Best Various Audiobooks

Best Various Audiobooks

1. 1

   

   The Correspondent

   by Virginia Evans

   Narrated by Maggi-Meg Reed, Jane Oppenheimer, Carly Robins, Jeff Ebner, David Pittu, Chris Andrew Ciulla, Mark Bramhall, Petrea Burchard, Robert Petkoff, Kimberly Farr, Cerris Morgan-Moyer, Peter Ganim, Jade Wheeler, Various

   ★ 4.81 ABR Score (383.3K ratings)

   ★ 4.53 Goodreads (364.9K) ★ 4.8 Audible (18.3K)

   8h 36m listening time • Released 2025

   Through discovered letters, the life story of a remarkable woman unfolds across decades of love, loss, war, and artistic passion. This epistolary novel examines how written words preserve and transform our understanding of both ordinary and extraordinary lives.

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   Through discovered letters, the life story of a remarkable woman unfolds across decades of love, loss, war, and artistic passion. This epistolary novel examines how written words preserve and transform our understanding of both ordinary and extraordinary lives.

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2. 2

   

   World War Z

   World War Z

   by Max Brooks, Alan Alda, John Turturro, Rob Reiner

   Narrated by Various

   ★ 4.43 ABR Score (596.4K ratings)

   ★ 4.02 Goodreads (570.4K) ★ 4.65 Audible (26.0K)

   12h 9m listening time • Released 2013

   Told as oral history interviews with zombie war survivors, this explores how different countries and cultures responded to the undead apocalypse. The all-star cast including Alan Alda and John Turturro creates a documentary feel.

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   Told as oral history interviews with zombie war survivors, this explores how different countries and cultures responded to the undead apocalypse. The all-star cast including Alan Alda and John Turturro creates a documentary feel.

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3. 3

   

   Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things

   by Adam M. Grant

   Narrated by Adam Grant, Maurice Ashley, R.A. Dickey, Evelyn Glennie, Sara Maria Hasbun, Francis Idehen, Alison Levine, Benny Lewis, Kari Louhivuori, Nelli Louhivuori, Brandon Payne, Richard Pine, Gil Winch, Various

   ★ 4.34 ABR Score (50.9K ratings)

   ★ 4.1 Goodreads (48.0K) ★ 4.58 Audible (2.9K)

   7h 21m listening time • Released 2023

   Multiple narrators including Grant himself explore how character skills like proactivity and determination matter more than raw talent for long-term success in any field.

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   Multiple narrators including Grant himself explore how character skills like proactivity and determination matter more than raw talent for long-term success in any field.

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4. 4

   

   Predator: If It Bleeds

   Aliens / Predator / Prometheus Universe

   by Bryan Thomas Schmidt, Holly Roberds, Steve Perry, John Shirley, Jeremy Robinson, Jonathan Maberry, Kevin J. Anderson, Weston Ochse, Mira Grant, Tim Lebbon, Larry Correia, Dayton Ward, Peter J. Wacks

   Narrated by full cast, Tom Taylorson, Nicol Zanzarella, Traber Burns, Bradford Hastings, Bahni Turpin, Emily Sutton-Smith, Ulf Bjorklund, James Patrick Cronin, Andrew Eiden, Scott Brick, Feodor Chin, John Pruden, Mark Bramhall, various

   ★ 4.07 ABR Score (2.2K ratings)

   ★ 4.01 Goodreads (917) ★ 4.62 Audible (1.3K)

   12h 34m listening time • Released 2018

   Seventeen stories spanning from 12th-century Japan to deep space get the full-cast treatment they deserve, with each narrator bringing their own energy to different Predator encounters across time.

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   Seventeen stories spanning from 12th-century Japan to deep space get the full-cast treatment they deserve, with each narrator bringing their own energy to different Predator encounters across time.

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5. 5

   

   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)

   19h 36m listening time • Released 2023

   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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   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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6. 6

   

   Rogues

   Ancient World

   by George R.R. Martin, Gardner Dozois, Joe Abercrombie, Gillian Flynn, Matthew Hughes, Joe R. Lansdale, Michael Swanwick, David Ball, Carrie Vaughn, Scott Lynch, Bradley Denton, Cherie Priest, Daniel Abraham, Paul Cornell, Steven Saylor, Garth Nix, Walter Jon Williams, Phyllis Eisenstein, Lisa Tuttle, Neil Gaiman, Connie Willis, Patrick Rothfuss

   Narrated by George R. R. Martin, Gwendoline Christie, Roy Dotrice, Ron Donachie, W. Morgan Sheppard, Janis Ian, Molly Quinn, Rupert Degas, Iain Glen, Various

   ★ 3.81 ABR Score (27.5K ratings)

   ★ 3.87 Goodreads (24.6K) ★ 4.13 Audible (2.9K)

   31h 15m listening time • Released 2014

   Twenty-one stories featuring morally ambiguous characters from fantasy and historical fiction masters. The varied cast including Gwendoline Christie and Iain Glen gives voice to antiheroes across multiple genres and time periods.

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   Twenty-one stories featuring morally ambiguous characters from fantasy and historical fiction masters. The varied cast including Gwendoline Christie and Iain Glen gives voice to antiheroes across multiple genres and time periods.

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7. 7

   

   Powers of Darkness: The Lost Version of Dracula

   by Valdimar Ásmundsson, Bram Stoker, Hans Corneel De Roos, Dacre Stoker, John Edgar Browning

   Narrated by Adam Verner, Robertson Dean, Ralph Lister, Derek Perkins, R.C. Bray, various

   ★ 3.77 ABR Score (2.0K ratings)

   ★ 3.63 Goodreads (1.6K) ★ 4.27 Audible (392)

   7h 27m listening time • Released 2018

   The 1901 Icelandic 'translation' of Dracula is actually a completely different vampire story with Stoker's blessing. Six narrators bring this literary discovery to eerie life.

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   The 1901 Icelandic 'translation' of Dracula is actually a completely different vampire story with Stoker's blessing. Six narrators bring this literary discovery to eerie life.

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8. 8

   

   Fresh Ink

   by Lamar Giles, Nicola Yoon, Malinda Lo, Melissa de la Cruz, Sara Farizan, Eric Gansworth, Walter Dean Myers, Daniel José Older, Thien Pham, Jason Reynolds, Gene Luen Yang, Sharon G. Flake, Schuyler Bailar, Aminah Mae Safi

   Narrated by Guy Lockard, Kim Mai Guest, Bahni Turpin, Aminah Mae Safi, Dominic Hoffman, Dion Graham, Ron Butler, J. B. Adkins, Sara Farizan, Henry Levya, Donnabella Mortel, Schuyler Bailar, Various

   ★ 3.72 ABR Score (3.5K ratings)

   ★ 3.78 Goodreads (3.4K) ★ 4.44 Audible (16)

   5h 4m listening time • Released 2018

   Multiple award-winning YA voices tackle identity, belonging, and resistance across formats—short stories, graphic work, and a never-before-printed Walter Dean Myers play—each narrator perfectly matched to their piece.

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   Multiple award-winning YA voices tackle identity, belonging, and resistance across formats—short stories, graphic work, and a never-before-printed Walter Dean Myers play—each narrator perfectly matched to their piece.

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9. 9

   

   The Book of Magic

   Spiritwalker #Bloom

   by Gardner Dozois, K.J. Parker, Megan Lindholm, John Crowley, Matthew Hughes, Ysabeau S. Wilce, Rachel Pollack, Eleanor Arnason, Tim Powers, Liz Williams, Garth Nix, Elizabeth Bear, Lavie Tidhar, Greg Van Eekhout, George R.R. Martin, Andy Duncan, Kate Elliott, Scott Lynch

   Narrated by Elliot Hill, Karissa Vacker, Sile Bermingham, Maxwell Caulfield, Susan Denaker, Scott Brick, Bruce Mann, Holly Palance, Nicholas Guy Smith, Steve West, Various

   ★ 3.66 ABR Score (1.0K ratings)

   ★ 3.7 Goodreads (839) ★ 4.07 Audible (191)

   24h 38m listening time • Released 2018

   Eighteen fantasy authors explore magic's dual nature—from Gandalf to Saruman, from Glinda to the Wicked Witch—in stories spanning power, wisdom, and corruption. Multiple narrators including Scott Brick and Karissa Vacker bring distinct voices to each tale's unique magical system.

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   Eighteen fantasy authors explore magic's dual nature—from Gandalf to Saruman, from Glinda to the Wicked Witch—in stories spanning power, wisdom, and corruption. Multiple narrators including Scott Brick and Karissa Vacker bring distinct voices to each tale's unique magical system.

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10. 10

    

    Lincoln In The Bardo

    by George Saunders

    Narrated by George Saunders, Nick Offerman, David Sedaris, Carrie Brownstein, Don Cheadle, Lena Dunham, Bill Hader, Kirby Heyborne, Keegan-Michael Key, Julianne Moore, Megan Mullally, Susan Sarandon, Ben Stiller, Various

    ★ 3.65 ABR Score (190.3K ratings)

    ★ 3.75 Goodreads (179.7K) ★ 3.97 Audible (10.6K)

    7h 25m listening time • Released 2017

    Nick Offerman, David Sedaris, and a star-studded cast voice the dead trapped in a Washington cemetery while Lincoln grieves his son Willie during the Civil War.

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    Nick Offerman, David Sedaris, and a star-studded cast voice the dead trapped in a Washington cemetery while Lincoln grieves his son Willie during the Civil War.

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11. 11

    

    Old Venus

    by George R.R. Martin, Gardner Dozois, Ian McDonald, Garth Nix, Joe Haldeman, Gwyneth Jones, Matthew Hughes, Paul McAuley, Lavie Tidhar, Allen M. Steele, Stephen Leigh, Eleanor Arnason, David Brin, Michael Cassutt, Tobias S. Buckell, Elizabeth Bear, Joe R. Lansdale, Mike Resnick

    Narrated by Diana Rigg, Full Cast, Michael Dorn, Stephen Fry, Jake Stormoen, W. Morgan Sheppard, Gethin Anthony, Wil Wheaton, Janis Ian, Ron Donachie, Various

    ★ 3.60 ABR Score (821 ratings)

    ★ 3.57 Goodreads (734) ★ 3.99 Audible (87)

    22h 17m listening time • Released 2015

    George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois collect sixteen tales set on the classic pulp Venus of swamps, jungles, and lurking creatures. An all-star cast including Stephen Fry and Diana Rigg handle the diverse stories.

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    George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois collect sixteen tales set on the classic pulp Venus of swamps, jungles, and lurking creatures. An all-star cast including Stephen Fry and Diana Rigg handle the diverse stories.

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    Dangerous Women

    The Dresden Files #13.1 - Bombshells

    by George R.R. Martin, Gardner Dozois, Carrie Vaughn, Lev Gossman, Joe R. Lansdale, Megan Lindholm, Lawrence Block, Brandon Sanderson, Sharon Kay Penman, Lev Grossman, Nancy Kress, Diana Rowland, Diana Gabaldon, S.M. Stirling, Sam Sykes, Pat Cadigan, Caroline Spector, Joe Abercrombie, Megan Abbott, Cecelia Holland, Jim Butcher, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Melinda M. Snodgrass

    Narrated by Scott Brick, Jonathan Frakes, Stana Katic, Inna Korobkina, Lee Meriwether, Claudia Black, Sophie Turner, Janis Ian, Iain Glen, Karen Dotrice, Various

    ★ 3.56 ABR Score (14.9K ratings)

    ★ 3.67 Goodreads (13.2K) ★ 4.02 Audible (1.7K)

    32h 47m listening time • Released 2013

    Twenty-one authors contribute stories about deadly, complex female characters across genres from fantasy to noir, creating an anthology that celebrates dangerous femininity.

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    Twenty-one authors contribute stories about deadly, complex female characters across genres from fantasy to noir, creating an anthology that celebrates dangerous femininity.

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