10 audiobooks for fans of Recursion
- 1
Stories of Your Life and Others
by Ted Chiang
Narrated by Abby Craden, Todd McLaren
★ 4.23 ABR Score (131.5K ratings)★ 4.25 Goodreads (127.4K) ★ 4.41 Audible (4.1K)10h 23m listening time • Released 2014 - 2
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 - 3
Dead Space
by Kali Wallace
Narrated by Abby Craden
★ 3.59 ABR Score (3.7K ratings)★ 3.67 Goodreads (3.4K) ★ 3.95 Audible (228)9h 1m listening time • Released 2021 - 4
Omniverse: Book II of the Omniverse Chronicles
Omniverse Chronicles • Book 2
by William Grace, Abby Craden
Narrated by Abby Craden
★ 3.54 ABR Score (1 ratings)★ 5 Audible (1)11h 2m listening time • Released 2020 - 5
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.
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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.
- 7
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.
- 8
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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Kindred
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 - 10
A Closed and Common Orbit
Wayfarers • Book 2
by Becky Chambers
Narrated by Rachel Dulude
★ 4.44 ABR Score (92.3K ratings)★ 4.37 Goodreads (89.9K) ★ 4.68 Audible (2.4K)11h 29m listening time • Released 2019
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