Audiobooks Like Gilgamesh: Versión de Stephen Mitchell

10 audiobooks for fans of Gilgamesh: Versión de Stephen Mitchell

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   Psalms

   Bible • Book 19

   by Anonymous

   Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini

   ★ 4.52 ABR Score (2.4K ratings)

   ★ 4.65 Goodreads (2.4K)

   4h 2m listening time • Released 2026

   Ballerini's measured, reverent delivery transforms these ancient songs into intimate meditations—his voice becomes the instrument through which centuries of human longing and praise find their most resonant expression.

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   The Holy Bible: King James Version

   by Anonymous

   Narrated by Scott Brick, Prentice Onayemi, Ellen Archer, LJ Ganser, Jennifer Van Dyck, Suzanne Toren

   ★ 4.56 ABR Score (322.5K ratings)

   ★ 4.45 Goodreads (320.9K) ★ 4.71 Audible (1.5K)

   82h 53m listening time • Released 2020

   The King James Version's cadence and poetry hit different when spoken aloud by this all-star ensemble cast, making the language feel alive rather than archaic.

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   The Book of Job (The Hebrew Bible, Volume 3, The Writings)

   Bible • Book 18

   by Anonymous, Robert Alter

   Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini

   ★ 4.11 ABR Score (5.1K ratings)

   ★ 4.22 Goodreads (4.8K) ★ 4.59 Audible (237)

   64h 4m listening time • Released 2019

   Alter's translation cuts through centuries of interpretation to expose Job's raw existential rage, and Ballerini's measured delivery makes the philosophical arguments land like punches rather than sermons.

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   The Master and Margarita

   by Mikhail Bulgakov, George Guidall, Diana Burgin - Translator - translator, Katherine Tiernan O'Connor - Translator - translator

   Narrated by George Guidall

   ★ 4.64 ABR Score (428.1K ratings)

   ★ 4.28 Goodreads (428.1K)

   17h 4m listening time • Released 2026

   George Guidall's masterful narration transforms Bulgakov's wildly inventive Soviet satire into a hypnotic experience—his voice shifts effortlessly between the demonic, the tragic, and the absurd across 17 hours of pure literary magic.

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   The Neil Gaiman Reader: Selected Fiction

   by Neil Gaiman, Marlon James

   Narrated by Neil Gaiman, George Guidall, Lenny Henry, Leon Nixon

   ★ 4.32 ABR Score (3.0K ratings)

   ★ 4.44 Goodreads (2.2K) ★ 4.73 Audible (802)

   27h 2m listening time • Released 2020

   Hearing Gaiman read his own work alongside master narrators like George Guidall and Lenny Henry transforms 52 stories into a masterclass in tone and voice—each tale lands exactly as intended.

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   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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   We Are Water

   by Wally Lamb

   Narrated by Wally Lamb, George Guidall, Maggi-Meg Reed, Tavia Gilbert, Richard Ferrone, Edoardo Ballerini, Cynthia Darlow, Therese Plummer, Robin Miles, Sandy Rustin

   ★ 4.03 ABR Score (59.5K ratings)

   ★ 3.84 Goodreads (56.6K) ★ 4.32 Audible (2.9K)

   23h 11m listening time • Released 2013

   A stellar ensemble cast transforms this multigenerational family reckoning into something closer to theater than narration, with each voice bringing authentic depth to competing perspectives on love, loyalty, and secrets.

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   The Jungle

   by Upton Sinclair

   Narrated by George Guidall

   ★ 4.00 ABR Score (156.3K ratings)

   ★ 3.78 Goodreads (155.6K) ★ 4.37 Audible (717)

   15h 58m listening time • Released 2011

   George Guidall's measured, unflinching narration turns this muckraking classic into something rawer than the text alone—you feel the desperation grinding down on Jurgis rather than just reading about it.

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   The Corrections

   by Jonathan Franzen

   Narrated by George Guidall

   ★ 4.00 ABR Score (202.8K ratings)

   ★ 3.85 Goodreads (199.7K) ★ 4.23 Audible (3.1K)

   21h 53m listening time • Released 2010

   George Guidall's performance transforms this sprawling family epic into something visceral—his precise control over tone makes each Lambert's unraveling feel devastatingly intimate and darkly funny at once.

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    Baudolino

    by Umberto Eco

    Narrated by George Guidall

    ★ 3.96 ABR Score (25.8K ratings)

    ★ 3.8 Goodreads (25.5K) ★ 4.43 Audible (309)

    18h 53m listening time • Released 2012

    George Guidall's performance transforms Eco's labyrinthine medieval adventure into pure narrative magic—his voice shifts effortlessly between con artists, crusaders, and philosophers, making 19 hours vanish.

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