Where to Start with Terry Brooks
- Best entry point → Armageddon's Children
- Best standalone → Street Freaks
- Start The Original Shannara Trilogy series → First King of Shannara
- What fans keep coming back to → The Sword of Shannara
- Best narrator for Terry Brooks → The Elfstones of Shannara
- Highest rated by listeners → The Wishsong of Shannara (The Original Shannara Trilogy #3)
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The Wishsong of Shannara
The Original Shannara Trilogy • Book 3
by Terry Brooks
Narrated by Scott Brick
★ 4.17 ABR Score (59.6K ratings)★ 3.99 Goodreads (55.7K) ★ 4.56 Audible (3.9K)More about this pick
Scott Brick guides listeners through Brin Ohmsford's magical voice training as the Ildatch's ancient evil awakens, demanding her unique Wishsong magic to prevent mankind's destruction.
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First King of Shannara
The Original Shannara Trilogy
by Terry Brooks
Narrated by Scott Brick
★ 4.13 ABR Score (34.2K ratings)★ 3.98 Goodreads (31.6K) ★ 4.56 Audible (2.7K)More about this pick
Bremen the outcast Druid discovers that only a legendary sword can stop the Warlock Lord from enslaving the Four Lands forever. Scott Brick's commanding voice suits this tale of desperate alliances and magical warfare.
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The Elfstones of Shannara
The Original Shannara Trilogy • Book 2
by Terry Brooks
Narrated by Scott Brick
★ 4.29 ABR Score (75.6K ratings)★ 3.99 Goodreads (74.2K) ★ 4.77 Audible (1.4K)More about this pick
Scott Brick guides Wil Ohmsford's quest to save the dying tree that holds back demonic forces, in Brooks' expansion of his fantasy world beyond the original trilogy.
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Jarka Ruus
High Druid of Shannara • Book 1
by Terry Brooks
Narrated by Scott Brick
★ 4.05 ABR Score (16.0K ratings)★ 3.98 Goodreads (14.9K) ★ 4.51 Audible (1.1K)More about this pick
Twenty years after renouncing her role as the Ilse Witch, Grianne Ohmsford now leads the Third Druid Council but faces enemies who want her gone.
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Street Freaks
by Terry Brooks
Narrated by Simon Vance
★ 3.63 ABR Score (2.1K ratings)★ 3.59 Goodreads (1.4K) ★ 4.15 Audible (724)More about this pick
Ashton Collins's father disappears after a dire warning to seek the Street Freaks in the Red Zone, the dangerous heart of mega-city Los Angeles. Terry Brooks crafts thrilling futuristic action where safe skyscraper life explodes into underground survival.
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The Sword of Shannara
The Original Shannara Trilogy • Book 1
by Terry Brooks
Narrated by Scott Brick
★ 3.92 ABR Score (102.4K ratings)★ 3.77 Goodreads (102.0K) ★ 4.42 Audible (407)More about this pick
From peaceful Shady Vale to facing the Warlock Lord, Shea Ohmsford's reluctant heroism unfolds across this epic fantasy foundation.
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Armageddon's Children
Genesis of Shannara • Book 1
by Terry Brooks
Narrated by Dick Hill
★ 4.16 ABR Score (17.8K ratings)★ 4.12 Goodreads (17.6K) ★ 4.74 Audible (218)More about this pick
Brooks launches his Genesis of Shannara trilogy in a post-apocalyptic world where demons hunt the last survivors and ancient magic begins to stir.
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Unfettered II: New Tales
Gunnie Rose #0.0 - The Gunnie
by Shawn Speakman, Naomi Novik, Brandon Sanderson, Jim Butcher, Charlaine Harris, Michael J. Sullivan, Janny Wurts, Bradley P. Beaulieu, Mark Lawrence, Seanan McGuire, Peter Orullian, Aidan Moher, Erin Lindsey, John A. Pitts, Anthony Ryan, Scott Sigler, Django Wexler, Rachel Caine, Sarah Beth Durst, David Farland, Terry Brooks
Narrated by Sarah Coomes, Michael Kramer, Emily Woo Zeller, Nick Podehl, Erin Mallon, Tim Gerard Reynolds
★ 3.78 ABR Score (1.5K ratings)★ 3.92 Goodreads (1.1K) ★ 4.25 Audible (340)More about this pick
Twenty-one fantasy heavyweights contribute original stories to this charity anthology, creating a sampler that showcases the genre's current masters across multiple narrative styles.
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Unfettered III: New Tales
The Chathrand Voyage #Thasha's cure for cabin fever • Book 3
by Shawn Speakman, Tad Williams, Naomi Novik, Megan Lindholm, John Gwynne, David Anthony Durham, Callie Bates, Jason Denzel, Carrie Vaughn, Deborah A. Wolf, Anna Stephens, Patrick Swenson, Ramon Terrell, Peter Orullian, Terry Brooks, Lev Grossman, Seanan McGuire, Delilah S. Dawson, Mark Lawrence, Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson, Brandon Sanderson, Robert Jordan, Todd Lockwood, Cat Rambo, Robert V.S. Redick, Ken Scholes, Scott Sigler, Anna Smith Spark, Marc Turner
Narrated by Khristine Hvam, Natasha Soudek, Mark Bramhall, Michael Page, Vikas Adam, Tim Gerard Reynolds, Andrew Wincott, Luke Daniels, Brian Nishii
★ 3.84 ABR Score (779 ratings)★ 3.98 Goodreads (571) ★ 4.37 Audible (208)More about this pick
This charity anthology features stories from fantasy's biggest names, with multiple narrators bringing each author's unique voice to life.
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Legends II: Volume II
Legends II • Book 2
by Diana Gabaldon, Terry Brooks
Narrated by Simon Prebble, Charles Keating
★ 3.70 ABR Score (277 ratings)★ 4.15 Audible (277) -
Unbound
Annwn Cycle #The Dead's Revenant • Book 1
by Shawn Speakman, Terry Brooks, Seanan McGuire, Mark Lawrence, Anthony Ryan, Tim Marquitz, Brian Staveley, Michael J. Sullivan, John Marco, Peter Orullian, Kat Richardson, Sam Sykes, Kristen Britain, Mazarkis Williams, Jim Butcher, Rachel Caine, Harry Connolly, Delilah S. Dawson, David Anthony Durham, Jason M. Hough, Mary Robinette Kowal, Joe Abercrombie
Narrated by Dick Hill, Tim Gerard Reynolds, Nick Podehl, Allyson Johnson, Christian Rodska, Emily Bauer
★ 3.74 ABR Score (1.3K ratings)★ 3.96 Goodreads (1.0K) ★ 4.13 Audible (246)More about this pick
Twenty-three fantasy authors contribute unrestrained tales without thematic constraints in this genre celebration. The six-narrator ensemble including Tim Gerard Reynolds and Nick Podehl brings remarkable variety to each story.
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