Audiobooks Like 11/22/63

10 audiobooks for fans of 11/22/63

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   Sleeping Beauties

   by Stephen King, Owen King

   Narrated by Marin Ireland

   ★ 3.95 ABR Score (110.5K ratings)

   ★ 3.73 Goodreads (96.1K) ★ 4.28 Audible (14.4K)

   25h 22m listening time • Released 2017

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   This Inevitable Ruin

   Dungeon Crawler Carl • Book 7

   by Matt Dinniman

   Narrated by Jeff Hays, Travis Baldree

   Both audiobooks deliver immersive, high-stakes narratives that blend dark themes with intricate world-building across extensive runtimes, and the dual narration in This Inevitable Ruin creates the same sense of narrative depth that Craig Wasson brings to King's time-travel epic. The sprawling, character-driven plots in both works reward listeners who appreciate horror that builds psychological tension alongside external threats.

   ★ 4.87 ABR Score (96.2K ratings)

   ★ 4.68 Goodreads (74.1K) ★ 4.93 Audible (22.1K)

   28h 40m listening time • Released 2025

   Jeff Hays and Travis Baldree elevate this escalating war arc into pure theatrical spectacle—28 hours of faction battles, shifting alliances, and genuine stakes that hit harder because the narration sells every betrayal and impossible choice.

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   The Twelve

   The Passage • Book 2

   by Justin Cronin

   Narrated by Scott Brick

   ★ 4.23 ABR Score (118.4K ratings)

   ★ 4.03 Goodreads (106.8K) ★ 4.48 Audible (11.6K)

   26h 23m listening time • Released 2012

   Scott Brick's narration transforms this sprawling apocalypse into something intimate—he finds the humanity in every survivor, making a 26-hour epic feel like a conversation with someone who's lived through the end of the world.

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   Light Bringer

   Red Rising • Book 6

   by Pierce Brown

   Narrated by Tim Gerard Reynolds

   ★ 4.86 ABR Score (121.4K ratings)

   ★ 4.77 Goodreads (110.6K) ★ 4.89 Audible (10.8K)

   30h 8m listening time • Released 2023

   Tim Gerard Reynolds transforms 30 hours of space opera into something intimate and devastating—his voice makes you feel Darrow's impossible weight between savior and father as much as the epic battles around him.

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   Golden Son

   Red Rising • Book 2

   by Pierce Brown

   Narrated by Tim Gerard Reynolds

   ★ 4.79 ABR Score (560.8K ratings)

   ★ 4.5 Goodreads (505.3K) ★ 4.81 Audible (55.5K)

   19h 3m listening time • Released 2015

   Tim Gerard Reynolds transforms this brutal space opera with a voice that captures both Darrow's rage and vulnerability, making the 19-hour listen feel essential rather than exhausting.

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   For We Are Many

   Bobiverse • Book 2

   by Dennis E. Taylor

   Narrated by Ray Porter

   ★ 4.67 ABR Score (149.2K ratings)

   ★ 4.37 Goodreads (75.2K) ★ 4.77 Audible (74.0K)

   8h 59m listening time • Released 2017

   Ray Porter's performance transforms the Bobiverse's multiple Bobs from a gimmick into genuinely distinct voices—each one feels like a real person making impossible decisions while the stakes keep escalating in ways that actually land.

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   Dark Age

   Red Rising • Book 5

   by Pierce Brown

   Narrated by Tim Gerard Reynolds, John Curless, Moira Quirk, James Langton, Rendah Heywood

   ★ 4.66 ABR Score (159.3K ratings)

   ★ 4.51 Goodreads (140.5K) ★ 4.74 Audible (18.8K)

   33h 58m listening time • Released 2019

   Five narrators keep this sprawling space opera moving at breakneck speed, each voice so distinct you forget you're listening to an ensemble cast. Brown's plotting hits harder than ever when you're locked in for 34 hours of genuine stakes.

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   Network Effect

   The Murderbot Diaries • Book 5

   by Martha Wells

   Narrated by Kevin R. Free

   ★ 4.61 ABR Score (138.9K ratings)

   ★ 4.46 Goodreads (129.2K) ★ 4.74 Audible (9.8K)

   12h 47m listening time • Released 2020

   Kevin R. Free's deadpan delivery transforms Murderbot from a sardonic loner into someone genuinely worth rooting for—the audiobook does what the best narration does, making you hear the heart beneath the snark.

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   Ender's Game

   The Ender Saga • Book 1

   by Orson Scott Card

   Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki, Harlan Ellison, Gabrielle de Cuir

   ★ 4.59 ABR Score (1.5M ratings)

   ★ 4.31 Goodreads (1.5M) ★ 4.63 Audible (44.6K)

   11h 57m listening time • Released 2002

   The gold standard of military sci-fi — a child prodigy trained for interstellar war in a story that's as emotionally devastating as it is thrillingly plotted.

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    Ender's Shadow

    Ender's Shadow • Book 1

    by Orson Scott Card

    Narrated by Scott Brick, Gabrielle de Cuir, full cast

    ★ 4.59 ABR Score (194.4K ratings)

    ★ 4.32 Goodreads (180.6K) ★ 4.76 Audible (13.8K)

    15h 42m listening time • Released 2005

    A companion novel that retells Ender's Game from Bean's perspective — and in many ways surpasses the original in emotional depth and strategic brilliance.

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