Best Jenny Sterlin Audiobooks
Jenny Sterlin is an audiobook narrator with a warm, literary voice that has served some of the most beloved works in fantasy and Victorian crime fiction. She narrated Diana Wynne Jones' Howl's Moving Castle and House of Many Ways, capturing Jones' whimsical humor and the emotional undercurrents that give her work lasting appeal. Her narration of Connie Willis' Doomsday Book demonstrates her range with more serious speculative fiction. Sterlin's extensive work on Anne Perry's Thomas Pitt and Charlotte Ellison series — including The Hyde Park Headsman, Traitors Gate, Pentecost Alley, Ashworth Hall, Brunswick Gardens, and Bedford Square — established her as a major voice in Victorian mystery audio. She handles Perry's intricate social world with careful attention to class and period atmosphere. Sterlin also narrated Barbara Vine's The Chimney Sweeper's Boy, showing her range in literary crime fiction. Her performances combine accessibility with genuine sensitivity to a text's emotional and moral dimensions.
Where to Start with Jenny Sterlin
- New to Jenny Sterlin? Start here → Howl's Moving Castle
- What fans keep coming back to → Doomsday Book
- Short listen, big payoff → House of Many Ways
- Highest rated by listeners → Murder on the Serpentine
- Best narrator–author pairing → When Blood Lies
Best Jenny Sterlin Audiobooks
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Howl's Moving Castle
Howl's Castle • Book 1
by Diana Wynne Jones
Narrated by Jenny Sterlin
★ 4.51 ABR Score (467.2K ratings)★ 4.28 Goodreads (453.3K) ★ 4.7 Audible (13.9K)More about this pick
Sophie's curse transforms her into an old woman, leading to her job cleaning house for the vain wizard Howl in his walking castle. Jenny Sterlin brings warmth to this tale where self-doubt becomes literal transformation and true character shines through magical chaos.
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House of Many Ways
Howl's Moving Castle • Book 3
by Diana Wynne Jones
Narrated by Jenny Sterlin
★ 4.30 ABR Score (53.2K ratings)★ 4.05 Goodreads (50.9K) ★ 4.73 Audible (2.3K)More about this pick
A space-bending cottage where every door leads somewhere impossible creates chaos when teenage Charmain housesits for the Royal Wizard. Jenny Sterlin captures Charmain's bewilderment perfectly as rooms multiply and magical mayhem ensues.
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Murder on the Serpentine
Charlotte & Thomas Pitt • Book 32
by Anne Perry
Narrated by Jenny Sterlin
★ 4.22 ABR Score (3.9K ratings)★ 4.16 Goodreads (3.4K) ★ 4.67 Audible (479)More about this pick
Thomas Pitt undertakes a dangerous secret mission for Queen Victoria that could end his career permanently. Jenny Sterlin handles both royal intrigue and domestic scenes with Victorian authenticity.
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Who Cries for the Lost
Sebastian St. Cyr • Book 18
by C.S. Harris
Narrated by Jenny Sterlin
★ 4.21 ABR Score (4.5K ratings)★ 4.32 Goodreads (4.2K) ★ 4.67 Audible (219)More about this pick
While London awaits news from Waterloo, Sebastian investigates a mutilated major pulled from the Thames. Sterlin captures Regency London's anxious atmosphere.
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When Blood Lies
Sebastian St. Cyr • Book 17
by C.S. Harris
Narrated by Jenny Sterlin
★ 4.16 ABR Score (5.2K ratings)★ 4.31 Goodreads (4.7K) ★ 4.49 Audible (544)More about this pick
Sebastian St. Cyr investigates murders connected to his family's dark history in 1815 France. Jenny Sterlin brings nuanced characterization to Harris's Regency-era detective work.
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Long Spoon Lane
Charlotte & Thomas Pitt • Book 24
by Anne Perry
Narrated by Jenny Sterlin
★ 4.05 ABR Score (3.5K ratings)★ 3.99 Goodreads (3.3K) ★ 4.67 Audible (200)More about this pick
Thomas Pitt investigates anarchist bombings that destroy poor families' homes, but the case grows more complex when the terrorist leader is shot by an unknown gunman.
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Buckingham Palace Gardens
Charlotte & Thomas Pitt • Book 25
by Anne Perry
Narrated by Jenny Sterlin
★ 4.03 ABR Score (4.3K ratings)★ 3.94 Goodreads (4.1K) ★ 4.63 Audible (208)More about this pick
Victorian intrigue meets royal scandal when a prostitute's murder disrupts the Prince of Wales's grand plans for an African railroad in this Charlotte & Thomas Pitt mystery.
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The Secret Diaries Of Miss Miranda Cheever
Bevelstoke • Book 1
by Julia Quinn
Narrated by Jenny Sterlin
★ 4.00 ABR Score (54.3K ratings)★ 3.86 Goodreads (51.8K) ★ 4.39 Audible (2.4K) - 9
Bedford Square
Charlotte & Thomas Pitt • Book 19
by Anne Perry
Narrated by Jenny Sterlin
★ 3.99 ABR Score (4.5K ratings)★ 3.94 Goodreads (4.4K) ★ 4.73 Audible (101)More about this pick
A shabby corpse on General Balantyne's doorstep becomes Superintendent Pitt's problem when the dead man carries the general's rare snuffbox. Jenny Sterlin navigates the Victorian class tensions with understated skill.
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Brunswick Gardens
Charlotte & Thomas Pitt • Book 18
by Anne Perry
Narrated by Jenny Sterlin
★ 3.98 ABR Score (3.7K ratings)★ 3.94 Goodreads (3.5K) ★ 4.63 Audible (138)More about this pick
Victorian London erupts over Darwin's theories when a pregnant evolution advocate dies suspiciously. Jenny Sterlin navigates the period tension between science, religion, and social change.
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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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Doomsday Book
Oxford Time Travel • Book 1
Narrated by Jenny Sterlin
★ 3.89 ABR Score (72.1K ratings)★ 4.03 Goodreads (65.2K) ★ 4.07 Audible (6.9K)More about this pick
Time travel goes catastrophically wrong as historian Kivrin gets stranded in plague-ravaged medieval England while a deadly epidemic spreads in her own century.
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The Chimney Sweeper's Boy
by Barbara Vine
Narrated by Jenny Sterlin
★ 3.79 ABR Score (5.9K ratings)★ 3.75 Goodreads (5.8K) ★ 4.32 Audible (116)More about this pick
After acclaimed novelist Gerald Candless dies suddenly, his daughters discover their father's life was built on lies, and Jenny Sterlin guides listeners through their shocking investigation into his true identity.
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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.