Where to Start with Gerard Doyle
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Eldest
The Inheritance Cycle • Book 2
by Christopher Paolini
Narrated by Gerard Doyle
★ 4.52 ABR Score (526.4K ratings)★ 4.05 Goodreads (495.5K) ★ 4.78 Audible (30.8K)More about this pick
Eragon trains with elven masters while his cousin Roran leads their village against King Galbatorix's forces. Gerard Doyle's performance captures both the magical education and the brutal village warfare.
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Brisingr
The Inheritance Cycle • Book 3
by Christopher Paolini
Narrated by Gerard Doyle
★ 4.46 ABR Score (438.7K ratings)★ 4.11 Goodreads (418.6K) ★ 4.71 Audible (20.1K)More about this pick
Eragon forges his own dragon sword while battling the Empire, and Gerard Doyle captures every moment of this epic fantasy's most pivotal installment.
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Eragon
The Inheritance Cycle • Book 1
by Christopher Paolini
Narrated by Gerard Doyle
★ 4.44 ABR Score (2.0M ratings)★ 3.97 Goodreads (2.0M) ★ 4.67 Audible (43.7K)More about this pick
Gerard Doyle's narration brings depth to Paolini's tale of a boy whose mysterious blue stone hatches into a dragon and a dangerous legacy.
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The Secret Hours
Slough House
by Mick Herron
Narrated by Gerard Doyle
★ 4.32 ABR Score (22.4K ratings)★ 4.25 Goodreads (21.4K) ★ 4.45 Audible (1.0K)More about this pick
A government inquiry into MI5's historical misconduct uncovers a decades-old Berlin operation that someone desperately wants buried. Gerard Doyle captures the dry wit and creeping paranoia as civil servants dig deeper than anyone expected them to survive.
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English Passengers
by Matthew Kneale
Narrated by Ron Keith, Simon Prebble, Gerard Doyle, Gianfranco Negroponte, Patrick Tull, Jenny Sterlin, Davina Porter
★ 3.91 ABR Score (7.7K ratings)★ 4.07 Goodreads (7.6K) ★ 4.32 Audible (28)More about this pick
Multiple narrators handle the sprawling cast of this 1857 adventure, from Manx rum smugglers to eccentric English explorers seeking Eden in Tasmania.
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Last Orders
by Graham Swift, Unknown Author
Narrated by Simon Prebble, Gigi Marceau Clarke, Jenny Sterlin, Ian Stewart, Gerard Doyle, Simon Jones, Domonick Hawksley
★ 3.60 ABR Score (15.2K ratings)★ 3.67 Goodreads (15.1K) ★ 3.74 Audible (179)More about this pick
Multiple narrators bring distinct voices to four working-class men on a road trip, turning what could be a simple premise into a layered meditation on memory, loyalty, and unspoken grief that justifies Swift's Booker Prize.
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Best of "The Strand Magazine": 25 Years of Twists, Turns, and Tales from the Modern Masters of Mystery and Fiction
by Andrew F. Gulli - editor, Lamia J. Gulli - editor
Narrated by January LaVoy, Gerard Doyle, Simon Vance, Dion Graham, Dan Bittner, Roger Clark, Edoardo Ballerini, Grover Gardner, Christopher Tester, Jean Brassard, Scott Brick, Tim Campbell, Robin Miles, Joel Froomkin, full cast
★ 3.47 ABR Score (7 ratings)★ 4.67 Goodreads (3) ★ 3.75 Audible (4)More about this pick
A murderer's row of narrators tackles stories from Jo Nesbø, Tennessee Williams, and Ray Bradbury in this anniversary anthology. January LaVoy, Simon Vance, and the stellar cast capture each author's distinct voice perfectly.
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