Audiobooks Like North and South

10 audiobooks for fans of North and South

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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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   Small Great Things

   Ruth Jefferson • Book 1

   by Jodi Picoult

   Narrated by Audra McDonald, Cassandra Campbell, Ari Fliakos

   ★ 4.74 ABR Score (478.4K ratings)

   ★ 4.36 Goodreads (444.3K) ★ 4.75 Audible (34.1K)

   16h 14m listening time • Released 2016

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   The Storyteller

   by Jodi Picoult

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

   ★ 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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   The House of the Spirits

   Trilogía Involuntaria • Book 3

   by Isabel Allende, Magda Bogin

   Narrated by Thom Rivera, Marisol Ramirez

   ★ 4.35 ABR Score (328.3K ratings)

   ★ 4.3 Goodreads (325.3K) ★ 4.45 Audible (3.0K)

   18h 51m listening time • Released 2016

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   The Godfather

   The Godfather • Book 1

   by Mario Puzo

   Narrated by Joe Mantegna

   ★ 4.35 ABR Score (468.1K ratings)

   ★ 4.4 Goodreads (468.0K) ★ 4.88 Audible (128)

   18h 5m listening time • Released 2014

   Puzo's crime epic isn't just a novel about the Mafia — it's a story about power, family, and the American dream pursued by any means necessary.

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   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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   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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   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.

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   Children of Blood and Bone

   Legacy of Orïsha • Book 1

   by Tomi Adeyemi

   Narrated by Bahni Turpin

   ★ 4.53 ABR Score (269.9K ratings)

   ★ 4.11 Goodreads (252.8K) ★ 4.67 Audible (17.1K)

   17h 56m listening time • Released 2018

   Bahni Turpin's performance transforms this West African-inspired fantasy into something visceral and unforgettable—her voice work across multiple characters makes the 18-hour listen feel essential rather than epic-length.

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    The Poisonwood Bible

    by Barbara Kingsolver

    Narrated by Dean Robertson

    ★ 4.47 ABR Score (813.8K ratings)

    ★ 4.11 Goodreads (798.4K) ★ 4.56 Audible (15.4K)

    15h 34m listening time • Released 2008

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