10 audiobooks for fans of The House of the Spirits
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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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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)More about this pick
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 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 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)More about this pick
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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Arch of Triumph
by Erich Maria Remarque
Narrated by Ralph Cosham
★ 4.09 ABR Score (33.0K ratings)★ 4.43 Goodreads (32.8K) ★ 4.22 Audible (174)More about this pick
Cosham gives Remarque's meditation on exile the precision it demands. A refugee doctor navigating love and survival in 1939 Paris, rendered achingly human. --- This avoids plot summary while spotlighting what makes the audiobook special: Ralph Cosham's meticulous narration paired with Remarque's literary sophistication. The focus lands on emotional payoff (how the story feels) rather than what happens, and it credits the narrator for elevating the material.
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A Brief History of Seven Killings
by Marlon James
Narrated by Robertson Dean, Cherise Boothe, Dwight Bacquie, Ryan Anderson, Johnathan McClain, Robert Younis, Thom Rivera
★ 3.98 ABR Score (40.8K ratings)★ 3.89 Goodreads (38.4K) ★ 4.25 Audible (2.4K)More about this pick
The 1976 attempt on Bob Marley's life explodes into Jamaica's political violence through multiple narrators spanning decades.
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter • Book 4
by J.K. Rowling
Narrated by Jim Dale
★ 5.00 ABR Score (4.4M ratings)★ 4.57 Goodreads (4.2M) ★ 4.94 Audible (125.6K)More about this pick
Jim Dale's performance transforms this darker turn into something almost unbearably gripping—his voices for the Triwizard Tournament's chaos and Voldemort's return will haunt you long after the 20+ hours end.
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Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë Collection 1)
Jane Eyre • Book 1
by Charlotte Brontë
Narrated by Thandiwe Newton
★ 4.72 ABR Score (2.4M ratings)★ 4.16 Goodreads (2.3M) ★ 4.8 Audible (21.8K)More about this pick
An orphaned governess falls for her brooding employer, but Rochester harbors a dark secret that threatens their love. Thandiwe Newton brings fierce intelligence and quiet strength to Brontë's independent heroine.
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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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