New International Version Audiobooks

The New International Version is not an author in the usual sense but the most widely read modern English translation of the Bible, and the name under which these recordings are gathered. Conceived in the mid 1960s and first published as a complete Bible in 1978, it set out to render the original Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek in clear, dignified, contemporary English.

The translation is the work of the Committee on Bible Translation, an independent and international body of biblical scholars drawn from a wide range of denominations, and it has been kept under continuous review, with its most recent major revision appearing in 2011. Sponsored by Biblica, formerly the International Bible Society, it aims to balance word-for-word fidelity with natural readability.

That balance explains its standing: the NIV is the everyday Bible of countless churches, schools and homes across Britain and far beyond, which makes it a wonderfully natural text for audio.

One voice unifies our entire NIV shelf: David Suchet, the British actor beloved worldwide as Hercule Poirot. Recording the complete NIV was a long-held personal ambition for Suchet, who spent more than 200 hours in the studio to become the first single British actor to voice the entire Bible, and his warm, unhurried delivery is the great constant across these titles.

The standout is the NIV Audio Bible in One Year, rated 4.7 stars by 480 listeners, which arranges the whole text into daily readings and is comfortably the most reviewed NIV title we carry. For a cover-to-cover journey, begin with Complete NIV Audio Bible, Volume 1, spanning the Law, History and Poetry, while NIV Bible: Acts and Letters, at 4.5 stars, offers a shorter doorway into the New Testament.

Browse the editions below and find the listening rhythm that suits you.