Best David Suchet Audiobooks

The best audiobooks narrated by David Suchet — 6 titles spanning Mystery, Literature & Fiction, averaging 4.17 ABR stars.

David Suchet is Hercule Poirot. Not just on television — where he inhabited the role for over two decades across every single Christie story — but in audio too, where his measured, precise delivery and faintly Belgian cadence make these performances feel like the definitive versions. Narrating titles like Evil Under the Sun and Dead Man's Folly, Suchet doesn't just read Christie's words; he inhabits her world with a warmth and authority no other narrator could replicate. His voice carries a particular quality — clipped consonants, theatrical restraint, a hint of self-satisfaction that perfectly mirrors the little grey cells at work. Listeners who loved the TV series will find these audiobooks feel like a homecoming. For Christie purists, there's simply no other choice.

Where to Start with David Suchet

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    Hercule Poirot cover

    Hercule Poirot

    Hercule Poirot #0.1-0.51

    by Agatha Christie

    Narrated by David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Nigel Hawthorne, Isla Blair, Simon Vance

    ★ 4.62 ABR Score (12.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.36 Goodreads (10.9K) ★ 4.81 Audible (1.7K)
    35h 5m listening time • Released 2021

    David Suchet's definitive performance as Poirot anchors this collection of 51 short stories, each a perfectly compact puzzle that rewards listening in one sitting.

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    Evil Under the Sun (G. K. Hall's Agatha Christie Series) cover

    Evil Under the Sun (G. K. Hall's Agatha Christie Series)

    Hercule Poirot • Book 23

    by Agatha Christie

    Narrated by David Suchet

    ★ 4.34 ABR Score (90.9K ratings)
    ★ 3.98 Goodreads (89.7K) ★ 4.67 Audible (1.2K)
    6h 25m listening time • Released 2012
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    Sad Cypress cover

    Sad Cypress

    Hercule Poirot • Book 21

    by Agatha Christie

    Narrated by David Suchet

    ★ 4.24 ABR Score (48.8K ratings)
    ★ 3.94 Goodreads (48.0K) ★ 4.63 Audible (803)
    6h 1m listening time • Released 2012
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    Dead Man's Folly cover

    Dead Man's Folly

    Hercule Poirot • Book 32

    by Agatha Christie, David Suchet

    Narrated by David Suchet

    ★ 4.17 ABR Score (39.1K ratings)
    ★ 3.82 Goodreads (38.2K) ★ 4.62 Audible (871)
    6h 2m listening time • Released 2012
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    Hercule Poirot's early cases cover

    Hercule Poirot's early cases

    Hercule Poirot • Book 38

    by Agatha Christie

    Narrated by David Suchet, Hugh Fraser

    ★ 4.08 ABR Score (16.8K ratings)
    ★ 3.91 Goodreads (16.6K) ★ 4.67 Audible (198)
    8h 18m listening time • Released 2007
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    The Fyodor Dostoevsky BBC Radio Drama Collection

    by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Roger Allam, Joseph Arkley, Nicholas Boulton, Jonathan Forbes, John Gray, Paul Hilton, Boris Isarov, Alex Jennings, Barnaby Kay, Gary Lilburn, Roy Marsden, Clive Merrison, Jim Norton, Ronald Pickup, Paul Rhys, David Suchet, Jane Whittenshaw, Lia Williams, Rowan Williams

    Narrated by Roy Marsden, Alex Jennings, Roger Allam, Paul Rhys, Nicholas Boulton, Paul Hilton, David Suchet, full cast, Barnaby Kay, Lia Williams

    ★ 3.55 ABR Score (29 ratings)
    ★ 4.42 Goodreads (12) ★ 4.35 Audible (17)
    17h 28m listening time • Released 2021
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