Where to Start with Mike Carey
- Best entry point → The Devil You Know
- Best standalone → Nights of the Living Dead: An Anthology
- What fans keep coming back to → Vicious Circle
- Best narrator for Mike Carey → Dead Men's Boots
- Highest rated by listeners → The Naming of the Beasts (Felix Castor #5)
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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 - 2
The Naming of the Beasts
Felix Castor • Book 5
by Mike Carey
Narrated by Michael Kramer
★ 4.14 ABR Score (6.0K ratings)★ 4.19 Goodreads (5.7K) ★ 4.7 Audible (227)13h 2m listening time • Released 2018Michael Kramer's narration cuts through Carey's darkest Felix Castor chapter with perfect noir fatigue—every whiskey-soaked consequence lands harder when he's delivering it.
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Thicker Than Water
Felix Castor • Book 4
by Mike Carey
Narrated by Michael Kramer
★ 4.13 ABR Score (6.3K ratings)★ 4.14 Goodreads (6.1K) ★ 4.74 Audible (203)13h 25m listening time • Released 2018Michael Kramer's gravel-voiced performance elevates this supernatural noir—he nails the weary exorcist's deadpan humor while keeping the family betrayals genuinely unsettling.
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Dead Men's Boots
Felix Castor • Book 3
by Mike Carey
Narrated by Michael Kramer
★ 4.06 ABR Score (8.2K ratings)★ 4 Goodreads (8.0K) ★ 4.66 Audible (222)15h 59m listening time • Released 2018Michael Kramer's gravel-voiced performance captures Castor's wisecracking desperation perfectly, turning this possessed-corpse-and-serial-killer mess into addictive noir that rewards close listening.
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Vicious Circle
Felix Castor • Book 2
by Mike Carey
Narrated by Michael Kramer
★ 4.06 ABR Score (9.5K ratings)★ 3.98 Goodreads (9.3K) ★ 4.65 Audible (239)16h 18m listening time • Released 2018Michael Kramer's noir-tough narration transforms this urban fantasy sequel into something genuinely noir—he makes every cynical quip land and every supernatural threat feel immediate.
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The Devil You Know
Felix Castor • Book 1
by Mike Carey
Narrated by Michael Kramer
★ 3.86 ABR Score (17.9K ratings)★ 3.81 Goodreads (17.4K) ★ 4.35 Audible (510)13h 49m listening time • Released 2018Michael Kramer's deadpan delivery makes Felix Castor's sardonic voice feel like a mate narrating his own misadventures—perfect for Carey's darkly funny urban fantasy where the real danger comes from the living, not the ghosts.
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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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