10 audiobooks for fans of The Sins of the Father
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Flaubert's parrot / A history of the world in 10 1/2 chapters
by Julian Barnes
Narrated by Alex Jennings
★ 3.63 ABR Score (17.0K ratings)★ 3.65 Goodreads (16.8K) ★ 3.89 Audible (272)More about this pick
Geoffrey Braithwaite's obsessive hunt for Flaubert's stuffed parrot becomes a meditation on literary genius and personal grief. Alex Jennings captures Barnes's playful intellectualism perfectly.
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The Alexander Pushkin BBC Radio Collection
by Alexander Pushkin, Alex Jennings
Narrated by Alex Jennings, Geoffrey Streatfeild, Ralph Fiennes, Bill Nighy, Paul Scofield, Simon Callow, Hattie Morahan, Alison Pettitt, Greg Wise, full cast, Alan Howard, Moira Lister, Max Irons, Linus Roache
★ 3.42 ABR Score (4 ratings)★ 4.5 Goodreads (2) ★ 4.5 Audible (2)More about this pick
BBC dramatizations of Russia's foundational writer, featuring Ralph Fiennes, Bill Nighy, and Paul Scofield in adaptations of his greatest works. Full-cast productions that capture Pushkin's literary genius.
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The Noel Coward BBC Radio Drama Collection
by Noel Coward
Narrated by Alex Jennings, Bill Nighy, Celia Imrie, full cast, Harriet Walters, Helena Bonham-Carter, Judi Dench, Roger Allam
★ 3.61 ABR Score (55 ratings)★ 4.25 Audible (55) - 4
Lionel Asbo: State of England
by Martin Amis
Narrated by Alex Jennings
★ 3.54 ABR Score (4.8K ratings)★ 3.32 Goodreads (4.7K) ★ 3.99 Audible (131)More about this pick
A lottery-winning thug navigates fame while protecting his bookish nephew in contemporary England. Alex Jennings captures both the menace and unexpected loyalty of Amis's complex antihero.
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The Correspondent
by Virginia Evans
Narrated by Maggi-Meg Reed, Jane Oppenheimer, Carly Robins, Jeff Ebner, David Pittu, Chris Andrew Ciulla, Mark Bramhall, Petrea Burchard, Robert Petkoff, Kimberly Farr, Cerris Morgan-Moyer, Peter Ganim, Jade Wheeler, Various
★ 4.81 ABR Score (383.3K ratings)★ 4.53 Goodreads (364.9K) ★ 4.8 Audible (18.3K)More about this pick
Through discovered letters, the life story of a remarkable woman unfolds across decades of love, loss, war, and artistic passion. This epistolary novel examines how written words preserve and transform our understanding of both ordinary and extraordinary lives.
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The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell
by Robert Dugoni
Narrated by Robert Dugoni
★ 4.68 ABR Score (253.5K ratings)★ 4.45 Goodreads (230.8K) ★ 4.67 Audible (22.7K)More about this pick
Born with red pupils that make him a target for bullying, Sam Hell navigates childhood with the help of two fellow misfits and family faith. Author Robert Dugoni narrates his own touching story.
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The Road to Tender Hearts
by Annie Hartnett
Narrated by Mark Bramhall
★ 4.56 ABR Score (64.2K ratings)★ 4.35 Goodreads (61.9K) ★ 4.78 Audible (2.2K)More about this pick
A lottery winner embarks on a cross-country quest to find his high school crush, collecting orphaned kids and a death-predicting cat along the way. Bramhall perfectly balances the story's dark comedy with its surprising warmth.
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Say Goodbye for Now
by Catherine Ryan Hyde
Narrated by Nick Podehl, Teri Schnaubelt
★ 4.38 ABR Score (29.8K ratings)★ 4.37 Goodreads (27.5K) ★ 4.55 Audible (2.3K)More about this pick
Nick Podehl and Teri Schnaubelt bring richness to Hyde's story of outsiders finding belonging in 1950s Texas—their dual narration deepens the emotional weight of a love and friendship that society forbids.
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Long Way Gone
by Charles Martin
Narrated by Adam Verner
★ 4.38 ABR Score (21.6K ratings)★ 4.38 Goodreads (20.2K) ★ 4.59 Audible (1.5K)More about this pick
A failed Nashville musician's journey back to his Tennessee roots unfolds with Adam Verner's warm narration perfectly matching this story of redemption and second chances.
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The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
by Anne Brontë
Narrated by Alex Jennings, Jenny Agutter
★ 4.34 ABR Score (135.2K ratings)★ 4.04 Goodreads (133.4K) ★ 4.64 Audible (1.8K)More about this pick
Gilbert Markham falls for mysterious widow Helen Graham, who guards dark secrets about her past marriage. Jennings and Agutter handle Brontë's dual narrative structure, revealing a shocking tale of alcoholism and domestic abuse.
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