Audiobooks Like Slaughterhouse-Five

10 audiobooks for fans of Slaughterhouse-Five

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   The Giver

   Giver Quartet • Book 1

   by Lois Lowry

   Narrated by Ron Rifkin

   ★ 4.41 ABR Score (2.8M ratings)

   ★ 4.12 Goodreads (2.8M) ★ 4.44 Audible (15.4K)

   4h 47m listening time • Released 2003

   The quiet novel that radicalized a generation of children — a deceptively simple story about memory, choice, and the cost of a 'perfect' society.

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   Heart the Lover

   by Lily King

   Narrated by Rebecca Lowman

   ★ 4.36 ABR Score (204.0K ratings)

   ★ 4.28 Goodreads (201.6K) ★ 4.5 Audible (2.4K)

   5h 52m listening time • Released 2025

   Rebecca Lowman's performance captures the raw vulnerability of King's prose so perfectly you'll forget you're listening—her pacing lets the emotional weight of each moment land exactly when it needs to.

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   Sunrise on the Reaping

   The Hunger Games

   by Suzanne Collins

   Narrated by Jefferson White

   ★ 4.90 ABR Score (1.2M ratings)

   ★ 4.5 Goodreads (1.1M) ★ 4.85 Audible (32.5K)

   12h 48m listening time • Released 2025

   Jefferson White's narration transforms this prequel into something unexpectedly intimate—he finds the quiet devastation in Haymitch before the legend, making every loss feel like your own.

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   The Hunger Games

   The Hunger Games • Book 1

   by Suzanne Collins

   Narrated by Tatiana Maslany

   Both novels use speculative settings to explore the brutality of war and the dehumanizing cost of violence, while their skilled narrators bring emotional depth to protagonists grappling with survival and moral compromise. The Hunger Games' longer runtime allows for the immersive, character-driven storytelling that makes Slaughterhouse-Five's darkly contemplative approach to trauma resonate with listeners.

   ★ 4.89 ABR Score (10.0M ratings)

   ★ 4.35 Goodreads (10.0M) ★ 4.89 Audible (16.9K)

   10h 35m listening time • Released 2018

   Collins reinvented YA dystopia with a heroine who never stops fighting — propulsive, politically sharp, and impossible to put down.

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   Remarkably Bright Creatures

   by Shelby Van Pelt

   Narrated by Marin Ireland, Michael Urie

   ★ 4.83 ABR Score (1.4M ratings)

   ★ 4.36 Goodreads (1.3M) ★ 4.79 Audible (62.8K)

   11h 16m listening time • Released 2022

   Marin Ireland and Michael Urie elevate this widow-and-octopus story into something genuinely moving, their dual narration making the emotional reckoning feel earned rather than sentimental.

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   The Correspondent

   by Virginia Evans

   Narrated by Maggi-Meg Reed, Jane Oppenheimer, Carly Robins, Jeff Ebner, David Pittu, Chris Andrew Ciulla, Mark Bramhall, Petrea Burchard, Robert Petkoff, Kimberly Farr, Cerris Morgan-Moyer, Peter Ganim, Jade Wheeler, Various

   ★ 4.81 ABR Score (383.3K ratings)

   ★ 4.53 Goodreads (364.9K) ★ 4.8 Audible (18.3K)

   8h 36m listening time • Released 2025

   A sprawling ensemble cast brings luminous depth to this meditation on lifelong correspondence—each narrator inhabits their character so fully you'll forget you're listening to a performance, not overhearing actual lives unfolding.

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   My Friends

   by Fredrik Backman

   Narrated by Marin Ireland

   ★ 4.58 ABR Score (421.8K ratings)

   ★ 4.36 Goodreads (413.4K) ★ 4.64 Audible (8.5K)

   13h 22m listening time • Released 2025

   Marin Ireland's narration transforms this story of teenage friendship into something achingly real—she captures the specific cadence of how friends actually talk, making you feel like you're eavesdropping on something sacred.

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   Alanna: The First Adventure

   Tortall • Book 4

   by Tamora Pierce

   Narrated by Trini Alvarado

   ★ 4.53 ABR Score (139.7K ratings)

   ★ 4.27 Goodreads (137.2K) ★ 4.74 Audible (2.5K)

   5h 14m listening time • Released 2003

   Pierce's classic series starter features one of children's fantasy's first true feminist heroes — a girl disguising herself as a boy to become a knight.

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   To Kill a Mockingbird

   To Kill a Mockingbird • Book 1

   by Harper Lee

   Narrated by Sissy Spacek

   ★ 4.82 ABR Score (7.0M ratings)

   ★ 4.26 Goodreads (7.0M) ★ 4.8 Audible (49.0K)

   12h 17m listening time • Released 2014

   Sissy Spacek's narration captures Scout's voice with such immediacy and warmth that the injustice of the story hits harder—you're not just reading about the South's moral reckoning, you're living it through a child's dawning understanding.

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    Animal Farm

    by George Orwell

    Narrated by Ralph Cosham

    ★ 4.67 ABR Score (4.7M ratings)

    ★ 4.02 Goodreads (4.6M) ★ 4.74 Audible (43.5K)

    3h 11m listening time • Released 1999

    Orwell's deceptively simple fable about a farm revolution that mirrors the Soviet Union remains one of the most efficient and devastating political allegories ever written.

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