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23 reviewed literary fiction titles on audio, with our score, the narrator, and how long each one runs. Stream or download each free with an Audible trial.

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Lessons in Chemistry audiobook cover

Lessons in Chemistry

by Bonnie Garmus

Narrated by Bonnie Garmus, Miranda Raison, and Pandora Sykes

4.6/ 5· 11 hr 55 min
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow audiobook cover

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

by Gabrielle Zevin

Narrated by Jennifer Kim and Julian Cihi

4.2/ 5· 13 hr 52 min
The Vanishing Half audiobook cover

The Vanishing Half

by Brit Bennett

Narrated by Shayna Small

4.2/ 5· 11 hr 34 min
Normal People: A Novel audiobook cover

Normal People: A Novel

by Sally Rooney

Narrated by Aoife McMahon

4.3/ 5
A Gentleman in Moscow audiobook cover

A Gentleman in Moscow

by Amor Towles

Narrated by Nicholas Guy Smith

4.5/ 5
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Station Eleven

by Emily St. John Mandel

Narrated by Kirsten Potter

4.4/ 5· 10 hr 40 min
The Handmaid's Tale audiobook cover

The Handmaid's Tale

by Margaret Atwood

Narrated by Claire Danes

4.2/ 5· 11 hr 1 min
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Piranesi

by Susanna Clarke

Narrated by Chiwetel Ejiofor

4.3/ 5· 6 hr 58 min
Klara and the Sun audiobook cover

Klara and the Sun

by Kazuo Ishiguro

Narrated by Sura Siu

4.2/ 5
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The Moonflowers

by Abigail Rose-Marie

Narrated by Abigail Reno

4.3/ 5· 12 hr 41 min
Small Things Like These audiobook cover

Small Things Like These

by Claire Keegan

Narrated by Aidan Kelly

4.2/ 5· 1 hr 57 min
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Black Cake

by Charmaine Wilkerson

Narrated by Lynnette R. Freeman and Simone Mcintyre

4.2/ 5· 12 hr 2 min
The Ocean at the End of the Lane audiobook cover

The Ocean at the End of the Lane

by Neil Gaiman

Narrated by Neil Gaiman

4.4/ 5· 6 hr 22 min
The Secret History audiobook cover

The Secret History

by Donna Tartt

Narrated by Donna Tartt

4.4/ 5· 22 hr 3 min
Writers & Lovers: A Novel audiobook cover

Writers & Lovers: A Novel

by Lily King

Narrated by Stacey Glemboski

4.3/ 5
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Annihilation

by Jeff VanderMeer

Narrated by Carolyn McCormick

4.1/ 5
The Road audiobook cover

The Road

by Cormac McCarthy

Narrated by Tom Stechschulte

4.5/ 5
Convenience Store Woman audiobook cover

Convenience Store Woman

by Sayaka Murata

Narrated by Nancy Wu

4.0/ 5· 3 hr 36 min
The Queen's Gambit audiobook cover

The Queen's Gambit

by Walter Tevis

Narrated by Amy Landon

4.7/ 5· 11 hr 53 min
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Half His Age

by Jennette McCurdy

Narrated by Jennette McCurdy

4.3/ 5· 4 hr 34 min
The Rabbit Hutch audiobook cover

The Rabbit Hutch

by Tess Gunty

Narrated by Tess Gunty, Scott Brick, Suzanne Toren, Kirby Heyborne, and Kyla Garcia

4.0/ 5· 11 hr 52 min
White Teeth audiobook cover

White Teeth

by Zadie Smith

Narrated by Zadie Smith, Lenny Henry, Pippa Bennett-Warner, Ray Panthaki, and Sagar Arya

4.0/ 5
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Sharks in the Time of Saviors

by Kawai Strong Washburn

Narrated by Jolene Kim, Kaleo Griffith, G. K. Bowes, and Tui Asau

4.3/ 5· 10 hr 38 min