Audiobooks Like Anna Karenina

10 audiobooks for fans of Anna Karenina

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   The Kreutzer Sonata

   by Leo Tolstoy, Benj. R. Tucker

   Narrated by Simon Prebble

   ★ 4.08 ABR Score (36.9K ratings)

   ★ 3.86 Goodreads (36.2K) ★ 4.49 Audible (743)

   3h 30m listening time • Released 2012

   A train passenger confesses to murdering his wife after discovering her affair with a violinist in Tolstoy's controversial exploration of jealousy and marriage. Simon Prebble's narration captures the mounting psychological tension.

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   A train passenger confesses to murdering his wife after discovering her affair with a violinist in Tolstoy's controversial exploration of jealousy and marriage. Simon Prebble's narration captures the mounting psychological tension.

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   The Complete novels of Leo Tolstoy

   by Leo Tolstoy, The Complete Works Collection, The Complete Novels of Leo Tolstoy, Constance Garnett, Aylmer Maude

   Narrated by Jonathan Keeble, Malk Williams, Emma Gregory

   ★ 3.62 ABR Score (61 ratings)

   ★ 4.16 Goodreads (37) ★ 4.58 Audible (24)

   186h 39m listening time • Released 2023

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   The Covenant of Water

   by Abraham Verghese

   Narrated by Abraham Verghese

   ★ 4.62 ABR Score (337.4K ratings)

   ★ 4.41 Goodreads (326.1K) ★ 4.65 Audible (11.3K)

   31h 16m listening time • Released 2023

   Three generations of a Kerala family are haunted by a strange condition where family members drown despite being skilled swimmers. Verghese narrates his own sweeping epic, bringing intimate knowledge to this multigenerational saga of love, medicine, and mysterious tragedy spanning eight decades.

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   Three generations of a Kerala family are haunted by a strange condition where family members drown despite being skilled swimmers. Verghese narrates his own sweeping epic, bringing intimate knowledge to this multigenerational saga of love, medicine, and mysterious tragedy spanning eight decades.

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   The Bell Jar

   by Sylvia Plath

   Narrated by Maggie Gyllenhaal

   ★ 4.31 ABR Score (1.3M ratings)

   ★ 4.04 Goodreads (1.3M) ★ 4.41 Audible (9.4K)

   7h 24m listening time • Released 2016

   Maggie Gyllenhaal's intimate reading perfectly matches Plath's precise, devastating prose about a young woman's psychological breakdown in 1950s New York.

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   Maggie Gyllenhaal's intimate reading perfectly matches Plath's precise, devastating prose about a young woman's psychological breakdown in 1950s New York.

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   The Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe

   by Edgar Allan Poe

   Narrated by Jonathan Keeble, Peter Noble

   ★ 4.13 ABR Score (297.3K ratings)

   ★ 4.4 Goodreads (297.3K) ★ 4.59 Audible (29)

   36h 34m listening time • Released 2022

   Every Poe tale from "The Raven" to "The Fall of the House of Usher" gets the full gothic treatment. Narrators Jonathan Keeble and Peter Noble understand that Poe's horror lives in atmosphere, not jump scares.

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   Every Poe tale from "The Raven" to "The Fall of the House of Usher" gets the full gothic treatment. Narrators Jonathan Keeble and Peter Noble understand that Poe's horror lives in atmosphere, not jump scares.

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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)

   39h 42m listening time • Released 2012

   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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   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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   The Goldfinch

   by Donna Tartt

   Narrated by David Pittu

   ★ 4.28 ABR Score (1.1M ratings)

   ★ 3.97 Goodreads (1.1M) ★ 4.33 Audible (42.4K)

   32h 24m listening time • Released 2013

   A terrorist attack at an art museum kills Theo's mother and leaves him clutching a stolen Dutch masterpiece that will haunt his entire life.

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   A terrorist attack at an art museum kills Theo's mother and leaves him clutching a stolen Dutch masterpiece that will haunt his entire life.

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   The Charles Dickens BBC Radio Drama Collection: The Early Years

   by Charles Dickens, Alex Jennings, Anna Massey, Bill Nighy, Julia McKenzie, Pam Ferris, Phil Daniels, Robert Glenister, Sandi Toksvig, Tim McInnerny

   Narrated by Full Cast, Anna Massey, Alex Jennings, Phil Daniels, Julia McKenzie, Tim McInnerny, Robert Glenister

   ★ 3.64 ABR Score (69 ratings)

   ★ 4.47 Goodreads (15) ★ 4.5 Audible (54)

   35h 7m listening time • Released 2018

   Seven Dickens novels receive full BBC radio treatment with stellar casting including Bill Nighy and Julia McKenzie, transforming classics like Nicholas Nickleby into immersive theatrical experiences spanning 35+ hours.

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   Seven Dickens novels receive full BBC radio treatment with stellar casting including Bill Nighy and Julia McKenzie, transforming classics like Nicholas Nickleby into immersive theatrical experiences spanning 35+ hours.

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   Kathleen Glasgow Three-Audiobook Collection: Girl in Pieces; How to Make Friends with the Dark; You'd Be Home Now

   by Kathleen Glasgow

   Narrated by Julia Whelan, Jorjeana Marie, Julia Knippen, Kathleen Glasgow

   ★ 3.56 ABR Score (33 ratings)

   ★ 4.81 Goodreads (26) ★ 4.71 Audible (7)

   35h 38m listening time • Released 2025

   Glasgow's trilogy hits harder in audio form, where multiple narrators bring raw emotional specificity to each character's trauma and recovery. 35 hours of unsparing, necessary stories about survival.

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   Glasgow's trilogy hits harder in audio form, where multiple narrators bring raw emotional specificity to each character's trauma and recovery. 35 hours of unsparing, necessary stories about survival.

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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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    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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