Best Josh Hurley Audiobooks

The best audiobooks narrated by Josh Hurley — 5 titles spanning Thriller, Historical Fiction, Horror, averaging 3.80 ABR stars.

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Josh Hurley is a genre chameleon — equally at home in psychological thrillers, horror anthologies, and historical nonfiction, which is a rarer combination than it sounds. He brings a lean, controlled tension to crime fiction like A Killer in the Low Country and American Girl, keeping the pace tight without telegraphing twists. Where he really earns his stripes is in anthology work: narrating the sprawling Vampires: The Recent Undead and Zombies: The Recent Dead requires tonal flexibility across dozens of authors and styles, and Hurley handles the shifts without losing coherence. His voice sits in a mid-range that reads as both credible and unshowy — he doesn't perform, he inhabits. Listeners who want a narrator who stays out of the way of the story while still delivering real atmosphere will find a lot to like here.

Where to Start with Josh Hurley

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    American Girl

    by Wendy Walker

    Narrated by Paige Layle, Carson Beck, Josh Hurley, Alexander Cendese, Carly Robins, Hillary Huber, Molly Secours

    ★ 4.24 ABR Score (28.1K ratings)
    ★ 3.7 Goodreads (8.1K) ★ 4.5 Audible (20.0K)
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    Autistic teenager Charlie Hudson becomes the prime suspect when her boss turns up dead in small-town Pennsylvania. The full cast brings depth to this thriller examining neurodivergence and small-town prejudice.

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    A Killer in the Low Country

    by Candice Fox

    Narrated by Uzo Aduba, Chrissy Metz, Jessica Almasy, Dan Bittner, Nile Bullock, Bailey Carr, Chris Ciulla, Merissa Czyz, Janina Edwards, L.J. Ganser, Piper Goodeve, Allison Hiroto, Josh Hurley, JD Jackson, full cast

    ★ 4.06 ABR Score (4.3K ratings)
    ★ 3.5 Goodreads (1.2K) ★ 4.52 Audible (3.1K)
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    Two teachers become obsessed with a true-crime podcast about 12-year-old Sarah Gerlach's 1999 murder. The full cast brings depth to this twisty investigation.

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    Vikings!: Scandinavians Who Shaped the World

    Rivals • Book 6

    by Scott McCormick, Ramón de Ocampo, Thérèse Plummer

    Narrated by Ray Porter, Gabriel Vaughan, Josh Hurley, Khristine Hvam, Cary Hite, Ramon De Ocampo, Kevin T. Collins, Elizabeth Evans, Therese Plummer, Marc Vietor

    ★ 3.97 ABR Score (925 ratings)
    ★ 3.91 Goodreads (402) ★ 4.57 Audible (523)
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    The ensemble cast turns what could be dry history into a raucous adventure—Ray Porter's booming Viking voices alone make this worth the three hours.

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    Vampires: The Recent Undead

    The Morganville Vampires: Extras #9 (Dead Man Stalking )

    by Paula Guran, Albert E. Cowdrey, J.A. Konrath, Jeanne C. Stein, Karen Russell, Kelley Armstrong, Kim Newman, Mary Turzillo, Michael Marshall Smith, Nancy Kilpatrick, Nisi Shawl, Barbara Roden, Rachel Caine, Stephen Dedman, Susan Sizemore, Tanith Lee, Tanya Huff, Tina Rath, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Carrie Vaughn, Charlaine Harris, Charles de Lint, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Conrad Williams, Holly Black, John Langan

    Narrated by Bahni Turpin, Jonathan Davis, Khristine Hvam, Suzanne Toren, Marc Vietor, Josh Hurley, Edoardo Ballerini

    ★ 3.42 ABR Score (1.1K ratings)
    ★ 3.6 Goodreads (958) ★ 3.6 Audible (191)
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    Twenty-six authors reimagine vampire mythology across every genre from romance to science fiction. Seven narrators tackle this massive anthology, each bringing distinct voices to the undead's modern evolution.

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    Zombies: The Recent Dead

    by Paula Guran, Steve Duffy, Max Brooks, Nik Houser, Andy Duncan, David J. Schow, Joe R. Lansdale, Neil Gaiman, Alice Sola Kim, Gary A. Braunbeck, Francesca Lia Block, Tobias S. Buckell, David Wellington, Tim Waggoner, Kit Reed, Brian Keene, Kelly Link, Gary McMahon, Scott Edelman, Kevin Veale, Michael Marshall Smith, Tim Lebbon, David Prill

    Narrated by Jonathan Davis, L J Ganser, Josh Hurley, Bahni Turpin, Marc Vietor

    ★ 3.29 ABR Score (1.2K ratings)
    ★ 3.66 Goodreads (939) ★ 3.4 Audible (268)
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    From voodoo thralls to viral victims, this massive anthology proves zombies are monumentally mutable monsters, with multiple narrators handling each imaginative interpretation.

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