20 Best Celebrity Audiobooks for Storytelling by the Stars

25 Best Celebrity Audiobooks for Storytelling by the Stars

It’s likely you have a favourite actor or actress — someone you can’t wait to see in a new movie or television series. But beyond the big screen, many of your favourite performers are also acclaimed audiobook narrators.

It’s always a pleasant surprise to pick up a familiar story and find an unexpected famous friend in the narrator’s booth, especially when that celebrity has a knack for narration. We’ve rounded up a selection of the best celebrity audiobooks to get you started with this star-studded category.
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    • Heartburn

    • By: Nora Ephron
    • Narrated by: Meryl Streep
    • Length: 5 hrs and 30 mins
    • Release date: 09-07-2013
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 279 ratings
    • Nora Ephron, screenwriter of rom-com favourites like When Harry Met Sally… and Sleepless in Seattle, made her literary debut with Heartburn. The novel follows the complications that arise when Rachel Samstat, at seven months pregnant, finds out that her husband is in love with another woman. Throughout the story, Rachel teeters between wanting to win her husband back...and hoping for his untimely death. The one constant that remains is Rachel’s love of food and her belief that a good recipe can solve any problem. Heartburn is a hilarious, laugh-out-loud audiobook, made even better by the endearing narration by living legend Meryl Streep. Streep, who holds the record for the most Academy Award nominations of any actor, performs with the perfect combination of heartbreak, agony, and a touch of self-deprecating comedy.

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    • Jane Eyre

    • By: Charlotte Brontë
    • Narrated by: Thandiwe Newton
    • Series: Jane Eyre, Book 1
    • Length: 19 hrs and 10 mins
    • Release date: 17-04-2016
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 899 ratings
    • Thandie Newton’s narration of Jane Eyre is a stunning testament to the power of a magnificent story paired with the perfect performer. The plot of the story follows its protagonist all the way from childhood to marriage in the English countryside, and was composed in sprawling complex prose. But Newton breezes through the Victorian storytelling, making the language digestible and the characters all the more relatable. Newton’s ability to narrate the complicated, multifaceted Jane is gorgeous—but it’s no surprise when you look at her resume. With roles in critically acclaimed films such as The Pursuit of Happyness and an adaption of Toni Morrison’s Beloved directed by Jonathan Demme, Newton is a masterful performer with an enviable skillset.

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    • The Bad Beginning, A Multi-Voice Recording

    • A Series of Unfortunate Events #1
    • By: Lemony Snicket
    • Narrated by: Tim Curry, Full Cast
    • Series: A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 1
    • Length: 2 hrs and 29 mins
    • Release date: 28-12-2003
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 71 ratings
    • The first in a 13-novel series follows the lives of the orphaned Baudelaire siblings—Violet, Klaus, and Sunny—who are adopted by the story’s villain, the odious Count Olaf. It starts with a devastating fire, and the plot only gets more traumatic (and darkly humorous) from there. The series has become very popular, inspiring its adaptation into video games, films, and most recently, a critically acclaimed Netflix series. But nothing shines quite like the audiobook, which has earned nominations for several Audie and Grammy Awards. Its lead narrator, English icon Tim Curry (of Clue, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, and It fame), lends a voice that is in turns disturbing and entrancing as he and a full cast of narrators team up for a grim, gothic romp that will leave you utterly transfixed.

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    • Casino Royale (with Interview)

    • By: Ian Fleming
    • Narrated by: Dan Stevens
    • Series: James Bond: The Collection, Book 1, James Bond (original), Book 1
    • Length: 5 hrs and 2 mins
    • Release date: 06-09-2012
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 205 ratings
    • It’s hard to think of a fictional character as illustrious as British Secret Service agent James Bond, codename 007. He is the beloved, roguish sport who you count on to beat the bad guys and win the girl - and always do so in style, with unmatched wit and charm. In Casino Royale, the first in the series of Bond novels, author Ian Fleming illustrates 007 in one of his most gripping adventures as he must neutralise the Russian operative, Le Chiffre. Dan Stevens of Downton Abbey narrates the story with a captivating and seductive voice, channelling the same suave energy that made household names of the film-star Bonds before him. Stevens’s cool, slick performance gives Fleming’s spy classic and edgy, modern feel, making it perfect for any listener with a taste for espionage.

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    • Julia Morris Makes It EASY

    • Half-Baked Advice from Yet Another Deluded Celebrity: An Audible Original
    • By: Julia Morris
    • Narrated by: Julia Morris
    • Length: 6 hrs and 37 mins
    • Release date: 22-02-2021
    • Language: English
    • 3 out of 5 stars 375 ratings
    • If your life seems complicated, don’t worry. Australian comedian, television presenter, actress, writer, producer, and all around funny woman Julia Morris is here with an audiobook that won’t help at all! Now you can do the least with impractical solutions to practical issues, absolutely not guaranteed to transform your life in all the ways you’ve ever dreamed of. Julia makes it easy to get the deluded celebrity advice and slacker life hacks you’ve been missing. Listen to this comedy memoir for advice that no one thought through and learn how to make your mess look like you did it on purpose when you post about it on Instagram later. Lady JMo narrates this listen herself so you can hear the priceless advice right from her own lips. If you can’t greet the world prepared for any problems, at least you can greet it with a laugh.

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