Audiobooks Like The Holy Bible: King James Version

Six narrators — including Scott Brick, Prentice Onayemi, Ellen Archer, and Jennifer Van Dyck — divide 83 hours of the King James Bible by section, each bringing a tonal register suited to the material they're reading, from prophetic intensity to epistolary plainness. Several of these recommendations share narrators from the ensemble, and the others orbit the same devotional and literary gravity that makes sacred text a particular kind of listening experience.

10 audiobooks for fans of The Holy Bible: King James Version

  1. 1
    Psalms cover

    Psalms

    Bible • Book 19

    by Anonymous

    Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini

    4.52 ABR Score (2.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.65 Goodreads (2.4K)
    4h 2m listening time • Released 2026

    Ballerini's measured, reverent delivery transforms these ancient songs into intimate meditations—his voice becomes the instrument through which centuries of human longing and praise find their most resonant expression.

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    Gilgamesh: Versión de Stephen Mitchell

    by Anonymous, Stephen Mitchell

    Narrated by George Guidall

    4.06 ABR Score (124.6K ratings)
    ★ 3.76 Goodreads (120.4K) ★ 4.35 Audible (4.2K)
    4h 5m listening time • Released 2004
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    The Storyteller cover

    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.

  4. 4
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    The Book of Job (The Hebrew Bible, Volume 3, The Writings)

    Bible • Book 18

    by Anonymous, Robert Alter

    Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini

    4.11 ABR Score (5.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.22 Goodreads (4.8K) ★ 4.59 Audible (237)
    64h 4m listening time • Released 2019

    Alter's translation cuts through centuries of interpretation to expose Job's raw existential rage, and Ballerini's measured delivery makes the philosophical arguments land like punches rather than sermons.

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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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    Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand

    by Ayn Rand

    Narrated by Scott Brick

    4.28 ABR Score (427.6K ratings)
    ★ 3.69 Goodreads (408.2K) ★ 4.54 Audible (19.3K)
    62h 56m listening time • Released 2008

    Scott Brick's commanding performance transforms Rand's philosophical epic into something genuinely gripping—he gives each character a distinct voice that makes the 63-hour journey feel essential, not exhausting.

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    Under the Banner of Heaven

    by Jon Krakauer

    Narrated by Scott Brick

    4.28 ABR Score (236.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.01 Goodreads (226.8K) ★ 4.44 Audible (9.2K)
    12h 29m listening time • Released 2003

    Scott Brick's measured, unflinching narration transforms Krakauer's investigation into religious extremism from true crime into something more unsettling: a forensic examination of how faith becomes justification for the unthinkable.

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    The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry

    by Gabrielle Zevin

    Narrated by Scott Brick

    4.26 ABR Score (375.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.04 Goodreads (362.9K) ★ 4.37 Audible (12.4K)
    7h 2m listening time • Released 2014

    Scott Brick's narration transforms this book-lover's redemption story into something genuinely moving—his gruff tenderness as A.J. feels earned, not performed.

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    The Overstory

    by Richard Powers

    Narrated by Suzanne Toren

    4.25 ABR Score (210.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.11 Goodreads (199.8K) ★ 4.35 Audible (10.2K)
    22h 58m listening time • Released 2018
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    Cloud Atlas cover

    Cloud Atlas

    by David Mitchell

    Narrated by Scott Brick, Cassandra Campbell, Kim Mai Guest, Kirby Heyborne, John Lee, Richard Matthews, David Mitchell, Gabrielle Zevin

    4.01 ABR Score (276.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.01 Goodreads (269.8K) ★ 4.11 Audible (7.1K)
    19h 48m listening time • Released 2004

    Seven narrators make this nested-worlds epic feel like a conversation across centuries, each voice perfectly matched to its era and character. It's the rare audiobook where the medium doesn't just serve the story—it becomes essential to how you experience it.

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