Audiobooks Like Half His Age

10 audiobooks for fans of Half His Age

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   Pride and Prejudice

   by Jane Austen, Lulu Raczka

   Narrated by Marisa Abela, Harris Dickinson, Glenn Close, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Bill Nighy, Sophie Wilde, Will Poulter, Jessie Buckley, Toheeb Jimoh, Patricia Allison, Bertie Carvel, Leah Harvey, David Gyasi, Rosalind Eleazar, full cast

   ★ 4.57 ABR Score (9.3K ratings)

   ★ 4.36 Goodreads (3.2K) ★ 4.83 Audible (6.1K)

   4h 34m listening time • Released 2025

   Austen's marriage comedy gets full-cast treatment with an impressive ensemble including Glenn Close, Bill Nighy, and rising stars bringing fresh energy.

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   Austen's marriage comedy gets full-cast treatment with an impressive ensemble including Glenn Close, Bill Nighy, and rising stars bringing fresh energy.

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   Alanna: The First Adventure

   Tortall • Book 4

   by Tamora Pierce

   Narrated by Trini Alvarado

   ★ 4.53 ABR Score (139.7K ratings)

   ★ 4.27 Goodreads (137.2K) ★ 4.74 Audible (2.5K)

   5h 14m listening time • Released 2003

   Twin siblings swap destinies — Alanna disguises herself as a boy to become a knight while Thom pursues magic. Alvarado brings youthful energy to this classic tale of a girl defying medieval gender expectations.

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   Twin siblings swap destinies — Alanna disguises herself as a boy to become a knight while Thom pursues magic. Alvarado brings youthful energy to this classic tale of a girl defying medieval gender expectations.

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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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   Russian Classics in Russian and English: Notes from Underground

   by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Alexander Vassiliev

   Narrated by Alan Turton

   ★ 4.49 ABR Score (237.7K ratings)

   ★ 4.17 Goodreads (237.7K)

   5h 25m listening time • Released 2026

   Dostoevsky's bitter narrator philosophizes about free will and human nature from his self-imposed isolation in this psychological masterwork. Alan Turton captures the underground man's contradictory rage.

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   Dostoevsky's bitter narrator philosophizes about free will and human nature from his self-imposed isolation in this psychological masterwork. Alan Turton captures the underground man's contradictory rage.

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   A Single Man

   by Christopher Isherwood

   Narrated by Alex Jennings

   ★ 4.26 ABR Score (38.0K ratings)

   ★ 4.05 Goodreads (38.0K)

   4h 38m listening time • Released 2025

   Professor George navigates one day of grief and routine in 1960s Los Angeles after his partner's sudden death.

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   Professor George navigates one day of grief and routine in 1960s Los Angeles after his partner's sudden death.

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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 Time Keeper

   by Mitch Albom

   Narrated by Dan Stevens

   ★ 4.13 ABR Score (125.8K ratings)

   ★ 3.9 Goodreads (123.6K) ★ 4.42 Audible (2.2K)

   4h 42m listening time • Released 2012

   Father Time gets his freedom after centuries of punishment, tasked with teaching two mortals about time's true value. Dan Stevens brings warmth to Albom's philosophical fable about our obsession with counting hours and days.

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   Father Time gets his freedom after centuries of punishment, tasked with teaching two mortals about time's true value. Dan Stevens brings warmth to Albom's philosophical fable about our obsession with counting hours and days.

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   Calico Joe

   by John Grisham

   Narrated by Erik Singer

   ★ 4.10 ABR Score (52.4K ratings)

   ★ 3.89 Goodreads (50.4K) ★ 4.42 Audible (2.0K)

   4h 35m listening time • Released 2012

   A rookie sensation's career ends when a bitter pitcher throws at his head, creating a thirty-year wound between fathers and sons. Erik Singer's gentle narration captures both the nostalgic baseball setting and the deeper story of forgiveness and redemption.

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   A rookie sensation's career ends when a bitter pitcher throws at his head, creating a thirty-year wound between fathers and sons. Erik Singer's gentle narration captures both the nostalgic baseball setting and the deeper story of forgiveness and redemption.

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   The Dark Night of the Soul by St. John of the Cross

   by John of the Cross

   Narrated by Michael Kramer

   ★ 4.10 ABR Score (11.7K ratings)

   ★ 4.17 Goodreads (11.2K) ★ 4.43 Audible (496)

   5h 28m listening time • Released 2008

   Michael Kramer's measured, contemplative narration transforms this spiritual treatise into something almost hypnotic—he lets the paradoxes breathe, making the darkness feel like illumination rather than despair.

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   Michael Kramer's measured, contemplative narration transforms this spiritual treatise into something almost hypnotic—he lets the paradoxes breathe, making the darkness feel like illumination rather than despair.

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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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