Best Lisa Flanagan Audiobooks

The best audiobooks narrated by Lisa Flanagan — 6 titles spanning Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, averaging 3.99 ABR stars.

Lisa Flanagan's narration of Naomi Novik's Spinning Silver is breathtaking — she captures the fairy-tale elegance and wintry danger of the story with a voice that shifts between warmth and chill as the narrative demands. Her delivery is lyrical without being precious, and she handles Novik's multiple perspectives with clear, distinct characterization. The Book of Lost Friends showcases her ability to convey deep emotion in historical fiction, while Buried Deep and Other Stories demonstrates her range in shorter speculative work. Flanagan has a bright, expressive voice with excellent control — she can whisper menace or ring with defiance as the scene requires. Fantasy and historical fiction listeners who appreciate narration that feels like storytelling in the oldest, best sense will find her work deeply satisfying.

Where to Start with Lisa Flanagan

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    The Book of Lost Friends

    by Lisa Wingate

    Narrated by Sophie Amoss, Lisa Flanagan, Dominic Hoffman, Sullivan Jones, Robin Miles, Bahni Turpin, Lisa Wingate

    ★ 4.55 ABR Score (135.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.15 Goodreads (123.9K) ★ 4.71 Audible (11.7K)
    15h 6m listening time • Released 2020

    The ensemble cast transforms this post-Civil War saga into something transcendent, each narrator embodying their character so distinctly you forget you're listening to a book rather than witnessing history unfold.

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    Spinning Silver

    The Mortal Instruments

    by Naomi Novik

    Narrated by Lisa Flanagan

    ★ 4.41 ABR Score (163.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.18 Goodreads (154.1K) ★ 4.68 Audible (9.2K)
    17h 56m listening time • Released 2018
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    Buried Deep and Other Stories

    by Naomi Novik

    Narrated by Frankie Corzo, Nicholas Guy Smith, Imani Jade Powers, Simon Vance, Elizabeth Knowelden, Saskia Maarleveld, Lauren Fortgang, Ell Potter, Billie Fulford-Brown, Steve West, Lisa Flanagan, Bronwen Price, Anisha Dadia, Naomi Novik

    ★ 3.99 ABR Score (6.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.02 Goodreads (6.8K) ★ 4.58 Audible (98)
    12h 46m listening time • Released 2024

    A star-studded ensemble cast elevates these thirteen stories from clever reimaginings into fully realized audio experiences, each narrator perfectly matched to their tale's voice and world.

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    Ribbons of Scarlet

    by Kate Quinn, Stephanie Dray, Laura Kamoie, E. Knight, Sophie Perinot, Heather Webb, Allison Pataki

    Narrated by Marisa Calin, Lisa Flanagan, Barrie Kreinik, Saskia Maarleveld, Cassandra Campbell, Lauren Ezzo

    ★ 3.82 ABR Score (6.8K ratings)
    ★ 3.87 Goodreads (6.0K) ★ 4.26 Audible (713)
    16h 1m listening time • Released 2019
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    Cursed

    by Marie O\u2019Regan - editor, Paul Kane - editor

    Narrated by Helen Lloyd, Shiromi Arserio, Lisa Flanagan, Simon Vance, Tim Campbell, Esther Wane, Soneela Nankani, P. J. Ochlan

    ★ 3.63 ABR Score (100 ratings)
    ★ 4.14 Audible (100)
    9h 38m listening time • Released 2020
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    The Dinosaur Tourist

    by Caitlín R. Kiernan

    Narrated by Neil Hellegers, Xe Sands, Tavia Gilbert, Lisa Flanagan, Paul Woodson, Lauren Ezzo, Kevin Kenerly, Chelsea Stephens

    ★ 3.57 ABR Score (142 ratings)
    ★ 3.93 Goodreads (138) ★ 4.75 Audible (4)
    13h 1m listening time • Released 2021

    A stellar ensemble cast elevates Kiernan's unsettling short fiction collection, with each narrator embodying the creeping wrongness that makes these nineteen tales linger long after they end.

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