Best Robert Fass Audiobooks
Robert Fass has carved out a niche in the darker, stranger corners of speculative fiction, and it suits him well. His voice carries a cool, measured authority — the kind that makes weird fiction feel grounded rather than campy — which is probably why he keeps turning up in anthologies where the material demands tonal precision across wildly different authors. On Greatest Hits, he navigates Harlan Ellison's confrontational fury and Neil Gaiman's quiet dread without missing a beat, and his work on The Shivers Collection shows a similar range across Joe Hill, Grady Hendrix, and others. He's not a big character-voice performer — his strength is atmosphere and control, pulling listeners into the prose rather than putting on a show. If you love short fiction anthologies, pulp science fiction, or horror with literary ambitions, Fass is exactly the kind of narrator who stays out of his own way and lets the writing breathe.
Where to Start with Robert Fass
- New to Robert Fass? Start here → The Shivers Collection
- What fans keep coming back to → Swordspoint
- Short listen, big payoff → Great Classic Science Fiction
- Highest rated by listeners → The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763-1789 (Oxford History of the United States)
Best Robert Fass Audiobooks
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The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763-1789 (Oxford History of the United States)
The Oxford History of the United States • Book 3
by Robert Middlekauff
Narrated by Robert Fass
★ 4.01 ABR Score (10.5K ratings)★ 3.94 Goodreads (9.1K) ★ 4.42 Audible (1.4K)More about this pick
Middlekauff traces America's path from French and Indian War grievances to Washington's presidency with meticulous detail. At 27 hours, this Pulitzer finalist demands serious commitment but rewards with unmatched depth.
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Greatest Hits
by Neil Gaiman, Cassandra Khaw, J. Michael Straczynski
Narrated by Harlan Ellison, Grover Gardner, Hillary Huber, Tim Lounibos, Scott Brick, Steven Jay Cohen, Robert Fass, Neil Hellegers, Dion Graham, Edoardo Ballerini, Stefan Rudnicki, Angelo Di Loreto, Luis Moreno
★ 3.81 ABR Score (1.9K ratings)★ 4.08 Goodreads (1.9K) ★ 4.28 Audible (29)More about this pick
Harlan Ellison's psychedelic science fiction gets the full audio treatment with thirteen different narrators tackling his genre-defying stories, including classics like 'I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream.'
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The Shivers Collection
The Shivers Collection #1-5
by Joe Hill, Stephen Graham Jones, Grady Hendrix, Catriona Ward, Owen King
Narrated by Robert Fass, Kyla Garcia, Moniqua Plante, Mia Hutchinson-Shaw, Grover Gardner
★ 3.75 ABR Score (718 ratings)★ 3.67 Goodreads (543) ★ 4.34 Audible (175)More about this pick
Five horror masters—including Joe Hill and Stephen Graham Jones—craft tales where supernatural threats lurk in ancient trees, beaches, and friendly letters.
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All-Star Superman
DC Comics
by Grant Morrison, Frank Quitely, Meghan Fitzmartin
Narrated by Marc Thompson, Kristen Sieh, Christopher Smith, Matthew Amendt, Scott Brick, Sean Kenin Elias-Reyes, Robert Fass, January LaVoy, Saskia Maarleveld, Brandon McInnis, Ray Porter, Full Cast
★ 3.74 ABR Score (144 ratings)★ 3.82 Goodreads (38) ★ 4.52 Audible (106)More about this pick
Morrison and Quitely's iconic Superman reimagining gets full audio treatment with cast voices, effects, and music. Classic comic storytelling translated into immersive audio drama spanning the Man of Steel's greatest adventures.
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Butcher
by Joyce Carol Oates
Narrated by Amy Shiels, Edoardo Ballerini, Cassandra Campbell, Robert Fass, Tavia Gilbert, Jeremy Carlisle Parker, Danny Campbell, Max Meyers
★ 3.74 ABR Score (7.1K ratings)★ 3.8 Goodreads (7.0K) ★ 4.08 Audible (95)More about this pick
A chilling historical horror anchored by eight narrators who inhabit a cast of victims and villains with such precision you feel the asylum closing in around you.
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Great Classic Science Fiction
Great Classic Stories (BBC Audio)
by H.G. Wells, James H. Schmitz, Stanley G. Weinbaum, Philip K. Dick, Frank Herbert, Fritz Leiber, Andre Norton
Narrated by Simon Vance, Barbara Rosenblat, Nick Sullivan, Robert Fass, Katherine Kellgren, Scott Brick, Stephen Thorne, Greg Itzin
★ 3.65 ABR Score (1.1K ratings)★ 3.42 Goodreads (522) ★ 4.23 Audible (566)More about this pick
H.G. Wells, Philip K. Dick, Frank Herbert and others in classic sci-fi anthology spanning decades. Eight different narrators including Simon Vance and Scott Brick handle the varied styles.
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Analytic review of And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle By: Jon Meacham
by Andrew McKenzie
Narrated by Fred Sanders, Jon Meacham, Steve Hendrickson, Mike Chamberlain, Robert Petkoff, January LaVoy, Kimberly Farr, Robert Fass, Jim Seybert, Aaron Goodson, JD Jackson, Tavia Gilbert, Keith Szarabajka, Full Cast
★ 3.59 ABR Score (24 ratings)★ 4 Goodreads (1) ★ 4 Audible (23) - 8
Weird Tales Magazine No. 367
Weird Tales Magazine
Narrated by Scott Brick, Robert Fass, James Anderson Foster, Heath Miller, Neil Hellegers, Roger Clark, Joe Hempel, Edoardo Ballerini, Eunice Wong, Simon Vance, Holly Adams, Chris Henry Coffey, Ralph Lister, Natalie Naudus
★ 3.52 ABR Score (59 ratings)★ 3.79 Goodreads (47) ★ 3.75 Audible (12)More about this pick
Fourteen narrators tackle cosmic horror from Hellboy creator Mike Mignola and other masters of reality-bending fiction. The ensemble approach suits stories designed to destabilize your worldview completely.
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Weird Tales Magazine No. 368: Occult Detective Issue
Weird Tales Magazine
Narrated by Bronson Pinchot, Eric G. Dove, Kevin Kenerly, Andrea Emmes, Robin Miles, Sarah Mollo-Christensen, Tim Campbell, Kevin J. Anderson, Robert Fass, Joel Froomkin, Frankie Corzo, Scott Aiello, Simon Vance, Hillary Huber
★ 3.50 ABR Score (69 ratings)★ 3.4 Goodreads (43) ★ 3.65 Audible (26)More about this pick
Multiple narrators bring occult investigators to life across dimensions, with each voice capturing different supernatural sleuths who peer into shadowy mysteries.
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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)More about this pick
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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Swordspoint
The World of Riverside • Book 1
by Ellen Kushner
Narrated by Ellen Kushner, Dion Graham, Katherine Kellgren, Robert Fass, Nick Sullivan, Simon Jones
★ 3.35 ABR Score (12.5K ratings)★ 3.8 Goodreads (11.1K) ★ 3.66 Audible (1.4K)More about this pick
Political ambitions and passionate affairs drive this elegant fantasy of manners, filled with plot twists and wit, brought to life by a full cast including Ellen Kushner herself.