Audiobooks Like Recursion

10 audiobooks for fans of Recursion

1. 1

   

   Stories of Your Life and Others

   by Ted Chiang

   Narrated by Abby Craden, Todd McLaren

   ★ 4.23 ABR Score (131.5K ratings)

   ★ 4.25 Goodreads (127.4K) ★ 4.41 Audible (4.1K)

   10h 23m listening time • Released 2014

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2. 2

   

   The Foundation Trilogy: Foundation / Foundation and Empire / Second Foundation / The Stars, Like Dust / The Naked Sun / I, Robot

   Foundation (Publication Order) #1-3 • Book 1

   by Isaac Asimov

   Narrated by Jon Lindstrom

   ★ 4.22 ABR Score (110.1K ratings)

   ★ 4.42 Goodreads (109.2K) ★ 4.38 Audible (900)

   8h 13m listening time • Released 2020

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3. 3

   

   Dead Space

   by Kali Wallace

   Narrated by Abby Craden

   ★ 3.59 ABR Score (3.7K ratings)

   ★ 3.67 Goodreads (3.4K) ★ 3.95 Audible (228)

   9h 1m listening time • Released 2021

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4. 4

   

   Omniverse: Book II of the Omniverse Chronicles

   Omniverse Chronicles • Book 2

   by William Grace, Abby Craden

   Narrated by Abby Craden

   ★ 3.54 ABR Score (1 ratings)

   ★ 5 Audible (1)

   11h 2m listening time • Released 2020

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5. 5

   

   The Martian

   The Martian • Book 1

   by Andy Weir

   Narrated by Wil Wheaton

   ★ 4.76 ABR Score (1.3M ratings)

   ★ 4.42 Goodreads (1.3M) ★ 4.8 Audible (42.3K)

   10h 59m listening time • Released 2020

   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.

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   For We Are Many

   Bobiverse • Book 2

   by Dennis E. Taylor

   Narrated by Ray Porter

   ★ 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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   Network Effect

   The Murderbot Diaries • Book 5

   by Martha Wells

   Narrated by Kevin R. Free

   ★ 4.61 ABR Score (138.9K ratings)

   ★ 4.46 Goodreads (129.2K) ★ 4.74 Audible (9.8K)

   12h 47m listening time • Released 2020

   Kevin R. Free's deadpan delivery transforms Murderbot from a sardonic loner into someone genuinely worth rooting for—the audiobook does what the best narration does, making you hear the heart beneath the snark.

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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

   ★ 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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   Kindred

   by Octavia E. Butler

   Narrated by Kim Staunton

   ★ 4.49 ABR Score (294.1K ratings)

   ★ 4.31 Goodreads (278.5K) ★ 4.62 Audible (15.6K)

   10h 55m listening time • Released 2007

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    A Closed and Common Orbit

    Wayfarers • Book 2

    by Becky Chambers

    Narrated by Rachel Dulude

    ★ 4.44 ABR Score (92.3K ratings)

    ★ 4.37 Goodreads (89.9K) ★ 4.68 Audible (2.4K)

    11h 29m listening time • Released 2019

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