Best David Tennant Audiobooks
David Tennant brings the same mercurial charm to audiobooks that made him iconic on screen — a voice that can be delightfully silly one moment and genuinely unsettling the next. His performance of Good Omens is the obvious starting point: he voices Crowley with a sardonic warmth that perfectly captures Gaiman and Pratchett's comic theology, and his chemistry with the material feels effortless. But Tennant's range goes darker too — his reading of Carmilla, Le Fanu's gothic vampire novella, leans into something more theatrical and unnerving, showcasing the precise diction and controlled menace he can deploy when the material demands it. His naturally Scottish lilt adds texture without ever becoming a distraction. Listeners who want a narrator with genuine star power and the acting chops to back it up will find Tennant hard to resist — especially if they have any affection for wit alongside their chills.
Where to Start with David Tennant
- New to David Tennant? Start here → Good Omens
- What fans keep coming back to → Carmilla - Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
- Highest rated by listeners → Him
Best David Tennant Audiobooks
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Good Omens
by Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman
Narrated by Adjoa Andoh, Allan Corduner, Arthur Darvill, Chris Nelson, David Tennant, Ferdinand Frisby Williams, Gabrielle Glaister, Josh Hopkins, Katherine Kingsley, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Lemn Sissay, Lorelei King, Louis Davison, Matt Reeves, Michael Sheen
★ 4.33 BLT Score (830.7K ratings)★ 4.25 Goodreads (830.5K) ★ 4.81 Audible (206) - 2
Him
Him • Book 1
by J.D. Kirk
Narrated by David Tennant, Louise Brealey
★ 4.22 BLT Score (7.6K ratings)★ 3.85 Goodreads (4.3K) ★ 4.54 Audible (3.3K)More about this pick
Tennant and Brealey's dual narration transforms this AI thriller into something genuinely unsettling—their voices blur the line between human and digital so seamlessly that you'll second-guess what's real.
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Jane Austen: The BBC Radio Drama Collection
by Jane Austen, Benedict Cumberbatch, David Tennant, Julia McKenzie, Juliet Stephenson, Eve Best, Jenny Agutter
Narrated by Julia McKenzie, Benedict Cumberbatch, Juliet Stevenson, Eve Best, Jenny Agutter, Toby Jones, full cast, David Tennant
★ 4.17 BLT Score (3.0K ratings)★ 4.28 Goodreads (613) ★ 4.56 Audible (2.4K) - 4
Carmilla - Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
by J. Sheridan Le Fanu
Narrated by Phoebe Fox, Rose Leslie, David Tennant, David Horovitch, James Wilby, Susan Wooldridge, Hannah Genesius
★ 4.09 BLT Score (233.1K ratings)★ 3.87 Goodreads (208.9K) ★ 4.15 Audible (24.1K) - 5
From Shakespeare - With Love: The Best of the Sonnets
by William Shakespeare, David Tennant, Juliet Stevenson, Anton Lesser, Alex Jennings, Roy McMillan, Tom Mison, Anne-Marie Piazza, Hugh Ross, Benjamin Soames, David Timson, Trevor White, Maxine Peake, Stella Gonet, Bertie Carvel, Gunnar Cauthery, Jonathan Keeble
Narrated by David Tennant, Juliet Stevenson, Anton Lesser, Maxine Peake, Stella Gonet, Bertie Carvel, Alex Jennings
★ 3.69 BLT Score (135 ratings)★ 4.1 Goodreads (88) ★ 4.47 Audible (47) - 6
Robert Browning: The Ring and the Book, The Pied Piper of Hamelin & more: BBC Radio dramatic reimaginings of five iconic poems
by Robert Browning, David Tennant, Alan Rickman, Anton Lesser, Roger Allam, Louise Brealey, Frances Jeater, Emily Mortimer, Tim McInnerny, Andrew Sachs, Dan Starkey, Stephen Critchlow, Ben Crowe, Chris Pavlo, Joan Walker, Full Cast
Narrated by David Tennant, Alan Rickman, Anton Lesser, Roger Allam, Louise Brealey, Frances Jeater, Emily Mortimer, Tim McInnerny, Andrew Sachs, Dan Starkey, Stephen Critchlow, Ben Crowe, Chris Pavlo, Joan Walker, Full Cast
★ 3.36 BLT Score (1 ratings)★ 5 Audible (1)More about this pick
BBC Radio cast Browning's darkest Victorian tales into gripping dramatic performances that make 19th-century poetry feel urgent and psychologically complex. Tennant, Rickman, and company transform these moral labyrinths into something you'll actually want to hear.