Best Saskia Maarleveld Audiobooks

The best audiobooks narrated by Saskia Maarleveld — 25 titles spanning Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Romance, Mystery, Literature & Fiction, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Horror, averaging 4.07 ABR stars.

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Saskia Maarleveld has quietly built a reputation as one of the most reliable voices in suspense and atmospheric fiction, with a cool, precise delivery that keeps tension coiled even when nothing is explicitly happening. She's the kind of narrator who makes you trust her — you settle in, and she does the rest. Her work on Simone St. James's A Box Full of Darkness showcases her ability to layer dread beneath a composed surface, while Last Seen demonstrates her instinct for procedural pacing without sacrificing emotional undercurrent. She also brings real range to the table — her turn narrating All-Star Superman proves she can shift registers entirely when the material demands it. Listeners who gravitate toward psychological thrillers and gothic-leaning mystery will find Maarleveld an ideal companion — controlled, intelligent, never overwrought, with just enough edge to remind you that something is always wrong.

Where to Start with Saskia Maarleveld

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    The Alice Network cover

    The Alice Network

    by Kate Quinn

    Narrated by Saskia Maarleveld

    4.67 ABR Score (694.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.32 Goodreads (642.8K) ★ 4.63 Audible (51.3K)
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    Two timelines connect female spies: Eve infiltrating German-occupied France in WWI, and Charlie searching for her missing cousin in 1947's aftermath.

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    Alchemised

    by SenLinYu

    Narrated by Saskia Maarleveld

    4.46 ABR Score (237.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.37 Goodreads (227.8K) ★ 4.63 Audible (9.9K)
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    A woman with erased memories navigates necromantic warfare while Saskia Maarleveld captures both her confusion and growing power.

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    The Sunflower House

    by Adriana Allegri

    Narrated by Barrie Kreinik, Dallin Bradford, Saskia Maarleveld

    4.34 ABR Score (20.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.34 Goodreads (19.6K) ★ 4.67 Audible (405)
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    Allina Strauss's quiet German village life shatters when she's forced into a Nazi breeding program, fighting to save herself and others in this harrowing WWII story.

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    The Year We Hid Away

    The Ivy Years • Book 2

    by Sarina Bowen

    Narrated by Nick Podehl, Saskia Maarleveld

    4.31 ABR Score (19.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.06 Goodreads (16.9K) ★ 4.66 Audible (2.1K)
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    The God of the Woods

    by Liz Moore

    Narrated by Saskia Maarleveld

    4.29 ABR Score (870.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.1 Goodreads (856.0K) ★ 4.35 Audible (14.7K)
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    Two Van Laar children vanish decades apart from their family's Adirondack camp, exposing class tensions and buried secrets. Saskia Maarleveld skillfully navigates the multiple timelines and shifting perspectives.

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    The Fifteenth Minute

    The Ivy Years • Book 5

    by Sarina Bowen

    Narrated by Nick Podehl, Saskia Maarleveld

    4.22 ABR Score (10.0K ratings)
    ★ 4 Goodreads (8.3K) ★ 4.63 Audible (1.7K)
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    The Year We Fell Down cover

    The Year We Fell Down

    The Ivy Years • Book 1

    by Sarina Bowen

    Narrated by Nick Podehl, Saskia Maarleveld

    4.20 ABR Score (36.5K ratings)
    ★ 3.93 Goodreads (33.8K) ★ 4.58 Audible (2.7K)
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    Wild Dark Shore

    by Charlotte McConaghy

    Narrated by Cooper Mortlock, Katherine Littrell, Saskia Maarleveld, Steve West

    4.18 ABR Score (391.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.11 Goodreads (386.5K) ★ 4.29 Audible (4.9K)
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    The Salt family maintains the world's last seed bank on a remote Antarctic island until a mysterious woman washes ashore. The full cast creates distinct voices for this isolated family facing both environmental collapse and human secrets.

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    Anatomy of an Alibi

    by Ashley Elston

    Narrated by MacLeod Andrews, Saskia Maarleveld, Amanda Stribling, Dan Bittner

    4.18 ABR Score (73.2K ratings)
    ★ 3.85 Goodreads (71.2K) ★ 4.4 Audible (2.0K)
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    Two women, one dead husband, and a perfect alibi that's anything but—this identity-swap thriller keeps you guessing until the final twist.

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    Otherworld Nights

    Otherworld Stories • Book 3

    by Kelley Armstrong

    Narrated by Johanna Parker, Saskia Maarleveld, Brian Hutchison, Tim Gerard Reynolds

    4.12 ABR Score (3.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.28 Goodreads (3.4K) ★ 4.67 Audible (205)
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    Armstrong's supernatural world expands through short stories spanning werewolves, witches, and demons. Four narrators handle different character perspectives, from Adam's origin to Clay and Elena's honeymoon.

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    Gone Before Goodbye

    by Harlan Coben

    Narrated by Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine, Kiff VandenHeuvel, Suehyla El-Attar Young, Peter Ganim, Saskia Maarleveld, James Fouhey

    4.11 ABR Score (129.8K ratings)
    ★ 3.67 Goodreads (121.7K) ★ 4.3 Audible (8.1K)
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    Former Army surgeon Maggie McCabe, stripped of her medical license, gets a mysterious second chance working for an elite plastic surgeon with secretive clients. A star-studded cast including Reese Witherspoon and Chris Pine tackle Coben's latest conspiracy thriller.

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    Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View

    Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View • Book 1

    by Elizabeth Schaefer, Ben Acker, Jonathan Davis, Tom Angleberger, Janina Gavankar, Ben Blacker, Jon Hamm, Jeffrey Brown, Jason Fry, Neil Patrick Harris, Christie Golden, January LaVoy, Saskia Maarleveld, Pierce Brown, Ashley Eckstein, Carol Monda, Mur Lafferty, Marc Thompson, Ken Liu, Griffin McElroy, John Jackson Miller, Kelly Sue DeConnick, Nnedi Okorafor, Daniel José Older, Ian Doescher, Daniel M. Lavery, Madeleine Roux, Gary D. Schmidt, Matt Fraction, Cavan Scott, Sabaa Tahir, Kieron Gillen, Glen Weldon, Chuck Wendig, Gary Whitta, Meg Cabot, Pablo Hidalgo, Adam Christopher, Rae Carson, Zoraida Córdova, Delilah S. Dawson, Paul Dini, Alexander Freed, Claudia Gray, Paul S. Kemp, Elizabeth Wein, Beth Revis, Greg Rucka, Charles Soule, Wil Wheaton, Renée Ahdieh

    Narrated by Jonathan Davis, Ashley Eckstein, Janina Gavankar, Jon Hamm, Neil Patrick Harris, January LaVoy, Saskia Maarleveld, Carol Monda, Daniel José Older, Marc Thompson

    4.07 ABR Score (20.7K ratings)
    ★ 3.94 Goodreads (15.5K) ★ 4.43 Audible (5.2K)
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    Multiple celebrity narrators including Neil Patrick Harris and Jon Hamm bring variety to these 40 short stories retelling A New Hope from background characters' perspectives.

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    Lie to Me

    by J.T. Ellison

    Narrated by Matthew Waterson, Saskia Maarleveld, Sarah Naughton, Julia Whelan

    4.04 ABR Score (40.2K ratings)
    ★ 3.79 Goodreads (36.9K) ★ 4.22 Audible (3.3K)
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    A marriage built on secrets and financial ruin explodes when wife Sutton vanishes, leaving husband Ethan as the prime suspect. Multiple narrators capture each character's deceptions perfectly.

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    Last Seen

    by J.T. Ellison

    Narrated by Saskia Maarleveld, Scott Brick

    4.01 ABR Score (27.4K ratings)
    ★ 3.92 Goodreads (26.9K) ★ 4.18 Audible (548)
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    Halley's marriage and career collapse simultaneously, but losing her teenage daughter to a mysterious disappearance breaks her completely. Dual narrators heighten the mounting psychological tension perfectly.

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    A Box Full of Darkness

    by Simone St. James

    Narrated by Anna Caputo, Saskia Maarleveld, Ari Fliakos

    4.00 ABR Score (9.1K ratings)
    ★ 3.81 Goodreads (8.8K) ★ 4.45 Audible (298)
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    Three narrators handle the Esmie siblings' return to their childhood home, drawn back by their missing brother's ghost after eighteen years.

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    Buried Deep and Other Stories

    by Naomi Novik

    Narrated by Frankie Corzo, Nicholas Guy Smith, Imani Jade Powers, Simon Vance, Elizabeth Knowelden, Saskia Maarleveld, Lauren Fortgang, Ell Potter, Billie Fulford-Brown, Steve West, Lisa Flanagan, Bronwen Price, Anisha Dadia, Naomi Novik

    3.99 ABR Score (6.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.02 Goodreads (6.8K) ★ 4.58 Audible (98)
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    Fourteen different narrators bring Novik's multiverse to life, from Temeraire's dragons to Scholomance's gothic halls, each voice suited to their fantastical realm.

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    Tempest Breaker (Star Wars: The High Republic)

    Star Wars: The High Republic

    by Cavan Scott, Jessica Almasy, Jonanthan Davis, Sean Kenin Elias-Reyes, Manoel Felciano, January LaVoy, Saskia Maarleveld, Dani Martineck, Sneha Mathan, Soneela Nankani, Kristen Sieh, Marc Thompson, Shannon Tyo

    Narrated by Cavan Scott, Jessica Almasy, Jonanthan Davis, Sean Kenin Elias-Reyes, Manoel Felciano, January LaVoy, Saskia Maarleveld, Dani Martineck, Sneha Mathan, Soneela Nankani, Kristen Sieh, Marc Thompson, Shannon Tyo, Full Cast

    3.94 ABR Score (1.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.03 Goodreads (1.1K) ★ 4.55 Audible (313)
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    Former Tempest Runner Lourna Dee reluctantly teams with Jedi in this full-cast Star Wars adventure. Multiple narrators create distinct voices for this morally complex story.

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    Sightwitch

    The Witchlands #2.5

    by Susan Dennard, Rhys Davies

    Narrated by Bahni Turpin, Saskia Maarleveld, Cassandra Campbell, Lauren Fortgang, MacLeod Andrews

    3.93 ABR Score (8.0K ratings)
    ★ 3.98 Goodreads (7.9K) ★ 4.42 Audible (85)
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    Told through journal entries and sketches, this Witchlands prequel follows Ryber's time as a Sightwitch Sister before the main series events. The full cast brings different voices to the epistolary format.

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    The Twisted Women's Book Club

    by Karin Slaughter, Oyinkan Braithwaite, Sarah Pekkanen, Linwood Barclay, Naomi Hirahara, K.J. Howe, Robert Dugoni, Alison Gaylin, Heather Gudenkauf, Shari Lapena, Clare Mackintosh, Stacy Willingham, January LaVoy, Andi Arndt, Saskia Maarleveld, Kathleen Early, Lauren Ezzo, Stephanie Epstein, Jenn Lee, Brittany Pressley, Cindy Kay, Nancy Wu, Nicola F. Delgado, Emily Lawrence, Karen Murray, Adepero Oduye, Daniela Acitelli

    Narrated by January LaVoy, Andi Arndt, Saskia Maarleveld, Kathleen Early, full cast

    3.93 ABR Score (13.2K ratings)
    ★ 3.52 Goodreads (7.6K) ★ 4.24 Audible (5.6K)
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    Dr. Margaret Richter's exclusive Cape Cod book club harbors lethal secrets, with a full cast including January LaVoy bringing each deadly member to distinct life.

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    From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi (Star Wars)

    Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View • Book 3

    by Olivie Blake, Elizabeth Schaefer, Saladin Ahmed, Charlie Jane Anders, Fran Wilde, Mary Kenney, Mike Chen

    Narrated by Jonathan Davis, Sean Kenin Elias-Reyes, Jon Hamm, January LaVoy, Saskia Maarleveld, Adam Scott, Marc Thompson, Sam Witwer, Various

    3.88 ABR Score (3.2K ratings)
    ★ 3.9 Goodreads (2.8K) ★ 4.42 Audible (381)
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    Forty writers reimagine iconic Return of the Jedi scenes from minor characters' perspectives, with A-list narrators including Jon Hamm and Adam Scott lending star power to Ewoks, droids, and background cantina patrons.

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    Everybody is a Liar

    by Liv Constantine, Barrie Kreinik, Saskia Maarleveld, Shayr Guthrie, Jennifer Jill Araya, Dallis Seeker, Danny Campbell

    Narrated by Barrie Kreinik, Saskia Maarleveld, Shayr Guthrie, Jennifer Jill Araya, Dallis Seeker, Danny Campbell

    3.85 ABR Score (7.2K ratings)
    ★ 3.6 Goodreads (6.9K) ★ 4.23 Audible (277)
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    Multiple narrators weave through this twisted tale of marriage counseling gone wrong, where therapy sessions become crime scenes and every character harbors deadly secrets.

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    The Secret Lives of Murderers' Wives: A GMA Book Club Pick

    by Elizabeth Arnott

    Narrated by Saskia Maarleveld, Karissa Vacker

    3.79 ABR Score (3.6K ratings)
    ★ 3.63 Goodreads (3.5K) ★ 4.1 Audible (77)
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    Three women united by their husbands' crimes decide to hunt a serial killer in 1966. Saskia Maarleveld and Karissa Vacker capture both the period setting and psychological complexity.

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    The Battle of Jedha (Star Wars: The High Republic)

    Star Wars: The High Republic • Book 2

    by George Mann

    Narrated by Raphael Corkhill, Kristen Sieh, Jonathan Davis, Sean Kenin Elias-Reyes, Philip Hernandez, Catherine Ho, Sullivan Jones, January LaVoy, Saskia Maarleveld, Brandon McInnis, Salli Saffioti, Marc Thompson, Shannon Tyo, Full Cast

    3.76 ABR Score (5.0K ratings)
    ★ 3.78 Goodreads (4.0K) ★ 4.22 Audible (1.0K)
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    Jedi travel to the ancient world of Jedha, where multiple Force-worshipping creeds converge in an uneasy confluence. The full cast audio production brings cinematic scope to this exploration of diverse Force traditions beyond Jedi orthodoxy.

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    All-Star Superman

    DC Comics

    by Grant Morrison, Frank Quitely, Meghan Fitzmartin

    Narrated by Marc Thompson, Kristen Sieh, Christopher Smith, Matthew Amendt, Scott Brick, Sean Kenin Elias-Reyes, Robert Fass, January LaVoy, Saskia Maarleveld, Brandon McInnis, Ray Porter, Full Cast

    3.74 ABR Score (144 ratings)
    ★ 3.82 Goodreads (38) ★ 4.52 Audible (106)
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    Morrison and Quitely's iconic Superman reimagining gets full audio treatment with cast voices, effects, and music. Classic comic storytelling translated into immersive audio drama spanning the Man of Steel's greatest adventures.

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    Seven Faceless Saints

    Seven Faceless Saints • Book 1

    by M.K. Lobb

    Narrated by Barrie Kreinik, Sean Patrick Hopkins, Saskia Maarleveld

    3.68 ABR Score (7.2K ratings)
    ★ 3.48 Goodreads (7.2K) ★ 4.05 Audible (20)
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    A three-narrator political fantasy that doesn't flinch from its core paradox: dismantling tyranny requires becoming just as ruthless as the system you oppose.

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