Best Traber Burns Audiobooks

The best audiobooks narrated by Traber Burns — 5 titles spanning Sci-Fi, Historical Fiction, Non-Fiction, Literature & Fiction, averaging 3.76 BLT stars.

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Traber Burns is a versatile narrator who moves between genre fiction and serious nonfiction without losing his footing in either. His voice carries a dry, measured authority — the kind that suits both the pulpy intensity of anthology fiction like Predator: If It Bleeds and the somber historical weight of Greasy Grass, Johnny D. Boggs's account of Little Bighorn. Burns handles ensemble works especially well; multi-author anthologies demand a narrator who can hold tonal consistency across wildly different writers, and he delivers. His work on The Best of Richard Matheson shows range — Matheson's horror and science fiction requires a narrator who can shift registers without telegraphing the twist, and Burns earns that trust. Listeners who want a steady, clear voice that gets out of the story's way without disappearing entirely will find him a reliable guide across a wide shelf.

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    Predator: If It Bleeds cover

    Predator: If It Bleeds

    Aliens / Predator / Prometheus Universe

    by Bryan Thomas Schmidt, Holly Roberds, Steve Perry, John Shirley, Jeremy Robinson, Jonathan Maberry, Kevin J. Anderson, Weston Ochse, Mira Grant, Tim Lebbon, Larry Correia, Dayton Ward, Peter J. Wacks

    Narrated by full cast, Tom Taylorson, Nicol Zanzarella, Traber Burns, Bradford Hastings, Bahni Turpin, Emily Sutton-Smith, Ulf Bjorklund, James Patrick Cronin, Andrew Eiden, Scott Brick, Feodor Chin, John Pruden, Mark Bramhall, various

    ★ 4.07 BLT Score (2.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.01 Goodreads (917) ★ 4.62 Audible (1.3K)
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    Seventeen stories spanning from 12th-century Japan to deep space get the full-cast treatment they deserve, with each narrator bringing their own energy to different Predator encounters across time.

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    The Best of Richard Matheson

    by Richard Matheson, Victor LaValle

    Narrated by Donald Corren, Peter Berkrot, Richard Powers, Hillary Huber, Traber Burns, Scott Brick, Devon Sorvari, Kevin Kenerly

    ★ 3.98 BLT Score (2.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.16 Goodreads (2.3K) ★ 4.47 Audible (341)
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    Eight different narrators tackle Matheson's chilling short stories, each voice perfectly suited to these tales that inspired countless Twilight Zone episodes.

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    Greasy Grass

    by Johnny D. Boggs

    Narrated by Michael Kramer, Lloyd James, Traber Burns, Tanya Eby, Jim Meskimen, Sam Osheroff, Eric G. Dove

    ★ 3.71 BLT Score (99 ratings)
    ★ 3.99 Goodreads (89) ★ 5 Audible (10)
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    Multiple narrators embody the opposing perspectives of Little Bighorn, transforming a historical tragedy into intimate, conflicting voices that make you question everything you thought you knew.

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    Journeys Home: Inspiring Stories, Plus Tips and Strategies to Find Your Family History

    by Andrew McCarthy, National Geographic Society

    Narrated by Traber Burns, Patrick Lawlor, Adam Verner, Shaun Grindell, Richard Powers

    ★ 3.53 BLT Score (94 ratings)
    ★ 3.74 Goodreads (92) ★ 4 Audible (2)
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    Real people trace their family roots across continents, combining detective work with emotional discovery in twenty-six compelling stories.

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    The American People, Vol. 1

    The American People • Book 1

    by Larry Kramer

    Narrated by full cast, Robertson Dean, Traber Burns, Keith Szarabajka, Ray Porter, Kate Reading, Richard Powers

    ★ 3.50 BLT Score (21 ratings)
    ★ 3.86 Audible (21)
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