Kim Mai Guest brings clarity and emotional precision to a diverse catalog spanning YA mystery, literary fiction, and fantasy. Her narration of One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus crackles with teen-drama tension, while her reading of David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas demonstrates the sophistication to handle one of the most structurally ambitious novels of the 21st century. Guest has a clear, versatile voice with a natural warmth that makes her equally convincing as a high schooler or a 19th-century narrator. She handles Juliet Marillier's Wildwood Dancing with delicate fairy-tale beauty and pivots to the genre-blending demands of anthology collections like The Book of Swords without losing a step. Her strength lies in making very different books each feel like they have found their ideal narrator. Listeners who appreciate narrators with range, intelligence, and an ability to match their delivery precisely to the material will enjoy Guest's work.
One of Us Is Lying • Book 1
by Karen M. McManus
Narrated by Kim Mai Guest, MacLeod Andrews, Shannon McManus, Robbie Daymond
Five students enter detention, but only four leave alive when the creator of a gossip app dies mysteriously. The multi-narrator cast gives each suspect their own voice.
Wildwood • Book 1
by Juliet Marillier, Unknown Author
Narrated by Kim Mai Guest
Five sisters living in a Transylvanian castle discover a portal to an enchanted realm they can access only during full moons, creating a rich fantasy tapestry of sibling bonds and magical secrets.
by David Mitchell
Narrated by Scott Brick, Cassandra Campbell, Kim Mai Guest, Kirby Heyborne, John Lee, Richard Matthews, David Mitchell, Gabrielle Zevin
Seven narrators make this nested-worlds epic feel like a conversation across centuries, each voice perfectly matched to its era and character. It's the rare audiobook where the medium doesn't just serve the story—it becomes essential to how you experience it.
by Lamar Giles, Nicola Yoon, Malinda Lo, Melissa de la Cruz, Sara Farizan, Eric Gansworth, Walter Dean Myers, Daniel José Older, Thien Pham, Jason Reynolds, Gene Luen Yang, Sharon G. Flake, Schuyler Bailar, Aminah Mae Safi
Narrated by Guy Lockard, Kim Mai Guest, Bahni Turpin, Aminah Mae Safi, Dominic Hoffman, Dion Graham, Ron Butler, J. B. Adkins, Sara Farizan, Henry Levya, Donnabella Mortel, Schuyler Bailar, Various
Multiple award-winning YA voices tackle identity, belonging, and resistance across formats—short stories, graphic work, and a never-before-printed Walter Dean Myers play—each narrator perfectly matched to their piece.
Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz #7 - A Long, Cold Trail
by Gardner Dozois, K.J. Parker, Robin Hobb, Ken Liu, Matthew Hughes, Kate Elliott, Walter Jon Williams, Daniel Abraham, C.J. Cherryh, Garth Nix, Ellen Kushner, Scott Lynch, Rich Larson, Elizabeth Bear, Lavie Tidhar, Cecelia Holland, George R.R. Martin
Narrated by John Lee, Katharine Lee McEwan, Kim Mai Guest, Elliot Hill, Richard Brewer, Nicholas Guy Smith, Kirby Heyborne, Julia Whelan, Mark Deakins, Steve West, Ralph Lister
Seventeen fantasy masters including George R.R. Martin and Robin Hobb contribute sword-and-sorcery tales inspired by classic heroes like Conan. The ensemble of narrators including John Lee and Julia Whelan matches the anthology's varied storytelling styles.
by Laurence Gonzales
Narrated by Abby Craden, Kim Mai Guest
Primatologist Jenny Lowe rescues an orphaned child from Congo civil war, only to discover Lucy is the product of shocking human experimentation. Dual narrators Abby Craden and Kim Mai Guest handle this story's shift from rescue to ethical horror.
by Susan Rieger
Narrated by Rebecca Lowman, Arthur Morey, Kathe Mazur, Emily Rankin, Susan Denaker, Mark Bramhall, Fred Sanders, Mark Deakins, Kim Mai Guest, Marc Cashman, Kimberly Farr
Criminal lawyer Sophie Diehl prefers clients behind bars until she's forced into messy divorce cases in this epistolary novel brought to life by an ensemble cast.