Audiobooks Like The Overstory

Suzanne Toren carries Richard Powers's Pulitzer-winning ecological novel across its eight interleaved storylines with an evenness that keeps the structure's ambition from becoming a burden — each family and each tree gets the same quality of attention, which is exactly what a novel arguing for nonhuman consciousness requires. The recommendations include another Powers title narrated by a trusted voice alongside highly rated literary fiction, matching the 23-hour runtime and the serious-book-club register of a novel that asks a lot and delivers.

10 audiobooks for fans of The Overstory

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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 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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    The Holy Bible: King James Version

    by Anonymous

    Narrated by Scott Brick, Prentice Onayemi, Ellen Archer, LJ Ganser, Jennifer Van Dyck, Suzanne Toren

    ★ 4.56 ABR Score (322.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.45 Goodreads (320.9K) ★ 4.71 Audible (1.5K)
    82h 53m listening time • Released 2020

    The King James Version's cadence and poetry hit different when spoken aloud by this all-star ensemble cast, making the language feel alive rather than archaic.

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    Demon Copperhead

    by Barbara Kingsolver

    Narrated by Charlie Thurston

    ★ 4.81 ABR Score (858.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.46 Goodreads (824.6K) ★ 4.77 Audible (34.3K)
    21h 3m listening time • Released 2022
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    East of Eden

    by John Steinbeck

    Narrated by Richard Poe

    ★ 4.78 ABR Score (674.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.44 Goodreads (655.0K) ★ 4.78 Audible (19.8K)
    25h 23m listening time • Released 2011
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    The House of the Spirits

    Trilogía Involuntaria • Book 3

    by Isabel Allende, Magda Bogin

    Narrated by Thom Rivera, Marisol Ramirez

    ★ 4.35 ABR Score (328.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.3 Goodreads (325.3K) ★ 4.45 Audible (3.0K)
    18h 51m listening time • Released 2016
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    The Holy Bible : Good News Translation cover

    The Holy Bible : Good News Translation

    by American Bible Society

    Narrated by George Guidall, Suzanne Toren, Jonathan Davis, Peter Jay Fernandez, Pete Bradbury, Jeff Woodman, John McDonough, Nelson Runger

    ★ 3.63 ABR Score (304 ratings)
    ★ 4.85 Goodreads (13) ★ 4.14 Audible (291)
    102h 26m listening time • Released 2016
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    Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

    Harry Potter • Book 4

    by J.K. Rowling

    Narrated by Jim Dale

    ★ 5.00 ABR Score (4.4M ratings)
    ★ 4.57 Goodreads (4.2M) ★ 4.94 Audible (125.6K)
    20h 36m listening time • Released 2015

    Jim Dale's performance transforms this darker turn into something almost unbearably gripping—his voices for the Triwizard Tournament's chaos and Voldemort's return will haunt you long after the 20+ hours end.

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    Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

    Harry Potter • Book 5

    by J.K. Rowling, Mary GrandPré

    Narrated by Jim Dale

    ★ 5.00 ABR Score (3.9M ratings)
    ★ 4.5 Goodreads (3.8M) ★ 4.93 Audible (117.3K)
    26h 28m listening time • Released 2015

    Jim Dale transforms this sprawling fifth book into something transcendent—his voice work captures Harry's adolescent rage with such raw precision that the anger becomes contagious and impossible to look away from.

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    Crime and Punishment

    by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Constance Garnett - translator

    Narrated by Anthony Heald

    ★ 4.56 ABR Score (1.1M ratings)
    ★ 4.29 Goodreads (1.1M) ★ 4.6 Audible (10.4K)
    20h 28m listening time • Released 2007

    Dostoevsky's psychological masterwork follows a man who commits the 'perfect' murder and is destroyed not by justice but by his own conscience.

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