Best Sean Patrick Hopkins Audiobooks
Sean Patrick Hopkins is a narrator who thrives in the uncomfortable — the kind of voice that makes horror feel genuinely unsettling and mystery feel genuinely tense. His work on The End of the World As We Know It, a dark anthology with an introduction by Stephen King, showcases his ability to shift registers across wildly different stories without losing coherence or momentum. He brings a cool, measured intensity to his performances — not flashy, but precise — the kind of narrator who earns your trust early and then uses it against you when things get dark. His reading of This Story Might Save Your Life demonstrates real emotional range beneath that controlled exterior. With credits spanning horror anthologies, escape narratives, and prize-winning short fiction like The Best Short Stories 2024, Hopkins is clearly a narrator who can handle literary weight. Listeners who want atmosphere over theatrics will find him deeply satisfying.
Where to Start with Sean Patrick Hopkins
- New to Sean Patrick Hopkins? Start here → A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
- What fans keep coming back to → The End of the World As We Know It
- Short listen, big payoff → Fan Fiction
- Highest rated by listeners → This Story Might Save Your Life
Best Sean Patrick Hopkins Audiobooks
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A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder • Book 1
by Holly Jackson
Narrated by Bailey Carr, Marisa Calin, Michael Crouch, Gopal Divan, Robert Fass, Kevin R. Free, Sean Patrick Hopkins, Carol Monda, Patricia Santomasso, Shezi Sardar, Amanda Thickpenny, Various
★ 4.60 ABR Score (1.8M ratings)★ 4.28 Goodreads (1.8M) ★ 4.57 Audible (10.2K)10h 53m listening time • Released 2020 - 2
This Story Might Save Your Life
by Tiffany Crum
Narrated by Julia Whelan, Sean Patrick Hopkins
★ 4.22 ABR Score (4.2K ratings)★ 4.27 Goodreads (4.0K) ★ 4.56 Audible (236)10h 39m listening time • Released 2026Whelan and Hopkins trade off as podcast hosts hunting a mystery, and their chemistry makes you genuinely invested in whether they'll find their missing friends before the truth unravels everything.
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Heroic Hearts
Alpha & Omega #6.5 Dating Terrors
by Jim Butcher, Kerrie L. Hughes, Patricia Briggs, Charlaine Harris, Kelley Armstrong, Anne Bishop, Annie Bellet, Kevin Hearne, R.R. Virdi, Chloe Neill, Nancy Holder, Jennifer Brozek
Narrated by James Marsters, Alexandra Harris, Cassandra Morris, Maggi-Meg Reed, Luke Daniels, Travis Baldree, Suzanne Elise Freeman, Sean Patrick Hopkins, Johanna Parker, Daniel Henning, Nancy Linari, Holter Graham, Jim Butcher
★ 3.99 ABR Score (5.0K ratings)★ 4.15 Goodreads (4.1K) ★ 4.4 Audible (862)11h 50m listening time • Released 2022 - 4
What Makes a Marriage Last: 40 Celebrated Couples Share with Us the Secrets to a Happy Life
by Marlo Thomas, Phil Donahue
Narrated by Marlo Thomas, Phil Donahue, Tom Zingarelli, Maggi-Meg Reed, Therese Plummer, Adam Verner, Ryan Vincent Anderson, Robin Miles, Eileen Stevens, Sean Patrick Hopkins
★ 3.95 ABR Score (1.3K ratings)★ 4.03 Goodreads (1.1K) ★ 4.57 Audible (188)19h 55m listening time • Released 2020 - 5
Fan Fiction
by Brent Spiner, Jeanne Darst
Narrated by Barrie Kreinik, Brent Spiner, Gates McFadden, Genie Francis, Hallie Todd, Jeanne Darst, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Marina Sirtis, Matie Argiropoulos, Matt Godfrey, Michael Dorn, Patrick Stewart, Saskia Maarleveld, Sean Patrick Hopkins
★ 3.84 ABR Score (5.2K ratings)★ 3.52 Goodreads (4.2K) ★ 4.38 Audible (935)6h 53m listening time • Released 2021 - 6
Escape!
by Stephen Fishbach
Narrated by Julia Whelan, Imani Jade Powers, Sean Patrick Hopkins, Stephen Fishbach
★ 3.80 ABR Score (2.4K ratings)★ 3.78 Goodreads (2.3K) ★ 4.51 Audible (69)13h 29m listening time • Released 2026Multiple narrators bring genuine tension to this reality TV thriller where every contestant's backstory matters and nothing plays out as expected. Fishbach writes twists that actually earn themselves.
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The Best Short Stories 2024: The O. Henry Prize Winners
by Amor Towles, Jenny Minton Quigley, Emma Binder, Michele Mari, Brad Felver, Morris Collins, Jai Chakrabarti, Amber Caron, Francisco González, Caroline Kim, Katherine D. Stutzman, Juliana Leite, Kate DiCamillo, Colin Barrett, Robin Romm, Allegra Goodman, Dave Eggers, E.K. Ota, Tom Crewe, Madeline Ffitch, Jess Walter, Allegra Hyde, Brian Robert Moore, Zoë Perry
Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini, Kristen DiMercurio, Blair Young, Sean Patrick Hopkins, Vikas Adam, Helen Laser, Johnny Rey Diaz, Jeena Yi, Jason Culp, Annette Amelia Oliveira, Dylan Moore, Alana Kerr Collins, Full Cast
★ 3.79 ABR Score (1.2K ratings)★ 4.13 Goodreads (1.2K) ★ 4.26 Audible (34)13h 56m listening time • Released 2024Twenty prize-winning stories with a stellar ensemble cast means you get a different narrator's voice for each gem—perfect for dipping in or binging, and the variety keeps every story feeling fresh.
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The End of the World As We Know It
by Christopher Golden - editor, Brian Keene - editor, Stephen King - introduction
Narrated by Sean Patrick Hopkins, Adenrele Ojo
★ 3.69 ABR Score (7.3K ratings)★ 3.86 Goodreads (6.4K) ★ 3.89 Audible (929)27h 12m listening time • Released 2025 - 9
Seven Faceless Saints
Seven Faceless Saints • Book 1
by M.K. Lobb
Narrated by Barrie Kreinik, Sean Patrick Hopkins, Saskia Maarleveld
★ 3.68 ABR Score (7.2K ratings)★ 3.48 Goodreads (7.2K) ★ 4.05 Audible (20)11h 11m listening time • Released 2023 - 10
From Mistakes to Meaning: Owning Your Past So It Doesn't Own You
by michael lynton, Joshua Steiner
Narrated by Sean Patrick Hopkins, Marni Penning, Michael Lynton, Joshua L. Steiner
★ 3.63 ABR Score (41 ratings)★ 3.74 Goodreads (35) ★ 3.83 Audible (6)7h 37m listening time • Released 2026