Best Kimberly Farr Audiobooks

The best audiobooks narrated by Kimberly Farr — 9 titles spanning Literature & Fiction, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Biography & Memoir, averaging 3.86 ABR stars.

Kimberly Farr has a voice that feels like it's been worn in — warm but not soft, precise but never cold. She's a natural fit for literary fiction with an edge, the kind of writing where the sentences do as much work as the plot, and her narration of Margaret Atwood's Old Babes in the Wood showcases exactly that: she handles Atwood's shifting registers and dry wit with a quiet confidence that never oversells the material. The same restraint carries through Jocelyne Saucier's And the Birds Rained Down, where Farr's measured pacing gives the novel's elegiac mood room to breathe. She's equally at home in the unsettling — her range across thriller, horror, and fantasy suggests a narrator who can modulate tension without melodrama. Listeners who love character-driven, emotionally layered storytelling will find Farr consistently rewarding.

Where to Start with Kimberly Farr

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    The Correspondent

    by Virginia Evans

    Narrated by Maggi-Meg Reed, Jane Oppenheimer, Carly Robins, Jeff Ebner, David Pittu, Chris Andrew Ciulla, Mark Bramhall, Petrea Burchard, Robert Petkoff, Kimberly Farr, Cerris Morgan-Moyer, Peter Ganim, Jade Wheeler, Various

    4.81 ABR Score (383.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.53 Goodreads (364.9K) ★ 4.8 Audible (18.3K)
    8h 36m listening time • Released 2025

    A sprawling ensemble cast brings luminous depth to this meditation on lifelong correspondence—each narrator inhabits their character so fully you'll forget you're listening to a performance, not overhearing actual lives unfolding.

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    Illuminae

    The Illuminae Files • Book 1

    by Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff

    Narrated by Olivia Taylor Dudley, Lincoln Hoppe, Johnathan McClain, Kimberly Farr, Donnabella Mortel, Matthew Frow, Ryan Gesell, Sile Bermingham, Beata Pozniak, Jolene Kim, Emma Bering, Full Cast

    4.34 ABR Score (166.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.24 Goodreads (162.1K) ★ 4.55 Audible (4.8K)
    11h 40m listening time • Released 2015
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    West

    East • Book 2

    by Edith Pattou

    Narrated by Renée Raudman, Kirby Heyborne, Taylor Meskimen, Robertson Dean, Kimberly Farr, Tonya Cornelisse

    3.93 ABR Score (3.1K ratings)
    ★ 3.86 Goodreads (3.0K) ★ 4.66 Audible (108)
    11h 31m listening time • Released 2018

    The ensemble cast transforms this revenge epic into something cinematic: each narrator brings distinct vocal texture to their character, making the multiple POVs feel like separate voices in your head rather than a single performer switching accents.

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    And the Birds Rained Down

    And the Birds Rained Down • Book 1

    by Jocelyne Saucier, Rhonda Mullins

    Narrated by Ann Noble, Kathleen Gati, Kimberly Farr, Bo Foxworth, Robertson Dean

    3.83 ABR Score (6.8K ratings)
    ★ 3.98 Goodreads (6.7K) ★ 4.12 Audible (91)
    5h 10m listening time • Released 2013
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    Vigil

    by George Saunders

    Narrated by Judy Greer, Stephen Root, MacLeod Andrews, Kimberly Farr, Mark Bramhall, Barrett Leddy, Eric Jason Martin, Karissa Vacker, Sunil Malhotra, Cassandra Campbell, Kimberly M. Wetherell, Aaron Goodson, Maggi-Meg Reed, Full Cast

    3.65 ABR Score (8.8K ratings)
    ★ 3.54 Goodreads (8.6K) ★ 4.04 Audible (194)
    5h 32m listening time • Released 2026

    A full-cast ensemble brings Saunders' darkly funny deathbed vigil to life with such precision that each voice becomes its own character, making this strange, tender horror genuinely unforgettable.

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    Collected Stories

    by Lewis Shiner

    Narrated by David Birney, Scott Brick, Gabrielle de Cuir, Kimberly Farr, Janis Ian, Rex Linn, Arthur Morey, Stefan Rudnicki

    3.62 ABR Score (41 ratings)
    ★ 4.26 Goodreads (31) ★ 4.3 Audible (10)
    20h 36m listening time • Released 2013

    A stellar ensemble cast elevates Shiner's genre-bending stories, each narrator perfectly matched to their tale's emotional core. Twenty hours of inventive sci-fi and fantasy that rewards deep listening.

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    Old Babes in the Wood: Stories

    by Margaret Atwood

    Narrated by Margaret Atwood, Linda Lavin, Dan Stevens, Kimberly Farr, Rebecca Lowman, Bahni Turpin, Dawn Harvey, Allan Corduner

    3.61 ABR Score (11.5K ratings)
    ★ 3.66 Goodreads (11.5K) ★ 4 Audible (1)
    8h 43m listening time • Released 2023
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    Analytic review of And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle By: Jon Meacham

    by Andrew McKenzie

    Narrated by Fred Sanders, Jon Meacham, Steve Hendrickson, Mike Chamberlain, Robert Petkoff, January LaVoy, Kimberly Farr, Robert Fass, Jim Seybert, Aaron Goodson, JD Jackson, Tavia Gilbert, Keith Szarabajka, Full Cast

    3.56 ABR Score (24 ratings)
    ★ 4 Goodreads (1) ★ 4 Audible (23)
    20h 22m listening time • Released 2026
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    The Divorce Papers

    by Susan Rieger

    Narrated by Rebecca Lowman, Arthur Morey, Kathe Mazur, Emily Rankin, Susan Denaker, Mark Bramhall, Fred Sanders, Mark Deakins, Kim Mai Guest, Marc Cashman, Kimberly Farr

    3.38 ABR Score (7.5K ratings)
    ★ 3.26 Goodreads (7.4K) ★ 3.54 Audible (145)
    13h 22m listening time • Released 2014

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