Best Adrian Tchaikovsky Audiobooks
Where to Start with Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Best entry point → Children of Time
- Start the Made Things series → Made Things
- What fans keep coming back to → Children of Ruin
- Best narrator for Adrian Tchaikovsky → Children of Memory
Best Adrian Tchaikovsky Audiobooks
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Children of Time
Children of Time • Book 1
Narrated by Mel Hudson
★ 4.40 ABR Score (221.0K ratings)★ 4.3 Goodreads (180.0K) ★ 4.47 Audible (41.1K)16h 31m listening time • Released 2017Mel Hudson's narration transforms this Hugo-winning epic into something genuinely immersive, shifting seamlessly between human desperation and an entirely alien intelligence that feels genuinely *other*. A sprawling, idea-drunk sci-fi masterpiece that justifies every minute of its 16-hour runtime.
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Children of Ruin
Children of Time • Book 2
Narrated by Mel Hudson
★ 4.25 ABR Score (73.0K ratings)★ 4.05 Goodreads (63.9K) ★ 4.53 Audible (9.1K)15h 26m listening time • Released 2019 - 3
Children of Memory
Children of Time • Book 3
Narrated by Mel Hudson
★ 4.09 ABR Score (35.3K ratings)★ 4 Goodreads (32.6K) ★ 4.43 Audible (2.7K)13h 27m listening time • Released 2023 - 4
Made Things
Made Things • Book 1
Narrated by Adrian Tchaikovsky
★ 3.87 ABR Score (3.4K ratings)★ 3.89 Goodreads (3.2K) ★ 4.4 Audible (162)4h 5m listening time • Released 2019 - 5
Children of Strife
Children of Time • Book 4
Narrated by Mel Hudson
★ 3.87 ABR Score (253 ratings)★ 4.31 Goodreads (131) ★ 4.7 Audible (122)20h 10m listening time • Released 2026Mel Hudson's narration transforms Tchaikovsky's sprawling space opera into something genuinely immersive—her voice work on the mantis shrimp captain alone justifies the 20-hour commitment to this wildly inventive far-future mystery.