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Grover Gardner
About Grover Gardner
Grover Gardner is one of America's most popular and versatile audiobook narrators. He began his career in 1981 and has recorded over 650 commercial audiobook titles. In 1999 AudioFile named Grover one of the Best Voices of the Century, and now includes him in their annual Golden Voices roundup of top narration talent. Winner of over 20 AudioFile Earphones Awards, he is also the recipient of an Audio Publishers Association Audie Award, as well as a three-time finalist. Publishers Weekly named him "Audiobook Narrator of the Year" for 2005.


In addition to his audiobook work, Grover has been a professional actor, director, and teacher. He is active in educational theater, directing student productions for local

Grover Gardner's Most Recent Performances
Play Falling Free
Falling Free
Lois McMaster Bujold

Falling Free

  • UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 43 mins)
  • By Lois McMaster Bujold
  • Narrated By Grover Gardner
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(535)
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(339)
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Leo Graf was just your average highly efficient engineer: mind your own business, fix what's wrong, and move on to the next job. But all that changed on his assignment to the Cay Habitat, where a group of humanoids had been secretly, commercially bioengineered for working in free fall. Could he just stand there and allow the exploitation of hundreds of helpless children merely to enhance the bottom line of a heartless mega-corporation?

Sumit says: "Worth a listen"
Play All the Cowboys Ain't Gone
All the Cowboys Ain't Gone
John J. Jacobson

All the Cowboys Ain't Gone

  • UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 49 mins)
  • By John J. Jacobson
  • Narrated By Grover Gardner
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(1)

Lincoln Smith, a young Texan living at the beginning of the 20th century, thinks of himself as the last true cowboy. He longs for the days of the Old West, when men like his father, a famous Texas Ranger, lived by a chivalric code. But he finds himself hopelessly out of time and place in the fast-changing U.S. of the new century.

W.Denis says: "Take no prisoners"
Play Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
Dee Brown

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West

  • UNABRIDGED (14 hrs and 20 mins)
  • By Dee Brown
  • Narrated By Grover Gardner
  • Whispersync for Voice-ready
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(318)
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(203)
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Dee Brown's eloquent, meticulously documented account of the systematic destruction of the American Indian during the second half of the 19th century uses council records, autobiographies, and firsthand descriptions. Brown allows great chiefs and warriors of the Dakota, Ute, Sioux, Cheyenne, and other tribes to tell us in their own words of the battles, massacres, and broken treaties that finally left them demoralized and defeated.

Reginald says: "A wrenching introduction to this history."
Essential Listening
Start your listening with these ultimate performances!
  • Play The Warrior's Apprentice: A Miles Vorkosigan Novel
    The Warrior's Apprentice: A Miles Vorkosigan Novel
    UNABRIDGED

    The Warrior's Apprentice: A Miles Vorkosigan Novel

    • UNABRIDGED (11 hrs and 16 mins)
    • By Lois McMaster Bujold
    • Narrated By Grover Gardner
    Overall
    (1337)
    Performance
    (505)
    Story
    (513)

    Miles Vorkosigan makes his debut in this frenetic coming-of-age tale. At age 17, Miles is allowed to take the entrance exams to the elite military academy; he passes the written but manages, through miscalculation in a moment of anger, to break both his legs on the obstacle course, washing out before he begins. His aged grandfather dies in his sleep shortly after, for which Miles blames himself.

    Readalot says: "What a great character!"
    The Warrior 's Apprentice, an otherworldly coming-of-age story, features Gardner's excellent character portrayals.
  • Play No Way to Treat a First Lady
    No Way to Treat a First Lady
    UNABRIDGED

    No Way to Treat a First Lady

    • UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 21 mins)
    • By Christopher Buckley
    • Narrated By Grover Gardner
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (288)
    Performance
    (45)
    Story
    (47)

    One of this country's leading political satirists dangles before us a tantalizing novel whose protagonist has a great deal in common with a recent First Lady. Beth MacIntyre, First Lady of the United States, has been charged with the murder of her husband, a Presidential Lothario of the first water. She is accused of throwing a historic Paul Revere spittoon during a bedroom spat, putting an unfortunately fatal dent in the President's lust-filled head.

    M. S. Cohen says: "Buckley has no endgame"
    Christopher Buckley knows how to write a satire and, in this hilarious political comedy, Gardner knows how to narrate one.
  • Play Dead Center
    Dead Center
    UNABRIDGED

    Dead Center

    • UNABRIDGED (7 hrs and 24 mins)
    • By David Rosenfelt
    • Narrated By Grover Gardner
    Overall
    (1318)
    Performance
    (350)
    Story
    (350)

    Carpenter, the Paterson, N.J., lawyer whose wealth allows him to work as seldom as he chooses, is recovering from the loss of the love of his life, Laurie Collins, who has moved home to Findlay, Wis., to become the acting chief of police. When Laurie calls Andy for help after arresting 21-year-old Jeremy Davidson for murders that she thinks he didn't commit, Andy can't resist heading off to Findlay with his faithful dog, Tara.

    J. says: "What a Hoot!"
    Gardner narrates this classic John Irving story with a nuanced depth for the plot and characters.
  • Play Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA
    Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA
    UNABRIDGED

    Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA

    • UNABRIDGED (21 hrs and 25 mins)
    • By Tim Weiner
    • Narrated By Stefan Rudnicki
    Overall
    (1737)
    Performance
    (377)
    Story
    (374)

    This is the book the CIA does not want you to read. For the last 60 years, the CIA has maintained a formidable reputation in spite of its terrible record, never disclosing its blunders to the American public. It spun its own truth to the nation while reality lay buried in classified archives. Now, Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter Tim Weiner offers a stunning indictment of the CIA, a deeply flawed organization that has never deserved America's confidence.

    Michael says: "Flawed but Important"
    AudioFile called Gardner's narrative style, clear but low-key, a style that fits Andy Carpenter, Rosenfelt's series hero.
  • Play The Civil War: A Narrative, Volume I, Fort Sumter to Perryville
    The Civil War: A Narrative, Volume I, Fort Sumter to Perryville
    UNABRIDGED

    The Civil War: A Narrative, Volume I, Fort Sumter to Perryville

    • UNABRIDGED (37 hrs and 28 mins)
    • By Shelby Foote
    • Narrated By Grover Gardner
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (1321)
    Performance
    (449)
    Story
    (454)

    Here begins one of the most remarkable works of history ever fashioned. All the great battles are here, of course, from Bull Run through Shiloh, the Seven Days, Second Manassas to Antietam, and Perryville in the fall of 1862, but so are the smaller and often equally important engagements on both land and sea: Ball's Bluff, Fort Donelson, Pea Ridge, Island Ten, New Orleans, Monitor versus Merimac, and Stonewall Jackson's Valley Campaign, to mention only a few.

    Jeanne says: "The best"
    Gardner narrates this remarkable document of The Civil War, which provides seemless connections between the complicated battles of this period in American history.