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

At 28 hours, Malk Williams has to sustain the full weight of Dostoevsky's political theater — the revolutionary conspirators, the satirized idealists, the moral wreckage — and he navigates the tonal whiplash from black comedy to genuine horror without losing the thread. Seven of these recommendations come from Dostoevsky's catalog, and the list as a whole pulls toward the same long-form Russian literary immersion where psychological intensity is the point.

10 audiobooks for fans of [Demons] [By: Dostoyevsky, Fyodor] [September, 1994]

  1. 1
    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
  2. 2
    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
  3. 3
    Russian Classics in Russian and English: Notes from Underground cover

    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
  4. 4
    White Nights cover

    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.

  5. 5
    The Gambler cover

    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
  6. 6
    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
  7. 7
    Crime and Punishment cover

    Crime and Punishment

    by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Constance Garnett - translator

    Narrated by Anthony Heald

    4.56 ABR Score (1.1M ratings)
    ★ 4.29 Goodreads (1.1M) ★ 4.6 Audible (10.4K)
    20h 28m listening time • Released 2007

    Dostoevsky's psychological masterwork follows a man who commits the 'perfect' murder and is destroyed not by justice but by his own conscience.

  8. 8
    Crime and Punishment cover

    Crime and Punishment

    by Fyodor Dostoevsky

    Narrated by Alex Jennings

    4.03 ABR Score (1.1M ratings)
    ★ 4.29 Goodreads (1.1M) ★ 3.92 Audible (111)
    5h 15m listening time • Released 2005
  9. 9
    The Brothers K cover

    The Brothers K

    by David James Duncan

    Narrated by Robertson Dean

    4.17 ABR Score (17.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.39 Goodreads (17.1K) ★ 4.78 Audible (83)
    28h 7m listening time • Released 2024

    Robertson Dean's narration captures the raw comedy and heartbreak of a fractured family across decades—his voice work transforms what could've been a sprawling mess into something you genuinely can't stop listening to.

  10. 10
    Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix cover

    Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

    Harry Potter • Book 5

    by J.K. Rowling, Mary GrandPré

    Narrated by Jim Dale

    5.00 ABR Score (3.9M ratings)
    ★ 4.5 Goodreads (3.8M) ★ 4.93 Audible (117.3K)
    26h 28m listening time • Released 2015

    Jim Dale transforms this sprawling fifth book into something transcendent—his voice work captures Harry's adolescent rage with such raw precision that the anger becomes contagious and impossible to look away from.

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