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United Kingdom Drama & Poetry Audiobooks Chart

Updated 25 August 2026

What is the number 1 Drama & Poetry audiobook in the United Kingdom today?

The number 1 Drama & Poetry audiobook in the United Kingdom today is The Brothers Karamazov & The Idiot (Dramatized) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.

The United Kingdom Drama & Poetry Audiobooks Chart tracks the most popular Drama & Poetry audiobooks on Apple Books in the United Kingdom.

Number one in United Kingdom today

Audiobook cover for The Brothers Karamazov & The Idiot (Dramatized) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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The Brothers Karamazov & The Idiot (Dramatized)

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Audiobook cover for Iliad (Unabridged) by Homer, Stanley Lombardo - translator

2

Iliad (Unabridged)

Homer, Stanley Lombardo - translator

Audiobook cover for Richard Burton's Hamlet (Original Staging Fiction) by William Shakespeare

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Richard Burton's Hamlet (Original Staging Fiction)

William Shakespeare

Audiobook cover for Resurrection Men (Dramatized): Inspector Rebus, Book 13 (Dramatized) by Ian Rankin

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Resurrection Men (Dramatized): Inspector Rebus, Book 13 (Dramatized)

Ian Rankin

Audiobook cover for SmartPass Plus Audio Education Study Guide to An Inspector Calls (Unabridged, Dramatised, Commentary Options) (Unabridged) by J.B. Priestley & Gil Maine

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SmartPass Plus Audio Education Study Guide to An Inspector Calls (Unabridged, Dramatised, Commentary Options) (Unabridged)

J.B. Priestley & Gil Maine

Audiobook cover for Romeo & Juliet (Unabridged) by William Shakespeare

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Romeo & Juliet (Unabridged)

William Shakespeare

Audiobook cover for Hamlet by William Shakespeare

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Hamlet

William Shakespeare

Audiobook cover for Beowulf (Unabridged) by C. W. Kennedy (translator)

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Beowulf (Unabridged)

C. W. Kennedy (translator)

Audiobook cover for A Dozen Red Roses: My Love Is Like A Red, Red Rose by Robert Burns

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A Dozen Red Roses: My Love Is Like A Red, Red Rose

Robert Burns

Audiobook cover for Shakespeare's Original Pronunciation: Speeches and Scenes Performed as Shakespeare Would Have Heard Them by William Shakespeare

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Shakespeare's Original Pronunciation: Speeches and Scenes Performed as Shakespeare Would Have Heard Them

William Shakespeare

Audiobook cover for The Satires (Unabridged) by Juvenal

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The Satires (Unabridged)

Juvenal

Audiobook cover for The Poetry of Robert Burns by Robert Burns

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The Poetry of Robert Burns

Robert Burns

Audiobook cover for A Dozen Red Roses: 12 Valentines Poems (Unabridged) by Various Authors

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A Dozen Red Roses: 12 Valentines Poems (Unabridged)

Various Authors

Audiobook cover for Robert Donat Reads His Favourite Poetry - Volume 2 by A. E. Housman, John Keats, William Shakespeare, Rupert Brooke

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Robert Donat Reads His Favourite Poetry - Volume 2

A. E. Housman, John Keats, William Shakespeare, Rupert Brooke

Audiobook cover for The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Unabridged) by William Shakespeare

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The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Unabridged)

William Shakespeare

Audiobook cover for The Mayor of Casterbridge (Dramatised) by Thomas Hardy

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The Mayor of Casterbridge (Dramatised)

Thomas Hardy

Audiobook cover for Julius Caesar (Abridged) by William Shakespeare

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Julius Caesar (Abridged)

William Shakespeare

Audiobook cover for The Lake Poets: William Wordsworth by G2 Entertainment Ltd

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The Lake Poets: William Wordsworth

G2 Entertainment Ltd

Audiobook cover for Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde (Dramatized) by Moisés Kaufman

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Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde (Dramatized)

Moisés Kaufman

Audiobook cover for SmartPass Audio Education Study Guide to Othello (Unabridged, Dramatised) [Unabridged Nonfiction] by William Shakespeare, Jonathan Lomas

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SmartPass Audio Education Study Guide to Othello (Unabridged, Dramatised) [Unabridged Nonfiction]

William Shakespeare, Jonathan Lomas

Audiobook cover for SmartPass Audio Education Study Guide to Pride and Prejudice (Dramatised) by Jane Austen and Mary Potter

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SmartPass Audio Education Study Guide to Pride and Prejudice (Dramatised)

Jane Austen and Mary Potter

Audiobook cover for The Very Best of Irish Poetry & Prose by Saland Publishing

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The Very Best of Irish Poetry & Prose

Saland Publishing

Audiobook cover for Poetry of the Sea by Edward Lear

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Poetry of the Sea

Edward Lear

Audiobook cover for The Essential Iliad by Homer, Stanley Lombardo - translator

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The Essential Iliad

Homer, Stanley Lombardo - translator

Audiobook cover for The Sonnets, Volume 1 (Dramatised) by William Shakespeare

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The Sonnets, Volume 1 (Dramatised)

William Shakespeare

Audiobook cover for The Life and Writings of Geoffrey Chaucer by Seth Lerer & The Great Courses

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The Life and Writings of Geoffrey Chaucer

Seth Lerer & The Great Courses

Audiobook cover for Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde

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Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and The Canterville Ghost

Oscar Wilde

Audiobook cover for Justice (Dramatised) by John Galsworthy

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Justice (Dramatised)

John Galsworthy

Audiobook cover for The Top 50 Poems (Unabridged) by Rudyard Kipling, Wilfred Owen & John Keats

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The Top 50 Poems (Unabridged)

Rudyard Kipling, Wilfred Owen & John Keats

Audiobook cover for Louder: We Can't Hear You (Yet!), The Political Poems of Marge Piercy by Marge Piercy

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Louder: We Can't Hear You (Yet!), The Political Poems of Marge Piercy

Marge Piercy

Audiobook cover for Don Juan In Hell (Unabridged) by George Bernard Shaw

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Don Juan In Hell (Unabridged)

George Bernard Shaw

Audiobook cover for Ghostly Poetry by Edgar Allan Poe, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Lord Byron

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Ghostly Poetry

Edgar Allan Poe, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Lord Byron

Audiobook cover for Theatre Royal - The Colonel's Lady & The Black Mate : Episode 14 (Unabridged) by W. Somerset Maugham & Joseph Conrad

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Theatre Royal - The Colonel's Lady & The Black Mate : Episode 14 (Unabridged)

W. Somerset Maugham & Joseph Conrad

Audiobook cover for Robert Burns: Food & Drink (Unabridged) by Alastair Turnbull

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Robert Burns: Food & Drink (Unabridged)

Alastair Turnbull

Audiobook cover for SmartPass Audio Education Study Guide to The Mayor of Casterbridge (Dramatised) by Thomas Hardy and Mike Reeves

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SmartPass Audio Education Study Guide to The Mayor of Casterbridge (Dramatised)

Thomas Hardy and Mike Reeves

Audiobook cover for Committing Poetry In Times of War by Alchemy Werks

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Committing Poetry In Times of War

Alchemy Werks

Audiobook cover for A Lover's Complaint (Unabridged) by William Shakespeare

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A Lover's Complaint (Unabridged)

William Shakespeare

Audiobook cover for Huckleberry Finn: Retro Audio (Dramatised) by Mark Twain

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Huckleberry Finn: Retro Audio (Dramatised)

Mark Twain

Audiobook cover for Death For Sale (Dramatised) by Inner Sanctum

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Death For Sale (Dramatised)

Inner Sanctum

Audiobook cover for The Love Story of Elizabeth Barrett & Robert Browning by Robert Browning, Elizabeth Barrett

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The Love Story of Elizabeth Barrett & Robert Browning

Robert Browning, Elizabeth Barrett

Audiobook cover for Poetry for Lovers by Saland Publishing

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Poetry for Lovers

Saland Publishing

Audiobook cover for Hollywood Stage - The Scarlet Pimpernel (Abridged) by Hollywood Stage Productions

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Hollywood Stage - The Scarlet Pimpernel (Abridged)

Hollywood Stage Productions

Audiobook cover for Lady Windemer's Fan (Unabridged) by Oscar Wilde

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Lady Windemer's Fan (Unabridged)

Oscar Wilde

Audiobook cover for A Midsummer Night's Dream (Adaptation) (Unabridged) by William Shakespeare, Mary Lamb

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A Midsummer Night's Dream (Adaptation) (Unabridged)

William Shakespeare, Mary Lamb

Audiobook cover for The Poetry of Night - Volume 2 (Unabridged) by Robert Burns, Robert Seymour Bridges & Robert Louis Stevenson

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The Poetry of Night - Volume 2 (Unabridged)

Robert Burns, Robert Seymour Bridges & Robert Louis Stevenson

Audiobook cover for Hollywood Stage - The Awful Truth (Abridged) by Hollywood Stage Productions

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Hollywood Stage - The Awful Truth (Abridged)

Hollywood Stage Productions

Audiobook cover for Poetry from the Heart (4 Book Series) (Unabridged) by C. Melita Webb

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Poetry from the Heart (4 Book Series) (Unabridged)

C. Melita Webb

Audiobook cover for Hyperion oder Der Eremit in Griechenland by Friedrich Hölderlin

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Hyperion oder Der Eremit in Griechenland

Friedrich Hölderlin

Audiobook cover for Now the Dead Will Dance the Mambo: The Poems of Martin Espada by Martin Espada

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Now the Dead Will Dance the Mambo: The Poems of Martin Espada

Martin Espada

Audiobook cover for The World's Greatest Poetry Volume 6 by Saland Publishing

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The World's Greatest Poetry Volume 6

Saland Publishing

Audiobook cover for The Thirsty Death by Saland Publishing

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The Thirsty Death

Saland Publishing

Audiobook cover for Frankenstein (Dramatized) by Mary Shelley

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Frankenstein (Dramatized)

Mary Shelley

Audiobook cover for Hollywood Stage - The African Queen (Abridged) by Hollywood Stage Productions

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Hollywood Stage - The African Queen (Abridged)

Hollywood Stage Productions

Audiobook cover for A Dickens of a Reading: A Christmas Carol: A Performance Reading Script Edited and as Performed by Gregory Nassif St. John (Original Recording) by Gregory Nassif St. John

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A Dickens of a Reading: A Christmas Carol: A Performance Reading Script Edited and as Performed by Gregory Nassif St. John (Original Recording)

Gregory Nassif St. John

Audiobook cover for Ilias by Homer

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Ilias

Homer

Audiobook cover for Wenn die Uhren so nah... by Rainer Maria Rilke

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Wenn die Uhren so nah...

Rainer Maria Rilke

Audiobook cover for 13 Grusel-Balladen aus alter Zeit by Friedrich Hebbel, Martin Greif, Dagmar von Dänemark

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13 Grusel-Balladen aus alter Zeit

Friedrich Hebbel, Martin Greif, Dagmar von Dänemark

Audiobook cover for Gulliver in Lilliput (Dramatised) by Jonathan Swift

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Gulliver in Lilliput (Dramatised)

Jonathan Swift

Audiobook cover for Rattapallax 11 by Martin Mitchell, Willie Perdomo, Flavia Rocha, Jeet Thayil, Edwin Torres

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Rattapallax 11

Martin Mitchell, Willie Perdomo, Flavia Rocha, Jeet Thayil, Edwin Torres

Audiobook cover for The World's Greatest Poetry Volume 5 by Various Artists

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The World's Greatest Poetry Volume 5

Various Artists

Audiobook cover for Evangeline (Unabridged Fiction) by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Evangeline (Unabridged Fiction)

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Audiobook cover for Hymnen an die Nacht by Novalis

62

Hymnen an die Nacht

Novalis

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