Audiobooks Like The Hobbit

10 audiobooks for fans of The Hobbit

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   The Fellowship of the Ring

   Middle-earth • Book 2

   by J.R.R. Tolkien

   Narrated by Andy Serkis

   ★ 4.66 ABR Score (3.2M ratings)

   ★ 4.41 Goodreads (3.2M) ★ 4.9 Audible (1.6K)

   22h 38m listening time • Released 2021

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   The Return of the King

   Middle-earth • Book 4

   by J.R.R. Tolkien

   Narrated by Andy Serkis

   ★ 4.60 ABR Score (1.1M ratings)

   ★ 4.58 Goodreads (1.1M) ★ 4.89 Audible (505)

   21h 52m listening time • Released 2021

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   The Two Towers

   Middle-earth • Book 3

   by J.R.R. Tolkien

   Narrated by Rob Inglis

   ★ 4.83 ABR Score (1.2M ratings)

   ★ 4.5 Goodreads (1.1M) ★ 4.88 Audible (50.1K)

   16h 40m listening time • Released 2012

   Rob Inglis's performance elevates this sequel into something transcendent—his character voices and emotional depth make the sprawling narrative feel intimate, turning a 16-hour journey into something you won't want to pause.

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   Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

   Harry Potter (Full-Cast Editions) • Book 2

   by J.K. Rowling

   Narrated by Hugh Laurie, Matthew Macfadyen, Kit Harington, Riz Ahmed, Michelle Gomez, Daniel Mays, Mark Addy, Simon Pegg, Cush Jumbo, Alex Hassell, Gemma Whelan, Indira Varma, Frankie Treadaway, Max Lester, Arabella Stanton

   ★ 4.74 ABR Score (4.5M ratings)

   ★ 4.43 Goodreads (4.5M) ★ 4.9 Audible (5.0K)

   9h 37m listening time • Released 2025

   A full-cast ensemble transforms the second book into pure theater—Hugh Laurie's Dumbledore and Simon Pegg's Quirrell alone justify the listen, but it's the depth each actor brings to minor characters that makes this feel like a live performance rather than a reading.

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   The Sandman: Act I

   Sandman Audible Original • Book 1

   by Dirk Maggs, Neil Gaiman, Riz Ahmed, Kat Dennings, Taron Egerton, James McAvoy, Andy Serkis, Samantha Morton, Bebe Neuwirth, Michael Sheen, Arthur Darvill, Miriam Margolyes

   Narrated by Riz Ahmed, Kat Dennings, Taron Egerton, Neil Gaiman, James McAvoy, Samantha Morton, Bebe Neuwirth, Andy Serkis, Michael Sheen

   ★ 4.48 ABR Score (78.1K ratings)

   ★ 4.39 Goodreads (24.9K) ★ 4.63 Audible (53.1K)

   11h 2m listening time • Released 2020

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   Small Gods

   Discworld • Book 13

   by Terry Pratchett

   Narrated by Andy Serkis, Bill Nighy, Peter Serafinowicz

   ★ 4.44 ABR Score (136.0K ratings)

   ★ 4.32 Goodreads (134.6K) ★ 4.77 Audible (1.4K)

   11h 58m listening time • Released 2022

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   Howl's Moving Castle

   Howl's Castle • Book 1

   by Diana Wynne Jones

   Narrated by Jenny Sterlin

   ★ 4.51 ABR Score (467.2K ratings)

   ★ 4.28 Goodreads (453.3K) ★ 4.7 Audible (13.9K)

   8h 34m listening time • Released 2008

   Jones's whimsical classic is the inspiration for Miyazaki's film — but richer, funnier, and with a heroine whose curse of old age is the best premise in YA fantasy.

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   Tress of the Emerald Sea

   Hoid's Travails • Book 1

   by Brandon Sanderson, Howard Lyon

   Narrated by Michael Kramer

   ★ 4.50 ABR Score (302.4K ratings)

   ★ 4.32 Goodreads (297.2K) ★ 4.74 Audible (5.1K)

   12h 27m listening time • Released 2024

   Michael Kramer's warm, conversational narration transforms Sanderson's fairy tale into pure comfort fantasy—the kind of audiobook that makes you want to extend your commute just to hear what happens next.

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   Graceling

   Graceling Realm • Book 1

   by Kristin Cashore

   Narrated by Xanthe Elbrick

   ★ 4.20 ABR Score (481.6K ratings)

   ★ 4.06 Goodreads (481.3K) ★ 4.66 Audible (300)

   12h 5m listening time • Released 2023

   Cashore's debut features one of YA fantasy's most compelling heroines — a woman whose 'grace' is killing, struggling to define herself beyond what she was made to be.

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    Words of Radiance

    The Stormlight Archive • Book 2

    by Brandon Sanderson

    Narrated by Michael Kramer, Kate Reading

    ★ 4.96 ABR Score (587.5K ratings)

    ★ 4.76 Goodreads (498.0K) ★ 4.9 Audible (89.5K)

    48h 15m listening time • Released 2014

    The second Stormlight Archive book surpasses the first — the magic system, the characters, and the worldbuilding all deepen into one of epic fantasy's greatest achievements.

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