Best Chris Riddell Audiobooks

The best Chris Riddell audiobooks — 9 titles ranked by listening experience across Fantasy, averaging 3.94 ABR stars.

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Chris Riddell's greatest gift is making you feel like you've stumbled onto a world that already existed long before the first page — fully formed, teeming, and strange. The Edge Chronicles, built with co-author Paul Stewart across the Quint Saga and the Rook Trilogy, is set on a literal edge of the world where sky pirates navigate stormchaser vessels through clouds of elemental darkness and grotesque creatures haunt the Deepwoods. What sets Riddell apart is that his intricate pen-and-ink illustration isn't decoration — it's worldbuilding. The detail of his drawings extends the prose, filling in what the text only gestures at. His writing has the same quality: baroque, specific, alive with invented nomenclature that feels earned rather than whimsical. Stormchaser and The Curse of the Gloamglozer are ideal entry points for readers who want their fantasy to feel genuinely immersive — the kind that rewards slow reading and rewards it again.

Chris Riddell's highest-rated audiobook in our collection is The Sleeper and the Spindle, narrated by Julian Rhind-Tutt, Lara Pulver, Niamh Walsh, Adjoa Andoh, Peter Forbes, John Sessions, Michael Maloney, Sean Baker, Jane Collingwood, Clare Corbett, Allan Corduner, Katherine Kingsley (3.99 ABR stars). Performed by Julian Rhind-Tutt, Lara Pulver, Niamh Walsh, Adjoa Andoh, Peter Forbes, John Sessions, Michael Maloney, Sean Baker, Jane Collingwood, Clare Corbett, Allan Corduner, Katherine Kingsley, Alex Jennings. Rankings here weight the listening experience — narrator performance and Audible ratings factor alongside reader scores.

Where to Start with Chris Riddell

  1. 1
    The Sleeper and the Spindle cover

    The Sleeper and the Spindle

    by Neil Gaiman, Chris Riddell

    Narrated by Julian Rhind-Tutt, Lara Pulver, Niamh Walsh, Adjoa Andoh, Peter Forbes, John Sessions, Michael Maloney, Sean Baker, Jane Collingwood, Clare Corbett, Allan Corduner, Katherine Kingsley

    ★ 3.99 ABR Score (55.4K ratings)
    ★ 3.87 Goodreads (54.3K) ★ 4.46 Audible (1.1K)
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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

    ★ 3.97 ABR Score (8.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.13 Goodreads (8.4K) ★ 4.32 Audible (47)
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  3. 3
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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)
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  4. 4
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    The Edge Chronicles 7

    The Edge Chronicles: Rook Trilogy • Book 1

    by Paul Stewart, Chris Riddell

    Narrated by Alex Jennings

    ★ 4.00 ABR Score (6.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.22 Goodreads (6.4K) ★ 4.63 Audible (19)
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  5. 5
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    The Edge Chronicles: Freeglader

    The Edge Chronicles (abridged) • Book 9

    by Paul Stewart, Chris Riddell

    Narrated by Alex Jennings

    ★ 3.75 ABR Score (10 ratings)
    ★ 4.4 Audible (10)
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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

    ★ 3.93 ABR Score (4.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.15 Goodreads (4.7K) ★ 4.56 Audible (9)
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    Stormchaser

    The Edge Chronicles (chronological) • Book 5

    by Paul Stewart, Chris Riddell

    Narrated by Alex Jennings

    ★ 3.96 ABR Score (10.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.19 Goodreads (10.1K) ★ 4.09 Audible (11)
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    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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    Clash of the Sky Galleons

    The Edge Chronicles: The Quint Saga • Book 3

    by Paul Stewart, Chris Riddell

    Narrated by Alex Jennings

    ★ 3.93 ABR Score (4.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.23 Goodreads (4.1K) ★ 4.6 Audible (5)
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    Alex Jennings' performance makes every sky-pirate duel crackle. A revenge tale that moves with such relentless momentum you can't put it down.

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    The Edge Chronicles Standalone: The Lost Barkscrolls

    The Edge Chronicles (chronological) #0, 6.5, 7.5 & 9.5

    by Paul Stewart, Chris Riddell

    Narrated by Alex Jennings

    ★ 3.88 ABR Score (977 ratings)
    ★ 4.32 Goodreads (973) ★ 4.5 Audible (4)
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How We Rank Audiobooks

Rankings are driven by listener ratings and review counts from Audible and Goodreads. Books with high ratings across a large number of listeners rank higher — a 4.5 with 50,000 ratings says more than a 4.8 with 200.

Unlike most book lists, we weight audiobook-specific factors: narrator performance, production quality, and how well a story translates to audio. A great book with a poor narration isn't a great audiobook.

We don't accept paid placements or prioritize new releases. These rankings reflect what listeners actually enjoy, not what's being promoted.

Rankings update periodically as new ratings come in and new titles are added to the collection.

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