Best Tim Curry Audiobooks

The best audiobooks narrated by Tim Curry — 5 titles spanning Horror, Literature & Fiction, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, averaging 4.37 ABR stars.

Tim Curry narrating audiobooks is exactly as magnificent as you would hope. His Dracula is legendary — that deep, theatrical voice dripping with gothic menace, turning Stoker's novel into something that genuinely unsettles. His signature performance of A Christmas Carol is definitive, bringing Dickensian warmth and Scrooge's transformation to vivid life. Journey to the Center of the Earth benefits from his adventurous energy, while Sabriel shows he can anchor a YA fantasy with gravitas. Curry's voice is unmistakable — rich, dramatic, capable of both thundering authority and sly humor. His narration of Nightmares & Dreamscapes alongside other celebrities still stands out as the most compelling performance. If you have never experienced Tim Curry reading horror or fantasy aloud, you are missing one of audiobook history's great pleasures.

Where to Start with Tim Curry

  1. 1
    Dracula cover

    Dracula

    by Bram Stoker

    Narrated by Alan Cumming, Tim Curry, Simon Vance, Katherine Kellgren, Susan Duerden, John Lee, Graeme Malcolm, Steven Crossley

    ★ 4.68 ABR Score (1.5M ratings)
    ★ 4.02 Goodreads (1.5M) ★ 4.61 Audible (37.6K)
    15h 27m listening time • Released 2012
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    A Christmas Carol: A Signature Performance

    by Charles Dickens, Tim Curry

    Narrated by Tim Curry

    ★ 4.63 ABR Score (971.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.09 Goodreads (947.2K) ★ 4.74 Audible (23.8K)
    3h 31m listening time • Released 2010
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    Sabriel

    Abhorsen/The Old Kingdom • Book 1

    by Garth Nix

    Narrated by Tim Curry

    ★ 4.37 ABR Score (227.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.16 Goodreads (219.2K) ★ 4.64 Audible (8.6K)
    10h 43m listening time • Released 2002

    Nix's Old Kingdom series opener is a YA classic that reads brilliantly as an adult — a necromancer who binds the dead, and Tim Curry's narration is unforgettable.

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    Journey to the Center of the Earth: A Signature Performance cover

    Journey to the Center of the Earth: A Signature Performance

    by Jules Verne, Tim Curry

    Narrated by Tim Curry

    ★ 4.15 ABR Score (238.7K ratings)
    ★ 3.85 Goodreads (227.5K) ★ 4.46 Audible (11.2K)
    8h 20m listening time • Released 2011
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    Nightmares & Dreamscapes, Volume I

    by Stephen King, Whoopi Goldberg, Tim Curry, Yeardley Smith, Rob Lowe, Tabitha King, Robert B. Parker, Stephen Jay Gould

    Narrated by Stephen King, Kathy Bates, Matthew Broderick, Tim Curry, Whoopi Goldberg, Rob Lowe, Gary Sinese

    ★ 4.03 ABR Score (3.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.07 Goodreads (1.3K) ★ 4.28 Audible (2.3K)
    9h 34m listening time • Released 2009
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