Audiobooks Like Lincoln In The Bardo

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If you loved Lincoln In The Bardo by George Saunders, 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 George Saunders's narration will find familiar voices here too.

10 audiobooks for fans of Lincoln In The Bardo

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    City of Thieves

    by David Benioff

    Narrated by Ron Perlman

    ★ 4.55 ABR Score (176.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.3 Goodreads (169.7K) ★ 4.65 Audible (7.2K)
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    Two unlikely friends hunt for eggs in siege-starved Leningrad while Ron Perlman's gruff warmth captures both the horror and dark humor.

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    The Death of Kings

    Emperor • Book 2

    by Conn Iggulden

    Narrated by Alex Jennings

    ★ 4.38 ABR Score (21.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.3 Goodreads (21.9K)
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    Young Julius Caesar leads disheveled soldiers in North Africa, learning leadership through hardship and combat. Alex Jennings captures both Caesar's growing confidence and the brutal realities of Roman military life.

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    Stalingrad

    by Antony Beevor

    Narrated by George Guidall

    ★ 4.18 ABR Score (42.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.33 Goodreads (41.8K) ★ 4.38 Audible (777)
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    George Guidall's measured, commanding voice transforms this brutal siege into an unforgettable immersion—six hours that feel like witnessing history's most pivotal turning point firsthand.

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    All Quiet on the Western Front

    All Quiet on the Western Front/The Road Back • Book 1

    by Erich Maria Remarque

    Narrated by Frank Muller

    ★ 4.54 ABR Score (537.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.11 Goodreads (525.3K) ★ 4.67 Audible (12.3K)
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    Muller's raw narration captures a young soldier watching everything he believed in collapse in the trenches. Unflinching, intimate, and absolutely merciless.

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    The Gods of War

    Emperor • Book 4

    by Conn Iggulden

    Narrated by Alex Jennings

    ★ 4.40 ABR Score (17.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.33 Goodreads (17.6K)
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    Caesar crosses the Rubicon to threaten Rome herself, forcing even Pompey to flee as civil war erupts between history's greatest generals.

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    The Prince and The Pauper

    by Mark Twain

    Narrated by Dick Hill

    ★ 4.07 ABR Score (126.1K ratings)
    ★ 3.87 Goodreads (126.0K) ★ 4.69 Audible (127)
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    Tudor England's class divide becomes personal when Prince Edward and street beggar Tom Canty switch identities for a lark. Dick Hill guides listeners through Twain's social satire with storytelling warmth.

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    Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune

    by Anderson Cooper, Katherine Howe

    Narrated by Anderson Cooper

    ★ 4.05 ABR Score (21.9K ratings)
    ★ 3.77 Goodreads (20.5K) ★ 4.52 Audible (1.4K)
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    Cooper traces his family's connection to the Astor dynasty, from German immigrant John Jacob's arrival to the fortune's eventual dissolution across two centuries.

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    The Sisters Brothers

    by Patrick deWitt

    Narrated by John Pruden

    ★ 3.85 ABR Score (105.5K ratings)
    ★ 3.85 Goodreads (103.8K) ★ 4.2 Audible (1.7K)
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    Eli and Charlie Sisters, notorious assassins, journey to Gold Rush California to kill Hermann Kermit Warm, bickering constantly along the way. DeWitt's darkly comic Western follows sibling dynamics through America's violent expansion.

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    River Of Blood

    The Rat Bastards • Book 3

    by Len Levinson, John Mackie

    Narrated by Ray Porter

    ★ 3.83 ABR Score (129 ratings)
    ★ 4.31 Goodreads (54) ★ 4.69 Audible (75)
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    Ray Porter commands this tale of misfit soldiers who fight enemies and each other with equal ferocity. His gruff narration matches the Rat Bastards' brutal efficiency in jungle warfare.

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    The Women

    by Kristin Hannah

    Narrated by Julia Whelan, Kristin Hannah

    ★ 5.00 ABR Score (1.7M ratings)
    ★ 4.59 Goodreads (1.6M) ★ 4.84 Audible (56.8K)
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    Following nurse Frankie McGrath from suburban comfort to Vietnam's chaos, Julia Whelan captures the protagonist's evolution with raw emotional authenticity.

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