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

54 audiobooks in collection
3.91 avg ABR rating
Horror, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Biography & Memoir, Sci-Fi, Business, Thriller, Literature & Fiction, Mystery, Non-Fiction

Best Gideon Emery Audiobooks

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    The Nightmare Stacks

    Laundry Files • Book 7

    by Charles Stross

    Narrated by Gideon Emery

    4.42 ABR Score (7.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.23 Goodreads (6.8K) ★ 4.65 Audible (1.1K)
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    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 Apocalypse Codex

    Laundry Files • Book 4

    by Charles Stross

    Narrated by Gideon Emery

    4.36 ABR Score (12.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.18 Goodreads (11.5K) ★ 4.62 Audible (1.3K)
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    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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    The Delirium Brief

    Laundry Files • Book 8

    by Charles Stross

    Narrated by Gideon Emery

    4.35 ABR Score (6.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.26 Goodreads (5.9K) ★ 4.65 Audible (926)
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    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 Rhesus Chart

    Laundry Files • Book 5

    by Charles Stross

    Narrated by Gideon Emery

    4.34 ABR Score (10.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.19 Goodreads (9.5K) ★ 4.6 Audible (1.2K)
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    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

    by Charles Stross

    Narrated by Gideon Emery

    4.33 ABR Score (14.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.19 Goodreads (12.7K) ★ 4.53 Audible (1.4K)
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    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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    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)
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    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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    Casino Infernale

    Secret Histories • Book 7

    by Simon R. Green

    Narrated by Gideon Emery

    4.19 ABR Score (2.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.12 Goodreads (2.5K) ★ 4.55 Audible (354)
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    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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    For Heaven's Eyes Only

    Secret Histories • Book 5

    by Simon R. Green

    Narrated by Gideon Emery

    4.18 ABR Score (4.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.05 Goodreads (3.6K) ★ 4.52 Audible (429)
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    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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    Size Matters Not: The Extraordinary Life and Career of Warwick Davis

    by Warwick Davis, George Lucas

    Narrated by Gideon Emery

    4.18 ABR Score (1.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.27 Goodreads (969) ★ 4.79 Audible (448)
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    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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    From Hell with Love

    Secret Histories • Book 4

    by Simon R. Green

    Narrated by Gideon Emery

    4.15 ABR Score (4.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.03 Goodreads (4.1K) ★ 4.42 Audible (520)
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    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.

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    Season of Skulls

    Laundry Files • Book 12

    by Charles Stross

    Narrated by Gideon Emery

    4.15 ABR Score (2.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.16 Goodreads (2.0K) ★ 4.56 Audible (114)
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    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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    Live and Let Drood

    Secret Histories • Book 6

    by Simon R. Green

    Narrated by Gideon Emery

    4.14 ABR Score (3.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.02 Goodreads (3.4K) ★ 4.45 Audible (400)
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    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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    Moonbreaker

    Secret Histories • Book 11

    by Simon R. Green

    Narrated by Gideon Emery

    4.14 ABR Score (1.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.08 Goodreads (924) ★ 4.61 Audible (251)
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    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

    by Charles Stross

    Narrated by Gideon Emery

    4.13 ABR Score (1.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.16 Goodreads (1.3K) ★ 4.61 Audible (114)
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    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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    Property of a Lady Faire

    Secret Histories • Book 8

    by Simon R. Green

    Narrated by Gideon Emery

    4.13 ABR Score (2.3K ratings)
    ★ 4 Goodreads (2.0K) ★ 4.52 Audible (336)
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    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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    Night Fall

    Secret Histories • Book 12

    by Simon R. Green

    Narrated by Gideon Emery

    4.13 ABR Score (1.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.16 Goodreads (907) ★ 4.5 Audible (278)
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    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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    Dead Lies Dreaming

    Laundry Files • Book 10

    by Charles Stross

    Narrated by Gideon Emery

    4.10 ABR Score (3.9K ratings)
    ★ 3.97 Goodreads (3.5K) ★ 4.37 Audible (422)
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    The Regicide Report (Laundry Files, 14)

    Laundry Files • Book 14

    by Charles Stross

    Narrated by Gideon Emery

    4.10 ABR Score (691 ratings)
    ★ 4.3 Goodreads (625) ★ 4.56 Audible (66)
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    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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    Invictus: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation

    by John Carlin

    Narrated by Gideon Emery

    4.09 ABR Score (5.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.18 Goodreads (5.6K) ★ 4.73 Audible (104)
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    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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    From a Drood to a Kill

    Secret Histories • Book 9

    by Simon R. Green

    Narrated by Gideon Emery

    4.08 ABR Score (1.8K ratings)
    ★ 3.99 Goodreads (1.6K) ★ 4.39 Audible (289)
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    Supernatural enforcer Eddie Drood investigates murders among his own family members while ancient enemies close in on the Drood stronghold.

All Gideon Emery Audiobooks (54)

Fantasy (21)

The Apocalypse Codex by Charles Stross
4.18 11h 54m
The Delirium Brief by Charles Stross
4.26 13h 47m
The Rhesus Chart by Charles Stross
4.19 13h 19m
The Fuller Memorandum by Charles Stross
4.19 10h 48m
Casino Infernale by Simon R. Green
4.12 14h 10m
For Heaven's Eyes Only by Simon R. Green
4.05 13h 33m
From Hell with Love by Simon R. Green
4.03 12h 1m
Season of Skulls by Charles Stross
4.16 12h 36m
Live and Let Drood by Simon R. Green
4.02 12h 53m
Moonbreaker by Simon R. Green
4.08 10h 58m
A Conventional Boy by Charles Stross
4.16 7h 41m
Property of a Lady Faire by Simon R. Green
4.00
Night Fall by Simon R. Green
4.16 17h 45m
Dead Lies Dreaming by Charles Stross
3.97 11h 20m
4.30 10h 57m
From a Drood to a Kill by Simon R. Green
3.99 13h 48m
Escape from Yokai Land by Charles Stross
3.92 1h 57m
3.84 6h 57m
Dr. DOA by Simon R. Green
3.83 11h 53m
To Kill a Shadow by Katherine Quinn
3.74 13h 31m
To Shatter the Night by Katherine Quinn
3.79 14h 1m

Sci-Fi (10)

The Jennifer Morgue by Charles Stross
4.02 13h 45m
Quantum of Nightmares by Charles Stross
4.11 13h 36m
The Atrocity Archives by Charles Stross
3.89 10h 56m
Zero World by Jason M. Hough
3.79 15h 21m
Where is Anybody? by Simon R. Green
3.89 6h 31m
Kiteworld by Keith Roberts
3.63 11h 35m
Helix by Eric Brown
3.60 14h 36m
The Down Days by Ilze Hugo
3.44 10h 41m
Hell Ship by Philip Palmer
3.57 14h 29m
Tor.com: Selected Original Fiction, 2008-2012 by Tor Books, Sylvia Day, Brandon Sanderson, Charles Stross, Ken MacLeod, Lee Mandelo, Rachel Swirsky, Meghan McCarron, John Scalzi
3.32 10h 9m

Mystery (7)

3.91 7h 53m
Elysium Tide by James R. Hannibal
4.17 9h 36m
What Song the Sirens Sang by Simon R. Green
3.80 6h 32m
Not of This World by Simon R. Green
3.90 6h 36m
3.82 12h 33m
Bright Segments by James Sallis
3.67 30h 25m
Cruel is the Night by Karo Hämäläinen, Owen F. Witesman
2.83 8h 31m

Thriller (4)

Biography & Memoir (3)

Literature & Fiction (3)

The Illegal by Lawrence Hill
3.79 12h 19m
3.82 6h 58m
The Boat by Nam Le
3.62 10h 31m

Business (2)

Non-Fiction (2)

Horror (1)

The Nightmare Stacks by Charles Stross
4.23 14h 54m

Historical Fiction (1)

The Duchess by Danielle Steel
4.06 10h 4m