Best Patrick Bussink Audiobooks

The best audiobooks narrated by Patrick Bussink — 10 titles spanning Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Mystery, Historical Fiction, averaging 3.72 ABR stars.

Patrick Bussink has built his reputation on exactly the kind of genre fiction that rewards a narrator with genuine range — and he delivers. His work on S.M. Stirling's Emberverse series, particularly the sprawling Dies the Fire and The Protector's War, demands a steady, authoritative presence that can carry long stretches of world-building without losing momentum, and Bussink handles it with a grounded, measured delivery that keeps the post-collapse tension alive. What's more interesting is how he pivots for G.S. Denning's Warlock Holmes — a comedic pastiche that requires real comic timing, not just mugging. Listeners who love dense alternate history and speculative fiction will find him a reliable guide through complex material, while his work in mystery and lighter fantasy shows he's not locked into one register. He's the kind of narrator genre completists quietly rely on.

Where to Start with Patrick Bussink

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    Love Lost : The Kurtherian Gambit 3 (The Kurtherian Gambit Series)

    The Kurtherian Gambit • Book 3

    by Michael Anderle

    Narrated by full cast, Colleen Delany, Emily Beresford, James Konicek, Zeke Alton, Christopher Graybill, Nora Achrati, Terence Aselford, Danny Gavigan, Jason Keller, Bianca Bryan, Patrick Bussink

    ★ 4.21 ABR Score (6.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.37 Goodreads (6.0K) ★ 4.81 Audible (170)
    5h 15m listening time • Released 2021
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    Dies the Fire (2 of 3) : Emberverse, Book 1, Part 2

    Emberverse • Book 1

    by S.M. Stirling

    Narrated by full cast, Scott McCormick, Patrick Bussink, Nora Achrati, Laura C Harris, Marty Lodge, Bill Gillett, Dave Jourdan, James Lewis, Lawrence Redmond, Andy Brownstein, Terence Aselford

    ★ 3.91 ABR Score (18.0K ratings)
    ★ 3.93 Goodreads (17.9K) ★ 4.91 Audible (11)
    6h 44m listening time • Released 2020
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    A Meeting At Corvallis (1 of 3) : Emberverse, Book 3, Part 1

    Emberverse • Book 3

    by S. M. Sterling

    Narrated by full cast, Scott McCormick, Nora Achrati, Patrick Bussink., Dani Stoller, Alejandro Ruiz, Amanda Forstrom, Richard Rohan, Marni Penning, Christopher Walker, Laura C. Harris, Megan Poppy

    ★ 3.84 ABR Score (8.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.05 Goodreads (8.2K) ★ 4.83 Audible (6)
    5h 48m listening time • Released 2020
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    The Reigateway to Another World

    Warlock Holmes #2.5

    by G.S. Denning

    Narrated by full cast, Scott McCormick, Eric Messner, Zeke Alton, Chris Genebach, Michael John Casey, Patrick Bussink, Richard Rohan, Jillian Levine-Sisson, Nora Achrati, Rose Elizabeth Supan, Mort Shelby

    ★ 3.80 ABR Score (103 ratings)
    ★ 3.85 Goodreads (79) ★ 4.75 Audible (24)
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    The Hell-Hound of the Baskervilles : Warlock Holmes cover

    The Hell-Hound of the Baskervilles : Warlock Holmes

    by G.S. Denning, Scott McCormick, Eric Messner, Zeke Alton, Chris Genebach, Michael John Casey, Patrick Bussink, Richard Rohan, Jillian Levine-Sisson, Nora Achrati, Rose Elizabeth Supan, Mort Shelby

    Narrated by full cast, Scott McCormick, Eric Messner, Zeke Alton, Chris Genebach, Michael John Casey, Patrick Bussink, Richard Rohan, Jillian Levine-Sisson, Nora Achrati, Rose Elizabeth Supan, Mort Shelby

    ★ 3.69 ABR Score (49 ratings)
    ★ 3.8 Goodreads (5) ★ 4.82 Audible (44)
    7h 53m listening time • Released 2020
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    Riding for the Flag

    American Civil War [Dramatized Adaptation] • Book 2

    by Jim R. Woolard

    Narrated by full cast, Terence Aselford, Matthew Bassett, Matthew McGee, Eric Messner, Andy Brownstein, Nora Achrati, Patrick Bussink, David Jourdan, Joe Brack, Tony Nam, Eric Singdahlsen

    ★ 3.61 ABR Score (57 ratings)
    ★ 4.05 Goodreads (56) ★ 5 Audible (1)
    7h 17m listening time • Released 2020
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    One Last Quiche

    Tony Mandolin Mystery • Book 2

    by Robert Lee Beers

    Narrated by full cast, Bradley Smith, Elliot Dash, Andy Brownstein, Dani Stoller, Patrick Bussink, Eric Messner, Todd Scofield, Nora Achrati, Andy Clemence, Karen Novack, Yasmin Tuazon

    ★ 3.61 ABR Score (50 ratings)
    ★ 4.17 Goodreads (41) ★ 4.33 Audible (9)
    6h 6m listening time • Released 2020
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    The Beginning of the End

    Owl & Spencer • Book 1

    by Michael John Casey

    Narrated by full cast, Michael John Casey, Terence Aselford, Matthew Pauli, Catherine Aselford, Lawrence Redmond, Nora Achrati, Patrick Bussink, Tim Carlin, Jonathon Church, Matthew Bassett, Nick DePinto

    ★ 3.55 ABR Score (18 ratings)
    ★ 4 Goodreads (5) ★ 4.31 Audible (13)
    4h 29m listening time • Released 2020
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    The Protector's War (1 of 3)

    Novels of The Change (Emberverse) • Book 2

    by S.M. Stirling

    Narrated by full cast, Scott McCormick, Richard Rohan, Patrick Bussink, Christopher Walker, Nora Achrati, Marty Lodge, Henry Kramer, Tia Shearer, Yasmin Tuazon, Dani Stoller, Laura C Harris

    ★ 3.51 ABR Score (9 ratings)
    ★ 4 Goodreads (3) ★ 3.83 Audible (6)
    5h 59m listening time • Released 2020
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    The Protector's War (2 of 3)

    Novels of The Change (Emberverse) • Book 2

    by S.M. Stirling

    Narrated by full cast, Scott McCormick, Nora Achrati, Patrick Bussink, Richard Rohan, Christopher Walker, Laura C. Harris, Joe Mallon, Tia Shearer, James Lewis, Evan Casey, Niusha Nawab

    ★ 3.51 ABR Score (7 ratings)
    ★ 4 Goodreads (3) ★ 4.75 Audible (4)
    6h 11m listening time • Released 2020
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