Our score
Outstanding
Listen free with a trial
Listen to A Game of Thrones freeNew to Audible? Start a free trial to listen: stream or download titles in the Audible app and cancel anytime.
As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. This helps support the site at no extra cost to you.
A Game of Thrones Audiobook by George R. R. Martin— narrated by Roy Dotrice
Guinness World Record · Most Character Voices in an Audiobook (224)
George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones launches the Song of Ice and Fire saga with a brutal, intricately plotted fantasy where honor gets people killed and the real threat is gathering while everyone fights over a chair. A landmark of grown-up epic fantasy for readers who want politics with teeth.
Why the audiobook wins
Roy Dotrice didn't just read A Game of Thrones, he populated it. His recording holds the Guinness World Record for the most distinct character voices in an audiobook, 224 of them, and you can hear the discipline in every scene: Tyrion's dry rasp never bleeds into Jaime's polish, and the Stark children sound like children, not a grown man doing a bit. In a book built on court intrigue and crossed loyalties, that vocal precision is the difference between confusion and clarity.
If you came to Westeros through the HBO series, the audiobook is where you meet the version Martin actually wrote, denser politics, more interior doubt, whole threads the show compressed or cut. Dotrice, who was a working actor for seven decades before he ever opened this manuscript, brings a stage veteran's ear for where a line should land.
He kept narrating the series until his death in 2017, and fans still call his performance inseparable from the books themselves. Thirty-plus hours in his cast of voices, one credit, and you'll never picture the Seven Kingdoms the same way again.
Already a member? Go straight to A Game of Thrones on Audible
Prefer to read it?
Audiobook questions
- Who narrates the A Game of Thrones audiobook?
- Roy Dotrice narrates the audiobook edition of A Game of Thrones.
- How long is the A Game of Thrones audiobook?
- The audiobook runs 33 hr 46 min.
- Is the A Game of Thrones audiobook worth listening to?
- We scored A Game of Thrones 4.5 out of 5. Roy Dotrice didn't just read A Game of Thrones, he populated it. His recording holds the Guinness World Record for the most distinct character voices in an audiobook, 224 of them, and you can hear the discipline in every scene: Tyrion's dry rasp never bleeds into Jaime's polish…
- Can I listen to A Game of Thrones free with an Audible trial?
- Eligible new Audible members can use a free-trial credit to listen in the Audible app. Eligibility and current offer terms are set by Audible.
