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The Holy Bible: King James Version
by Anonymous
Narrated by Scott Brick, Prentice Onayemi, Ellen Archer, LJ Ganser, Jennifer Van Dyck, Suzanne Toren
★ 4.56 ABR Score (322.5K ratings)★ 4.45 Goodreads (320.9K) ★ 4.71 Audible (1.5K)82h 53m listening time • Released 2020The King James Version's cadence and poetry hit different when spoken aloud by this all-star ensemble cast, making the language feel alive rather than archaic.
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Sherlock Holmes: The Definitive Audio Collection
Sherlock Holmes #1-9 • Book 1
by Arthur Conan Doyle, Stephen Fry
Narrated by Stephen Fry
★ 4.97 ABR Score (239.5K ratings)★ 4.51 Goodreads (217.9K) ★ 4.84 Audible (21.6K)71h 57m listening time • Released 2017 -
Dundee Idaho Complete Collection/A Home Of Her Own/Stranger In Town/Big Girls Don't Cry/The Other Woman/Coulda Been A Cowboy
Dept 6 Hired Guns • Book 3
by Brenda Novak
Narrated by Carly Robins, Amy McFadden, Andi Arndt, Rachel Fulginiti, Molly Elston, Amy Rubinate, Tara Sands, Adam Verner
★ 3.81 ABR Score (1.1K ratings)★ 3.97 Goodreads (1.0K) ★ 4.67 Audible (6)70h 9m listening time • Released 2025 -
The Complete Poppy War Trilogy
The Poppy War • Book 1
by R. F. Kuang
Narrated by Emily Woo Zeller
★ 3.82 ABR Score (4.6K ratings)★ 4.38 Goodreads (2.6K) ★ 4.06 Audible (2.0K)66h 29m listening time • Released 2023Emily Woo Zeller's performance elevates this brutal, shamanic military epic into something transcendent—her voice carries the weight of Rin's descent from soldier to god-touched weapon with devastating precision.
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The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
Narrated by Robertson Dean
★ 4.63 ABR Score (34.6K ratings)★ 4.53 Goodreads (29.7K) ★ 4.8 Audible (4.9K)66h 7m listening time • Released 2011Robertson Dean's measured, authoritative narration transforms this 1,300-page biography into a gripping political thriller—his pacing makes even dense urban planning decisions feel like calculated power moves. If you want to understand how cities actually get built (and broken), this is essential listening.
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The Cycle of Arawn
The Cycle of Arawn #1-3
Narrated by Tim Gerard Reynolds
★ 4.10 ABR Score (24.9K ratings)★ 4.01 Goodreads (5.7K) ★ 4.45 Audible (19.2K)65h 54m listening time • Released 2015Tim Gerard Reynolds transforms this sprawling dark fantasy trilogy into something genuinely immersive—his voice work across Dante's decades-long journey hits harder than reading ever could, making the magic system's brutal costs feel visceral and earned.
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Torrent Witches Cozy Mysteries Complete Box Set (Books 1 - 10)
Torrent Witches #1-10 • Book 1
by Tess Lake
Narrated by Natalie Duke
★ 4.64 ABR Score (8.1K ratings)★ 4.52 Goodreads (2.4K) ★ 4.75 Audible (5.7K)65h 31m listening time • Released 2022 -
The Book of Job (The Hebrew Bible, Volume 3, The Writings)
Bible • Book 18
by Anonymous, Robert Alter
Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini
★ 4.11 ABR Score (5.1K ratings)★ 4.22 Goodreads (4.8K) ★ 4.59 Audible (237)64h 4m listening time • Released 2019Alter's translation cuts through centuries of interpretation to expose Job's raw existential rage, and Ballerini's measured delivery makes the philosophical arguments land like punches rather than sermons.
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Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand
by Ayn Rand
Narrated by Scott Brick
★ 4.28 ABR Score (427.6K ratings)★ 3.69 Goodreads (408.2K) ★ 4.54 Audible (19.3K)62h 56m listening time • Released 2008Scott Brick's commanding performance transforms Rand's philosophical epic into something genuinely gripping—he gives each character a distinct voice that makes the 63-hour journey feel essential, not exhausting.
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Wind and Truth
The Stormlight Archive • Book 5
Narrated by Kate Reading, Michael Kramer
★ 4.45 ABR Score (160.9K ratings)★ 4.37 Goodreads (139.0K) ★ 4.6 Audible (21.9K)62h 48m listening time • Released 2024Kate Reading and Michael Kramer elevate an already massive climax with perfectly calibrated performances that make 62 hours feel essential, not exhausting. Sanderson's payoff demands narrators who can handle intimate character moments and apocalyptic stakes equally, and they nail both.
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Fae and Fare
The Wandering Inn • Book 2
by Pirateaba
Narrated by Andrea Parsneau
★ 4.52 ABR Score (17.0K ratings)★ 4.48 Goodreads (9.1K) ★ 4.77 Audible (7.9K)61h 4m listening time • Released 2020 -
The Civil War: A Narrative, Vol. 3: Red River to Appomattox
The Civil War • Book 3
by Shelby Foote
Narrated by Grover Gardner
★ 4.70 ABR Score (9.2K ratings)★ 4.55 Goodreads (7.5K) ★ 4.88 Audible (1.7K)58h 23m listening time • Released 2017Grover Gardner's measured, authoritative narration transforms Foote's sprawling final volume into something genuinely immersive—58 hours that feel essential rather than exhausting as the Civil War's tragic conclusion unfolds.
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The complete Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes #1-9
Narrated by Simon Vance
★ 4.82 ABR Score (226.9K ratings)★ 4.51 Goodreads (217.8K) ★ 4.74 Audible (9.0K)58h 4m listening time • Released 2013Simon Vance's narration transforms these detective stories into pure listening pleasure, giving each character distinct voice and energy across 58 hours that feel effortless to devour.
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A Breath of Snow and Ashes
Outlander • Book 6
Narrated by Davina Porter
★ 4.83 ABR Score (213.0K ratings)★ 4.44 Goodreads (192.8K) ★ 4.81 Audible (20.2K)57h 48m listening time • Released 2011Davina Porter's performance transforms this epic into something you can't stop listening to—she shifts seamlessly between Claire's modern skepticism and Jamie's highland steadiness, making 58 hours disappear.
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Rhythm of War
The Stormlight Archive • Book 4
Narrated by Kate Reading, Michael Kramer
★ 4.76 ABR Score (287.4K ratings)★ 4.58 Goodreads (245.5K) ★ 4.81 Audible (41.8K)57h 26m listening time • Released 2020Kate Reading and Michael Kramer elevate this epic's sprawling POVs into something genuinely cinematic—their dual narration makes Sanderson's intricate character work land harder than it has any right to at 57 hours.
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany
by William L. Shirer
Narrated by Grover Gardner
★ 4.60 ABR Score (168.1K ratings)★ 4.23 Goodreads (149.4K) ★ 4.8 Audible (18.7K)57h 11m listening time • Released 2010Grover Gardner's measured, authoritative narration transforms Shirer's monumental scholarship into something gripping—57 hours that feel essential, not exhausting, when you're learning how a civilization collapses into barbarism.
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The Fiery Cross
Outlander • Book 5
Narrated by Davina Porter
★ 4.74 ABR Score (261.4K ratings)★ 4.26 Goodreads (228.2K) ★ 4.78 Audible (33.2K)55h 30m listening time • Released 2011Davina Porter's 55-hour performance transforms this epic into something immersive and intimate, capturing both the sweeping historical stakes and the quiet, devastating moments that define the Fraser family saga.
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War and Peace
by Leo Tolstoy
Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini
★ 4.34 ABR Score (369.6K ratings)★ 4.17 Goodreads (369.1K) ★ 4.62 Audible (594)55h 30m listening time • Released 2020 -
Oathbringer
The Stormlight Archive • Book 3
Narrated by Kate Reading, Michael Kramer
★ 4.83 ABR Score (432.0K ratings)★ 4.6 Goodreads (365.0K) ★ 4.84 Audible (67.0K)55h 5m listening time • Released 2017Kate Reading and Michael Kramer elevate this sprawling epic into something transcendent—their dual narration captures three interconnected characters with such distinct emotional depth that 55 hours vanishes. Oathbringer is where Sanderson's intricate magic system and moral complexity finally match the scope of his ambition.
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Against the Day
by Thomas Pynchon
Narrated by Dick Hill
★ 3.75 ABR Score (10.8K ratings)★ 4.06 Goodreads (10.3K) ★ 3.89 Audible (461)53h 32m listening time • Released 2007Dick Hill's performance transforms Pynchon's sprawling 1893-1920s epic into something genuinely gripping—his voice work across dozens of characters makes the massive scope feel intimate rather than impenetrable.
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The Civil War: A Narrative, Vol. 2: Fredericksburg to Meridian
The Civil War • Book 2
by Shelby Foote
Narrated by Grover Gardner
★ 4.68 ABR Score (9.5K ratings)★ 4.53 Goodreads (7.7K) ★ 4.86 Audible (1.8K)52h 45m listening time • Released 2016Grover Gardner's measured, gravitas-laden performance transforms Foote's sprawling narrative into something you can't stop listening to—52 hours that feel necessary, not exhausting.
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The Count of Monte Cristo
The Seaside Library • Book 1
by Alexandre Dumas
Narrated by Bill Homewood
★ 4.82 ABR Score (1.1M ratings)★ 4.33 Goodreads (1.0M) ★ 4.81 Audible (20.5K)52h 41m listening time • Released 2011Dumas's revenge epic is one of literature's great page-turners — a man wrongly imprisoned who emerges years later with a fortune and a plan for perfect vengeance.
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The Last Light
The Wandering Inn • Book 5
by Pirateaba
Narrated by Andrea Parsneau
★ 4.58 ABR Score (9.6K ratings)★ 4.58 Goodreads (4.4K) ★ 4.85 Audible (5.2K)52h 17m listening time • Released 2021 -
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke #1-5
Narrated by Ralph Lister, Ray Porter, Jonathan Davis
★ 4.24 ABR Score (8.0K ratings)★ 4.3 Goodreads (6.4K) ★ 4.57 Audible (1.6K)51h 4m listening time • Released 2016Three narrators divvy up Clarke's 51-hour story collection, each bringing distinct voices to everything from hard sci-fi concepts to quiet existential gut-punches. It's the definitive way to experience the author who basically invented modern science fiction.
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Ranger's Oath
Arc of Radiance/Fall of Radiance • Book 1
by Blake Arthur Peel
Narrated by Michael Kramer, Kate Reading
★ 3.93 ABR Score (4.2K ratings)★ 3.84 Goodreads (972) ★ 4.43 Audible (3.3K)50h 59m listening time • Released 2021Michael Kramer and Kate Reading anchor a sprawling epic with such distinct character voices that you'll forget you're listening to two narrators—their chemistry pulls you through a 51-hour world-ending conspiracy.
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The Mists of Avalon
Avalon • Book 1
by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Narrated by Davina Porter
★ 4.20 ABR Score (221.0K ratings)★ 4.13 Goodreads (213.5K) ★ 4.46 Audible (7.5K)50h 53m listening time • Released 2012Bradley's Arthurian legend retold through the women — Morgaine, Gwenhwyfar, Viviane — a feminist reinterpretation that remains one of the genre's most powerful reimaginings.
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Efeito Bola de Neve - A biografia de Warren Buffett
by Alice Schroeder
Narrated by Erika Riba
★ 4.26 ABR Score (54.6K ratings)★ 4.16 Goodreads (54.6K)50h 43m listening time • Released 2023 -
My Life (complete)
My Life • Book 1
by Bill Clinton, Michael Beck
Narrated by Michael Beck
★ 3.93 ABR Score (50.4K ratings)★ 3.74 Goodreads (50.1K) ★ 4.53 Audible (264)50h 29m listening time • Released 2016 -
Churchill: Walking with Destiny
by Andrew Roberts
Narrated by Stephen Thorne
★ 4.60 ABR Score (16.2K ratings)★ 4.39 Goodreads (11.4K) ★ 4.87 Audible (4.8K)50h 28m listening time • Released 2018 -
Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone
Outlander • Book 9
Narrated by Davina Porter
★ 4.79 ABR Score (111.6K ratings)★ 4.45 Goodreads (94.5K) ★ 4.79 Audible (17.1K)49h 27m listening time • Released 2021Davina Porter's performance transforms nearly 50 hours into an immersive experience where you're living alongside the Frasers through their most fractured chapter. She's the reason this sprawling family saga feels intimate instead of exhausting.
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A Dance with Dragons
A Song of Ice and Fire • Book 5
Narrated by Roy Dotrice
★ 4.59 ABR Score (803.0K ratings)★ 4.34 Goodreads (743.1K) ★ 4.67 Audible (59.9K)48h 55m listening time • Released 2011 -
The Naked God
Night's Dawn • Book 3
Narrated by John Lee
★ 4.30 ABR Score (23.0K ratings)★ 4.22 Goodreads (20.9K) ★ 4.63 Audible (2.1K)48h 37m listening time • Released 2016 -
Words of Radiance
The Stormlight Archive • Book 2
Narrated by Michael Kramer, Kate Reading
★ 4.96 ABR Score (587.5K ratings)★ 4.76 Goodreads (498.0K) ★ 4.9 Audible (89.5K)48h 15m listening time • Released 2014The second Stormlight Archive book surpasses the first — the magic system, the characters, and the worldbuilding all deepen into one of epic fantasy's greatest achievements.
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The Wandering Inn
The Wandering Inn • Book 1
by Pirateaba
Narrated by Andrea Parsneau
★ 4.16 ABR Score (28.6K ratings)★ 4.22 Goodreads (15.0K) ★ 4.41 Audible (13.6K)48h 7m listening time • Released 2019 -
Grant
by Ron Chernow
Narrated by Mark Bramhall
★ 4.74 ABR Score (58.4K ratings)★ 4.5 Goodreads (44.7K) ★ 4.87 Audible (13.8K)48h 2m listening time • Released 2017 -
The Stand
by Stephen King
Narrated by Grover Gardner
★ 4.91 ABR Score (922.6K ratings)★ 4.35 Goodreads (841.5K) ★ 4.69 Audible (81.1K)47h 47m listening time • Released 2012King's apocalyptic magnum opus pits good against evil across a ravaged America — sprawling, terrifying, and peopled with characters you'll never forget.
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A Storm of Swords
A Song of Ice and Fire • Book 3
Narrated by Roy Dotrice
★ 4.81 ABR Score (930.3K ratings)★ 4.55 Goodreads (851.9K) ★ 4.82 Audible (78.4K)47h 34m listening time • Released 2004Roy Dotrice's masterful performance across 47 hours transforms Martin's most devastating novel into an unforgettable experience, with each character's voice so distinct you forget you're listening to one narrator bringing an entire war to life.
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1Q84
1Q84 #1-3
by Haruki Murakami, Jay Rubin, Philip Gabriel
Narrated by Allison Hiroto, Marc Vietor, Mark Boyett
★ 3.99 ABR Score (353.1K ratings)★ 3.95 Goodreads (342.2K) ★ 4.08 Audible (10.9K)46h 45m listening time • Released 2011 -
The Keeper Chronicles
The Keeper Chronicles #1-3 • Book 1
by J.A. Andrews
Narrated by Tim Gerard Reynolds
★ 4.44 ABR Score (10.6K ratings)★ 4.5 Goodreads (4.3K) ★ 4.7 Audible (6.4K)46h 32m listening time • Released 2020 -
Endfall
The Kingfall Histories • Book 5
by David Estes
Narrated by Tim Gerard Reynolds
★ 4.18 ABR Score (1.7K ratings)★ 4.51 Goodreads (1.3K) ★ 4.65 Audible (493)46h 19m listening time • Released 2024Tim Gerard Reynolds transforms this epic finale into a masterclass in tension and restraint, making every whispered revelation feel like it could topple kingdoms. If you've invested in Kingfall, this payoff is worth every hour.
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An Echo in the Bone
Outlander • Book 7
Narrated by Davina Porter
★ 4.84 ABR Score (193.4K ratings)★ 4.44 Goodreads (166.8K) ★ 4.81 Audible (26.7K)45h 59m listening time • Released 2009Davina Porter's performance across nearly 46 hours transforms this sprawling time-travel epic into something genuinely intimate—she captures the emotional weight of impossible choices better than most narrators manage in half the time.
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The Witch of Webs
The Wandering Inn • Book 12
by Pirateaba
Narrated by Andrea Parsneau
★ 4.41 ABR Score (4.8K ratings)★ 4.48 Goodreads (2.3K) ★ 4.78 Audible (2.5K)45h 53m listening time • Released 2024 -
Southern Man
Penn Cage • Book 7
by Greg Iles
Narrated by Scott Brick
★ 3.94 ABR Score (10.0K ratings)★ 4.09 Goodreads (9.2K) ★ 3.95 Audible (870)45h 43m listening time • Released 2024Scott Brick's measured Southern drawl transforms this sprawling saga into pure immersion—45 hours that feel necessary, not indulgent, as Iles weaves racial reckoning with genuine stakes that'll leave you arguing with the audiobook long after it ends.
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The Way of Kings
The Cosmere • Book 1
Narrated by Kate Reading, Michael Kramer
★ 4.89 ABR Score (796.4K ratings)★ 4.66 Goodreads (683.1K) ★ 4.84 Audible (113.2K)45h 30m listening time • Released 2010Sanderson's most ambitious work — a 45-hour epic with one of the most intricately designed magic systems in fantasy, and characters whose growth pays off magnificently.
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Tears of Liscor
The Wandering Inn • Book 9
by Pirateaba
Narrated by Andrea Parsneau
★ 4.59 ABR Score (5.8K ratings)★ 4.69 Goodreads (3.2K) ★ 4.89 Audible (2.6K)45h 21m listening time • Released 2023 -
It
by Stephen King
Narrated by Steven Weber
★ 4.90 ABR Score (1.3M ratings)★ 4.24 Goodreads (1.3M) ★ 4.72 Audible (64.9K)44h 55m listening time • Released 2016Steven Weber's voice work transforms King's sprawling epic into something genuinely hypnotic—he doesn't just narrate the terror, he embodies the friendship that makes you care about it. Nearly 45 hours that feel essential.
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Drums of Autumn
Outlander • Book 4
Narrated by Davina Porter
★ 4.83 ABR Score (310.5K ratings)★ 4.36 Goodreads (270.7K) ★ 4.81 Audible (39.9K)44h 50m listening time • Released 2008Davina Porter's narration transforms this epic into something transcendent—her voice captures the raw ache of impossible choices across time and generations with devastating intimacy.
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Voyager
Outlander • Book 3
Narrated by Davina Porter
★ 4.78 ABR Score (364.9K ratings)★ 4.39 Goodreads (332.7K) ★ 4.77 Audible (32.2K)43h 46m listening time • Released 2007Davina Porter's performance transforms this epic time-travel romance into something unmissable: her voice shifts so seamlessly between Claire's modern vulnerability and Jamie's raw Scottish intensity that 44 hours dissolves into nothing.
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The Lonesome Crown
The Five Warrior Angels • Book 3
by Brian Lee Durfee
Narrated by Tim Gerard Reynolds
★ 3.80 ABR Score (1.5K ratings)★ 4.07 Goodreads (1.3K) ★ 4.13 Audible (173)43h 19m listening time • Released 2024Tim Gerard Reynolds transforms this epic conclusion into something transcendent—his layered vocal performances across dozens of characters make the political intrigue and magic feel genuinely lived rather than merely narrated.
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Los hermanos Karam??zov / The Brothers Karamazov
Narrated by Luke Thompson
★ 4.49 ABR Score (395.0K ratings)★ 4.39 Goodreads (394.3K) ★ 4.75 Audible (638)43h 6m listening time • Released 2021
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