Best Ray Bradbury Audiobooks

The best audiobooks by Ray Bradbury — 6 titles spanning Sci-Fi, Horror, averaging 3.83 ABR stars.

Ray Bradbury's highest-rated audiobook in our collection is The Martian Chronicles, narrated by Dion Graham (4.01 ABR stars). Browse the full list below.

Where to Start with Ray Bradbury

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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

    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.

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

    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.

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    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

How We Rank Audiobooks

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Unlike most book lists, we weight audiobook-specific factors: narrator performance, production quality, and how well a story translates to audio. A great book with a poor narration isn't a great audiobook.

We don't accept paid placements or prioritize new releases. These rankings reflect what listeners actually enjoy, not what's being promoted.

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