Audiobooks Like The Blind Assassin

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Margot Dionne narrates with the controlled opacity of an old woman who has been careful with information for decades — the voice carries the reserve of a character who has outlived everyone who knew the truth, and at eighteen hours the layers of metafiction accumulate slowly enough that the revelation lands with genuine weight. The Gothic family saga is Atwood's most architecturally complex novel, and the narration respects that architecture by never rushing the disclosure. Two more Atwood titles appear in the recommendations, and the list leans toward literary fiction that rewards a listener who tolerates deliberate pacing.

10 audiobooks for fans of The Blind Assassin

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    The Robber Bride

    by Margaret Atwood

    Narrated by Bernadette Dunne

    ★ 3.91 ABR Score (51.0K ratings)
    ★ 3.83 Goodreads (50.1K) ★ 4.23 Audible (893)
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    Zenia, a demonic villainess, systematically destroys the lives of three friends—Tony, Charis, and Roz—by stealing their men and shattering their trust. Bernadette Dunne's narration brings depth to Atwood's complex exploration of female friendship and betrayal.

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    Old Babes in the Wood: Stories

    by Margaret Atwood

    Narrated by Margaret Atwood, Linda Lavin, Dan Stevens, Kimberly Farr, Rebecca Lowman, Bahni Turpin, Dawn Harvey, Allan Corduner

    ★ 3.61 ABR Score (11.5K ratings)
    ★ 3.66 Goodreads (11.5K) ★ 4 Audible (1)
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    Atwood's meditation on long marriage and loss gets an all-star treatment, with voices including Dan Stevens and Linda Lavin. The ensemble approach mirrors the collection's range from grief to dark wit.

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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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    The Great Alone

    by Kristin Hannah

    Narrated by Julia Whelan

    ★ 4.79 ABR Score (1.3M ratings)
    ★ 4.46 Goodreads (1.2M) ★ 4.7 Audible (58.5K)
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    Julia Whelan captures both Alaska's brutal beauty and a family's desperate struggle when a volatile Vietnam vet moves them off-grid in 1974.

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    Small Great Things

    Ruth Jefferson • Book 1

    by Jodi Picoult

    Narrated by Audra McDonald, Cassandra Campbell, Ari Fliakos

    ★ 4.74 ABR Score (478.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.36 Goodreads (444.3K) ★ 4.75 Audible (34.1K)
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    Three stellar narrators handle this explosive story of a Black nurse forbidden from touching a white supremacist couple's newborn with devastating emotional precision.

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    The Darkest Child

    by Delores Phillips

    Narrated by Bahni Turpin

    ★ 4.59 ABR Score (24.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.38 Goodreads (17.8K) ★ 4.76 Audible (6.5K)
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    Set in 1958 Georgia, this devastating story follows thirteen-year-old Tangy Mae as she endures her violent, colorist mother's abuse while fighting for education and escape.

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    The Storyteller

    by Jodi Picoult

    Narrated by Mozhan Marno, Jennifer Ikeda, Edoardo Ballerini, Suzanne Toren, Fred Berman

    ★ 4.57 ABR Score (299.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.3 Goodreads (278.1K) ★ 4.61 Audible (21.0K)
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    When an elderly man asks baker Sage to help him die as penance for his Nazi past, she must confront family history and impossible moral choices. Multiple narrators handle the interconnected timelines skillfully, from modern grief support groups to Holocaust survival stories.

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    The Great Believers

    by Rebecca Makkai

    Narrated by Michael Crouch

    ★ 4.46 ABR Score (179.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.3 Goodreads (175.1K) ★ 4.59 Audible (4.1K)
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    Yale's art world triumph collides with the AIDS epidemic devastating 1980s Chicago in parallel with a mother's search for her daughter in modern Paris. Michael Crouch navigates both timelines with emotional precision, honoring each character's pain and resilience.

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    The House of the Spirits

    Trilogía Involuntaria • Book 3

    by Isabel Allende, Magda Bogin

    Narrated by Thom Rivera, Marisol Ramirez

    ★ 4.35 ABR Score (328.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.3 Goodreads (325.3K) ★ 4.45 Audible (3.0K)
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    Three generations of the Trueba family navigate love, politics, and supernatural forces in an unnamed Latin American country. The magical realist epic spans decades of political upheaval while exploring how personal relationships intersect with larger historical forces in unforgettable ways.

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    The Godfather

    The Godfather • Book 1

    by Mario Puzo

    Narrated by Joe Mantegna

    ★ 4.35 ABR Score (468.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.4 Goodreads (468.0K) ★ 4.88 Audible (128)
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    Joe Mantegna's performance captures both the intimacy of family dinners and the brutality of Corleone business dealings. His narration honors Puzo's epic scope while highlighting the personal costs of power, tradition, and revenge in America's most infamous crime family.

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