Best Margaret Atwood Audiobooks
Margaret Atwood narrating her own work is an event unto itself — her dry, deliberate cadence turns every sentence into something that feels carved rather than spoken. Her readings of The Testaments and Alias Grace carry an authority no hired narrator could replicate, each word placed with the precision of someone who knows exactly what she meant when she wrote it. Atwood's voice is cool, measured, and faintly sardonic, with a Canadian crispness that suits dystopian fiction perfectly. She also appears on Carrie and We, lending her presence to fellow visionaries in speculative horror. Listeners who appreciate authorial intent delivered straight from the source — no interpretation, just the thing itself — will find Atwood's narration essential. Old Babes in the Wood showcases her wry humor at its sharpest.
Where to Start with Margaret Atwood
- New to Margaret Atwood? Start here → Carrie
- What fans keep coming back to → The Testaments
- Short listen, big payoff → We
- Highest rated by listeners → Alias Grace
Best Margaret Atwood Audiobooks
- 1
The Testaments
The Handmaid’s Tale • Book 2
Narrated by Ann Dowd, Bryce Dallas Howard, Mae Whitman, Derek Jacobi, Tantoo Cardinal, Margaret Atwood
★ 4.57 ABR Score (457.5K ratings)★ 4.2 Goodreads (432.3K) ★ 4.74 Audible (25.2K)13h 18m listening time • Released 2019 - 2
Carrie
by Stephen King
Narrated by Sissy Spacek, Margaret Atwood
★ 4.54 ABR Score (864.9K ratings)★ 3.99 Goodreads (856.4K) ★ 4.57 Audible (8.4K)7h 46m listening time • Released 2012 - 3
The Handmaid's Tale
The Handmaid's Tale • Book 1
by Valerie Martin - essay
Narrated by Claire Danes, full cast, Margaret Atwood, Tim Gerard Reynolds
★ 4.40 ABR Score (36.6K ratings)★ 4.48 Audible (36.6K)12h 6m listening time • Released 2017 - 4
Alias Grace
Narrated by Margaret Atwood, Sarah Gadon
★ 4.13 ABR Score (163.3K ratings)★ 4.04 Goodreads (158.3K) ★ 4.36 Audible (5.0K)15h 57m listening time • Released 2017 - 5
We
by Yevgeny Zamyatin, Gregory Zilboorg
Narrated by Louise Brealey, Margaret Atwood, Toby Jones
★ 3.93 ABR Score (114.3K ratings)★ 3.88 Goodreads (114.3K) ★ 4.42 Audible (88)9h 11m listening time • Released 2021Louise Brealey, Margaret Atwood, and Toby Jones elevate this proto-dystopian masterpiece into something urgent and unsettling—each voice a distinct consciousness trapped in the same suffocating state.
- 6
Old Babes in the Wood: Stories
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