10 audiobooks for fans of The Starless Sea
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The Night Circus
by Erin Morgenstern
Narrated by Jim Dale
★ 4.18 ABR Score (1.1M ratings)★ 4 Goodreads (1.1M) ★ 4.38 Audible (30.5K)13h 40m listening time • Released 2011Jim Dale transforms this atmospheric romance into pure magic—his voice work captures the circus's wonder and the lovers' quiet desperation so completely you'll forget you're listening to a book.
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Inkdeath
Tintenwelt • Book 3
by Cornelia Funke
Narrated by Allan Corduner
★ 4.12 ABR Score (95.7K ratings)★ 3.98 Goodreads (94.3K) ★ 4.54 Audible (1.4K)19h 45m listening time • Released 2008 -
The Erstwhile
The Vorrh Trilogy • Book 2
by Brian Catling
Narrated by Allan Corduner
★ 3.93 ABR Score (1.8K ratings)★ 4.01 Goodreads (1.8K) ★ 4.62 Audible (63)15h 34m listening time • Released 2018 -
The Raven's Shadow
The Wild Hunt • Book 3
by Elspeth Cooper
Narrated by Allan Corduner
★ 3.84 ABR Score (646 ratings)★ 4.05 Goodreads (629) ★ 4.53 Audible (17)19h 54m listening time • Released 2013 -
The Starseekers
Murder and Magic • Book 4
by Nicole Glover
Narrated by Bahni Turpin
★ 3.77 ABR Score (209 ratings)★ 3.79 Goodreads (201) ★ 4.88 Audible (8)17h 12m listening time • Released 2026Bahni Turpin's narration transforms this 1960s space-race fantasy into pure immersion, capturing the tension between scientific ambition and magical intrigue with razor-sharp precision. Glover builds a mystery as layered as the era itself, where every character's motives shimmer with doubt.
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Songs of the Earth
The Wild Hunt • Book 1
by Elspeth Cooper
Narrated by Allan Corduner
★ 3.73 ABR Score (2.4K ratings)★ 3.67 Goodreads (2.3K) ★ 4.09 Audible (35)16h 3m listening time • Released 2012 -
Trinity Rising
The Wild Hunt • Book 2
by Elspeth Cooper
Narrated by Allan Corduner
★ 3.72 ABR Score (968 ratings)★ 3.68 Goodreads (949) ★ 3.95 Audible (19)17h 41m listening time • Released 2012 -
Soot
Smoke • Book 2
by Dan Vyleta
Narrated by Allan Corduner, Steve West, Dominic Hoffman, Fiona Hardingham, Katharine Lee McEwan, Nicholas Guy Smith, Deepti Gupta, Juha Sorola, Mark Bramhall
★ 3.68 ABR Score (258 ratings)★ 3.31 Goodreads (250) ★ 4.25 Audible (8)22h 11m listening time • Released 2020 -
The Book of Witches
by Jonathan Strahan, Linda D. Addison, P. Djèlí Clark, Kathleen Jennings, Tade Thompson, Ken Liu, Darcie Little Badger, Andrea Hairston, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Cassandra Khaw, Tobi Ogundiran, Kelly Robson, C.L. Clark, Millie Ho, Indrapramit Das, Saad Z. Hossain, Garth Nix, Premee Mohamed, Maureen F. McHugh, Andrea Stewart, Tochi Onyebuchi, Sheree Renée Thomas, Angela Slatter, Fonda Lee, Usman T. Malik, E. Lily Yu, Miyuki Jane Pinckard, Emily Y. Teng, Amal El-Mohtar, Alyssa Winans
Narrated by Vikas Adam, Anniwaa Buachie, Rainy Fields, Eva Kaminsky, Johnathan McClain, Vyvy Nguyen, Deryn Oliver, Logan Rozos, Bahni Turpin
★ 3.63 ABR Score (692 ratings)★ 3.46 Goodreads (690) ★ 3 Audible (2)18h 26m listening time • Released 2023A powerhouse ensemble of narrators elevates 30 globally diverse witch stories into something genuinely spellbinding—each voice perfectly matched to its tale, making this anthology feel like a curated night of storytelling rather than a checklist.
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The Vorrh
The Vorrh Trilogy • Book 1
by Brian Catling, Alan Moore
Narrated by Allan Corduner
★ 3.48 ABR Score (8.2K ratings)★ 3.46 Goodreads (7.9K) ★ 3.87 Audible (253)17h 19m listening time • Released 2015
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