Audiobooks Like Parable of the Talents

10 audiobooks for fans of Parable of the Talents

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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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   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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   Imago

   Xenogenesis • Book 3

   by Octavia E. Butler

   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

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   Adulthood Rites

   Xenogenesis • Book 2

   by Octavia E. Butler

   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

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   Dawn

   Xenogenesis • Book 1

   by Octavia E. Butler

   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

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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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   Nemesis Games

   The Expanse • Book 5

   by James S.A. Corey

   Narrated by Jefferson Mays

   ★ 4.69 ABR Score (142.8K ratings)

   ★ 4.45 Goodreads (116.9K) ★ 4.8 Audible (25.9K)

   18h 6m listening time • Released 2015

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   Zero Hour

   Expeditionary Force • Book 5

   by Craig Alanson

   Narrated by R.C. Bray

   ★ 4.63 ABR Score (56.2K ratings)

   ★ 4.37 Goodreads (14.8K) ★ 4.81 Audible (41.4K)

   17h 20m listening time • Released 2018

   R.C. Bray's deadpan delivery transforms Alanson's chaos into comedy gold—he nails every shift from absurd banter to genuine stakes, making this sprawling space opera feel intimate despite the galactic scale.

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   Armageddon

   Expeditionary Force • Book 8

   by Craig Alanson

   Narrated by R.C. Bray

   ★ 4.62 ABR Score (34.1K ratings)

   ★ 4.42 Goodreads (10.5K) ★ 4.82 Audible (23.5K)

   17h 51m listening time • Released 2019

   R.C. Bray's deadpan delivery makes Alanson's wisecracks land perfectly—eight books in and this series still nails the balance between laugh-out-loud humor and genuine stakes.

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    Starsight

    Skyward • Book 2

    by Brandon Sanderson

    Narrated by Suzy Jackson

    ★ 4.61 ABR Score (133.0K ratings)

    ★ 4.34 Goodreads (109.9K) ★ 4.77 Audible (23.1K)

    14h 30m listening time • Released 2019

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