His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass (Book 1)

By: Philip Pullman

Narrated by: Ruth Wilson

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “MARVELOUS.”—The New Yorker • An Entertainment Weekly All-Time Greatest Novel • A Newsweek Top 100 Book of All Time • Winner of the Carnegie Medal • The Inspiration for the HBO Original Series His Dark Materials

DON’T MISS THE EPIC FINALE TO LYRA’S STORY: THE ROSE FIELD, AVAILABLE NOW!

Discover the modern fantasy classic that kicked off the epic trilogies His Dark Materials and The Book of Dust—a world where humans have animal familiars and parallel universes are within reach.

“Pullman is quite possibly a genius.”—Newsweek

A war is brewing in Lyra’s world between those who would keep people in ignorance and those willing to fight for freedom. Lyra is thrust into the middle of the conflict when her uncle Asriel comes to Oxford, fomenting rebellion, and when her best friend, Roger, suddenly disappears.

Lyra learns that Roger was kidnapped by a shadowy organization that is rumored to experiment on children. To find him, she will travel to the cold, far North, where armored bears and witch clans rule—and where Asriel is attempting to build a bridge to a parallel world.

What Lyra doesn’t know is that to help one of them will be to betray the other—and that her actions will have consequences not just in her world, but in all the worlds beyond.

Look for the modern fantasy classics of HIS DARK MATERIALS:
The Golden Compass • The Subtle Knife • The Amber Spyglass

And Lyra’s adventures continue in THE BOOK OF DUST:
La Belle Sauvage • The Secret Commonwealth • The Rose Field

Loooove!!!

What an exciting story and fabulous narrator. The writing is so evocative I found myself very moved. Enjoyable for young and old. The narrator is wonderful, I love that there is a single-narrator option since I prefer it over the full cast recording. I felt like a kid again listening to this magical story.

it feels like this is a more detailed version of the book than the full cast performance. I'm not entirely sure about this tho.

this series is in my top five of all time. my only dislike is the music between every chapter. does it have to be inbetween every single chapter. anyways lyras world is top tear story telling. Pullman's writing is beyond magical. dark, gritty and whimsical in a way that all ages children to elderly can appreciate. I listen to them three times a year at least. to say I'm obsessed with these Trilogies is an understatement. a must have addition to your digital library. don't sleep on these they are amazing, imaginative with an impressive lack of story plot holes. if you know pullmans technique you'd be impressed by this as nuch as i am. get them!

One of the finest audiobooks I’ve ever heard

I’m a huge fan of these books. The writing and story aside, the narration is perfection. She is present and embodies the story every second. I’m finding myself making time just to listen. It’s a captivating performance. This is one of the very best audiobooks I’ve ever heard.

An excellent solo reader of an incredible book

Many thanks to the person who saw the wisdom of offering the option to listen to a solo reader of this wonderful book.

Magical

I never read these books as a child, but I loved the movie. Like all stories, the book is 1000x better. Reading this book healed a small part of my inner child, who was not allowed to read about fantasy or “witchcraft” and grew up encumbered by church beliefs.