Best Chris Davenport Audiobooks

The best audiobooks narrated by Chris Davenport — 11 titles spanning Romance, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller, Historical Fiction, Sci-Fi, averaging 3.82 ABR stars.

Chris Davenport has built a quiet reputation in urban fantasy through his work on Shannon Mayer's Rylee Adamson series — Guardian, Veiled Threat, Stitched, Wounded — where his voice carries the kind of grounded, no-nonsense grit that suits a monster-hunting protagonist navigating a world that keeps trying to kill her. He reads action and tension well, without the theatrical overreach that sinks lesser narrators in the genre. Beyond Mayer's world, he shows up in dramatically different territory: the pulpy western violence of .45-Caliber Fury and the sweeping secondary-world fantasy of Michael Moorcock's Corum saga, The Oak and the Ram. That range — from gutter-level noir to mythic fantasy — is his real calling card. Listeners who like their audiobooks lean and propulsive, with a narrator who trusts the material rather than performing it, will find Davenport a reliable presence across whatever genre he's working in.

Where to Start with Chris Davenport

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    Guardian

    Rylee Adamson #6.5 • Book 6

    by Shannon Mayer

    Narrated by Bradley Smith, Chris Davenport, Chris Genebach, Eric Messner, James Konicek, Jeff Baker, Karen Novack, Megan Poppy, Nora Achrati, Darius Johnson, Ian Russell

    4.18 ABR Score (4.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.44 Goodreads (4.2K) ★ 4.75 Audible (53)
    2h 23m listening time • Released 2022
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    Drumindor (Dramatized Adaptation): The Riyria Chronicles

    The Riyria Chronicles • Book 5

    by Michael J. Sullivan, Full Cast

    Narrated by full cast, Bradley Foster Smith, Danny Gavigan, Terence Aselford, Nora Achrati, Andrew James Spooner, Jenna Sharpe, Zura Johnson, Peter Holdway, Emlyn McFarland, Stewart Crank, Chris Davenport

    4.04 ABR Score (4.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.37 Goodreads (4.1K) ★ 4.76 Audible (17)
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    Ghost Money

    Eric Carter • Book 5

    by Stephen Blackmoore, Michael John Casey, Dawn Ursula, Nora Achrati, K'Lai Rivera

    Narrated by Andrew Quilpa, Chris Davenport, Dawn Ursula, Eva Wilhelm, Jacob Yeh, Michael John Casey, Nora Achrati, Rob McFadyen, Kay Eluvian, Darius Johnson, k'Lai Rivera

    3.90 ABR Score (1.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.22 Goodreads (1.2K) ★ 4.69 Audible (26)
    6h 30m listening time • Released 2021
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    Veiled Threat

    Rylee Adamson [Dramatized Adaptation] • Book 7

    by Shannon Mayer

    Narrated by Bradley Smith, Chris Davenport, Chris Genebach, Eric Messner, James Konicek, Jeff Baker, Karen Novack, Megan Poppy, Nora Achrati, Darius Johnson, Ian Russell, full cast

    3.85 ABR Score (96 ratings)
    ★ 3.93 Goodreads (30) ★ 4.76 Audible (66)
    5h 51m listening time • Released 2021
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    Wounded

    Rylee Adamson [Dramatized Adaptation] • Book 8

    by Shannon Mayer

    Narrated by Bradley Foster Smith, Chris Davenport, Chris Genebach, Colleen Delany, James Konicek, Ken Jackson, Nora Achrati, Shanta Parasuraman, Terence Aselford, Darius Johnson, Rayner Gabriel

    3.83 ABR Score (75 ratings)
    ★ 4.12 Goodreads (25) ★ 4.78 Audible (50)
    5h 29m listening time • Released 2021
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    The Oak and the RAM

    Corum • Book 5

    by Michael Moorcock

    Narrated by full cast, Nanette Savard, Chris Genebach, Tim Getman, Bradley Smith, Thomas Keegan, Andy Clemence, Danny Gavigan, Nora Achrati, David Jourdan, Lawrence Redmond, Chris Davenport

    3.83 ABR Score (1.5K ratings)
    ★ 3.85 Goodreads (1.5K) ★ 4.47 Audible (34)
    4h 27m listening time • Released 2020
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    Stitched

    Rylee Adamson [Dramatized Adaptation] #8.5 • Book 8

    by Shannon Mayer

    Narrated by Bradley Foster Smith, Chris Davenport, Chris Genebach, Duyen Washington, Holly Adams, Jacob Yeh, James Konicek, Kimberly Gilbert, Nora Achrati, Anthony Palmini, Bianca Bryan

    3.82 ABR Score (98 ratings)
    ★ 3.82 Goodreads (28) ★ 4.59 Audible (70)
    2h 56m listening time • Released 2021
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    Lynchpin

    The Rylee Adamson Epilogues [Dramatized Adaptation] • Book 4

    by Shannon Mayer, Full Cast

    Narrated by full cast, Bradley Foster Smith, Ryan Dalusung, Peter Stanley, Nora Achrati, Jonathan Lee Taylor, Keith Richards, Chris Davenport, Megan Poppy, Nanette Savard, Tracy Lynn Olivera, Ryan Haugen

    3.64 ABR Score (10 ratings)
    ★ 3.83 Goodreads (6) ★ 4.5 Audible (4)
    5h 8m listening time • Released 2025
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    .45-Caliber Fury

    .45-Caliber • Book 2

    by Peter Brandvold

    Narrated by full cast, Terence Aselford, Alejandro Ruiz, David Jourdan, Nora Achrati, Michael Glenn, Nick DePinto, Michael John Casey, Richard Rohan, Chris Davenport, Rose Elizabeth Supan, Mort Shelby

    3.64 ABR Score (75 ratings)
    ★ 4.14 Goodreads (73) ★ 5 Audible (2)
    4h 35m listening time • Released 2020
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    Mount Fitz Roy (1 of 3) : Sun Symbol 2 (Sun Symbol)

    Sun Symbol Series • Book 2

    by Scott Sigler

    Narrated by Alejandro Ruiz, Chris Davenport, Danny Gavigan, Ken Jackson, Nazia Chaudhry, Nora Achrati, Terence Aselford, Wyn Delano, Rob McFadyen, Kay Eluvian, Andrew Colford

    3.60 ABR Score (37 ratings)
    ★ 4 Goodreads (1) ★ 4.5 Audible (36)

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