Where to Start with Garth Nix
- Best entry point → Sabriel
- Best standalone → The Book of Witches
- Start The Keys to the Kingdom series → Mister Monday
- What fans keep coming back to → Drowned Wednesday
- Best narrator for Garth Nix → Grim Tuesday
- Highest rated by listeners → Superior Saturday (The Keys to the Kingdom #6)
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Sabriel
Abhorsen/The Old Kingdom • Book 1
by Garth Nix
Narrated by Tim Curry
★ 4.37 ABR Score (227.8K ratings)★ 4.16 Goodreads (219.2K) ★ 4.64 Audible (8.6K)10h 43m listening time • Released 2002Nix's Old Kingdom series opener is a YA classic that reads brilliantly as an adult — a necromancer who binds the dead, and Tim Curry's narration is unforgettable.
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Drowned Wednesday
The Keys to the Kingdom • Book 3
by Garth Nix
Narrated by Allan Corduner
★ 4.05 ABR Score (28.3K ratings)★ 3.88 Goodreads (27.7K) ★ 4.58 Audible (663)8h 39m listening time • Released 2006 - 3
Superior Saturday
The Keys to the Kingdom • Book 6
by Garth Nix
Narrated by Allan Corduner
★ 4.00 ABR Score (16.3K ratings)★ 3.94 Goodreads (15.8K) ★ 4.5 Audible (456)6h 5m listening time • Released 2008 - 4
Lord Sunday
The Keys to the Kingdom • Book 7
by Garth Nix
Narrated by Allan Corduner
★ 3.95 ABR Score (16.5K ratings)★ 4.02 Goodreads (16.4K) ★ 4.73 Audible (15)7h 13m listening time • Released 2010 - 5
Sir Thursday
The Keys to the Kingdom • Book 4
by Garth Nix
Narrated by Allan Corduner
★ 3.92 ABR Score (23.8K ratings)★ 3.96 Goodreads (23.8K) ★ 4.9 Audible (10)7h 51m listening time • Released 2010 - 6
Lady Friday
The Keys to the Kingdom • Book 5
by Garth Nix
Narrated by Allan Corduner
★ 3.91 ABR Score (23.3K ratings)★ 3.93 Goodreads (23.3K) ★ 4.82 Audible (11)7h 10m listening time • Released 2009 - 7
Grim Tuesday
The Keys to the Kingdom • Book 2
by Garth Nix
Narrated by Allan Corduner
★ 3.91 ABR Score (27.5K ratings)★ 3.89 Goodreads (27.4K) ★ 4.85 Audible (13)7h 3m listening time • Released 2010 - 8
Mister Monday
The Keys to the Kingdom • Book 1
by Garth Nix
Narrated by Allan Corduner
★ 3.89 ABR Score (40.5K ratings)★ 3.81 Goodreads (40.5K) ★ 4.65 Audible (17)8h 4m listening time • Released 2010 - 9
The Book of Magic
Spiritwalker #Bloom
by Gardner Dozois, K.J. Parker, Megan Lindholm, John Crowley, Matthew Hughes, Ysabeau S. Wilce, Rachel Pollack, Eleanor Arnason, Tim Powers, Liz Williams, Garth Nix, Elizabeth Bear, Lavie Tidhar, Greg Van Eekhout, George R.R. Martin, Andy Duncan, Kate Elliott, Scott Lynch
Narrated by Elliot Hill, Karissa Vacker, Sile Bermingham, Maxwell Caulfield, Susan Denaker, Scott Brick, Bruce Mann, Holly Palance, Nicholas Guy Smith, Steve West, Various
★ 3.66 ABR Score (1.0K ratings)★ 3.7 Goodreads (839) ★ 4.07 Audible (191)24h 38m listening time • Released 2018 - 10
The Book of Swords
Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz #7 - A Long, Cold Trail
by Gardner Dozois, K.J. Parker, Robin Hobb, Ken Liu, Matthew Hughes, Kate Elliott, Walter Jon Williams, Daniel Abraham, C.J. Cherryh, Garth Nix, Ellen Kushner, Scott Lynch, Rich Larson, Elizabeth Bear, Lavie Tidhar, Cecelia Holland, George R.R. Martin
Narrated by John Lee, Katharine Lee McEwan, Kim Mai Guest, Elliot Hill, Richard Brewer, Nicholas Guy Smith, Kirby Heyborne, Julia Whelan, Mark Deakins, Steve West, Ralph Lister
★ 3.66 ABR Score (2.6K ratings)★ 3.67 Goodreads (2.2K) ★ 4.16 Audible (419)22h 13m listening time • Released 2017 - 11
The Book of Witches
by Jonathan Strahan, Linda D. Addison, P. Djèlí Clark, Kathleen Jennings, Tade Thompson, Ken Liu, Darcie Little Badger, Andrea Hairston, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Cassandra Khaw, Tobi Ogundiran, Kelly Robson, C.L. Clark, Millie Ho, Indrapramit Das, Saad Z. Hossain, Garth Nix, Premee Mohamed, Maureen F. McHugh, Andrea Stewart, Tochi Onyebuchi, Sheree Renée Thomas, Angela Slatter, Fonda Lee, Usman T. Malik, E. Lily Yu, Miyuki Jane Pinckard, Emily Y. Teng, Amal El-Mohtar, Alyssa Winans
Narrated by Vikas Adam, Anniwaa Buachie, Rainy Fields, Eva Kaminsky, Johnathan McClain, Vyvy Nguyen, Deryn Oliver, Logan Rozos, Bahni Turpin
★ 3.63 ABR Score (692 ratings)★ 3.46 Goodreads (690) ★ 3 Audible (2)18h 26m listening time • Released 2023A powerhouse ensemble of narrators elevates 30 globally diverse witch stories into something genuinely spellbinding—each voice perfectly matched to its tale, making this anthology feel like a curated night of storytelling rather than a checklist.
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Old Venus
by George R.R. Martin, Gardner Dozois, Ian McDonald, Garth Nix, Joe Haldeman, Gwyneth Jones, Matthew Hughes, Paul McAuley, Lavie Tidhar, Allen M. Steele, Stephen Leigh, Eleanor Arnason, David Brin, Michael Cassutt, Tobias S. Buckell, Elizabeth Bear, Joe R. Lansdale, Mike Resnick
Narrated by Diana Rigg, Full Cast, Michael Dorn, Stephen Fry, Jake Stormoen, W. Morgan Sheppard, Gethin Anthony, Wil Wheaton, Janis Ian, Ron Donachie, Various
★ 3.61 ABR Score (821 ratings)★ 3.57 Goodreads (734) ★ 3.99 Audible (87)22h 17m listening time • Released 2015
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