Best Ray Bradbury Audiobooks

Best Ray Bradbury Audiobooks

1. 1

   

   The Martian Chronicles

   by Ray Bradbury

   Narrated by Dion Graham

   ★ 4.01 ABR Score (287.7K ratings)

   ★ 4.16 Goodreads (287.7K) ★ 4.33 Audible (18)

   8h 41m listening time • Released 2025

   Bradbury's poetic meditation on colonization, nostalgia, and human folly — less a traditional novel than a series of haunting vignettes that add up to something profound.

   Listen Free on Audible
2. 2

   

   Fahrenheit 451

   by Ray Bradbury

   Narrated by Penn Badgley

   ★ 3.92 ABR Score (1.6K ratings)

   ★ 3.8 Goodreads (1.1K) ★ 4.59 Audible (470)

   4h 48m listening time • Released 2025

   A haunting, lyrical warning about a society that burns books — Ray Bradbury writes with such beauty about destruction that it stays with you for years.

   Listen Free on Audible
3. 3

   

   I Sing the Body Electric! & Other Stories

   by Ray Bradbury, Arne Herløv Petersen

   Narrated by Dick Hill

   ★ 3.90 ABR Score (13.3K ratings)

   ★ 4.04 Goodreads (13.2K) ★ 4.26 Audible (62)

   16h 6m listening time • Released 2018

   Dick Hill's warm, measured delivery transforms these Bradbury stories into something close to memory—each tale lands with the weight of something you've always known but never quite articulated.

   Listen Free on Audible
4. 4

   

   Shadow Show: New Short Stories and Fantasy from Neil Gaiman, Joe Hill, and 24 Writers – A Ray Bradbury Tribute

   by Sam Weller, Mort Castle, Margaret Atwood, Dave Eggers, Harlan Ellison, Joe Hill, Alice Hoffman, Kelly Link, Jacquelyn Mitchard, Audrey Niffenegger, Ray Bradbury, Jay Bonansinga, David Morrell, Thomas F. Monteleone, Lee Martin, Dan Chaon, John McNally, Joe Meno, Robert McCammon, Ramsey Campbell, John Maclay, Gary A. Braunbeck, Bonnie Jo Campbell, Charles Yu, Julia Keller, Bayo Ojikutu

   Narrated by George Takei, Edward Herrmann, Kate Mulgrew, F. Murray Abraham, Neil Gaiman, Robert Petkoff, Dion Graham, Simon Van Booy, Edoardo Ballerini

   ★ 3.80 ABR Score (2.1K ratings)

   ★ 3.91 Goodreads (1.9K) ★ 4.31 Audible (182)

   14h 11m listening time • Released 2012

   A master class in short-form storytelling with an all-star narrator lineup—Takei, Mulgrew, and Gaiman himself elevate 26 writers' Bradbury-inspired tales into something you'll want to hear in one sitting.

   Listen Free on Audible
5. 5

   

   A Pleasure to Burn: Chilling Dystopian Fiction Exploring Censorship and the Origins of Fahrenheit 451

   Fahrenheit 451

   by Ray Bradbury

   Narrated by Scott Brick

   ★ 3.78 ABR Score (1.7K ratings)

   ★ 3.93 Goodreads (1.7K) ★ 4.29 Audible (59)

   12h 10m listening time • Released 2012

   Scott Brick's measured, deliberate delivery transforms these origin stories into something darker and more prophetic than they might be on the page. If you want to understand how Bradbury built Fahrenheit 451, this collection is the blueprint.

   Listen Free on Audible
6. 6

   

   Weird Tales: 100 Years of Weird

   by Jonathan Maberry, R.L. Stine, Laurell K. Hamilton, Ray Bradbury, Victor LaValle, Robert E. Howard, Hailey Piper, H.P. Lovecraft, Tennessee Williams, Usman T. Malik, James Aquilone, Michael A. Arnzen

   Narrated by Bronson Pinchot, Richard J. Brewer, Natalie Naudus, Joe Hempel, Dion Graham, Neil Hellegers, Zura Johnson, Simon Vance, Peter Berkrot, James Patrick Cronin, Gabrielle de Cuir, Grover Gardner, full cast

   ★ 3.59 ABR Score (285 ratings)

   ★ 3.78 Goodreads (263) ★ 3.64 Audible (22)

   18h 44m listening time • Released 2023

   Listen Free on Audible

All Ray Bradbury Audiobooks (6)