John Banks: Audiobooks Narrated

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, John Banks narrates 63 unabridged English-language audiobooks in our catalog, 1,170.4 hours in all; the median one runs 19.7 hours.

63titles

1,170listening hrs

19.7median hrs

The narrator in numbers

Titles narrated: 63
Total listening time: 1,170.4 hrs
Median length: 19.7 hrs
Release years: 2013 to 2026
Longest: A Certain Idea of France: The Life of Charles de Gaulle (35.3 hrs)
Shortest: The Mervyn Stone Mysteries - The Axeman Cometh (1.3 hrs)
Recordings with four or more narrators: 4

Shelf mix

Where John Banks's audiobooks sit on the store's shelves. A title can sit on more than one.

Store shelf	Titles	Share
Epic Fantasy	21	33%
Historical (Fiction)	17	27%
Fantasy	15	24%
Action & Adventure (Fiction)	7	11%
Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy)	5	8%
Science Fiction	5	8%
Suspense	4	6%
History & Culture	3	5%

Narrates alongside

Narrators credited with John Banks on the same recordings.

Narrator	Shared titles
Carolyn Seymour	3
Lucy Fleming	2
Ian McCulloch	2
Louise Jameson	2
Chase Masterson	1
Paul Darrow	1
Gareth Thomas	1
Richard Heffer	1
Stephen Greif	1
Jacqueline Pearce	1
Nicola Bryant	1
Michael Keating	1

Audiobooks narrated by John Banks

Every title, with its store running time. Ordered by popularity on the store (rating counts, used only for ordering and never shown).

#	Title	Author	Length
1	Senlin Ascends	Josiah Bancroft	14.3 hrs
2	Night of Knives	Ian C. Esslemont	10 hrs
3	Return Of The Crimson Guard: a compelling, evocative and action-packed epic fantasy that will keep you gripped	Ian C. Esslemont	32.2 hrs
4	Return of the Crimson Guard	Ian C. Esslemont	32.2 hrs
5	Arm of the Sphinx	Josiah Bancroft	14 hrs
6	Dancer's Lament	Ian C. Esslemont	16.8 hrs
7	Kellanved's Reach: full of adventure and magic, this is the spellbinding final chapter in Ian C. Esslemont's awesome epic fantasy sequence	Ian C. Esslemont	13.1 hrs
8	Orb Sceptre Throne	Ian C. Esslemont	25.5 hrs
9	Blood and Bone	Ian C. Esslemont	26.5 hrs
10	Deadhouse Landing	Ian C. Esslemont	15.7 hrs
11	Henry VIII (Penguin Monarchs): The Quest for Fame	John Guy	3.4 hrs
12	Kellanved's Reach	Ian C. Esslemont	13.2 hrs
13	The Hod King	Josiah Bancroft	20.3 hrs
14	The Fall of Babel	Josiah Bancroft	24.9 hrs
15	How to be both	Ali Smith	8.5 hrs
16	Stonewielder: The renowned fantasy epic expands in this unmissable and captivating instalment	Ian C. Esslemont	26.7 hrs
17	Stonewielder	Ian C. Esslemont	26.7 hrs
18	Assail	Ian C. Esslemont	22.8 hrs
19	Survivors Series 01	Matt Fitton	4.6 hrs
20	Dancer's Lament: an ingenious and imaginative fantasy from a master of the genre	Ian C. Esslemont	16.9 hrs
21	Orb Sceptre Throne: A concoction of greed, betrayal, murder and deception underscore this fantasy epic	Ian C. Esslemont	25.4 hrs
22	Blood and Bone: An ingenious and imaginative fantasy. More than murder lurks in this untameable wilderness	Ian C. Esslemont	26.6 hrs
23	Survivors Series 03	Jonathan Morris	3.8 hrs
24	Deadhouse Landing: the enthralling second chapter in Ian C. Esslemont's awesome epic fantasy sequence	Ian C. Esslemont	15.6 hrs
25	A Certain Idea of France: The Life of Charles de Gaulle	Julian Jackson	35.3 hrs
26	Assail: inventive and original. A compelling frontier fantasy epic	Ian C. Esslemont	22.8 hrs
27	Survivors Series 02	Ken Bentley	4.5 hrs
28	Niccolo Rising: The House of Niccolo 1	Dorothy Dunnett	23.5 hrs
29	The Unicorn Hunt: The House of Niccolo 5	Dorothy Dunnett	29.4 hrs
30	The Shadow Saint	Gareth Hanrahan	19.7 hrs
31	The Mervyn Stone Mysteries - The Axeman Cometh	Nev Fountain	1.3 hrs
32	The Dragon Lords: False Idols	Jon Hollins	20 hrs
33	Mr Mac and Me	Esther Freud	8.3 hrs
34	Race Of Scorpions: The House of Niccolo 3	Dorothy Dunnett	26.9 hrs
35	The Spring of the Ram: The House of Niccolo 2	Dorothy Dunnett	23.9 hrs
36	To Lie with Lions: The House of Niccolo 6	Dorothy Dunnett	28.5 hrs
37	Scales Of Gold: The House Of Niccolo 4	Dorothy Dunnett	24.4 hrs
38	Gemini: The House Of Niccolo 8	Dorothy Dunnett	31.9 hrs
39	In the Night Wood	Dale Bailey	7.6 hrs
40	Forge of the High Mage	Ian C. Esslemont	17.6 hrs
41	Niccolò Rising	Dorothy Dunnett	23.5 hrs
42	Gemini	Dorothy Dunnett	31.8 hrs
43	The Traitor's Son: Path of the Ranger, Book 1	Pedro Urvi	12 hrs
44	The Liberator Chronicles Volume 10	Una McCormack	2.9 hrs
45	The Dragon Lords: Fool's Gold	Jon Hollins	16 hrs
46	Caprice And Rondo: The House of Niccolo 7	Dorothy Dunnett	26.7 hrs
47	The Gutter Prayer	Gareth Hanrahan	17 hrs
48	Mr Atkinson’s Rum Contract: The Story of a Tangled Inheritance	Richard Atkinson	13.1 hrs
49	First Be Nimble: A Story About How to Adapt, Innovate and Perform in a Volatile Business World	Graham Winter	4.3 hrs
50	microDomination: How to leverage social media and content marketing to build a mini-business empire around your personal brand	Trevor Young	6.6 hrs
51	A Victorian Gentleman's Ghostly Anthology	E. Morant Cox	4.3 hrs
52	The Spring of the Ram	Dorothy Dunnett	23.9 hrs
53	Race of Scorpions	Dorothy Dunnett	26.9 hrs
54	Scales of Gold	Dorothy Dunnett	24.4 hrs
55	The Unicorn Hunt	Dorothy Dunnett	29.4 hrs
56	To Lie with Lions	Dorothy Dunnett	28.5 hrs
57	Caprice and Rondo	Dorothy Dunnett	26.7 hrs
58	Descendants of the Fall Omnibus: Descendants of the Fall, Book 1, 2, 3, 4	Aaron Hodges	32.9 hrs
59	Chains of Blood: The Chaos Cycle, Book 1	ML Spencer	13.7 hrs
60	Assassin's Creed Origins: Desert Oath	Oliver Bowden	9.2 hrs
61	Assassin's Creed: The Official Movie Novelization	Christie Golden	8.5 hrs
62	Chains of Legacy: The Chaos Cycle, Book 2	ML Spencer	11 hrs
63	The King's Secret: Path of the Ranger, Book 2	Pedro Urvi	12.1 hrs

Computed from unabridged English-language audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.

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