Best Edoardo Ballerini Audiobooks

Edoardo Ballerini has a voice that feels like it was built for dark material — smooth and controlled on the surface, with something unsettling just underneath. His work on The Essential Lovecraft is a masterclass in restraint; he never oversells the dread, which makes it land harder. That same quality serves him well across genres — he brings genuine menace to vampire fiction like Vampires: The Recent Undead without tipping into camp, and his performance on Kingdom Come handles the weight of a superhero epic without going hollow or bombastic. Ballerini's great skill is tonal precision — a cool, measured baritone that can shift register just enough to signal danger or grief without announcing it. Listeners who love literary horror, cosmic dread, and anthology collections will find him endlessly reliable. He's the kind of narrator who makes dense, atmospheric material feel inevitable rather than heavy.

Where to Start with Edoardo Ballerini

119 audiobooks in collection
4.00 avg ABR rating
Thriller, Self-Help, Literature & Fiction, Biography & Memoir, Sci-Fi, Mystery, Historical Fiction, Business, Fantasy, Horror

Best Edoardo Ballerini Audiobooks

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    Watchers

    by Dean Koontz

    Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini, Dean Koontz

    4.66 ABR Score (197.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.19 Goodreads (172.6K) ★ 4.69 Audible (25.1K)
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    Two genetically enhanced creatures escape a government lab—one superintelligent golden retriever, one murderous beast hunting them both. Edoardo Ballerini captures the dog's remarkable intelligence and the growing terror of its relentless pursuer.

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    The Art Of Living

    by Thich Nhat Hanh

    Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini, Gabra Zackman

    4.66 ABR Score (18.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.44 Goodreads (11.3K) ★ 4.82 Audible (6.8K)
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    Thich Nhat Hanh's meditations hit differently when spoken aloud—Ballerini and Zackman's dual narration creates an intimate dialogue that mirrors the practice itself, making each reflection feel like a conversation with a wise teacher rather than a lecture.

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    All the Colors of the Dark

    by Chris Whitaker

    Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini

    4.62 ABR Score (490.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.24 Goodreads (474.2K) ★ 4.59 Audible (16.7K)
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    In 1970s Missouri, local boy Patch saves a wealthy girl from a serial killer targeting young women. Edoardo Ballerini guides listeners through Whitaker's exploration of how one heroic act ripples through decades, changing everyone it touches.

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    The Storyteller

    by Jodi Picoult

    Narrated by Mozhan Marno, Jennifer Ikeda, Edoardo Ballerini, Suzanne Toren, Fred Berman

    4.57 ABR Score (299.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.3 Goodreads (278.1K) ★ 4.61 Audible (21.0K)
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    When an elderly man asks baker Sage to help him die as penance for his Nazi past, she must confront family history and impossible moral choices. Multiple narrators handle the interconnected timelines skillfully, from modern grief support groups to Holocaust survival stories.

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    I Must Betray You

    by Ruta Sepetys

    Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini, Ruta Sepetys

    4.56 ABR Score (103.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.4 Goodreads (101.3K) ★ 4.77 Audible (1.7K)
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    Ballerini's dual narration captures the suffocating paranoia of Cold War Romania so viscerally you'll feel the weight of every impossible choice Cristian makes. A gripping true-stakes thriller about resistance that refuses easy heroics.

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    Escape

    Billy Harney • Book 3

    by James Patterson, David Ellis

    Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini

    4.54 ABR Score (18.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.33 Goodreads (16.2K) ★ 4.7 Audible (2.3K)
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    Detective Billy Harney investigates a billionaire crime boss down to his last twenty million—and currently behind bars. Edoardo Ballerini captures the gritty Chicago atmosphere and Harney's determination perfectly.

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    Being Peace (Thich Nhat Hanh Classics)

    Being Peace

    by Thich Nhat Hanh, Jack Kornfield

    Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini

    4.54 ABR Score (16.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.32 Goodreads (14.7K) ★ 4.83 Audible (1.8K)
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    Edoardo Ballerini's measured, contemplative narration transforms Thich Nhat Hanh's essential teachings into something you don't just hear but absorb—perfect for practicing mindfulness while listening.

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    Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life

    by Thich Nhat Hanh, Dalai Lama XIV, Arnold Kotler

    Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini

    4.53 ABR Score (54.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.3 Goodreads (47.3K) ★ 4.73 Audible (7.3K)
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    Edoardo Ballerini's measured, contemplative narration transforms Thich Nhat Hanh's practical wisdom into something you'll actually want to revisit—especially when you're stuck in traffic or drowning in dishes.

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    Psalms

    Bible • Book 19

    by Anonymous

    Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini

    4.52 ABR Score (2.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.65 Goodreads (2.4K)
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    Ballerini's measured, reverent delivery transforms these ancient songs into intimate meditations—his voice becomes the instrument through which centuries of human longing and praise find their most resonant expression.

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    Old Path White Clouds: Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha

    by Thich Nhat Hanh

    Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini

    4.51 ABR Score (8.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.43 Goodreads (7.1K) ★ 4.87 Audible (1.0K)
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    Ballerini's unhurried narration transforms Thich Nhat Hanh's retelling into something meditative rather than distant—you don't just learn Buddha's life, you inhabit it alongside him across 16 immersive hours.

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    An Inside Job

    Gabriel Allon • Book 25

    by Daniel Silva

    Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini

    4.48 ABR Score (26.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.41 Goodreads (24.8K) ★ 4.58 Audible (1.3K)
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    Art restorer Gabriel Allon discovers a masterpiece is fake, launching him into Venice's shadowy art underworld. Ballerini's sophisticated delivery matches Silva's elegant prose in this latest spy thriller.

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    Wool Omnibus

    Silo • Book 1

    by Hugh Howey

    Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini

    4.48 ABR Score (286.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.23 Goodreads (280.3K) ★ 4.7 Audible (6.3K)
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    In underground silos, asking about the toxic outside world means death, until one sheriff's curiosity unravels the entire system. Edoardo Ballerini's performance captures both the claustrophobic paranoia of silo life and the growing horror as residents discover their true situation.

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    The Black Book

    Billy Harney • Book 1

    by James Patterson, David Ellis

    Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini

    4.46 ABR Score (58.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.28 Goodreads (43.4K) ★ 4.42 Audible (15.4K)
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    Chicago cop Billy Harney wakes up next to three corpses with no memory of how he got there, launching a conspiracy that reaches the highest levels of city politics.

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    The Fourth Monkey

    4MK Thriller • Book 1

    by J.D. Barker

    Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini, Graham Winton

    4.45 ABR Score (96.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.26 Goodreads (87.6K) ★ 4.43 Audible (8.6K)
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    Dual narrators Edoardo Ballerini and Graham Winton handle this twisted thriller about the 4MK killer who sends victims' body parts in white boxes.

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    The Fifth to Die

    4MK Thriller • Book 2

    by J.D. Barker

    Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini, Graham Winton

    4.45 ABR Score (47.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.32 Goodreads (44.9K) ★ 4.5 Audible (2.6K)
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    While hunting a new serial killer targeting young girls, Detective Porter discovers disturbing connections to the Four Monkey Killer's twisted legacy.

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    Dust

    Silo • Book 3

    by Hugh Howey

    Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini

    4.42 ABR Score (144.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.23 Goodreads (141.0K) ★ 4.69 Audible (3.4K)
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    Jules must prevent the destruction of Silo 18 while grappling with the truth about the outside world in Howey's trilogy conclusion that questions whether some lies are worth preserving.

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    Portrait of an Unknown Woman

    Gabriel Allon • Book 22

    by Daniel Silva

    Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini

    4.41 ABR Score (36.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.23 Goodreads (33.6K) ★ 4.51 Audible (3.1K)
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    Gabriel Allon investigates art forgeries that lead to international conspiracy, blending Silva's expertise in espionage with the shadowy world of high-stakes art fraud.

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    A Death in Cornwall

    Gabriel Allon • Book 24

    by Daniel Silva

    Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini

    4.39 ABR Score (30.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.32 Goodreads (28.9K) ★ 4.5 Audible (1.2K)
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    Art theft meets international espionage as Gabriel Allon investigates a brutal murder tied to a stolen masterpiece in this latest Silva thriller.

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    The Collector

    Gabriel Allon • Book 23

    by Daniel Silva

    Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini

    4.39 ABR Score (30.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.36 Goodreads (29.9K) ★ 4.49 Audible (969)
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    Art theft meets international espionage as Gabriel Allon partners with a master thief to track down a missing masterpiece that could spark war between Russia and the West.

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    Table for Two

    Rules of Civility #1.5 incl'd

    by Amor Towles

    Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini, J. Smith-Cameron

    4.36 ABR Score (73.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.19 Goodreads (71.8K) ★ 4.6 Audible (1.8K)
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    Towles returns to his New York and Los Angeles settings with six stories plus a novella about Hollywood's golden age. Ballerini and Smith-Cameron split duties, each bringing distinct voices to Towles's elegant character studies.

All Edoardo Ballerini Audiobooks (119)

Thriller (34)

Watchers by Dean Koontz
4.19 16h 31m
4.24 14h 37m
Escape by James Patterson, David Ellis
4.33 8h 53m
An Inside Job by Daniel Silva
4.41 9h 27m
The Black Book by James Patterson, David Ellis
4.28 10h 18m
The Fourth Monkey by J.D. Barker
4.26 12h 32m
The Fifth to Die by J.D. Barker
4.32 15h 7m
4.23 10h 16m
A Death in Cornwall by Daniel Silva
4.32 9h 24m
The Collector by Daniel Silva
4.36 9h 12m
Target Zero by Jack Mars
4.32 9h 17m
Agent Zero by Jack Mars
4.29 11h 14m
Genome by A.G. Riddle
4.18 13h 1m
4.01 7h 7m
Pandemic by A.G. Riddle
4.07 18h 53m
The 11:59 Bomber by Marshall Karp
4.32 7h 55m
The Cutting Edge by Jeffery Deaver
4.07 12h 59m
So Far Gone by Jess Walter
3.94 8h 20m
The Skin Collector by Jeffery Deaver
4.00 13h 15m
The Doorman by Chris Pavone
3.89 12h 11m
After Death by Dean Koontz
4.10 9h 24m
NYPD Red 2 by James Patterson, Marshall Karp
4.15 7h 7m
Behind a Closed Door by J.D. Barker
3.93 11h 11m
The Killing Room by Robert Swartwood
4.15 7h 38m
The Housemaid's Wedding by Freida McFadden
3.30 1h 44m
Welcome to Cottonmouth by Jay S. Bell, Scott Bell
3.92 9h 37m
Swiping Hearts by Jeffery Deaver
3.82
Mind Burn by Rhett C. Bruno, T.E. Bakutis
3.94 12h 46m
The Muse by Kurt Petrey
4.00 1h 3m
4.86 8h 34m
The Glittering World by Robert Levy
3.21 10h 11m
The Exchange by John Grisham
3.68 9h 1m

Sci-Fi (28)

Wool Omnibus by Hugh Howey
4.23
Dust by Hugh Howey
4.23 10h 53m
Shift by Hugh Howey
4.13 14h 35m
Kingdom Come by Mark Waid, Alex Ross, Dirk Maggs
4.26 3h 16m
Winter World by A.G. Riddle
4.15 11h 4m
Star Carrier by B.V. Larson
4.17 11h 48m
Dreadnought by B.V. Larson
4.12 11h 19m
The Complete Short Stories by Philip K. Dick, Jonathan Lethem, Chris Malbon, Georgia Hill, Anna Millais, Jeremy Wilson, Raisa Álava, Chris Thornley
4.17 9h 45m
Ubik by Philip K. Dick
4.11 6h 49m
Termination Shock by Neal Stephenson
3.83 22h 54m
Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Julie
3.91 8h 9m
Dangerous Visions by Harlan Ellison, Leo Dillon, Diane Dillon
4.13 24h 33m
Battle Cruiser by B.V. Larson
3.92 13h 9m
Savage Skies by Nicholas Sansbury Smith
4.07 3h 37m
Pioneer Summer by Elena Malisova, Katerina Silvanova, Anne O. Fisher
4.24 16h 34m
Greatest Hits by Neil Gaiman, Cassandra Khaw, J. Michael Straczynski
4.08 17h 35m
3.84 12h 9m
Shadow Show: New Short Stories and Fantasy from Neil Gaiman, Joe Hill, and 24 Writers – A Ray Bradbury Tribute by Sam Weller, Mort Castle, Margaret Atwood, Dave Eggers, Harlan Ellison, Joe Hill, Alice Hoffman, Kelly Link, Jacquelyn Mitchard, Audrey Niffenegger, Ray Bradbury, Jay Bonansinga, David Morrell, Thomas F. Monteleone, Lee Martin, Dan Chaon, John McNally, Joe Meno, Robert McCammon, Ramsey Campbell, John Maclay, Gary A. Braunbeck, Bonnie Jo Campbell, Charles Yu, Julia Keller, Bayo Ojikutu
3.91 14h 11m
The Penultimate Truth by Philip K. Dick
3.78 7h 4m
Martian Time-Slip by Philip K. Dick
3.78 8h 19m
3.59 8h 9m
The World Jones Made by Philip K. Dick
3.65 5h 50m
The Game-Players of Titan by Philip K. Dick
3.65 6h 8m
Iron & Blood by Gail Z. Martin, Larry N. Martin
3.56 13h 36m
Starfire by B.V. Larson, Thomas LeMay
3.73 13h 1m
Our Friends From Frolix 8 by Philip K. Dick
3.58 6h 55m
The Man Who Japed by Philip K. Dick
3.58 4h 46m
The Book of Elsewhere by Keanu Reeves, China Miéville
3.31 12h 1m

Literature & Fiction (17)

The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult
4.30 18h 13m
I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys
4.40 7h 10m
Psalms by Anonymous
4.65 4h 2m
Table for Two by Amor Towles
4.19 13h 23m
Playground by Richard Powers
4.14 13h 51m
White Nights by Fyodor Dostoevsky, TAZIRI, Constance Garnett
4.07 1h 55m
The Art Thief by Michael Finkel
3.92 5h 39m
The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
4.09 14h 38m
Caligula and Three Other Plays by Albert Camus, Alyssa Bresnahan, Edoardo Ballerini, John Skelley, Michael Braun, Ryan Bloom - translator
4.07 10h 27m
We Are Water by Wally Lamb
3.84 23h 11m
The Gentleman From Peru by André Aciman, Edoardo Ballerini
3.51 2h 39m
The Aeneid by Virgil, Scott McGill, Susannah Wright, Emily Wilson
3.88 12h 36m
Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter
3.68 12h 53m
Spring by Karl Ove Knausgaard
3.72 4h 58m
The Best Short Stories 2024: The O. Henry Prize Winners by Amor Towles, Jenny Minton Quigley, Emma Binder, Michele Mari, Brad Felver, Morris Collins, Jai Chakrabarti, Amber Caron, Francisco González, Caroline Kim, Katherine D. Stutzman, Juliana Leite, Kate DiCamillo, Colin Barrett, Robin Romm, Allegra Goodman, Dave Eggers, E.K. Ota, Tom Crewe, Madeline Ffitch, Jess Walter, Allegra Hyde, Brian Robert Moore, Zoë Perry
4.13 13h 56m
  10h 21m
Death of an Author by Aidan Marchine, Stephen Marche, ChatGPT, Sudowrite, Cohere
3.12 2h 40m

Self-Help (11)

The Art Of Living by Thich Nhat Hanh
4.44 5h 1m
Being Peace (Thich Nhat Hanh Classics) by Thich Nhat Hanh, Jack Kornfield
4.32 2h 53m
Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life by Thich Nhat Hanh, Dalai Lama XIV, Arnold Kotler
4.30 3h 29m
Breath by Breath by Larry Rosenberg
4.35 7h 33m
Mindfulness in Plain English by Henepola Gunaratana
4.16 6h 12m
Bringing Home the Dharma by Daniel J. Siegel MD
  10h 58m
From Here to Enlightenment by Dalai Lama XIV, Guy Newland
4.27 6h 8m
The Supreme Gift by Paulo Coelho, Henry Drummond
3.77 1h 6m

Biography & Memoir (10)

4.10 16h 10m
The Exegesis of Philip K. Dick by Philip K. Dick, Pamela Jackson
4.15 32h 30m
The White Rose: Munich, 1942-1943 by Inge Scholl, Dorothee Sölle, Inge Aicher-Scholl
3.92 3h 57m
Farewell Yellow Brick Road: Memories of My Life on Tour by Elton John, David Furnish - foreword
4.01 6h 11m
The Headmaster by John McPhee
4.04 2h 19m
Autumn by Karl Ove Knausgård, Ingvild Burkey, Vanessa Baird, Karl Ove Knausgaard
3.72 4h 22m

Fantasy (7)

God's Last Breath by Sam Sykes
4.07 25h 4m
The Cloven Viscount by Italo Calvino, Archibald Colquhoun
3.82 2h 34m
The Mortal Tally by Sam Sykes
3.97 24h 27m
The Crossroads by L. Ron Hubbard
3.66 2h 17m
3.54 7h 17m
3.47 5h 45m
If I Were You by L. Ron Hubbard
3.19 11h 30m

Mystery (5)

Dream Town by David Baldacci
4.09
4.13 8h 42m
Shadow Ticket by Thomas Pynchon
3.50 9h 59m
Ripper by Isabel Allende
3.35 14h 27m

Horror (4)

The Essential Lovecraft by H.P. Lovecraft, Leslie S. Klinger, Fred Burman, Kevin Pariseau, Matt Godfrey, Peter Berkrot, Robert Fass, Timothy Andrés Pabon, Paul Woodson, Avi Roque, Raphael Corkhill
3.55 50h 12m
Weird Tales Magazine No. 367 by Jonathan Maberry
3.79 5h 56m
Caliban and Other Tales by Robert Devereaux
3.39 5h 20m
Vampires: The Recent Undead by Paula Guran, Albert E. Cowdrey, J.A. Konrath, Jeanne C. Stein, Karen Russell, Kelley Armstrong, Kim Newman, Mary Turzillo, Michael Marshall Smith, Nancy Kilpatrick, Nisi Shawl, Barbara Roden, Rachel Caine, Stephen Dedman, Susan Sizemore, Tanith Lee, Tanya Huff, Tina Rath, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Carrie Vaughn, Charlaine Harris, Charles de Lint, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Conrad Williams, Holly Black, John Langan
3.60 19h 31m

Historical Fiction (2)

The Providence Rider by Robert R. McCammon
  15h 33m
Butcher by Joyce Carol Oates
3.80 13h 11m