Audiobooks Like Cutting for Stone

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If you loved Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese, these audiobooks share similar qualities — same genre, sometimes the same narrator, comparable length, and the kind of ratings that signal a great listen. Fans of Sunil Malhotra's narration will find familiar voices here too.

10 audiobooks for fans of Cutting for Stone

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    The Covenant of Water cover

    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)
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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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    Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

    Harry Potter • Book 4

    by J.K. Rowling

    Narrated by Jim Dale

    5.00 ABR Score (4.4M ratings)
    ★ 4.57 Goodreads (4.2M) ★ 4.94 Audible (125.6K)
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    Jim Dale's performance transforms this darker turn into something almost unbearably gripping—his voices for the Triwizard Tournament's chaos and Voldemort's return will haunt you long after the 20+ hours end.

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    Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

    Harry Potter • Book 5

    by J.K. Rowling, Mary GrandPré

    Narrated by Jim Dale

    5.00 ABR Score (3.9M ratings)
    ★ 4.5 Goodreads (3.8M) ★ 4.93 Audible (117.3K)
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    Jim Dale transforms this sprawling fifth book into something transcendent—his voice work captures Harry's adolescent rage with such raw precision that the anger becomes contagious and impossible to look away from.

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    Demon Copperhead

    by Barbara Kingsolver

    Narrated by Charlie Thurston

    4.81 ABR Score (858.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.46 Goodreads (824.6K) ★ 4.77 Audible (34.3K)
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    A David Copperfield retelling set in Appalachian poverty, following a boy through foster care and opioid addiction. Charlie Thurston's authentic narration captures Demon's resilient voice and mountain dialect beautifully.

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    East of Eden

    by John Steinbeck

    Narrated by Richard Poe

    4.78 ABR Score (674.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.44 Goodreads (655.0K) ★ 4.78 Audible (19.8K)
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    Two California families—the Trasks and Hamiltons—reenact biblical themes of good and evil across generations in Steinbeck's sprawling Salinas Valley epic.

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    [Demons] [By: Dostoyevsky, Fyodor] [September, 1994]

    by Fyodor Dostoevsky

    Narrated by Malk Williams

    4.03 ABR Score (64.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.31 Goodreads (64.3K) ★ 4.71 Audible (17)
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    Malk Williams navigates Dostoyevsky's brutal examination of revolutionary terrorism as Pyotr and Stavrogin's cell faces exposure and turns on its own members.

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    Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë Collection 1)

    Jane Eyre • Book 1

    by Charlotte Brontë

    Narrated by Thandiwe Newton

    4.72 ABR Score (2.4M ratings)
    ★ 4.16 Goodreads (2.3M) ★ 4.8 Audible (21.8K)
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    An orphaned governess falls for her brooding employer, but Rochester harbors a dark secret that threatens their love. Thandiwe Newton brings fierce intelligence and quiet strength to Brontë's independent heroine.

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    Crime and Punishment

    by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Constance Garnett - translator

    Narrated by Anthony Heald

    4.56 ABR Score (1.1M ratings)
    ★ 4.29 Goodreads (1.1M) ★ 4.6 Audible (10.4K)
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    Dostoevsky's psychological masterpiece follows a murderer's mental breakdown and eventual redemption. Anthony Heald navigates the Russian soul with haunting precision.

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    The Grapes of Wrath Novel

    by John Steinbeck

    Narrated by Dylan Baker

    4.53 ABR Score (1.0M ratings)
    ★ 4.03 Goodreads (1.0M) ★ 4.67 Audible (14.6K)
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    The Joad family loses their Oklahoma farm to dust and banks, then travels Route 66 seeking work in California's fields. Dylan Baker's narration captures both the intimate family struggles and Steinbeck's broader social commentary.

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    Nineteen Minutes

    by Jodi Picoult

    Narrated by Carol Monda

    4.44 ABR Score (432.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.18 Goodreads (427.1K) ★ 4.58 Audible (5.5K)
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    Picoult dissects a school shooting from every angle—victim, shooter, parent, judge—in this devastating examination of how quickly everything can change.

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