Where to Start with Lindsey Davis
- Best entry point → The Silver Pigs
- What fans keep coming back to → Venus in Copper
- Best narrator for Lindsey Davis → The Iron Hand of Mars
- Highest rated by listeners → Poseidon's Gold (Marcus Didius Falco #5)
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Poseidon's Gold
Marcus Didius Falco • Book 5
Narrated by Simon Prebble
★ 4.20 ABR Score (5.1K ratings)★ 4.12 Goodreads (4.8K) ★ 4.7 Audible (319)12h 4m listening time • Released 2015 - 2
Venus in Copper
Marcus Didius Falco • Book 3
Narrated by Simon Prebble
★ 4.18 ABR Score (6.3K ratings)★ 4.08 Goodreads (5.9K) ★ 4.66 Audible (366)10h 9m listening time • Released 2015 - 3
One Virgin Too Many
Marcus Didius Falco • Book 11
Narrated by Simon Prebble
★ 4.14 ABR Score (3.5K ratings)★ 4.11 Goodreads (3.2K) ★ 4.67 Audible (288)11h 7m listening time • Released 2016 - 4
The Iron Hand of Mars
Marcus Didius Falco • Book 4
Narrated by Simon Prebble
★ 4.13 ABR Score (5.8K ratings)★ 4.07 Goodreads (5.4K) ★ 4.64 Audible (322)10h 46m listening time • Released 2015 - 5
Time to Depart
Marcus Didius Falco • Book 7
Narrated by Simon Prebble
★ 4.12 ABR Score (4.0K ratings)★ 4.09 Goodreads (3.7K) ★ 4.63 Audible (287)12h 49m listening time • Released 2016 - 6
Shadows in Bronze (Marcus Didius Falco Mysteries)
Marcus Didius Falco • Book 6
Narrated by Simon Prebble
★ 4.11 ABR Score (4.7K ratings)★ 4.04 Goodreads (4.3K) ★ 4.57 Audible (454)13h 48m listening time • Released 2015Simon Prebble's dry, weary delivery is perfectly matched to Falco's sardonic voice—he makes the wit land harder and the danger feel genuinely tense across a sprawling Roman mystery.
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A Dying Light in Corduba
Marcus Didius Falco • Book 8
Narrated by Simon Prebble
★ 4.10 ABR Score (4.0K ratings)★ 4.07 Goodreads (3.7K) ★ 4.62 Audible (277)12h 37m listening time • Released 2016Simon Prebble's weathered delivery transforms this Falco mystery into pure noir comfort—Davis's snappy Roman dialogue and wry humor land perfectly in his hands, making eight books in feel as fresh as the first.
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The Jupiter Myth
Marcus Didius Falco • Book 14
Narrated by Simon Prebble
★ 4.09 ABR Score (3.1K ratings)★ 4.08 Goodreads (2.8K) ★ 4.65 Audible (225)11h 8m listening time • Released 2016 - 9
Two for the Lions
Marcus Didius Falco • Book 10
Narrated by Simon Prebble
★ 4.08 ABR Score (3.5K ratings)★ 4.06 Goodreads (3.3K) ★ 4.61 Audible (275)12h 2m listening time • Released 2016 - 10
Ode to a Banker
Marcus Didius Falco • Book 12
Narrated by Simon Prebble
★ 4.08 ABR Score (3.0K ratings)★ 4.02 Goodreads (2.8K) ★ 4.65 Audible (262)11h 36m listening time • Released 2016Simon Prebble's deadpan delivery transforms Davis's wisecracking Roman detective into pure audiobook gold—eleven hours of perfectly timed wit and noir sensibility that makes you wish Falco's cases never ended.
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Scandal Takes a Holiday
Marcus Didius Falco • Book 16
Narrated by Simon Prebble
★ 4.04 ABR Score (2.8K ratings)★ 4.02 Goodreads (2.6K) ★ 4.63 Audible (209)10h 54m listening time • Released 2017Simon Prebble's weathered delivery makes Falco's wry cynicism feel lived-in, turning this Roman noir into something you want to hear rather than read. Davis rewards long-time fans without requiring them—a rare gift in sprawling series.
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The Silver Pigs
Marcus Didius Falco • Book 1
Narrated by Christian Rodska
★ 4.04 ABR Score (16.4K ratings)★ 3.89 Goodreads (15.8K) ★ 4.47 Audible (637)9h 11m listening time • Released 2015 - 13
Three Hands in the Fountain
Marcus Didius Falco • Book 9
Narrated by Christian Rodska
★ 4.03 ABR Score (4.2K ratings)★ 4.15 Goodreads (3.8K) ★ 4.41 Audible (429)11h 22m listening time • Released 2009 - 14
A Body in the Bathhouse
Marcus Didius Falco • Book 13
Narrated by Simon Prebble
★ 4.02 ABR Score (3.6K ratings)★ 4.05 Goodreads (3.4K) ★ 4.54 Audible (217)11h 42m listening time • Released 2016 - 15
The Accusers
Marcus Didius Falco • Book 15
Narrated by Simon Prebble
★ 3.92 ABR Score (2.8K ratings)★ 3.97 Goodreads (2.6K) ★ 4.43 Audible (206)Simon Prebble's dry, world-weary delivery transforms this Roman corruption mystery into something genuinely funny and propulsive. Davis gets sharper the deeper you go into her series, and this one's no exception.
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