Audiobooks Like I Who Have Never Known Men

10 audiobooks for fans of I Who Have Never Known Men

1. 1

   

   The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

   Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy • Book 1

   by Douglas Adams

   Narrated by Stephen Fry

   ★ 4.56 ABR Score (2.1M ratings)

   ★ 4.22 Goodreads (2.0M) ★ 4.62 Audible (56.6K)

   5h 51m listening time • Released 2005

   The funniest 42 minutes of any philosophy degree — Adams distilled the cosmic absurdity of existence into a comedy that never stops delivering.

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   System Collapse

   The Murderbot Diaries • Book 7

   by Martha Wells

   Narrated by Kevin R. Free

   ★ 4.40 ABR Score (81.0K ratings)

   ★ 4.25 Goodreads (76.8K) ★ 4.66 Audible (4.2K)

   6h 36m listening time • Released 2023

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   What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

   What If? • Book 2

   by Randall Munroe

   Narrated by Wil Wheaton

   ★ 4.39 ABR Score (18.9K ratings)

   ★ 4.37 Goodreads (17.7K) ★ 4.73 Audible (1.2K)

   6h 35m listening time • Released 2022

   Wil Wheaton's deadpan delivery transforms Munroe's absurd physics questions into comedy gold—he nails the running joke of treating ridiculous scenarios with complete scientific seriousness.

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   2001: A Space Odyssey

   Space Odyssey Series • Book 1

   by Arthur C. Clarke

   Narrated by Dick Hill

   ★ 4.38 ABR Score (350.5K ratings)

   ★ 4.18 Goodreads (338.0K) ★ 4.55 Audible (12.5K)

   6h 42m listening time • Released 2008

   Clarke's landmark meditation on human evolution and artificial intelligence, written alongside Kubrick's film, remains awe-inspiring in its scope and quiet menace.

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   What If?

   What If? • Book 1

   by Randall Munroe

   Narrated by Wil Wheaton

   ★ 4.28 ABR Score (211.3K ratings)

   ★ 4.14 Goodreads (197.2K) ★ 4.45 Audible (14.1K)

   6h 36m listening time • Released 2014

   Wil Wheaton's deadpan delivery transforms Munroe's absurd hypotheticals into pure comedy gold—he makes the physics funnier than the jokes themselves.

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   Love Lost : The Kurtherian Gambit 3 (The Kurtherian Gambit Series)

   The Kurtherian Gambit • Book 3

   by Michael Anderle

   Narrated by full cast, Colleen Delany, Emily Beresford, James Konicek, Zeke Alton, Christopher Graybill, Nora Achrati, Terence Aselford, Danny Gavigan, Jason Keller, Bianca Bryan, Patrick Bussink

   ★ 4.21 ABR Score (6.2K ratings)

   ★ 4.37 Goodreads (6.0K) ★ 4.81 Audible (170)

   5h 15m listening time • Released 2021

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   Stryker's War

   Order of the Centurion • Book 3

   by Josh Hayes, Jason Anspach, Nick Cole

   Narrated by Ray Porter

   ★ 4.20 ABR Score (2.2K ratings)

   ★ 4.38 Goodreads (635) ★ 4.69 Audible (1.6K)

   6h 55m listening time • Released 2019

   Ray Porter's narration turns this military sci-fi into a visceral experience—his voice cuts through the chaos of asymmetric warfare, making every ambush and moral compromise feel immediate and earned.

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   Sweep in Peace

   Innkeeper Chronicles [Dramatized Adaptation] • Book 2

   by Ilona Andrews, Nora Achrati, Alejandro Ruiz, Christopher Walker, Holly Adams, James Lewis, Karen Novack, Lily Beacon, Scott McCormick, Kay Eluvian, Jenna Sharpe, Stewart Crank, Alex Hill-Knight, Jon Vertullo

   Narrated by Christopher Walker, Jonathan Lee Taylor, Karen Novack, Lily Beacon, Nora Achrati, Scott McCormick, Kay Eluvian, Jenna Sharpe, Stewart Crank, Alex Hill-Knight, Jon Vertullo

   ★ 4.18 ABR Score (1.1K ratings)

   ★ 4.43 Goodreads (582) ★ 4.81 Audible (518)

   7h 18m listening time • Released 2022

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   The Successful Life of Jack Rybicki

   Middle Falls Time Travel • Book 11

   by Shawn Inmon

   Narrated by Nick Podehl

   ★ 4.16 ABR Score (1.7K ratings)

   ★ 4.37 Goodreads (996) ★ 4.68 Audible (706)

   6h 27m listening time • Released 2019

   Nick Podehl captures the messy humanity of a kid drowning in sudden fame with a warmth that makes his downward spiral genuinely painful to witness. Inmon's time travel setup gives what could be a cautionary tale real stakes and unexpected grace.

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    A Wrinkle in Time

    Time Quintet • Book 1

    by Madeleine L'Engle

    Narrated by Hope Davis, Ava DuVernay, Madeleine L'Engle, Charlotte Jones Voiklis

    ★ 4.16 ABR Score (1.3M ratings)

    ★ 3.97 Goodreads (1.3M) ★ 4.31 Audible (20.4K)

    6h 27m listening time • Released 2012

    A beloved gateway into sci-fi and fantasy for generations of young readers, blending quantum physics, mythology, and a heroine who wins through love rather than force.

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