Audiobooks Like The Lathe of Heaven

10 audiobooks for fans of The Lathe of Heaven

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   The Left Hand of Darkness

   The Hainish Cycle • Book 4

   by Ursula K. Le Guin

   Narrated by George Guidall

   ★ 3.95 ABR Score (230.5K ratings)

   ★ 4.1 Goodreads (224.6K) ★ 4.08 Audible (5.9K)

   9h 39m listening time • Released 2016

   Le Guin's genre-defining masterwork about a genderless society is both a riveting political thriller and a landmark of humanist science fiction.

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   The Greatest Science Fiction Stories of the 20th Century

   by Martin H. Greenberg, Greg Bear, Terry Bisson, David Brin, John W. Campbell Jr., Arthur C. Clarke, Harlan Ellison, Ursula K. Le Guin, Judith Merril, Frederik Pohl, Eric Frank Russell, Terry Farrell, Denise Crosby, Alexander Siddig, Melissa Manchester

   Narrated by David Ackroyd, Wil Wheaton

   This anthology features Le Guin's distinctive philosophical approach to science fiction alongside other masters of the genre, offering the same thought-provoking exploration of humanity and society in a more varied listening experience. The stellar narration by accomplished audiobook performers like Wil Wheaton and David Ackroyd delivers multiple stories with the same contemplative tone that makes *The Lathe of Heaven* so compelling.

   ★ 3.44 ABR Score (636 ratings)

   ★ 3.61 Goodreads (165) ★ 3.73 Audible (471)

   6h 28m listening time • Released 1999

   Wil Wheaton and David Ackroyd elevate these classic stories into a master class in audio performance, with each narrator bringing distinct voices that make the genre's most inventive ideas actually land emotionally.

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   The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia

   The Hainish Cycle • Book 6

   by Ursula K. Le Guin

   Narrated by Don Leslie

   ★ 4.23 ABR Score (158.0K ratings)

   ★ 4.26 Goodreads (153.9K) ★ 4.39 Audible (4.1K)

   13h 25m listening time • Released 2010

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   The Word for World Is Forest

   The Hainish Cycle • Book 5

   by Ursula K. Le Guin

   Narrated by John Skelley

   ★ 4.05 ABR Score (45.3K ratings)

   ★ 4.07 Goodreads (45.2K) ★ 4.63 Audible (112)

   4h 44m listening time • Released 2024

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   The Telling

   The Hainish Cycle • Book 8

   by Ursula K. Le Guin

   Narrated by Alyssa Bresnahan

   ★ 3.92 ABR Score (9.4K ratings)

   ★ 3.99 Goodreads (9.3K) ★ 4.84 Audible (32)

   8h 31m listening time • Released 2024

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   Worlds of Exile and Illusion: Rocannon’s World, Planet of Exile, City of Illusions

   The Hainish Cycle #1-3 • Book 1

   by Ursula K. Le Guin

   Narrated by Michael Crouch, Alyssa Bresnahan

   ★ 4.00 ABR Score (5.5K ratings)

   ★ 4.25 Goodreads (5.4K) ★ 4.48 Audible (88)

   16h 38m listening time • Released 2024

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   The Wind's Twelve Quarters

   The Wind's Twelve Quarters #1-2

   by Ursula K. Le Guin

   Narrated by Amy Landon, Grover Gardner, Will Watt

   ★ 3.88 ABR Score (8.2K ratings)

   ★ 4.06 Goodreads (8.0K) ★ 4.21 Audible (160)

   11h 10m listening time • Released 2021

   Le Guin's short story collection is a masterclass in speculative storytelling, and the three narrators bring distinct voices to each tale without losing the underlying philosophical depth that makes her work timeless.

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   All These Worlds

   Bobiverse • Book 3

   by Dennis E. Taylor

   Narrated by Ray Porter

   ★ 4.68 ABR Score (134.2K ratings)

   ★ 4.4 Goodreads (65.4K) ★ 4.78 Audible (68.9K)

   7h 56m listening time • Released 2017

   Ray Porter's performance captures each Bob clone's distinct personality so perfectly that you'll forget you're listening to one narrator—it's like having a full cast in your head. The emotional stakes hit harder than the first two books, making this the trilogy's most rewarding installment.

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   What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

   What If? • Book 2

   by Randall Munroe

   Narrated by Wil Wheaton

   ★ 4.39 ABR Score (18.9K ratings)

   ★ 4.37 Goodreads (17.7K) ★ 4.73 Audible (1.2K)

   6h 35m listening time • Released 2022

   Wil Wheaton's deadpan delivery transforms Munroe's absurd physics questions into comedy gold—he nails the running joke of treating ridiculous scenarios with complete scientific seriousness.

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    Robot Dreams

    Robot #0.4

    by Isaac Asimov, Ralph McQuarrie

    Narrated by George Guidall

    ★ 4.17 ABR Score (14.4K ratings)

    ★ 4.17 Goodreads (13.5K) ★ 4.55 Audible (923)

    14h 34m listening time • Released 2014

    George Guidall's measured, thoughtful delivery transforms Asimov's robot stories into something unexpectedly moving—he finds the loneliness and longing beneath the logic puzzles, making these decades-old tales feel urgently human.

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