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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    Just Once

    by Karen Kingsbury

    Narrated by January LaVoy, Kirby Heyborne

    ★ 4.38 ABR Score (10.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.41 Goodreads (9.8K) ★ 4.78 Audible (269)
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    LaVoy and Heyborne's dual narration captures the emotional devastation of a wartime love triangle with such raw authenticity that you'll feel the weight of every impossible choice alongside them.

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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 Nickel Boys (Winner 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction)

    by Colson Whitehead, J.D. Jackson

    Narrated by JD Jackson, Colson Whitehead

    ★ 4.51 ABR Score (321.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.25 Goodreads (313.0K) ★ 4.61 Audible (8.7K)
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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

    ★ 4.08 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 Morgans

    The Morgans • Book 1

    by William W. Johnstone, J.A. Johnstone

    Narrated by George Guidall

    ★ 3.99 ABR Score (729 ratings)
    ★ 4.35 Goodreads (503) ★ 4.51 Audible (226)
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    George Guidall's gravelly narration transforms this father-son gunslinger tale into pure Western noir—his voice commands every tense standoff like he's been waiting his whole career for material this hard-boiled.

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