Best James Patrick Cronin Audiobooks

The best audiobooks narrated by James Patrick Cronin — 5 titles spanning Sci-Fi, Non-Fiction, Horror, averaging 4.00 ABR stars.

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James Patrick Cronin is the kind of narrator who thrives in the deep end of genre fiction — horror anthologies, serialized thrillers, pulpy sci-fi universes that demand range and a steady hand. His work on Weird Tales: 100 Years of Weird is a showcase: he moves through Lovecraft, Ray Bradbury, and R.L. Stine in a single collection without letting the seams show, giving each story its own texture without calling attention to the transitions. His voice has a grounded, mid-register quality — not showy, but authoritative — which makes him equally effective narrating the brutal action of Predator: If It Bleeds and the sprawling serial tension of Yesterday's Gone. He's also capable with serious non-fiction, as The King of California demonstrates. Listeners who love genre fiction in all its pulpy, weird, and violent variety will find Cronin a reliable and genuinely engaging guide.

Where to Start with James Patrick Cronin

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    Middle Falls Time Travel Omnibus 2

    Middle Falls Time Travel • Book 1

    by Shawn Inmon

    Narrated by Johnny Heller, Johnathan McClain, James Patrick Cronin

    ★ 4.37 ABR Score (991 ratings)
    ★ 4.75 Audible (991)
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    Yesterday's Gone: Season Six

    Yesterday's Gone • Book 16

    by Sean Platt, David W. Wright

    Narrated by Scott Aiello, Cassandra Campbell, Tamara Marston, Brian Holsopple, Em Eldridge, Ray Chase, James Patrick Cronin, Christopher Gebauer, Chris Patton, Adam Verner, Tara Sands, John Wray, R.C. Bray

    ★ 4.15 ABR Score (1.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.28 Goodreads (488) ★ 4.78 Audible (688)
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    The horror sci-fi series concludes as scattered survivors return home to face something worse than the Darkness that consumed humanity. Thirteen narrators including R.C. Bray and Scott Aiello guide listeners through this apocalyptic finale.

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    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

    ★ 4.06 ABR 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 King of California: J.G. Boswell and the Making of a Secret American Empire

    by Mark Arax, Rick Wartzman

    Narrated by James Patrick Cronin

    ★ 3.82 ABR Score (791 ratings)
    ★ 4.06 Goodreads (619) ★ 4.38 Audible (172)
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    The rise of America's biggest cotton magnate unfolds through decades of land grabs and political manipulation in California's Central Valley, delivered with documentary precision by James Patrick Cronin.

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    Weird Tales: 100 Years of Weird

    by Jonathan Maberry, R.L. Stine, Laurell K. Hamilton, Ray Bradbury, Victor LaValle, Robert E. Howard, Hailey Piper, H.P. Lovecraft, Tennessee Williams, Usman T. Malik, James Aquilone, Michael A. Arnzen

    Narrated by Bronson Pinchot, Richard J. Brewer, Natalie Naudus, Joe Hempel, Dion Graham, Neil Hellegers, Zura Johnson, Simon Vance, Peter Berkrot, James Patrick Cronin, Gabrielle de Cuir, Grover Gardner, full cast

    ★ 3.59 ABR Score (285 ratings)
    ★ 3.78 Goodreads (263) ★ 3.64 Audible (22)
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    A century of Weird Tales Magazine celebrated through new and classic stories from Lovecraft, Bradray, Stine, and more. This comprehensive anthology spans generations of speculative horror.

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