Where to Start with China Miéville
- Best entry point → Perdido Street Station
- Best standalone → The City & the City
- What fans keep coming back to → Embassytown
- Best narrator for China Miéville → The Scar
- Highest rated by listeners → Iron Council (New Crobuzon #3)
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The Scar
New Crobuzon • Book 2
Narrated by Gildart Jackson
★ 4.19 ABR Score (36.1K ratings)★ 4.19 Goodreads (35.0K) ★ 4.57 Audible (1.1K)26h 59m listening time • Released 2014 - 2
Perdido Street Station
New Crobuzon • Book 1
Narrated by John Lee
★ 3.92 ABR Score (78.5K ratings)★ 3.98 Goodreads (75.9K) ★ 4.26 Audible (2.6K)24h 21m listening time • Released 2009 - 3
The City & the City
Narrated by John Lee
★ 3.87 ABR Score (82.4K ratings)★ 3.9 Goodreads (79.7K) ★ 4.16 Audible (2.7K)10h 16m listening time • Released 2009 - 4
Embassytown
Narrated by Susan Duerden
★ 3.80 ABR Score (36.1K ratings)★ 3.9 Goodreads (34.9K) ★ 4.11 Audible (1.2K)12h 23m listening time • Released 2011 - 5
Iron Council
New Crobuzon • Book 3
Narrated by Gildart Jackson
★ 3.77 ABR Score (17.5K ratings)★ 3.73 Goodreads (17.0K) ★ 4.25 Audible (530)21h 4m listening time • Released 2014
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