Best Scott Lynch Audiobooks

The best Scott Lynch audiobooks — 6 titles ranked by listening experience across Fantasy, Sci-Fi, averaging 4.20 ABR stars.

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Scott Lynch built one of fantasy's most beloved anti-hero duos with The Lies of Locke Lamora, and the Gentleman Bastard Sequence remains a benchmark for heist-driven fantasy. His prose crackles with wit — dense with period-accurate detail, sharp with street-level menace, and threaded through with con-artist banter that makes you feel like you're in on the scheme. Lynch writes thieves who are genuinely clever, plots that deliver the grift's satisfaction, and cities that feel like they existed before the story arrived and will persist after it ends. Camorr, the Venetian-styled setting of Locke Lamora, is among fantasy's great invented cities. Readers who want moral ambiguity, elaborate schemes, and the occasional gut-punch emotional turn will find Lynch deeply rewarding — though fair warning: the gaps between sequels have tested even devoted fans' patience.

Scott Lynch's highest-rated audiobook in our collection is Red Seas Under Red Skies, narrated by Michael Page (4.56 ABR stars). Performed by narrators including Michael Page, George R. R. Martin, Gwendoline Christie, Roy Dotrice, Ron Donachie, W. Morgan Sheppard, Janis Ian, Molly Quinn, Rupert Degas, Iain Glen, Various, John Lee, Katharine Lee McEwan, Kim Mai Guest, Elliot Hill, Richard Brewer, Nicholas Guy Smith, Kirby Heyborne, Julia Whelan, Mark Deakins, Steve West, Ralph Lister, and more. Rankings here weight the listening experience — narrator performance and Audible ratings factor alongside reader scores.

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    Red Seas Under Red Skies

    Gentleman Bastard Sequence • Book 2

    by Scott Lynch

    Narrated by Michael Page

    4.56 ABR Score (166.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.25 Goodreads (161.6K) ★ 4.72 Audible (5.1K)
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    The Republic of Thieves

    Gentleman Bastard Sequence • Book 3

    by Scott Lynch

    Narrated by Michael Page

    4.49 ABR Score (126.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.21 Goodreads (122.3K) ★ 4.64 Audible (4.6K)
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    The Lies of Locke Lamora

    Gentleman Bastard Sequence • Book 1

    by Scott Lynch

    Narrated by Michael Page

    4.51 ABR Score (348.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.3 Goodreads (345.8K) ★ 4.63 Audible (2.2K)
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    Lynch's gentleman thief Locke runs elaborate cons in the Venice-like city of Camorr until a mysterious adversary threatens his crew of Bastards.

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    Rogues

    Ancient World

    by George R.R. Martin, Gardner Dozois, Joe Abercrombie, Gillian Flynn, Matthew Hughes, Joe R. Lansdale, Michael Swanwick, David Ball, Carrie Vaughn, Scott Lynch, Bradley Denton, Cherie Priest, Daniel Abraham, Paul Cornell, Steven Saylor, Garth Nix, Walter Jon Williams, Phyllis Eisenstein, Lisa Tuttle, Neil Gaiman, Connie Willis, Patrick Rothfuss

    Narrated by George R. R. Martin, Gwendoline Christie, Roy Dotrice, Ron Donachie, W. Morgan Sheppard, Janis Ian, Molly Quinn, Rupert Degas, Iain Glen, Various

    3.81 ABR Score (27.5K ratings)
    ★ 3.87 Goodreads (24.6K) ★ 4.13 Audible (2.9K)
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    Twenty-one stories featuring morally ambiguous characters from fantasy and historical fiction masters. The varied cast including Gwendoline Christie and Iain Glen gives voice to antiheroes across multiple genres and time periods.

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    The Book of Swords

    Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz #7 - A Long, Cold Trail

    by Gardner Dozois, K.J. Parker, Robin Hobb, Ken Liu, Matthew Hughes, Kate Elliott, Walter Jon Williams, Daniel Abraham, C.J. Cherryh, Garth Nix, Ellen Kushner, Scott Lynch, Rich Larson, Elizabeth Bear, Lavie Tidhar, Cecelia Holland, George R.R. Martin

    Narrated by John Lee, Katharine Lee McEwan, Kim Mai Guest, Elliot Hill, Richard Brewer, Nicholas Guy Smith, Kirby Heyborne, Julia Whelan, Mark Deakins, Steve West, Ralph Lister

    3.93 ABR Score (2.6K ratings)
    ★ 3.67 Goodreads (2.2K) ★ 4.16 Audible (419)
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    Seventeen fantasy masters including George R.R. Martin and Robin Hobb contribute sword-and-sorcery tales inspired by classic heroes like Conan. The ensemble of narrators including John Lee and Julia Whelan matches the anthology's varied storytelling styles.

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    The Book of Magic

    Spiritwalker #Bloom

    by Gardner Dozois, K.J. Parker, Megan Lindholm, John Crowley, Matthew Hughes, Ysabeau S. Wilce, Rachel Pollack, Eleanor Arnason, Tim Powers, Liz Williams, Garth Nix, Elizabeth Bear, Lavie Tidhar, Greg Van Eekhout, George R.R. Martin, Andy Duncan, Kate Elliott, Scott Lynch

    Narrated by Elliot Hill, Karissa Vacker, Sile Bermingham, Maxwell Caulfield, Susan Denaker, Scott Brick, Bruce Mann, Holly Palance, Nicholas Guy Smith, Steve West, Various

    3.91 ABR Score (1.0K ratings)
    ★ 3.7 Goodreads (839) ★ 4.07 Audible (191)
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    Eighteen fantasy authors explore magic's dual nature—from Gandalf to Saruman, from Glinda to the Wicked Witch—in stories spanning power, wisdom, and corruption. Multiple narrators including Scott Brick and Karissa Vacker bring distinct voices to each tale's unique magical system.

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.

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