Audiobooks Like Dawn

10 audiobooks for fans of Dawn

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   Kindred

   by Octavia E. Butler

   Narrated by Kim Staunton

   ★ 4.49 ABR Score (294.1K ratings)

   ★ 4.31 Goodreads (278.5K) ★ 4.62 Audible (15.6K)

   10h 55m listening time • Released 2007

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   Parable of the Talents

   Earthseed • Book 2

   by Octavia E. Butler

   Narrated by Patricia R. Floyd, Peter Jay Fernandez, Sisi Aisha Johnson

   ★ 4.47 ABR Score (93.1K ratings)

   ★ 4.32 Goodreads (86.9K) ★ 4.68 Audible (6.2K)

   15h 26m listening time • Released 2008

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   Bloodchild and Other Stories

   by Octavia E. Butler

   Narrated by Malik Rashad, Allyson Johnson, Bahni Turpin

   ★ 4.11 ABR Score (27.7K ratings)

   ★ 4.34 Goodreads (27.6K) ★ 4.55 Audible (76)

   6h 15m listening time • Released 2023

   Three narrators bring Butler's prescient stories to vivid life, each voice sharpening how these speculative parables cut into our present moment. Her unflinching imagination about power, bodily autonomy, and survival hits harder when spoken aloud.

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   Parable of the Sower

   Earthseed • Book 1

   by Octavia E. Butler

   Narrated by Lynne Thigpen

   ★ 4.47 ABR Score (287.7K ratings)

   ★ 4.19 Goodreads (272.8K) ★ 4.66 Audible (14.9K)

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   All These Worlds

   Bobiverse • Book 3

   by Dennis E. Taylor

   Narrated by Ray Porter

   ★ 4.68 ABR Score (134.2K ratings)

   ★ 4.4 Goodreads (65.4K) ★ 4.78 Audible (68.9K)

   7h 56m listening time • Released 2017

   Ray Porter's performance captures each Bob clone's distinct personality so perfectly that you'll forget you're listening to one narrator—it's like having a full cast in your head. The emotional stakes hit harder than the first two books, making this the trilogy's most rewarding installment.

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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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   The Foundation Trilogy: Foundation / Foundation and Empire / Second Foundation / The Stars, Like Dust / The Naked Sun / I, Robot

   Foundation (Publication Order) #1-3 • Book 1

   by Isaac Asimov

   Narrated by Jon Lindstrom

   ★ 4.22 ABR Score (110.1K ratings)

   ★ 4.42 Goodreads (109.2K) ★ 4.38 Audible (900)

   8h 13m listening time • Released 2020

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   We Are Legion (We Are Bob)

   Bobiverse • Book 1

   by Dennis E. Taylor

   Narrated by Ray Porter

   ★ 4.58 ABR Score (236.2K ratings)

   ★ 4.26 Goodreads (128.3K) ★ 4.68 Audible (107.9K)

   9h 56m listening time • Released 2016

   Ray Porter's performance transforms this sci-fi premise into pure audiobook gold—his deadpan delivery of Bob's irreverent humor lands perfectly, making the existential stakes feel both hilarious and genuinely moving.

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   The Flood

   Arisen • Book 10

   by Michael Stephen Fuchs

   Narrated by R.C. Bray

   ★ 4.46 ABR Score (5.6K ratings)

   ★ 4.44 Goodreads (1.9K) ★ 4.84 Audible (3.7K)

   9h 9m listening time • Released 2016

   R.C. Bray's gravel-voiced intensity transforms this apocalyptic finale into pure adrenaline—his command of the chaos makes you feel trapped in London's collapse alongside the team.

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    Second Foundation

    Foundation (Publication Order) • Book 3

    by Isaac Asimov

    Narrated by Scott Brick

    ★ 4.46 ABR Score (212.2K ratings)

    ★ 4.28 Goodreads (204.3K) ★ 4.65 Audible (7.9K)

    9h 21m listening time • Released 2010

    Scott Brick's measured, intelligent narration transforms this mind-bending finale into something genuinely suspenseful—he finds the psychological tension beneath Asimov's intricate plotting and makes you feel the paranoia of not knowing who's really in control.

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