Audiobooks Like Babylon’s Ashes

10 audiobooks for fans of Babylon’s Ashes

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   The Mercy of Gods

   Captive's War • Book 1

   by James S. A. Corey

   Narrated by Jefferson Mays

   ★ 4.31 ABR Score (4.2K ratings)

   ★ 4.54 Audible (4.2K)

   14h 54m listening time • Released 2024

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   Too Like the Lightning

   Terra Ignota • Book 1

   by Ada Palmer

   Narrated by Jefferson Mays

   ★ 3.78 ABR Score (16.8K ratings)

   ★ 3.81 Goodreads (15.9K) ★ 4.17 Audible (865)

   20h 19m listening time • Released 2016

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   Morning Star

   Red Rising • Book 3

   by Pierce Brown

   Narrated by Tim Gerard Reynolds

   ★ 4.81 ABR Score (468.5K ratings)

   ★ 4.55 Goodreads (414.3K) ★ 4.82 Audible (54.2K)

   21h 50m listening time • Released 2016

   Tim Gerard Reynolds delivers a career-best performance across 22 hours of revolutionary fervor—his voice work transforms the final Red Rising installment into an unforgettable emotional and political reckoning that justifies the entire trilogy's brutal setup.

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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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   Zero Hour

   Expeditionary Force • Book 5

   by Craig Alanson

   Narrated by R.C. Bray

   ★ 4.63 ABR Score (56.2K ratings)

   ★ 4.37 Goodreads (14.8K) ★ 4.81 Audible (41.4K)

   17h 20m listening time • Released 2018

   R.C. Bray's deadpan delivery transforms Alanson's chaos into comedy gold—he nails every shift from absurd banter to genuine stakes, making this sprawling space opera feel intimate despite the galactic scale.

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   Armageddon

   Expeditionary Force • Book 8

   by Craig Alanson

   Narrated by R.C. Bray

   ★ 4.62 ABR Score (34.1K ratings)

   ★ 4.42 Goodreads (10.5K) ★ 4.82 Audible (23.5K)

   17h 51m listening time • Released 2019

   R.C. Bray's deadpan delivery makes Alanson's wisecracks land perfectly—eight books in and this series still nails the balance between laugh-out-loud humor and genuine stakes.

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   Black Ops

   Expeditionary Force • Book 4

   by Craig Alanson

   Narrated by R.C. Bray

   ★ 4.61 ABR Score (58.2K ratings)

   ★ 4.34 Goodreads (16.5K) ★ 4.8 Audible (41.7K)

   16h 44m listening time • Released 2017

   R.C. Bray brings such genuine warmth and humor to Alanson's ragtag crew that you're hooked by their banter alone—the sci-fi plot just makes the ride wilder.

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   Renegades

   Expeditionary Force • Book 7

   by Craig Alanson

   Narrated by R.C. Bray

   ★ 4.61 ABR Score (37.7K ratings)

   ★ 4.37 Goodreads (12.0K) ★ 4.82 Audible (25.7K)

   17h 7m listening time • Released 2019

   R.C. Bray's deadpan delivery elevates Alanson's sarcastic sci-fi humor into something genuinely hilarious—he's the perfect voice for a ragtag crew that keeps accidentally saving the world.

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   The Dark Forest

   Remembrance of Earth's Past • Book 2

   by Liu Cixin, Joel Martinsen

   Narrated by P. J. Ochlan

   ★ 4.56 ABR Score (243.0K ratings)

   ★ 4.4 Goodreads (224.9K) ★ 4.65 Audible (18.1K)

   22h 36m listening time • Released 2015

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    A Civil Campaign

    Vorkosigan Saga (Publication Order) • Book 12

    by Lois McMaster Bujold

    Narrated by Grover Gardner

    ★ 4.48 ABR Score (23.4K ratings)

    ★ 4.41 Goodreads (20.4K) ★ 4.74 Audible (2.9K)

    18h 48m listening time • Released 2007

    Grover Gardner's deadpan delivery transforms Miles' elaborate romantic scheming into comedy gold, making this Hugo winner feel less like hard sci-fi and more like a perfectly timed farce where every character's chaos spirals hilariously out of control.

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