Best Malcolm Hillgartner Audiobooks

The best audiobooks narrated by Malcolm Hillgartner — 6 titles spanning Self-Help, Historical Fiction, Horror, Sci-Fi, Literature & Fiction, averaging 3.84 ABR stars.

Malcolm Hillgartner is a versatile narrator whose work spans horror, fantasy, science fiction, and classic literature. He's a regular presence in multi-author anthology productions, where his ability to maintain consistent quality across varied material makes him invaluable. His narration of Richard Matheson's Nightmare at 20,000 Feet brings understated tension to one of horror's most iconic collections, while his work on Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales shows comfort with literary classics. Hillgartner's delivery is controlled and precise, letting the material set the tone rather than imposing one.

Where to Start with Malcolm Hillgartner

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    Health Revelations from Heaven and Earth: 8 Divine Teachings from a Near Death Experience cover

    Health Revelations from Heaven and Earth: 8 Divine Teachings from a Near Death Experience

    by Tommy Rosa, Stephen T. Sinatra

    Narrated by Robertson Dean, Malcolm Hillgartner

    4.08 ABR Score (646 ratings)
    ★ 4.14 Goodreads (266) ★ 4.74 Audible (380)
    7h 28m listening time • Released 2015
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    Creation

    by Gore Vidal, Anthony Burgess

    Narrated by Malcolm Hillgartner

    4.06 ABR Score (5.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.22 Goodreads (5.1K) ★ 4.43 Audible (231)
    27h 8m listening time • Released 2020
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    Nightmare at 20,000 Feet: Horror Stories cover

    Nightmare at 20,000 Feet: Horror Stories

    by Richard Matheson, Stephen King

    Narrated by Julia Campbell, Richard Powers, Malcolm Hillgartner, Arte Johnson, Jay Karnes, Ray Porter, Yuri Rasovsky, Lorna Raver

    4.00 ABR Score (9.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.05 Goodreads (8.4K) ★ 4.17 Audible (1.1K)
    10h 17m listening time • Released 2009
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    Middle Falls Time Travel Omnibus: Books 4-6

    Middle Falls Time Travel #4-6 • Book 16

    by Shawn Inmon, Tamara Marston, Charlie Thurston, Adam Verner

    Narrated by Malcolm Hillgartner, Luke Daniels, Scott Brick

    3.91 ABR Score (418 ratings)
    ★ 4.68 Goodreads (387) ★ 4.81 Audible (31)
    29h 11m listening time • Released 2025

    Three all-star narrators elevate these time-travel stories into something transcendent—Brick, Daniels, and Hillgartner each disappear into their characters so completely you forget you're listening to a performance.

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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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    The Canterbury Tales

    by Geoffrey Chaucer, J.U. Nicolson

    Narrated by Martin Jarvis, Jay Carnes, Ray Porter, John Lee, Malcolm Hillgartner, Ralph Cosham, Simon Vance

    3.46 ABR Score (239.5K ratings)
    ★ 3.53 Goodreads (238.9K) ★ 3.63 Audible (606)
    20h 49m listening time • Released 2008

    A rotating cast of seven narrators brings Chaucer's medieval voices alive with distinct personalities and accents, making the fourteenth-century banter feel less dusty textbook and more like eavesdropping on real people.

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