Best Charles Dickens Audiobooks

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3.84 avg ABR rating
Literature & Fiction, Historical Fiction, Horror

Best Charles Dickens Audiobooks

  1. 1
    A Christmas Carol: A Signature Performance cover

    A Christmas Carol: A Signature Performance

    by Charles Dickens, Tim Curry

    Narrated by Tim Curry

    4.63 ABR Score (971.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.09 Goodreads (947.2K) ★ 4.74 Audible (23.8K)
    3h 31m listening time • Released 2010
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    Great Expectations cover

    Great Expectations

    by Charles Dickens

    Narrated by Simon Prebble

    4.35 ABR Score (885.8K ratings)
    ★ 3.8 Goodreads (879.9K) ★ 4.63 Audible (5.9K)
    18h 32m listening time • Released 2011

    Simon Prebble's narration transforms Dickens' Victorian labyrinth into something genuinely gripping—his voice captures Pip's moral unraveling with such precision that the mystery's emotional gut-punch lands harder than on the page.

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    A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens Complete Works) cover

    A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens Complete Works)

    by Charles Dickens, John Shuckburgh, Hablot Knight Browne

    Narrated by Simon Prebble

    4.15 ABR Score (1.0M ratings)
    ★ 3.88 Goodreads (1.0M) ★ 4.57 Audible (302)
    14h 42m listening time • Released 2011

    Simon Prebble's narration brings Dickens' sprawling French Revolution epic to vivid life, making the mob scenes crackle and Sydney Carton's sacrifice genuinely gutting. Worth the 14+ hours for a story that still nails the horror of revolutionary violence and the redemptive power of love.

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    A Christmas Carol cover

    A Christmas Carol

    by Charles Dickens

    Narrated by Maxine Mitchell, Tim Paige, Lucy Rivers, Tieran Wilder, Devon Ryder, Gary Furlong, Joe Arden, Sebastian York, Troy Duran

    3.96 ABR Score (947.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.09 Goodreads (947.6K) ★ 5 Audible (6)
    2h 47m listening time • Released 2025
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    Nicholas Nickleby cover

    Nicholas Nickleby

    by Anne de Graaf, Charles Dickens

    Narrated by Alex Jennings

    3.90 ABR Score (322 ratings)
    ★ 3.91 Goodreads (34) ★ 4.72 Audible (288)
    34h 42m listening time • Released 2009
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    Oliver Twist cover

    Oliver Twist

    by Charles Dickens

    Narrated by Alex Jennings

    3.90 ABR Score (431.1K ratings)
    ★ 3.88 Goodreads (431.1K) ★ 4.53 Audible (17)
    5h 43m listening time • Released 2011
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    The Pickwick Papers (Charles Dickens) cover

    The Pickwick Papers (Charles Dickens)

    by Charles Dickens

    Narrated by Simon Vance

    3.89 ABR Score (32.4K ratings)
    ★ 3.85 Goodreads (32.4K) ★ 4.61 Audible (44)
    29h 18m listening time • Released 2020

    Simon Vance's vocal range transforms Dickens' sprawling cast into a fully realized world, turning what could feel episodic into genuinely addictive storytelling. It's the rare classic that feels alive in audio.

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    Our Mutual Friend cover

    Our Mutual Friend

    Our Mutual Friend #1-2

    by Charles Dickens, Richard Gaughan

    Narrated by Alex Jennings

    3.85 ABR Score (31.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.09 Goodreads (31.6K) ★ 4 Audible (6)
    2h 58m listening time • Released 2006
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    The Cricket on the Hearth cover

    The Cricket on the Hearth

    by Charles Dickens

    Narrated by Jim Dale

    3.75 ABR Score (9.2K ratings)
    ★ 3.47 Goodreads (8.8K) ★ 4.31 Audible (319)
    3h 37m listening time • Released 2013

    Jim Dale transforms this lesser-known Dickens novella into pure emotional theater—his voice work for each character is so distinct and alive that you forget you're listening to one man. It's a perfect Christmas story for people who think they've outgrown them.

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    The Phantom Coach: A Connoisseur's Collection of Victorian Ghost Stories (The Connoisseur's Collections) cover

    The Phantom Coach: A Connoisseur's Collection of Victorian Ghost Stories (The Connoisseur's Collections)

    by Michael Sims, Elizabeth Gaskell, Amelia B. Edwards, Charles Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle, Henry James, Robert W. Chambers, Mrs. Oliphant, W.W. Jacobs, Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman, Rudyard Kipling, Ambrose Bierce, W.F. Harvey

    Narrated by Matthew Waterson

    3.67 ABR Score (408 ratings)
    ★ 3.73 Goodreads (295) ★ 4.13 Audible (113)
    10h 48m listening time • Released 2014

    Matthew Waterson's narration transforms these Victorian ghost stories into something genuinely atmospheric—each tale lands with psychological weight rather than cheap scares, making legends like Dickens and James feel freshly unsettling.

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    The Charles Dickens BBC Radio Drama Collection: The Early Years cover

    The Charles Dickens BBC Radio Drama Collection: The Early Years

    by Charles Dickens, Alex Jennings, Anna Massey, Bill Nighy, Julia McKenzie, Pam Ferris, Phil Daniels, Robert Glenister, Sandi Toksvig, Tim McInnerny

    Narrated by Full Cast, Anna Massey, Alex Jennings, Phil Daniels, Julia McKenzie, Tim McInnerny, Robert Glenister

    3.64 ABR Score (69 ratings)
    ★ 4.47 Goodreads (15) ★ 4.5 Audible (54)
    35h 7m listening time • Released 2018
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    Dombey and son /

    by Charles Dickens

    Narrated by Alex Jennings, Full Cast, Robert Glenister

    3.56 ABR Score (63 ratings)
    ★ 4.12 Goodreads (58) ★ 4.6 Audible (5)
    4h 36m listening time • Released 2012
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    Our Mutual Friend (Woman's Hour Drama) cover

    Our Mutual Friend (Woman's Hour Drama)

    by Charles Dickens, Alex Jennings, Pauline Quirke

    Narrated by Alex Jennings, Full Cast, Pauline Quirke

    3.52 ABR Score (14 ratings)
    ★ 4.29 Audible (14)
    4h 32m listening time • Released 2012
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    The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain cover

    The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain

    by Charles Dickens

    Narrated by Geoffrey Giuliano, The Icon Players

    3.48 ABR Score (2.3K ratings)
    ★ 3.29 Goodreads (2.3K) ★ 4.33 Audible (3)
    4h 19m listening time • Released 2020
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    Victorian Anthologies: Christmas Spirits cover

    Victorian Anthologies: Christmas Spirits

    Victorian Anthologies: Christmas Spirits • Book 1

    by Charles Dickens, various

    Narrated by Natalie Chisholm, Chris Kaye, Jonathan Rhodes

    3.41 ABR Score (3 ratings)
    ★ 4 Audible (3)
    7h 55m listening time • Released 2021

All Charles Dickens Audiobooks (15)

Our Mutual Friend #1-2 (1)

Our Mutual Friend narrated by Alex Jennings
4.09 2h 58m

Victorian Anthologies: Christmas Spirits (1)

#1 Victorian Anthologies: Christmas Spirits narrated by Natalie Chisholm, Chris Kaye, Jonathan Rhodes
  7h 55m

Standalone Titles (13)

4.09 3h 31m
Great Expectations narrated by Simon Prebble
3.80 18h 32m
3.88 14h 42m
A Christmas Carol narrated by Maxine Mitchell, Tim Paige, Lucy Rivers, Tieran Wilder, Devon Ryder, Gary Furlong, Joe Arden, Sebastian York, Troy Duran
4.09 2h 47m
Nicholas Nickleby narrated by Alex Jennings
3.91 34h 42m
Oliver Twist narrated by Alex Jennings
3.88 5h 43m
3.85 29h 18m
The Cricket on the Hearth narrated by Jim Dale
3.47 3h 37m
The Charles Dickens BBC Radio Drama Collection: The Early Years narrated by Full Cast, Anna Massey, Alex Jennings, Phil Daniels, Julia McKenzie, Tim McInnerny, Robert Glenister
4.47 35h 7m
Dombey and son / narrated by Alex Jennings, Full Cast, Robert Glenister
4.12 4h 36m
Our Mutual Friend (Woman's Hour Drama) narrated by Alex Jennings, Full Cast, Pauline Quirke
  4h 32m
The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain narrated by Geoffrey Giuliano, The Icon Players
3.29 4h 19m