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Featured Article: 20 Best Sci-Fi Audiobooks for Exploring New Worlds
There is no genre that lends itself better to audio narrative than Science Fiction does. There is a magic that transports listeners to new worlds of wonder and mystery that is heightened by expert voice actors and narrators. A great writer can create an imaginative new world or dystopian civilisation, but it is up to the narrator to bring this world to life around you. We’ve gathered together 20 of the top science fiction audiobooks ranked not only for their stories but for the emotive and compelling narrative performances. Let these award winning tales and voices carry you away to worlds unknown.
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Platform Decay
- The Murderbot Diaries, Book 8
- Series: Murderbot Diaries, Book 8
- Length: 6 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 2026-05-05
- Language: English
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Network Effect
- Written by: Martha Wells
- Narrated by: Kevin R. Free
- Length: 12 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall320
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Performance254
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Story254
When Murderbot's human associates (not friends, never friends) are captured and another not-friend from its past requires urgent assistance, Murderbot must choose between inertia and drastic action....
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Great story. Talented narrator.
- By Benjamin F on 2021-02-23
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Network Effect
- Narrated by: Kevin R. Free
- Series: Murderbot Diaries, Book 5
- Length: 12 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 2020-05-05
- Language: English
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System Collapse
- The Murderbot Diaries, Book 7
- Written by: Martha Wells
- Narrated by: Kevin R. Free
- Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall91
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Performance66
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Story66
Following the events in Network Effect, the Barish-Estranza corporation has sent rescue ships to a newly colonized planet in peril, as well as additional SecUnits. But if there's an ethical corporation out there, Murderbot has yet to find it....
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Pulse-pounding!
- By Lindsay B. on 2023-11-14
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System Collapse
- The Murderbot Diaries, Book 7
- Narrated by: Kevin R. Free
- Series: Murderbot Diaries, Book 7
- Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 2023-11-14
- Language: English
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Fugitive Telemetry
- Murderbot Diaries, Book 6
- Written by: Martha Wells
- Narrated by: Kevin R. Free
- Length: 4 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall214
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Performance175
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Story175
When Murderbot discovers a dead body on Preservation Station, it knows it will have to assist in determining who the body is (was), how they were killed (that should be relatively straightforward, at least), and why (because apparently that matters to a lot of people - who knew?)....
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Another awesome installment!
- By CC on 2021-05-25
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Fugitive Telemetry
- Murderbot Diaries, Book 6
- Narrated by: Kevin R. Free
- Series: Murderbot Diaries, Book 6
- Length: 4 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 2021-04-27
- Language: English
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Exit Strategy
- Written by: Martha Wells
- Narrated by: Kevin R. Free
- Length: 3 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall265
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Performance211
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Story210
Murderbot wasn't programmed to care. So its decision to help the only human who ever showed it respect must be a system glitch....
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totally enjoyable
- By Joanne Phillips Greco on 2024-08-15
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Exit Strategy
- Narrated by: Kevin R. Free
- Series: Murderbot Diaries, Book 4
- Length: 3 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 2018-10-02
- Language: English
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Artificial Condition (Dramatized Adaptation)
- The Murderbot Diaries, Book 2
- Written by: Martha Wells
- Narrated by: Alejandro Ruiz, Bradley Foster Smith, Carolyn Kashner, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall13
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Performance10
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Story10
It has a dark past—one in which a number of humans were killed. A past that caused it to christen itself “Murderbot”. But it has only vague memories of the massacre that spawned that title, and it wants to know more....
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Tied for first place
- By Jac on 2024-08-15
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Artificial Condition (Dramatized Adaptation)
- The Murderbot Diaries, Book 2
- Narrated by: Alejandro Ruiz, Bradley Foster Smith, Carolyn Kashner, Eric Messner, Ken Jackson, Marni Penning, Michael John Casey, Rayner Gabriel, Elena Anderson, David Cui Cui, Jeri Marshall
- Series: Murderbot Diaries, Book 2
- Length: 2 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 2023-10-13
- Language: English
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All Systems Red
- Written by: Martha Wells
- Narrated by: Kevin R. Free
- Length: 3 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall694
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Performance567
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Story565
All Systems Red is the tense first science fiction adventure novella in Martha Wells' series The Murderbot Diaries. For fans of Westworld and Ex Machina....
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NOTE This book is only 3 hours long!
- By Amazon Customer on 2018-12-03
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All Systems Red
- Narrated by: Kevin R. Free
- Series: Murderbot Diaries, Book 1
- Length: 3 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 2017-10-30
- Language: English
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Network Effect (Dramatized Adaptation)
- The Murderbot Diaries, Book 5
- Written by: Martha Wells
- Narrated by: full cast, Debi Tinsley, Emily Beresford, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 12 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall7
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Performance4
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Story4
I’m usually alone in my head, and that’s where 90 plus percent of my problems are. When Murderbot's human associates (not friends, never friends) are captured and another not-friend from its past requires urgent assistance, Murderbot must choose between inertia and drastic action....
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Poor adaptation
- By Amazon Customer on 2024-04-04
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Network Effect (Dramatized Adaptation)
- The Murderbot Diaries, Book 5
- Narrated by: full cast, Debi Tinsley, Emily Beresford, Eva Wilhelm, David Cui Cui, Crystal Lee, Elena Anderson, Natalie Van Sistine, Alejandro Ruiz, Amanda Forstrom, Christopher Williams, Colleen Delany
- Series: Murderbot Diaries, Book 5
- Length: 8 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 2024-01-15
- Language: English
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The Harbors of the Sun
- Books of the Raksura Series, Book 5
- Written by: Martha Wells
- Narrated by: Daniel Thomas May
- Length: 15 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall7
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Performance4
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Story4
A former friend has betrayed the Raksura and their groundling companions, and now the survivors must race across the Three Worlds to rescue their kidnapped family members....
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new narrator
- By Tyler johnston on 2021-09-21
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The Harbors of the Sun
- Books of the Raksura Series, Book 5
- Narrated by: Daniel Thomas May
- Series: Books of the Raksura, Book 5
- Length: 15 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 2020-04-28
- Language: English
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The Death of the Necromancer
- Ile-Rien Series, Book 2
- Written by: Martha Wells
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 17 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall10
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Performance8
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Story8
Nicholas Valiarde is a passionate, embittered nobleman with an enigmatic past. Consumed by thoughts of vengeance, he is consoled only by thoughts of the beautiful, dangerous Madeline....
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The Death of the Necromancer
- Ile-Rien Series, Book 2
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Series: Ile-Rien, Book 2
- Length: 17 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 2013-09-30
- Language: English
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Witch King
- Written by: Martha Wells
- Narrated by: Eric Mok
- Length: 13 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall26
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Performance17
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Story17
"Narrator Eric Mok makes this wonderfully inventive and diverse fantasy eminently accessible... Mok's Kai is appealing and relatable--he sounds simultaneously young and resigned, weary of death and pain and betrayal and yet still hopeful for something better. Listeners will hope we get more of...
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Monotonous
- By Scott Fox on 2024-01-21
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Witch King
- Narrated by: Eric Mok
- Series: The Rising World, Book 1
- Length: 13 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 2023-05-30
- Language: English
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Rogue Protocol (Dramatized Adaptation)
- The Murderbot Diaries, Book 3
- Written by: Martha Wells
- Narrated by: David Cui Cui, Khaya Fraites, Marni Penning, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 47 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall7
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Performance5
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Story5
Sci-fi’s favorite antisocial A.I. is back on a mission. The case against the too-big-to-fail GrayCris Corporation is floundering, and more importantly, authorities are beginning to ask more questions about where Dr. Mensah's SecUnit is. And Murderbot would rather those questions went away....
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Dramatized vs Narrated Comparison
- By Anonymous on 2025-11-04
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Rogue Protocol (Dramatized Adaptation)
- The Murderbot Diaries, Book 3
- Narrated by: David Cui Cui, Khaya Fraites, Marni Penning, Julienne Irons, Natalie Van Sistine, Alejandro Ruiz, Alysia Beltran, Bradley Foster Smith, Elena Anderson, Eric Messner, Jenna Sharpe
- Series: Murderbot Diaries, Book 3
- Length: 2 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 2023-11-16
- Language: English
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Artificial Condition
- Written by: Martha Wells
- Narrated by: Kevin R. Free
- Length: 3 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall372
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Performance297
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Story295
It has a dark past - one in which a number of humans were killed. A past that caused it to christen itself "Murderbot." But it has only vague memories of the massacre that spawned that title, and it wants to know more....
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Too short again. I’m not buying another in the series.
- By Dan Barcza on 2020-03-17
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Artificial Condition
- Narrated by: Kevin R. Free
- Series: Murderbot Diaries, Book 2
- Length: 3 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 2018-05-08
- Language: English
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Rogue Protocol
- The Murderbot Diaries, Book 3
- Written by: Martha Wells
- Narrated by: Kevin R. Free
- Length: 3 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall301
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Performance240
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Story240
The case against the too-big-to-fail GrayCris Corporation is floundering, and more importantly, authorities are beginning to ask more questions about where Dr. Mensah's SecUnit is. And Murderbot would rather those questions went away. For good....
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I love everything about this series
- By L. Beck on 2021-03-12
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Rogue Protocol
- The Murderbot Diaries, Book 3
- Narrated by: Kevin R. Free
- Series: Murderbot Diaries, Book 3
- Length: 3 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 2018-08-07
- Language: English
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Queen Demon
- Written by: Martha Wells
- Narrated by: Eric Mok
- Length: 15 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5
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Performance5
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Story5
From the breakout SFF superstar author of Murderbot comes the remarkable sequel to the USA Today and Sunday Times bestselling novel, Witch King. A fantasy of epic scope, Queen Demon is a story of power and friendship, of trust and betrayal, and of the families we choose. Dahin, a beloved member...
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great story and characters
- By Tasha on 2026-02-21
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Queen Demon
- Narrated by: Eric Mok
- Series: The Rising World, Book 2
- Length: 15 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 2025-10-07
- Language: English
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The Cloud Roads
- Written by: Martha Wells
- Narrated by: Christopher Kipiniak
- Length: 15 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall26
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Performance21
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Story21
Moon has spent his life hiding what he is - a shape-shifter able to transform himself into a winged creature of flight....
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Awful. I wonder if this book is the same one....
- By mihaelb on 2021-08-12
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The Cloud Roads
- Narrated by: Christopher Kipiniak
- Series: Books of the Raksura, Book 1
- Length: 15 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 2011-11-04
- Language: English
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The Serpent Sea
- Narrated by: Christopher Kipiniak
- Series: Books of the Raksura, Book 2
- Length: 14 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 2012-01-10
- Language: English
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Razor's Edge: Star Wars Legends
- Written by: Martha Wells
- Narrated by: January LaVoy
- Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall11
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Performance11
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Story11
When rebels clash with renegades, it’s the Empire that may claim the final victory. Times are desperate for the Rebel Alliance. Harassment by the Empire and a shortage of vital supplies are hindering completion of a new secret base on the ice planet Hoth. So when Mid Rim merchants offer...
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Narrator was fine, story was okay.
- By Charles on 2020-05-20
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Razor's Edge: Star Wars Legends
- Narrated by: January LaVoy
- Series: Star Wars: Empire and Rebellion, Book 1, Star Wars: Legends
- Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 2013-09-25
- Language: English
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The Edge of Worlds
- Written by: Martha Wells
- Narrated by: Christopher Kipiniak
- Length: 16 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall11
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Performance10
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Story10
An expedition of groundlings from the Empire of Kish have traveled through the Three Worlds to the Indigo Cloud court of the Raksura, shape-shifting creatures of flight....
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Issues with editing
- By Crystal Fenerty on 2021-01-18
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The Edge of Worlds
- Narrated by: Christopher Kipiniak
- Series: Books of the Raksura, Book 4
- Length: 16 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 2016-06-15
- Language: English
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Exit Strategy (Dramatized Adaptation)
- The Murderbot Diaries, Book 4
- Written by: Martha Wells
- Narrated by: David Cui Cui, Jenna Sharpe, Marni Penning, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 54 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall6
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Performance4
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Story4
Murderbot wasn’t programmed to care. So, its decision to help the only human who ever showed it respect must be a system glitch....
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My least favourite so far
- By Jac on 2024-08-15
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Exit Strategy (Dramatized Adaptation)
- The Murderbot Diaries, Book 4
- Narrated by: David Cui Cui, Jenna Sharpe, Marni Penning, Khaya Fraites, Aure Nash, Alejandro Ruiz, Alysia Beltran, Bradley Foster Smith, Colleen Delany, Elena Anderson, Eric Messner
- Series: Murderbot Diaries, Book 4
- Length: 2 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 2023-11-16
- Language: English
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