Best Richard Poe Audiobooks

The best audiobooks narrated by Richard Poe — 8 titles spanning Literature & Fiction, Thriller, Non-Fiction, Business, Historical Fiction, averaging 4.38 ABR stars.

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Richard Poe is an audiobook narrator with a commanding, expressive voice that has served some of literature's most celebrated works. His narration of Dan Brown's Angels and Demons — the Robert Langdon prequel to The Da Vinci Code — established an audio identity for the series. He also narrated Robert Greene's The 48 Laws of Power, one of the most widely circulated books in audiobook format, with a measured authority that suits Greene's Machiavellian instruction. His narration of John Steinbeck's East of Eden, Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian, and Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein's All the President's Men demonstrates a range across classic American literature, dark Western fiction, and landmark political journalism. Poe brings intelligence and weight to each of these very different texts. His work on Tess Gerritsen's Bloodstream shows his range in medical thriller. Poe's voice carries the kind of authoritative presence that elevates demanding literary material.

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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)
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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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    My Sister's Keeper

    by Jodi Picoult

    Narrated by Richard Poe, Julia Gibson, Barbara McCulloh, Tom Stechschulte, Carol Monda, Jennifer Ikeda, Andy Paris

    ★ 4.50 ABR Score (1.3M ratings)
    ★ 4.11 Goodreads (1.3M) ★ 4.7 Audible (3.0K)
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    Each family member gets their own narrator in this multi-voice production, creating distinct perspectives on Anna's lawsuit against her parents for medical emancipation.

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    Angels & Demons

    Robert Langdon Series • Book 1

    by Dan Brown

    Narrated by Richard Poe

    ★ 4.46 ABR Score (3.4M ratings)
    ★ 3.96 Goodreads (3.4M) ★ 4.45 Audible (16.9K)
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    Antimatter stolen from CERN threatens to destroy Vatican City while an ancient secret society resurfaces. Richard Poe keeps the breakneck pace as Langdon races through Rome's hidden passages and symbols.

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    All the President's Men

    by Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein

    Narrated by Richard Poe

    ★ 4.44 ABR Score (60.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.18 Goodreads (58.3K) ★ 4.65 Audible (2.1K)
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    The Washington Post reporters who toppled a presidency detail their investigation from hotel break-in to White House resignation.

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    48 Laws of Power

    by Robert Greene

    Narrated by Richard Poe

    ★ 4.32 ABR Score (32.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.08 Goodreads (6.0K) ★ 4.6 Audible (26.0K)
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    Richard Poe's authoritative narration gives weight to Greene's ruthless lessons in manipulation and influence. His delivery makes these Machiavellian strategies feel both compelling and unsettling.

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    Deception Point

    by Dan Brown

    Narrated by Richard Poe

    ★ 4.25 ABR Score (11.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.28 Audible (11.5K)
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    Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West

    by Cormac McCarthy

    Narrated by Richard Poe

    ★ 4.24 ABR Score (239.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.15 Goodreads (227.0K) ★ 4.37 Audible (12.0K)
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    McCarthy's biblical violence and poetic brutality flow through Richard Poe's narration as the Kid encounters Judge Holden's philosophical evil.

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    Bloodstream

    by Tess Gerritsen

    Narrated by Richard Poe

    ★ 4.09 ABR Score (18.2K ratings)
    ★ 3.99 Goodreads (17.6K) ★ 4.3 Audible (589)
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    Dr. Claire Elliot seeks small-town peace in Tranquility, but violent outbreaks among local children suggest something sinister flows beneath the surface.

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