Audiobooks Like The Art of War

10 audiobooks for fans of The Art of War

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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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   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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   The Hunger Games

   The Hunger Games • Book 1

   by Suzanne Collins

   Narrated by Tatiana Maslany

   ★ 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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   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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   The Rithmatist

   Rithmatist • Book 1

   by Brandon Sanderson, Ben McSweeney

   Narrated by Michael Kramer

   ★ 4.56 ABR Score (86.0K ratings)

   ★ 4.25 Goodreads (75.3K) ★ 4.71 Audible (10.7K)

   10h 23m listening time • Released 2013

   Michael Kramer's performance elevates this magic-school mystery into something genuinely gripping—he nails the outsider protagonist's frustration while making the chalk-based magic system feel tactile and urgent.

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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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   Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders

   by Vincent Bugliosi, Curt Gentry

   Narrated by Scott Brick

   ★ 4.42 ABR Score (164.8K ratings)

   ★ 4.06 Goodreads (154.7K) ★ 4.6 Audible (10.2K)

   26h 29m listening time • Released 2011

   Scott Brick's measured, forensic delivery transforms this true crime classic into something deeper than lurid true crime—you're inside the prosecutor's mind as he methodically dismantles one of the century's darkest conspiracies.

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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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