Best Kim Stanley Robinson Audiobooks

The best audiobooks by Kim Stanley Robinson — 7 titles spanning Sci-Fi, averaging 3.81 ABR stars.

Kim Stanley Robinson's highest-rated audiobook in our collection is Green Mars, narrated by Richard Ferrone (3.99 ABR stars). Browse the full list below.

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    Green Mars

    Mars Trilogy • Book 2

    by Kim Stanley Robinson

    Narrated by Richard Ferrone

    ★ 3.99 ABR Score (43.6K ratings)
    ★ 3.96 Goodreads (41.2K) ★ 4.32 Audible (2.5K)
    27h 10m listening time • Released 2008
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    Blue Mars

    Mars Trilogy • Book 3

    by Kim Stanley Robinson

    Narrated by Richard Ferrone

    ★ 3.92 ABR Score (35.2K ratings)
    ★ 3.95 Goodreads (33.4K) ★ 4.25 Audible (1.9K)
    31h 55m listening time • Released 2008
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    The Ministry for the Future

    Science in the Capital

    by Kim Stanley Robinson

    Narrated by Jennifer Fitzgerald, Fajer Al-Kaisi, Ramon de Ocampo, Gary Bennett, Raphael Corkhill, Barrie Kreinik, Natasha Soudek, Nikki Massoud, Joniece Abbott Pratt, Inés del Castillo, Vikas Adam

    ★ 3.90 ABR Score (46.8K ratings)
    ★ 3.86 Goodreads (43.1K) ★ 4.23 Audible (3.7K)
    20h 42m listening time • Released 2020
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    Red Mars

    Mars Trilogy • Book 1

    by Kim Stanley Robinson

    Narrated by Richard Ferrone

    ★ 3.78 ABR Score (94.5K ratings)
    ★ 3.86 Goodreads (89.2K) ★ 4.03 Audible (5.3K)
    23h 51m listening time • Released 2008
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    Antarctica

    Science in the Capital trilogy

    by Kim Stanley Robinson

    Narrated by Adam Verner

    ★ 3.72 ABR Score (3.5K ratings)
    ★ 3.81 Goodreads (3.4K) ★ 4.08 Audible (88)
    19h 10m listening time • Released 2021
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    New York 2140

    by Kim Stanley Robinson

    Narrated by Suzanne Toren, Robin Miles, Peter Ganim, Jay Snyder, Caitlin Kelly, Michael Crouch, Ryan Vincent Anderson, Christopher Ryan Grant, Robert Blumenfeld

    ★ 3.70 ABR Score (15.9K ratings)
    ★ 3.6 Goodreads (15.8K) ★ 4.24 Audible (29)
    22h 35m listening time • Released 2020
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    Aurora

    Mars trilogy

    by Kim Stanley Robinson

    Narrated by Ali Ahn

    ★ 3.63 ABR Score (31.2K ratings)
    ★ 3.78 Goodreads (28.0K) ★ 3.93 Audible (3.2K)
    16h 56m listening time • Released 2015
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