Samuel West: Audiobooks Narrated

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, Samuel West narrates 83 unabridged English-language audiobooks in our catalog, 896.8 hours in all; the median one runs 7.2 hours.

83titles

897listening hrs

7.2median hrs

The narrator in numbers

Titles narrated: 83
Total listening time: 896.8 hrs
Median length: 7.2 hrs
Release years: 1996 to 2026
Longest: The Complete Charles Dickens Collection: Part Two - 1844 to 1870: Great Expectations, David Copperfield, Bleak House, Hard Times, Little Dorrit, A Tale of Two Cities, Pictures from Italy, Our Mutual Friend, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, & More (271.5 hrs)
Shortest: The Teeny Weeny Genie (0.3 hrs)
Recordings with four or more narrators: 34

Shelf mix

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

Store shelf	Titles	Share
Classics (Literature)	19	23%
Police & Detective	13	16%
Essays & Anthologies	12	14%
Literary Fiction	8	10%
Historical (Fiction)	8	10%
Animals & Nature (Kids)	7	8%
Theatre & Radio	6	7%
Mystery & Fantasy	6	7%

Narrates alongside

Narrators credited with Samuel West on the same recordings.

Narrator	Shared titles
Alex Jennings	11
Hugh Laurie	11
Geoffrey Palmer	11
Michael Maloney	11
Michael Pennington	10
Richard Johnson	10
Prunella Scales	10
Nigel Davenport	10
Eileen Atkins	10
Timothy West	4
Thomas Judd	3
Robert G. Slade	3

Audiobooks narrated by Samuel West

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 Fall of Gondolin	J.R.R. Tolkien	8.3 hrs
2	The Planets	Professor Brian Cox	7.7 hrs
3	Unfinished Tales	J.R.R. Tolkien	21.9 hrs
4	Eye of the Needle	Ken Follett	11 hrs
5	Beren and Lúthien	J.R.R. Tolkien	6.9 hrs
6	Last Bus to Woodstock: The First Case in the Classic Inspector Morse Series	Colin Dexter	7.7 hrs
7	The Fall of Númenor: and Other Tales from the Second Age of Middle-earth	J.R.R. Tolkien	10.9 hrs
8	Forces of Nature	Professor Brian Cox	7.3 hrs
9	Much Ado about Nothing	William Shakespeare	2.1 hrs
10	Precipice: The thrilling No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller from the author of Conclave	Robert Harris	12.5 hrs
11	Human Universe	Professor Brian Cox	7.5 hrs
12	Eye of the Needle: The Heart-Racing Thriller from the Multi-million Copy International Bestseller of The Kingsbridge Series	Ken Follett	11 hrs
13	Last Seen Wearing	Colin Dexter	8.8 hrs
14	Book at Bedtime: A BBC Radio Collection: 10 Unmissable Classics	F.M. Mayor	26.6 hrs
15	Impossible Creatures	Katherine Rundell	8.9 hrs
16	The King James Bible: Readings and Documentaries from BBC Radio 4	James Naughtie	6.5 hrs
17	Under The Net	Iris Murdoch	9 hrs
18	Precipice	Robert Harris	12.4 hrs
19	The Aspern Papers (BBC Radio 4 Book At Bedtime)	Henry James	1.6 hrs
20	Great Speeches in History	Various Authors	2.7 hrs
21	John Keats	John Keats	1.1 hrs
22	The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn	Colin Dexter	7.2 hrs
23	The Daughters of Cain	Colin Dexter	9.4 hrs
24	The Remorseful Day	Colin Dexter	10.1 hrs
25	Morse's Greatest Mystery and Other Stories	Colin Dexter	6.9 hrs
26	On the Future: Prospects for Humanity	Martin Rees	5.4 hrs
27	Ben Hur: A BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisation	Lew Wallace	3.6 hrs
28	The Ice	Laline Paull	11.4 hrs
29	A Midsummer Night's Dream: A BBC Radio Shakespeare production	William Shakespeare	2.2 hrs
30	The Dead of Jericho	Colin Dexter	7.2 hrs
31	The Riddle of the Third Mile	Colin Dexter	6.5 hrs
32	The Secret of Annexe 3	Colin Dexter	7.2 hrs
33	Classic Cat Stories	Various	6.2 hrs
34	Classic Hallowe'en Stories	Tba	7.2 hrs
35	The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien: Revised and	J.R.R. Tolkien	29 hrs
36	John Betjeman A First Class Collection	John Betjeman	2.4 hrs
37	A Shropshire Lad	A. E. Housman	1.1 hrs
38	A Possible Life	Sebastian Faulks	10.1 hrs
39	The Two Destinies	Wilkie Collins	9.7 hrs
40	Morning: How to make time: A manifesto	Allan Jenkins	3.5 hrs
41	The Merchant Of Venice: A BBC Radio Shakespeare production	William Shakespeare	2 hrs
42	The Wench is Dead	Colin Dexter	5.7 hrs
43	The Jewel That Was Ours	Colin Dexter	7.9 hrs
44	Death is Now My Neighbour	Colin Dexter	8.7 hrs
45	Blood, Sex and Money: A BBC Radio 4 serialisation of Zola's epic saga	Emile Zola	23.4 hrs
46	The Henrik Ibsen: Nine full-cast BBC radio dramatisations	Henrik Ibsen	16.3 hrs
47	BBC Radio Shakespeare: A Collection of Three Roman Plays	William Shakespeare	8 hrs
48	The Zoologist's Guide to the Galaxy: What Animals on Earth Reveal About Aliens--and Ourselves	Arik Kershenbaum	11.2 hrs
49	Classic Dog Stories	Various	6.2 hrs
50	Ambrose Follows His Nose	Josie Rogers	1.9 hrs
51	The Complete Charles Dickens Collection: Part Two - 1844 to 1870: Great Expectations, David Copperfield, Bleak House, Hard Times, Little Dorrit, A Tale of Two Cities, Pictures from Italy, Our Mutual Friend, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, & More	Charles Dickens	271.5 hrs
52	Impossible Creatures: The epic fantasy adventure series loved by children around the world	Katherine Rundell	8.9 hrs
53	The Coriolanus: A BBC Radio Shakespeare production	William Shakespeare	2.7 hrs
54	Realms of Gold	John Keats	2.6 hrs
55	Just So Stories: Samuel West reads a selection of Just So Stories	Rudyard Kipling	2.1 hrs
56	High Table, Lower Orders: The Complete Series 1 and 2: The BBC Radio 4 comedy drama	Mark Tavener	5.6 hrs
57	Richard II: A BBC Radio Shakespeare production	William Shakespeare	3 hrs
58	The Folding Star	Alan Hollinghurst	16.6 hrs
59	Poems to Live Your Life By	Chris Riddell	1.1 hrs
60	Workers' Tales: Socialist Fairy Tales, Fables, and Allegories from Great Britain	Michael J. Rosen	9.8 hrs
61	Five Days In May	Matthew Solon	0.9 hrs
62	The Reunion	Guillaume Musso	8.1 hrs
63	BBC Radio Shakespeare: A Collection of Four History Plays	William Shakespeare	9.2 hrs
64	The Teeny Weeny Genie	Julia Donaldson	0.3 hrs
65	A Poet for Every Day of the Year	Allie Esiri	13.7 hrs
66	Tweet of the Day: A Year of Bird Lovers	Dermot O’leary	5.5 hrs
67	The Gazette Box Set: A vivid portrait of British life through the centuries. A full-cast audio.	Mr Punch	13.2 hrs
68	Military Gazette Box Set: A fascinating foray into British Military history. A full-cast audio.	Mr Punch	4.5 hrs
69	Sporting Gazette Box Set: A rousing gallop through the British Sporting Calendar. A full-cast audio.	Mr Punch	4.2 hrs
70	Travellers Gazette Box Set: A journey alongside the British Traveller at Home & Abroad. A full-cast audio	Mr Punch	4.5 hrs
71	Navy Gazette: A voyage into the turbulent events of the British Navy at Sea. A full-cast audio	Mr Punch	2.1 hrs
72	Army Gazette: A foray into the turbulent events of the British Army at War. A full-cast audio	Mr Punch	2.4 hrs
73	Sports Gazette: A rousing gallop through the British Sporting Calendar. A full-cast audio.	Mr Punch	2.2 hrs
74	Sporting Pastimes Gazette: A lively jog with the British at Play. A full-cast audio.	Mr Punch	2 hrs
75	Travellers At Home Gazette: A ramble through the history of the British Traveller at Home. A full-cast audio.	Mr Punch	2.2 hrs
76	Travellers Abroad Gazette: A journey into the history of the British Traveller Abroad. A full-cast audio.	Mr Punch	2.2 hrs
77	The Surreal and Supernatural Stories of Walter de la Mare: A BBC Radio Collection	Walter De La Mare	7.6 hrs
78	Brighton Rock: Graham Greene's most iconic novel	Graham Greene	9.2 hrs
79	Selected works of Rudyard Kipling: 11 Full-Cast BBC Radio Dramas	Rudyard Kipling	8 hrs
80	The Neverfear	Katherine Rundell	8.1 hrs
81	In One Brief Moment All Eternity: The sweeping new novel from the Booker-shortlisted, Sunday Times bestselling author	Elif Shafak	17.5 hrs
82	The Poisoned King: Return to the magic of the Archipelago	Katherine Rundell	7.1 hrs
83	The Neverfear: Join Christopher and Anya on their next daring adventure	Katherine Rundell	8.1 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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