Best John Lee Audiobooks

Best John Lee Audiobooks

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   The Pillars of the Earth

   Kingsbridge • Book 1

   by Ken Follett

   Narrated by John Lee

   ★ 4.68 ABR Score (874.8K ratings)

   ★ 4.35 Goodreads (838.5K) ★ 4.64 Audible (36.3K)

   40h 56m listening time • Released 2007

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   Dracula

   by Bram Stoker

   Narrated by Alan Cumming, Tim Curry, Simon Vance, Katherine Kellgren, Susan Duerden, John Lee, Graeme Malcolm, Steven Crossley

   ★ 4.68 ABR Score (1.5M ratings)

   ★ 4.02 Goodreads (1.5M) ★ 4.61 Audible (37.6K)

   15h 27m listening time • Released 2012

   Stoker's epistolary vampire classic comes alive through a full cast including Tim Curry and Alan Cumming, each voice adding texture to the unfolding Gothic horror.

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   Stoker's epistolary vampire classic comes alive through a full cast including Tim Curry and Alan Cumming, each voice adding texture to the unfolding Gothic horror.

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   The Evening and the Morning

   Kingsbridge

   by Ken Follett

   Narrated by John Lee

   ★ 4.67 ABR Score (149.2K ratings)

   ★ 4.39 Goodreads (136.4K) ★ 4.71 Audible (12.8K)

   24h 19m listening time • Released 2020

   Set in 997 CE England, three lives intersect during Viking raids and political chaos as a new town rises. Lee's commanding voice spans decades of medieval intrigue in this Kingsbridge prequel about power, faith, and survival.

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   Set in 997 CE England, three lives intersect during Viking raids and political chaos as a new town rises. Lee's commanding voice spans decades of medieval intrigue in this Kingsbridge prequel about power, faith, and survival.

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   Fall of Giants

   The Century Trilogy • Book 1

   by Ken Follett

   Narrated by John Lee

   ★ 4.52 ABR Score (370.7K ratings)

   ★ 4.33 Goodreads (350.4K) ★ 4.53 Audible (20.3K)

   30h 38m listening time • Released 2010

   Five families' fates entwine with war, revolution, and history. John Lee's thirty-hour narration proves that epic scope and intimate human drama aren't opposites: they're inseparable.

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   Five families' fates entwine with war, revolution, and history. John Lee's thirty-hour narration proves that epic scope and intimate human drama aren't opposites: they're inseparable.

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   The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz

   by Erik Larson

   Narrated by John Lee, Erik Larson

   ★ 4.49 ABR Score (151.7K ratings)

   ★ 4.3 Goodreads (139.3K) ★ 4.66 Audible (12.4K)

   17h 49m listening time • Released 2020

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   A Death in Vienna

   Gabriel Allon • Book 4

   by Daniel Silva

   Narrated by John Lee

   ★ 4.42 ABR Score (35.4K ratings)

   ★ 4.25 Goodreads (32.4K) ★ 4.51 Audible (3.0K)

   10h 15m listening time • Released 2004

   Art restorer Gabriel Allon investigates a bombing but encounters a face from the Holocaust that changes everything. John Lee's narration handles the emotional weight and historical complexity with appropriate gravity.

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   Art restorer Gabriel Allon investigates a bombing but encounters a face from the Holocaust that changes everything. John Lee's narration handles the emotional weight and historical complexity with appropriate gravity.

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   The Confessor

   Gabriel Allon • Book 3

   by Daniel Silva

   Narrated by John Lee

   ★ 4.41 ABR Score (40.8K ratings)

   ★ 4.22 Goodreads (37.4K) ★ 4.49 Audible (3.4K)

   10h 48m listening time • Released 2003

   Gabriel Allon investigates a scholar's murder that connects to Vatican secrets about Holocaust collaboration, and John Lee navigates the religious intrigue expertly.

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   Gabriel Allon investigates a scholar's murder that connects to Vatican secrets about Holocaust collaboration, and John Lee navigates the religious intrigue expertly.

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   Seamage

   Spellmonger • Book 18

   by Terry Mancour

   Narrated by John Lee

   ★ 4.37 ABR Score (1.2K ratings)

   ★ 4.73 Goodreads (457) ★ 4.84 Audible (705)

   21h 41m listening time • Released 2026

   Minalan faces his greatest challenge commanding a sea battle against seventy enemy ships with no naval experience, but legendary warmage Durgan Jole has a plan that John Lee presents with epic maritime scope.

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   Minalan faces his greatest challenge commanding a sea battle against seventy enemy ships with no naval experience, but legendary warmage Durgan Jole has a plan that John Lee presents with epic maritime scope.

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   Napoleon: A Life

   by Andrew Roberts

   Narrated by John Lee

   ★ 4.36 ABR Score (37.0K ratings)

   ★ 4.25 Goodreads (29.2K) ★ 4.61 Audible (7.7K)

   32h 56m listening time • Released 2014

   Roberts draws on newly available archives to present the complete Napoleon, from Corsican artillery officer to emperor. Lee's narration spans the massive scope of this definitive biography covering military genius and political ambition.

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   Roberts draws on newly available archives to present the complete Napoleon, from Corsican artillery officer to emperor. Lee's narration spans the massive scope of this definitive biography covering military genius and political ambition.

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    The English Assassin

    Gabriel Allon • Book 2

    by Daniel Silva

    Narrated by John Lee

    ★ 4.31 ABR Score (49.2K ratings)

    ★ 4.17 Goodreads (45.2K) ★ 4.36 Audible (4.0K)

    10h 7m listening time • Released 2004

    Gabriel Allon's art restoration work in Switzerland uncovers Nazi collaboration and wartime profiteering that someone will kill to keep buried.

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    Gabriel Allon's art restoration work in Switzerland uncovers Nazi collaboration and wartime profiteering that someone will kill to keep buried.

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    Hornet Flight

    by Ken Follett

    Narrated by John Lee

    ★ 4.31 ABR Score (33.6K ratings)

    ★ 4.01 Goodreads (29.5K) ★ 4.47 Audible (4.1K)

    14h 1m listening time • Released 2005

    Follett at his most taut: a teenager with an impossible secret and only a broken biplane to escape in. John Lee's narration makes every moment crackle.

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    Follett at his most taut: a teenager with an impossible secret and only a broken biplane to escape in. John Lee's narration makes every moment crackle.

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    Judas Unchained

    Commonwealth Saga • Book 2

    by Peter F. Hamilton, Marta García Martínez

    Narrated by John Lee

    ★ 4.30 ABR Score (48.4K ratings)

    ★ 4.3 Goodreads (40.7K) ★ 4.48 Audible (7.7K)

    40h 58m listening time • Released 2008

    Hamilton concludes his Commonwealth Saga as humanity fights for survival against the technologically superior Prime aliens bent on galactic conquest. John Lee handles the massive cast and complex plot threads across this 40-hour epic finale.

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    Hamilton concludes his Commonwealth Saga as humanity fights for survival against the technologically superior Prime aliens bent on galactic conquest. John Lee handles the massive cast and complex plot threads across this 40-hour epic finale.

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    The Naked God

    Night's Dawn • Book 3

    by Peter F. Hamilton

    Narrated by John Lee

    ★ 4.30 ABR Score (23.0K ratings)

    ★ 4.22 Goodreads (20.9K) ★ 4.63 Audible (2.1K)

    48h 37m listening time • Released 2016

    Quinn Dexter terrorizes Earth's arcologies while Louise Kavanagh hunts him with mysterious allies whose motives don't align with hers.

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    Quinn Dexter terrorizes Earth's arcologies while Louise Kavanagh hunts him with mysterious allies whose motives don't align with hers.

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    By Any Other Name

    by Jodi Picoult

    Narrated by Billie Fulford-Brown, Laura Benanti, Jodi Picoult, Jayne Entwistle, Andrew Fallaize, Joe Jameson, John Lee, Nicholas Guy Smith, Simon Vance, Steve West

    ★ 4.30 ABR Score (128.0K ratings)

    ★ 4.11 Goodreads (125.0K) ★ 4.53 Audible (3.0K)

    18h 25m listening time • Released 2024

    Two women centuries apart—Elizabethan Emilia Bassano and modern playwright Melina Green—fight for recognition in male-dominated theater worlds. A stellar cast led by Billie Fulford-Brown explores this dual narrative about hidden female genius.

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    Two women centuries apart—Elizabethan Emilia Bassano and modern playwright Melina Green—fight for recognition in male-dominated theater worlds. A stellar cast led by Billie Fulford-Brown explores this dual narrative about hidden female genius.

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    The Neutronium Alchemist

    Night's Dawn • Book 2

    by Peter F. Hamilton

    Narrated by John Lee

    ★ 4.28 ABR Score (23.2K ratings)

    ★ 4.26 Goodreads (21.0K) ★ 4.58 Audible (2.3K)

    40h 22m listening time • Released 2016

    The possessed escape Lalonde and spread across the Confederation, acquiring godlike powers while following a twisted gospel from world to world.

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    The possessed escape Lalonde and spread across the Confederation, acquiring godlike powers while following a twisted gospel from world to world.

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    Lovely War

    by Julie Berry

    Narrated by Jayne Entwistle, Allan Corduner, Julie Berry, Dion Graham, Fiona Hardingham, John Lee, Nathaniel Parker, Steve West

    ★ 4.27 ABR Score (71.7K ratings)

    ★ 4.22 Goodreads (70.5K) ★ 4.51 Audible (1.2K)

    12h 57m listening time • Released 2019

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    House of Suns

    House of Suns • Book 1

    by Alastair Reynolds

    Narrated by John Lee

    ★ 4.24 ABR Score (37.9K ratings)

    ★ 4.24 Goodreads (33.1K) ★ 4.47 Audible (4.8K)

    18h 17m listening time • Released 2009

    Campion and Purslane, two clones from a thousand-member family scattered across the galaxy, race to discover who's systematically murdering their siblings in this sweeping space opera.

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    Campion and Purslane, two clones from a thousand-member family scattered across the galaxy, race to discover who's systematically murdering their siblings in this sweeping space opera.

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    Spellmonger

    The Spellmonger • Book 1

    by Terry Mancour

    Narrated by John Lee

    ★ 4.23 ABR Score (25.2K ratings)

    ★ 3.97 Goodreads (10.5K) ★ 4.31 Audible (14.8K)

    18h 22m listening time • Released 2017

    Retired warmage Minalan just wanted to sell magic and make cheese in his quiet mountain village—until goblins invaded. John Lee captures both the pastoral charm and escalating magical warfare perfectly.

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    Retired warmage Minalan just wanted to sell magic and make cheese in his quiet mountain village—until goblins invaded. John Lee captures both the pastoral charm and escalating magical warfare perfectly.

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    Perdido Street Station

    New Crobuzon • Book 1

    by China Miéville

    Narrated by John Lee

    ★ 4.19 ABR Score (78.5K ratings)

    ★ 3.98 Goodreads (75.9K) ★ 4.26 Audible (2.6K)

    24h 21m listening time • Released 2009

    New Crobuzon's grotesque beauty unfolds through John Lee's narration as scientist Isaac faces consequences of his deal with a half-bird, half-human Garuda.

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    New Crobuzon's grotesque beauty unfolds through John Lee's narration as scientist Isaac faces consequences of his deal with a half-bird, half-human Garuda.

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    Inhibitor Phase

    Revelation Space • Book 4

    by Alastair Reynolds

    Narrated by John Lee

    ★ 4.16 ABR Score (8.3K ratings)

    ★ 4.11 Goodreads (7.3K) ★ 4.6 Audible (1.0K)

    19h 36m listening time • Released 2021

    John Lee navigates Reynolds' complex far-future world where Miguel de Ruyter has spent forty years hiding his community from the xenocidal Inhibitor machines.

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    John Lee navigates Reynolds' complex far-future world where Miguel de Ruyter has spent forty years hiding his community from the xenocidal Inhibitor machines.

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All John Lee Audiobooks (52)