Best Marni Penning Audiobooks

Marni Penning has built a quiet reputation as one of the go-to voices for comedic fantasy, and her work on Drew Hayes's Fred, the Vampire Accountant series shows exactly why. She brings a dry, deadpan warmth to Fred's absurdist premise — a vampire who just wants to do his taxes in peace — that makes the humor land without mugging for it. Her voice has a bright, approachable quality that keeps lighter material from feeling weightless, and she handles the tonal shifts between comedy and genuine stakes with real ease. Beyond Fred, Penning shows up across ensemble casts in dramatized adaptations like Alcatraz Versus the Shattered Lens and Goblin Tales, where she holds her own in busy productions. Listeners who love urban fantasy with a comedic edge — think Terry Pratchett energy in a contemporary setting — will find a lot to enjoy in her catalog.

Where to Start with Marni Penning

12 audiobooks in collection
3.77 avg ABR rating
Fantasy, Romance, Historical Fiction, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Business

Best Marni Penning Audiobooks

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    Alcatraz Versus the Shattered Lens cover

    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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    Goblin Tales : Compilation of Humorous Fantasy Stories cover

    Goblin Tales : Compilation of Humorous Fantasy Stories

    Compilation of Humorous Fantasy Stories

    by Jim C. Hines, Marni Penning, Scott McCormick, Richard Rohan, Kimberly Gilbert, Ken Jackson, David Harris, Nora Achrati, Nanette Savard, Eric Messner, Bradley Smith, Dylan Lynch, Colleen Delany, Michael John Casey, Alejandro Ruiz

    Narrated by full cast, Michael John Casey, Nanette Savard, Dylan Lynch, Eric Messner, Marni Penning, Ken Jackson, Alejandro Ruiz, Kimberly Gilbert, Bradley Smith, Nora Achrati, Richard Rohan

    4.00 ABR Score (500 ratings)
    ★ 4.1 Goodreads (482) ★ 4.67 Audible (18)
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    Magical Midlife Invasion cover

    Magical Midlife Invasion

    Leveling Up [Dramatized Adaptation] • Book 3

    by K.F. Breene, Karen Novack, Danny Gavigan, Marni Penning, Michael John Casey, R.J. Bayley, Bradley Foster Smith, Kay Eluvian, Ryan Dalusung, Danny Montooth, Stephanie Németh-Parker, Nora Achrati

    Narrated by Marni Penning, full cast, Ryan Dalusung, RJ Bayley, Bradley Foster Smith, Nora Achrati, Danny Montooth, Stephanie Németh-Parker, Michael John Casey, Danny Gavigan, Karen Novack, Kay Eluvian

    3.91 ABR Score (241 ratings)
    ★ 4.2 Goodreads (187) ★ 4.85 Audible (54)
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    Full cast dramatization captures the chaos when Jessie's non-magical parents visit her supernatural household, unaware of the flying lessons and magical crew living there.

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    Hellboy and The BPRD: The Goddess of Manhattan (Hellboy) cover

    Hellboy and The BPRD: The Goddess of Manhattan (Hellboy)

    by Christopher Golden, Thomas E. Sniegoski

    Narrated by Tim Carlin, Rob McFadyen, Nora Achrati, Scott McCormick, Eric Messner, Lydia Kraniotis, Ken Yatta Rogers, Michael John Casey, Amanda Forstrom, Marni Penning, Full Cast, Steven Carpenter

    3.90 ABR Score (85 ratings)
    ★ 3.73 Goodreads (66) ★ 4.37 Audible (19)
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    Fear the Stars

    Chaos Queens • Book 4

    by Christopher Husberg

    Narrated by full cast, Nanette Savard, Alyssa Wilmoth, Henry Kramer, Dani Stoller, Marni Penning, Thomas Keegan, Tia Shearer, Joy Jones, Bradley Smith, Lise Bruneau, Katy Carkuff

    3.90 ABR Score (213 ratings)
    ★ 4.16 Goodreads (211) ★ 5 Audible (2)
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    Dawnrise

    Chaos Queens • Book 5

    by Christopher Husberg

    Narrated by full cast, Nanette Savard, Dani Stoller, Marni Penning, Henry Kramer, Tia Shearer, Holly Adams, Colleen Delany, Danny Gavigan, Terence Aselford, KenYatta Rogers, Lise Bruneau

    3.86 ABR Score (150 ratings)
    ★ 3.92 Goodreads (147) ★ 2.33 Audible (3)
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    The Killers of Cimarron

    Colter Farrow • Book 2

    by Frank Leslie

    Narrated by full cast, Terence Aselford, Michael John Casey, Tim Carlin, Nora Achrati, Thomas Keegan, Christopher Scheeren, Matthew Bassett, Bradley Smith, Kimberly Gilbert, Marni Penning, Christopher Graybill

    3.65 ABR Score (31 ratings)
    ★ 4.04 Goodreads (24) ★ 4.86 Audible (7)
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    Firestick

    Firestick • Book 1

    by William W. Johnstone

    Narrated by full cast, Joe Mallon, Michael John Casey, Lolita Horne, Nora Achrati, James Konicek, Kay Eluvian, Kenyatta Rogers, Michael Glenn, Nick DePinto, Belsheber Rusape, Marni Penning, Karen Novack

    3.64 ABR Score (7 ratings)
    ★ 4.14 Audible (7)
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    Mountain man legend Elwood 'Firestick' McQueen trades his rifle for a sheriff's badge in this new western series celebrating America's aging frontiersmen.

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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

    3.62 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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    Too Like the Lightning (1 of 2) : Terra Ignota 1

    Terra Ignota • Book 1

    by Ada Palmer, Alejandro Ruiz, Marni Penning, Wyn Delano, Jacob Yeh, Taylor Coan, Zeke Alton, Lise Bruneau, Chris Stinson, Kay Eluvian, Nazia Chaudhry, Nora Achrati

    Narrated by Alejandro Ruiz, Chris Stinson, Jacob Yeh, Lise Bruneau, Marni Penning, Nazia Chaudhry, Nora Achrati, Wyn Delano, Zeke Alton, Kay Eluvian, Taylor Coan

    3.60 ABR Score (36 ratings)
    ★ 4.06 Goodreads (17) ★ 4.11 Audible (19)
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    An ensemble cast of eleven narrators guides listeners through Palmer's complex 25th-century world where convicted criminals wander the earth doing good deeds and political tensions threaten global peace.

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    From Mistakes to Meaning

    by Michael Lynton, Joshua L. Steiner

    Narrated by Sean Patrick Hopkins, Marni Penning, Michael Lynton, Joshua L. Steiner

    3.58 ABR Score (41 ratings)
    ★ 3.74 Goodreads (35) ★ 3.83 Audible (6)
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    Two authors narrate their own catastrophic failures with surprising humor and hard-won wisdom about confronting life-defining errors.

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    The Deeds of the Disturber (Dramatized Adaptation): Amelia Peabody

    Amelia Peabody • Book 5

    by Elizabeth Peters, Full Cast

    Narrated by full cast, Nanette Savard, Michael Glenn, Marni Penning, Troy Allan, Carolyn Kashner, Ken Jackson, Christopher Tester, Peter Holdway, Arden Wannall, Nora Achrati, Mike Carnes

    3.51 ABR Score (9 ratings)
    ★ 4 Goodreads (6) ★ 5 Audible (3)
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    Victorian Egyptologist Amelia Peabody investigates a watchman's death near a cursed mummy case in this full-cast production that captures the period atmosphere with theatrical flair.

All Marni Penning Audiobooks (12)

Fantasy (5)

Alcatraz Versus the Shattered Lens by Brandon Sanderson, Alejandro Ruiz, Carolyn Kashner, Christopher Walker, Chris Genebach, Sakile Lyles, Marni Penning, Thomas Penny, Zeke Altonn, Eva Wilhelm
4.15 5h 12m
Goblin Tales : Compilation of Humorous Fantasy Stories by Jim C. Hines, Marni Penning, Scott McCormick, Richard Rohan, Kimberly Gilbert, Ken Jackson, David Harris, Nora Achrati, Nanette Savard, Eric Messner, Bradley Smith, Dylan Lynch, Colleen Delany, Michael John Casey, Alejandro Ruiz
4.10 3h 11m
Hellboy and The BPRD: The Goddess of Manhattan (Hellboy) by Christopher Golden, Thomas E. Sniegoski
3.73 5h 42m
Fear the Stars by Christopher Husberg
4.16 5h 11m
Dawnrise by Christopher Husberg
3.92 5h 48m

Historical Fiction (2)

4.04 4h 56m
Firestick by William W. Johnstone
  6h 36m

Mystery (2)

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
3.54 12h 25m
4.00 12h 21m

Romance (1)

Magical Midlife Invasion by K.F. Breene, Karen Novack, Danny Gavigan, Marni Penning, Michael John Casey, R.J. Bayley, Bradley Foster Smith, Kay Eluvian, Ryan Dalusung, Danny Montooth, Stephanie Németh-Parker, Nora Achrati
4.20 5h 58m

Sci-Fi (1)

Too Like the Lightning (1 of 2) : Terra Ignota 1 by Ada Palmer, Alejandro Ruiz, Marni Penning, Wyn Delano, Jacob Yeh, Taylor Coan, Zeke Alton, Lise Bruneau, Chris Stinson, Kay Eluvian, Nazia Chaudhry, Nora Achrati
4.06 9h 1m

Business (1)

From Mistakes to Meaning by Michael Lynton, Joshua L. Steiner
3.74 7h 37m