Best Nicholas Guy Smith Audiobooks
Nicholas Guy Smith possesses a refined, elegant voice that is ideally suited to literary fiction and historical narratives. His narration of The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro captures the novel's devastating emotional restraint with exquisite precision — every measured pause and carefully modulated phrase mirrors the butler Stevens' own suppressed feelings. Smith also brings gravitas to Jodi Picoult's By Any Other Name and Raymond E. Feist's Magician: Apprentice, demonstrating comfort with both literary fiction and epic fantasy. His voice is clear and cultured, with a British formality that can warm or chill depending on the material's demands. He handles ensemble anthologies like The Book of Swords and The Book of Magic with ease, differentiating multiple authors' styles without losing continuity. Listeners who prize narrators with refined diction, emotional subtlety, and the ability to serve quiet literary masterpieces will find Smith an outstanding choice.
Where to Start with Nicholas Guy Smith
- New to Nicholas Guy Smith? Start here → The Remains of the Day
- What fans keep coming back to → By Any Other Name
- Highest rated by listeners → Magician: Apprentice
Best Nicholas Guy Smith Audiobooks
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The Remains of the Day
Narrated by Nicholas Guy Smith
★ 4.39 ABR Score (369.6K ratings)★ 4.14 Goodreads (366.5K) ★ 4.58 Audible (3.1K)9h 23m listening time • Released 2019 - 2
Magician: Apprentice
Riftwar Saga • Book 1
by Raymond E. Feist
Narrated by Nicholas Guy Smith
★ 4.38 ABR Score (108.1K ratings)★ 4.17 Goodreads (103.4K) ★ 4.7 Audible (4.6K)17h 16m listening time • Released 2017Feist's debut is a gateway drug to epic fantasy — a kitchen boy swept into a war between worlds, with world-building that deepens remarkably across the series.
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By Any Other Name
by Jodi Picoult
Narrated by Billie Fulford-Brown, Laura Benanti, Jodi Picoult, Jayne Entwistle, Andrew Fallaize, Joe Jameson, John Lee, Nicholas Guy Smith, Simon Vance, Steve West
★ 4.30 ABR Score (128.0K ratings)★ 4.11 Goodreads (125.0K) ★ 4.53 Audible (3.0K)18h 25m listening time • Released 2024A stellar ensemble cast brings dual narratives to life across centuries, making this meditation on hidden female genius feel urgent and immediate rather than historical.
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A Gentleman in Moscow
by Daily Books
Narrated by Nicholas Guy Smith
★ 4.29 ABR Score (46.8K ratings)★ 3.96 Goodreads (23) ★ 4.68 Audible (46.8K)17h 52m listening time • Released 2016 - 5
Buried Deep and Other Stories
by Naomi Novik
Narrated by Frankie Corzo, Nicholas Guy Smith, Imani Jade Powers, Simon Vance, Elizabeth Knowelden, Saskia Maarleveld, Lauren Fortgang, Ell Potter, Billie Fulford-Brown, Steve West, Lisa Flanagan, Bronwen Price, Anisha Dadia, Naomi Novik
★ 3.99 ABR Score (6.9K ratings)★ 4.02 Goodreads (6.8K) ★ 4.58 Audible (98)12h 46m listening time • Released 2024A star-studded ensemble cast elevates these thirteen stories from clever reimaginings into fully realized audio experiences, each narrator perfectly matched to their tale's voice and world.
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Soot
Smoke • Book 2
by Dan Vyleta
Narrated by Allan Corduner, Steve West, Dominic Hoffman, Fiona Hardingham, Katharine Lee McEwan, Nicholas Guy Smith, Deepti Gupta, Juha Sorola, Mark Bramhall
★ 3.68 ABR Score (258 ratings)★ 3.31 Goodreads (250) ★ 4.25 Audible (8)22h 11m listening time • Released 2020 - 7
The Book of Magic
Spiritwalker #Bloom
by Gardner Dozois, K.J. Parker, Megan Lindholm, John Crowley, Matthew Hughes, Ysabeau S. Wilce, Rachel Pollack, Eleanor Arnason, Tim Powers, Liz Williams, Garth Nix, Elizabeth Bear, Lavie Tidhar, Greg Van Eekhout, George R.R. Martin, Andy Duncan, Kate Elliott, Scott Lynch
Narrated by Elliot Hill, Karissa Vacker, Sile Bermingham, Maxwell Caulfield, Susan Denaker, Scott Brick, Bruce Mann, Holly Palance, Nicholas Guy Smith, Steve West, Various
★ 3.66 ABR Score (1.0K ratings)★ 3.7 Goodreads (839) ★ 4.07 Audible (191)24h 38m listening time • Released 2018 - 8
The Book of Swords
Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz #7 - A Long, Cold Trail
by Gardner Dozois, K.J. Parker, Robin Hobb, Ken Liu, Matthew Hughes, Kate Elliott, Walter Jon Williams, Daniel Abraham, C.J. Cherryh, Garth Nix, Ellen Kushner, Scott Lynch, Rich Larson, Elizabeth Bear, Lavie Tidhar, Cecelia Holland, George R.R. Martin
Narrated by John Lee, Katharine Lee McEwan, Kim Mai Guest, Elliot Hill, Richard Brewer, Nicholas Guy Smith, Kirby Heyborne, Julia Whelan, Mark Deakins, Steve West, Ralph Lister
★ 3.66 ABR Score (2.6K ratings)★ 3.67 Goodreads (2.2K) ★ 4.16 Audible (419)22h 13m listening time • Released 2017