Best Joe R. Lansdale Audiobooks

Best Joe R. Lansdale Audiobooks

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   Nights of the Living Dead: An Anthology

   by Jonathan Maberry, George A. Romero, Brian Keene, Carrie Ryan, David J. Schow, David Wellington, Isaac Marion, Jay Bonansinga, Joe R. Lansdale, John Skipp, Max Brallier, Mike Carey, Mira Grant, Neal Shusterman, Keith R.A. DeCandido, Ryan Brown, John A. Russo, Craig E. Engler, Chuck Wendig, Brendan Shusterman

   Narrated by full cast

   ★ 4.15 ABR Score (4.3K ratings)

   ★ 3.86 Goodreads (1.8K) ★ 4.48 Audible (2.5K)

   11h 53m listening time • Released 2017

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   Lovecraft's Monsters

   by Ellen Datlow, Neil Gaiman, Joe R. Lansdale

   Narrated by Bernard Clark

   ★ 3.94 ABR Score (4.0K ratings)

   ★ 3.69 Goodreads (2.3K) ★ 4.32 Audible (1.6K)

   15h 12m listening time • Released 2015

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   Deadman's Road

   by Joe R. Lansdale

   Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki

   ★ 3.94 ABR Score (2.1K ratings)

   ★ 3.81 Goodreads (1.0K) ★ 4.33 Audible (1.1K)

   8h 17m listening time • Released 2014

   Stefan Rudnicki nails the profane swagger of a preacher-gunslinger battling cosmic horrors in the Old West, making Lansdale's genre-blending chaos feel genuinely urgent and darkly hilarious.

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   Zombies: More Recent Dead

   by Paula Guran, Mike Carey, Neil Gaiman, Kathleen Tierney, Stephen Graham Jones, Joe R. Lansdale, Jonathan Maberry, Carrie Vaughn, Carrie Ryan, Matthew Johnson

   Narrated by Sean Pratt, Marguerite Gavin

   ★ 3.64 ABR Score (342 ratings)

   ★ 3.63 Goodreads (212) ★ 4.08 Audible (130)

   20h 14m listening time • Released 2014

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   Old Venus

   by George R.R. Martin, Gardner Dozois, Ian McDonald, Garth Nix, Joe Haldeman, Gwyneth Jones, Matthew Hughes, Paul McAuley, Lavie Tidhar, Allen M. Steele, Stephen Leigh, Eleanor Arnason, David Brin, Michael Cassutt, Tobias S. Buckell, Elizabeth Bear, Joe R. Lansdale, Mike Resnick

   Narrated by Diana Rigg, Full Cast, Michael Dorn, Stephen Fry, Jake Stormoen, W. Morgan Sheppard, Gethin Anthony, Wil Wheaton, Janis Ian, Ron Donachie, Various

   ★ 3.61 ABR Score (821 ratings)

   ★ 3.57 Goodreads (734) ★ 3.99 Audible (87)

   22h 17m listening time • Released 2015

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   The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror 2010

   Kyle Murchison Booth • Book 4

   by Paula Guran, Kelley Armstrong, Holly Black, Ramsey Campbell, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Joe R. Lansdale, Stewart O'Nan, Sarah Pinborough, Norman Prentiss, Barbara Roden, Lucius Shepard, Peter Straub, Michael Shea, Kelly Link, Ekaterina Sedia, Catherynne M. Valente, Gerard Houarner, Gemma Files, Kurt Dinan, Elizabeth Bear, Roby Davies, Maura McHugh, Dale Bailey, Deborah Biancotti, Gary McMahon, Holly Phillips, John Mantooth, Marc Laidlaw, Margo Lanagan, Michael Marshall Smith, Nadia Bulkin, Nathan Ballingrud, Paul Tremblay, Peter Atkins, Sarah Monette, Seth Fried, Stephen Graham Jones, Steve Duffy, Steve Rasnic Tem, Suzy McKee Charnas, John Langan

   Narrated by Kristin James, Matt Godfrey

   ★ 3.60 ABR Score (436 ratings)

   ★ 3.84 Goodreads (431) ★ 4 Audible (5)

   11h 20m listening time • Released 2023

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   Dead Detectives Society

   by James Aquilone, Kevin J. Anderson, Jonathan Maberry, Steve Niles, Nancy A. Collins, Joe R. Lansdale, Kasey Lansdale, David Avallone, Lisa Morton, Nancy Holder, Alan Philipson, John Jennings, Tim Waggoner, Rena Mason, Jeff Strand

   Narrated by Joe Hempel, Derek Austin, Jenn Lee, Dean Gallagher, Amber Dekkers, Gary Noon, Jennifer Pickens

   ★ 3.59 ABR Score (60 ratings)

   ★ 4.25 Goodreads (44) ★ 4.56 Audible (16)

   7h 40m listening time • Released 2024

   A horror anthology where top genre masters each deliver a twisted detective story, with a rotating cast of narrators who nail the tonal shifts from noir to cosmic dread without missing a beat.

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   Dangerous Women

   The Dresden Files #13.1 - Bombshells

   by George R.R. Martin, Gardner Dozois, Carrie Vaughn, Lev Gossman, Joe R. Lansdale, Megan Lindholm, Lawrence Block, Brandon Sanderson, Sharon Kay Penman, Lev Grossman, Nancy Kress, Diana Rowland, Diana Gabaldon, S.M. Stirling, Sam Sykes, Pat Cadigan, Caroline Spector, Joe Abercrombie, Megan Abbott, Cecelia Holland, Jim Butcher, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Melinda M. Snodgrass

   Narrated by Scott Brick, Jonathan Frakes, Stana Katic, Inna Korobkina, Lee Meriwether, Claudia Black, Sophie Turner, Janis Ian, Iain Glen, Karen Dotrice, Various

   ★ 3.56 ABR Score (14.9K ratings)

   ★ 3.67 Goodreads (13.2K) ★ 4.02 Audible (1.7K)

   32h 47m listening time • Released 2013

   A stacked anthology where Abercrombie, Sanderson, Butcher, and Gabaldon deliver knockout stories, anchored by an all-star narrator cast that elevates every twist—32 hours that justify the hype.

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   Zombies: The Recent Dead

   by Paula Guran, Steve Duffy, Max Brooks, Nik Houser, Andy Duncan, David J. Schow, Joe R. Lansdale, Neil Gaiman, Alice Sola Kim, Gary A. Braunbeck, Francesca Lia Block, Tobias S. Buckell, David Wellington, Tim Waggoner, Kit Reed, Brian Keene, Kelly Link, Gary McMahon, Scott Edelman, Kevin Veale, Michael Marshall Smith, Tim Lebbon, David Prill

   Narrated by Jonathan Davis, L J Ganser, Josh Hurley, Bahni Turpin, Marc Vietor

   ★ 3.34 ABR Score (1.2K ratings)

   ★ 3.66 Goodreads (939) ★ 3.4 Audible (268)

   20h 3m listening time • Released 2011

   Multiple narrators bring real texture to these zombie stories, each voice matched to the tale's mood. From Neil Gaiman to Joe Lansdale, it's a masterclass in how short fiction anthology audio can outpace reading.

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