Best Matt Godfrey Audiobooks

The best audiobooks narrated by Matt Godfrey — 6 titles spanning Mystery, Horror, Literature & Fiction, averaging 3.55 ABR stars.

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Matt Godfrey has carved out a quiet but reliable niche in the darker corners of genre fiction, lending his voice to horror, mystery, and the kind of anthology work that demands versatility above almost everything else. His narration of Man, F*ck This House And Other Disasters shows off a dry, understated delivery that lets Brian Asman's absurdist horror comedy breathe — he never oversells the joke, which is exactly the right call. That same controlled, mid-register presence works well across the multi-author Crime Hits Home collection, where tonal consistency across wildly different writers is the whole challenge. His work on The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror series suggests a narrator comfortable sitting with dread rather than performing it. Godfrey isn't a showboat — he's a craftsman who gets out of the author's way. Listeners who prefer narration that serves the story over stealing the spotlight will find him a reliable, unpretentious choice.

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    Crime Hits Home: A Collection of Stories from Crime Fiction's Top Authors (Mystery Writers of America Series, 3) cover

    Crime Hits Home: A Collection of Stories from Crime Fiction's Top Authors (Mystery Writers of America Series, 3)

    by S.J. Rozan, Naomi Hirahara, David Bart, Sara Paretsky, Susan Breen, Gary Phillips, Neil S. Plakcy, Renee James, Connie Johnson Hambley, Gabino Iglesias, A.P. Jamison, Walter Mosley, Tori Eldridge, Ellen Hart, G. Miki Hayden, Jonathan Santlofer, Jonathan Stone, Ovidia Yu, Bonnie Hearn Hill, Steve Liskow

    Narrated by Marni Penning, Cindy Kay, Charles Constant, Bahni Turpin, Leon Nixon, Matt Godfrey, Jer Adrianne Lelliott, Jennifer Aquino, Reba Buhr, Charlie Kevin, Emily Woo Zeller, Jesse Vilinsky

    3.61 ABR Score (203 ratings)
    ★ 3.54 Goodreads (196) ★ 4.71 Audible (7)
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    Twenty crime writers explore what happens when danger invades our safest spaces, with a stellar cast of narrators bringing each author's distinctive voice to life.

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    Land of Bones

    by Glenn Rolfe

    Narrated by Lauri Jo Daniels, Anneliese Rennie, Kyle Tait, Matt Godfrey, Joe Hempel, Kelsey Navarro, Sean Duregger, Curt Bonnem, Gary Bennet, Adam Bar, Travis Baldree, Chelsea Stephens, KC Johnston, Shawn Compton

    3.60 ABR Score (180 ratings)
    ★ 3.79 Goodreads (168) ★ 4.58 Audible (12)
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    Fourteen nightmare-fuel stories about demon lights, haunted motels, and apocalyptic love get full-cast treatment that turns each tale into its own horror radio drama.

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    The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror 2010

    Kyle Murchison Booth • Book 4

    by Paula Guran, Kelley Armstrong, Holly Black, Ramsey Campbell, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Joe R. Lansdale, Stewart O'Nan, Sarah Pinborough, Norman Prentiss, Barbara Roden, Lucius Shepard, Peter Straub, Michael Shea, Kelly Link, Ekaterina Sedia, Catherynne M. Valente, Gerard Houarner, Gemma Files, Kurt Dinan, Elizabeth Bear, Roby Davies, Maura McHugh, Dale Bailey, Deborah Biancotti, Gary McMahon, Holly Phillips, John Mantooth, Marc Laidlaw, Margo Lanagan, Michael Marshall Smith, Nadia Bulkin, Nathan Ballingrud, Paul Tremblay, Peter Atkins, Sarah Monette, Seth Fried, Stephen Graham Jones, Steve Duffy, Steve Rasnic Tem, Suzy McKee Charnas, John Langan

    Narrated by Kristin James, Matt Godfrey

    3.59 ABR Score (436 ratings)
    ★ 3.84 Goodreads (431) ★ 4 Audible (5)
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    From haunted houses to mysterious green stones, this collection explores darkness in everyday places through stories by Peter Straub, Kelly Link, and other masters of the genre.

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    Fan Fiction

    by Brent Spiner, Jeanne Darst

    Narrated by Gates McFadden, Jeanne Darst, Levar Burton, Matt Godfrey, Saskia Maarleveld, Barrie Kreinik, Sean Patrick Hopkins, Brent Spiner, Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Matie Argiropoulos, Genie Francis, Hallie Todd

    3.56 ABR Score (4.2K ratings)
    ★ 3.52 Goodreads (4.2K) ★ 5 Audible (2)
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    Spiner reunites with his Next Generation castmates to tell a darkly comic memoir about celebrity obsession gone wrong. The Enterprise crew's chemistry remains intact.

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    Man, F*ck This House (And Other Disasters) cover

    Man, F*ck This House (And Other Disasters)

    by Brian Asman

    Narrated by Matt Godfrey, James Anderson Foster, Andrew Gibson, Joe Hempel, Jenn Lee, Zura Johnson, Ray Porter

    3.54 ABR Score (8.3K ratings)
    ★ 3.34 Goodreads (8.3K) ★ 4 Audible (10)
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    A stellar ensemble cast elevates these horror stories into something genuinely unsettling—each narrator nails their character's descent into dread with surgical precision.

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    Weird Tales Magazine No. 372: Cryptids & Urban Legends

    by Jonathan Maberry, Full Cast, Various

    Narrated by Hillary Huber, Joe Hempel, Nancy Wu, Matt Godfrey, Patricia Santomasso, Robert Fass, James Anderson Foster, James Fouhey, Derek Austin, Liam Gerrard, Ramiz Monsef, Justin Price, Ray Porter, Christopher Tester, full cast

    3.38 ABR Score (3 ratings)
    ★ 4 Audible (3)
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    A full-cast production that treats cryptid lore with genuine respect—the rotating narrators nail the eerie atmosphere while essays ground the mythology in real investigation and wonder.

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