10 audiobooks for fans of Kindred
- 1
Adulthood Rites
Xenogenesis • Book 2
Narrated by J.D Jackson
★ 4.10 ABR Score (29.5K ratings)★ 4.19 Goodreads (29.4K) ★ 4.66 Audible (106)10h 13m listening time • Released 2023 - 2
Parable of the Talents
Earthseed • Book 2
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 - 3
Parable of the Sower
Earthseed • Book 1
Narrated by Lynne Thigpen
★ 4.47 ABR Score (287.7K ratings)★ 4.19 Goodreads (272.8K) ★ 4.66 Audible (14.9K) - 4
Bloodchild and Other Stories
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 2023Three 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.
- 5
Dawn
Xenogenesis • Book 1
Narrated by Julienne Irons
★ 4.06 ABR Score (65.2K ratings)★ 4.15 Goodreads (64.8K) ★ 4.37 Audible (427)8h 26m listening time • Released 2023 - 6
Imago
Xenogenesis • Book 3
Narrated by Ron Butler
★ 4.14 ABR Score (25.4K ratings)★ 4.19 Goodreads (25.2K) ★ 4.67 Audible (176)7h 50m listening time • Released 2023 - 7
The Martian
The Martian • Book 1
by Andy Weir
Narrated by Wil Wheaton
★ 4.76 ABR Score (1.3M ratings)★ 4.42 Goodreads (1.3M) ★ 4.8 Audible (42.3K)10h 59m listening time • Released 2020Wil Wheaton's deadpan delivery transforms this survival story into something hilarious and gripping—his timing on Watney's wisecracks lands perfectly while keeping the genuine stakes sharp.
- 8
For We Are Many
Bobiverse • Book 2
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 2017Ray 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.
- 9
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 2020Kevin 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.
- 10
Ender's Game
The Ender Saga • Book 1
Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki, Harlan Ellison, Gabrielle de Cuir
★ 4.59 ABR Score (1.5M ratings)★ 4.31 Goodreads (1.5M) ★ 4.63 Audible (44.6K)11h 57m listening time • Released 2002The gold standard of military sci-fi — a child prodigy trained for interstellar war in a story that's as emotionally devastating as it is thrillingly plotted.
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