Best Vikas Adam Audiobooks
Vikas Adam is a narrator built for the anthology — which is either a very specific skill or a very specific calling, and in his case it feels like both. His collection leans heavily on short fiction collections: Dangerous Visions, The Book of Witches, the O. Henry Prize Winners, Lovecraft's essential stories. That's a brutal format for narrators, demanding constant tonal recalibration across authors, styles, and worlds, and Adam handles it with a clean, grounded baritone that never overplays. He doesn't disappear into characters so much as he curates them — his performances feel considered, like he's made deliberate choices about pace and register rather than just reading at the page. Listeners who love literary short fiction and speculative anthologies will find him a reliable, intelligent guide. He's not a showman, but he doesn't need to be. The material is wild enough — and he knows how to get out of its way.
Where to Start with Vikas Adam
- New to Vikas Adam? Start here → Dracula: With original content
- What fans keep coming back to → Dating Dr. Dil
- Highest rated by listeners → Regicide
- Best narrator–author pairing → Ritualist
Best Vikas Adam Audiobooks
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Regicide
The Completionist Chronicles • Book 2
by Dakota Krout
Narrated by Vikas Adam
★ 4.57 ABR Score (23.4K ratings)★ 4.44 Goodreads (11.7K) ★ 4.81 Audible (11.7K)13h 3m listening time • Released 2018 - 2
Ritualist
The Completionist Chronicles • Book 1
by Dakota Krout
Narrated by Vikas Adam
★ 4.47 ABR Score (30.0K ratings)★ 4.3 Goodreads (15.9K) ★ 4.74 Audible (14.1K)12h 6m listening time • Released 2018 - 3
The Memory of Souls
A Chorus of Dragons • Book 3
by Jenn Lyons
Narrated by Feodor Chin, Vikas Adam
★ 4.13 ABR Score (4.7K ratings)★ 4.27 Goodreads (4.4K) ★ 4.61 Audible (321)27h 28m listening time • Released 2020 - 4
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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Tempest Runner (Star Wars: The High Republic)
Star Wars: The High Republic • Book 6
by Cavan Scott
Narrated by Jessica Almasy, Dan Bittner, Orlagh Cassidy, Sullivan Jones, January LaVoy, Kathleen McInerney, Tara Sands, Vikas Adam, Jonathan Davis, Neil Hellegers, Saskia Maarleveld, Soneela Nankani, Marc Thompson, Shannon Tyo
★ 4.02 ABR Score (7.3K ratings)★ 3.85 Goodreads (4.8K) ★ 4.51 Audible (2.5K)6h 5m listening time • Released 2021A full ensemble cast elevates this High Republic villain origin story into something cinematic—each narrator inhabits their character so distinctly you forget you're listening to a book.
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Dracula: With original content
Narrated by Alana Kerr Collins, Allan Corduner, Pete Bradbury, Raphael Corkhill, Saskia Maarleveld, Vikas Adam
★ 3.96 ABR Score (1.5M ratings)★ 4.02 Goodreads (1.5M) ★ 4.6 Audible (5)16h 25m listening time • Released 2018 - 7
The Ministry for the Future
Science in the Capital
Narrated by Jennifer Fitzgerald, Fajer Al-Kaisi, Ramon de Ocampo, Gary Bennett, Raphael Corkhill, Barrie Kreinik, Natasha Soudek, Nikki Massoud, Joniece Abbott Pratt, Inés del Castillo, Vikas Adam
★ 3.90 ABR Score (46.8K ratings)★ 3.86 Goodreads (43.1K) ★ 4.23 Audible (3.7K)20h 42m listening time • Released 2020 - 8
Dating Dr. Dil
If Shakespeare Was an Auntie • Book 1
by Nisha Sharma
Narrated by Soneela Nankani, Vikas Adam
★ 3.90 ABR Score (67.2K ratings)★ 3.58 Goodreads (66.6K) ★ 4.46 Audible (566)10h 49m listening time • Released 2022 - 9
Dangerous Visions
Dangerous Visions • Book 1
by Harlan Ellison, Leo Dillon, Diane Dillon
Narrated by Tim Campbell, Simon Vance, Steven Jay Cohen, Johnny Heller, Edoardo Ballerini, Ramiz Monsef, Neil Hellegers, Jim Meskimen, JD Jackson, P. J. Ochlan, Dion Graham, Natalie Naudus, Vikas Adam, Scott Aiello
★ 3.88 ABR Score (10.3K ratings)★ 4.13 Goodreads (10.2K) ★ 3.94 Audible (48)24h 33m listening time • Released 2024A landmark 1960s sci-fi anthology featuring Dick, Asimov, and Zelazny at their peak, brought to life by an all-star narrator ensemble who elevate each wildly different vision into its own compelling performance.
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Unfettered III: New Tales
The Chathrand Voyage #Thasha's cure for cabin fever • Book 3
by Shawn Speakman, Tad Williams, Naomi Novik, Megan Lindholm, John Gwynne, David Anthony Durham, Callie Bates, Jason Denzel, Carrie Vaughn, Deborah A. Wolf, Anna Stephens, Patrick Swenson, Ramon Terrell, Peter Orullian, Terry Brooks, Lev Grossman, Seanan McGuire, Delilah S. Dawson, Mark Lawrence, Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson, Brandon Sanderson, Robert Jordan, Todd Lockwood, Cat Rambo, Robert V.S. Redick, Ken Scholes, Scott Sigler, Anna Smith Spark, Marc Turner
Narrated by Khristine Hvam, Natasha Soudek, Mark Bramhall, Michael Page, Vikas Adam, Tim Gerard Reynolds, Andrew Wincott, Luke Daniels, Brian Nishii
★ 3.85 ABR Score (779 ratings)★ 3.98 Goodreads (571) ★ 4.37 Audible (208)27h 36m listening time • Released 2019 - 11
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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Farewell Yellow Brick Road: Memories of My Life on Tour
by Elton John, David Furnish - foreword
Narrated by Richard Armitage, Vikas Adam, Daniel Henning, Ray Porter, Jesse Einstein, Fred Berman, Edoardo Ballerini, Mark Boyett, Kevin T. Collins, Peter Ganim, Mike Cooper, John Lee, Oliver Wyman
★ 3.78 ABR Score (462 ratings)★ 4.01 Goodreads (314) ★ 4.33 Audible (148)6h 11m listening time • Released 2024Richard Armitage anchors this memoir with a gravitas that matches Elton's reflective tone, making decades of touring stories feel like a confidence shared with an old friend rather than celebrity spectacle.
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The Ruin of Kings
A Chorus of Dragons • Book 1
by Jenn Lyons
Narrated by Feodor Chin, Soneela Nankani, Vikas Adam
★ 3.76 ABR Score (17.6K ratings)★ 3.82 Goodreads (16.1K) ★ 4.19 Audible (1.5K)27h 22m listening time • Released 2019 - 14
The Essential Lovecraft
The Essential Lovecraft Stories
by H.P. Lovecraft, Leslie S. Klinger, Fred Burman, Kevin Pariseau, Matt Godfrey, Peter Berkrot, Robert Fass, Timothy Andrés Pabon, Paul Woodson, Avi Roque, Raphael Corkhill
Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini, Marc Vietor, Scott Brick, Simon Vance, Jonathan Davis, Jay Snyder, Mirron Willis, Kevin Kenerly, Dan Bittner, Chris Ciulla, Vikas Adam, Gregory Connors, Jason Culp, Timothy Andrés Pabon, full cast
★ 3.73 ABR Score (216 ratings)★ 3.55 Goodreads (58) ★ 4.4 Audible (158)50h 12m listening time • Released 2024 - 15
The Future Is Yours
by Dan Frey
Narrated by Cary Hite, Vikas Adam, Kyla Garcia, Rob Shapiro, Catherine Ho, Aneesh Chaganty, Dion Graham, Joshua Kane, Thérèse Plummer, Natasha Soudek, Bahni Turpin, Full Cast
★ 3.72 ABR Score (2.3K ratings)★ 3.81 Goodreads (2.2K) ★ 4.13 Audible (62)8h 2m listening time • Released 2021A full-cast ensemble elevates this time-travel thriller into something genuinely unsettling: each narrator embodies a character's perspective on the same catastrophic future, making you question whose version of truth to believe.
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The Book of Witches
by Jonathan Strahan, Linda D. Addison, P. Djèlí Clark, Kathleen Jennings, Tade Thompson, Ken Liu, Darcie Little Badger, Andrea Hairston, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Cassandra Khaw, Tobi Ogundiran, Kelly Robson, C.L. Clark, Millie Ho, Indrapramit Das, Saad Z. Hossain, Garth Nix, Premee Mohamed, Maureen F. McHugh, Andrea Stewart, Tochi Onyebuchi, Sheree Renée Thomas, Angela Slatter, Fonda Lee, Usman T. Malik, E. Lily Yu, Miyuki Jane Pinckard, Emily Y. Teng, Amal El-Mohtar, Alyssa Winans
Narrated by Vikas Adam, Anniwaa Buachie, Rainy Fields, Eva Kaminsky, Johnathan McClain, Vyvy Nguyen, Deryn Oliver, Logan Rozos, Bahni Turpin
★ 3.63 ABR Score (692 ratings)★ 3.46 Goodreads (690) ★ 3 Audible (2)18h 26m listening time • Released 2023A powerhouse ensemble of narrators elevates 30 globally diverse witch stories into something genuinely spellbinding—each voice perfectly matched to its tale, making this anthology feel like a curated night of storytelling rather than a checklist.
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Thriller: An Anthology of New Mystery Short Stories
Music and Murder Mystery • Book 2
by Don Bruns, Heather Graham, Jeffery Deaver, William Kent Krueger, Dahlia Rose, David R. Slayton
Narrated by Jesse Vilinsky, Bahni Turpin, Bailey Carr, Andrew Eiden, Kevin Kenerly, Patrick Lawlor, Keith Szarabajka, Eva Kaminsky, Pun Bandhu, Vikas Adam, Michael David Axtell, Johnny Heller, Gary Tiedemann
★ 3.52 ABR Score (192 ratings)★ 3.15 Goodreads (189) ★ 4.33 Audible (3)7h 19m listening time • Released 2023A rotating cast of narrators brings real punch to each story, making this anthology feel less like a collection and more like a curated night of master storytellers at their sharpest.