Where to Start with A.G. Riddle
- Best entry point → Pandemic
- Best standalone → Quantum Radio
- Start The Long Winter series → Winter World
- What fans keep coming back to → The Atlantis World (Origin Mysteries)
- Best narrator for A.G. Riddle → Genome
- Highest rated by listeners → The Solar War (The Long Winter #2)
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Genome
The Extinction Files • Book 2
by A.G. Riddle
Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini
★ 4.31 ABR Score (21.1K ratings)★ 4.18 Goodreads (17.8K) ★ 4.4 Audible (3.4K)13h 1m listening time • Released 2018Ballerini's measured, intelligent delivery perfectly anchors this mind-bending sci-fi thriller—he makes the genetic puzzle feel as urgent as it is genuinely unsettling.
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Pandemic
The Extinction Files • Book 1
by A.G. Riddle
Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini
★ 4.25 ABR Score (41.7K ratings)★ 4.07 Goodreads (33.3K) ★ 4.29 Audible (8.4K)18h 53m listening time • Released 2017Ballerini's measured delivery transforms this globe-trotting pandemic thriller into something genuinely unsettling—he makes the scientific dread feel real rather than sensational, pulling you deep into a mystery that unfolds across 19 hours without ever losing momentum.
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The Solar War
The Long Winter • Book 2
by A.G. Riddle
Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini, Amanda Leigh Cobb
★ 4.21 ABR Score (24.0K ratings)★ 4.25 Goodreads (21.0K) ★ 4.47 Audible (3.0K)12h 20m listening time • Released 2019Ballerini and Cobb's dual narration makes the competing perspectives feel like separate battles unfolding in real time, turning what could be exposition-heavy sci-fi into something genuinely suspenseful and hard to put down.
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The Lost Colony
The Long Winter • Book 3
by A.G. Riddle
Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini, Amanda Leigh Cobb
★ 4.18 ABR Score (23.6K ratings)★ 4.18 Goodreads (21.1K) ★ 4.48 Audible (2.6K)9h 21m listening time • Released 2019Ballerini and Cobb's dual narration transforms this sci-fi finale into something genuinely cinematic, where their distinct voices clarify competing timelines and perspectives in ways print simply can't match.
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Winter World
The Long Winter • Book 1
by A.G. Riddle
Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini, Amanda Leigh Cobb
★ 4.17 ABR Score (41.8K ratings)★ 4.15 Goodreads (36.0K) ★ 4.41 Audible (5.9K)11h 4m listening time • Released 2019Ballerini and Cobb's dual narration transforms this climate catastrophe thriller into something genuinely immersive—their chemistry selling the high-stakes tension while you're locked into humanity's last desperate gamble against the cold.
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Quantum Radio
by A.G. Riddle
Narrated by Ray Porter
★ 3.93 ABR Score (19.3K ratings)★ 4.08 Goodreads (17.2K) ★ 4.2 Audible (2.0K)14h 59m listening time • Released 2023Ray Porter elevates this time-bending sci-fi thriller with crisp precision, making dense quantum concepts feel urgent and accessible—the audio format transforms abstract physics into genuine suspense.
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The Atlantis World (Origin Mysteries)
The Origin Mystery • Book 3
by A.G. Riddle
Narrated by Rayner Gabriel, Jonathan David Bullock, Nora Achrati, Kimberly Gilbert, Wyn Delano, Richard Rohan, Joel David Santner, Stephanie Németh-Parker, Danny Montooth, Morgan Dalla Betta, David Cui Cui, full cast
★ 3.87 ABR Score (33.7K ratings)★ 4.01 Goodreads (33.7K) ★ 4.33 Audible (12)8h 3m listening time • Released 2024
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