Ellis Peters audiobooks in order
Everything Ellis Peters has on this site: 1 series, 20 books published 1977–1994.
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Where to start
Publication order. Mostly self-contained mysteries, so you can dip in, though the monastery cast develops across the run. IMPORTANT: check the runtime before you buy. Sir Derek Jacobi's Cadfael recordings are abridged, at less than half the length of the complete readings.
Series in order
Every book, in order
All 20 books across 1 series. Each links to its Audible listing.
- 1
A Morbid Taste for Bones (1977) - 2
One Corpse Too Many (1979) - 3
Monk's Hood (1980) - 4
St Peter's Fair (1981) - 5
The Leper of Saint Giles (1981) - 6
The Virgin in the Ice (1982) - 7
The Sanctuary Sparrow (1983) - 8
The Devil's Novice (1983) - 9
Dead Man's Ransom (1984) - 10
The Pilgrim of Hate (1984) - 11
An Excellent Mystery (1985) - 12
The Raven in the Foregate (1986) - 13
The Rose Rent (1986) - 14
The Hermit of Eyton Forest (1987) - 15
The Confession of Brother Haluin (1988) - 16
The Heretic's Apprentice (1989) - 17
The Potter's Field (1989) - 18
The Summer of the Danes (1991) - 19
The Holy Thief (1992) - 20
Brother Cadfael's Penance (1994)
Who reads Ellis Peters
- Derek JacobiThe Adventures of Brother Cadfael, The Ultimate Iliad & Odyssey
- Stephen ThorneChurchill: Walking with Destiny, Napoleon the Great
- Roe KendallBrother Cadfael (chronicles from the middle of the series), Medieval People
- Wanda McCaddonEmma, Persuasion
Other authors
Agatha Christie2 series- Alan Bradley1 series
Andrzej Sapkowski1 series
Ann Cleeves2 series- Anthony Horowitz1 series
Anthony Trollope2 series
Portraits — Agatha Christie: Photo: Joop van Bilsen for Anefo · CC0 · cropped, via Wikimedia Commons; Andrzej Sapkowski: Photo: Niccolò Caranti · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped, via Wikimedia Commons; Ann Cleeves: Photo: TimDuncan · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped, via Wikimedia Commons; Anthony Trollope: Photo: Unknown photographer · Public domain · cropped, via Wikimedia Commons.