10 audiobooks for fans of Forward the Foundation
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The Robots of Dawn
Robot • Book 3
by Isaac Asimov
Narrated by William Dufris
★ 4.41 ABR Score (58.4K ratings)★ 4.2 Goodreads (55.5K) ★ 4.74 Audible (2.9K)15h 43m listening time • Released 2014 - 2
Robot Dreams
Robot #0.4
by Isaac Asimov, Ralph McQuarrie
Narrated by George Guidall
★ 4.17 ABR Score (14.4K ratings)★ 4.17 Goodreads (13.5K) ★ 4.55 Audible (923)14h 34m listening time • Released 2014George Guidall's measured, thoughtful delivery transforms Asimov's robot stories into something unexpectedly moving—he finds the loneliness and longing beneath the logic puzzles, making these decades-old tales feel urgently human.
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Nemesis
by Isaac Asimov
Narrated by Scott Brick
★ 3.95 ABR Score (20.6K ratings)★ 3.81 Goodreads (19.4K) ★ 4.42 Audible (1.2K)14h 20m listening time • Released 2019Scott Brick's measured, intelligent delivery elevates what could be a dry hard-sci-fi premise into something genuinely gripping—he finds the human stakes buried inside Asimov's sprawling solar system. If you want speculative fiction that trusts your brain but doesn't bore you, this is the rare narrator who makes that balance work.
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Robots e Imperio : Serie de los robots 5
by Isaac Asimov
Narrated by Guillermo Romero
★ 3.61 ABR Score (25 ratings)★ 4.2 Goodreads (10) ★ 4.8 Audible (15)15h 55m listening time • Released 2023 - 5
The Naked Sun
Robot • Book 2
by Isaac Asimov, Chris Moore
Narrated by William Dufris
★ 4.42 ABR Score (67.3K ratings)★ 4.2 Goodreads (64.3K) ★ 4.75 Audible (3.0K)7h 41m listening time • Released 2014 - 6
I, Robot
Robots
by Isaac Asimov
Narrated by Scott Brick
★ 4.31 ABR Score (390.1K ratings)★ 4.21 Goodreads (381.7K) ★ 4.46 Audible (8.4K)8h 20m listening time • Released 2004The nine stories that defined our cultural understanding of artificial intelligence — Asimov's Three Laws are still the framework everyone argues from today.
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Pebble in the Sky
Galactic Empire • Book 3
by Isaac Asimov
Narrated by Jon Lindstrom
★ 4.08 ABR Score (28.3K ratings)★ 3.9 Goodreads (27.7K) ★ 4.62 Audible (590)8h 35m listening time • Released 2020 - 8
Dungeon Crawler Carl
Dungeon Crawler Carl • Book 1
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 2021Jeff 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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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 2015Tim 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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Tiamat's Wrath
The Expanse • Book 8
Narrated by Jefferson Mays
★ 4.79 ABR Score (105.0K ratings)★ 4.57 Goodreads (83.1K) ★ 4.88 Audible (21.8K)19h 8m listening time • Released 2019
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