Best Chris Stinson Audiobooks

The best Chris Stinson audiobooks — 5 titles ranked by listening experience across Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Historical Fiction, Thriller, averaging 3.70 ABR stars.

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Chris Stinson's highest-rated audiobook in our collection is Posthumous Education : Fred, the Vampire Accountant 8 (Fred, the Vampire Accountant), narrated by Alejandro Ruiz, Amanda Forstrom, Bradley Foster Smith, Carolyn Kashner, Chris Stinson, Christopher Walker, Dawn Ursula, Eva Wilhelm, Nora Achrati, Richard Rohan, Cody Roberts, full cast (4.13 ABR stars). Performed by narrators including Alejandro Ruiz, Amanda Forstrom, Bradley Foster Smith, Carolyn Kashner, Chris Stinson, Christopher Walker, Dawn Ursula, Eva Wilhelm, Nora Achrati, Richard Rohan, Cody Roberts, full cast, Alejandro Ruiz, Chris Stinson, Jacob Yeh, Lise Bruneau, Marni Penning, Nazia Chaudhry, Nora Achrati, Wyn Delano, Zeke Alton, Kay Eluvian, Taylor Coan, full cast, Peter Stanley, Jonathan Sleep, Nick DePinto, Elizabeth Jernigan, Danny Gavigan, Jacob Yeh, Chris Stinson, Ken Jackson, Rayner Gabriel, Terence Aselford, Nora Achrati, and more. Rankings here weight the listening experience — narrator performance and Audible ratings factor alongside reader scores.

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    Posthumous Education : Fred, the Vampire Accountant 8 (Fred, the Vampire Accountant) cover

    Posthumous Education : Fred, the Vampire Accountant 8 (Fred, the Vampire Accountant)

    Fred, the Vampire Accountant • Book 8

    by Drew Hayes, Bradley Foster Smith, Chris Stinson, Cody Roberts, Nora Achrati, Richard Rohan, Amanda Forstrom, Carolyn Kashner, Eva Wilhelm, Dawn Ursula, Christopher Walker, Alejandro Ruiz

    Narrated by Alejandro Ruiz, Amanda Forstrom, Bradley Foster Smith, Carolyn Kashner, Chris Stinson, Christopher Walker, Dawn Ursula, Eva Wilhelm, Nora Achrati, Richard Rohan, Cody Roberts, full cast

    ★ 4.13 ABR Score (3.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.39 Goodreads (3.3K) ★ 4.77 Audible (77)
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    Vampire accountant Fred owes a favor to fey royalty and expects danger—instead, he's asked to teach at a supernatural university where the real threat is academic politics.

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    Too Like the Lightning (1 of 2) : Terra Ignota 1 cover

    Too Like the Lightning (1 of 2) : Terra Ignota 1

    Terra Ignota • Book 1

    by Ada Palmer, Alejandro Ruiz, Marni Penning, Wyn Delano, Jacob Yeh, Taylor Coan, Zeke Alton, Lise Bruneau, Chris Stinson, Kay Eluvian, Nazia Chaudhry, Nora Achrati

    Narrated by Alejandro Ruiz, Chris Stinson, Jacob Yeh, Lise Bruneau, Marni Penning, Nazia Chaudhry, Nora Achrati, Wyn Delano, Zeke Alton, Kay Eluvian, Taylor Coan

    ★ 3.60 ABR Score (36 ratings)
    ★ 4.06 Goodreads (17) ★ 4.11 Audible (19)
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    An ensemble cast of eleven narrators guides listeners through Palmer's complex 25th-century world where convicted criminals wander the earth doing good deeds and political tensions threaten global peace.

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    Red River Vengeance (Dramatized Adaptation): A Perley Gates Western

    Perley Gates Western • Book 5

    by J.A. Johnstone, William W. Johnstone, Full Cast, Peter Stanley, Jonathan Sleep, Nick DePinto, Elizabeth Jernigan, Danny Gavigan, Jacob Yeh, Chris Stinson, Ken Jackson, Rayner Gabriel, Terence Aselford, Nora Achrati

    Narrated by full cast, Peter Stanley, Jonathan Sleep, Nick DePinto, Elizabeth Jernigan, Danny Gavigan, Jacob Yeh, Chris Stinson, Ken Jackson, Rayner Gabriel, Terence Aselford, Nora Achrati

    ★ 3.60 ABR Score (4 ratings)
    ★ 4.75 Audible (4)
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    Full-cast dramatization captures all the gunslinger action as Perley Gates races against apocalyptic outlaws who've taken a hostage after robbing Paris, Texas.

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    The Hidden Queen (1 of 2) : The Nightfall Saga 2 (The Nightfall Saga) cover

    The Hidden Queen (1 of 2) : The Nightfall Saga 2 (The Nightfall Saga)

    The Nightfall Saga • Book 2

    by Peter V. Brett, Melody Muze, David Cui Cui, Bradley Foster Smith, Christopher Williams, Colleen Delany, Yasmin Tuazon, Matthew Bassett, Drew Kopas, Nora Achrati, Lise Bruneau, Chris Stinson

    Narrated by David Cui Cui, Bradley Foster Smith, Christopher Williams, Melody Muze, Lise Bruneau, full cast, Yasmin Tuazon, Matthew Bassett, Drew Kopas, Nora Achrati, Colleen Delany, Chris Stinson

    ★ 3.59 ABR Score (4 ratings)
    ★ 4 Goodreads (1) ★ 3.67 Audible (3)
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    Hand of God : Jason Trapp 8 (Jason Trapp) cover

    Hand of God : Jason Trapp 8 (Jason Trapp)

    Jason Trapp • Book 8

    by Jack Slater, Keval Shah, Nora Achrati, James Konicek, Jacob Yeh, Terence Aselford, Peter Holdway, Chris Stinson, Wyn Delano, Drew Kopas, Bradley Foster Smith, Mark Harrietha, A Full Cast

    Narrated by full cast, Terence Aselford, Wyn Delano, Nora Achrati, Peter Holdway, James Konicek, Mark Harrietha, Jacob Yeh, Bradley Foster Smith, Drew Kopas, Chris Stinson, Keval Shah

    ★ 3.56 ABR Score (5 ratings)
    ★ 4.33 Goodreads (3) ★ 3.5 Audible (2)
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How We Rank Audiobooks

Rankings are driven by listener ratings and review counts from Audible and Goodreads. Books with high ratings across a large number of listeners rank higher — a 4.5 with 50,000 ratings says more than a 4.8 with 200.

Unlike most book lists, we weight audiobook-specific factors: narrator performance, production quality, and how well a story translates to audio. A great book with a poor narration isn't a great audiobook.

We don't accept paid placements or prioritize new releases. These rankings reflect what listeners actually enjoy, not what's being promoted.

Rankings update periodically as new ratings come in and new titles are added to the collection.

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