10 audiobooks for fans of Origin
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The Templar Legacy
Cotton Malone • Book 1
by Steve Berry
Narrated by Paul Michael
★ 4.02 ABR Score (61.2K ratings)★ 3.84 Goodreads (57.3K) ★ 4.12 Audible (3.9K)15h 40m listening time • Released 2006 -
True Believer
Terminal List • Book 2
by Jack Carr
Narrated by Ray Porter
★ 4.78 ABR Score (76.5K ratings)★ 4.35 Goodreads (43.6K) ★ 4.8 Audible (32.9K)15h 44m listening time • Released 2019Ray Porter's narration transforms Reece's moral descent into something hypnotic—his voice carries the weight of each kill with enough restraint that you feel the damage accumulating. A thriller that uses silence as effectively as gunfire.
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Consent to Kill
Mitch Rapp • Book 8
by Vince Flynn
Narrated by George Guidall
★ 4.72 ABR Score (66.7K ratings)★ 4.41 Goodreads (53.1K) ★ 4.73 Audible (13.6K)17h 16m listening time • Released 2005George Guidall's gravelly intensity makes this high-stakes thriller about a CIA operative hunted by his own enemies feel genuinely urgent and personal.
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Transfer of Power
Mitch Rapp • Book 3
by Vince Flynn
Narrated by Nick Sullivan
★ 4.63 ABR Score (76.0K ratings)★ 4.35 Goodreads (61.0K) ★ 4.61 Audible (15.0K)16h 43m listening time • Released 2011 -
The Power of the Dog
Power of the Dog • Book 1
by Don Winslow
Narrated by Ray Porter
★ 4.58 ABR Score (59.5K ratings)★ 4.37 Goodreads (49.4K) ★ 4.57 Audible (10.1K)20h 13m listening time • Released 2008Ray Porter's narration transforms this sprawling drug war saga into something unputdownable—his voice work across dozens of characters makes the corruption and violence feel intimately personal rather than distant.
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The Fifth to Die
4MK Thriller • Book 2
by J.D. Barker
Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini, Graham Winton
★ 4.45 ABR Score (47.5K ratings)★ 4.32 Goodreads (44.9K) ★ 4.5 Audible (2.6K)15h 7m listening time • Released 2018Ballerini and Winton's dual narration cuts through this twisted serial killer sequel like a scalpel, making the fractured timelines and unreliable reality genuinely disorienting in the best way.
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The Devil's Hand
Terminal List • Book 4
by Jack Carr
Narrated by Ray Porter
★ 4.83 ABR Score (53.0K ratings)★ 4.45 Goodreads (31.0K) ★ 4.85 Audible (22.0K)14h 37m listening time • Released 2021Ray Porter's gravelly delivery transforms Carr's geopolitical thriller into something almost hypnotic—he makes every tactical detail and moral compromise feel inevitable, turning a sprawling post-9/11 reckoning into pure momentum.
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Only the Dead
Terminal List • Book 6
by Jack Carr
Narrated by Ray Porter
★ 4.82 ABR Score (32.5K ratings)★ 4.54 Goodreads (24.0K) ★ 4.85 Audible (8.6K)15h 29m listening time • Released 2023Ray Porter's gravelly intensity transforms this geopolitical thriller into something that feels alarmingly plausible. By book six, Carr's Reece has earned the kind of narrator who makes conspiracy feel inevitable.
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Red Sky Mourning
Terminal List • Book 7
by Jack Carr
Narrated by Ray Porter
★ 4.79 ABR Score (30.2K ratings)★ 4.48 Goodreads (20.4K) ★ 4.84 Audible (9.8K)15h 43m listening time • Released 2024Ray Porter transforms Carr's geopolitical thriller into pure propulsive force—his measured intensity and command of multiple voices make the sprawling conspiracy feel inevitable and terrifying rather than convoluted.
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The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Millennium Series • Book 3
by Stieg Larsson, Reg Keeland - translator
Narrated by Simon Vance
★ 4.73 ABR Score (810.0K ratings)★ 4.24 Goodreads (779.5K) ★ 4.69 Audible (30.5K)20h 17m listening time • Released 2010The trilogy's conclusion delivers on every promise — Salander's courtroom showdown is one of crime fiction's most cathartic climaxes.
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