Best Steve Wannall Audiobooks

The best audiobooks narrated by Steve Wannall — 6 titles spanning Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Romance, averaging 3.83 ABR stars.

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Steve Wannall has carved out a niche in the scrappier corners of genre fiction — urban fantasy, noir-tinged mysteries, and sci-fi with an attitude — and he's exactly the kind of narrator those books need. His voice has a naturally dry, understated quality that plays especially well with deadpan humor; his work on The Fangs of Freelance, part of Drew Hayes's Fred the Vampire Accountant series, leans into the absurdity without overselling it, which is harder than it sounds. He brings a grittier edge to darker material like the Eric Carter noir fantasy books, where that same controlled delivery becomes something more like menace. Wannall isn't a showman — he doesn't chase big character voices — but his restraint keeps the storytelling grounded and the pacing tight. Listeners who prefer narrators who get out of the way and let the story breathe will find a lot to appreciate here.

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    Alcatraz Versus the Shattered Lens

    Alcatraz versus the Evil Librarians • Book 4

    by Brandon Sanderson, Alejandro Ruiz, Carolyn Kashner, Christopher Walker, Chris Genebach, Sakile Lyles, Marni Penning, Thomas Penny, Zeke Altonn, Eva Wilhelm

    Narrated by Alejandro Ruiz, Carolyn Kashner, Christopher Walker, Chris Genebach, Sakile Lyles, Marni Penning, Thomas Penny, Zeke Alton, Eva Wilhelm, Nora Achrati, Laura C Harris, Scott McCormick, Ken Jackson, Steve Wannall, full cast

    ★ 4.06 ABR Score (209 ratings)
    ★ 4.15 Goodreads (78) ★ 4.75 Audible (131)
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    Cult Classic

    Eric Carter • Book 9

    by Stephen Blackmoore, Michael John Casey, Nora Achrati, Jessica Threet, Steve Wannall, Dawn Ursula, Holly Adams, Torian Brackett, Rana Kay, Alexandra Cohler, Richard Rohan, Ryan Dalusung

    Narrated by Alexandra Cohler, Dawn Ursula, Holly Adams, Steve Wannall, Michael John Casey, Torian Brackett, Nora Achrati, full cast, Richard Rohan, Ryan Dalusung, Rana Kay, Jessica Threet

    ★ 4.06 ABR Score (753 ratings)
    ★ 4.48 Goodreads (747) ★ 4.83 Audible (6)
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    Eric Carter hunts a talking Oracle head that can rewrite past and future, causing Jazz Age Los Angeles to bleed into modern reality. The full cast captures the temporal chaos perfectly.

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    Liam

    The Rylee Adamson Epilogues [Dramatized Adaptation] • Book 2

    by Shannon Mayer, Full Cast

    Narrated by full cast, Chris Genebach, Troy Allan, Dominique Salvacion, LaMont Ridgell, Lily Beacon, Karen Novack, Nora Achrati, Shanta Parasuraman, Steve Wannall, Bradley Foster Smith, Robb Moreira

    ★ 3.80 ABR Score (13 ratings)
    ★ 4.5 Goodreads (8) ★ 4.8 Audible (5)
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    Former FBI agent turned Guardian wolf shifter Liam protects three orphaned ogre triplets after the demon war ends. The full cast production captures the urban fantasy's ensemble dynamics.

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    Buried Memories

    Ishmael Jones • Book 10

    by Simon R. Green

    Narrated by Scott McCormick, Laura C. Harris, Andrew James Spooner, Lise Bruneau, Jenna Sharpe, Holly Adams, Torian Brackett, Elias Khalil, Steve Wannall, Ian Russell, Nora Achrati, full cast

    ★ 3.75 ABR Score (467 ratings)
    ★ 4.1 Goodreads (459) ★ 4.88 Audible (8)
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    Ishmael Jones returns to his 1963 crash site seeking answers about his hidden past, but a brutal murder derails his investigation in this full-cast production that captures small-town menace perfectly.

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    Like a Boss

    Windswept • Book 2

    by Adam Rakunas

    Narrated by full cast, Nanette Savard, Ken Jackson, Nora Achrati, Lise Bruneau, Christopher Graybill, Steve Wannall, Lily Beacon, Helen Pafumi, Dani Stoller, Todd Scofield, Amanda Forstrom

    ★ 3.66 ABR Score (179 ratings)
    ★ 4.1 Goodreads (175) ★ 4.75 Audible (4)
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    Deathly Delinquency

    Gang of Ghouls [Dramatized Adaptation] • Book 4

    by Eva Chase

    Narrated by Rana Kay, Robb Moreira, Scott McCormick, Arden Wannall, full cast, Nora Achrati, Taylor Coan, Kelly Baskin, Stephon Walker, Wyn Delano, Steve Wannall, Danny Gavigan

    ★ 3.65 ABR Score (30 ratings)
    ★ 3.5 Goodreads (22) ★ 4.25 Audible (8)
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    Full cast production captures the fury of a woman whose resurrected gangster lovers face destruction while battling a family of supernatural monsters.

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