10 audiobooks for fans of 1Q84
- 1
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
ねじまき鳥クロニクル #1-3
by Haruki Murakami, Jay Rubin
Narrated by Rupert Degas
★ 4.22 ABR Score (323.4K ratings)★ 4.14 Goodreads (317.7K) ★ 4.32 Audible (5.7K)More about this pick
Searching for his wife's missing cat leads Toru Okada into Tokyo's hidden world of mysterious women, psychic powers, and buried wartime secrets. Degas captures Murakami's surreal atmosphere as reality bends around a man whose quiet life becomes entangled with Japan's violent historical past.
- 2
Norwegian Wood
by Haruki Murakami, Jay Rubin
Narrated by John Chancer
★ 4.05 ABR Score (743.1K ratings)★ 3.99 Goodreads (740.7K) ★ 4.19 Audible (2.5K)More about this pick
College student Toru navigates love and loss in 1960s Tokyo, torn between his fragile girlfriend Naoko and the vibrant Midori. Chancer captures Murakami's melancholic atmosphere beautifully.
- 3
Shantaram
Shantaram • Book 1
by Gregory David Roberts
Narrated by Humphrey Bower
★ 4.60 ABR Score (253.4K ratings)★ 4.28 Goodreads (242.1K) ★ 4.7 Audible (11.3K)More about this pick
An escaped convict's epic journey through Bombay's underworld spans slums, prisons, and war zones in this sprawling autobiographical novel. At 43 hours, Humphrey Bower's narration becomes your constant companion.
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DON QUIXOTE. Translated
Don Quijote de la Mancha #1-2
by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Narrated by George Guidall
★ 4.31 ABR Score (314.6K ratings)★ 3.91 Goodreads (308.1K) ★ 4.54 Audible (6.5K)More about this pick
An aging gentleman reads so many chivalric romances that he decides to become a knight-errant himself, accompanied by his practical squire Sancho Panza. Guidall's narration spans the epic adventures of literature's most famous delusional hero and his increasingly wise fool companion across their quixotic journeys.
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2666
2666 #1-5
by Natasha [Translator] Bolano, Roberto; Wimmer
Narrated by Armando Durán, G. Valmont Thomas, Grover Gardner, John Lee, Scott Brick
★ 3.96 ABR Score (49.5K ratings)★ 4.22 Goodreads (49.5K) ★ 4.54 Audible (13)More about this pick
Five interconnected novellas spanning literary academics, a sports journalist, and mysterious murders in a Mexican border town create Bolaño's sprawling masterpiece. Multiple narrators handle the ambitious scope beautifully.
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An American Tragedy
An American Tragedy (in 2 Volumes) #1, 2
by Theodore Dreiser, Zenith Evergreen Literary Co
Narrated by Grover Gardner
★ 3.86 ABR Score (39.0K ratings)★ 3.97 Goodreads (38.9K) ★ 4.75 Audible (12)More about this pick
Young Clyde Griffiths pursues wealth and status in materialistic America, making moral compromises that lead to devastating consequences.
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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)More about this pick
Young Haymitch faces the brutal Quarter Quell with twice the usual tributes in this Hunger Games prequel. Jefferson White captures the desperation beautifully.
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Theo of Golden
by Allen Levi
Narrated by David Morse
★ 4.85 ABR Score (178.8K ratings)★ 4.57 Goodreads (168.5K) ★ 4.89 Audible (10.3K)More about this pick
A mysterious stranger buys pencil portraits in a small Southern town, with David Morse's weathered voice adding layers of intrigue to every encounter.
- 9
The Hate U Give
The Hate U Give • Book 1
by Angie Thomas
Narrated by Bahni Turpin
★ 4.83 ABR Score (1.1M ratings)★ 4.45 Goodreads (1.0M) ★ 4.78 Audible (45.9K)More about this pick
Bahni Turpin's narration gives each character a distinct, lived-in voice that makes Starr's internal conflict feel devastatingly real. This is essential listening for anyone who wants to understand why this book became a cultural phenomenon.
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Remarkably Bright Creatures
by Shelby Van Pelt
Narrated by Marin Ireland, Michael Urie
★ 4.83 ABR Score (1.4M ratings)★ 4.36 Goodreads (1.3M) ★ 4.79 Audible (62.8K)More about this pick
Marin Ireland and Michael Urie breathe warmth into this unlikely story about a widow who forms a bond with a giant Pacific octopus while cleaning the aquarium at night.
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