Where to Start with Alex Jennings
- New to Alex Jennings? Start here → The Woman in Me
- What fans keep coming back to → Pride and Prejudice
- Short listen, big payoff → The Gods of War
- Highest rated by listeners → The Death of Kings
- Best narrator–author pairing → The Camel Club
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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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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 Tenant of Wildfell Hall
by Anne Brontë
Narrated by Alex Jennings, Jenny Agutter
★ 4.34 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 Camel Club
The Camel Club • Book 1
Narrated by Alex Jennings
★ 4.33 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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The Whole Truth: Shaw and Katie James 1
A. Shaw • Book 1
Narrated by Alex Jennings
★ 4.30 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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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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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
★ 4.24 ABR Score (713.6K ratings)★ 4.28 Goodreads (713.5K) ★ 4.74 Audible (74) - 11
Simple Genius: King and Maxwell
Sean King & Michelle Maxwell • Book 3
Narrated by Alex Jennings
★ 4.22 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
★ 4.20 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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Silver on the Tree
The Dark Is Rising • Book 5
by Susan Cooper
Narrated by Alex Jennings
★ 4.19 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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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Dramatised)
George Smiley • Book 5
Narrated by Simon Russell Beale, Anna Chancellor, Alex Jennings, Kenneth Cranham, Bill Paterson
★ 4.16 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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Greenwitch
The Dark Is Rising • Book 3
by Susan Cooper, Unknown Author
Narrated by Alex Jennings
★ 4.14 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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The Dark Is Rising
The Dark Is Rising • Book 2
by Susan Cooper
Narrated by Alex Jennings
★ 4.13 ABR Score (62.5K ratings)★ 4.04 Goodreads (61.2K) ★ 4.54 Audible (1.3K) - 17
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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Mightier Than the Sword
The Clifton Chronicles • Book 5
Narrated by Alex Jennings
★ 4.12 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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Be Careful What You Wish For
The Clifton Chronicles • Book 4
Narrated by Alex Jennings
★ 4.09 ABR Score (43.2K ratings)★ 4.13 Goodreads (43.0K) ★ 4.48 Audible (194)More about this pick
Harry and Emma Clifton rush to discover whether their son Sebastian survived a fatal car crash in this gripping installment of Archer's multigenerational saga.
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The Woman in Me
The Crown • Book 1
by Britney Spears, Robert Lacey
Narrated by Alex Jennings
★ 4.08 ABR Score (583.4K ratings)★ 3.83 Goodreads (583.4K)More about this pick
This appears to be a bundled collection mixing Spears' memoir with royal biography—Alex Jennings handles the crown material while the Spears content gets separate treatment in the package.
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The Sonnets - William Shakespeare
by William Shakespeare
Narrated by Alex Jennings
★ 4.06 ABR Score (113.2K ratings)★ 4.25 Goodreads (113.1K) ★ 4.39 Audible (57)More about this pick
Alex Jennings brings nuanced interpretation to Shakespeare's 154 interconnected poems, finding fresh meaning in verses that have sparked centuries of debate about love, beauty, and mortality.
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The Crown: The Official Companion, Volume 1: Elizabeth II, Winston Churchill, and the Making of a Young Queen (1947-1955)
The Crown: The Official Companion • Book 1
by Robert Lacey
Narrated by Alex Jennings
★ 4.03 ABR Score (3.6K ratings)★ 4.05 Goodreads (3.4K) ★ 4.62 Audible (200)More about this pick
Lacey pulls back the curtain on both the Netflix series and the real history behind Elizabeth II's early reign and her complex relationship with Churchill. Alex Jennings brings scholarly authority to the behind-the-scenes revelations.
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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
★ 4.03 ABR Score (4.8K ratings)★ 4.22 Goodreads (4.7K) ★ 4.83 Audible (30) - 24
Beyond Good and Evil
by Friedrich Nietzsche
Narrated by Alex Jennings, Roy McMillan
★ 4.02 ABR Score (117.7K ratings)★ 4.03 Goodreads (116.0K) ★ 4.31 Audible (1.7K)More about this pick
Two narrators amplify what makes Nietzsche urgent: aphorisms cut deeper when spoken, and his case against morality feels genuinely essential.
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The Patrick Melrose Novels
Patrick Melrose #1-4 • Book 1
Narrated by Alex Jennings
★ 4.02 ABR Score (9.9K ratings)★ 4.06 Goodreads (9.3K) ★ 4.35 Audible (614)More about this pick
Alex Jennings chronicles Patrick Melrose's battle to survive his savage childhood and find self-determination across four devastating novels. His nuanced performance captures both the searing wit and deep humanity of this privileged, self-loathing world.
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