Where to Start with Peter F. Hamilton
- Best entry point → The Reality Dysfunction
- Start the Commonwealth Saga series → Pandora's Star
- What fans keep coming back to → Judas Unchained
- Highest rated by listeners → The Naked God (Night's Dawn #3)
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Judas Unchained
Commonwealth Saga • Book 2
by Peter F. Hamilton, Marta García Martínez
Narrated by John Lee
★ 4.30 ABR Score (48.4K ratings)★ 4.3 Goodreads (40.7K) ★ 4.48 Audible (7.7K)40h 58m listening time • Released 2008 - 2
The Naked God
Night's Dawn • Book 3
Narrated by John Lee
★ 4.30 ABR Score (23.0K ratings)★ 4.22 Goodreads (20.9K) ★ 4.63 Audible (2.1K)48h 37m listening time • Released 2016 - 3
The Neutronium Alchemist
Night's Dawn • Book 2
Narrated by John Lee
★ 4.28 ABR Score (23.2K ratings)★ 4.26 Goodreads (21.0K) ★ 4.58 Audible (2.3K)40h 22m listening time • Released 2016 - 4
Pandora's Star
Commonwealth Saga • Book 1
by Peter F. Hamilton, Marta García Martínez
Narrated by John Lee
★ 4.10 ABR Score (64.2K ratings)★ 4.23 Goodreads (54.2K) ★ 4.23 Audible (10.0K)37h 21m listening time • Released 2008 - 5
The Reality Dysfunction
Night's Dawn • Book 1
Narrated by John Lee
★ 3.98 ABR Score (41.8K ratings)★ 4.13 Goodreads (38.3K) ★ 4.19 Audible (3.5K)41h 6m listening time • Released 2016
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