Where to Start with Daniel Silva
- Best entry point → The Unlikely Spy
- Start the Gabriel Allon series → The Kill Artist
- What fans keep coming back to → The English Assassin
- Best narrator for Daniel Silva → Portrait of an Unknown Woman
- Highest rated by listeners → House of Spies (Gabriel Allon #17)
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House of Spies
Gabriel Allon • Book 17
by Daniel Silva
Narrated by George Guidall
★ 4.52 ABR Score (39.6K ratings)★ 4.31 Goodreads (35.1K) ★ 4.58 Audible (4.5K)13h 1m listening time • Released 2017 - 2
The Black Widow
Gabriel Allon • Book 16
by Daniel Silva
Narrated by George Guidall
★ 4.51 ABR Score (45.2K ratings)★ 4.33 Goodreads (38.2K) ★ 4.53 Audible (7.0K)13h 43m listening time • Released 2016 - 3
An Inside Job
Gabriel Allon • Book 25
by Daniel Silva
Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini
★ 4.48 ABR Score (26.1K ratings)★ 4.41 Goodreads (24.8K) ★ 4.58 Audible (1.3K)9h 27m listening time • Released 2025Ballerini's measured, intelligent delivery makes you hang on every twist as Silva spins a Venice-set heist that rewards close listening. The perfect audiobook for a long drive or commute.
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The New Girl
Gabriel Allon • Book 19
by Daniel Silva
Narrated by George Guidall
★ 4.47 ABR Score (39.2K ratings)★ 4.28 Goodreads (34.4K) ★ 4.53 Audible (4.8K)10h 16m listening time • Released 2019 - 5
The Secret Servant
Gabriel Allon • Book 7
by Daniel Silva
Narrated by Phil Gigante
★ 4.43 ABR Score (33.6K ratings)★ 4.3 Goodreads (31.0K) ★ 4.51 Audible (2.6K)10h 47m listening time • Released 2008 - 6
The Rembrandt Affair
Gabriel Allon • Book 10
by Daniel Silva
Narrated by Phil Gigante
★ 4.43 ABR Score (41.2K ratings)★ 4.33 Goodreads (37.8K) ★ 4.45 Audible (3.3K)11h 27m listening time • Released 2010 - 7
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 - 8
The Messenger
Gabriel Allon • Book 6
by Daniel Silva
Narrated by Christopher Lane
★ 4.42 ABR Score (35.5K ratings)★ 4.26 Goodreads (32.8K) ★ 4.51 Audible (2.7K)10h 56m listening time • Released 2008 - 9
Portrait of an Unknown Woman
Gabriel Allon • Book 22
by Daniel Silva
Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini
★ 4.42 ABR Score (36.6K ratings)★ 4.23 Goodreads (33.6K) ★ 4.51 Audible (3.1K)10h 16m listening time • Released 2022 - 10
The English Girl
Gabriel Allon • Book 13
by Daniel Silva
Narrated by George Guidall
★ 4.41 ABR Score (40.5K ratings)★ 4.19 Goodreads (37.3K) ★ 4.52 Audible (3.1K)12h 14m listening time • Released 2013 - 11
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 - 12
The English Spy
Gabriel Allon • Book 15
by Daniel Silva
Narrated by George Guidall
★ 4.40 ABR Score (35.9K ratings)★ 4.22 Goodreads (31.8K) ★ 4.48 Audible (4.1K)12h 5m listening time • Released 2015 - 13
A Death in Cornwall
Gabriel Allon • Book 24
by Daniel Silva
Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini
★ 4.40 ABR Score (30.1K ratings)★ 4.32 Goodreads (28.9K) ★ 4.5 Audible (1.2K)9h 24m listening time • Released 2024Ballerini's crisp European accent perfectly grounds Silva's intricate spy craft, making the 24th Gabriel Allon feel genuinely urgent rather than routine. A masterclass in how the right narrator can elevate a procedural into something that feels genuinely alive.
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The Collector
Gabriel Allon • Book 23
by Daniel Silva
Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini
★ 4.39 ABR Score (30.8K ratings)★ 4.36 Goodreads (29.9K) ★ 4.49 Audible (969)9h 12m listening time • Released 2023Ballerini's smooth, precise narration transforms Silva's globe-trotting espionage into pure listening pleasure—you'll devour this in days, unable to pause.
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Prince of Fire
Gabriel Allon • Book 5
by Daniel Silva
Narrated by Guerin Barry
★ 4.38 ABR Score (30.5K ratings)★ 4.23 Goodreads (27.9K) ★ 4.47 Audible (2.6K)9h 46m listening time • Released 2008 - 16
Portrait of a Spy
Gabriel Allon • Book 11
by Daniel Silva
Narrated by Simon Vance
★ 4.36 ABR Score (36.4K ratings)★ 4.26 Goodreads (33.3K) ★ 4.4 Audible (3.1K)11h 26m listening time • Released 2011Simon Vance transforms this espionage thriller into a masterclass in tension, his measured precision perfectly calibrated for Silva's intricate tradecraft sequences. If you've been sleeping on the Gabriel Allon series, this is the entry point that proves why it's become so addictive.
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The Other Woman
Gabriel Allon • Book 18
by Daniel Silva
Narrated by George Guidall
★ 4.35 ABR Score (37.0K ratings)★ 4.16 Goodreads (31.6K) ★ 4.42 Audible (5.5K)10h 45m listening time • Released 2018George Guidall's measured, intelligence-officer cadence transforms Silva's geopolitical thriller into something genuinely propulsive—he makes you believe every tradecraft detail and emotional gut-punch.
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The Unlikely Spy
Michael Osbourne
by Daniel Silva
Narrated by Michael Page
★ 4.35 ABR Score (30.5K ratings)★ 4.25 Goodreads (27.1K) ★ 4.4 Audible (3.4K)18h 7m listening time • Released 2009 - 19
Moscow Rules
Gabriel Allon • Book 8
by Daniel Silva
Narrated by Phil Gigante
★ 4.34 ABR Score (32.6K ratings)★ 4.24 Goodreads (29.4K) ★ 4.39 Audible (3.2K) - 20
The Fallen Angel
Gabriel Allon • Book 12
by Daniel Silva
Narrated by George Guidall
★ 4.33 ABR Score (33.7K ratings)★ 4.21 Goodreads (30.5K) ★ 4.4 Audible (3.2K)10h 26m listening time • Released 2012George Guidall's measured, intelligent narration transforms this Vatican thriller into something weightier than a typical page-turner, letting Silva's art history detail and political intrigue breathe with genuine sophistication.
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The Heist
Gabriel Allon • Book 14
by Daniel Silva
Narrated by George Guidall
★ 4.33 ABR Score (34.0K ratings)★ 4.19 Goodreads (30.3K) ★ 4.39 Audible (3.7K)12h 7m listening time • Released 2014George Guidall's measured, sophisticated narration elevates Silva's art-world thriller into pure listening pleasure—his voice commands the intricate plot twists like a master storyteller who's been waiting all book to spring the trap.
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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 - 23
The Order
Gabriel Allon • Book 20
by Daniel Silva
Narrated by George Guidall
★ 4.30 ABR Score (36.5K ratings)★ 4.17 Goodreads (32.3K) ★ 4.35 Audible (4.2K)9h 55m listening time • Released 2020 - 24
The Kill Artist
Gabriel Allon • Book 1
by Daniel Silva
Narrated by George Guidall
★ 4.23 ABR Score (108.3K ratings)★ 4 Goodreads (101.2K) ★ 4.28 Audible (7.1K)11h 35m listening time • Released 2012George Guidall's measured, intelligent narration transforms this spy thriller into something more literary—he makes you feel the weight of Gabriel Allon's choices as much as the tension of the hunt.
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The Mark Of The Assassin
Michael Osbourne • Book 1
by Daniel Silva
Narrated by Christopher Lane
★ 4.17 ABR Score (17.6K ratings)★ 4.14 Goodreads (15.0K) ★ 4.24 Audible (2.6K)11h 24m listening time • Released 2009
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