score (3.0K ratings)

    ★ 4.44 Goodreads (2.2K) ★ 4.73 Audible (802)

    27h 2m listening time • Released 2020

    Hearing Gaiman read his own work alongside master narrators like George Guidall and Lenny Henry transforms 52 stories into a masterclass in tone and voice—each tale lands exactly as intended.

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