Audiobooks Like The Metamorphosis

10 audiobooks for fans of The Metamorphosis

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   The Trial

   by Franz Kafka, Yavar Ismayilov

   Narrated by George Guidall

   ★ 3.96 ABR Score (403.1K ratings)

   ★ 3.94 Goodreads (402.2K) ★ 4.15 Audible (893)

   8h 53m listening time • Released 2005

   George Guidall's measured, urbane delivery transforms Kafka's nightmare logic into something hypnotic—you'll feel Josef K.'s dread creeping in slowly, then all at once it's suffocating.

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   The Castle

   by Franz Kafka, Mark Harman

   Narrated by Allan Corduner

   ★ 3.83 ABR Score (77.1K ratings)

   ★ 3.91 Goodreads (76.9K) ★ 4.01 Audible (149)

   13h 4m listening time • Released 2011

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   Animal Farm

   by George Orwell

   Narrated by Ralph Cosham

   ★ 4.67 ABR Score (4.7M ratings)

   ★ 4.02 Goodreads (4.6M) ★ 4.74 Audible (43.5K)

   3h 11m listening time • Released 1999

   Orwell's deceptively simple fable about a farm revolution that mirrors the Soviet Union remains one of the most efficient and devastating political allegories ever written.

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   The Canterbury Tales

   by Geoffrey Chaucer, J.U. Nicolson

   Narrated by Martin Jarvis, Jay Carnes, Ray Porter, John Lee, Malcolm Hillgartner, Ralph Cosham, Simon Vance

   ★ 3.46 ABR Score (239.5K ratings)

   ★ 3.53 Goodreads (238.9K) ★ 3.63 Audible (606)

   20h 49m listening time • Released 2008

   A rotating cast of seven narrators brings Chaucer's medieval voices alive with distinct personalities and accents, making the fourteenth-century banter feel less dusty textbook and more like eavesdropping on real people.

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   White Nights

   by Fyodor Dostoevsky, TAZIRI, Constance Garnett

   Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini

   ★ 4.23 ABR Score (371.7K ratings)

   ★ 4.07 Goodreads (370.9K) ★ 4.5 Audible (777)

   1h 55m listening time • Released 2021

   Edoardo Ballerini's tender narration captures the ache of Dostoevsky's dreamer—lonely, hopeful, and utterly human—making this slim masterpiece feel like a confession whispered across two hours.

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   The Crucible

   by Arthur Miller, Christopher W.E. Bigsby

   Narrated by Stacy Keach, Richard Dreyfuss, Ed Begley Jr., Hector Elizondo, full cast

   ★ 3.84 ABR Score (469.6K ratings)

   ★ 3.61 Goodreads (468.1K) ★ 4.15 Audible (1.6K)

   1h 58m listening time • Released 2006

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   Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

   Harry Potter • Book 3

   by J.K. Rowling

   Narrated by Jim Dale

   ★ 5.00 ABR Score (5.0M ratings)

   ★ 4.58 Goodreads (4.9M) ★ 4.94 Audible (130.7K)

   11h 49m listening time • Released 2015

   Jim Dale's narration transforms this into the series' emotional turning point, giving each character distinct life while building genuine dread alongside the mystery. His performance alone justifies the nearly 12-hour listen.

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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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   Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

   Harry Potter • Book 5

   by J.K. Rowling, Mary GrandPré

   Narrated by Jim Dale

   ★ 5.00 ABR Score (3.9M ratings)

   ★ 4.5 Goodreads (3.8M) ★ 4.93 Audible (117.3K)

   26h 28m listening time • Released 2015

   Jim Dale transforms this sprawling fifth book into something transcendent—his voice work captures Harry's adolescent rage with such raw precision that the anger becomes contagious and impossible to look away from.

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    Sunrise on the Reaping

    The Hunger Games

    by Suzanne Collins

    Narrated by Jefferson White

    ★ 4.90 ABR Score (1.2M ratings)

    ★ 4.5 Goodreads (1.1M) ★ 4.85 Audible (32.5K)

    12h 48m listening time • Released 2025

    Jefferson White's narration transforms this prequel into something unexpectedly intimate—he finds the quiet devastation in Haymitch before the legend, making every loss feel like your own.

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