I made the ultimate list of audiobook narrators I grew up listening to. A lot of these people aren’t on X, but the books they narrated are all absolute gems..
One day, one of these people will narrate my books, that's the aspiration anyways..
Jesse Bernstein
Percy Jackson series, Floors series, I'll Give You the Sun, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children series, Mr. Lemoncello’s Library series, Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods, Percy Jackson’s Greek Heroes
Keith Nobbs
Dark Life, Five Kingdoms series, The Littlest Bigfoot series, All American Boys, Comeback Kids series (Mike Lupica)
Kirby Heyborne
Mysteries of Cove series, Charlotte's Web, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children series (select titles), Dragonwatch series, The Long Walk (Stephen King), All the Bright Places, The Plot; Wizard for Hire series (Obert Skye — MG/YA quirky wizard fantasy/mystery). Energetic, humorous timing, great for lighter fantasy and adventure.
Mark Deakins
Maze Runner series, The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, North Woods, Leaving Time, Rogue Lawyer, The Flight Attendant, Colonel Roosevelt
Andy Serkis
The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Silmarillion (excerpts/related)
Wil Wheaton
Ready Player One, Ready Player Two, The Martian, Kaiju Preservation Society, Lock In, Head On, The Body (Stephen King), Still Just a Geek (his memoir)
John Keating
Ranger's Apprentice series, Brotherband Chronicles, The Royal Ranger series, An Irish Country Doctor series, The North Water, Trinity (Leon Uris)
Jim Dale
Harry Potter series, Peter and the Starcatchers, The Night Circus, Return to the Hundred Acre Wood, The Boy with the Cuckoo-Clock Heart, Liesl & Po, The Emerald Atlas (Books of Beginning series)
Gemma Whelan
Nevermoor series, Hollowpox (and Nevermoor sequels), Boleyn Traitor (Philippa Gregory), Don’t Let Him In, The Blue Hour, The Burning Girls
Robbie Daymond
Trials of Apollo series, various YA action/fantasy titles, One of Us Is Lying, They Both Die at the End, The Last Kids on Earth series, Holding Up the Universe
Simon Jones
The Unwanteds series, The Bartimaeus Trilogy, The Secret of Chimneys (Agatha Christie), Cloud Cuckoo Land (select/related)
MacLeod Andrews
Warriors series (major arcs: Power of Three, Omen of the Stars, Dawn of the Clans, etc.), One of Us Is Lying (multi-cast elements), Dream State
Soneela Nankani
Aru Shah and the End of Time / Pandava Quintet (Roshani Chokshi — middle-grade mythology fantasy, Rick Riordan Presents), various YA fantasy/romance crossovers. Warm, versatile for younger/diverse casts.
Joniece Abbott-Pratt
Legendborn Cycle (Tracy Deonn — YA Arthurian with Black protagonists), Nic Blake and the Remarkables (Angie Thomas — middle-grade fantasy). Cinematic, perfect character matching.
Rebecca Soler
Lunar Chronicles series (Marissa Meyer — YA sci-fi/fantasy retellings/space opera). Strong multi-character work, especially female leads and unique voices.
Katherine Kellgren (Audie/Odyssey winner)
Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place series (Maryrose Wood — juvenile gothic fantasy), Bloody Jack series (YA historical adventure). Legendary comedic/gothic range for middle-grade/juvenile.
Tim Curry
Sabriel / Old Kingdom series (Garth Nix — YA necromancer fantasy), A Series of Unfortunate Events (Lemony Snicket — juvenile gothic). Theatrical, elevates quirky/dark fantasy.
Jeannette Illidge
Prison Healer series (Lynette Noni — YA dark fantasy/prison adventure), Ace of Spades, other YA thrillers. Youthful energy, intense emotional depth — rising favorite in YA fantasy.
Neil Gaiman (self-narrated)
Coraline, The Graveyard Book (juvenile fantasy), Stardust, and related. Atmospheric, wry, authentically chilling for whimsical/dark juvenile tales.
Alan Cumming
Leviathan series (Scott Westerfeld — YA steampunk/alternate-history sci-fi). Witty, energetic, masterful accents and adventure pacing.
Euan Morton
Carry On / Simon Snow trilogy (Rainbow Rowell — YA wizard-school enemies-to-lovers fantasy), The Aeronaut's Windlass (Jim Butcher — steampunk/airship fantasy). Crisp, humorous, excellent differentiation across YA meta-fantasy and epic world-building.
Paul Boehmer
Magisterium series (Holly Black & Cassandra Clare — YA wizard-school/dark fantasy with elemental magic and twists). Immersive, strong character distinction, great for atmospheric YA fantasy.
Nick Podehl
Everlost / Skinjacker Trilogy (Neal Shusterman — YA afterlife adventure with quirky souls and monsters). Balanced, strong narration for eerie/emotional teen fantasy.
People on X:
@KirbyHeyborne @wilw @neilhimself @andyserkis @robbiedaymond