Audiobooks Like 1Q84

10 audiobooks for fans of 1Q84

1. 1

   

   The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

   ねじまき鳥クロニクル #1-3

   by Haruki Murakami, Jay Rubin

   Narrated by Rupert Degas

   ★ 4.22 ABR Score (323.4K ratings)

   ★ 4.14 Goodreads (317.7K) ★ 4.32 Audible (5.7K)

   26h 11m listening time • Released 2013

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   Norwegian Wood

   by Haruki Murakami, Jay Rubin

   Narrated by John Chancer

   ★ 4.05 ABR Score (743.1K ratings)

   ★ 3.99 Goodreads (740.7K) ★ 4.19 Audible (2.5K)

   13h 21m listening time • Released 2013

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3. 3

   

   Los hermanos Karam??zov / The Brothers Karamazov

   by Fyodor Dostoevsky

   Narrated by Luke Thompson

   ★ 4.49 ABR Score (395.0K ratings)

   ★ 4.39 Goodreads (394.3K) ★ 4.75 Audible (638)

   43h 6m listening time • Released 2021

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   Shantaram

   Shantaram • Book 1

   by Gregory David Roberts

   Narrated by Humphrey Bower

   ★ 4.60 ABR Score (253.4K ratings)

   ★ 4.28 Goodreads (242.1K) ★ 4.7 Audible (11.3K)

   42h 59m listening time • Released 2013

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5. 5

   

   DON QUIXOTE. Translated

   Don Quijote de la Mancha #1-2

   by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

   Narrated by George Guidall

   ★ 4.31 ABR Score (314.6K ratings)

   ★ 3.91 Goodreads (308.1K) ★ 4.54 Audible (6.5K)

   39h 42m listening time • Released 2012

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   2666

   2666 #1-5

   by Natasha [Translator] Bolano, Roberto; Wimmer

   Narrated by Armando Durán, G. Valmont Thomas, Grover Gardner, John Lee, Scott Brick

   ★ 3.96 ABR Score (49.5K ratings)

   ★ 4.22 Goodreads (49.5K) ★ 4.54 Audible (13)

   39h 16m listening time • Released 2025

   Five narrators divvy up Bolaño's sprawling masterpiece, and their distinct voices actually deepen the novel's fractured structure—each section lands differently, keeping you locked in for all 39 hours.

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   An American Tragedy

   An American Tragedy (in 2 Volumes) #1, 2

   by Theodore Dreiser, Zenith Evergreen Literary Co

   Narrated by Grover Gardner

   ★ 3.86 ABR Score (39.0K ratings)

   ★ 3.97 Goodreads (38.9K) ★ 4.75 Audible (12)

   38h 38m listening time • Released 2024

   Grover Gardner's measured, methodical performance transforms Dreiser's sprawling classic into a hypnotic descent into moral compromise—38 hours that feel inevitable, not exhausting.

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   Sunrise on the Reaping

   The Hunger Games

   by Suzanne Collins

   Narrated by Jefferson White

   ★ 4.90 ABR Score (1.2M ratings)

   ★ 4.5 Goodreads (1.1M) ★ 4.85 Audible (32.5K)

   12h 48m listening time • Released 2025

   Jefferson White's narration transforms this prequel into something unexpectedly intimate—he finds the quiet devastation in Haymitch before the legend, making every loss feel like your own.

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   Theo of Golden

   by Allen Levi

   Narrated by David Morse

   ★ 4.85 ABR Score (178.8K ratings)

   ★ 4.57 Goodreads (168.5K) ★ 4.89 Audible (10.3K)

   13h 12m listening time • Released 2025

   David Morse's weathered voice transforms this quiet parable into something hypnotic—each pencil portrait portrait exchange feels like a secret being shared directly with you, making generosity feel less like virtue and more like magic.

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    The Hate U Give

    The Hate U Give • Book 1

    by Angie Thomas

    Narrated by Bahni Turpin

    ★ 4.83 ABR Score (1.1M ratings)

    ★ 4.45 Goodreads (1.0M) ★ 4.78 Audible (45.9K)

    11h 50m listening time • Released 2017

    Bahni Turpin's narration gives each character a distinct, lived-in voice that makes Starr's internal conflict feel devastatingly real. This is essential listening for anyone who wants to understand why this book became a cultural phenomenon.

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