Bill Nighy: Audiobooks Narrated

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, Bill Nighy narrates 95 unabridged English-language audiobooks in our catalog, 756.8 hours in all; the median one runs 8.1 hours.

95titles

757listening hrs

8.1median hrs

The narrator in numbers

Titles narrated: 95
Total listening time: 756.8 hrs
Median length: 8.1 hrs
Release years: 2005 to 2026
Longest: Parade's End: Penguin Classics (35.2 hrs)
Shortest: His Dark Materials: The Collectors (0.5 hrs)
Recordings with four or more narrators: 40

Shelf mix

Where Bill Nighy's audiobooks sit on the store's shelves. A title can sit on more than one.

Store shelf	Titles	Share
Fantasy	22	23%
Police & Detective	18	19%
Epic Fantasy	15	16%
Suspense	11	12%
Comedy, Satire & Parody	10	11%
Cozy Mystery	9	9%
Arts & Entertainment	6	6%
Science Fiction	5	5%

Narrates alongside

Narrators credited with Bill Nighy on the same recordings.

Narrator	Shared titles
Peter Serafinowicz	24
Suzanne Burden	18
Jon Culshaw	8
Jon Glover	7
Richard Coyle	6
Bonnie Langford	5
Indira Varma	5
Christopher Cazenove	5
David Collings	4
Richard Davies	4
Sian Clifford	4
Steven Cree	4

Audiobooks narrated by Bill Nighy

Every title, with its store running time. Ordered by popularity on the store (rating counts, used only for ordering and never shown).

#	Title	Author	Length
1	The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring	J.R.R. Tolkien	4.6 hrs
2	The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers	J.R.R. Tolkien	4.5 hrs
3	The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King	J.R.R. Tolkien	3.2 hrs
4	The Colour Of Magic: (Discworld Novel 1)	Terry Pratchett	8 hrs
5	Guards! Guards!: (Discworld Novel 8): the bestseller that inspired BBC’s The Watch	Terry Pratchett	13.4 hrs
6	Men At Arms: (Discworld Novel 15): from the bestselling series that inspired BBC’s The Watch	Terry Pratchett	13 hrs
7	Mort: (Discworld Novel 4)	Terry Pratchett	8 hrs
8	Reaper Man: (Discworld Novel 11)	Terry Pratchett	8.9 hrs
9	The Merchant of Venice	William Shakespeare	2.3 hrs
10	Sourcery: (Discworld Novel 5)	Terry Pratchett	9 hrs
11	Feet Of Clay: (Discworld Novel 19): from the bestselling series that inspired BBC’s The Watch	Terry Pratchett	12.4 hrs
12	Night Watch: (Discworld Novel 29): from the bestselling series that inspired BBC’s The Watch	Terry Pratchett	14.7 hrs
13	Moving Pictures: (Discworld Novel 10)	Terry Pratchett	9.9 hrs
14	The Fifth Elephant: (Discworld Novel 24): from the bestselling series that inspired BBC’s The Watch	Terry Pratchett	13.9 hrs
15	Thief Of Time: (Discworld Novel 26)	Terry Pratchett	11.4 hrs
16	The Penguin Lessons: Now a major film starring Steve Coogan and Jonathan Pryce	Tom Michell	6 hrs
17	Pyramids: (Discworld Novel 7)	Terry Pratchett	9.9 hrs
18	Soul Music: (Discworld Novel 16)	Terry Pratchett	11.4 hrs
19	Snuff: (Discworld Novel 39): from the bestselling series that inspired BBC’s The Watch	Terry Pratchett	13.6 hrs
20	The Truth: (Discworld Novel 25)	Terry Pratchett	12.3 hrs
21	Jingo: (Discworld Novel 21): from the bestselling series that inspired BBC’s The Watch	Terry Pratchett	13.6 hrs
22	John Wyndham: A BBC Radio Drama Collection: Six classic BBC radio adaptations	John Wyndham	11 hrs
23	The Wee Free Men: (Discworld Novel 30)	Terry Pratchett	8.8 hrs
24	Making Money: (Discworld Novel 36)	Terry Pratchett	12.9 hrs
25	Raising Steam: (Discworld novel 40)	Terry Pratchett	14 hrs
26	Wintersmith: (Discworld Novel 35)	Terry Pratchett	10.3 hrs
27	Going Postal: (Discworld Novel 33)	Terry Pratchett	13.6 hrs
28	The Dick Francis BBC Radio Drama Collection: Six full-cast dramatisations	Dick Francis	13.5 hrs
29	A Charles Paris: A Series of Murders: A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation	Jeremy Front	1 hrs
30	Charles Paris: Corporate Bodies: A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation	Jeremy Front	1.8 hrs
31	The Cockroach	Ian McEwan	2.2 hrs
32	The Penguin Lessons: What I Learned from a Remarkable Bird	Tom Michell	6 hrs
33	The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents: (Discworld Novel 28)	Terry Pratchett	8.1 hrs
34	Charles Paris: A BBC Radio Collection: A Series of Murders, Sicken and So Die, Murder Unprompted, The Dead Side of the Mic & Cast in Order of Disappearance	Jeremy Front	8.4 hrs
35	Going Postal: A Discworld Novel	Terry Pratchett	13.6 hrs
36	Charles Paris: Cast in Order of Disappearance: A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation	Jeremy Front	1.9 hrs
37	King John	William Shakespeare	2.5 hrs
38	The Noel Coward BBC Radio Drama Collection: Seven BBC Radio full-cast productions	Noel Coward	11.9 hrs
39	Charles Paris: Star Trap: A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation	Jeremy Front	1.9 hrs
40	Father Paolo Baldi Mysteries: The Complete BBC Radio Crime series	Francis Turnly	20.4 hrs
41	Charles Paris: A Doubtful Death: A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation	Jeremy Front	2.2 hrs
42	I Shall Wear Midnight: (Discworld Novel 38)	Terry Pratchett	11.8 hrs
43	A Hat Full of Sky: (Discworld Novel 32)	Terry Pratchett	9.3 hrs
44	Charles Paris: Murder Unprompted: A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation	Jeremy Front	1.9 hrs
45	Parade's End: Penguin Classics	Ford Madox Ford	35.2 hrs
46	David Hare: A BBC Radio Drama Collection: 8 full-cast productions including Plenty, Skylight, Amy’s View & others	David Hare	14.2 hrs
47	The Islander: My Life in Music and Beyond	Chris Blackwell	11.5 hrs
48	A. L. Kennedy: Three Plays: Three Full-Cast BBC Radio Dramas Starring Bill Nighy	A. L. Kennedy	2.4 hrs
49	Charles Paris: The Dead Side of the Mic: A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation	Jeremy Front	1.9 hrs
50	Charles Paris: A Decent Interval: A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation	Jeremy Front	2 hrs
51	Charles Paris: Dead Room Farce: A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation	Jeremy Front	1.9 hrs
52	Charles Paris: An Amateur Corpse: A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation	Jeremy Front	1.9 hrs
53	Charles Paris: Murder in the Title: Charles Paris: Murder in the Title	Jeremy Front	1.8 hrs
54	Charles Paris: A Reconstructed Corpse: A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation	Jeremy Front	1.9 hrs
55	Tom Stoppard: A BBC Radio Drama Collection: 14 full-cast productions including Arcadia, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead & others	Tom Stoppard	16.8 hrs
56	Charles Paris: A Deadly Habit: A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation	Jeremy Front	1.9 hrs
57	The Patricia Highsmith BBC Radio Collection: The Talented Mr Ripley, Strangers on a Train, Carol & other stories	Patricia Highsmith	15.3 hrs
58	Hopes and Desires: Seven BBC full-cast romantic comedies	Gary Ogin	3.3 hrs
59	The Collectors: A short story from the world of His Dark Materials and the Book of Dust	Philip Pullman	0.5 hrs
60	William Boyd: A BBC Radio Drama Collection: A Good Man in Africa, An Ice Cream War, Restless and more	William Boyd	10 hrs
61	Charles Paris: So Much Blood: A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation	Jeremy Front	1.9 hrs
62	Charles Paris: A Second BBC Radio Collection: Murder in the Title, A Reconstructed Corpse, An Amateur Corpse, Corporate Bodies & A Decent Interval	Jeremy Front	9.3 hrs
63	Making Money: A Discworld Novel	Terry Pratchett	12.9 hrs
64	Mister Cleghorn’s Seal	Judith Kerr	0.9 hrs
65	Season's Greetings	Alan Ayckbourn	1.5 hrs
66	Subterranean Homesick Blues: The Complete Series 1-3: A BBC Radio 4 drama	A. L. Kennedy	3.5 hrs
67	Confessions Of A Medium	Alison Kennedy	0.9 hrs
68	The Bat Man: A BBC Radio 4 dramatisation	Amelia Bullmore	0.7 hrs
69	The H G Wells BBC Radio Collection: Dramatisations and readings including The Time Machine, The War of the Worlds & other science fiction classics	H.G. Wells	29.2 hrs
70	No Commitments: Series 10-13: The BBC Radio 4 comedy drama	Simon Brett	11.2 hrs
71	No Commitments: Series 6-9: The BBC Radio 4 comedy drama	Simon Brett	11.2 hrs
72	No Commitments: Series 1-5: The BBC Radio 4 comedy drama	Simon Brett	14 hrs
73	Subterranean Homesick Blues: The Complete Series 4 and 5: A BBC Radio 4 drama	A. L. Kennedy	2.3 hrs
74	Masters' India Saga: A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation	John Masters	16.5 hrs
75	Beaumarchais: A BBC Radio 4 comedy drama	Craig Warner	2.9 hrs
76	Wally K. Daly: The Scream Trilogy & other sci-fi dramas: Six BBC Radio 4 full-cast productions	Wally K. Daly	7.3 hrs
77	Blonde for Danger: A Norman Conquest Thriller: A Full-Cast BBC Radio Drama	Mr Punch	0.7 hrs
78	Killer Conquest: A Norman Conquest Thriller: A Full-Cast BBC Radio Drama	Mr Punch	0.8 hrs
79	Miss Dynamite: A Norman Conquest Thriller: A Full-Cast BBC Radio Drama	Mr Punch	0.8 hrs
80	Conquest Marches On: A Norman Conquest Thriller: A Full-Cast BBC Radio Drama	Mr Punch	0.7 hrs
81	Charles Paris: Sicken and So Die: A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation	Jeremy Front	1.8 hrs
82	The Thrilling Adventures of Norman Conquest: Four full-cast BBC Radio dramas from the Golden Age of detective fiction	Mr Punch	3 hrs
83	His Dark Materials: The Collectors	Philip Pullman	0.5 hrs
84	Douglas Adams's Starship Titanic: From the Minds Behind The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and Monty Python	Terry Jones	5.2 hrs
85	The Alexander Pushkin BBC Radio Collection: Including Eugene Onegin, Boris Godunov & The Queen of Spades	Alexander Pushkin	11.8 hrs
86	Charles Paris: A Third BBC Radio Collection: The Cinderella Killer, Dead Room Farce, Star Trap, A Doubtful Death & A Deadly Habit	Jeremy Front	9.6 hrs
87	Howard Brenton: Five BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Productions: Pravda, Epsom Downs and more	Howard Brenton	7.7 hrs
88	Snuff: A Discworld Novel	Terry Pratchett	13.6 hrs
89	Elizabeth Bowen: A BBC Radio Full-Cast Drama Collection: The Heat of the Day, The House in Paris and More	Elizabeth Bowen	7.6 hrs
90	Ivan Turgenev: A BBC Radio Full-Cast Drama Collection: First Love, Father and Sons, A Month in the Country & More	Ivan Turgenev	13.4 hrs
91	Charles Paris: Situation Tragedy: A BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisation	Jeremy Front	1.9 hrs
92	The Jury: A BBC Radio Full-Cast Drama	Matthew Solon	5.7 hrs
93	Yellow Dog	Martin Amis	11.9 hrs
94	Classic Science Fiction: A BBC Radio Drama Collection: Six Full-Cast Dramatisations	John Wyndham	10 hrs
95	Threads: My life in style, a deeply personal memoir from a British fashion icon	Paul Smith	9 hrs

Computed from unabridged English-language audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.

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