Where to Start with Edward St. Aubyn
- Best entry point → The Patrick Melrose Novels
- Best standalone → Lost for Words
- Start the Patrick Melrose #1-3 series → Patrick Melrose Volume 1: Never Mind, Bad News and Some Hope
- What fans keep coming back to → The Complete Patrick Melrose Novels: Never Mind, Bad News, Some Hope, Mother's Milk, and at Last
- Highest rated by listeners → Patrick Melrose Volume 2: Mother's Milk and At Last (Patrick Melrose #4-5 #4)
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The Patrick Melrose Novels
Patrick Melrose #1-4 • Book 1
Narrated by Alex Jennings
★ 4.02 ABR Score (9.9K ratings)★ 4.06 Goodreads (9.3K) ★ 4.35 Audible (614) -
The Complete Patrick Melrose Novels: Never Mind, Bad News, Some Hope, Mother's Milk, and at Last
Patrick Melrose #1-4 • Book 5
Narrated by Alex Jennings
★ 3.91 ABR Score (9.3K ratings)★ 4.06 Goodreads (9.3K) ★ 4.28 Audible (78)5h 43m listening time • Released 2013 -
Patrick Melrose Volume 1: Never Mind, Bad News and Some Hope
Patrick Melrose #1-3 • Book 1
Narrated by Alex Jennings
★ 3.71 ABR Score (3.6K ratings)★ 3.78 Goodreads (3.6K) ★ 4.43 Audible (14)13h 47m listening time • Released 2018 -
Patrick Melrose Volume 2: Mother's Milk and At Last
Patrick Melrose #4-5 • Book 4
Narrated by Alex Jennings
★ 3.66 ABR Score (925 ratings)★ 3.91 Goodreads (920) ★ 4.6 Audible (5)13h 10m listening time • Released 2018 -
Lost for Words
Narrated by Alex Jennings
★ 3.52 ABR Score (3.8K ratings)★ 3.29 Goodreads (3.6K) ★ 4 Audible (209)5h 18m listening time • Released 2014
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