Best Saskia Maarleveld Audiobooks

The best audiobooks narrated by Saskia Maarleveld — 25 titles spanning Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Romance, Mystery, Thriller, Literature & Fiction, Sci-Fi, Horror, averaging 4.24 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 Rose Code cover

    The Rose Code

    by Kate Quinn

    Narrated by Saskia Maarleveld

    4.85 ABR Score (406.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.44 Goodreads (381.4K) ★ 4.8 Audible (25.6K)
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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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    The Huntress cover

    The Huntress

    by Kate Quinn

    Narrated by Saskia Maarleveld

    4.60 ABR Score (231.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.3 Goodreads (217.5K) ★ 4.66 Audible (14.3K)
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    Alchemised

    by SenLinYu

    Narrated by Saskia Maarleveld

    4.59 ABR Score (239.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.37 Goodreads (227.8K) ★ 4.62 Audible (11.6K)
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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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    Serpent & Dove

    Serpent & Dove • Book 1

    by Shelby Mahurin

    Narrated by Holter Graham, Saskia Maarleveld

    4.32 ABR Score (351.3K ratings)
    ★ 3.97 Goodreads (347.8K) ★ 4.44 Audible (3.5K)
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    Graham and Maarleveld bring real heat to the enemies-to-lovers arc, making the forced-marriage tension crackle in a way the page can't.

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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 Last Night in London

    by Karen White

    Narrated by Barrie Kreinik, Saskia Maarleveld

    4.30 ABR Score (10.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.22 Goodreads (9.3K) ★ 4.64 Audible (839)
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    The God of the Woods

    by Liz Moore

    Narrated by Saskia Maarleveld

    4.28 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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    Otherworld Nights

    Otherworld Stories • Book 3

    by Kelley Armstrong

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

    4.26 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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    The Fifteenth Minute

    The Ivy Years • Book 5

    by Sarina Bowen

    Narrated by Nick Podehl, Saskia Maarleveld

    4.23 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

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

    by Charlotte McConaghy

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

    4.16 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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    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

    4.16 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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    The Name of All Things

    A Chorus of Dragons • Book 2

    by Jenn Lyons

    Narrated by Dan Bittner, Lauren Fortgang, Saskia Maarleveld

    4.14 ABR Score (6.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.04 Goodreads (6.3K) ★ 4.35 Audible (507)
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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

    4.12 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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    Gone Before Goodbye

    by Harlan Coben

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

    4.12 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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    Dooku: Jedi Lost (Star Wars)

    Star Wars • Book 9

    by Cavan Scott

    Narrated by Orlagh Cassidy, Euan Morton, Marc Thompson, Pete Bradbury, Jonathan Davis, Neil Hellegers, Sean Kenin, January LaVoy, Saskia Maarleveld, Carol Monda, Robert Petkoff, Rebecca Soler

    4.09 ABR Score (21.2K ratings)
    ★ 3.86 Goodreads (11.0K) ★ 4.47 Audible (10.2K)
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    The full-cast performance transforms this into a theatrical experience—each narrator inhabits a different character so distinctly that you forget you're listening to a book, not watching a play unfold.

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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

    4.05 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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    Love the Way You Lie

    House of Crows • Book 4

    by Lisa Unger

    Narrated by James Anderson Foster, Susannah Jones, Frankie Corzo, Saskia Maarleveld, Jonathan Davis, Adam Verner

    4.04 ABR Score (5.9K ratings)
    ★ 3.99 Goodreads (5.5K) ★ 4.29 Audible (366)
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    Last Seen

    by J.T. Ellison

    Narrated by Saskia Maarleveld, Scott Brick

    4.02 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

    4.01 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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    The Astral Library

    by Kate Quinn

    Narrated by Kate Quinn, Saskia Maarleveld

    3.95 ABR Score (17.4K ratings)
    ★ 3.65 Goodreads (17.0K) ★ 4.1 Audible (423)
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    Books become doorways to other worlds in this fantasy where a foster-care survivor discovers a magical library, with dual narration bringing both wonder and emotional weight to Alexandria's journey.

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