10 audiobooks for fans of The Prince
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Sudden Death
Andy Carpenter • Book 4
Narrated by Grover Gardner
★ 4.29 ABR Score (9.5K ratings)★ 4.14 Goodreads (8.0K) ★ 4.59 Audible (1.5K)5h 39m listening time • Released 2005 - 2
The Patience of the Spider
Commissario Montalbano • Book 8
by Andrea Camilleri, Stephen Sartarelli
Narrated by Grover Gardner
★ 4.06 ABR Score (7.5K ratings)★ 4.04 Goodreads (7.2K) ★ 4.53 Audible (236)5h 41m listening time • Released 2010Grover Gardner's measured, weary cadence perfectly captures an aging detective wrestling with doubt, making this the series' most introspective mystery—and its most haunting.
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August Heat
Commissario Montalbano • Book 10
by Andrea Camilleri, Stephen Sartarelli
Narrated by Grover Gardner
★ 4.04 ABR Score (7.4K ratings)★ 4.01 Goodreads (7.2K) ★ 4.55 Audible (212)5h 42m listening time • Released 2010 - 4
The Dance of the Seagull
Commissario Montalbano • Book 15
by Andrea Camilleri, Stephen Sartarelli
Narrated by Grover Gardner
★ 3.99 ABR Score (5.3K ratings)★ 3.98 Goodreads (5.1K) ★ 4.51 Audible (193)5h 40m listening time • Released 2013Grover Gardner's measured, gravelly delivery transforms Camilleri's darkest Montalbano case into something genuinely unsettling—a procedural that builds dread instead of just puzzle-solving.
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The Smell of the Night
Commissario Montalbano • Book 6
by Andrea Camilleri, Stephen Sartarelli
Narrated by Grover Gardner
★ 3.99 ABR Score (8.2K ratings)★ 4.03 Goodreads (7.9K) ★ 4.39 Audible (283)4h 59m listening time • Released 2006Grover Gardner's warm, weathered drawl transforms Montalbano into a detective you'd trust with your confession—making this Sicilian noir feel less like a puzzle to solve and more like an evening spent with someone who actually understands human weakness.
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Game of Mirrors
Commissario Montalbano • Book 18
by Andrea Camilleri, Stephen Sartarelli
Narrated by Grover Gardner
★ 3.98 ABR Score (4.2K ratings)★ 3.97 Goodreads (4.0K) ★ 4.54 Audible (178)5h 34m listening time • Released 2015 - 7
The Track of Sand
Commissario Montalbano • Book 12
by Andrea Camilleri, Stephen Sartarelli
Narrated by Grover Gardner
★ 3.97 ABR Score (5.2K ratings)★ 3.93 Goodreads (5.0K) ★ 4.52 Audible (195)5h 26m listening time • Released 2010 - 8
The Age of Doubt
Commissario Montalbano • Book 14
by Andrea Camilleri, Stephen Sartarelli
Narrated by Grover Gardner
★ 3.95 ABR Score (5.5K ratings)★ 3.95 Goodreads (5.3K) ★ 4.46 Audible (200)5h 22m listening time • Released 2012 - 9
The Wings of the Sphinx
Commissario Montalbano • Book 11
by Andrea Camilleri, Stephen Sartarelli
Narrated by Grover Gardner
★ 3.95 ABR Score (5.8K ratings)★ 3.95 Goodreads (5.6K) ★ 4.44 Audible (204)5h 26m listening time • Released 2009Grover Gardner's weathered narration captures Montalbano at his most disillusioned—weary, aging, and caught between a brutal case and his crumbling personal life. Camilleri's Sicily has never felt more corrupt or seductive.
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A Nest of Vipers
Commissario Montalbano • Book 21
by Andrea Camilleri, Stephen Sartarelli
Narrated by Grover Gardner
★ 3.94 ABR Score (4.2K ratings)★ 3.89 Goodreads (4.0K) ★ 4.53 Audible (165)5h 43m listening time • Released 2017
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