Best Richard Powers Audiobooks
Richard Powers has built a quiet reputation narrating the kind of literary fiction and genre work that demands intellectual range rather than showmanship. His voice is measured and precise — the kind of narrator who trusts the material and never oversells it. He's closely associated with Richard Matheson's work, lending his controlled, unhurried delivery to both The Best of Richard Matheson and Nightmare at 20,000 Feet, where his restraint actually amplifies the dread rather than deflating it. He also tackles the sprawling ambition of Larry Kramer's The American People, a performance that requires stamina and tonal consistency across enormous emotional and historical terrain. Powers is the narrator for listeners who find histrionics exhausting — he keeps you anchored in the text rather than in the performance. If you love classic speculative fiction or dense, serious literary work, he's exactly the kind of steady presence that makes long listening sessions feel effortless.
Where to Start with Richard Powers
- New to Richard Powers? Start here → The ringworld engineer
- What fans keep coming back to → Necronomicon: The Best Weird Tales
- Highest rated by listeners → Nightmare at 20,000 Feet: Horror Stories
Best Richard Powers Audiobooks
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Necronomicon: The Best Weird Tales
by H.P. Lovecraft, Les Edwards, Stephen Jones
Narrated by Richard Powers, Bronson Pinchot, Stephen R. Thorne, Keith Szarabajka, Adam Verner, Tom Weiner, Patrick Cullen
★ 4.30 ABR Score (23.6K ratings)★ 4.23 Goodreads (16.6K) ★ 4.32 Audible (7.1K)21h 1m listening time • Released 2014 - 2
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 - 3
The Best of Richard Matheson
by Richard Matheson, Victor LaValle
Narrated by Donald Corren, Peter Berkrot, Richard Powers, Hillary Huber, Traber Burns, Scott Brick, Devon Sorvari, Kevin Kenerly
★ 3.98 ABR Score (2.6K ratings)★ 4.16 Goodreads (2.3K) ★ 4.47 Audible (341)15h 7m listening time • Released 2017 - 4
The ringworld engineer
Ringworld • Book 1
by Larry Niven
Narrated by Richard Powers
★ 3.98 ABR Score (132.0K ratings)★ 3.93 Goodreads (129.6K) ★ 4.28 Audible (2.4K)13h 10m listening time • Released 2011 - 5
The Hour Between Dog and Wolf
by John Coates
Narrated by Richard Powers
★ 3.97 ABR Score (2.7K ratings)★ 3.92 Goodreads (2.2K) ★ 4.5 Audible (526)10h 30m listening time • Released 2012Richard Powers' measured delivery turns this neuroscience-grounded investigation into trading floors and risk into something genuinely unsettling—you'll hear the biology of greed differently after this.
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The New Space Opera 2
by Gardner Dozois, Jonathan Strahan
Narrated by Tom Weiner, Bahni Turpin, Caroline Shaffer, Richard Powers, Hillary Huber, Marguerite Gavin, Xe Sands, Erica Sullivan
★ 3.63 ABR Score (1.0K ratings)★ 3.79 Goodreads (977) ★ 3.59 Audible (44)23h 23m listening time • Released 2013 - 7
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 - 8
The American People, Vol. 1
The American People • Book 1
by Larry Kramer
Narrated by full cast, Robertson Dean, Traber Burns, Keith Szarabajka, Ray Porter, Kate Reading, Richard Powers
★ 3.50 ABR Score (21 ratings)★ 3.86 Audible (21)38h 41m listening time • Released 2015