Best Moira Quirk Audiobooks

The best audiobooks narrated by Moira Quirk — 12 titles spanning Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Thriller, Mystery, Romance, averaging 4.08 ABR stars.

Moira Quirk is a British-American actress and audiobook narrator best known for her hosting role on the Nickelodeon game show Figure It Out. Her narration career has earned her particular acclaim for voicing Tamsyn Muir's Locked Tomb trilogy — Gideon the Ninth, Harrow the Ninth, and Nona the Ninth — a science fantasy series that blends necromancy, space opera, and literary experimentation in a style unlike anything else in contemporary fiction. Quirk's narration of Gideon the Ninth is widely credited with helping launch the series to wider attention, capturing the protagonist's wisecracking, sword-swinging irreverence alongside the genuine emotional depth that underlies the humor. Her work on Harrow the Ninth, with its fragmented, unreliable narrative structure, demonstrates considerable technical skill. She also narrated Emily Lloyd-Jones' The Bone Houses and Elizabeth Hoyt's Princes Trilogy. Quirk's range — from sarcastic genre-busting space fantasy to historical romance — marks her as a narrator of unusual versatility.

Where to Start with Moira Quirk

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    Dark Age

    Red Rising • Book 5

    by Pierce Brown

    Narrated by Tim Gerard Reynolds, John Curless, Moira Quirk, James Langton, Rendah Heywood

    4.66 ABR Score (159.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.51 Goodreads (140.5K) ★ 4.74 Audible (18.8K)
    33h 58m listening time • Released 2019

    Five narrators keep this sprawling space opera moving at breakneck speed, each voice so distinct you forget you're listening to an ensemble cast. Brown's plotting hits harder than ever when you're locked in for 34 hours of genuine stakes.

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    Harrow the Ninth

    The Locked Tomb • Book 2

    by Tamsyn Muir

    Narrated by Moira Quirk

    4.40 ABR Score (96.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.29 Goodreads (90.9K) ★ 4.61 Audible (5.6K)
    19h 51m listening time • Released 2020
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    Nona the Ninth

    The Locked Tomb • Book 3

    by Tamsyn Muir

    Narrated by Moira Quirk

    4.39 ABR Score (60.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.33 Goodreads (57.2K) ★ 4.66 Audible (3.6K)
    17h 46m listening time • Released 2022
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    Gideon the Ninth

    The Locked Tomb • Book 1

    by Tamsyn Muir

    Narrated by Moira Quirk

    4.33 ABR Score (199.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.18 Goodreads (187.2K) ★ 4.57 Audible (12.4K)
    16h 50m listening time • Released 2019
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    The Hunting Party

    by Lucy Foley

    Narrated by Gary Furlong, Elle Newlands, Morag Sims, Imogen Church, Moira Quirk

    4.11 ABR Score (380.3K ratings)
    ★ 3.6 Goodreads (367.9K) ★ 4.27 Audible (12.4K)
    10h 8m listening time • Released 2019
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    Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus

    Pastwatch • Book 1

    by Orson Scott Card

    Narrated by Scott Brick, Christopher Cazenove, Gabrielle de Cuir, Arte Johnson, Moira Quirk, Stefan Rudnicki, Orson Scott Card

    3.97 ABR Score (17.6K ratings)
    ★ 3.97 Goodreads (15.8K) ★ 4.33 Audible (1.8K)
    13h 35m listening time • Released 2007

    A stellar ensemble cast elevates Card's audacious premise—rewriting Columbus through time travel becomes a meditation on whether good intentions can justify remaking history itself.

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    The Last Labyrinth

    by Gwendolyn Womack

    Narrated by Barrie Kreinik, Philip Battley, Moira Quirk

    3.96 ABR Score (853 ratings)
    ★ 4.22 Goodreads (853)
    10h 35m listening time • Released 2026
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    The Leopard Prince

    Princes • Book 2

    by Elizabeth Hoyt

    Narrated by Moira Quirk

    3.90 ABR Score (12.0K ratings)
    ★ 3.86 Goodreads (11.5K) ★ 4.35 Audible (465)
    10h 40m listening time • Released 2013

    Moira Quirk nails the class tension and slow-burn chemistry, and Hoyt's RITA-winning romance delivers a hero worth rooting for.

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    The Raven Prince

    Premium Journals • Book 1

    by Elizabeth Hoyt

    Narrated by Moira Quirk

    3.84 ABR Score (41 ratings)
    ★ 4.46 Audible (41)
    10h 26m listening time • Released 2018
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    To Kill a Shadow

    Mistlands • Book 1

    by Katherine Quinn

    Narrated by Gideon Emery, Moira Quirk

    3.81 ABR Score (9.7K ratings)
    ★ 3.74 Goodreads (9.6K) ★ 4.27 Audible (95)
    13h 31m listening time • Released 2023
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    To Shatter the Night

    Mistlands • Book 2

    by Katherine Quinn

    Narrated by Gideon Emery, Moira Quirk

    3.81 ABR Score (2.5K ratings)
    ★ 3.79 Goodreads (2.5K) ★ 4.41 Audible (27)
    14h 1m listening time • Released 2024
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    The Serpent Prince

    Princes • Book 3

    by Elizabeth Hoyt

    Narrated by Moira Quirk

    3.75 ABR Score (10.3K ratings)
    ★ 3.76 Goodreads (9.9K) ★ 4.2 Audible (396)
    11h 45m listening time • Released 2013

    Quirk nails the balance of sharp wit and swoony heat in a historical romance that swept multiple reader-poll awards including Most Luscious Love Story.

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