Best Jenny Sterlin Audiobooks
Jenny Sterlin is an audiobook narrator with a warm, literary voice that has served some of the most beloved works in fantasy and Victorian crime fiction. She narrated Diana Wynne Jones' Howl's Moving Castle and House of Many Ways, capturing Jones' whimsical humor and the emotional undercurrents that give her work lasting appeal. Her narration of Connie Willis' Doomsday Book demonstrates her range with more serious speculative fiction. Sterlin's extensive work on Anne Perry's Thomas Pitt and Charlotte Ellison series — including The Hyde Park Headsman, Traitors Gate, Pentecost Alley, Ashworth Hall, Brunswick Gardens, and Bedford Square — established her as a major voice in Victorian mystery audio. She handles Perry's intricate social world with careful attention to class and period atmosphere. Sterlin also narrated Barbara Vine's The Chimney Sweeper's Boy, showing her range in literary crime fiction. Her performances combine accessibility with genuine sensitivity to a text's emotional and moral dimensions.
Where to Start with Jenny Sterlin
- New to Jenny Sterlin? Start here → Howl's Moving Castle
- What fans keep coming back to → Doomsday Book
- Short listen, big payoff → House of Many Ways
- Highest rated by listeners → Murder on the Serpentine
- Best narrator–author pairing → When Blood Lies
Best Jenny Sterlin Audiobooks
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Howl's Moving Castle
Howl's Castle • Book 1
by Diana Wynne Jones
Narrated by Jenny Sterlin
★ 4.51 ABR Score (467.2K ratings)★ 4.28 Goodreads (453.3K) ★ 4.7 Audible (13.9K)8h 34m listening time • Released 2008Jones's whimsical classic is the inspiration for Miyazaki's film — but richer, funnier, and with a heroine whose curse of old age is the best premise in YA fantasy.
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House of Many Ways
Howl's Moving Castle • Book 3
by Diana Wynne Jones
Narrated by Jenny Sterlin
★ 4.30 ABR Score (53.2K ratings)★ 4.05 Goodreads (50.9K) ★ 4.73 Audible (2.3K)7h 57m listening time • Released 2009 - 3
Murder on the Serpentine
Charlotte & Thomas Pitt • Book 32
by Anne Perry
Narrated by Jenny Sterlin
★ 4.22 ABR Score (3.9K ratings)★ 4.16 Goodreads (3.4K) ★ 4.67 Audible (479)11h 9m listening time • Released 2017 - 4
Who Cries for the Lost
Sebastian St. Cyr • Book 18
by C.S. Harris
Narrated by Jenny Sterlin
★ 4.22 ABR Score (4.5K ratings)★ 4.32 Goodreads (4.2K) ★ 4.67 Audible (219) - 5
When Blood Lies
Sebastian St. Cyr • Book 17
by C.S. Harris
Narrated by Jenny Sterlin
★ 4.16 ABR Score (5.2K ratings)★ 4.31 Goodreads (4.7K) ★ 4.49 Audible (544)12h 51m listening time • Released 2022 - 6
Traitors Gate
Charlotte & Thomas Pitt • Book 15
by Anne Perry
Narrated by Jenny Sterlin
★ 4.12 ABR Score (4.0K ratings)★ 4.04 Goodreads (3.9K) ★ 4.81 Audible (159)16h 25m listening time • Released 2021 - 7
Pentecost Alley
Charlotte & Thomas Pitt • Book 16
by Anne Perry
Narrated by Jenny Sterlin
★ 4.09 ABR Score (4.0K ratings)★ 4 Goodreads (3.9K) ★ 4.82 Audible (144)16h 26m listening time • Released 2021 - 8
The Hyde Park Headsman
Charlotte & Thomas Pitt • Book 14
by Anne Perry
Narrated by Jenny Sterlin
★ 4.07 ABR Score (4.1K ratings)★ 4 Goodreads (4.0K) ★ 4.71 Audible (180)15h 54m listening time • Released 2020 - 9
Long Spoon Lane
Charlotte & Thomas Pitt • Book 24
by Anne Perry
Narrated by Jenny Sterlin
★ 4.05 ABR Score (3.5K ratings)★ 3.99 Goodreads (3.3K) ★ 4.67 Audible (200)12h 4m listening time • Released 2014 - 10
Buckingham Palace Gardens
Charlotte & Thomas Pitt • Book 25
by Anne Perry
Narrated by Jenny Sterlin
★ 4.03 ABR Score (4.3K ratings)★ 3.94 Goodreads (4.1K) ★ 4.63 Audible (208) - 11
Bedford Square
Charlotte & Thomas Pitt • Book 19
by Anne Perry
Narrated by Jenny Sterlin
★ 3.99 ABR Score (4.5K ratings)★ 3.94 Goodreads (4.4K) ★ 4.73 Audible (101)14h 36m listening time • Released 2021 - 12
Ashworth Hall
Charlotte & Thomas Pitt • Book 17
by Anne Perry
Narrated by Jenny Sterlin
★ 3.98 ABR Score (3.6K ratings)★ 3.92 Goodreads (3.5K) ★ 4.7 Audible (118)15h 13m listening time • Released 2021 - 13
Brunswick Gardens
Charlotte & Thomas Pitt • Book 18
by Anne Perry
Narrated by Jenny Sterlin
★ 3.98 ABR Score (3.7K ratings)★ 3.94 Goodreads (3.5K) ★ 4.63 Audible (138)17h 15m listening time • Released 2021 - 14
English Passengers
by Matthew Kneale
Narrated by Ron Keith, Simon Prebble, Gerard Doyle, Gianfranco Negroponte, Patrick Tull, Jenny Sterlin, Davina Porter
★ 3.93 ABR Score (7.7K ratings)★ 4.07 Goodreads (7.6K) ★ 4.32 Audible (28)20h 28m listening time • Released 2017A full-cast audiobook that weaves four wildly different perspectives across continents and decades, with each narrator perfectly capturing their character's voice and delusion. The result is messier, more human, and far more rewarding than any single narrator could deliver.
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Doomsday Book
Oxford Time Travel • Book 1
by Connie Willis
Narrated by Jenny Sterlin
★ 3.89 ABR Score (72.1K ratings)★ 4.03 Goodreads (65.2K) ★ 4.07 Audible (6.9K)26h 20m listening time • Released 2008 - 16
The Chimney Sweeper's Boy
by Barbara Vine
Narrated by Jenny Sterlin
★ 3.78 ABR Score (5.9K ratings)★ 3.75 Goodreads (5.8K) ★ 4.32 Audible (116)15h 57m listening time • Released 2011 - 17
Last Orders
by Graham Swift, Unknown Author
Narrated by Simon Prebble, Gigi Marceau Clarke, Jenny Sterlin, Ian Stewart, Gerard Doyle, Simon Jones, Domonick Hawksley
★ 3.60 ABR Score (15.2K ratings)★ 3.67 Goodreads (15.1K) ★ 3.74 Audible (179)8h 29m listening time • Released 2003Multiple narrators bring distinct voices to four working-class men on a road trip, turning what could be a simple premise into a layered meditation on memory, loyalty, and unspoken grief that justifies Swift's Booker Prize.