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Lovecraft Readings

Besides the professional readings below, numerous amateur readings can be found at sites like LibriVox. Please note that there is also a separate page for dramatizations.

At the Mountains of Madness
Read by Edward Herrmann. Various formats (4:48). Blackstone Audio, 2013. (Purchase from Amazon.com or Barnes & Noble or directly from the publisher, Blackstone Audio.)
At the Mountains of Madness
Read by William Roberts. Four audio CDs (5:03). Naxos Audiobooks, 2012. (Purchase on CD from Amazon.com or Barnes & Noble or directly from the publisher, Naxos Audiobooks.)
The Call of Cthulhu
Read by Garrick Hagon. Audio cassette (1:32). Landfall Productions, 1989. (Purchase from Amazon.com or Barnes & Noble.)
The Call of Cthulhu and Other Stories
Read by William Roberts. Includes “The Call of Cthulhu”, “The Hound”, “The Dunwich Horror”, and “Dagon”. Four audio CDs (4:23). Naxos Audiobooks, 2010. (Purchase on CD from Amazon.com or directly from the publisher, Naxos Audiobooks.)
The Call of the Cthulhu and Other Stories (sic)
Read by Gareth David-Lloyd and Ian Fairbairn. Includes “The Call of Cthulhu”, “The Festival”, and “The Hound”. Two audio CDs. Fantom Films. (Purchase on CD from Barnes & Noble or directly from the publisher, Fantom Films.)
The Complete Fiction of H. P. LovecraftFEATURED!
Read by Sean Branney and Andrew Leman. Includes 74 of Lovecraft’s stories. MP3s on USB flash drive (51:16—Yes, that’s over 50 hours!). H. P. Lovecraft Historical Society; 2017. (Purchase from Amazon.com or directly from the publisher, The H. P. Lovecraft Historical Society.)
The Dark Worlds of H.P. Lovecraft, Volume 1
Read by Wayne June. Includes “The Dunwich Horror” and “The Call of Cthulhu”. Three audio CDs (3:30). Audio Realms; 2005. (Purchase on CD from Amazon.com or Barnes & Noble or directly from the publisher, Audio Realms.)
The Dark Worlds of H.P. Lovecraft, Volume 2
Read by Wayne June. Includes “The Shadow Over Innsmouth” and “Dagon”. Three audio CDs (3:30). Audio Realms; 2005. (Purchase on CD from Amazon.com or Barnes & Noble or directly from the publisher, Audio Realms.)
The Dark Worlds of H.P. Lovecraft, Volume 3
Read by Wayne June. Includes “The Horror at Red Hook”, “The Outsider”, “The Statement of Randolph Carter”, and “Herbert West—Reanimator”. Three audio CDs (3:30). Audio Realms; 2006. (Purchase on CD from Amazon.com or Barnes & Noble or directly from the publisher, Audio Realms.)
The Dark Worlds of H.P. Lovecraft, Volume 4
Read by Wayne June. Includes “The Rats in the Walls”, “The Shunned House”, and “The Music of Eric Zann”. Three audio CDs (2:41). Audio Realms; 2006. (Purchase on CD from Amazon.com or Barnes & Noble or directly from the publisher, Audio Realms.)
The Dark Worlds of H.P. Lovecraft, Volume 5
Read by Wayne June. Includes “The Lurking Fear”, “The Thing on the Doorstep”, and “The Haunter of the Dark”. Three audio CDs (3:20). Audio Realms; 2006, 2008. (Purchase on CD from Amazon.com or Barnes & Noble or directly from the publisher, Audio Realms.)
The Dark Worlds of H.P. Lovecraft, Volume 6
Read by Wayne June. Includes “At the Mountains of Madness”. Four audio CDs. Audio Realms; 2006. (Purchase on CD from Amazon.com or Barnes & Noble or directly from the publisher, Audio Realms.)
The Dunwich Horror
Read by Robert M. Price. Two audio cassettes (2:00). Necronomicon Press; 1997.
The Dunwich Horror (slightly abridged)
Read by David McCallum. LP album (1:00). Caedmon; 1973, 1976. An audio sample is available from David McCallum Fans Online. (Purchase on LP from Amazon.com.)
The Dunwich Horror and The Rats in the Walls
Read by David McCallum. Two audio cassettes (1:54). Caedmon; 1973, 1976, 1987, 1995. (Purchase on cassette from Amazon.com or Barnes & Noble.)
Early Horror Works
Read by Erik Sellin. Includes “The Beast in the Cave”, “Dagon”, “The Statement of Randolph Carter”, “The Terrible Old Man”, and “The Music of Erich Zann”. Compact disc (1:12). Classic CD Books; 2005. (Purchase on CD from Amazon.com or Barnes & Noble.)
Fungi from Yuggoth
Read by John Arthur. Compact disc and audio cassette (1:00). Fedogan & Bremer; 1987 (audio cassette), 2001 (compact disc), 2016 (deluxe 2-CD edition). (Purchase on CD from Amazon.com or Barnes & Noble or directly from the publisher, Fedogan & Bremer.)
H.P. Lovecraft’s Fungi from Yuggoth and Other Poems
Read by Will Hart. Compact disc (1:09). Fedogan & Bremer; 2016. (Purchase on CD from Amazon.com or Barnes & Noble or directly from the publisher, Fedogan & Bremer.)
Hallowe’en in a Suburb and Others
Includes “Hallowe’en in a Suburb”, “The Cats”, “The Garden”, “Festival”, “Astrophobos”, “Despair”, and “The Messenger” read by Andrew Leman. LP album. Cadabra; 2015.
The Haunter of the Dark
Read by David McCallum. LP album and audio cassette (1:02). Caedmon; 1979, 1988. (Purchase on cassette from Amazon.com or Barnes & Noble.)
The Haunter of the Dark
Read by Erik Bauersfeld. LP album (1:00). Lava Mountain; 1977. Republished on audio cassette in 1995 by Necronomicon Press.
The Hound and The Music of Erich Zann
Read by Andrew Leman. LP album (1:00). Cadabra; 2015. (Purchase on LP from Amazon.com.)
Imprisoned with the Pharaohs and Other Stories
Read by Gareth David-Lloyd and Ian Fairbairn. Includes “Imprisoned with the Pharaohs”, “The Alchemist”, and “The Nameless City”. Two audio CDs. Fantom Films. (Purchase on CD from Barnes & Noble or directly from the publisher, Fantom Films.)
Jeffrey Combs reads Herbert West—Reanimator
Read by Jeffrey Combs. Compact disc (1:12). Beyond Books; 1999. (Purchase on CD from Amazon.com or Barnes & Noble or directly from the publisher, Beyond Books.)
The Lurking Fear
Read by David Healy. Audio cassette. Landfall Productions; 1989. (Purchase on cassette from Amazon.com or Barnes & Noble.)
The Lurking Fear
Read by Andrew Leman. LP album (1:00). Cadabra; 2016. (Purchase on LP from Amazon.com or Barnes & Noble.)
More Early Horror Works
Read by Erik Sellin. Includes “The Picture in the House”, “The Tomb”, and “The Alchemist”. Compact disc. Classic CD Books; 2008. (Purchase on CD from Amazon.com or Barnes & Noble.)
The Rats in the Walls
Read by David McCallum. LP album (0:55). Caedmon; 1973.
The Rats in the Walls and The Outsider
Read by Erik Bauersfeld. LP album (1:00). Lava Mountain; 1975. Republished on audio cassette in 1995 by Necronomicon Press.
Reanimator
Read by Garrick Hagon. LP album (1:32). Landfall Productions; 1989.
Roddy McDowall Reads the Horror Stories of H.P. Lovecraft
Read by Roddy McDowall. Includes “The Outsider” and “The Hound”. LP album. Lively Arts; 1962.
Stories of New England: Then and Now
Includes “In the Vault” read by Blair Einstein. Audio cassette. Audio Bookshelf; 1993, 1996. (Purchase on cassette from Amazon.com or Barnes & Noble.)
Tales of H.P. Lovecraft
Includes “From Beyond” and “The Hound” read by Laurence R. Harvey. LP album. Static Caravan; 2015. (Purchase on LP from Amazon.com or Barnes & Noble.)
Tales of the Unnatural
Includes “Rats In The Walls” (sic) read by Stan Winiarski. Audio cassette (1:00). Buckingham Classics, Ltd.; 1987, 1993. “The Rats in the Walls” is both abridged and altered, and the name “Nigger-Man” has been replaced with variations of “the old, black cat.” (Purchase on cassette from Amazon.com or Barnes & Noble.)
The Thing on the Doorstep
Read by Jay Gregory. Audio cassette (1:10). Voice at Work, Inc.; 1992. Copies of this excellent tape may be ordered from:
Jay Gregory
5643 Mosholu Avenue
Riverdale, NY  10471  USA
The Thing on the Doorstep
Read by David Healy. Audio cassette. Landfall Productions, 1989. (Purchase on cassette from Amazon.com or Barnes & Noble.)
The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Stories
Read by William Roberts. Includes “The Thing on the Doorstep”, “The Colour Out of Space”, “The Outsider”, “The Doom that Came to Sarnath”, “The Festival”, and “The Rats in the Walls”. Four audio CDs (4:46). Naxos Audiobooks, 2013. (Purchase on CD from Amazon.com or Barnes & Noble.)
The Thing on the Doorstep & The Lurking Fear
Read by David Healy. Two audio cassettes (2:30). Landfall Productions, 1995.
Three Horrifying Tales
Read by David Cade. Includes “The Music of Erich Zann”, “The Cats of Ulthar”, and “The Unnameable” (sic). Compact disc (0:56). Tales of Orpheus Productions; 2002.
The Unnameable: Four Tales by H.P. Lovecraft
Read by David Cade. Includes “The Book”, “The Music of Erich Zann”, “The Cats of Ulthar”, and “The Unnameable” (sic). Compact disc (1:16). Tales of Orpheus Productions; 2005.
 
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