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These are the best Sci-Fi audiobooks according to science fiction fans, Goodreads, and Reddit audiobook listeners.. The list consists of the best science fiction books with quality writing and plot which also have a skilled narrator who makes the book enjoyable to listen to. The times range from a few hours to almost 48 hours of listening time, so whether you are looking for a book to listen to on your daily commute, an audiobook for a long road trip, or to increase your reading time while walking, drawing, or cooking, here are the best science fiction audiobooks with great reviews.
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“Human beings have a remarkable ability to accept the abnormal and make it normal.”
-Project Hail Mary
THE HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY
by Douglas Adams
Narrated by Stephen Fry
5 hours and 51 minutes
DUNE
by Frank Herbert
Narrated by Scott Brick and full cast
21 hours and 6 minutes
“Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic.”
-Dune
DUNGEON CRAWLER CARL
by Matt Dinniman
Narrated by Jeff Hays
13 hours 31 minutes
THE MURDERBOT DIARIES
All Systems Red (Book 1)
by Martha Wells
Narrated by Kevin R. Free
3 hours 17 minutes
How are you supposed to feel if you are forced to do what you would have done anyway?
-We Are Legion (We Are Bob)
WE ARE LEGION (WE ARE BOB)
Bobiverse (Book 1)
by Dennis E. Taylor
Narrated by Ray Porter
9 hours and 56 minutes
THE FOREVER WAR
by Joe Haldeman
Narrated by George Wilson
9 hours 18 minutes
“I was surprised that peacekeeping involved killing so many people, but it is what it is.”
-Expeditionary Force, Book 1
RED RISING
by Pierce Brown
Narrated by Tim Gerard Reynolds
16 hours 12 minutes
“In her eyes, I see my heart. In her breath, I hear my soul. She is my land. She is my kin. My love.”
-Red Rising
WORLD WAR Z
by Max Brooks
Narrated by Alan Alda, Mark Hamill, Carl Reiner,
and a full cast
5 hours 59 minutes
EXPEDITIONARY FORCE
Columbus Day (Book One)
by Craig Alanson
Narrated by R.C. Bray
16 hours 23 minutes
“You have to make your own choices and live every agonizing day with the consequences of those choices.”
-World War Z
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THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY
by Matt Haig
Narrated by Carrie Mulligan
8 hours 50 minutes
READY PLAYER ONE
by Ernest Cline
Narrated by Wil Wheaton
15 hours 40 minutes
“No one in the world ever gets what they want and that is beautiful.”
-Ready Player One
“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.”
-1984
BRAVE NEW WORLD
by Alduous Huxley
Narrated by Michael York
8 hours
SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE
by Kurt Vonnegut
Narrated by James Franco
5 hours 13 minutes
“One believes things because one has been conditioned to believe them.”
-Brave New World
THE LONG WAY TO A SMALL, ANGRY PLANET
by Becky Chambers
Narrated by Rachel Dulude
14 hours 23 minutes
AMERICAN GODS
by Neil Gaiman
Narrated by Ron McLarty and full cast
19 hours 39 minutes
“That’s the good part of dying; when you’ve nothing to lose, you run any risk you want.”
-Farenheit 451
HYPERION
by Dan Simmons
Narrated by Marc Vietor, Allyson Johnson, Kevin Pariseau, Jay Snyder, and Victor Bevine
20 hours 44 minutes
“But some things have to be done. It’s better to do them, than to live with the fear of them.”
-The Blade Itself
THE FIRST LAW TRILOGY
The Blade Itself (Book 1)
by Joe Abercrombie
Narrated by Steven Pacey
22 hours 15 minutes
“If you strip away all the trappings of personality and lifestyle, what are the core components that make me me?”
-Dark Matter
THE EXPANSE SERIES
Leviathan Wakes (Book One)
by James S. A. Corey
Narrated by Jefferson Mays
20 hours 56 minutes
“Perhaps it’s impossible to wear an identity without becoming what you pretend to be.”
-Ender’s Game
THE STORMLIGHT ARCHIVE
The Way of Kings (Book 1)
by Brandon Sanderson
Narrated by Kate Reading & Michael Kramer
45 hours 30 minutes
ENDER’S GAME
by Orson Scott Card
Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki
11 hours 57 minutes
I hope you enjoyed this list. I you are trying to find a good audiobooks for kids or tweens, check out this list of the best audiobooks for kids!