Audiobooks narrated by Simon Vance

One of the most prolific narrators working, and unusually versatile with it — hard science fiction, Napoleonic dragons and Victorian gothic in the same catalogue.

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3 series · 9 books · 15 recording comparisons

Best known for

• Dune
• Temeraire
• Dracula
• Fire and Blood

Series Simon Vance reads in full

Temeraire

Naomi Novik · 9 books · read throughout by Simon Vance. Publication order, which is chronological. The series is complete.

1. 1His Majesty's Dragon (2006)
2. 2Throne of Jade (2006)
3. 3Black Powder War (2006)
4. 4Empire of Ivory (2007)
5. 5Victory of Eagles (2008)
6. 6Tongues of Serpents (2010)
7. 7Crucible of Gold (2012)
8. 8Blood of Tyrants (2013)
9. 9League of Dragons (2016)

Full Temeraire listening order →

Series Simon Vance appears in

We do not list individual books for these: each is either shared between narrators or includes titles that are not in Simon Vance’s recordings, and we hold one narrator credit per series rather than per volume. We would rather say so than guess which titles are which.

• Dune in orderFrank Herbert · 6 books · Scott Brick and Simon Vance with a partial cast; Simon Vance alone on Heretics of Dune
• Inspector Lynley in orderElizabeth George · 22 books · Varies by book — Donada Peters on the early novels that have a UK audiobook, except For the Sake of Elena (Simon Vance); then a different reader on each title from A Place of Hiding on: Michael Tudor Barnes, Diana Bishop, Inika Leigh Wright, Crispin Redman, Terry Wale, Tim Bentinck, Davina Porter, Julie Teal, Julia Barrie and Vivienne Rochester in turn, with Simon Vance back for A Slowly Dying Cause

Where Simon Vance is one of the choices

Books sold as more than one recording, with Simon Vance among the options. Each page says which one to buy and why.

• The WardenAnthony Trollope · 7 recordings
• A Christmas CarolCharles Dickens · 16 recordings
• DraculaDraculaBram Stoker · 41 recordings
• Bring Up the BodiesHilary Mantel · 5 recordings
• A Study in ScarletArthur Conan Doyle · 12 recordings
• The Adventures of Sherlock HolmesArthur Conan Doyle · 13 recordings
• Great ExpectationsCharles Dickens · 17 recordings
• Oliver TwistCharles Dickens · 18 recordings
• Bleak HouseCharles Dickens · 15 recordings
• A Tale of Two CitiesCharles Dickens · 18 recordings
• David CopperfieldCharles Dickens · 17 recordings
• Tess of the d'UrbervillesThomas Hardy · 11 recordings
• The Picture of Dorian GrayOscar Wilde · 17 recordings
• The Time MachineH.G. Wells · 15 recordings · our pick
• The Sign of the FourArthur Conan Doyle · 18 recordings

Authors Simon Vance reads

• Frank Herbert1 series on this site
• Naomi Novik1 series on this site
• EGElizabeth George1 series on this site

Portraits — Frank Herbert: Photo: Robert E. Nylund · Public domain · cropped, via Wikimedia Commons; Naomi Novik: Photo: Robert Snyder · Public domain · cropped, via Wikimedia Commons.

Who else reads these

Narrators who work on the same series — useful when a series is split between readers and you want to know whose voice you are getting.

• Scott BrickDune, Dune Messiah
• Davina PorterThe Outlander series

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