Best Gore Vidal Audiobooks

Best Gore Vidal Audiobooks

1. 1

   

   Lincoln

   Narratives of Empire • Book 2

   by Gore Vidal

   Narrated by Grover Gardner

   ★ 4.37 ABR Score (10.4K ratings)

   ★ 4.25 Goodreads (9.9K) ★ 4.75 Audible (563)

   32h 54m listening time • Released 2019

   Grover Gardner's measured, penetrating delivery transforms Vidal's revisionist Lincoln into something more unsettling than heroic—a ruthless political operator who emerges from the chaos of Civil War Washington as a far more complicated man than the marble monument we think we know.

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2. 2

   

   Creation

   by Gore Vidal, Anthony Burgess

   Narrated by Malcolm Hillgartner

   ★ 4.06 ABR Score (5.3K ratings)

   ★ 4.22 Goodreads (5.1K) ★ 4.43 Audible (231)

   27h 8m listening time • Released 2020

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3. 3

   

   Empire

   Narratives of Empire • Book 4

   by Gore Vidal

   Narrated by Grover Gardner

   ★ 3.95 ABR Score (2.6K ratings)

   ★ 3.86 Goodreads (2.5K) ★ 4.69 Audible (113)

   23h 28m listening time • Released 2019

   Grover Gardner's steady, authoritative narration anchors Vidal's sprawling Gilded Age saga, making 23 hours of political intrigue and dynastic ambition feel essential rather than exhausting.

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4. 4

   

   1876

   Narratives of Empire • Book 3

   by Gore Vidal

   Narrated by Grover Gardner

   ★ 3.87 ABR Score (3.6K ratings)

   ★ 3.86 Goodreads (3.4K) ★ 4.41 Audible (205)

   16h 7m listening time • Released 2019

   Grover Gardner's measured, conspiratorial delivery transforms Vidal's razor-sharp political novel into something that feels like overhearing dangerous secrets at a Manhattan dinner party—16 hours of gilded corruption you won't want to pause.

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5. 5

   

   Washington, D.C.

   Narratives of Empire • Book 6

   by Gore Vidal

   Narrated by Grover Gardner

   ★ 3.81 ABR Score (2.1K ratings)

   ★ 3.74 Goodreads (2.0K) ★ 4.51 Audible (78)

   14h 57m listening time • Released 2019

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6. 6

   

   Hollywood

   Narratives of Empire • Book 5

   by Gore Vidal

   Narrated by Grover Gardner

   ★ 3.70 ABR Score (1.6K ratings)

   ★ 3.64 Goodreads (1.5K) ★ 4.25 Audible (92)

   21h 31m listening time • Released 2019

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7. 7

   

   The Golden Age

   Narratives of Empire • Book 7

   by Gore Vidal

   Narrated by Anne Twomey

   ★ 3.52 ABR Score (1.4K ratings)

   ★ 3.72 Goodreads (1.2K) ★ 3.79 Audible (164)

   17h 30m listening time • Released 2001

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