Audiobooks narrated by Derek Jacobi
Reads Brother Cadfael, having played him — the same doubling as Suchet and Poirot. Worth knowing his Cadfael recordings run around three hours each where the unabridged recordings run seven or eight, so check the length before you buy on the strength of the name. His Iliad and Odyssey is the long-form classical reading people reach for, and he turns up in the Sherlock Holmes recordings too.
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Best known for
- The Adventures of Brother Cadfael
- The Ultimate Iliad & Odyssey
- The House of Silk
- Sherlock Holmes: His Last Bow
Series Derek Jacobi appears in
We do not list individual books for these: each is either shared between narrators or includes titles that are not in Derek Jacobi’s recordings, and we hold one narrator credit per series rather than per volume. We would rather say so than guess which titles are which.
Sherlock Holmes in orderArthur Conan Doyle · 9 books · Stephen Fry (the complete set)
Brother Cadfael in orderEllis Peters · 20 books · Varies — the full-length recordings are split between Stephen Thorne, Johanna Ward, Vanessa Benjamin, Roe Kendall and Wanda McCaddon; Sir Derek Jacobi reads a much shorter, abridged set
The Chronicles of Narnia in orderC.S. Lewis · 7 books · A different reader per book on the read editions — Michael York, Lynn Redgrave, Derek Jacobi, Jeremy Northam, Alex Jennings, Kenneth Branagh and Patrick Stewart; BBC full-cast dramatisations are also on sale
Where Derek Jacobi is one of the choices
Books sold as more than one recording, with Derek Jacobi among the options. Each page says which one to buy and why.
The Voyage of the Dawn TreaderC.S. Lewis · 3 recordings · our pick
FrankensteinMary Shelley · 9 recordings
A Christmas CarolCharles Dickens · 16 recordings
The Hound of the BaskervillesArthur Conan Doyle · 15 recordings
A Study in ScarletArthur Conan Doyle · 12 recordings
The Adventures of Sherlock HolmesArthur Conan Doyle · 13 recordings · our pick
The Return of Sherlock HolmesArthur Conan Doyle · 9 recordings · our pick
The Memoirs of Sherlock HolmesArthur Conan Doyle · 13 recordings · our pick
Authors Derek Jacobi reads
Arthur Conan Doyle1 series on this site- Ellis Peters1 series on this site
C.S. Lewis1 series on this site
Portraits — Arthur Conan Doyle: Photo: Walter Benington · Public domain · cropped, via Wikimedia Commons; C.S. Lewis: Photo: Unknown photographer · Public domain · cropped, via Wikimedia Commons.
Who else reads these
Narrators who work on the same series — useful when a series is split between readers and you want to know whose voice you are getting.
- Stephen FryHarry Potter (UK editions), Sherlock Holmes: The Definitive Collection
- David TimsonThe Hound of the Baskervilles, The Sign of Four
- Stephen ThorneDoctor Who (Azal, Omega, Eldrad)
- Roe KendallBrother Cadfael (chronicles from the middle of the series), Medieval People
- Wanda McCaddonEmma, Persuasion
- Fiona ShawThe Thursday Murder Club (books three onward), The Horse and His Boy
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