Audiobook narrators

Find the right audiobook narrator for your book

Every Academy Voices narrator is a real person, approved by Anthony Pica. 181 of them have demos here you can play right now, sorted by accent, genre and voice. When you find a voice you like, send an offer, or post your book for free and let narrators audition with your own script.

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Meet the voices

Press play. These are real narrators.

A few of the audiobook narrators on Academy Voices. Tap a face to hear their demo, then browse by accent, genre or voice below to hear everyone who fits your book.

392 narrators and counting.

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Choose by accent

Match the voice to where your story happens and who is telling it. A book set in London, Dublin or the Deep South sounds right in an accent from there, and first-person memoir usually sounds best in a voice close to the author's own. If your book has characters from several places, a narrator with a range of accents can carry all of them.

American audiobook narrators 153 narrators British audiobook narrators 40 narrators Southern audiobook narrators 17 narrators RP (BBC English) audiobook narrators 16 narrators Australian audiobook narrators 9 narrators Midwestern audiobook narrators 9 narrators Canadian audiobook narrators 7 narrators

Choose by genre

A narrator who already records your genre knows its pace. Romance needs warmth and two convincing leads, mystery and thriller need tension and clean clues, children's books need energy and clear words, and nonfiction needs a steady, trustworthy voice that sounds like an expert. Every page below plays demos in that genre.

Choose by voice

Sometimes the sound comes first. Pick a male or female narrator to match your main character, or choose by age: a mature voice for literary fiction, history and memoir, a younger-sounding one for young adult and coming-of-age stories.

Male audiobook narrators 107 narrators Female audiobook narrators 83 narrators Mature-voiced audiobook narrators 71 narrators Young-sounding audiobook narrators 31 narrators

How hiring works

Post free, hear auditions, choose

Post your book for free and tell us the voice you want. Narrators audition with a page of your own script, so you compare real readings of your book, not just demos. Pick your narrator, approve a 15-minute sample, then approve the finished audiobook. We check every chapter before it goes out. How our audiobook narration services work.

What it costs

$350, plus the rate you set

You pay a $350 production fee and the narrator's per-finished-hour rate, which you choose (from $50). Or share royalties with your narrator instead of paying per hour. You own your audiobook either way, and we can distribute it to nearly 50 retailers, libraries and streaming services, including our own store. See every option.

Questions

Finding an audiobook narrator: common questions

Start with the accent, genre and sound your book needs, then listen. Play the demos on these pages, and when you post your book on Academy Voices, narrators audition with a page of your own script, so you hear exactly how they would read it before you choose.

On Academy Voices you pay a $350 production fee, plus the narrator's rate per finished hour that you set (from $50). Or share royalties with the narrator instead of paying per hour. A 60,000-word book is about 6.5 finished hours. Posting your book and hearing auditions is free. You can pay your narrator over time with Klarna or Affirm, or in parts.

Yes. Every narrator is a real, vetted person approved by our founder, Anthony Pica, and every audiobook we make is Certified Human Voice.

Yes. Find a narrator you like on any of these pages and send them an offer, or post your book and let narrators come to you with auditions.

Yes. You own your audiobook whichever way you pay. We can distribute it to nearly 50 retailers, libraries and streaming services, or you can choose narration only and keep the files.

Bring it to us. For $150 we check it, prepare it and distribute it, and it is sold in our store too.

Find your narrator

Posting is free, and you don't pay anything until you've chosen your narrator.

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