Best Kate Mulgrew Audiobooks

Kate Mulgrew brings something genuinely unusual to horror and science fiction narration — an authoritative alto with real theatrical weight behind it, earned from decades of stage and screen work. Best known to genre fans as Captain Janeway, she channels that same commanding presence into her audiobook performances, particularly across her work with Joe Hill. On Strange Weather and Full Throttle, she handles Hill's tonal whiplash — from suburban dread to outright visceral horror — with a control that never tips into camp. Her voice has a cool, precise edge that suits anthology work especially well, and her contributions to Shadow Show, the Ray Bradbury tribute collection, feel genuinely reverent rather than dutiful. Listeners who want a narrator who sounds like she actually understands the material — and could probably survive whatever nightmare the story is throwing at her — will find a lot to love here.

Where to Start with Kate Mulgrew

6 audiobooks in collection
4.06 avg ABR rating
Fantasy, Horror, Historical Fiction, Sci-Fi

Best Kate Mulgrew Audiobooks

  1. 1
    King Sorrow cover

    King Sorrow

    by Joe Hill

    Narrated by Ari Fliakos, Ian Shaw, Kate Mulgrew, Virginia Kull, Dominic Hoffman, Marin Ireland, Tim Sample, Kristen Ariza, Jaime Lamchick, Mike Ortego, Micky Shiloah, Kristen Sieh, Pete Simonelli, Kevin Stillwell, Peter Ganim

    4.40 ABR Score (23.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.4 Goodreads (20.4K) ★ 4.68 Audible (3.0K)
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    A full cast captures the terror as college student Arthur gets blackmailed into stealing rare books, unleashing something ancient from the library's depths.

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    Nos4a2

    NOS4A2

    by Joe Hill

    Narrated by Kate Mulgrew

    4.33 ABR Score (165.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.07 Goodreads (147.5K) ★ 4.34 Audible (18.1K)
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    Victoria McQueen discovers her bicycle can transport her through an impossible bridge to find lost things—including children kidnapped by immortal Charlie Manx. Kate Mulgrew's commanding performance brings Hill's supernatural horror to chilling life.

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    Strange Weather: Four Short Novels cover

    Strange Weather: Four Short Novels

    by Joe Hill

    Narrated by Joe Hill, Wil Wheaton, Kate Mulgrew, Stephen Lang, Dennis Boutsikaris

    4.09 ABR Score (31.1K ratings)
    ★ 3.86 Goodreads (27.0K) ★ 4.3 Audible (4.1K)
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    Hill's quartet features memory-stealing cameras, killer rain clouds, and shapeshifting horrors. Multiple narrators including the author himself tackle each supernatural nightmare with distinct voices.

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    The Son

    by Philipp Meyer

    Narrated by Will Patton, Kate Mulgrew, Scott Shepherd, Clifton Collins

    4.09 ABR Score (44.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.03 Goodreads (38.2K) ★ 4.35 Audible (5.9K)
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    Three generations of one Texas family rise from Comanche captivity to oil wealth through violence and land grabbing. Multiple narrators handle the epic's shifting time periods and perspectives.

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    Shadow Show: New Short Stories and Fantasy from Neil Gaiman, Joe Hill, and 24 Writers – A Ray Bradbury Tribute cover

    Shadow Show: New Short Stories and Fantasy from Neil Gaiman, Joe Hill, and 24 Writers – A Ray Bradbury Tribute

    by Sam Weller, Mort Castle, Margaret Atwood, Dave Eggers, Harlan Ellison, Joe Hill, Alice Hoffman, Kelly Link, Jacquelyn Mitchard, Audrey Niffenegger, Ray Bradbury, Jay Bonansinga, David Morrell, Thomas F. Monteleone, Lee Martin, Dan Chaon, John McNally, Joe Meno, Robert McCammon, Ramsey Campbell, John Maclay, Gary A. Braunbeck, Bonnie Jo Campbell, Charles Yu, Julia Keller, Bayo Ojikutu

    Narrated by George Takei, Edward Herrmann, Kate Mulgrew, F. Murray Abraham, Neil Gaiman, Robert Petkoff, Dion Graham, Simon Van Booy, Edoardo Ballerini

    3.80 ABR Score (2.1K ratings)
    ★ 3.91 Goodreads (1.9K) ★ 4.31 Audible (182)
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    Celebrating Bradbury's legacy, this collection features stories by Gaiman, Hill, and others, with an impressive cast including George Takei and Neil Gaiman himself reading these homages.

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    METAtropolis: Cascadia

    METAtropolis • Book 2

    by Jay Lake, Mary Robinette Kowal, Elizabeth Bear, Ken Scholes, Karl Schroeder, René Auberjonois, Kate Mulgrew, Wil Wheaton, Gates McFadden, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Tobias S. Buckell

    Narrated by Rene Auberjonois, Kate Mulgrew, Wil Wheaton, Gates McFadden, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Jay Lake

    3.63 ABR Score (2.2K ratings)
    ★ 3.68 Goodreads (834) ★ 4.09 Audible (1.4K)
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    In the 2070s, the Pacific Northwest has broken away from a fractured United States, creating the independent territory of Cascadia amid economic collapse and environmental battles. Star Trek veterans including Kate Mulgrew and Jonathan Frakes voice this collection of interconnected dystopian futures.

All Kate Mulgrew Audiobooks (6)

Horror (2)

Nos4a2 by Joe Hill
4.07 19h 41m
3.86 14h 35m

Sci-Fi (2)

Shadow Show: New Short Stories and Fantasy from Neil Gaiman, Joe Hill, and 24 Writers – A Ray Bradbury Tribute by Sam Weller, Mort Castle, Margaret Atwood, Dave Eggers, Harlan Ellison, Joe Hill, Alice Hoffman, Kelly Link, Jacquelyn Mitchard, Audrey Niffenegger, Ray Bradbury, Jay Bonansinga, David Morrell, Thomas F. Monteleone, Lee Martin, Dan Chaon, John McNally, Joe Meno, Robert McCammon, Ramsey Campbell, John Maclay, Gary A. Braunbeck, Bonnie Jo Campbell, Charles Yu, Julia Keller, Bayo Ojikutu
3.91 14h 11m
METAtropolis: Cascadia by Jay Lake, Mary Robinette Kowal, Elizabeth Bear, Ken Scholes, Karl Schroeder, René Auberjonois, Kate Mulgrew, Wil Wheaton, Gates McFadden, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Tobias S. Buckell
3.68 12h 55m

Fantasy (1)

King Sorrow by Joe Hill
4.40 26h 4m

Historical Fiction (1)

The Son by Philipp Meyer
4.03 17h 48m