Audiobooks Like Count Zero

10 audiobooks for fans of Count Zero

1. 1

   

   Pattern Recognition

   Blue Ant • Book 1

   by William Gibson

   Narrated by Shelly Frasier

   ★ 3.89 ABR Score (53.7K ratings)

   ★ 3.88 Goodreads (52.9K) ★ 4.26 Audible (778)

   10h 22m listening time • Released 2017

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   Agency

   Jackpot • Book 2

   by William Gibson

   Narrated by Lorelei King

   ★ 3.83 ABR Score (16.1K ratings)

   ★ 3.81 Goodreads (14.6K) ★ 4.24 Audible (1.5K)

   10h 12m listening time • Released 2020

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3. 3

   

   Spook Country

   Blue Ant • Book 2

   by William Gibson

   Narrated by Robertson Dean

   ★ 3.65 ABR Score (22.5K ratings)

   ★ 3.72 Goodreads (21.4K) ★ 4.01 Audible (1.0K)

   11h 2m listening time • Released 2007

   Robertson Dean's narration transforms Gibson's fragmented near-future into something hypnotic—each character's voice pulls you deeper into a world where information itself is the most dangerous commodity.

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   Halo: Ghosts of Onyx

   Halo • Book 4

   by Eric S. Nylund

   Narrated by Jonathan Davis

   ★ 4.46 ABR Score (18.8K ratings)

   ★ 4.2 Goodreads (15.4K) ★ 4.85 Audible (3.4K)

   11h 13m listening time • Released 2019

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   Halo: The Cole Protocol

   Halo • Book 6

   by Tobias S. Buckell

   Narrated by Jonathan Davis

   ★ 4.23 ABR Score (11.0K ratings)

   ★ 3.94 Goodreads (8.9K) ★ 4.74 Audible (2.1K)

   10h 21m listening time • Released 2019

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   The Peripheral

   Jackpot • Book 1

   by William Gibson

   Narrated by Lorelei King

   ★ 3.87 ABR Score (36.8K ratings)

   ★ 3.89 Goodreads (33.6K) ★ 4.18 Audible (3.2K)

   14h 5m listening time • Released 2014

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   The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke

   The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke #1-5

   by Arthur C. Clarke

   Narrated by Ralph Lister, Ray Porter, Jonathan Davis

   ★ 4.24 ABR Score (8.0K ratings)

   ★ 4.3 Goodreads (6.4K) ★ 4.57 Audible (1.6K)

   51h 4m listening time • Released 2016

   Three narrators divvy up Clarke's 51-hour story collection, each bringing distinct voices to everything from hard sci-fi concepts to quiet existential gut-punches. It's the definitive way to experience the author who basically invented modern science fiction.

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   Rip-Off!

   by Gardner Dozois, John Scalzi, Jack Campbell, Mike Resnick, Tad Williams, Elizabeth Bear, Mary Robinette Kowal, Robert Charles Wilson, Allen M. Steele, Daryl Gregory, Lavie Tidhar, Nancy Kress, Paul Di Filippo, James Patrick Kelly, David Marantz, Dina Pearlman, Allyson Johnson, Marc Vietor, Ilyana Kadushin, Nicola Barber

   Narrated by Wil Wheaton, Scott Brick, Christian Rummel, Jonathan Davis, Stefan Rudnicki, L. J. Ganser, Khristine Hvam

   ★ 3.29 ABR Score (2.5K ratings)

   ★ 3.39 Goodreads (914) ★ 3.7 Audible (1.6K)

   11h 58m listening time • Released 2012

   A stellar cast of narrators elevates this clever anthology where top sci-fi writers hijack famous opening lines and spin them into wildly inventive original stories that feel both playful and genuinely surprising.

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   Dungeon Crawler Carl

   Dungeon Crawler Carl • Book 1

   by Matt Dinniman

   Narrated by Jeff Hays

   ★ 4.80 ABR Score (335.5K ratings)

   ★ 4.48 Goodreads (284.3K) ★ 4.86 Audible (51.2K)

   13h 31m listening time • Released 2021

   Jeff Hays turns this LitRPG into pure comedy gold—his character work transforms what could be a grim survival story into something genuinely hilarious that you'll want to binge in days.

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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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