Audiobooks Like The Twelve

10 audiobooks for fans of The Twelve

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   The Butlerian Jihad

   Legends of Dune • Book 1

   by Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson

   Narrated by Scott Brick

   ★ 4.21 ABR Score (95.4K ratings)

   ★ 4.02 Goodreads (90.2K) ★ 4.51 Audible (5.2K)

   23h 41m listening time • Released 2003

   Scott Brick's measured, commanding delivery transforms this origin story into an epic that actually earns its scope—10,000 years of human resistance against thinking machines becomes visceral and immediate in his hands.

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   Ender's Shadow

   Ender's Shadow • Book 1

   by Orson Scott Card

   Narrated by Scott Brick, Gabrielle de Cuir, full cast

   ★ 4.59 ABR Score (194.4K ratings)

   ★ 4.32 Goodreads (180.6K) ★ 4.76 Audible (13.8K)

   15h 42m listening time • Released 2005

   A companion novel that retells Ender's Game from Bean's perspective — and in many ways surpasses the original in emotional depth and strategic brilliance.

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   This Inevitable Ruin

   Dungeon Crawler Carl • Book 7

   by Matt Dinniman

   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 2025

   Jeff 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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   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 2011

   Craig 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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   Second Foundation

   Foundation (Publication Order) • Book 3

   by Isaac Asimov

   Narrated by Scott Brick

   ★ 4.46 ABR Score (212.2K ratings)

   ★ 4.28 Goodreads (204.3K) ★ 4.65 Audible (7.9K)

   9h 21m listening time • Released 2010

   Scott Brick's measured, intelligent narration transforms this mind-bending finale into something genuinely suspenseful—he finds the psychological tension beneath Asimov's intricate plotting and makes you feel the paranoia of not knowing who's really in control.

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   Foundation's Edge

   Foundation (Publication Order) • Book 4

   by Isaac Asimov

   Narrated by Scott Brick

   ★ 4.45 ABR Score (104.1K ratings)

   ★ 4.19 Goodreads (99.4K) ★ 4.75 Audible (4.7K)

   16h 14m listening time • Released 2011

   Scott Brick's measured, intelligent delivery turns Asimov's grand-scale sci-fi chess match into something genuinely gripping—he makes the philosophical debates feel as urgent as the mystery itself.

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   Children of Dune

   Dune • Book 3

   by Frank Herbert

   Narrated by Scott Brick, Simon Vance

   ★ 4.34 ABR Score (272.6K ratings)

   ★ 3.95 Goodreads (254.4K) ★ 4.62 Audible (18.3K)

   16h 51m listening time • Released 2008

   Scott Brick and Simon Vance elevate Herbert's most intricate Dune novel with dual narration that captures the twins' divided consciousness and the empire's political chaos with surgical precision.

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   Foundation

   Foundation • Book 3

   by Isaac Asimov

   Narrated by Scott Brick

   ★ 4.29 ABR Score (620.2K ratings)

   ★ 4.17 Goodreads (600.9K) ★ 4.4 Audible (19.4K)

   8h 38m listening time • Released 2010

   Asimov's complete original trilogy collected — the full arc of Hari Seldon's plan to shorten the dark ages of civilization by thousands of years.

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   Heretics of Dune

   Dune • Book 5

   by Frank Herbert

   Narrated by Simon Vance, Scott Brick

   ★ 4.18 ABR Score (112.2K ratings)

   ★ 3.85 Goodreads (104.1K) ★ 4.55 Audible (8.1K)

   18h 4m listening time • Released 2008

   Vance and Brick's dual narration captures the philosophical depth and sprawling scope that makes Herbert's far-future vision so absorbing—a perfect match for a book that trades action for intricate power games across a collapsing empire.

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    Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

    Blade Runner

    by Philip K. Dick

    Narrated by Scott Brick

    ★ 4.18 ABR Score (528.8K ratings)

    ★ 4.09 Goodreads (517.9K) ★ 4.33 Audible (11.0K)

    9h 12m listening time • Released 2007

    The novel behind Blade Runner asks deeper questions than the film — what separates humans from machines, and does the answer even matter?

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