Audiobooks Like We Are Legion (We Are Bob)

Ray Porter narrates Dennis E. Taylor's uploaded-consciousness comedy-SF with the exact register the joke requires — Bob's cheerful, irreverent, slightly bewildered voice is not what you expect from post-human space exploration, and Porter's delivery keeps the humor and the genuine existential weight coexisting without sacrificing either across 10 hours. He sounds like a man having fun with smart material. Every single recommendation is also narrated by Porter, most from the same author, and the list is built entirely for listeners who want to stay in that particular sonic world — curious, fast, funny, and quietly serious about what it means to be alone in the dark.

10 audiobooks for fans of We Are Legion (We Are Bob)

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    Flybot

    by Dennis E. Taylor

    Narrated by Ray Porter

    4.18 ABR Score (8.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.04 Goodreads (3.4K) ★ 4.59 Audible (4.7K)
    9h 37m listening time • Released 2025

    Ray Porter's performance elevates this into genuine page-turner territory—his voice work on the AI antagonist is so menacing it'll make you check over your shoulder. Taylor's trademark blend of hard sci-fi concepts and dark humor lands perfectly in audio form.

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    Outland

    Quantum Earth • Book 1

    by Dennis E. Taylor

    Narrated by Ray Porter

    4.31 ABR Score (30.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.1 Goodreads (11.8K) ★ 4.59 Audible (19.1K)
    10h 29m listening time • Released 2019

    Ray Porter elevates this high-concept thriller with perfectly calibrated urgency—he makes you feel the ticking clock as college kids scramble to save humanity through a portal they barely understand.

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    Roadkill

    by Dennis E. Taylor

    Narrated by Ray Porter

    4.28 ABR Score (19.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.11 Goodreads (6.9K) ★ 4.59 Audible (12.4K)
    8h 58m listening time • Released 2022

    Ray Porter's performance elevates this sci-fi thriller from fun romp to genuinely gripping—his ability to shift between three distinct voices keeps the momentum relentless across nearly nine hours.

  4. 4
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    Earthside

    Quantum Earth • Book 2

    by Dennis E. Taylor

    Narrated by Ray Porter

    4.06 ABR Score (11.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.05 Goodreads (5.5K) ★ 4.38 Audible (5.6K)
    8h 55m listening time • Released 2023

    Ray Porter makes this post-apocalyptic sequel sing with distinct voices for a cast of scrappy twenty-somethings trying to save humanity—his range transforms what could be expository sci-fi into genuinely gripping drama.

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    Feedback

    Audible Original Stories

    by Dennis E. Taylor

    Narrated by Ray Porter

    4.07 ABR Score (8.9K ratings)
    ★ 3.84 Goodreads (3.3K) ★ 4.53 Audible (5.6K)

    Ray Porter transforms a time-loop thriller into pure suspense—his delivery of each fractured timeline builds dread so effectively you'll forget it's only 32 minutes.

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    The Fold

    Threshold • Book 2

    by Peter Clines

    Narrated by Ray Porter

    Ray Porter's distinctive narration brings the same wit and conversational charm to The Fold, making both audiobooks feel like intimate conversations with a brilliant, darkly humorous guide through mind-bending premises. Both works blend cerebral science fiction concepts with an accessible, engaging tone that makes complex ideas feel thrilling rather than alienating.

    4.11 ABR Score (71.1K ratings)
    ★ 3.88 Goodreads (33.4K) ★ 4.38 Audible (37.7K)
    10h 52m listening time • Released 2015

    Ray Porter elevates a mind-bending sci-fi mystery with crisp, controlled narration that keeps you locked in as reality itself becomes unreliable. The Fold clicks because it trusts your intelligence—no hand-holding, just mounting dread.

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    Chasing the Dragon

    Tyrus Rechs: Contracts & Terminations • Book 2

    by Jason Anspach, Nick Cole

    Narrated by Ray Porter

    4.36 ABR Score (4.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.48 Goodreads (934) ★ 4.76 Audible (3.1K)
    8h 20m listening time • Released 2019

    Ray Porter transforms this hardboiled sci-fi bounty hunt into something genuinely tense—his dual performance of the weathered hunter and the lethal kid creates a cat-and-mouse dynamic that'll keep you locked in for all eight hours.

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    Madame Guillotine

    Tyrus Rechs: Contracts & Terminations • Book 3

    by Jason Anspach, Nick Cole

    Narrated by Ray Porter

    4.35 ABR Score (3.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.46 Goodreads (634) ★ 4.81 Audible (2.8K)
    11h 48m listening time • Released 2019

    Ray Porter transforms this gritty military thriller with a narrator performance so locked into Tyrus Rechs' cold precision that you forget you're listening—you're just watching a lethal operative work.

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    Requiem for Medusa

    Tyrus Rechs: Contracts & Terminations • Book 1

    by Jason Anspach, Nick Cole

    Narrated by Ray Porter

    4.33 ABR Score (5.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.39 Goodreads (1.3K) ★ 4.69 Audible (4.6K)
    9h 33m listening time • Released 2019

    Ray Porter's gravelly intensity transforms this space western into something genuinely menacing—Tyrus Rechs doesn't feel like a character, he feels like a threat you're trapped in a room with for nine hours.

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    Blood of the Innocent

    ONSET • Book 3

    by Glynn Stewart

    Narrated by Ray Porter

    Ray Porter's excellent narration brings the same wit and engaging energy to Blood of the Innocent that made We Are Legion so compelling, while both stories balance humor with high-stakes adventure and explore themes of identity and survival against overwhelming odds.

    4.19 ABR Score (2.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.34 Goodreads (1.3K) ★ 4.67 Audible (986)
    8h 58m listening time • Released 2018

    Ray Porter's gravelly intensity elevates this moral quandary at the heart of the series—watching David White navigate impossible choices between duty and mercy hits harder when the narrator makes you feel the weight of every decision.

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