Audiobooks Like Child of God (Vintage International)

10 audiobooks for fans of Child of God (Vintage International)

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   The Road

   by Cormac McCarthy

   Narrated by Tom Stechschulte

   ★ 4.29 ABR Score (1.1M ratings)

   ★ 4 Goodreads (1.1M) ★ 4.36 Audible (23.9K)

   6h 39m listening time • Released 2007

   A father and son trek across post-apocalyptic America, scavenging for food while avoiding cannibals in this haunting meditation on survival and love.

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   A father and son trek across post-apocalyptic America, scavenging for food while avoiding cannibals in this haunting meditation on survival and love.

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   Outer Dark

   by Cormac McCarthy

   Narrated by Ed Sala

   ★ 3.94 ABR Score (27.5K ratings)

   ★ 3.89 Goodreads (26.4K) ★ 4.25 Audible (1.1K)

   7h 10m listening time • Released 2013

   McCarthy's biblical nightmare of siblings wandering separate paths toward apocalyptic reckoning gets a haunting treatment that captures every gothic detail.

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   McCarthy's biblical nightmare of siblings wandering separate paths toward apocalyptic reckoning gets a haunting treatment that captures every gothic detail.

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   Psalms

   Bible • Book 19

   by Anonymous

   Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini

   ★ 4.52 ABR Score (2.4K ratings)

   ★ 4.65 Goodreads (2.4K)

   4h 2m listening time • Released 2026

   Ballerini's measured, reverent delivery transforms these ancient songs into intimate meditations—his voice becomes the instrument through which centuries of human longing and praise find their most resonant expression.

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   Ballerini's measured, reverent delivery transforms these ancient songs into intimate meditations—his voice becomes the instrument through which centuries of human longing and praise find their most resonant expression.

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   What a Carve Up!

   The Winshaw Legacy • Book 1

   by Jonathan Coe

   Narrated by Alex Jennings, Jeff Rawle

   ★ 4.25 ABR Score (13.3K ratings)

   ★ 4.11 Goodreads (13.3K)

   3h 51m listening time • Released 2005

   Meet England's most powerful and vile family, the Winsaws, in Coe's satirical masterpiece that channels both Dickens and Christie. Alex Jennings and Jeff Rawle capture the malicious comedy perfectly.

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   Meet England's most powerful and vile family, the Winsaws, in Coe's satirical masterpiece that channels both Dickens and Christie. Alex Jennings and Jeff Rawle capture the malicious comedy perfectly.

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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 Sonnets - William Shakespeare

   by William Shakespeare

   Narrated by Alex Jennings

   ★ 4.06 ABR Score (113.2K ratings)

   ★ 4.25 Goodreads (113.1K) ★ 4.39 Audible (57)

   3h 9m listening time • Released 2000

   Alex Jennings brings nuanced interpretation to Shakespeare's 154 interconnected poems, finding fresh meaning in verses that have sparked centuries of debate about love, beauty, and mortality.

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   Alex Jennings brings nuanced interpretation to Shakespeare's 154 interconnected poems, finding fresh meaning in verses that have sparked centuries of debate about love, beauty, and mortality.

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   Gilgamesh: Versión de Stephen Mitchell

   by Anonymous, Stephen Mitchell

   Narrated by George Guidall

   ★ 4.06 ABR Score (124.6K ratings)

   ★ 3.76 Goodreads (120.4K) ★ 4.35 Audible (4.2K)

   4h 5m listening time • Released 2004

   The world's oldest epic follows King Gilgamesh and wild man Enkidu through friendship, loss, and the search for immortality. George Guidall's commanding voice suits Mitchell's accessible translation of this ancient tale of power, friendship, and mortality.

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   The world's oldest epic follows King Gilgamesh and wild man Enkidu through friendship, loss, and the search for immortality. George Guidall's commanding voice suits Mitchell's accessible translation of this ancient tale of power, friendship, and mortality.

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   Rare ELEVATION

   by Stephen King

   Narrated by Stephen King

   ★ 4.03 ABR Score (167.0K ratings)

   ★ 3.63 Goodreads (161.4K) ★ 4.35 Audible (5.6K)

   3h 46m listening time • Released 2018

   King's peculiar weight-loss mystery packs quiet horror into 226 minutes, with the author himself narrating his tale of a man who loses pounds but not mass.

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   King's peculiar weight-loss mystery packs quiet horror into 226 minutes, with the author himself narrating his tale of a man who loses pounds but not mass.

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   Dear Committee Members

   Jason Fitger • Book 1

   by Julie Schumacher

   Narrated by Robertson Dean

   ★ 3.90 ABR Score (22.6K ratings)

   ★ 3.77 Goodreads (22.0K) ★ 4.31 Audible (531)

   3h 55m listening time • Released 2014

   Professor Jason Fitger's bitter recommendation letters reveal a crumbling academic career and dysfunctional university. Robertson Dean perfectly captures the protagonist's sardonic voice and growing desperation through these epistolary complaints.

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   Professor Jason Fitger's bitter recommendation letters reveal a crumbling academic career and dysfunctional university. Robertson Dean perfectly captures the protagonist's sardonic voice and growing desperation through these epistolary complaints.

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    And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks

    by William S. Burroughs, Jack Kerouac

    Narrated by Ray Porter

    ★ 3.89 ABR Score (15.7K ratings)

    ★ 3.72 Goodreads (15.2K) ★ 4.34 Audible (486)

    4h 15m listening time • Released 2008

    Burroughs and Kerouac's collaboration fictionalizes the 1944 murder that shaped the Beat Generation. Ray Porter captures both writers' distinct styles in this raw, experimental narrative.

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    Burroughs and Kerouac's collaboration fictionalizes the 1944 murder that shaped the Beat Generation. Ray Porter captures both writers' distinct styles in this raw, experimental narrative.

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