Audiobooks Like The Invisible Man by Wells, H. G. (Author) Sep-01-10

If you loved The Invisible Man by Wells, H. G. (Author) Sep-01-10 by H.G. Wells, these audiobooks share similar qualities — same genre, sometimes the same narrator, comparable length, and the kind of ratings that signal a great listen. Fans of James Adams's narration will find familiar voices here too.

10 audiobooks for fans of The Invisible Man by Wells, H. G. (Author) Sep-01-10

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    The War of the Worlds cover

    The War of the Worlds

    by H.G. Wells

    Narrated by Simon Prebble

    3.86 ABR Score (352.7K ratings)
    ★ 3.83 Goodreads (352.7K) ★ 4.78 Audible (9)
    6h 13m listening time • Released 2019

    Simon Prebble's narration transforms this sci-fi classic into pure dread—his measured voice makes the Martian invasion feel terrifyingly inevitable, turning a 126-year-old novel into genuine suspense.

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    The Island of Dr. Moreau cover

    The Island of Dr. Moreau

    by H.G. Wells, Alan Lightman

    Narrated by Simon Prebble

    3.83 ABR Score (138.3K ratings)
    ★ 3.73 Goodreads (136.5K) ★ 4.2 Audible (1.9K)
    5h 18m listening time • Released 2011

    Simon Prebble's narration transforms this Victorian horror into something genuinely unsettling—his voice shifts between Prendick's creeping dread and the creature's inhuman wrongness in ways that hit harder than reading alone.

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    The Time Machine cover

    The Time Machine

    by H.G. Wells

    Narrated by Scott Brick

    3.96 ABR Score (569.3K ratings)
    ★ 3.89 Goodreads (569.0K) ★ 4.3 Audible (313)
    3h 54m listening time • Released 2006

    Scott Brick's measured, cerebral performance transforms this Victorian-era classic into something genuinely unsettling—he makes Wells's social commentary hit harder than the time travel spectacle ever could.

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    Great Classic Science Fiction

    Great Classic Stories (BBC Audio)

    by H.G. Wells, James H. Schmitz, Stanley G. Weinbaum, Philip K. Dick, Frank Herbert, Fritz Leiber, Andre Norton

    Narrated by Simon Vance, Barbara Rosenblat, Nick Sullivan, Robert Fass, Katherine Kellgren, Scott Brick, Stephen Thorne, Greg Itzin

    3.65 ABR Score (1.1K ratings)
    ★ 3.42 Goodreads (522) ★ 4.23 Audible (566)
    7h 45m listening time • Released 2010
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    The Food of the Gods cover

    The Food of the Gods

    by H.G. Wells

    Narrated by Alan Munro

    3.52 ABR Score (5.4K ratings)
    ★ 3.42 Goodreads (5.4K) ★ 3 Audible (4)
    9h 4m listening time • Released 2020
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    A Modern Utopia - Illustrated cover

    A Modern Utopia - Illustrated

    by H.G. Wells

    Narrated by Bryan Godwin

    3.48 ABR Score (1.1K ratings)
    ★ 3.35 Goodreads (1.1K) ★ 2 Audible (1)
    9h 17m listening time • Released 2023
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    The Sleeper Awakes - H cover

    The Sleeper Awakes - H

    by H.G. Wells

    Narrated by James Gillies

    3.19 ABR Score (5.7K ratings)
    ★ 3.35 Goodreads (5.7K)
    8h 43m listening time • Released 2022
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    Bloodchild and Other Stories cover

    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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    The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy cover

    The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

    Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy • Book 1

    by Douglas Adams

    Narrated by Stephen Fry

    4.56 ABR Score (2.1M ratings)
    ★ 4.22 Goodreads (2.0M) ★ 4.62 Audible (56.6K)
    5h 51m listening time • Released 2005

    The funniest 42 minutes of any philosophy degree — Adams distilled the cosmic absurdity of existence into a comedy that never stops delivering.

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