10 audiobooks for fans of A God in Ruins
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The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
by Anne Brontë
Narrated by Alex Jennings, Jenny Agutter
★ 4.34 ABR Score (135.2K ratings)★ 4.04 Goodreads (133.4K) ★ 4.64 Audible (1.8K)16h 25m listening time • Released 2015 - 2
The Line of Beauty
by Alan Hollinghurst
Narrated by Alex Jennings
★ 3.82 ABR Score (32.3K ratings)★ 3.78 Goodreads (32.3K) ★ 4.58 Audible (24)17h 13m listening time • Released 2018 - 3
The Somerset Maugham BBC Radio Collection
by W. Somerset Maugham, Patrick Allen, Douglas Blackwell, Louise Brealey, David Calder, Anthony Daniels, Megan Dodds, Nicholas Farrell, Philip French, Julian Glover, Hannah Gordon, Garard Green, Wendy Hiller, Alex Jennings, Cara Kelly, John Light, Janet Maw, Ronald Pickup, Nicholas Le Prevost, Peter Rumney, Owen Scott, Sarah Smart, Sian Thomas
Narrated by Alex Jennings, Janet Maw, full cast
★ 3.57 ABR Score (32 ratings)★ 4.33 Goodreads (12) ★ 4.5 Audible (20)15h 4m listening time • Released 2020 - 4
The Fyodor Dostoevsky BBC Radio Drama Collection
by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Roger Allam, Joseph Arkley, Nicholas Boulton, Jonathan Forbes, John Gray, Paul Hilton, Boris Isarov, Alex Jennings, Barnaby Kay, Gary Lilburn, Roy Marsden, Clive Merrison, Jim Norton, Ronald Pickup, Paul Rhys, David Suchet, Jane Whittenshaw, Lia Williams, Rowan Williams
Narrated by Roy Marsden, Alex Jennings, Roger Allam, Paul Rhys, Nicholas Boulton, Paul Hilton, David Suchet, full cast, Barnaby Kay, Lia Williams
★ 3.55 ABR Score (29 ratings)★ 4.42 Goodreads (12) ★ 4.35 Audible (17)17h 28m listening time • Released 2021 - 5
This Was a Man
The Clifton Chronicles • Book 7
Narrated by Alex Jennings
★ 3.90 ABR Score (34.1K ratings)★ 4.34 Goodreads (34.1K) ★ 5 Audible (1)12h 47m listening time • Released 2025 - 6
The Complete Barchester Chronicles
by Martyn Wade, Anthony Trollope, Juliet Aubrey, Simon Russell Beale, Brenda Blethyn, Jilly Bond, Selina Cadell, John Carlisle, David Collings, Kenneth Cranham, Emma Fielding, Julia Ford, Clive Francis, Jamie Glover, David Haig, Douglas Hodge, David Horovitch, Peter Howell, Alex Jennings, Rosemary Leach, Gabrielle Lloyd, Alec McCowan, Leo McKern, Anna Massey, Stephen Moore, Richard Vernon, Derek Waring
Narrated by Alex Jennings, Amanda Root, Anna Massey, Brenda Blethyn, David Haig, Eleanor Bron, Emma Fielding, Full Cast, Kenneth Cranham, Leo McKern, Rosemary Leach, Simon Russell Beale
★ 3.78 ABR Score (318 ratings)★ 4.21 Goodreads (24) ★ 4.46 Audible (294)18h 46m listening time • Released 2008 - 7
Patrick Melrose Volume 1: Never Mind, Bad News and Some Hope
Patrick Melrose #1-3 • Book 1
Narrated by Alex Jennings
★ 3.71 ABR Score (3.6K ratings)★ 3.78 Goodreads (3.6K) ★ 4.43 Audible (14)13h 47m listening time • Released 2018 - 8
Patrick Melrose Volume 2: Mother's Milk and At Last
Patrick Melrose #4-5 • Book 4
Narrated by Alex Jennings
★ 3.66 ABR Score (925 ratings)★ 3.91 Goodreads (920) ★ 4.6 Audible (5)13h 10m listening time • Released 2018 - 9
Intrigue and Satire: Later Restoration Comedies: 11 BBC Radio Full Cast Productions including The Recruiting Officer and The Way of the World and more
by Aphra Behn, Celia Imrie, Sian Thomas, Alex Jennings, Sheila Hancock, Frances Barber, Indira Varma, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Josie Lawrence, Adjoa Andoh, Hugh Bonneville, Kris Marshall, Nicholas Parsons, Peter Eyre, Full Cast, Susanna Centivre, William Congreve, Delarivier Manley, John Vanburgh, George Farquhar
Narrated by Celia Imrie, Sian Thomas, Alex Jennings, Sheila Hancock, Frances Barber, Indira Varma, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Josie Lawrence, Adjoa Andoh, Hugh Bonneville, Kris Marshall, Nicholas Parsons, Peter Eyre, Full Cast
★ 3.36 ABR Score (1 ratings)★ 5 Audible (1)19h 6m listening time • Released 2023 - 10
Theo of Golden
by Allen Levi
Narrated by David Morse
★ 4.85 ABR Score (178.8K ratings)★ 4.57 Goodreads (168.5K) ★ 4.89 Audible (10.3K)13h 12m listening time • Released 2025David Morse's weathered voice transforms this quiet parable into something hypnotic—each pencil portrait portrait exchange feels like a secret being shared directly with you, making generosity feel less like virtue and more like magic.
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