Where to Start with Shirley Jackson
- Best entry point → "The Haunting of Hill House Novel
- Best standalone → We Have Always Lived in the Castle
- What fans keep coming back to → The Lottery and Other Stories
- Highest rated by listeners → The Bird's Nest
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We Have Always Lived in the Castle
by Shirley Jackson, Jonathan Lethem
Narrated by Bernadette Dunne
★ 4.06 ABR Score (307.5K ratings)★ 3.91 Goodreads (301.7K) ★ 4.12 Audible (5.8K)5h 32m listening time • Released 2010 - 2
"The Haunting of Hill House Novel
Narrated by Bernadette Dunne
★ 3.93 ABR Score (413.4K ratings)★ 3.81 Goodreads (402.1K) ★ 3.98 Audible (11.3K)7h 27m listening time • Released 2010 - 3
The Lottery and Other Stories
by Shirley Jackson, A.M. Homes
Narrated by Cassandra Campbell, Gabrielle de Cuir, Kathe Mazur, Stefan Rudnicki
★ 3.84 ABR Score (86.4K ratings)★ 4.01 Goodreads (85.1K) ★ 3.99 Audible (1.2K)9h 34m listening time • Released 2014 - 4
The Bird's Nest
Narrated by Linda Jones, Mark Bramhall
★ 3.77 ABR Score (8.3K ratings)★ 3.73 Goodreads (8.2K) ★ 4.09 Audible (94)10h 41m listening time • Released 2021 - 5
Hangsaman (Penguin Classics)
Narrated by Julia Whelan
★ 3.76 ABR Score (12.6K ratings)★ 3.76 Goodreads (12.4K) ★ 4.08 Audible (113)8h 41m listening time • Released 2021
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