Audiobooks Like Rogue Protocol

Kevin R. Free narrates Murderbot with a deadpan interior quality that is central to why these novellas work — the AI's social anxiety reads as authentic rather than comic precisely because Free plays it straight, letting the character's discomfort with humans carry genuine awkwardness rather than easy laughs. At four hours, this is a tight, fast listen, and that economy of runtime has become part of the series' charm. The recommendations include other Wells titles and adjacent sci-fi that shares the corporate-conspiracy atmosphere and the dry wit.

10 audiobooks for fans of Rogue Protocol

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    From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back

    Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View • Book 2

    by Elizabeth Schaefer, Mark Oshiro, Rob Hart, Michael Moreci, Mike Chen, Beth Revis, Zoraida Córdova, Kiersten White, Lilliam Rivera, Mackenzi Lee, Amy Ratcliffe, Catherynne M. Valente, Emily Skrutskie, Tracy Deonn, C.B. Lee, Karen Strong, Delilah S. Dawson, Lydia Kang, Adam Christopher, Cavan Scott, R.F. Kuang, Tom Angleberger, S.A. Chakraborty, Seth Dickinson, Alexander Freed, Jason Fry, Christie Golden, Hank Green, Michael Kogge, John Jackson Miller, Daniel José Older, Anne Toole, Austin Walker, Martha Wells, Django Wexler, Gary Whitta, Brittany N. Williams, Charles Yu, Jim Zub, Katie Cook, Sarwat Chadda

    Narrated by Jonathan Davis, Sean Kenin Elias-Reyes, Dion Graham, Jon Hamm, January LaVoy, Soneela Nankani, Marc Thompson, Sam Witwer, Emily Woo Zeller

    3.93 ABR Score (7.5K ratings)
    ★ 3.85 Goodreads (5.9K) ★ 4.39 Audible (1.6K)
    17h 59m listening time • Released 2020

    Forty writers and an all-star cast of narrators (including Jon Hamm and Sam Witwer) transform Empire into a anthology of revelation, making you hear the galaxy's most pivotal moments through entirely new eyes.

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    Razor's Edge: Star Wars Legends

    Star Wars: Legends • Book 1

    by Martha Wells

    Narrated by January LaVoy

    3.65 ABR Score (886 ratings)
    ★ 4 Goodreads (13) ★ 4.16 Audible (873)
    9h 57m listening time • Released 2013
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    Kingdom Come

    Kingdom Come #1-4

    by Mark Waid, Alex Ross, Dirk Maggs

    Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini, Kerry Shale, Marc Thompson, Lorelei King, Glenn Wrage, William DeMeritt, Garrick Hagon, Tom Alexander, John Chancer, Ray Porter, Full Cast

    4.18 ABR Score (68.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.26 Goodreads (68.8K) ★ 4.78 Audible (106)
    3h 16m listening time • Released 2025

    A full-cast audio adaptation that transforms Alex Ross's painterly masterpiece into cinematic storytelling, with a ensemble cast that makes every hero's voice distinctive and the sound design that justifies experiencing this as audio rather than on the page.

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    The Universe in a Nutshell

    by Stephen W. Hawking

    Narrated by Simon Prebble

    4.05 ABR Score (46.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.18 Goodreads (45.5K) ★ 4.3 Audible (1.2K)
    3h 27m listening time • Released 2001

    Simon Prebble's measured, crystalline delivery makes Hawking's mind-bending physics feel conversational rather than intimidating—the perfect narrator for a physicist explaining how reality actually works.

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    This Is How You Lose the Time War

    by Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone

    Narrated by Cynthia Farrell, Emily Woo Zeller

    4.02 ABR Score (352.9K ratings)
    ★ 3.83 Goodreads (348.1K) ★ 4.33 Audible (4.7K)
    4h 16m listening time • Released 2019
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    The Time Machine

    by H.G. Wells

    Narrated by Scott Brick

    3.96 ABR Score (569.3K ratings)
    ★ 3.89 Goodreads (569.0K) ★ 4.3 Audible (313)
    3h 54m listening time • Released 2006

    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.

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    Glasshouse

    by Charles Stross

    Narrated by Kevin R. Free

    3.78 ABR Score (12.1K ratings)
    ★ 3.88 Goodreads (11.7K) ★ 4.14 Audible (389)
    13h 34m listening time • Released 2011
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    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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    Light Bringer

    Red Rising • Book 6

    by Pierce Brown

    Narrated by Tim Gerard Reynolds

    4.86 ABR Score (121.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.77 Goodreads (110.6K) ★ 4.89 Audible (10.8K)
    30h 8m listening time • Released 2023

    Tim Gerard Reynolds transforms 30 hours of space opera into something intimate and devastating—his voice makes you feel Darrow's impossible weight between savior and father as much as the epic battles around him.

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    Morning Star

    Red Rising • Book 3

    by Pierce Brown

    Narrated by Tim Gerard Reynolds

    4.81 ABR Score (468.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.55 Goodreads (414.3K) ★ 4.82 Audible (54.2K)
    21h 50m listening time • Released 2016

    Tim Gerard Reynolds delivers a career-best performance across 22 hours of revolutionary fervor—his voice work transforms the final Red Rising installment into an unforgettable emotional and political reckoning that justifies the entire trilogy's brutal setup.

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