Audiobooks Like The Holy Bible: King James Version

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Six narrators — including Scott Brick, Prentice Onayemi, Ellen Archer, and Jennifer Van Dyck — divide 83 hours of the King James Bible by section, each bringing a tonal register suited to the material they're reading, from prophetic intensity to epistolary plainness. Several of these recommendations share narrators from the ensemble, and the others orbit the same devotional and literary gravity that makes sacred text a particular kind of listening experience.

10 audiobooks for fans of The Holy Bible: King James Version

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    Psalms

    Bible • Book 19

    by Anonymous

    Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini

    4.52 ABR Score (2.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.65 Goodreads (2.4K)
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    Ballerini's measured, reverent delivery transforms these ancient songs into intimate meditations—his voice becomes the instrument through which centuries of human longing and praise find their most resonant expression.

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    Gilgamesh: Versión de Stephen Mitchell

    by Anonymous, Stephen Mitchell

    Narrated by George Guidall

    4.06 ABR Score (124.6K ratings)
    ★ 3.76 Goodreads (120.4K) ★ 4.35 Audible (4.2K)
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    The world's oldest epic follows King Gilgamesh and wild man Enkidu through friendship, loss, and the search for immortality. George Guidall's commanding voice suits Mitchell's accessible translation of this ancient tale of power, friendship, and mortality.

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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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    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)
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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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    Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand

    by Ayn Rand

    Narrated by Scott Brick

    4.28 ABR Score (427.6K ratings)
    ★ 3.69 Goodreads (408.2K) ★ 4.54 Audible (19.3K)
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    Scott Brick's commanding performance transforms Rand's philosophical epic into something genuinely gripping—he gives each character a distinct voice that makes the 63-hour journey feel essential, not exhausting.

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    Under the Banner of Heaven

    by Jon Krakauer

    Narrated by Scott Brick

    4.28 ABR Score (236.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.01 Goodreads (226.8K) ★ 4.44 Audible (9.2K)
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    Krakauer dissects Mormon fundamentalist violence and polygamy through a double murder case, with Scott Brick handling the disturbing details unflinchingly.

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    Plain Truth

    by Jodi Picoult

    Narrated by Christina Moore, Suzanne Toren

    4.26 ABR Score (202.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.01 Goodreads (199.8K) ★ 4.52 Audible (2.1K)
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    When an Amish teenager faces murder charges for infanticide, a defense attorney must navigate two conflicting worlds. The dual narrators effectively contrast the modern legal system with traditional Amish values and customs.

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    The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry

    by Gabrielle Zevin

    Narrated by Scott Brick

    4.26 ABR Score (375.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.04 Goodreads (362.9K) ★ 4.37 Audible (12.4K)
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    Scott Brick's narration transforms this book-lover's redemption story into something genuinely moving—his gruff tenderness as A.J. feels earned, not performed.

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    The Overstory

    by Richard Powers

    Narrated by Suzanne Toren

    4.25 ABR Score (210.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.11 Goodreads (199.8K) ★ 4.35 Audible (10.2K)
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    Nine strangers find their lives intertwined through their relationships with trees, from ancient forests to urban activism. Toren's patient narration matches Powers' sprawling narrative, giving weight to both human drama and ecological destruction.

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    Cloud Atlas

    by David Mitchell

    Narrated by Scott Brick, Cassandra Campbell, Kim Mai Guest, Kirby Heyborne, John Lee, Richard Matthews, David Mitchell, Gabrielle Zevin

    4.01 ABR Score (276.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.01 Goodreads (269.8K) ★ 4.11 Audible (7.1K)
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    Seven narrators make this nested-worlds epic feel like a conversation across centuries, each voice perfectly matched to its era and character. It's the rare audiobook where the medium doesn't just serve the story—it becomes essential to how you experience it.

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