Where to Start with Scott Lynch
- Best entry point → The Lies of Locke Lamora
- Start the Spiritwalker #Bloom series → The Book of Magic
- What fans keep coming back to → Red Seas Under Red Skies
- Best narrator for Scott Lynch → The Republic of Thieves
- Highest rated by listeners → The Book of Swords
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Red Seas Under Red Skies
Gentleman Bastard • Book 2
by Scott Lynch
Narrated by Michael Page
★ 4.44 ABR Score (166.6K ratings)★ 4.25 Goodreads (161.6K) ★ 4.72 Audible (5.1K)25h 56m listening time • Released 2020 -
The Lies of Locke Lamora
Gentleman Bastard Sequence • Book 1
by Scott Lynch
Narrated by Michael Page
★ 4.37 ABR Score (348.0K ratings)★ 4.3 Goodreads (345.8K) ★ 4.63 Audible (2.2K)21h 59m listening time • Released 2011Ocean's Eleven in a fantasy Venice — Lynch's debut is dazzlingly inventive, wickedly funny, and features one of the great anti-hero protagonists in modern fantasy.
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The Republic of Thieves
Gentleman Bastard • Book 3
by Scott Lynch
Narrated by Michael Page
★ 4.35 ABR Score (126.8K ratings)★ 4.21 Goodreads (122.3K) ★ 4.64 Audible (4.5K)26h 38m listening time • Released 2020 -
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 -
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
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