Audiobooks Like Shantaram

10 audiobooks for fans of Shantaram

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   The Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe

   by Edgar Allan Poe

   Narrated by Jonathan Keeble, Peter Noble

   ★ 4.13 ABR Score (297.3K ratings)

   ★ 4.4 Goodreads (297.3K) ★ 4.59 Audible (29)

   36h 34m listening time • Released 2022

   Every Poe tale from "The Raven" to "The Fall of the House of Usher" gets the full gothic treatment. Narrators Jonathan Keeble and Peter Noble understand that Poe's horror lives in atmosphere, not jump scares.

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   Every Poe tale from "The Raven" to "The Fall of the House of Usher" gets the full gothic treatment. Narrators Jonathan Keeble and Peter Noble understand that Poe's horror lives in atmosphere, not jump scares.

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   Anna Karenina

   by Leo Tolstoy

   Narrated by Maggie Gyllenhaal

   ★ 4.39 ABR Score (958.4K ratings)

   ★ 4.11 Goodreads (944.0K) ★ 4.46 Audible (14.4K)

   35h 35m listening time • Released 2016

   Maggie Gyllenhaal narrates Anna with such intelligence and vulnerability that Tolstoy's century-old tragedy feels like a story unfolding in real time.

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   Maggie Gyllenhaal narrates Anna with such intelligence and vulnerability that Tolstoy's century-old tragedy feels like a story unfolding in real time.

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   DON QUIXOTE. Translated

   Don Quijote de la Mancha #1-2

   by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

   Narrated by George Guidall

   ★ 4.31 ABR Score (314.6K ratings)

   ★ 3.91 Goodreads (308.1K) ★ 4.54 Audible (6.5K)

   39h 42m listening time • Released 2012

   An aging gentleman reads so many chivalric romances that he decides to become a knight-errant himself, accompanied by his practical squire Sancho Panza. Guidall's narration spans the epic adventures of literature's most famous delusional hero and his increasingly wise fool companion across their quixotic journeys.

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   An aging gentleman reads so many chivalric romances that he decides to become a knight-errant himself, accompanied by his practical squire Sancho Panza. Guidall's narration spans the epic adventures of literature's most famous delusional hero and his increasingly wise fool companion across their quixotic journeys.

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4. 4

   

   1Q84

   1Q84 #1-3

   by Haruki Murakami, Jay Rubin, Philip Gabriel

   Narrated by Allison Hiroto, Marc Vietor, Mark Boyett

   ★ 3.99 ABR Score (353.1K ratings)

   ★ 3.95 Goodreads (342.2K) ★ 4.08 Audible (10.9K)

   46h 45m listening time • Released 2011

   Murakami splits reality between Aomame and Tengo as they navigate a world with two moons and sinister cults in this surreal, epic love story.

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   Murakami splits reality between Aomame and Tengo as they navigate a world with two moons and sinister cults in this surreal, epic love story.

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5. 5

   

   2666

   2666 #1-5

   by Natasha [Translator] Bolano, Roberto; Wimmer

   Narrated by Armando Durán, G. Valmont Thomas, Grover Gardner, John Lee, Scott Brick

   ★ 3.96 ABR Score (49.5K ratings)

   ★ 4.22 Goodreads (49.5K) ★ 4.54 Audible (13)

   39h 16m listening time • Released 2025

   Five interconnected novellas spanning literary academics, a sports journalist, and mysterious murders in a Mexican border town create Bolaño's sprawling masterpiece. Multiple narrators handle the ambitious scope beautifully.

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   Five interconnected novellas spanning literary academics, a sports journalist, and mysterious murders in a Mexican border town create Bolaño's sprawling masterpiece. Multiple narrators handle the ambitious scope beautifully.

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   Gravity's Rainbow

   by B.H. Roberts

   Narrated by George Guidall

   ★ 3.89 ABR Score (49.9K ratings)

   ★ 4.02 Goodreads (48.8K) ★ 4.08 Audible (1.2K)

   37h 21m listening time • Released 2014

   Pynchon's sprawling WWII epic follows Tyrone Slothrop across wartime Europe as he discovers his sexual encounters predict V-2 rocket strikes. George Guidall tackles this literary labyrinth with remarkable clarity.

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   Pynchon's sprawling WWII epic follows Tyrone Slothrop across wartime Europe as he discovers his sexual encounters predict V-2 rocket strikes. George Guidall tackles this literary labyrinth with remarkable clarity.

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   An American Tragedy

   An American Tragedy (in 2 Volumes) #1, 2

   by Theodore Dreiser, Zenith Evergreen Literary Co

   Narrated by Grover Gardner

   ★ 3.86 ABR Score (39.0K ratings)

   ★ 3.97 Goodreads (38.9K) ★ 4.75 Audible (12)

   38h 38m listening time • Released 2024

   Young Clyde Griffiths pursues wealth and status in materialistic America, making moral compromises that lead to devastating consequences.

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   Young Clyde Griffiths pursues wealth and status in materialistic America, making moral compromises that lead to devastating consequences.

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   The Charles Dickens BBC Radio Drama Collection: The Early Years

   by Charles Dickens, Alex Jennings, Anna Massey, Bill Nighy, Julia McKenzie, Pam Ferris, Phil Daniels, Robert Glenister, Sandi Toksvig, Tim McInnerny

   Narrated by Full Cast, Anna Massey, Alex Jennings, Phil Daniels, Julia McKenzie, Tim McInnerny, Robert Glenister

   ★ 3.64 ABR Score (69 ratings)

   ★ 4.47 Goodreads (15) ★ 4.5 Audible (54)

   35h 7m listening time • Released 2018

   Seven Dickens novels receive full BBC radio treatment with stellar casting including Bill Nighy and Julia McKenzie, transforming classics like Nicholas Nickleby into immersive theatrical experiences spanning 35+ hours.

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   Seven Dickens novels receive full BBC radio treatment with stellar casting including Bill Nighy and Julia McKenzie, transforming classics like Nicholas Nickleby into immersive theatrical experiences spanning 35+ hours.

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   Kathleen Glasgow Three-Audiobook Collection: Girl in Pieces; How to Make Friends with the Dark; You'd Be Home Now

   by Kathleen Glasgow

   Narrated by Julia Whelan, Jorjeana Marie, Julia Knippen, Kathleen Glasgow

   ★ 3.56 ABR Score (33 ratings)

   ★ 4.81 Goodreads (26) ★ 4.71 Audible (7)

   35h 38m listening time • Released 2025

   Glasgow's trilogy hits harder in audio form, where multiple narrators bring raw emotional specificity to each character's trauma and recovery. 35 hours of unsparing, necessary stories about survival.

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   Glasgow's trilogy hits harder in audio form, where multiple narrators bring raw emotional specificity to each character's trauma and recovery. 35 hours of unsparing, necessary stories about survival.

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    Sunrise on the Reaping

    The Hunger Games

    by Suzanne Collins

    Narrated by Jefferson White

    ★ 4.90 ABR Score (1.2M ratings)

    ★ 4.5 Goodreads (1.1M) ★ 4.85 Audible (32.5K)

    12h 48m listening time • Released 2025

    Young Haymitch faces the brutal Quarter Quell with twice the usual tributes in this Hunger Games prequel. Jefferson White captures the desperation beautifully.

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    Young Haymitch faces the brutal Quarter Quell with twice the usual tributes in this Hunger Games prequel. Jefferson White captures the desperation beautifully.

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