Where to Start with Jayne Entwistle
- New to Jayne Entwistle? Start here → By Any Other Name
- What fans keep coming back to → The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
- Highest rated by listeners → Lovely War
- Best narrator–author pairing → The Passion of Dolssa
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By Any Other Name
by Jodi Picoult
Narrated by Billie Fulford-Brown, Laura Benanti, Jodi Picoult, Jayne Entwistle, Andrew Fallaize, Joe Jameson, John Lee, Nicholas Guy Smith, Simon Vance, Steve West
★ 4.30 ABR Score (128.0K ratings)★ 4.11 Goodreads (125.0K) ★ 4.53 Audible (3.0K)18h 25m listening time • Released 2024A stellar ensemble cast brings dual narratives to life across centuries, making this meditation on hidden female genius feel urgent and immediate rather than historical.
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Lovely War
by Julie Berry
Narrated by Jayne Entwistle, Allan Corduner, Julie Berry, Dion Graham, Fiona Hardingham, John Lee, Nathaniel Parker, Steve West
★ 4.27 ABR Score (71.6K ratings)★ 4.22 Goodreads (70.5K) ★ 4.51 Audible (1.2K)12h 57m listening time • Released 2019 - 3
North Woods
by Daniel Mason
Narrated by Mark Bramhall, Michael Crouch, Jason Culp, Mark Deakins, Jayne Entwistle, Billie Fulford-Brown, Arthur Morey, George Newbern, Kirsten Potter, Simon Vance
★ 4.26 ABR Score (120.3K ratings)★ 4.1 Goodreads (117.0K) ★ 4.46 Audible (3.4K)11h 5m listening time • Released 2023A multigenerational haunting told through ten perfectly cast narrators—each voice anchors a different era, making the house itself feel alive across centuries of secrets and sorrow.
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The Sea Gate
by Jane Johnson
Narrated by Jayne Entwistle, Barrie Kreinik
★ 3.98 ABR Score (6.6K ratings)★ 4.04 Goodreads (6.5K) ★ 4.49 Audible (101)11h 49m listening time • Released 2023 - 5
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
Flavia de Luce • Book 1
by Alan Bradley
Narrated by Jayne Entwistle
★ 3.98 ABR Score (185.5K ratings)★ 3.82 Goodreads (179.7K) ★ 4.26 Audible (5.8K)9h 53m listening time • Released 2009 - 6
The Passion of Dolssa
by Julie Berry
Narrated by Jayne Entwistle, Fiona Hardingham, Allan Corduner, Julie Berry
★ 3.94 ABR Score (7.5K ratings)★ 3.91 Goodreads (7.3K) ★ 4.45 Audible (201)11h 42m listening time • Released 2016 - 7
Black Sam: Prince of Pirates
by Mat McLeod, James Lewis
Narrated by Alex Hyde-White, Roy Dotrice, Scott Brick, Stefan Rudnicki, William Dufris, Jayne Entwistle, Simon Vance, R.C. Bray
★ 3.47 ABR Score (324 ratings)★ 3.65 Goodreads (96) ★ 3.79 Audible (228)10h 54m listening time • Released 2015An ensemble cast of eight narrators brings genuine texture to this pirate origin story, with each voice anchoring a distinct perspective in a world where desperation and idealism collide.
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