Most Popular Sci-Fi Audiobooks

1984

by George Orwell, Thomas Pynchon

Narrated by Andrew Garfield, Cynthia Erivo, Andrew Scott, Tom Hardy, Chukwudi Iwuji, Romesh Ranganathan, Natasia Demetriou, Francesca Mills, Alex Lawther, Katie Leung

Catching Fire

The Hunger Games • Book 2

by Suzanne Collins

Narrated by Tatiana Maslany

Tatiana Maslany captures Katniss's unraveling with such raw intensity that you feel the rebellion igniting in real time—her performance transforms the sequel into something darker and more dangerous than the first.

Mockingjay

The Hunger Games • Book 3

by Suzanne Collins

Narrated by Tatiana Maslany

Tatiana Maslany's raw, fractured performance captures Katniss at her most broken and angry—she makes the final rebellion feel like a tragedy, not a victory lap.

The Handmaid's Tale

The Handmaid's Tale • Book 1

by Margaret Atwood

Narrated by Claire Danes

Atwood's theocratic dystopia, written in 1985, has only grown more urgent — a suffocating, beautifully crafted story about power, bodies, and resistance.

Brave New World

Brave New World • Book 1

by Aldous Huxley

Narrated by Michael York

Huxley's vision of a pleasure-numbed dystopia is arguably more prescient than Orwell's — and far more unsettling because everyone in it is happy.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy • Book 1

by Douglas Adams

Narrated by Stephen Fry

The funniest 42 minutes of any philosophy degree — Adams distilled the cosmic absurdity of existence into a comedy that never stops delivering.

Frankenstein

by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Julie

Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini

Edoardo Ballerini's narration captures the Gothic dread and philosophical torment at the heart of this 200-year-old masterpiece, making Shelley's creation feel urgently modern and deeply human.

Frankenstein

by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Narrated by Dan Stevens

Dan Stevens brings a haunting intimacy to the 1831 edition, making the creature's loneliness cut deeper than you'd expect from a 200-year-old novel. His dual narration transforms this from gothic spectacle into something genuinely psychological and heartbreaking.

Dune

Dune • Book 1

by Frank Herbert

Narrated by Scott Brick, Orlagh Cassidy, Euan Morton, Simon Vance, Ilyana Kadushin, Byron Jennings, David R. Gordon, Jason Culp, Kent Broadhurst, Oliver Wyman, Patricia Kilgarriff, Scott Sowers

The Godfather of science fiction epics: a richly imagined desert world where politics, religion, and ecology collide in a story that feels more relevant every decade.

Ender's Game

The Ender Saga • Book 1

by Orson Scott Card

Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki, Harlan Ellison, Gabrielle de Cuir

The gold standard of military sci-fi — a child prodigy trained for interstellar war in a story that's as emotionally devastating as it is thrillingly plotted.

Devoradores de estrelas

by Andy Weir, Natalie Gerhardt

Narrated by Rafael Maia

The Martian

The Martian • Book 1

by Andy Weir

Narrated by Wil Wheaton

Wil Wheaton's deadpan delivery transforms this survival story into something hilarious and gripping—his timing on Watney's wisecracks lands perfectly while keeping the genuine stakes sharp.

A Wrinkle in Time

Time Quintet • Book 1

by Madeleine L'Engle

Narrated by Hope Davis, Ava DuVernay, Madeleine L'Engle, Charlotte Jones Voiklis

A beloved gateway into sci-fi and fantasy for generations of young readers, blending quantum physics, mythology, and a heroine who wins through love rather than force.

Jurassic Park

Jurassic Park • Book 1

by Michael Crichton

Narrated by Scott Brick

Crichton's genetic-engineering thriller is as much a gripping thought experiment as an action novel — the science is as terrifying as the dinosaurs.

The Host

by Stephenie Meyer

Narrated by Kate Reading

Meyer's most underrated book — a thoughtful alien-invasion story about identity and what it means to be human, with more depth than her more famous series.

Never Let Me Go

by Kazuo Ishiguro

Narrated by Rosalyn Landor

Red Rising

Red Rising • Book 1

by Pierce Brown

Narrated by Tim Gerard Reynolds

Tim Gerard Reynolds transforms a sprawling revenge epic into something intimate and visceral—his voice carries you through brutality and betrayal with the kind of emotional precision that makes 16 hours vanish.

11/22/63

by Stephen King

Narrated by Craig Wasson

Craig Wasson's performance transforms King's sprawling time-travel epic into something intimate and devastating—30 hours that feel essential, not excessive.

Foundation

Foundation • Book 3

by Isaac Asimov

Narrated by Scott Brick

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.

World War Z

World War Z

by Max Brooks, Alan Alda, John Turturro, Rob Reiner

Narrated by Various

The all-star cast transforms each survivor's testimony into its own haunting performance, making this less audiobook and more immersive oral history that justifies every minute of its 12-hour runtime.

The Time Machine

by H.G. Wells

Narrated by Scott Brick

Scott Brick's measured, cerebral performance transforms this Victorian-era classic into something genuinely unsettling—he makes Wells's social commentary hit harder than the time travel spectacle ever could.

I Who Have Never Known Men

by Jacqueline Harpman

Narrated by Nikki Massoud

Nikki Massoud's haunting delivery transforms this claustrophobic nightmare into something unforgettable—she captures both the suffocating dread of imprisonment and the fragile intimacy between women that becomes their only lifeline.

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

Blade Runner

by Philip K. Dick

Narrated by Scott Brick

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

Golden Son

Red Rising • Book 2

by Pierce Brown

Narrated by Tim Gerard Reynolds

Tim Gerard Reynolds transforms this brutal space opera with a voice that captures both Darrow's rage and vulnerability, making the 19-hour listen feel essential rather than exhausting.

The Three-Body Problem

Remembrance of Earth's Past • Book 1

by Liu Cixin, Ken Liu

Narrated by Luke Daniels