10 audiobooks for fans of The Slow Regard of Silent Things
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The Name of the Wind
Kingkiller Chronicle • Book 1
by Patrick Rothfuss
Narrated by Nick Podehl
★ 4.72 ABR Score (1.2M ratings)★ 4.52 Goodreads (1.1M) ★ 4.7 Audible (109.1K)27h 55m listening time • Released 2009Rothfuss's debut is arguably the most beautifully written fantasy of the 21st century — the story of a legend telling the truth about his own myth.
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The Emperor's Soul
Elantris • Book 2
Narrated by Angela Lin
★ 4.38 ABR Score (142.3K ratings)★ 4.37 Goodreads (133.7K) ★ 4.56 Audible (8.6K)3h 55m listening time • Released 2012 - 3
Coraline
by Neil Gaiman
Narrated by Neil Gaiman
★ 4.43 ABR Score (798.2K ratings)★ 4.13 Goodreads (788.4K) ★ 4.68 Audible (9.8K)3h 35m listening time • Released 2003 - 4
The Space Between
Outlander #7.5 • Book 7
Narrated by Davina Porter
★ 4.30 ABR Score (26.8K ratings)★ 4.25 Goodreads (21.8K) ★ 4.6 Audible (5.0K)4h 13m listening time • Released 2014Davina Porter's performance captures Joan's fractured mind with haunting precision, making this compact Outlander novella feel like its own complete emotional journey rather than a side quest.
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Penric and the Bandit
Penric and Desdemona (Chronological) • Book 14
Narrated by Grover Gardner
★ 4.25 ABR Score (3.4K ratings)★ 4.52 Goodreads (3.2K) ★ 4.81 Audible (167)4h 4m listening time • Released 2024Grover Gardner's warm, precise narration transforms what could be a simple con into something genuinely moving—he captures both Penric's gentle oddness and Rozakajin's hard-won vulnerability with equal grace.
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Sweep with Me
Innkeeper Chronicles [Dramatized Adaptation] #4.5 • Book 5
by Ilona Andrews, Nora Achrati, Ryan H. Reid, Samantha Cooper, Scott McCormick, Karen Novack, Rob McFadyen, Terence Aselford
Narrated by James Konicek, Jeff Allin, Karen Novack, Nora Achrati, Scott McCormick, Terence Aselford, Rob McFadyen, Robb Moreira, Ryan H. Reid, Samantha Cooper, Troy Allan
★ 4.14 ABR Score (787 ratings)★ 4.36 Goodreads (455) ★ 4.81 Audible (332)3h 9m listening time • Released 2022 - 7
Eric
Discworld • Book 9
Narrated by Colin Morgan, Peter Serafinowicz, Bill Nighy
★ 4.11 ABR Score (82.8K ratings)★ 3.79 Goodreads (82.3K) ★ 4.74 Audible (441)3h 58m listening time • Released 2022 - 8
The Book of the Reaper
Vesik • Book 18
by Eric R. Asher
Narrated by Erin Moon, Travis Baldree
★ 3.88 ABR Score (145 ratings)★ 4.55 Goodreads (117) ★ 4.86 Audible (28)2h 58m listening time • Released 2020Baldree and Moon's dual narration elevates this final Vesik chapter into something genuinely epic—their chemistry sells the desperation and weight of what's actually at stake.
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The Edge Chronicles Standalone: The Lost Barkscrolls
The Edge Chronicles (chronological) #0, 6.5, 7.5 & 9.5
by Paul Stewart, Chris Riddell
Narrated by Alex Jennings
★ 3.88 ABR Score (977 ratings)★ 4.32 Goodreads (973) ★ 4.5 Audible (4)3h 23m listening time • Released 2010 - 10
Even Though I Knew the End
by C.L. Polk
Narrated by January LaVoy
★ 3.83 ABR Score (20.8K ratings)★ 3.8 Goodreads (20.6K) ★ 4.28 Audible (225)3h 52m listening time • Released 2022January LaVoy's performance transforms this sapphic noir into pure emotional devastation—she captures the weary tenderness between two women racing against damnation with such precision that the final hour hits like a gut punch.
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