Audiobooks Like Crime and Punishment

Anthony Heald narrates Crime and Punishment with a controlled intensity that suits Raskolnikov's fractured interiority — his voice captures the cold logic of the murder theory and the feverish guilt that follows, and at 20 hours there's room for Dostoevsky's philosophical detours to breathe rather than feeling squeezed. Seven of the picks here are other Dostoevsky titles, making this list essentially a deep dive into the author's darkest psychological territory, all narrated with the same commitment to moral weight.

10 audiobooks for fans of Crime and Punishment

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    The Fyodor Dostoevsky BBC Radio Drama Collection cover

    The Fyodor Dostoevsky BBC Radio Drama Collection

    by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Roger Allam, Joseph Arkley, Nicholas Boulton, Jonathan Forbes, John Gray, Paul Hilton, Boris Isarov, Alex Jennings, Barnaby Kay, Gary Lilburn, Roy Marsden, Clive Merrison, Jim Norton, Ronald Pickup, Paul Rhys, David Suchet, Jane Whittenshaw, Lia Williams, Rowan Williams

    Narrated by Roy Marsden, Alex Jennings, Roger Allam, Paul Rhys, Nicholas Boulton, Paul Hilton, David Suchet, full cast, Barnaby Kay, Lia Williams

    3.55 ABR Score (29 ratings)
    ★ 4.42 Goodreads (12) ★ 4.35 Audible (17)
    17h 28m listening time • Released 2021
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    Los hermanos Karam??zov / The Brothers Karamazov cover

    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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    Russian Classics in Russian and English: Notes from Underground

    by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Alexander Vassiliev

    Narrated by Alan Turton

    4.49 ABR Score (237.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.17 Goodreads (237.7K)
    5h 25m listening time • Released 2026
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    The Idiot cover

    The Idiot

    by Fyodor Dostoevsky

    Narrated by Constantine Gregory

    4.30 ABR Score (222.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.21 Goodreads (221.5K) ★ 4.49 Audible (1.5K)
    24h 56m listening time • Released 2017
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    White Nights

    by Fyodor Dostoevsky, TAZIRI, Constance Garnett

    Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini

    4.23 ABR Score (371.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.07 Goodreads (370.9K) ★ 4.5 Audible (777)
    1h 55m listening time • Released 2021

    Edoardo Ballerini's tender narration captures the ache of Dostoevsky's dreamer—lonely, hopeful, and utterly human—making this slim masterpiece feel like a confession whispered across two hours.

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    [Demons] [By: Dostoyevsky, Fyodor] [September, 1994] cover

    [Demons] [By: Dostoyevsky, Fyodor] [September, 1994]

    by Fyodor Dostoevsky

    Narrated by Malk Williams

    4.03 ABR Score (64.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.31 Goodreads (64.3K) ★ 4.71 Audible (17)
    28h 24m listening time • Released 2024
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    The Gambler

    by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Charles James Hogarth

    Narrated by Michael Kramer

    3.90 ABR Score (124.0K ratings)
    ★ 3.91 Goodreads (124.0K) ★ 4.3 Audible (44)
    6h 33m listening time • Released 2011
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    Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire cover

    Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

    Harry Potter • Book 4

    by J.K. Rowling

    Narrated by Jim Dale

    5.00 ABR Score (4.4M ratings)
    ★ 4.57 Goodreads (4.2M) ★ 4.94 Audible (125.6K)
    20h 36m listening time • Released 2015

    Jim Dale's performance transforms this darker turn into something almost unbearably gripping—his voices for the Triwizard Tournament's chaos and Voldemort's return will haunt you long after the 20+ hours end.

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    Demon Copperhead

    by Barbara Kingsolver

    Narrated by Charlie Thurston

    4.81 ABR Score (858.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.46 Goodreads (824.6K) ★ 4.77 Audible (34.3K)
    21h 3m listening time • Released 2022
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    The Storyteller

    by Jodi Picoult

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

    Both audiobooks explore moral complexity through unreliable narrators grappling with guilt and redemption, with multiple voice actors in *The Storyteller* creating the same immersive, character-driven intensity that Anthony Heald brings to Dostoevsky's psychological drama. The similar runtime and mystery-centered plots offer that same gripping, introspective listening experience that demands your full attention.

    4.57 ABR Score (299.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.3 Goodreads (278.1K) ★ 4.61 Audible (21.0K)
    18h 13m listening time • Released 2013

    Multiple narrators bring genuine depth to this emotional story about complicity and forgiveness—each voice makes you feel like you're hearing a different person's truth.

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