Best Kirby Heyborne Audiobooks
Kirby Heyborne has quietly built one of the more versatile resumes in genre audiobooks, moving between thriller, horror, sci-fi, and fantasy without ever sounding like he's straining to fit. His voice sits in a clean, approachable mid-range — not the thundering baritone of a prestige narrator, but precisely controlled and expressive in a way that serves ensemble casts well. That makes him a natural fit for anthology work like Carniepunk and 21st Century Dead, where keeping a dozen contributors' stories tonally distinct matters more than showboating. His long association with Orson Scott Card — spanning the Tales of Alvin Maker series and The Last Shadow — shows his range on the quieter, more interior end of sci-fi. He's not a narrator people typically seek out by name, but listeners who find him through Gone Girl or a Card adaptation tend to stick around.
Where to Start with Kirby Heyborne
- New to Kirby Heyborne? Start here → Gone Girl
- What fans keep coming back to → Losing Hope
- Short listen, big payoff → Just Once
- Highest rated by listeners → The Neighbor
Best Kirby Heyborne Audiobooks
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Gone Girl
by Gillian Flynn
Narrated by Julia Whelan, Kirby Heyborne
★ 4.54 ABR Score (3.5M ratings)★ 4.15 Goodreads (3.5M) ★ 4.36 Audible (59.9K)19h 57m listening time • Released 2012Flynn's marriage thriller redefined the genre with its unreliable narrators — a dissection of a toxic relationship that's impossible to look away from.
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Just Once
by Karen Kingsbury
Narrated by January LaVoy, Kirby Heyborne
★ 4.37 ABR Score (10.0K ratings)★ 4.41 Goodreads (9.8K) ★ 4.78 Audible (250)8h 59m listening time • Released 2023LaVoy and Heyborne's dual narration captures the emotional devastation of a wartime love triangle with such raw authenticity that you'll feel the weight of every impossible choice alongside them.
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The Neighbor
Detective D.D. Warren • Book 3
by Lisa Gardner
Narrated by Emily Janice Card, Kirby Heyborne, Kirsten Potter
★ 4.37 ABR Score (57.9K ratings)★ 4.09 Goodreads (52.7K) ★ 4.47 Audible (5.3K)13h 29m listening time • Released 2009 - 4
Losing Hope
Hopeless • Book 2
Narrated by Kirby Heyborne
★ 4.29 ABR Score (278.8K ratings)★ 4.09 Goodreads (275.9K) ★ 4.53 Audible (2.9K)10h 33m listening time • Released 2013Kirby Heyborne brings raw vulnerability to Holder's POV, making this companion novel hit harder than the original for fans who thought they knew the whole story.
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The Other Side
by Kim Holden
Narrated by Michael Crouch, Natasha Soudek, Bahni Turpin, Kirby Heyborne, Adenrele Ojo, Graydon Long, Erin Spencer, Vikas Adam, Kim Holden
★ 4.12 ABR Score (4.1K ratings)★ 4.38 Goodreads (4.0K) ★ 4.79 Audible (96)11h 2m listening time • Released 2020A cast of nine narrators brings genuine depth to Toby's fragmented world, each voice anchoring a different layer of his reality until the full picture hits you like a gut punch.
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The Earth Dwellers
The Dwellers • Book 4
by David Estes
Narrated by Julia Whelan, Khristine Hvam, MacLeod Andrews, Will Damron, Kirby Heyborne, Kate Rudd
★ 4.08 ABR Score (1.4K ratings)★ 4.32 Goodreads (1.3K) ★ 4.69 Audible (154)11h 30m listening time • Released 2016The ensemble cast elevates this epic finale, with six narrators seamlessly shifting between beloved characters from two converging series, creating an immersive payoff for longtime fans.
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Pathfinder
Pathfinder • Book 1
Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki, Kirby Heyborne, Don Leslie, Kristoffer Tabori, Scott Brick
★ 4.03 ABR Score (30.9K ratings)★ 4.01 Goodreads (25.1K) ★ 4.32 Audible (5.7K)17h 41m listening time • Released 2010A five-narrator ensemble cast elevates this time-travel mystery into something genuinely immersive—each voice pins down a character so distinctly you forget you're listening to an audiobook at all.
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Cloud Atlas
by David Mitchell
Narrated by Scott Brick, Cassandra Campbell, Kim Mai Guest, Kirby Heyborne, John Lee, Richard Matthews, David Mitchell, Gabrielle Zevin
★ 4.01 ABR Score (276.8K ratings)★ 4.01 Goodreads (269.8K) ★ 4.11 Audible (7.1K)19h 48m listening time • Released 2004Seven narrators make this nested-worlds epic feel like a conversation across centuries, each voice perfectly matched to its era and character. It's the rare audiobook where the medium doesn't just serve the story—it becomes essential to how you experience it.
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West
East • Book 2
by Edith Pattou
Narrated by Renée Raudman, Kirby Heyborne, Taylor Meskimen, Robertson Dean, Kimberly Farr, Tonya Cornelisse
★ 3.93 ABR Score (3.1K ratings)★ 3.86 Goodreads (3.0K) ★ 4.66 Audible (108)11h 31m listening time • Released 2018The ensemble cast transforms this revenge epic into something cinematic: each narrator brings distinct vocal texture to their character, making the multiple POVs feel like separate voices in your head rather than a single performer switching accents.
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Master Alvin
Tales of Alvin Maker • Book 7
Narrated by Gabrielle de Cuir, Kirby Heyborne, Mirron Willis, Nan McNamara, Scott Brick, Stefan Rudnicki
★ 3.69 ABR Score (89 ratings)★ 3.92 Goodreads (89)11h 18m listening time • Released 2026A full ensemble cast brings genuine depth to Card's alternate American frontier—each narrator becomes their character so completely that the dialogue crackles with real tension and warmth.
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The Last Shadow
The Shadow • Book 6
by Orson Scott Card
Narrated by Emily Rankin, Gabrielle de Cuir, John Rubinstein, Judy Young, Justine Eyre, Kirby Heyborne, Orson Scott Card, Scott Brick, Stefan Rudnicki
★ 3.68 ABR Score (8.7K ratings)★ 3.63 Goodreads (6.9K) ★ 4.14 Audible (1.8K)13h 34m listening time • Released 2021A stacked ensemble cast transforms the finale of Card's dual series into something genuinely cinematic—each narrator owns their character so completely you forget you're listening to different voices telling one story.
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The Book of Swords
Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz #7 - A Long, Cold Trail
by Gardner Dozois, K.J. Parker, Robin Hobb, Ken Liu, Matthew Hughes, Kate Elliott, Walter Jon Williams, Daniel Abraham, C.J. Cherryh, Garth Nix, Ellen Kushner, Scott Lynch, Rich Larson, Elizabeth Bear, Lavie Tidhar, Cecelia Holland, George R.R. Martin
Narrated by John Lee, Katharine Lee McEwan, Kim Mai Guest, Elliot Hill, Richard Brewer, Nicholas Guy Smith, Kirby Heyborne, Julia Whelan, Mark Deakins, Steve West, Ralph Lister
★ 3.66 ABR Score (2.6K ratings)★ 3.67 Goodreads (2.2K) ★ 4.16 Audible (419)22h 13m listening time • Released 2017 - 13
Carniepunk
Hell on Earth #4.7
by Rachel Caine, Rob Thurman, Delilah S. Dawson, Kevin Hearne, Mark Henry, Jaye Wells, Allison Pang, Hillary Jacques, Jennifer Estep, Kelly Meding, Nicole Peeler, Jackie Kessler, Kelly Gay, Seanan McGuire
Narrated by Candace Thaxton, Kirby Heyborne
★ 3.55 ABR Score (3.4K ratings)★ 3.64 Goodreads (3.2K) ★ 3.91 Audible (267)14h 5m listening time • Released 2013Dual narrators bring real texture to this carnival horror anthology, shifting voices between fourteen authors' twisted takes on midway magic and danger with enough tonal variety to keep you hooked through all 14 hours.
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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 - 15
This Girl
Slammed • Book 3
Narrated by Kirby Heyborne
★ 3.42 ABR Score (185.9K ratings)★ 3.69 Goodreads (184.4K) ★ 3.81 Audible (1.5K)9h 18m listening time • Released 2013Heyborne brings Layken and Will's story full circle with a male perspective that reframes everything you thought you knew about the first two books.