Best Fiona Hardingham Audiobooks

The best audiobooks narrated by Fiona Hardingham — 9 titles spanning Self-Help, Historical Fiction, Thriller, Fantasy, Literature & Fiction, averaging 3.92 ABR stars.

Fiona Hardingham has become the go-to voice for lush, atmospheric fantasy — and once you hear her in The Starless Sea, it's easy to understand why. Her voice carries a natural musicality, warm but precise, that makes lyrical prose feel inevitable rather than overwrought. She's equally at home in We Hunt the Flame's Arabian-inspired world-building and the gothic unease of Good Girls Lie, which speaks to a versatility that goes beyond simply having a pretty voice. What Hardingham does exceptionally well is pacing — she seems to understand intuitively when to linger and when to propel forward, which makes her ideal for authors like Erin Morgenstern and Julie Berry who build immersive, slow-burn worlds. If you gravitate toward audiobooks where the narration feels inseparable from the story itself, Hardingham belongs at the top of your list.

Where to Start with Fiona Hardingham

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    As a Man Thinketh

    by James Allen

    Narrated by Adelia Saunders, Barrie Kreinik, Carly Robins, Eleanor Hutchins, Emily Bauer, Emily Lawrence, Fiona Hardingham, Greer Morrison, Joel Fotinos, Natalie Naudus, Sophie Amoss, Thérèse Plummer, Vivienne Leheny, Xe Sands

    ★ 4.28 ABR Score (97.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.24 Goodreads (97.4K) ★ 4.65 Audible (130)
    2h 57m listening time • Released 2019
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    Lovely War

    by Julie Berry

    Narrated by Jayne Entwistle, Allan Corduner, Julie Berry, Dion Graham, Fiona Hardingham, John Lee, Nathaniel Parker, Steve West

    ★ 4.27 ABR Score (71.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.22 Goodreads (70.5K) ★ 4.51 Audible (1.2K)
    12h 57m listening time • Released 2019
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    Good Girls Lie

    by J.T. Ellison

    Narrated by Fiona Hardingham

    ★ 4.07 ABR Score (26.6K ratings)
    ★ 3.81 Goodreads (25.5K) ★ 4.33 Audible (1.1K)
    11h 53m listening time • Released 2019
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    The Passion of Dolssa

    by Julie Berry

    Narrated by Jayne Entwistle, Fiona Hardingham, Allan Corduner, Julie Berry

    ★ 3.94 ABR Score (7.5K ratings)
    ★ 3.91 Goodreads (7.3K) ★ 4.45 Audible (201)
    11h 42m listening time • Released 2016
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    The Starless Sea

    by Erin Morgenstern

    Narrated by Dominic Hoffman, Dion Graham, Bahni Turpin, Allan Corduner, Fiona Hardingham, Jorjeana Marie

    ★ 3.90 ABR Score (237.1K ratings)
    ★ 3.84 Goodreads (237.0K) ★ 4.17 Audible (65)
    18h 37m listening time • Released 2019
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    We Hunt the Flame

    Sands of Arawiya • Book 1

    by Hafsah Faizal

    Narrated by Fiona Hardingham, Steve West

    ★ 3.81 ABR Score (110.1K ratings)
    ★ 3.86 Goodreads (109.5K) ★ 4.17 Audible (638)
    14h 45m listening time • Released 2019
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    The Fox and the Devil

    by Kiersten White

    Narrated by Fiona Hardingham, Barrie Kreinik, Alex Sarrigeorgiou

    ★ 3.69 ABR Score (741 ratings)
    ★ 3.71 Goodreads (739) ★ 4 Audible (2)
    12h 1m listening time • Released 2026
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    Soot

    Smoke • Book 2

    by Dan Vyleta

    Narrated by Allan Corduner, Steve West, Dominic Hoffman, Fiona Hardingham, Katharine Lee McEwan, Nicholas Guy Smith, Deepti Gupta, Juha Sorola, Mark Bramhall

    ★ 3.68 ABR Score (258 ratings)
    ★ 3.31 Goodreads (250) ★ 4.25 Audible (8)
    22h 11m listening time • Released 2020
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    The Reservoir Tapes

    by Jon McGregor

    Narrated by Fiona Hardingham, Justine Eyre, Sarah Nichols, Tim Gerard Reynolds, Ralph Lister, Simon Vance

    ★ 3.63 ABR Score (1.5K ratings)
    ★ 3.74 Goodreads (1.5K) ★ 3.63 Audible (30)
    3h 17m listening time • Released 2018

    Six narrators give each villager their own voice, turning a fragmented mystery into something that feels like overhearing real secrets. The audio format makes the unreliable storytelling hit harder.

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