Audiobooks Like The Count of Monte Cristo

10 audiobooks for fans of The Count of Monte Cristo

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   The Last Cavalier: Being the Adventures of Count Sainte-Hermine in the Age of Napoleon

   Sainte-Hermine • Book 3

   by Alexandre Dumas

   Narrated by Simon Prebble

   The Last Cavalier captures the same sweeping adventure and intricate plotting that defines The Count of Monte Cristo, while exploring themes of loyalty, betrayal, and redemption against the backdrop of Napoleonic intrigue. Simon Prebble's dynamic narration complements the epic scope of Dumas's storytelling, delivering another immersive historical mystery in a more compact format.

   ★ 3.69 ABR Score (1.0K ratings)

   ★ 3.65 Goodreads (858) ★ 4.22 Audible (155)

   35h 37m listening time • Released 2009

   Simon Prebble's crisp, commanding delivery transforms Dumas's rediscovered epic into a propulsive adventure that feels newly written—perfect if you want swashbuckling escapism with genuine emotional stakes across its 35 hours.

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   An Echo in the Bone

   Outlander • Book 7

   by Diana Gabaldon

   Narrated by Davina Porter

   ★ 4.84 ABR Score (193.4K ratings)

   ★ 4.44 Goodreads (166.8K) ★ 4.81 Audible (26.7K)

   45h 59m listening time • Released 2009

   Davina Porter's performance across nearly 46 hours transforms this sprawling time-travel epic into something genuinely intimate—she captures the emotional weight of impossible choices better than most narrators manage in half the time.

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   Drums of Autumn

   Outlander • Book 4

   by Diana Gabaldon

   Narrated by Davina Porter

   ★ 4.83 ABR Score (310.5K ratings)

   ★ 4.36 Goodreads (270.7K) ★ 4.81 Audible (39.9K)

   44h 50m listening time • Released 2008

   Davina Porter's narration transforms this epic into something transcendent—her voice captures the raw ache of impossible choices across time and generations with devastating intimacy.

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   A Breath of Snow and Ashes

   Outlander • Book 6

   by Diana Gabaldon

   Narrated by Davina Porter

   ★ 4.83 ABR Score (213.0K ratings)

   ★ 4.44 Goodreads (192.8K) ★ 4.81 Audible (20.2K)

   57h 48m listening time • Released 2011

   Davina Porter's performance transforms this epic into something you can't stop listening to—she shifts seamlessly between Claire's modern skepticism and Jamie's highland steadiness, making 58 hours disappear.

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   Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone

   Outlander • Book 9

   by Diana Gabaldon

   Narrated by Davina Porter

   ★ 4.79 ABR Score (111.6K ratings)

   ★ 4.45 Goodreads (94.5K) ★ 4.79 Audible (17.1K)

   49h 27m listening time • Released 2021

   Davina Porter's performance transforms nearly 50 hours into an immersive experience where you're living alongside the Frasers through their most fractured chapter. She's the reason this sprawling family saga feels intimate instead of exhausting.

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   The Fiery Cross

   Outlander • Book 5

   by Diana Gabaldon

   Narrated by Davina Porter

   ★ 4.74 ABR Score (261.4K ratings)

   ★ 4.26 Goodreads (228.2K) ★ 4.78 Audible (33.2K)

   55h 30m listening time • Released 2011

   Davina Porter's 55-hour performance transforms this epic into something immersive and intimate, capturing both the sweeping historical stakes and the quiet, devastating moments that define the Fraser family saga.

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   The Civil War: A Narrative, Vol. 3: Red River to Appomattox

   The Civil War • Book 3

   by Shelby Foote

   Narrated by Grover Gardner

   ★ 4.70 ABR Score (9.2K ratings)

   ★ 4.55 Goodreads (7.5K) ★ 4.88 Audible (1.7K)

   58h 23m listening time • Released 2017

   Grover Gardner's measured, authoritative narration transforms Foote's sprawling final volume into something genuinely immersive—58 hours that feel essential rather than exhausting as the Civil War's tragic conclusion unfolds.

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   The Civil War: A Narrative, Vol. 2: Fredericksburg to Meridian

   The Civil War • Book 2

   by Shelby Foote

   Narrated by Grover Gardner

   ★ 4.68 ABR Score (9.5K ratings)

   ★ 4.53 Goodreads (7.7K) ★ 4.86 Audible (1.8K)

   52h 45m listening time • Released 2016

   Grover Gardner's measured, gravitas-laden performance transforms Foote's sprawling narrative into something you can't stop listening to—52 hours that feel necessary, not exhausting.

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   The Civil War: A Narrative, Volume I, Fort Sumter to Perryville

   The Civil War • Book 1

   by Shelby Foote

   Narrated by Grover Gardner

   ★ 4.51 ABR Score (19.1K ratings)

   ★ 4.44 Goodreads (13.7K) ★ 4.63 Audible (5.3K)

   42h 58m listening time • Released 2004

   Grover Gardner's measured, authoritative narration transforms Foote's massive narrative into something unexpectedly intimate—you hear the war through the voices of the people living it, not a distant historian. Nearly 43 hours has never felt more gripping.

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    War and Peace

    by Leo Tolstoy

    Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini

    ★ 4.34 ABR Score (369.6K ratings)

    ★ 4.17 Goodreads (369.1K) ★ 4.62 Audible (594)

    55h 30m listening time • Released 2020

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