Audiobooks Like Mrs. Dalloway

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If you loved Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf, 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 Juliet Stevenson's narration will find familiar voices here too.

10 audiobooks for fans of Mrs. Dalloway

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    Robinson Crusoe

    Robinson Crusoe • Book 1

    by Daniel Defoe, Virginia Woolf

    Narrated by Simon Vance

    ★ 4.15 ABR Score (337.6K ratings)
    ★ 3.68 Goodreads (333.3K) ★ 4.48 Audible (4.3K)
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    Shipwrecked on a deserted island for nearly three decades, an ordinary English sailor faces both survival and spiritual crisis. Vance's measured narration captures the isolation and philosophical weight of Crusoe's gradual transformation from civilized man to resourceful castaway.

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    James

    by Percival Everett

    Narrated by Dominic Hoffman

    ★ 4.76 ABR Score (552.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.42 Goodreads (533.5K) ★ 4.77 Audible (18.6K)
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    Jim's perspective on the Huckleberry Finn story reveals the brutal realities of slavery through brilliant code-switching between dialects. Dominic Hoffman's performance captures every nuanced layer of survival and dignity.

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    I Must Betray You

    by Ruta Sepetys

    Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini, Ruta Sepetys

    ★ 4.56 ABR Score (103.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.4 Goodreads (101.3K) ★ 4.77 Audible (1.7K)
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    Ballerini's dual narration captures the suffocating paranoia of Cold War Romania so viscerally you'll feel the weight of every impossible choice Cristian makes. A gripping true-stakes thriller about resistance that refuses easy heroics.

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    The Body

    by Robin Waterfield, Stephen King

    Narrated by Wil Wheaton

    ★ 4.52 ABR Score (45.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.3 Goodreads (45.7K)
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    King's coming-of-age tale about four boys searching for a dead body captures the raw terror and wonder of childhood friendships on the brink of dissolving.

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    Sense and Sensibility: Jane Austen's Timeless Romance for Teens About Sisterhood, Passion, and Love

    by Jane Austen

    Narrated by Juliet Stevenson

    ★ 4.48 ABR Score (1.3M ratings)
    ★ 4.09 Goodreads (1.3M) ★ 4.67 Audible (3.6K)
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    Two sisters with opposite hearts, two kinds of heartbreak. Stevenson's narration transforms Austen's wit and pain into something you can't stop listening to.

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    North and South Annotated

    by Elizabeth Gaskell

    Narrated by Juliet Stevenson

    ★ 4.48 ABR Score (193.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.15 Goodreads (185.2K) ★ 4.64 Audible (7.9K)
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    Juliet Stevenson captures Margaret's quiet defiance and the slow-burn romance with such depth that 18 hours dissolves completely.

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    The Color Purple

    The Color Purple Collection • Book 1

    by Alice Walker

    Narrated by Alice Walker

    ★ 4.68 ABR Score (764.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.28 Goodreads (758.4K) ★ 4.81 Audible (5.7K)
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    Celie's letters to God chronicle brutal abuse and gradual empowerment in rural Georgia. Walker herself reads this Pulitzer winner, adding an intimacy that matches the epistolary format.

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    Their Eyes Were Watching God

    by Zora Neale Hurston

    Narrated by Ruby Dee

    ★ 4.47 ABR Score (402.9K ratings)
    ★ 3.99 Goodreads (390.8K) ★ 4.66 Audible (12.1K)
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    Janie Crawford searches for love and independence across three marriages in 1930s Florida. Ruby Dee's luminous performance captures both Hurston's rich dialect and Janie's evolving voice as she claims her own story.

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    If Beale Street Could Talk (Vintage International)

    by James Baldwin

    Narrated by Bahni Turpin

    ★ 4.37 ABR Score (88.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.27 Goodreads (84.2K) ★ 4.51 Audible (3.8K)
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    Nineteen-year-old Tish fights to free her imprisoned fiancé Fonny while pregnant with his child in 1970s Harlem. Bahni Turpin's performance captures Baldwin's lyrical prose and the characters' deep emotional bonds.

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    Heart the Lover

    by Lily King

    Narrated by Rebecca Lowman

    ★ 4.36 ABR Score (204.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.28 Goodreads (201.6K) ★ 4.5 Audible (2.4K)
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    Rebecca Lowman handles King's intimate prose about love and connection with the delicate touch this meditation on human relationships deserves.

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