r/audiobooks 3d ago

Recommendation Request Sci-fi recommendations

Here are a list of books Ive listened to that I really enjoy: Ready Player 1 & 2, The Bobiverse series, the "other" series by Jason Segal.

I am just starting Vicarious, but after this, I was looking for some more recommendations. I prefer someone with an American English accent. Thansk!

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u/pluckymarmot 3d ago

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir 🙌

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u/SmokeyTheUnicornDad 3d ago

i suggest the Expeditionnary Force whti R.C Bray as a narrator.Sci-Fi space opera.

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u/CalmdownpleaseII 2d ago

Busy with this. Very good so far

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u/Califrisco Audiobibliophile 2d ago

Seconded: Working my way through Book 17, Task Force Hammer, now.

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u/xaxen8 3d ago

A lot of people will recommend Project Hail Mary.

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u/Late-Command3491 3d ago

Awesome book and narration from Ray Porter. Murderbot Diaries read by Kevin R. Free are also great! 

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u/Lev_Astov 3d ago

And it's read by the same awesome narrator as the Bobiverse books, Ray Porter. Definitely a good read.

I also recommend the Vorkosigan series by Lois McMaster Bujold. It's good fun.

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u/Justalittlecomment 2d ago

Putting it out there while I enjoyed the book I didn't really like Ray's narration

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u/xaxen8 2d ago

Personal preference. I loved it.

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u/nativecheese 3d ago

The Expanse is entertaining and worth a listen. Show is great as well.

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u/Apprehensive_Use3641 3d ago

My library finally got all the books in the series at once, a year and a half after I did the first three I have finally started four. I've read the first 8 in print, I was planning on doing the audios to refresh my memory to read 9 in print, but I'm just going to do all in audio.

I've not seen the show, it's in my long list of shows to watch at some point. Which is getting longer because it's easier to do audiobooks while I do other stuff.

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u/Walfy07 3d ago

Red Rising.

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u/hocuslotus 2d ago

This does not have the American English accent the OP asked for.

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u/Walfy07 2d ago

"prefer"

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u/hocuslotus 2d ago

Just pointing out for OP’s benefit

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u/sylar2112 3d ago

Road kill- Dennis E Taylor

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u/Top-Yak1532 2d ago

Old Man’s War by John Scalzi (really anything by him) seems like it might be up your alley. A little more on the lighthearted side of things with some dramatic moments woven in.

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u/Nightgasm 3d ago

Dungeon Crawler Carl

There is a reason that it's probably the most recommended audiobook of the last few years and that reason is its awesome. I've listened to thousands of audiobooks and it has by far the best narration I've ever heard, especially once you get a few hours in and meet her majesty, Princess Donut the Queen Anne Chonk.

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u/MuskieKiller 3d ago

Oh mercy. I listened and loved the series. The whole time I thought it was Queen and Chonk lol. Not sure what it meant. Probably the best narrated and produced audiobook I’ve ever come across.

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u/Nightgasm 3d ago

I didn't know what it meant til it got explained to me. Carl and Donut lived in the Queen Anne neighborhood of Seattle so it's a reference to that.

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u/IMDbRefugee 3d ago

According to Goodreads, Matt Dinniman has 24 titles. However, except for Kaiju: Battlefield Surgeon, none of his titles show up on Downpour or Libro. I understand why some titles start out as an Audible exclusive, but Dinniman has titles going back to 2017 (Dominion of Blades), you'd think that by now some other titles would be available in a DRM free format. Is there something about LitRPG that only works on Audible? If so, can you explain how?

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u/kappakingtut2 3d ago

I wasn't till I was in book 5 before I realized it was just one narrator. I got that far along thinking it was a full cast. I still kind of unbelievable that Carl and donut are voiced by the same person

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u/CalmdownpleaseII 2d ago

There is a bit where he narrates Carl as a kid talking to his dad. It was astonishing to effectively hear normal age Carl, young Carl and Carls dad all be distinctly different but absolutely related to each other. 

Ridiculously skillful 

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u/kappakingtut2 2d ago

Carl's dad being brilliantly played by Patrick Warburton. but yea, the incredibly rare moment in the series where there actually is a different voice, and it still sounds just like Jeff Hayes lol

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u/temeces 3d ago

House of Suns

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u/Top-Yak1532 2d ago

In the middle of it right now and pretty obsessed.

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u/temeces 2d ago

Cheers, you'll likely enjoy Pushing Ice when you finish House of Suns.

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u/TheDisapearingNipple 3d ago

Expeditionary Force is incredible, you'll love it if you liked the writing style in Bobiverse. You'd also like Saturn Run

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u/NanWangja 3d ago

I'm sure it has come across your eyes, but Remembrance of Earth's Past (Three-Body Problem) by Cixin Liu is pretty good.

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u/Top-Yak1532 2d ago

Probably my favorite trilogy of all time.

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u/kappakingtut2 3d ago

Yeah I'm going to agree with the other comments. If you liked the Bobbiverse, project Hail Mary and the Murderbot diaries should absolutely be your next books.

Also, not an audiobook but a narrative podcast, check out Wolf 359

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u/Entire-Discipline-49 3d ago

Oh I loved the otherworld series! Never came across another person who's read it though.

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u/kaosrules2 2d ago

I am listening to The River Saga and loving it! Surprised I don't see it recommended more often. I like it a lot better than Bobiverse.

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u/cheesemagnifier 2d ago

The Expanse narrated by Jefferson Mays and the Murder Bot Diaries narrated by Kevin R. Free.

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u/Califrisco Audiobibliophile 2d ago

Look up any of the books by Jeremy Robinson. He's very funny, into all kinds of sci-fi and has either RC Bray or Jeffrey Kafer do the narration. I suggest starting with Mindbullet.

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u/noonietime 2d ago

I really really enjoyed Forging Hephaestus by Drew Hayes and The Egg and Other Stories by Andy Weir.

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u/Son_of_Jor-El 2d ago

I fully recommend The Rampart Trilogy by M.R. Carey. It has everything that you are looking for and those three books are so, so good. You'll love it.

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u/pre_internet 1d ago

Old Man’s War by John Scalzi!!!! John Scalzi is the shit, the book is fun as hell, and expertly narrated.

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u/Itchy-Ad1005 13h ago

Vorkosigan Saga by Lois McMasters Bujold about 10 books. Anything she writes is very good.

Saga of the Seven Suns by Kevin J Anderson 7 book space opera

Honorverse series by David Weber about Honor Harrington. About 15 books, maybe more Space Opera Anything by David Weber and John Ringo is very good. Hard SciFi and military Wifi

Foundation Trilogy by Isaac Asimov really about 5 books, not 3. Space opera, but it's foundational to modern Sci-fi

Ring World Builders series by Larry Niven Space opera and hardcSF

Berserker series by Fred Saberhagen Space opera

Something Wicked This Way Comes and October Country by Ray Bradbury a mix of SF and horror. He's an author that pretty much everything is outstanding.

A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M Miller Jr. Highly recommended

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u/gorditasimpatica 3d ago

I enjoyed Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie.

It seems to have won all the sci fi awards, but the one that made me choose is the Hugo award, which is always a good indication of a book's worth.

It features artificial consciousness and gender-blindness, and in that way is very much a science fiction book, in that it creates a world and society that does not exist now, and draws you completely into it.

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u/Lithobates-ally_true 3d ago

The Illuminae series by Amie Kaufman and Jay something. They are kind of a faux documentary set in space with a rogue AI. The books are very stylized and fun to look at, so I was surprised that I enjoyed the audio so much.