Audiobooks Like The Godfather

10 audiobooks for fans of The Godfather

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   Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

   Harry Potter • Book 4

   by J.K. Rowling

   Narrated by Jim Dale

   ★ 5.00 ABR Score (4.4M ratings)

   ★ 4.57 Goodreads (4.2M) ★ 4.94 Audible (125.6K)

   20h 36m listening time • Released 2015

   Jim Dale's performance transforms this darker turn into something almost unbearably gripping—his voices for the Triwizard Tournament's chaos and Voldemort's return will haunt you long after the 20+ hours end.

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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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   The Great Alone

   by Kristin Hannah

   Narrated by Julia Whelan

   Both audiobooks deliver immersive, character-driven narratives with morally complex protagonists navigating dangerous environments where family loyalty and survival instincts collide. Julia Whelan's narration captures the same atmospheric tension and intimate character depth that makes Joe Mantegna's performance of *The Godfather* so compelling, drawing listeners into a world where personal ambition and dark secrets drive the plot.

   ★ 4.79 ABR Score (1.3M ratings)

   ★ 4.46 Goodreads (1.2M) ★ 4.7 Audible (58.5K)

   15h 3m listening time • Released 2018

   Julia Whelan's narration captures the suffocating intensity of a family unraveling in 1970s Alaska, making this survival story feel dangerously intimate and impossible to abandon.

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   Small Great Things

   Ruth Jefferson • Book 1

   by Jodi Picoult

   Narrated by Audra McDonald, Cassandra Campbell, Ari Fliakos

   ★ 4.74 ABR Score (478.4K ratings)

   ★ 4.36 Goodreads (444.3K) ★ 4.75 Audible (34.1K)

   16h 14m listening time • Released 2016

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   Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures

   Stephen Fry's Great Mythology • Book 2

   by Stephen Fry

   Narrated by Stephen Fry

   ★ 4.68 ABR Score (68.6K ratings)

   ★ 4.31 Goodreads (61.1K) ★ 4.86 Audible (7.5K)

   15h 1m listening time • Released 2020

   Stephen Fry's voice transforms these Greek myths into something irresistible—his wit and warmth make ancient heroes feel urgent and alive, turning 15 hours into pure escapism.

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   The Storyteller

   by Jodi Picoult

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

   Both audiobooks feature morally complex family dynamics and secrets that unravel across generations, drawing listeners into deeply personal mysteries that explore loyalty and redemption. The ensemble cast narration in *The Storyteller* mirrors the multiple perspectives in *The Godfather*, creating an immersive listening experience that builds tension through layered voices and competing narratives.

   ★ 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 River

   by Wally Lamb

   Narrated by Jeremy Sisto

   ★ 4.47 ABR Score (159.0K ratings)

   ★ 4.3 Goodreads (155.0K) ★ 4.61 Audible (4.0K)

   14h 40m listening time • Released 2025

   Jeremy Sisto's voice carries you through Corby's devastating fall and unlikely redemption with such raw humanity that you stop thinking of prison as punishment and start seeing it as a crucible for grace.

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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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   Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë Collection 1)

   Jane Eyre • Book 1

   by Charlotte Brontë

   Narrated by Thandiwe Newton

   ★ 4.72 ABR Score (2.4M ratings)

   ★ 4.16 Goodreads (2.3M) ★ 4.8 Audible (21.8K)

   19h 10m listening time • Released 2016

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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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