Best Mike Carey Audiobooks
Mike Carey brought genuine noir grit to urban fantasy with the Felix Castor series — a run of London-set novels where the dead have started walking and a freelance exorcist with a tin whistle and bad judgment takes the cases nobody else will touch. The Devil You Know and Vicious Circle are tight, atmospheric, and darkly funny, with a protagonist who drinks too much, owes everyone a favor, and still manages to be the most morally interesting person in the room. Carey writes with sardonic wit and a hard-boiled rhythm that keeps the supernatural grounded in consequence — his world feels dangerous because the rules are real and breaking them costs something. Readers who want urban fantasy with the texture of crime fiction, and don't mind their heroes making genuinely terrible decisions, will find Castor essential.
Where to Start with Mike Carey
- Best entry point → Nights of the Living Dead: An Anthology
- Best standalone → Zombies: More Recent Dead
- 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)
Best Mike Carey Audiobooks
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The Naming of the Beasts
Felix Castor • Book 5
by Mike Carey
Narrated by Michael Kramer
★ 4.13 ABR Score (6.0K ratings)★ 4.19 Goodreads (5.7K) ★ 4.7 Audible (227)More about this pick
Felix Castor's habit of playing all sides finally catches up with him in blood and consequences, as Michael Kramer guides listeners through the exorcist's most personal and dangerous case yet.
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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
★ 4.13 ABR Score (4.3K ratings)★ 3.86 Goodreads (1.8K) ★ 4.48 Audible (2.5K)More about this pick
Twenty stories expand on George Romero's 1968 zombie classic, featuring today's horror masters reimagining that terrifying farmhouse night. The full cast brings variety to match the diverse storytelling approaches.
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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)More about this pick
Helping a widow protect her husband's corpse from a greedy lawyer should be simple, but Castor stumbles into a copycat serial killer case. The supernatural investigation gets increasingly complex and personally dangerous.
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Vicious Circle
Felix Castor • Book 2
by Mike Carey
Narrated by Michael Kramer
★ 4.05 ABR Score (9.5K ratings)★ 3.98 Goodreads (9.3K) ★ 4.65 Audible (239)More about this pick
Castor's reluctant return to exorcism gets complicated when someone starts systematically murdering his fellow practitioners. Michael Kramer captures the sardonic wit and supernatural dread perfectly.
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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
★ 3.62 ABR Score (342 ratings)★ 3.63 Goodreads (212) ★ 4.08 Audible (130)More about this pick
Sean Pratt and Marguerite Gavin tackle stories from Neil Gaiman, Joe Lansdale, and other horror masters with appropriately varied approaches. Each narrator adapts their style to match the unique tone of different zombie tales.