Audiobooks Like Shift

10 audiobooks for fans of Shift

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   The Solar War

   The Long Winter • Book 2

   by A.G. Riddle

   Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini, Amanda Leigh Cobb

   ★ 4.21 ABR Score (24.0K ratings)

   ★ 4.25 Goodreads (21.0K) ★ 4.47 Audible (3.0K)

   12h 20m listening time • Released 2019

   Ballerini and Cobb's dual narration makes the competing perspectives feel like separate battles unfolding in real time, turning what could be exposition-heavy sci-fi into something genuinely suspenseful and hard to put down.

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   Sand

   The Sand Chronicles • Book 1

   by Hugh Howey

   Narrated by Jeremy Arthur

   ★ 3.94 ABR Score (33.9K ratings)

   ★ 3.96 Goodreads (33.3K) ★ 4.32 Audible (571)

   8h 42m listening time • Released 2022

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   Beacon 23

   Beacon 23 #1-5 • Book 1

   by Hugh Howey

   Narrated by Peter Ganim

   ★ 3.78 ABR Score (23.4K ratings)

   ★ 3.9 Goodreads (22.9K) ★ 4.09 Audible (452)

   6h 9m listening time • Released 2023

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   Star Carrier

   Lost Colonies Trilogy • Book 3

   by B.V. Larson

   Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini

   ★ 4.10 ABR Score (4.5K ratings)

   ★ 4.17 Goodreads (1.9K) ★ 4.49 Audible (2.6K)

   11h 48m listening time • Released 2016

   Ballerini's commanding narration makes this trilogy closer feel like a classified briefing, transforming military SF paranoia into something genuinely unsettling. The voice work alone justifies the return.

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   Battle Cruiser

   Lost Colonies Trilogy • Book 1

   by B.V. Larson

   Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini

   ★ 3.87 ABR Score (8.3K ratings)

   ★ 3.92 Goodreads (3.5K) ★ 4.22 Audible (4.8K)

   13h 9m listening time • Released 2015

   Ballerini's sharp delivery elevates Larson's hard sci-fi premise about a mysterious warship arriving at Earth—he makes the mounting dread and tactical tension genuinely gripping across 13 hours.

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   Pioneer Summer

   Лето в пионерском галстуке • Book 1

   by Elena Malisova, Katerina Silvanova, Anne O. Fisher

   Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini

   ★ 3.83 ABR Score (5.0K ratings)

   ★ 4.24 Goodreads (5.0K) ★ 5 Audible (1)

   16h 34m listening time • Released 2025

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   [Ganymede] [published: October, 2011]

   The Clockwork Century • Book 3

   by Cherie Priest

   Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini

   ★ 3.81 ABR Score (4.6K ratings)

   ★ 3.84 Goodreads (4.3K) ★ 4.3 Audible (227)

   12h 9m listening time • Released 2011

   Ballerini's smooth Southern drawl anchors this steampunk noir perfectly, making the air pirate's morally gray choices hit harder than they should.

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   Shadow Show: New Short Stories and Fantasy from Neil Gaiman, Joe Hill, and 24 Writers – A Ray Bradbury Tribute

   by Sam Weller, Mort Castle, Margaret Atwood, Dave Eggers, Harlan Ellison, Joe Hill, Alice Hoffman, Kelly Link, Jacquelyn Mitchard, Audrey Niffenegger, Ray Bradbury, Jay Bonansinga, David Morrell, Thomas F. Monteleone, Lee Martin, Dan Chaon, John McNally, Joe Meno, Robert McCammon, Ramsey Campbell, John Maclay, Gary A. Braunbeck, Bonnie Jo Campbell, Charles Yu, Julia Keller, Bayo Ojikutu

   Narrated by George Takei, Edward Herrmann, Kate Mulgrew, F. Murray Abraham, Neil Gaiman, Robert Petkoff, Dion Graham, Simon Van Booy, Edoardo Ballerini

   ★ 3.80 ABR Score (2.1K ratings)

   ★ 3.91 Goodreads (1.9K) ★ 4.31 Audible (182)

   14h 11m listening time • Released 2012

   A master class in short-form storytelling with an all-star narrator lineup—Takei, Mulgrew, and Gaiman himself elevate 26 writers' Bradbury-inspired tales into something you'll want to hear in one sitting.

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   Iron & Blood

   Jake Desmet Adventures • Book 1

   by Gail Z. Martin, Larry N. Martin

   Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini

   ★ 3.62 ABR Score (245 ratings)

   ★ 3.56 Goodreads (234) ★ 4 Audible (11)

   13h 36m listening time • Released 2018

   Edoardo Ballerini's narration elevates this steampunk adventure into something immersive—his voice work transforms New Pittsburgh's gritty industrial world and supernatural underbelly into a fully realized experience you'll want to finish in one sitting.

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    Starfire

    by B.V. Larson, Thomas LeMay

    Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini

    ★ 3.59 ABR Score (3.5K ratings)

    ★ 3.73 Goodreads (898) ★ 3.99 Audible (2.6K)

    13h 1m listening time • Released 2015

    Ballerini's sharp, propulsive narration transforms this hard sci-fi race-to-Jupiter into pure momentum—perfect for anyone who wants realistic space adventure without the bloat.

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