Best Joe Hill Audiobooks
Joe Hill writes horror that gets under your skin not because of what it does to the body, but because of what it does to the heart. He spent years publishing under a pen name to escape the shadow of his famous father, and the work stands entirely on its own — Strange Weather collects four novellas that each hit a different nerve, and Full Throttle shows his range across grief, dread, and the specific terror of the mundane turned monstrous. His most enduring achievement may be Locke & Key, a graphic novel series built around loss, memory, and a house full of impossible keys that manages to be genuinely haunting. Hill's prose is kinetic and emotionally precise — he earns the scares by making you love the characters first. Readers who want horror with real literary ambition, the kind that lingers after the monsters are gone, will find Hill essential.
Where to Start with Joe Hill
- Best entry point → King Sorrow
- Best standalone → Strange Weather: Four Short Novels
- Start the NOS4A2 series → Nos4a2
- What fans keep coming back to → Shadow Show: New Short Stories and Fantasy from Neil Gaiman, Joe Hill, and 24 Writers – A Ray Bradbury Tribute
- Highest rated by listeners → The Shivers Collection
Best Joe Hill Audiobooks
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King Sorrow
by Joe Hill
Narrated by Ari Fliakos, Ian Shaw, Kate Mulgrew, Virginia Kull, Dominic Hoffman, Marin Ireland, Tim Sample, Kristen Ariza, Jaime Lamchick, Mike Ortego, Micky Shiloah, Kristen Sieh, Pete Simonelli, Kevin Stillwell, Peter Ganim
★ 4.40 ABR Score (23.5K ratings)★ 4.4 Goodreads (20.4K) ★ 4.68 Audible (3.0K)More about this pick
A full cast captures the terror as college student Arthur gets blackmailed into stealing rare books, unleashing something ancient from the library's depths.
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Nos4a2
NOS4A2
by Joe Hill
Narrated by Kate Mulgrew
★ 4.33 ABR Score (165.7K ratings)★ 4.07 Goodreads (147.5K) ★ 4.34 Audible (18.1K)More about this pick
Victoria McQueen discovers her bicycle can transport her through an impossible bridge to find lost things—including children kidnapped by immortal Charlie Manx. Kate Mulgrew's commanding performance brings Hill's supernatural horror to chilling life.
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Strange Weather: Four Short Novels
by Joe Hill
Narrated by Joe Hill, Wil Wheaton, Kate Mulgrew, Stephen Lang, Dennis Boutsikaris
★ 4.09 ABR Score (31.1K ratings)★ 3.86 Goodreads (27.0K) ★ 4.3 Audible (4.1K)More about this pick
Hill's quartet features memory-stealing cameras, killer rain clouds, and shapeshifting horrors. Multiple narrators including the author himself tackle each supernatural nightmare with distinct voices.
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Shadow Show: New Short Stories and Fantasy from Neil Gaiman, Joe Hill, and 24 Writers – A Ray Bradbury Tribute
by Sam Weller, Mort Castle, Margaret Atwood, Dave Eggers, Harlan Ellison, Joe Hill, Alice Hoffman, Kelly Link, Jacquelyn Mitchard, Audrey Niffenegger, Ray Bradbury, Jay Bonansinga, David Morrell, Thomas F. Monteleone, Lee Martin, Dan Chaon, John McNally, Joe Meno, Robert McCammon, Ramsey Campbell, John Maclay, Gary A. Braunbeck, Bonnie Jo Campbell, Charles Yu, Julia Keller, Bayo Ojikutu
Narrated by George Takei, Edward Herrmann, Kate Mulgrew, F. Murray Abraham, Neil Gaiman, Robert Petkoff, Dion Graham, Simon Van Booy, Edoardo Ballerini
★ 3.80 ABR Score (2.1K ratings)★ 3.91 Goodreads (1.9K) ★ 4.31 Audible (182)More about this pick
Celebrating Bradbury's legacy, this collection features stories by Gaiman, Hill, and others, with an impressive cast including George Takei and Neil Gaiman himself reading these homages.
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The Shivers Collection
The Shivers Collection #1-5
by Joe Hill, Stephen Graham Jones, Grady Hendrix, Catriona Ward, Owen King
Narrated by Robert Fass, Kyla Garcia, Moniqua Plante, Mia Hutchinson-Shaw, Grover Gardner
★ 3.75 ABR Score (718 ratings)★ 3.67 Goodreads (543) ★ 4.34 Audible (175)More about this pick
Five horror masters—including Joe Hill and Stephen Graham Jones—craft tales where supernatural threats lurk in ancient trees, beaches, and friendly letters.