Audiobooks narrated by Roger May

The voice of the Collins graded readers of Agatha Christie — simplified editions for English learners, sold under the novels' own titles, which is the trap the Poirot and Marple comparisons on this site keep flagging. He also reads one Poirot novel complete, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, and on his own account Mary Renault's Alexander novels, Lars Mytting's Sister Bells books and a run of history.

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1 series · 16 recording comparisons

Best known for

• The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
• Agatha Christie (Collins graded readers)
• Fire from Heaven
• The Bell in the Lake
• The Classical World

Series Roger May appears in

We do not list individual books for these: each is either shared between narrators or includes titles that are not in Roger May’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.

• Hercule Poirot in orderAgatha Christie · 33 books · Varies widely by title — Hugh Fraser reads many of the novels, with David Suchet, Kenneth Branagh, Dan Stevens and full-cast editions alongside

Where Roger May is one of the choices

Books sold as more than one recording, with Roger May among the options. Each page says which one to buy and why.

• Crooked HouseAgatha Christie · 4 recordings
• Murder on the Orient ExpressAgatha Christie · 6 recordings
• Death on the NileAgatha Christie · 4 recordings
• The A.B.C. MurdersAgatha Christie · 4 recordings
• Evil Under the SunAgatha Christie · 3 recordings
• The Murder of Roger AckroydAgatha Christie · 5 recordings
• Peril at End HouseAgatha Christie · 4 recordings
• And Then There Were NoneAgatha Christie · 4 recordings
• The Mysterious Affair at StylesAgatha Christie · 7 recordings
• Death in the CloudsAgatha Christie · 3 recordings
• Appointment with DeathAgatha Christie · 4 recordings
• Cat Among the PigeonsAgatha Christie · 4 recordings
• After the FuneralAgatha Christie · 3 recordings
• Hickory Dickory DockAgatha Christie · 2 recordings
• Dead Man's FollyAgatha Christie · 3 recordings
• The Murder at the VicarageThe Murder at the VicarageAgatha Christie · 5 recordings

Recordings featuring Roger May

A selection from Roger May’s Audible UK catalogue, not the whole of it: 17 titles, with the type column saying what kind of recording each one is. Checked against the UK store; lengths are as the store gives them.

Authors Roger May reads

• Agatha Christie2 series on this site

Portraits — Agatha Christie: Photo: Joop van Bilsen for Anefo · CC0 · 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.

• Kenneth BranaghPoirot (2017 films), Wallander, Belfast
• David SuchetPoirot (ITV, 1989–2013)
• Hugh FraserPoirot (ITV, as Captain Hastings)
• Dan StevensDownton Abbey, Legion, Beauty and the Beast

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