Best Orlagh Cassidy Audiobooks

The best audiobooks narrated by Orlagh Cassidy — 14 titles spanning Sci-Fi, Historical Fiction, Thriller, Fantasy, Literature & Fiction, averaging 4.35 ABR stars.

Orlagh Cassidy has one of those voices that commands attention from the first line — precise, controlled, and carrying an undercurrent of quiet intensity that makes her ideal for stories built on dread and revelation. Her narration of Before I Go to Sleep is a masterclass in sustained psychological tension, her clipped, careful delivery mirroring the protagonist's fractured sense of reality. That same discipline translates surprisingly well to epic science fiction — her performance in Dune is authoritative without being cold, giving Herbert's dense worldbuilding room to breathe. She's also carved out a niche in Star Wars audio drama, bringing theatrical clarity to the ensemble chaos of Dooku: Jedi Lost. Cassidy is the narrator for listeners who want intelligence behind the performance — someone who shapes a sentence rather than just reads it. If you're drawn to psychological thrillers or cerebral sci-fi, she's worth seeking out by name.

Where to Start with Orlagh Cassidy

  1. 1
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    Dune

    Dune • Book 1

    by Frank Herbert

    Narrated by Scott Brick, Orlagh Cassidy, Euan Morton, Simon Vance, Ilyana Kadushin, Byron Jennings, David R. Gordon, Jason Culp, Kent Broadhurst, Oliver Wyman, Patricia Kilgarriff, Scott Sowers

    4.66 ABR Score (1.8M ratings)
    ★ 4.29 Goodreads (1.6M) ★ 4.67 Audible (126.5K)
    21h 2m listening time • Released 2007

    The Godfather of science fiction epics: a richly imagined desert world where politics, religion, and ecology collide in a story that feels more relevant every decade.

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    The Kitchen House

    by Kathleen Grissom

    Narrated by Orlagh Cassidy, Bahni Turpin

    4.61 ABR Score (309.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.24 Goodreads (304.9K) ★ 4.75 Audible (4.4K)
    12h 57m listening time • Released 2017

    Cassidy and Turpin's dual narration captures the emotional fracture at the heart of this plantation story, making you feel Lavinia's impossible loyalty to two families as acutely as she does.

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    The Innocent

    Will Robie • Book 1

    by David Baldacci

    Narrated by Ron McLarty, Orlagh Cassidy

    4.53 ABR Score (20.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.49 Audible (20.9K)
    12h 14m listening time • Released 2012
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    The Guilty

    Will Robie • Book 4

    by David Baldacci

    Narrated by Kyf Brewer, Orlagh Cassidy

    4.52 ABR Score (77.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.22 Goodreads (64.2K) ★ 4.54 Audible (12.9K)
    11h 46m listening time • Released 2015
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    The Hit

    Will Robie • Book 2

    by David Baldacci

    Narrated by Ron McLarty, Orlagh Cassidy

    4.50 ABR Score (92.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.18 Goodreads (79.7K) ★ 4.54 Audible (12.6K)
    11h 45m listening time • Released 2013
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    The Forgotten

    John Puller • Book 2

    by David Baldacci

    Narrated by Ron McLarty, Orlagh Cassidy

    4.50 ABR Score (81.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.16 Goodreads (70.2K) ★ 4.56 Audible (11.0K)
    12h 30m listening time • Released 2012
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    The Target

    Will Robie • Book 3

    by David Baldacci

    Narrated by Ron McLarty, Orlagh Cassidy

    4.50 ABR Score (80.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.18 Goodreads (66.0K) ★ 4.53 Audible (14.3K)
    12h 51m listening time • Released 2014
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    Memory Man

    Amos Decker • Book 1

    by David Baldacci

    Narrated by Ron McLarty, Orlagh Cassidy

    4.47 ABR Score (191.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.13 Goodreads (160.2K) ★ 4.43 Audible (31.2K)
    13h 16m listening time • Released 2015
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    Hell's Corner

    The Camel Club • Book 5

    by David Baldacci

    Narrated by Ron McLarty, Orlagh Cassidy

    4.38 ABR Score (49.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.19 Goodreads (44.8K) ★ 4.43 Audible (5.1K)
    14h 23m listening time • Released 2010
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    The Last Unicorn

    The Last Unicorn • Book 1

    by Peter S. Beagle

    Narrated by Orlagh Cassidy, Joshua Kane

    4.27 ABR Score (124.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.16 Goodreads (123.9K) ★ 4.66 Audible (900)
    8h 9m listening time • Released 2022
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    Dooku: Jedi Lost (Star Wars)

    Star Wars Disney Canon Novel • Book 9

    by Cavan Scott

    Narrated by Orlagh Cassidy, Euan Morton, Marc Thompson, Pete Bradbury, Jonathan Davis, Neil Hellegers, Sean Kenin, January LaVoy, Saskia Maarleveld, Carol Monda, Robert Petkoff, Rebecca Soler

    4.08 ABR Score (21.2K ratings)
    ★ 3.86 Goodreads (11.0K) ★ 4.47 Audible (10.2K)
    6h 21m listening time • Released 2019

    The full-cast performance transforms this into a theatrical experience—each narrator inhabits a different character so distinctly that you forget you're listening to a book, not watching a play unfold.

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    Before I Go to Sleep

    by S. J. Watson

    Narrated by Orlagh Cassidy

    4.07 ABR Score (374.7K ratings)
    ★ 3.9 Goodreads (370.0K) ★ 4.07 Audible (4.7K)
    11h 32m listening time • Released 2011

    Watson's debut is a taut, claustrophobic thriller — a woman who wakes each day with no memory of her life uncovers a terrifying truth one page at a time.

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    Tempest Runner (Star Wars: The High Republic)

    Star Wars: The High Republic • Book 6

    by Cavan Scott

    Narrated by Jessica Almasy, Dan Bittner, Orlagh Cassidy, Sullivan Jones, January LaVoy, Kathleen McInerney, Tara Sands, Vikas Adam, Jonathan Davis, Neil Hellegers, Saskia Maarleveld, Soneela Nankani, Marc Thompson, Shannon Tyo

    4.02 ABR Score (7.3K ratings)
    ★ 3.85 Goodreads (4.8K) ★ 4.51 Audible (2.5K)
    6h 5m listening time • Released 2021

    A full ensemble cast elevates this High Republic villain origin story into something cinematic—each narrator inhabits their character so distinctly you forget you're listening to a book.

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    Trust (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

    by Hernan Diaz

    Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini, Jonathan Davis, Mozhan Marnò, Orlagh Cassidy

    3.79 ABR Score (4.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.14 Audible (4.8K)
    10h 21m listening time • Released 2022

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