Audiobooks Like The Covenant of Water

10 audiobooks for fans of The Covenant of Water

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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)

   23h 54m listening time • Released 2009

   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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   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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   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)

   25h 23m listening time • Released 2011

   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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   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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3. 3

   

   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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   [Demons] [By: Dostoyevsky, Fyodor] [September, 1994]

   by Fyodor Dostoevsky

   Narrated by Malk Williams

   ★ 4.03 ABR Score (64.3K ratings)

   ★ 4.31 Goodreads (64.3K) ★ 4.71 Audible (17)

   28h 24m listening time • Released 2024

   Malk Williams navigates Dostoyevsky's brutal examination of revolutionary terrorism as Pyotr and Stavrogin's cell faces exposure and turns on its own members.

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   Malk Williams navigates Dostoyevsky's brutal examination of revolutionary terrorism as Pyotr and Stavrogin's cell faces exposure and turns on its own members.

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5. 5

   

   Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

   Harry Potter • Book 5

   by J.K. Rowling, Mary GrandPré

   Narrated by Jim Dale

   ★ 5.00 ABR Score (3.9M ratings)

   ★ 4.5 Goodreads (3.8M) ★ 4.93 Audible (117.3K)

   26h 28m listening time • Released 2015

   Jim Dale transforms this sprawling fifth book into something transcendent—his voice work captures Harry's adolescent rage with such raw precision that the anger becomes contagious and impossible to look away from.

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   Jim Dale transforms this sprawling fifth book into something transcendent—his voice work captures Harry's adolescent rage with such raw precision that the anger becomes contagious and impossible to look away from.

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   Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders

   by Vincent Bugliosi, Curt Gentry

   Narrated by Scott Brick

   ★ 4.42 ABR Score (164.8K ratings)

   ★ 4.06 Goodreads (154.7K) ★ 4.6 Audible (10.2K)

   26h 29m listening time • Released 2011

   Scott Brick's gripping narration follows prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi's inside account of the Manson family's brutal Tate-LaBianca murders and trial.

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   Scott Brick's gripping narration follows prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi's inside account of the Manson family's brutal Tate-LaBianca murders and trial.

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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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   Homer Box Set: The Iliad & The Odyssey

   Iliad & Odyssey • Book 1

   by Homer

   Narrated by Anthony Heald

   ★ 4.31 ABR Score (87.8K ratings)

   ★ 4.07 Goodreads (84.7K) ★ 4.55 Audible (3.1K)

   25h 2m listening time • Released 2012

   Anthony Heald guides listeners through both foundational Western epics, from Troy's siege to Odysseus's journey home. His classical approach honors these 2,700-year-old tales while making the heroic conflicts feel immediate and human.

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   Anthony Heald guides listeners through both foundational Western epics, from Troy's siege to Odysseus's journey home. His classical approach honors these 2,700-year-old tales while making the heroic conflicts feel immediate and human.

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   The Goldfinch

   by Donna Tartt

   Narrated by David Pittu

   ★ 4.28 ABR Score (1.1M ratings)

   ★ 3.97 Goodreads (1.1M) ★ 4.33 Audible (42.4K)

   32h 24m listening time • Released 2013

   A terrorist attack at an art museum kills Theo's mother and leaves him clutching a stolen Dutch masterpiece that will haunt his entire life.

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   A terrorist attack at an art museum kills Theo's mother and leaves him clutching a stolen Dutch masterpiece that will haunt his entire life.

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    The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

    ねじまき鳥クロニクル #1-3

    by Haruki Murakami, Jay Rubin

    Narrated by Rupert Degas

    ★ 4.22 ABR Score (323.4K ratings)

    ★ 4.14 Goodreads (317.7K) ★ 4.32 Audible (5.7K)

    26h 11m listening time • Released 2013

    Searching for his wife's missing cat leads Toru Okada into Tokyo's hidden world of mysterious women, psychic powers, and buried wartime secrets. Degas captures Murakami's surreal atmosphere as reality bends around a man whose quiet life becomes entangled with Japan's violent historical past.

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    Searching for his wife's missing cat leads Toru Okada into Tokyo's hidden world of mysterious women, psychic powers, and buried wartime secrets. Degas captures Murakami's surreal atmosphere as reality bends around a man whose quiet life becomes entangled with Japan's violent historical past.

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