Audiobooks Like The Count of Monte Cristo

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Bill Homewood narrates The Count of Monte Cristo across 53 hours — one of the longest single-narrator endurance tests in the canon — bringing distinct voices to dozens of characters across decades of scheming and transformation without the consistency ever slipping. The picks here are all highly rated historical fiction and adventure at comparable epic lengths, novels that ask the listener to invest in a fully rendered world and trust that the payoff is worth the time.

10 audiobooks for fans of The Count of Monte Cristo

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    The Last Cavalier: Being the Adventures of Count Sainte-Hermine in the Age of Napoleon cover

    The Last Cavalier: Being the Adventures of Count Sainte-Hermine in the Age of Napoleon

    Sainte-Hermine • Book 3

    by Alexandre Dumas

    Narrated by Simon Prebble

    Why this book?

    The Last Cavalier captures the same sweeping adventure and intricate plotting that defines The Count of Monte Cristo, while exploring themes of loyalty, betrayal, and redemption against the backdrop of Napoleonic intrigue. Simon Prebble's dynamic narration complements the epic scope of Dumas's storytelling, delivering another immersive historical mystery in a more compact format.

    3.68 ABR Score (1.0K ratings)
    ★ 3.65 Goodreads (858) ★ 4.22 Audible (155)
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    Count Sainte-Hermine's globe-spanning adventures during Napoleon's reign showcase Dumas at his most ambitious in this recently discovered final novel. Prebble's engaging narration does justice to the sweeping scope and romantic spirit of this literary treasure.

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    An Echo in the Bone cover

    An Echo in the Bone

    Outlander • Book 7

    by Diana Gabaldon

    Narrated by Davina Porter

    4.84 ABR Score (193.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.44 Goodreads (166.8K) ★ 4.81 Audible (26.7K)
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    Jamie and Claire navigate the American Revolution across 46 hours, with Davina Porter's familiar voice guiding fans through Gabaldon's epic scope.

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    Drums of Autumn cover

    Drums of Autumn

    Outlander • Book 4

    by Diana Gabaldon

    Narrated by Davina Porter

    4.83 ABR Score (310.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.36 Goodreads (270.7K) ★ 4.81 Audible (39.9K)
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    Claire and Jamie's colonial America adventure unfolds through Davina Porter's nuanced performance, capturing both the brutal frontier politics and intimate family dynamics as they build a new life while war looms.

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    A Breath of Snow and Ashes cover

    A Breath of Snow and Ashes

    Outlander • Book 6

    by Diana Gabaldon

    Narrated by Davina Porter

    4.83 ABR Score (213.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.44 Goodreads (192.8K) ★ 4.81 Audible (20.2K)
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    Revolutionary War tensions engulf the Fraser family in 1772 as Davina Porter continues her definitive voice work for Gabaldon's time-traveling series.

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    Gone With the Wind, The Margaret Mitchell Anniversary Edition

    Gone with the Wind • Book 1

    by Margaret; Michener Mitchell

    Narrated by Linda Stephens

    4.77 ABR Score (1.3M ratings)
    ★ 4.31 Goodreads (1.3M) ★ 4.77 Audible (15.9K)
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    Linda Stephens captures both Scarlett's fierce determination and her maddening selfishness across nearly 50 hours of Civil War-era Georgia drama.

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    The Fiery Cross

    Outlander • Book 5

    by Diana Gabaldon

    Narrated by Davina Porter

    4.74 ABR Score (261.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.26 Goodreads (228.2K) ★ 4.78 Audible (33.2K)
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    Pre-Revolutionary War tension builds as Claire's time-travel knowledge haunts Jamie's family decisions across 55+ hours of immersion.

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    The Civil War: A Narrative, Vol. 3: Red River to Appomattox cover

    The Civil War: A Narrative, Vol. 3: Red River to Appomattox

    The Civil War • Book 3

    by Shelby Foote

    Narrated by Grover Gardner

    4.69 ABR Score (9.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.55 Goodreads (7.5K) ★ 4.88 Audible (1.7K)
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    Grover Gardner's measured, authoritative narration transforms Foote's sprawling final volume into something genuinely immersive—58 hours that feel essential rather than exhausting as the Civil War's tragic conclusion unfolds.

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    The Civil War: A Narrative, Vol. 2: Fredericksburg to Meridian cover

    The Civil War: A Narrative, Vol. 2: Fredericksburg to Meridian

    The Civil War • Book 2

    by Shelby Foote

    Narrated by Grover Gardner

    4.68 ABR Score (9.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.53 Goodreads (7.7K) ★ 4.86 Audible (1.8K)
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    Grover Gardner's measured, gravitas-laden performance transforms Foote's sprawling narrative into something you can't stop listening to—52 hours that feel necessary, not exhausting.

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    The Winds of War cover

    The Winds of War

    The Henry Family • Book 1

    by Herman Wouk

    Narrated by Kevin Pariseau

    4.56 ABR Score (68.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.38 Goodreads (59.8K) ★ 4.64 Audible (8.9K)
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    The Civil War: A Narrative, Volume I, Fort Sumter to Perryville cover

    The Civil War: A Narrative, Volume I, Fort Sumter to Perryville

    The Civil War • Book 1

    by Shelby Foote

    Narrated by Grover Gardner

    4.51 ABR Score (19.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.44 Goodreads (13.7K) ★ 4.63 Audible (5.3K)
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    Grover Gardner's measured, authoritative narration transforms Foote's massive narrative into something unexpectedly intimate—you hear the war through the voices of the people living it, not a distant historian. Nearly 43 hours has never felt more gripping.

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