Best Chris Patton Audiobooks

The best audiobooks narrated by Chris Patton — 6 titles spanning Horror, Sci-Fi, Literature & Fiction, averaging 4.00 ABR stars.

Chris Patton navigates horror and speculative fiction with a steady, versatile voice that anchors even the most disturbing material. His work on Clive Barker's Books of Blood is dark and immersive, capturing the transgressive energy of Barker's vision without flinching. Stephen Graham Jones's Mongrels — a coming-of-age werewolf story — benefits enormously from Patton's ability to balance tenderness with menace. He handles Yesterday's Gone with propulsive energy, keeping the serialized thriller moving at pace. Patton's voice is clean and adaptable, with a slight edge that suits genre fiction well. He reads with conviction and consistency, never losing the thread even in complex ensemble pieces like 21st Century Dead. Horror and sci-fi listeners who want a dependable narrator with real genre credentials should put Patton on their list.

Where to Start with Chris Patton

  1. 1
    Clive Barker's The Books of Blood: Volume Three cover

    Clive Barker's The Books of Blood: Volume Three

    Books of Blood • Book 3

    by Clive Barker

    Narrated by Scott Brick, Xe Sands, Jeffrey Kafer, Peter Bishop, Chris Patton

    ★ 4.23 ABR Score (12.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.15 Goodreads (12.5K) ★ 4.54 Audible (368)
    7h 31m listening time • Released 2013
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    Clive Barker's The Books of Blood: Volume One cover

    Clive Barker's The Books of Blood: Volume One

    Books of Blood • Book 1

    by Clive Barker

    Narrated by Simon Vance, Dick Hill, Peter Berkrot, Jeffrey Kafer, Chet Williamson, Chris Patton

    ★ 4.20 ABR Score (29.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.05 Goodreads (28.2K) ★ 4.37 Audible (1.3K)
    6h 51m listening time • Released 2013

    Six different narrators bring Barker's 16 horror stories to life with the precision they deserve—each voice perfectly matched to the grotesque intimacy of tales that redefined what short fiction horror could be.

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    Yesterday's Gone: Season Six cover

    Yesterday's Gone: Season Six

    Yesterday's Gone • Book 16

    by Sean Platt, David W. Wright

    Narrated by Scott Aiello, Cassandra Campbell, Tamara Marston, Brian Holsopple, Em Eldridge, Ray Chase, James Patrick Cronin, Christopher Gebauer, Chris Patton, Adam Verner, Tara Sands, John Wray, R.C. Bray

    ★ 4.15 ABR Score (1.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.28 Goodreads (488) ★ 4.78 Audible (688)
    11h 25m listening time • Released 2018
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    Yesterday's Gone: Season Two cover

    Yesterday's Gone: Season Two

    Yesterday's Gone #Episodes 7-12 • Book 7

    by Sean Platt, David W. Wright

    Narrated by Ray Chase, R.C. Bray, Brian Holsopple, Chris Patton, Maxwell Glick, Tamara Marston

    ★ 4.08 ABR Score (4.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.04 Goodreads (2.4K) ★ 4.54 Audible (2.0K)
    16h 12m listening time • Released 2014

    The ensemble cast transforms this post-apocalyptic mystery into something cinematic—each narrator nails their character so completely you forget you're listening to a book, not watching it unfold.

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    Mongrels cover

    Mongrels

    by Stephen Graham Jones

    Narrated by Chris Patton, Jonathan Yen

    ★ 3.86 ABR Score (12.1K ratings)
    ★ 3.89 Goodreads (11.5K) ★ 4.19 Audible (553)
    9h 41m listening time • Released 2016
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    21st Century Dead

    Dead of Night #1.1 Jack and Jill

    by Christopher Golden, John M. McIlveen, Rio Youers

    Narrated by Scott Brick, Cassandra Campbell, Bernadette Dunne, Richard Powers, Kirby Heyborne, Malcolm Hillgartner, Chris Patton, John Pruden, Renée Raudman, Stefan Rudnicki

    ★ 3.51 ABR Score (897 ratings)
    ★ 3.45 Goodreads (790) ★ 3.75 Audible (107)
    12h 36m listening time • Released 2012
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