Audiobooks Like A Wrinkle in Time

A Wrinkle in Time arrives with four narrators — Hope Davis, Ava DuVernay, Madeleine L'Engle herself, and Charlotte Jones Voiklis — and the combination of living voices with the author's own gives the classic an archival quality, as if you're hearing how the story was meant to sound. At 6 hours it's a single sitting. Every recommendation has earned award recognition, and the list reaches toward science fiction and fantasy that share the same quality of invention in the service of something the genre alone couldn't say.

10 audiobooks for fans of A Wrinkle in Time

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    Cat's Cradle cover

    Cat's Cradle

    by Kurt Vonnegut

    Narrated by Tony Roberts

    ★ 4.13 ABR Score (444.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.15 Goodreads (439.9K) ★ 4.28 Audible (4.3K)
    7h 11m listening time • Released 2007

    Vonnegut at his most wickedly funny — a satirical novel about a fictional religion, the end of the world, and the absurdity of human purpose.

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    Childhood's End

    by Arthur C. Clarke

    Narrated by Eric Michael Summerer, Robert J. Sawyer - introduction

    ★ 4.12 ABR Score (184.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.12 Goodreads (174.7K) ★ 4.27 Audible (10.1K)
    7h 43m listening time • Released 2008

    Clarke's most haunting novel — an alien utopia arrives on Earth, and the price of paradise turns out to be everything that makes us human.

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    Golden Son

    Red Rising • Book 2

    by Pierce Brown

    Narrated by Tim Gerard Reynolds

    ★ 4.79 ABR Score (560.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.5 Goodreads (505.3K) ★ 4.81 Audible (55.5K)
    19h 3m listening time • Released 2015

    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.

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    11/22/63

    by Stephen King

    Narrated by Craig Wasson

    ★ 4.63 ABR Score (740.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.35 Goodreads (667.2K) ★ 4.66 Audible (73.7K)
    30h 40m listening time • Released 2011

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

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    Ender's Game

    The Ender Saga • Book 1

    by Orson Scott Card

    Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki, Harlan Ellison, Gabrielle de Cuir

    Both audiobooks explore how gifted young protagonists navigate extraordinary circumstances while grappling with moral complexity and the weight of responsibility beyond their years. Ender's Game expands on the coming-of-age sci-fi themes with a darker, more psychologically intense narrative, offering a richer listening experience through its ensemble cast of narrators and extended runtime.

    ★ 4.59 ABR Score (1.5M ratings)
    ★ 4.31 Goodreads (1.5M) ★ 4.63 Audible (44.6K)
    11h 57m listening time • Released 2002

    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.

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    Ender's Shadow

    Ender's Shadow • Book 1

    by Orson Scott Card

    Narrated by Scott Brick, Gabrielle de Cuir, full cast

    Both works explore how brilliant young protagonists navigate impossible moral choices in high-stakes conflicts that challenge their understanding of right and wrong. Ender's Shadow deepens this introspective journey with a richly layered full-cast narration that brings its complex world to life, offering an immersive listening experience that rewards careful attention to its philosophical themes.

    ★ 4.59 ABR Score (194.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.32 Goodreads (180.6K) ★ 4.76 Audible (13.8K)
    15h 42m listening time • Released 2005

    A companion novel that retells Ender's Game from Bean's perspective — and in many ways surpasses the original in emotional depth and strategic brilliance.

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    Shadows in Flight

    The Shadow • Book 5

    by Orson Scott Card

    Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki, Emily Janice Card, Scott Brick

    ★ 4.11 ABR Score (26.5K ratings)
    ★ 3.82 Goodreads (21.7K) ★ 4.55 Audible (4.8K)
    6h 23m listening time • Released 2012

    Stefan Rudnicki and Scott Brick trade off brilliantly here, keeping the multi-generational stakes sharp across Bean's desperate race against his own biology. It's hard sci-fi with real emotional weight.

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    This Inevitable Ruin cover

    This Inevitable Ruin

    Dungeon Crawler Carl • Book 7

    by Matt Dinniman

    Narrated by Jeff Hays, Travis Baldree

    ★ 4.87 ABR Score (96.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.68 Goodreads (74.1K) ★ 4.93 Audible (22.1K)
    28h 40m listening time • Released 2025

    Jeff Hays and Travis Baldree elevate this escalating war arc into pure theatrical spectacle—28 hours of faction battles, shifting alliances, and genuine stakes that hit harder because the narration sells every betrayal and impossible choice.

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    For We Are Many

    Bobiverse • Book 2

    by Dennis E. Taylor

    Narrated by Ray Porter

    Both audiobooks explore humanity's place in a vast, incomprehensible universe while delivering accessible, character-driven narratives despite their complex sci-fi concepts. Ray Porter's engaging narration matches the wit and wonder that made Hope Davis and company's performance of Wrinkle so compelling, creating an immersive listening experience that balances intellectual curiosity with genuine emotional stakes.

    ★ 4.67 ABR Score (149.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.37 Goodreads (75.2K) ★ 4.77 Audible (74.0K)
    8h 59m listening time • Released 2017

    Ray Porter's performance transforms the Bobiverse's multiple Bobs from a gimmick into genuinely distinct voices—each one feels like a real person making impossible decisions while the stakes keep escalating in ways that actually land.

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    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

    Both novels explore humanity's struggle against cosmic forces through protagonists who must embrace their inner power to save worlds larger than themselves. While Dune's intricate 21-hour narration by multiple voice actors offers a more immersive and expansive listening experience than A Wrinkle in Time's intimate 5-hour journey, they share a profound meditation on destiny, good versus evil, and the transformative nature of self-discovery.

    ★ 4.66 ABR Score (1.8M ratings)
    ★ 4.29 Goodreads (1.6M) ★ 4.67 Audible (126.5K)
    21h 2m listening time • Released 2007

    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.

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