Best Marc Vietor Audiobooks

The best audiobooks narrated by Marc Vietor — 12 titles spanning Biography & Memoir, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Literature & Fiction, Historical Fiction, Horror, averaging 3.94 ABR stars.

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Marc Vietor is the kind of narrator who thrives in the dark corners of speculative fiction — the places where cosmic dread, monster mythology, and literary sci-fi collide. His most significant credit is Hyperion by Dan Simmons, one of the most structurally complex science fiction novels ever written, and Vietor handles its nested Canterbury Tales format with a measured, intelligent delivery that keeps seven very different narrative voices from bleeding into one another. That same versatility shows up in anthology work like Zombies: The Recent Dead and Kaiju Rising, where he pivots between authors with wildly different tones without losing momentum. His voice is controlled and mid-register — not showy, but precise — which makes him especially effective with cerebral, literary material rather than action-heavy fare. Listeners who want a narrator who gets out of the prose's way and lets the writing breathe will find a lot to appreciate here.

Where to Start with Marc Vietor

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    Rare WITH THE OLD BREED by E.B. Sledge -1st/1st HCDJ 1981 - Peleliu & Okinawa marines unknown cover

    Rare WITH THE OLD BREED by E.B. Sledge -1st/1st HCDJ 1981 - Peleliu & Okinawa marines unknown

    by Unknown .

    Narrated by Marc Vietor, Joe Mazzello, Tom Hanks (introduction)

    4.79 ABR Score (60.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.5 Goodreads (48.6K) ★ 4.9 Audible (11.5K)
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    Sledge's unflinching memoir of fighting as a Marine mortarman in the Pacific's bloodiest battles strips away war's heroic mythology. Tom Hanks introduces this harrowing firsthand account.

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    Chronicles of the Black Company: The Black Company - Shadows Linger - The White Rose by Cook, Glen cover

    Chronicles of the Black Company: The Black Company - Shadows Linger - The White Rose by Cook, Glen

    The Books of the North #1-3 • Book 3

    by Glen Cook

    Narrated by Marc Vietor

    4.35 ABR Score (29.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.24 Goodreads (27.1K) ★ 4.7 Audible (2.8K)
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    Mercenaries caught between ancient evil and prophesied good discover their employer might be worse than their enemies. Three novels chronicling moral ambiguity in fantasy's grittiest war.

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    Hyperion

    Hyperion • Book 1

    by Dan Simmons

    Narrated by Marc Vietor, Allyson Johnson, Kevin Pariseau, Jay Snyder, Victor Bevine

    4.31 ABR Score (328.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.28 Goodreads (303.0K) ★ 4.37 Audible (25.7K)
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    Seven pilgrims journey to meet the deadly Shrike in Canterbury Tales meets space opera. Multiple narrators handle each pilgrim's backstory, creating distinct voices for this sprawling, genre-bending epic about humanity's cosmic reckoning.

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    Shadows Linger

    The Chronicles of the Black Company • Book 2

    by Glen Cook

    Narrated by Marc Vietor

    4.30 ABR Score (25.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.18 Goodreads (21.7K) ★ 4.67 Audible (3.3K)
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    The Black Company serves the evil Lady against White Rose rebels, but some mercenaries question their contracts. Marc Vietor captures the gritty military atmosphere of Cook's morally ambiguous fantasy world.

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    1Q84

    1Q84 #1-3

    by Haruki Murakami, Jay Rubin, Philip Gabriel

    Narrated by Allison Hiroto, Marc Vietor, Mark Boyett

    3.99 ABR Score (353.1K ratings)
    ★ 3.95 Goodreads (342.2K) ★ 4.08 Audible (10.9K)
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    Murakami splits reality between Aomame and Tengo as they navigate a world with two moons and sinister cults in this surreal, epic love story.

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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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    The Black Company

    The Chronicles of the Black Company • Book 1

    by Glen Cook

    Narrated by Marc Vietor

    3.91 ABR Score (61.8K ratings)
    ★ 3.93 Goodreads (55.2K) ★ 4.25 Audible (6.6K)
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    The Black Company serves whoever pays them, even the newly risen Lady who may be humanity's savior or ultimate evil—Vietor's gritty delivery suits these morally ambiguous mercenaries perfectly.

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    The Fountains of Paradise

    by Arthur C. Clarke

    Narrated by Marc Vietor

    3.79 ABR Score (33.3K ratings)
    ★ 3.95 Goodreads (31.9K) ★ 4.07 Audible (1.3K)
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    Engineer Vannemar Morgan pursues his impossible dream of building a 24,000-mile space elevator connecting Earth to the stars. Marc Vietor's narration handles both the technical concepts and human drama of this ambitious project.

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    The Essential Lovecraft

    The Essential Lovecraft Stories

    by H.P. Lovecraft, Leslie S. Klinger, Fred Burman, Kevin Pariseau, Matt Godfrey, Peter Berkrot, Robert Fass, Timothy Andrés Pabon, Paul Woodson, Avi Roque, Raphael Corkhill

    Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini, Marc Vietor, Scott Brick, Simon Vance, Jonathan Davis, Jay Snyder, Mirron Willis, Kevin Kenerly, Dan Bittner, Chris Ciulla, Vikas Adam, Gregory Connors, Jason Culp, Timothy Andrés Pabon, full cast

    3.72 ABR Score (216 ratings)
    ★ 3.55 Goodreads (58) ★ 4.4 Audible (158)
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    Forty-eight stories performed by an exceptional full cast reveal why the obscure early 20th-century writer became horror and sci-fi's foundational genius.

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    Kaiju Rising: Age of Monsters

    Kaiju Rising • Book 1

    by Tim Marquitz, Nickolas Sharps, Peter Clines, Timothy W. Long, Peter Stenson, Kane Gilmour, Erin Hoffman, Paul Genesse, Edward M. Erdelac, Jonathan Wood, Shane Berryhill, Natania Barron, Pete Rawlik, James Swallow, Jaym Gates, Patrick M. Tracy, Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam, Mike MacLean, Larry Correia, Sean Sherman, Gini Koch, James Lovegrove, James Maxey, C.L. Werner, Howard Andrew Jones, David Annandale, Joshua Reynolds

    Narrated by Jennifer Van Dyck, Jeff Woodman, Bronson Pinchot, Marc Vietor, Simon Vance, Ray Porter, Nicola Barber

    3.46 ABR Score (985 ratings)
    ★ 3.7 Goodreads (527) ★ 3.76 Audible (458)
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    Twenty-three authors tackle giant monster mayhem from every angle imaginable. Multiple narrators including Ray Porter and Simon Vance handle the diverse tones across this kaiju anthology.

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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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