Where to Start with Alex Jennings
- New to Alex Jennings? Start here → Pride and Prejudice
- What fans keep coming back to → The Chronicles Of Narnia : The Magician's Nephew, The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe, The Horse and His Boy, Prince Caspian, The Voyage of The Dawn Treader, The Silver Chair, The Last Battle
- Short listen, big payoff → The Gods of War
- Highest rated by listeners → The Death of Kings
- Best narrator–author pairing → The Dark Is Rising
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The Gods of War
Emperor • Book 4
Narrated by Alex Jennings
★ 4.40 ABR Score (17.6K ratings)★ 4.33 Goodreads (17.6K)More about this pick
Caesar crosses the Rubicon to threaten Rome herself, forcing even Pompey to flee as civil war erupts between history's greatest generals.
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The Death of Kings
Emperor • Book 2
Narrated by Alex Jennings
★ 4.38 ABR Score (21.9K ratings)★ 4.3 Goodreads (21.9K)More about this pick
Young Julius Caesar leads disheveled soldiers in North Africa, learning leadership through hardship and combat. Alex Jennings captures both Caesar's growing confidence and the brutal realities of Roman military life.
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The Chronicles Of Narnia : The Magician's Nephew, The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe, The Horse and His Boy, Prince Caspian, The Voyage of The Dawn Treader, The Silver Chair, The Last Battle
The Chronicles of Narnia (Chronological Order) #1–7 • Book 3
by C.S. Lewis
Narrated by Alex Jennings
★ 4.38 ABR Score (713.6K ratings)★ 4.28 Goodreads (713.5K) ★ 4.74 Audible (74) - 4
Cometh the Hour
The Clifton Chronicles • Book 6
Narrated by Alex Jennings
★ 4.36 ABR Score (39.6K ratings)★ 4.21 Goodreads (36.7K) ★ 4.59 Audible (2.9K)More about this pick
A devastating suicide note sets off a chain reaction affecting the Clifton and Barrington families as Giles contemplates rescuing his love from behind the Iron Curtain.
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The Sins of the Father
The Clifton Chronicles • Book 2
Narrated by Alex Jennings, Emilia Fox
★ 4.36 ABR Score (67.7K ratings)★ 4.11 Goodreads (67.7K)More about this pick
Alex Jennings and Emilia Fox tackle this WWII-era saga where Harry Clifton joins the Merchant Navy to escape family secrets and impossible love.
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The Camel Club
The Camel Club • Book 1
Narrated by Alex Jennings
★ 4.34 ABR Score (98.8K ratings)★ 4.07 Goodreads (98.8K)More about this pick
Eccentric conspiracy theorists accidentally witness a murder that exposes government corruption at the highest levels. The thriller escalates from paranoid theory to deadly reality.
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Silver on the Tree
The Dark Is Rising • Book 5
by Susan Cooper
Narrated by Alex Jennings
★ 4.34 ABR Score (36.9K ratings)★ 4.11 Goodreads (36.3K) ★ 4.65 Audible (587)More about this pick
Five books of prophecy and myth converge in this epic finale, where Alex Jennings' narration carries the scope and emotional weight of Cooper's grandest achievement.
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The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
by Anne Brontë
Narrated by Alex Jennings, Jenny Agutter
★ 4.32 ABR Score (135.2K ratings)★ 4.04 Goodreads (133.4K) ★ 4.64 Audible (1.8K)More about this pick
Gilbert Markham falls for mysterious widow Helen Graham, who guards dark secrets about her past marriage. Jennings and Agutter handle Brontë's dual narrative structure, revealing a shocking tale of alcoholism and domestic abuse.
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The Dark Is Rising
The Dark Is Rising • Book 2
by Susan Cooper
Narrated by Alex Jennings
★ 4.31 ABR Score (62.5K ratings)★ 4.04 Goodreads (61.2K) ★ 4.54 Audible (1.3K) - 10
The Whole Truth: Shaw and Katie James 1
A. Shaw • Book 1
Narrated by Alex Jennings
★ 4.31 ABR Score (43.4K ratings)★ 4.09 Goodreads (43.4K)More about this pick
Arms dealer Nicolas Creel orchestrates global conflict for profit while academic Anna Fischer stumbles onto his manipulation of world events through manufactured crises.
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Greenwitch
The Dark Is Rising • Book 3
by Susan Cooper, Unknown Author
Narrated by Alex Jennings
★ 4.30 ABR Score (33.0K ratings)★ 4 Goodreads (32.3K) ★ 4.63 Audible (716)More about this pick
Alex Jennings animates this mythology ensemble so vividly that you forget you're listening: The Dark Is Rising's finest and most assured entry in the series.
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A Single Man
by Christopher Isherwood
Narrated by Alex Jennings
★ 4.26 ABR Score (38.0K ratings)★ 4.05 Goodreads (38.0K)More about this pick
Professor George navigates one day of grief and routine in 1960s Los Angeles after his partner's sudden death.
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What a Carve Up!
The Winshaw Legacy • Book 1
by Jonathan Coe
Narrated by Alex Jennings, Jeff Rawle
★ 4.25 ABR Score (13.3K ratings)★ 4.11 Goodreads (13.3K)More about this pick
Meet England's most powerful and vile family, the Winsaws, in Coe's satirical masterpiece that channels both Dickens and Christie. Alex Jennings and Jeff Rawle capture the malicious comedy perfectly.
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Simple Genius: King and Maxwell
Sean King & Michelle Maxwell • Book 3
Narrated by Alex Jennings
★ 4.23 ABR Score (49.4K ratings)★ 4.01 Goodreads (49.4K)More about this pick
Michelle Maxwell uncovers hospital conspiracies while in therapy as Sean investigates a physicist's suspicious death at a think tank, blending personal healing with professional danger.
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Best Kept Secret
The Clifton Chronicles • Book 3
Narrated by Alex Jennings
★ 4.18 ABR Score (55.3K ratings)★ 4.04 Goodreads (52.2K) ★ 4.44 Audible (3.1K)More about this pick
Family fortunes hang in the balance as inheritance disputes threaten to destroy the Cliftons, with Alex Jennings voicing each character's desperate ambitions perfectly.
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The Edge Chronicles 2: The Winter Knights: Second Book of Quint
The Edge Chronicles: The Quint Saga • Book 2
by Paul Stewart, Chris Riddell
Narrated by Alex Jennings
★ 4.17 ABR Score (4.8K ratings)★ 4.22 Goodreads (4.7K) ★ 4.83 Audible (30) - 17
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Dramatised)
George Smiley • Book 5
Narrated by Simon Russell Beale, Anna Chancellor, Alex Jennings, Kenneth Cranham, Bill Paterson
★ 4.17 ABR Score (107.2K ratings)★ 4.06 Goodreads (107.0K) ★ 4.4 Audible (158)More about this pick
George Smiley hunts for the Soviet mole buried deep in British Intelligence's highest ranks in this full-cast dramatization featuring Simon Russell Beale as the legendary spymaster himself.
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The Edge Chronicles 7
The Edge Chronicles: Rook Trilogy • Book 1
by Paul Stewart, Chris Riddell
Narrated by Alex Jennings
★ 4.15 ABR Score (6.4K ratings)★ 4.22 Goodreads (6.4K) ★ 4.63 Audible (19) - 19
Terry Pratchett: The BBC Radio Drama Collection
by Terry Pratchett, Martin Jarvis, Sheila Hancock, Anton Lesser, Alex Jennings, Philip Jackson, Mark Heap
Narrated by Alex Jennings, Anton Lesser, Full Cast, Mark Heap, Martin Jarvis, Philip Jackson, Sheila Hancock
★ 4.15 ABR Score (1.8K ratings)★ 4.1 Goodreads (781) ★ 4.45 Audible (1.0K)More about this pick
Seven full-cast BBC productions transport you to Discworld through the voices of Martin Jarvis, Sheila Hancock, and Anton Lesser in this comprehensive radio collection.
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The Curse of the Gloamglozer
The Edge Chronicles: The Quint Saga • Book 1
by Paul Stewart, Chris Riddell
Narrated by Alex Jennings
★ 4.15 ABR Score (8.4K ratings)★ 4.13 Goodreads (8.4K) ★ 4.32 Audible (47) - 21
Pride and Prejudice
by Jane Austen
Narrated by Alex Jennings
★ 4.13 ABR Score (4.9M ratings)★ 4.3 Goodreads (4.9M) ★ 3.5 Audible (2)More about this pick
Alex Jennings navigates Austen's razor-sharp social commentary with perfect comic timing, making every cutting observation land with maximum impact.
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Midnight Over Sanctaphrax
The Edge Chronicles: The Twig Saga • Book 3
by Paul Stewart
Narrated by Alex Jennings
★ 4.13 ABR Score (8.1K ratings)★ 4.24 Goodreads (8.1K) ★ 4.86 Audible (7)More about this pick
By book three, you're so deep in Stewart's world that catastrophe feels intimate. Jennings' narration is so assured it makes the impossible feel inevitable.
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Stormchaser
The Edge Chronicles (chronological) • Book 5
by Paul Stewart, Chris Riddell
Narrated by Alex Jennings
★ 4.13 ABR Score (10.1K ratings)★ 4.19 Goodreads (10.1K) ★ 4.09 Audible (11)More about this pick
Alex Jennings' narration transforms the Edge Chronicles' whimsical world into something genuinely epic, making this sky pirate saga worth the commitment.
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Mightier Than the Sword
The Clifton Chronicles • Book 5
Narrated by Alex Jennings
★ 4.11 ABR Score (37.1K ratings)★ 4.19 Goodreads (36.9K) ★ 4.55 Audible (170)More about this pick
Harry Clifton's campaign to free imprisoned Soviet author Anatoly Babakov becomes a dangerous game of international politics and personal vendettas in Archer's expertly plotted saga.
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The Edge Chronicles 8: Vox: Second Book of Rook
The Edge Chronicles: Rook Trilogy • Book 2
by Paul Stewart, Chris Riddell
Narrated by Alex Jennings
★ 4.08 ABR Score (4.7K ratings)★ 4.15 Goodreads (4.7K) ★ 4.56 Audible (9)
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