Best James Fouhey Audiobooks
James Fouhey is a narrator whose deep, authoritative voice works especially well in nonfiction, dark fiction, and anthology collections. His narration of Jonathan Abrams's The Come Up captures the energy and rhythm of hip-hop oral history, while his work on horror and dark fantasy anthologies shows a narrator comfortable with tonal shifts and genre-blending material. Fouhey brings a steady, grounded presence to everything he records, with enough range to handle both interview-style nonfiction and atmospheric genre fiction without missing a beat.
Where to Start with James Fouhey
- New to James Fouhey? Start here → Gone Before Goodbye
- What fans keep coming back to → Good Girl, Bad Blood
- Short listen, big payoff → Whiteout
- Highest rated by listeners → The Come Up: An Oral History of the Rise of Hip-Hop
Best James Fouhey Audiobooks
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Good Girl, Bad Blood
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder • Book 2
by Holly Jackson
Narrated by Bailey Carr, MacLeod Andrews, Donte Bonner, James Fouhey, Neil Hellegers, Cary Hite, Amy Landon, Raymond J. Lee, Keylor Leigh, Maggi-Meg Reed, Shezi Sardar
★ 4.52 ABR Score (799.8K ratings)★ 4.25 Goodreads (796.0K) ★ 4.58 Audible (3.7K)10h 48m listening time • Released 2021 - 2
Gone Before Goodbye
by Harlan Coben
Narrated by Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine, Kiff VandenHeuvel, Suehyla El-Attar Young, Peter Ganim, Saskia Maarleveld, James Fouhey
★ 4.12 ABR Score (129.8K ratings)★ 3.67 Goodreads (121.7K) ★ 4.3 Audible (8.1K)10h 34m listening time • Released 2025A stellar ensemble cast transforms this medical thriller: Reese Witherspoon and Chris Pine anchor a multi-narrator performance that makes each perspective feel authentically lived. Coben's twisty plot rewards the immersive audio format.
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The Come Up: An Oral History of the Rise of Hip-Hop
by Jonathan Abrams
Narrated by Dion Graham, Diontae Black, Torian Brackett, Langston Darby, James Fouhey, Kevin R. Free, Dominic Hoffman, JD Jackson, Terrence Kidd, January LaVoy, Adam Lazarre-White, Leon Nixon, Reynaldo Piniella, Malik Rashad
★ 3.92 ABR Score (782 ratings)★ 4.22 Goodreads (730) ★ 4.73 Audible (52)18h 10m listening time • Released 2022Multiple narrators embody the original voices behind hip-hop's rise, transforming this oral history into something closer to a documentary you're hearing firsthand from the legends themselves.
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Heresy
by Melissa Lenhardt
Narrated by Barrie Kreinik, Bailey Carr, Ella Turenne, Nikki Massoud, Natalie Naudus, Imani Jade Powers, James Fouhey
★ 3.86 ABR Score (1.0K ratings)★ 4.01 Goodreads (811) ★ 4.38 Audible (217)14h 3m listening time • Released 2021 - 5
The Secrets We Kept: Reese's Book Club
by Lara Prescott
Narrated by Carlotta Brentan, Cynthia Farrell, Mozhan Marnò, Saskia Maarleveld, Jonathan Davis, David Pittu, James Fouhey
★ 3.77 ABR Score (4.6K ratings)★ 4.18 Audible (4.6K)10h 55m listening time • Released 2019 - 6
Whiteout
Blackout • Book 2
by Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, Nicola Yoon
Narrated by Danielle Shemaiah, Nic Stone, Shayna Small, Bahni Turpin, Alaska Jackson, Joniece Abbott-Pratt, Kevin R. Free, James Fouhey, Korey Jackson
★ 3.77 ABR Score (7.2K ratings)★ 3.6 Goodreads (7.2K) ★ 4.46 Audible (78)7h 17m listening time • Released 2022Multiple narrators each voicing their own character make this snowy Atlanta romance feel like eavesdropping on real conversations between friends, turning an ensemble story into something genuinely intimate.
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Unbound II: Tales
Unbound • Book 2
by Shawn Speakman - editor
Narrated by James Fouhey, Anna Smith Spark, Vivienne Leheny, Scott Brick, Natasha Soudek, Brian Holsopple, Adenrele Ojo, Ellen Archer, Travis Baldree, Tim Gerard Reynolds, Laura Horowitz, Hillary Huber
★ 3.73 ABR Score (7 ratings)★ 4.43 Audible (7)18h 19m listening time • Released 2023A stellar ensemble cast elevates 17 unfiltered stories from fantasy's boldest voices—Scott Brick, Tim Gerard Reynolds, and others nail the tonal shifts between dark epics and intimate character moments.
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The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, Volume Two
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror • Book 2
by Paula Guran
Narrated by James Fouhey, Julienne Irons
★ 3.53 ABR Score (93 ratings)★ 3.85 Goodreads (89) ★ 3.75 Audible (4)17h 44m listening time • Released 2023 - 9
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
★ 3.40 ABR Score (3 ratings)★ 4 Audible (3)7h 36m listening time • Released 2026A 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.