Dicken's novel has been recorded many times as an audiobook. Notable recordings include:
- An audio dramatization titled The Adventures Of Oliver Twist And Fagin starring Basil Rathbone as both The Narrator and Fagin was released by Columbia Masterworks Records (MM-700) in a 3-disc 75rpm set in 1947.[25] This was later re-released by Columbia Records in 33rpm format in 1955 (CL 674) and again in 1977 (P13902).[26]
- Decca Records released an abridged recording of the novel narrated by James Mason (DL 9107) in 1962.[27]
- Anthony Quayle narrated Chapters One, Two, Eight and Nine of the novel on a Caedmon Records recording (TC 1484) released in 1976.[28]
- Paul Scofield narrated an abridged version in 1987 for Dove Audio.[29]
- An abridged version narrated by Martin Jarvis was released on audio cassette in 1994, later on CD, as part of the Talking Classics series (TC NCC 004) by Orbis.[30] Mr. Jarvis later narrated an unabridged version in 2006 for Audible Studios.[31]
- Alex Jennings narrated an abridged version in 1995 for Penguin Audiobooks.[32]
- Miriam Margolyes narrated an unabridged version in 2005 for Blackstone Audio.[33]
- Gerald Dickens, the great-great-grandson of Charles Dickens, narrated an unabridged version in 2011.[34]
- Jonathan Pryce narrated an unabridged version in 2019 for Audible Studios as part of The Audible Dickens Collection.[35]
