Audiobooks Like Homer Box Set: The Iliad & The Odyssey

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If you loved Homer Box Set: The Iliad & The Odyssey by Homer, 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 Anthony Heald's narration will find familiar voices here too.

10 audiobooks for fans of Homer Box Set: The Iliad & The Odyssey

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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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    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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    Cutting for Stone

    by Abraham Verghese

    Narrated by Sunil Malhotra

    ★ 4.61 ABR Score (445.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.34 Goodreads (431.3K) ★ 4.65 Audible (14.2K)
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    A luminous family saga whose emotional depth justifies the full 24-hour audiobook. Malhotra captures both the intimacy and epic scope of this prose.

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    The Brothers K

    by David James Duncan

    Narrated by Robertson Dean

    ★ 4.17 ABR Score (17.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.39 Goodreads (17.1K) ★ 4.78 Audible (83)
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    Robertson Dean captures each family member's distinct voice as the Chance family navigates Vietnam War-era America through baseball, religion, and sibling bonds spanning decades.

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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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    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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    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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    Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders

    by Vincent Bugliosi, Curt Gentry

    Narrated by Scott Brick

    ★ 4.42 ABR Score (164.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.06 Goodreads (154.7K) ★ 4.6 Audible (10.2K)
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    Scott Brick's gripping narration follows prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi's inside account of the Manson family's brutal Tate-LaBianca murders and trial.

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