10 audiobooks for fans of Sleeping Beauties
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11/22/63
by Stephen King
Narrated by Craig Wasson
★ 4.63 ABR Score (740.9K ratings)★ 4.35 Goodreads (667.2K) ★ 4.66 Audible (73.7K)30h 40m listening time • Released 2011Craig Wasson's performance transforms King's sprawling time-travel epic into something intimate and devastating—30 hours that feel essential, not excessive.
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This Inevitable Ruin
Dungeon Crawler Carl • Book 7
Narrated by Jeff Hays, Travis Baldree
★ 4.87 ABR Score (96.2K ratings)★ 4.68 Goodreads (74.1K) ★ 4.93 Audible (22.1K)28h 40m listening time • Released 2025Jeff Hays and Travis Baldree elevate this escalating war arc into pure theatrical spectacle—28 hours of faction battles, shifting alliances, and genuine stakes that hit harder because the narration sells every betrayal and impossible choice.
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Light Bringer
Red Rising • Book 6
by Pierce Brown
Narrated by Tim Gerard Reynolds
★ 4.86 ABR Score (121.4K ratings)★ 4.77 Goodreads (110.6K) ★ 4.89 Audible (10.8K)30h 8m listening time • Released 2023Tim Gerard Reynolds transforms 30 hours of space opera into something intimate and devastating—his voice makes you feel Darrow's impossible weight between savior and father as much as the epic battles around him.
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Morning Star
Red Rising • Book 3
by Pierce Brown
Narrated by Tim Gerard Reynolds
★ 4.81 ABR Score (468.5K ratings)★ 4.55 Goodreads (414.3K) ★ 4.82 Audible (54.2K)21h 50m listening time • Released 2016Tim Gerard Reynolds delivers a career-best performance across 22 hours of revolutionary fervor—his voice work transforms the final Red Rising installment into an unforgettable emotional and political reckoning that justifies the entire trilogy's brutal setup.
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Defiance of the Fall 2
Defiance of the Fall • Book 2
Narrated by Pavi Proczko
★ 4.64 ABR Score (21.7K ratings)★ 4.52 Goodreads (12.1K) ★ 4.84 Audible (9.6K)24h 30m listening time • Released 2021 - 6
Leviathan Wakes
The Expanse • Book 1
Narrated by Jefferson Mays
★ 4.63 ABR Score (358.0K ratings)★ 4.31 Goodreads (324.2K) ★ 4.75 Audible (33.8K)20h 56m listening time • Released 2017Jefferson Mays makes this sprawling space opera sing—his sharp narration cuts through complex plotting and turns a hard-boiled detective mystery colliding with interplanetary intrigue into genuinely unputdownable listening.
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Persepolis Rising
The Expanse • Book 7
Narrated by Jefferson Mays
★ 4.63 ABR Score (109.1K ratings)★ 4.38 Goodreads (88.5K) ★ 4.78 Audible (20.6K)20h 34m listening time • Released 2017 - 8
The Dark Forest
Remembrance of Earth's Past • Book 2
by Liu Cixin, Joel Martinsen
Narrated by P. J. Ochlan
★ 4.56 ABR Score (243.0K ratings)★ 4.4 Goodreads (224.9K) ★ 4.65 Audible (18.1K)22h 36m listening time • Released 2015 - 9
Death's End
Remembrance of Earth's Past • Book 3
by Liu Cixin, Ken Liu
Narrated by P. J. Ochlan
★ 4.53 ABR Score (190.1K ratings)★ 4.4 Goodreads (176.1K) ★ 4.64 Audible (14.0K)28h 51m listening time • Released 2016 - 10
Howling Dark
Sun Eater • Book 2
by Christopher Ruocchio
Narrated by Samuel Roukin
★ 4.40 ABR Score (31.9K ratings)★ 4.34 Goodreads (29.1K) ★ 4.67 Audible (2.8K)28h 3m listening time • Released 2019
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