Brother Cadfael audiobooks in order
Twelfth-century monastic mysteries, and one of the most confusing listings on the store: full-length readings and a much shorter abridged set side by side, one more than twice the length of the other.
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Which order should you listen in?
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 and run about three hours each; the complete readings run seven hours or more.
Brother Cadfael in publication order
- 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)