Best Michael Crichton Audiobooks

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Best Michael Crichton Audiobooks

  1. 1
    Jurassic Park cover

    Jurassic Park

    Jurassic Park • Book 1

    by Michael Crichton

    Narrated by Scott Brick

    4.60 ABR Score (1.1M ratings)
    ★ 4.13 Goodreads (1.1M) ★ 4.76 Audible (46.8K)
    15h 10m listening time • Released 2015

    Crichton's genetic-engineering thriller is as much a gripping thought experiment as an action novel — the science is as terrifying as the dinosaurs.

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    JURASSIC PARK / THE LOST WORLD Michael Crichton

    Jurassic Park • Book 2

    by Michael Crichton

    Narrated by Scott Brick

    4.25 ABR Score (200.9K ratings)
    ★ 3.88 Goodreads (183.3K) ★ 4.55 Audible (17.7K)
    15h 18m listening time • Released 2007

    Scott Brick's measured, methodical narration transforms these techno-thrillers into something closer to documentary horror—he makes the science feel real enough to dread, and the chaos feel inevitable.

  3. 3
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    Congo

    by Michael Crichton

    Narrated by Julia Whelan

    4.17 ABR Score (186.3K ratings)
    ★ 3.64 Goodreads (179.4K) ★ 4.4 Audible (6.9K)
    10h 16m listening time • Released 2015

    Julia Whelan transforms Crichton's pulpy adventure into something genuinely tense—her controlled intensity makes the chaos feel real, and the 10+ hours fly by.

  4. 4
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    Sphere

    by Michael Crichton

    Narrated by Scott Brick

    4.01 ABR Score (212.5K ratings)
    ★ 3.84 Goodreads (199.1K) ★ 4.27 Audible (13.4K)

    Scott Brick's crisp, measured delivery transforms this claustrophobic deep-sea thriller into a nail-biter where paranoia and scientific logic clash in real time.

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    Eaters of the Dead

    by Michael Crichton

    Narrated by Simon Vance

    3.94 ABR Score (51.4K ratings)
    ★ 3.72 Goodreads (47.0K) ★ 4.35 Audible (4.4K)
    5h 18m listening time • Released 2015

    Simon Vance transforms this genre-bending novella into a genuinely immersive clash of cultures and monsters, his dual narration capturing both Ibn Fadlan's fastidious horror and the Vikings' brutal pragmatism in a way that makes the supernatural dread actually land.

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    Eruption

    by Michael Crichton, James Patterson

    Narrated by Scott Brick

    3.92 ABR Score (75.5K ratings)
    ★ 3.74 Goodreads (68.1K) ★ 3.99 Audible (7.4K)
    10h 32m listening time • Released 2024

    Scott Brick's precisely calibrated delivery turns what could've been a dense techno-thriller into pure propulsive momentum—you'll burn through this Crichton-Patterson collaboration in one sitting.

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    The Andromeda Evolution

    The Andromeda Strain • Book 2

    by Michael Crichton, Daniel H. Wilson

    Narrated by Julia Whelan

    3.89 ABR Score (17.1K ratings)
    ★ 3.74 Goodreads (14.7K) ★ 4.34 Audible (2.4K)
    10h 4m listening time • Released 2019

    Julia Whelan's crisp, intelligent narration elevates this hard sci-fi sequel into a propulsive listen—she handles the technical detail-work without letting it bog down the tension, making a 50-year-later resurrection of a planet-killer genuinely gripping.

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    A Case of Need

    by Michael Crichton, Jeffery Hudson

    Narrated by Nick Podehl

    3.69 ABR Score (42.0K ratings)
    ★ 3.75 Goodreads (40.4K) ★ 4.08 Audible (1.6K)
    9h 27m listening time • Released 2015

    Nick Podehl's sharp delivery cuts through the procedural tension like a scalpel—he nails the claustrophobic pressure of a hospital under siege, making this 1968 medical thriller feel urgently modern.

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    Dealing, or The Berkeley-To-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues

    by Michael Douglas, Michael Crichton, Douglas Crichton

    Narrated by Nick Podehl

    3.51 ABR Score (411 ratings)
    ★ 3.21 Goodreads (365) ★ 3.72 Audible (46)
    5h 50m listening time • Released 2015

All Michael Crichton Audiobooks (9)

Jurassic Park (2)

#1 Jurassic Park narrated by Scott Brick
4.13 15h 10m
3.88 15h 18m

The Andromeda Strain (1)

#2 The Andromeda Evolution narrated by Julia Whelan
3.74 10h 4m

Standalone Titles (6)

Congo narrated by Julia Whelan
3.64 10h 16m
Sphere narrated by Scott Brick
3.84
Eaters of the Dead narrated by Simon Vance
3.72 5h 18m
Eruption narrated by Scott Brick
3.74 10h 32m
A Case of Need narrated by Nick Podehl
3.75 9h 27m