Audiobooks Like The Aeneid

10 audiobooks for fans of The Aeneid

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   Martin Eden

   by Jack London

   Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini

   ★ 4.17 ABR Score (56.2K ratings)

   ★ 4.48 Goodreads (56.1K) ★ 4.61 Audible (56)

   14h 7m listening time • Released 2020

   Ballerini's measured, introspective performance captures the raw hunger of a working-class man clawing toward literary success—turning London's ambitious novel into a quietly devastating character study about the cost of ambition.

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   Table for Two

   Rules of Civility #1.5 incl'd

   by Amor Towles

   Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini, J. Smith-Cameron

   ★ 4.36 ABR Score (73.6K ratings)

   ★ 4.19 Goodreads (71.8K) ★ 4.6 Audible (1.8K)

   13h 23m listening time • Released 2024

   Towles' short stories showcase his gift for moral complexity and sharp wit, while Ballerini and Smith-Cameron's dual narration transforms each tale into an intimate conversation that catches you off guard.

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   Playground

   by Richard Powers

   Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini, Robin Siegerman, Eunice Wong, Pun Bandhu, Krys Janae, Kevin R Free

   ★ 4.24 ABR Score (47.6K ratings)

   ★ 4.14 Goodreads (46.5K) ★ 4.53 Audible (1.1K)

   13h 51m listening time • Released 2024

   Richard Powers orchestrates four interconnected lives with a cast of narrators who each bring devastating specificity to their characters, turning a sprawling mystery into something that feels like overhearing four truths at once.

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   The Divine Comedy

   La Divina Commedia #1-3 • Book 1

   by Dante Alighieri

   Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini

   ★ 4.08 ABR Score (176.2K ratings)

   ★ 4.09 Goodreads (174.4K) ★ 4.25 Audible (1.8K)

   14h 38m listening time • Released 2013

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   Beautiful Ruins

   by Jess Walter

   Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini

   ★ 3.83 ABR Score (198.6K ratings)

   ★ 3.68 Goodreads (186.0K) ★ 4.03 Audible (12.6K)

   12h 53m listening time • Released 2012

   Edoardo Ballerini's performance transforms Walter's time-jumping romance into pure magic, capturing the ache of a love story that spans decades and continents with effortless charm and heartbreak.

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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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   I Must Betray You

   by Ruta Sepetys

   Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini, Ruta Sepetys

   ★ 4.56 ABR Score (103.0K ratings)

   ★ 4.4 Goodreads (101.3K) ★ 4.77 Audible (1.7K)

   7h 10m listening time • Released 2022

   Ballerini's dual narration captures the suffocating paranoia of Cold War Romania so viscerally you'll feel the weight of every impossible choice Cristian makes. A gripping true-stakes thriller about resistance that refuses easy heroics.

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   Caligula and Three Other Plays

   by Albert Camus, Alyssa Bresnahan, Edoardo Ballerini, John Skelley, Michael Braun, Ryan Bloom - translator

   Narrated by Alyssa Bresnahan, Edoardo Ballerini, Michael Braun, John Skelley

   ★ 4.07 ABR Score (2.6K ratings)

   ★ 4.07 Goodreads (2.6K)

   10h 27m listening time • Released 2025

   Camus's philosophical plays hit harder when performed aloud—these four narrators make the absurdist arguments feel like arguments between real people, not just ideas on a page.

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   The Best Short Stories 2024: The O. Henry Prize Winners

   by Amor Towles, Jenny Minton Quigley, Emma Binder, Michele Mari, Brad Felver, Morris Collins, Jai Chakrabarti, Amber Caron, Francisco González, Caroline Kim, Katherine D. Stutzman, Juliana Leite, Kate DiCamillo, Colin Barrett, Robin Romm, Allegra Goodman, Dave Eggers, E.K. Ota, Tom Crewe, Madeline Ffitch, Jess Walter, Allegra Hyde, Brian Robert Moore, Zoë Perry

   Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini, Kristen DiMercurio, Blair Young, Sean Patrick Hopkins, Vikas Adam, Helen Laser, Johnny Rey Diaz, Jeena Yi, Jason Culp, Annette Amelia Oliveira, Dylan Moore, Alana Kerr Collins, Full Cast

   ★ 3.79 ABR Score (1.2K ratings)

   ★ 4.13 Goodreads (1.2K) ★ 4.26 Audible (34)

   13h 56m listening time • Released 2024

   Twenty prize-winning stories with a stellar ensemble cast means you get a different narrator's voice for each gem—perfect for dipping in or binging, and the variety keeps every story feeling fresh.

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    Trust (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

    by Hernan Diaz

    Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini, Jonathan Davis, Mozhan Marnò, Orlagh Cassidy

    ★ 3.79 ABR Score (4.8K ratings)

    ★ 4.14 Audible (4.8K)

    10h 21m listening time • Released 2022

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