Audiobooks Like Uprooted

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Julia Emelin narrates Naomi Novik's Eastern European-inflected fairy tale with a hushed, deliberate quality that gives the forest its threat and the magic its strangeness without over-dramatizing either. At 18 hours the pace is patient, and the slow-burn dynamic between Agnieszka and the Dragon is handled with a restraint that makes the eventual emotional payoff real. All ten recommendations are other Novik titles — the whole list is from this author's catalog — so if the atmosphere and the specific quality of Emelin's or Novik's voice is what brought you here, the list goes wide within that world.

10 audiobooks for fans of Uprooted

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    Spinning Silver

    The Mortal Instruments

    by Naomi Novik

    Narrated by Lisa Flanagan

    4.41 ABR Score (163.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.18 Goodreads (154.1K) ★ 4.68 Audible (9.2K)
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    Lisa Flanagan weaves together three women's voices in Novik's Rumpelstiltskin retelling where a moneylender's daughter can turn silver into gold.

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    Unfettered II: New Tales

    Gunnie Rose #0.0 - The Gunnie

    by Shawn Speakman, Naomi Novik, Brandon Sanderson, Jim Butcher, Charlaine Harris, Michael J. Sullivan, Janny Wurts, Bradley P. Beaulieu, Mark Lawrence, Seanan McGuire, Peter Orullian, Aidan Moher, Erin Lindsey, John A. Pitts, Anthony Ryan, Scott Sigler, Django Wexler, Rachel Caine, Sarah Beth Durst, David Farland, Terry Brooks

    Narrated by Sarah Coomes, Michael Kramer, Emily Woo Zeller, Nick Podehl, Erin Mallon, Tim Gerard Reynolds

    3.78 ABR Score (1.5K ratings)
    ★ 3.92 Goodreads (1.1K) ★ 4.25 Audible (340)
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    Twenty-one fantasy heavyweights contribute original stories to this charity anthology, creating a sampler that showcases the genre's current masters across multiple narrative styles.

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    Victory of Eagles

    Temeraire • Book 5

    by Naomi Novik

    Narrated by Simon Vance

    4.27 ABR Score (31.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.08 Goodreads (29.0K) ★ 4.69 Audible (2.5K)
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    Dragon Temeraire and Captain Laurence face disgrace after their failed African mission during the Napoleonic Wars. Vance continues this acclaimed alternate history series where dragons serve as aerial cavalry in European conflicts.

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    His Majesty's Dragon

    Temeraire • Book 1

    by Naomi Novik

    Narrated by Simon Vance

    4.24 ABR Score (118.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.07 Goodreads (112.8K) ★ 4.57 Audible (6.0K)
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    Simon Vance captures the evolving bond between naval Captain Laurence and dragon Temeraire as they enter the aerial corps during an alternate Napoleonic War where dragons rule the skies.

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    Empire of Ivory

    Temeraire • Book 4

    by Naomi Novik

    Narrated by Simon Vance

    4.22 ABR Score (36.7K ratings)
    ★ 3.99 Goodreads (34.1K) ★ 4.66 Audible (2.6K)
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    Dragons are dying from a mysterious plague, leaving Temeraire and his captain to seek a cure in Africa's unexplored territories.

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    Black Powder War

    Temeraire • Book 3

    by Naomi Novik

    Narrated by Simon Vance

    4.16 ABR Score (46.7K ratings)
    ★ 3.91 Goodreads (43.8K) ★ 4.61 Audible (2.9K)
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    Captain Laurence and dragon Temeraire journey from China to Prussia via the Silk Road, collecting dragon eggs and battling Napoleon's forces along the way.

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    Throne of Jade

    Temeraire • Book 2

    by Naomi Novik

    Narrated by Simon Vance

    4.14 ABR Score (59.9K ratings)
    ★ 3.9 Goodreads (56.3K) ★ 4.58 Audible (3.6K)
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    Vance's measured delivery captures both the diplomatic intrigue of Napoleonic-era politics and the emotional bond between dragon and captain as they journey to Imperial China.

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    Crucible of Gold

    Temeraire • Book 7

    by Naomi Novik

    Narrated by Simon Vance

    3.92 ABR Score (19.3K ratings)
    ★ 3.99 Goodreads (19.3K) ★ 4.64 Audible (11)
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    Captain Laurence and dragon Temeraire return to action despite being exiled to Australia, facing both Napoleon's forces and their own government's continued suspicion.

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    Tongues of Serpents

    Temeraire • Book 6

    by Naomi Novik

    Narrated by Simon Vance

    3.86 ABR Score (24.1K ratings)
    ★ 3.77 Goodreads (24.1K) ★ 4.48 Audible (31)
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    Simon Vance guides Temeraire and Laurence to the Australian penal colonies, where dragon eggs and political exile create new complications in Novik's alternate Napoleonic world.

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    Unfettered III: New Tales

    The Chathrand Voyage #Thasha's cure for cabin fever • Book 3

    by Shawn Speakman, Tad Williams, Naomi Novik, Megan Lindholm, John Gwynne, David Anthony Durham, Callie Bates, Jason Denzel, Carrie Vaughn, Deborah A. Wolf, Anna Stephens, Patrick Swenson, Ramon Terrell, Peter Orullian, Terry Brooks, Lev Grossman, Seanan McGuire, Delilah S. Dawson, Mark Lawrence, Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson, Brandon Sanderson, Robert Jordan, Todd Lockwood, Cat Rambo, Robert V.S. Redick, Ken Scholes, Scott Sigler, Anna Smith Spark, Marc Turner

    Narrated by Khristine Hvam, Natasha Soudek, Mark Bramhall, Michael Page, Vikas Adam, Tim Gerard Reynolds, Andrew Wincott, Luke Daniels, Brian Nishii

    3.84 ABR Score (779 ratings)
    ★ 3.98 Goodreads (571) ★ 4.37 Audible (208)
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    This charity anthology features stories from fantasy's biggest names, with multiple narrators bringing each author's unique voice to life.

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