10 audiobooks for fans of The Corrections
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We Are Water
by Wally Lamb
Narrated by Wally Lamb, George Guidall, Maggi-Meg Reed, Tavia Gilbert, Richard Ferrone, Edoardo Ballerini, Cynthia Darlow, Therese Plummer, Robin Miles, Sandy Rustin
★ 4.03 ABR Score (59.5K ratings)★ 3.84 Goodreads (56.6K) ★ 4.32 Audible (2.9K)More about this pick
A stellar ensemble cast transforms this multigenerational family reckoning into something closer to theater than narration, with each voice bringing authentic depth to competing perspectives on love, loyalty, and secrets.
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Baudolino
by Umberto Eco
Narrated by George Guidall
★ 3.96 ABR Score (25.8K ratings)★ 3.8 Goodreads (25.5K) ★ 4.43 Audible (309)More about this pick
Medieval peasant Baudolino spins fantastical tales of invented kingdoms and forged letters to a Byzantine historian during the Fourth Crusade's chaos.
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The Hour I First Believed
by Wally Lamb
Narrated by George Guidall
Why this book?
George Guidall's masterful narration brings the same literary depth and emotional complexity to Wally Lamb's multigenerational family saga, which mirrors *The Corrections* with its unflinching exploration of familial dysfunction and personal reckoning. Both works demand active listening as they weave intricate character studies and moral ambiguity into narratives that reward patience with profound insight.
★ 3.93 ABR Score (67.5K ratings)★ 3.84 Goodreads (66.1K) ★ 4.22 Audible (1.3K)More about this pick
Lamb weaves together myth, psychology, and generations of family history in this introspective novel that expands beyond his previous work.
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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)More about this pick
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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East of Eden
by John Steinbeck
Narrated by Richard Poe
★ 4.78 ABR Score (674.9K ratings)★ 4.44 Goodreads (655.0K) ★ 4.78 Audible (19.8K)More about this pick
Two California families—the Trasks and Hamiltons—reenact biblical themes of good and evil across generations in Steinbeck's sprawling Salinas Valley epic.
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The Master and Margarita
by Mikhail Bulgakov, George Guidall, Diana Burgin - Translator - translator, Katherine Tiernan O'Connor - Translator - translator
Narrated by George Guidall
★ 4.64 ABR Score (428.1K ratings)★ 4.28 Goodreads (428.1K)More about this pick
George Guidall guides listeners through Bulgakov's wild satire where Satan visits Stalin's Moscow and chaos erupts across the literary scene.
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Cutting for Stone
by Abraham Verghese
Narrated by Sunil Malhotra
★ 4.61 ABR Score (445.5K ratings)★ 4.34 Goodreads (431.3K) ★ 4.65 Audible (14.2K)More about this pick
A luminous family saga whose emotional depth justifies the full 24-hour audiobook. Malhotra captures both the intimacy and epic scope of this prose.
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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)More about this pick
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)More about this pick
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)More about this pick
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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