10 audiobooks for fans of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Harry Potter • Book 7
by J.K. Rowling
Narrated by Jim Dale
★ 5.00 BLT Score (4.3M ratings)★ 4.62 Goodreads (4.1M) ★ 4.96 Audible (150.8K)More about this pick
Jim Dale transforms the final battle into something genuinely haunting—his voice work across 21 hours never wavers, making this the definitive way to experience the series' emotional and narrative payoff.
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Harry Potter • Book 6
by J.K. Rowling
Narrated by Hugh Laurie, Ruth Wilson, Bill Nighy, Matthew Macfadyen, Riz Ahmed, Michelle Gomez, Cush Jumbo, Simon Pegg, Leo Woodall, Mark Addy, Daniel Mays, Gemma Whelan, Jaxon Knopf, Rhys Mulligan, Nina Barker-Francis
★ 4.87 BLT Score (3.7M ratings)★ 4.58 Goodreads (3.7M)More about this pick
Where the series turns genuinely dark, an all-star ensemble (Hugh Laurie, Bill Nighy, Riz Ahmed, and more) narrates with devastating emotional precision.
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Harry Potter • Book 1
by J.K. Rowling
Narrated by Jim Dale
★ 4.96 BLT Score (11.7M ratings)★ 4.47 Goodreads (11.5M) ★ 4.91 Audible (203.3K)More about this pick
The book that got a generation reading, and Jim Dale's narration is so perfectly cast it's hard to imagine the story any other way.
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter (Full-Cast Editions) • Book 2
by J.K. Rowling
Narrated by Hugh Laurie, Matthew Macfadyen, Kit Harington, Riz Ahmed, Michelle Gomez, Daniel Mays, Mark Addy, Simon Pegg, Cush Jumbo, Alex Hassell, Gemma Whelan, Indira Varma, Frankie Treadaway, Max Lester, Arabella Stanton
★ 4.74 BLT Score (4.5M ratings)★ 4.43 Goodreads (4.5M) ★ 4.9 Audible (5.0K)More about this pick
A full-cast ensemble transforms the second book into pure theater—Hugh Laurie's Dumbledore and Simon Pegg's Quirrell alone justify the listen, but it's the depth each actor brings to minor characters that makes this feel like a live performance rather than a reading.
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The Ickabog
by J.K. Rowling
Narrated by Stephen Fry
★ 4.15 BLT Score (70.5K ratings)★ 3.87 Goodreads (64.9K) ★ 4.58 Audible (5.6K) - 6
The Brave Queen
Hidden Scrolls: The Mystery of the Ancient Map • Book 1
by M.J. Thomas, Alan Brown
Narrated by Adam Verner
★ 3.66 BLT Score (28 ratings)★ 4.43 Goodreads (28) - 7
Words of Radiance
The Stormlight Archive • Book 2
Narrated by Michael Kramer, Kate Reading
★ 4.96 BLT Score (587.5K ratings)★ 4.76 Goodreads (498.0K) ★ 4.9 Audible (89.5K)More about this pick
The second Stormlight Archive book surpasses the first — the magic system, the characters, and the worldbuilding all deepen into one of epic fantasy's greatest achievements.
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Kingdom of Ash
Throne of Glass • Book 7
Narrated by Elizabeth Evans
★ 4.91 BLT Score (1.2M ratings)★ 4.71 Goodreads (1.1M) ★ 4.88 Audible (39.0K)More about this pick
Elizabeth Evans transforms the emotional gutting of this finale into something you'll want to hear in one sitting. Her performance captures both the raw anguish and defiant rage that makes this sprawling series ending actually land.
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A Court of Mist and Fury
A Court of Thorns and Roses • Book 2
Narrated by Jennifer Ikeda
★ 4.89 BLT Score (3.3M ratings)★ 4.63 Goodreads (3.3M) ★ 4.85 Audible (60.1K)More about this pick
Jennifer Ikeda's narration transforms this dark fantasy sequel into something genuinely unputdownable—her voice work captures both the vulnerability and lethal power that makes this book such a phenomenon.
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The Way of Kings
The Cosmere • Book 1
Narrated by Kate Reading, Michael Kramer
★ 4.89 BLT Score (796.4K ratings)★ 4.66 Goodreads (683.1K) ★ 4.84 Audible (113.2K)More about this pick
Sanderson's most ambitious work — a 45-hour epic with one of the most intricately designed magic systems in fantasy, and characters whose growth pays off magnificently.
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