Best Gideon Emery Audiobooks
Gideon Emery has made himself the definitive voice of British supernatural spy fiction — narrating all fourteen of Charles Stross's Laundry Files novels and fourteen entries in Simon R. Green's Secret Histories series. That's not a coincidence; his clipped, dry British delivery is perfectly calibrated for stories where bureaucratic tedium and Lovecraftian horror share the same sentence. His performance in The Atrocity Archives captures Stross's sardonic humor without winking at it, letting the absurdity land naturally. Emery's range extends well beyond genre fiction — he handles Danielle Steel and Paul Collier with equal composure — but listeners who find him through the Laundry Files tend to stay for the long haul. If you like your narrators understated, precise, and capable of making civil service jargon sound genuinely sinister, Emery is exactly your narrator.
Where to Start with Gideon Emery
- New to Gideon Emery? Start here → The Duchess
- What fans keep coming back to → The Atrocity Archives
- Short listen, big payoff → Size Matters Not: The Extraordinary Life and Career of Warwick Davis
- Highest rated by listeners → The Nightmare Stacks
- Best narrator–author pairing → The Jennifer Morgue
Best Gideon Emery Audiobooks
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The Nightmare Stacks
Laundry Files • Book 7
Narrated by Gideon Emery
★ 4.41 ABR Score (7.9K ratings)★ 4.23 Goodreads (6.8K) ★ 4.65 Audible (1.1K)More about this pick
Gideon Emery captures Alex's vampire condition and hometown anxieties as Leeds faces an otherworldly invasion that threatens both his cover and his family.
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The Duchess
by Danielle Steel
Narrated by Gideon Emery
★ 4.28 ABR Score (15.7K ratings)★ 4.06 Goodreads (13.5K) ★ 4.62 Audible (2.2K)More about this pick
Steel follows a duke's daughter from castle luxury to desperate exile when family betrayal strips away her identity. The audio format highlights the dramatic reversals of fortune.
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The Delirium Brief
Laundry Files • Book 8
Narrated by Gideon Emery
★ 4.22 ABR Score (6.8K ratings)★ 4.26 Goodreads (5.9K) ★ 4.65 Audible (926)More about this pick
Bob Howard's Laundry career faces exposure as someone threatens to reveal the secret agency's supernatural mission. Stross combines cosmic horror with spy thriller elements as bureaucratic hell meets literal hell.
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The Apocalypse Codex
Laundry Files • Book 4
Narrated by Gideon Emery
★ 4.21 ABR Score (12.7K ratings)★ 4.18 Goodreads (11.5K) ★ 4.62 Audible (1.3K)More about this pick
Computational demonologist Bob Howard faces occult threats and bureaucratic promotion in equal measure. The Laundry's supernatural civil service gets another brilliant installment.
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Size Matters Not: The Extraordinary Life and Career of Warwick Davis
by Warwick Davis, George Lucas
Narrated by Gideon Emery
★ 4.20 ABR Score (1.4K ratings)★ 4.27 Goodreads (969) ★ 4.79 Audible (448)More about this pick
Actor Warwick Davis chronicles his journey from Ewok village to Hollywood stardom despite the challenges of dwarfism. Gideon Emery's narration honors Davis's humor and resilience throughout his remarkable career.
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The Rhesus Chart
Laundry Files • Book 5
Narrated by Gideon Emery
★ 4.19 ABR Score (10.7K ratings)★ 4.19 Goodreads (9.5K) ★ 4.6 Audible (1.2K)More about this pick
Bob Howard faces the Laundry's first vampire problem when occult mathematics creates actual bloodsuckers. Gideon Emery balances the bureaucratic humor with mounting supernatural dread perfectly.
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The Fuller Memorandum
Laundry Files • Book 3
Narrated by Gideon Emery
★ 4.15 ABR Score (14.1K ratings)★ 4.19 Goodreads (12.7K) ★ 4.53 Audible (1.4K)More about this pick
Bob Howard faces Russian agents and ancient demons when a top-secret file vanishes from the Laundry archives in Stross's computational demonology thriller.
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Invictus: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation
by John Carlin
Narrated by Gideon Emery
★ 4.11 ABR Score (5.7K ratings)★ 4.18 Goodreads (5.6K) ★ 4.73 Audible (104)More about this pick
How Mandela used the 1995 Rugby World Cup to heal post-apartheid South Africa. The story moves from prison cell to championship match with remarkable scope.
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Casino Infernale
Secret Histories • Book 7
Narrated by Gideon Emery
★ 4.02 ABR Score (2.8K ratings)★ 4.12 Goodreads (2.5K) ★ 4.55 Audible (354)More about this pick
Eddie Drood and witch Molly Metcalf infiltrate the Shadow Bank's annual supernatural casino where losers forfeit their souls. Gideon Emery navigates this high-stakes fantasy where rigging the game means bringing down global supernatural crime's financiers.
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The Jennifer Morgue
Laundry Files • Book 2
Narrated by Gideon Emery
★ 4.02 ABR Score (16.5K ratings)★ 4.02 Goodreads (15.1K) ★ 4.39 Audible (1.4K)More about this pick
Lovecraftian horrors crash into James Bond parody as bureaucrat Bob Howard infiltrates a tech billionaire's yacht to prevent oceanic apocalypse. Emery's dry British delivery perfectly captures Stross's satirical tone.
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For Heaven's Eyes Only
Secret Histories • Book 5
Narrated by Gideon Emery
★ 4.00 ABR Score (4.0K ratings)★ 4.05 Goodreads (3.6K) ★ 4.52 Audible (429)More about this pick
Eddie Drood faces his family's greatest vulnerability after the Matriarch's murder opens them to Satanic conspiracy. Gideon Emery's narration matches the blend of humor and apocalyptic stakes.
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Season of Skulls
Laundry Files • Book 12
Narrated by Gideon Emery
★ 3.99 ABR Score (2.1K ratings)★ 4.16 Goodreads (2.0K) ★ 4.56 Audible (114)More about this pick
Britain's Prime Minister is an ancient eldritch god ruling a country where crime has plummeted because nearly every offense is punishable by death. Gideon Emery captures the absurd horror perfectly.
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Moonbreaker
Secret Histories • Book 11
Narrated by Gideon Emery
★ 3.99 ABR Score (1.2K ratings)★ 4.08 Goodreads (924) ★ 4.61 Audible (251)More about this pick
Eddie Drood has been poisoned with no cure available, giving him limited time to complete one final mission as the supernatural secret agent in Gideon Emery's gripping performance.
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A Conventional Boy
Laundry Files • Book 13
Narrated by Gideon Emery
★ 3.98 ABR Score (1.4K ratings)★ 4.16 Goodreads (1.3K) ★ 4.61 Audible (114)More about this pick
Derek Reilly's teenage D&D obsession triggered a government raid during the 1980s Satanic Panic, landing him in supernatural containment decades later. Gideon Emery perfectly captures the absurdist horror.
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Quantum of Nightmares
The New Management • Book 2
Narrated by Gideon Emery
★ 3.96 ABR Score (2.7K ratings)★ 4.11 Goodreads (2.4K) ★ 4.48 Audible (289)More about this pick
Britain operates under an eldritch god Prime Minister where death sentences await most crimes and supernatural enforcers patrol the streets in this Lovecraftian spy thriller.
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Night Fall
Secret Histories • Book 12
Narrated by Gideon Emery
★ 3.96 ABR Score (1.2K ratings)★ 4.16 Goodreads (907) ★ 4.5 Audible (278)More about this pick
In this epic finale to the Secret Histories, the control-obsessed Droods clash with the choice-loving inhabitants of the Nightside in Gideon Emery's sweeping performance.
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Property of a Lady Faire
Secret Histories • Book 8
Narrated by Gideon Emery
★ 3.96 ABR Score (2.3K ratings)★ 4 Goodreads (2.0K) ★ 4.52 Audible (336)More about this pick
Eddie Drood returns for another supernatural mission protecting the world from things that go bump in the night. Gideon Emery's sophisticated delivery suits Green's blend of espionage thriller and urban fantasy.
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The Regicide Report (Laundry Files, 14)
Laundry Files • Book 14
Narrated by Gideon Emery
★ 3.95 ABR Score (691 ratings)★ 4.3 Goodreads (625) ★ 4.56 Audible (66)More about this pick
The Laundry Files reaches its explosive finale as Bob and Mo face off against an Elder God Prime Minister targeting the monarchy, with Gideon Emery capturing the series' signature occult bureaucracy.
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Live and Let Drood
Secret Histories • Book 6
Narrated by Gideon Emery
★ 3.95 ABR Score (3.8K ratings)★ 4.02 Goodreads (3.4K) ★ 4.45 Audible (400)More about this pick
Eddie Drood faces threats from every direction as the secret supernatural-policing family fractures under pressure. Gideon Emery captures the Bond-meets-urban-fantasy tone, balancing quips with genuine stakes as enemies close in.
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From Hell with Love
Secret Histories • Book 4
Narrated by Gideon Emery
★ 3.95 ABR Score (4.6K ratings)★ 4.03 Goodreads (4.1K) ★ 4.42 Audible (520)More about this pick
Family politics turn lethal when the Drood Matriarch dies under suspicious circumstances, and Gideon Emery handles the mix of supernatural action and dark family humor with skillful timing.