Where to Start with Tim Lebbon
- Best entry point → Into the Void (Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi)
- Best standalone → Strange New Moons
- Start the Aliens / Predator / Prometheus Universe series → Predator: If It Bleeds
- What fans keep coming back to → The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
- Highest rated by listeners → Zombies: The Recent Dead
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Predator: If It Bleeds
Aliens / Predator / Prometheus Universe
by Bryan Thomas Schmidt, Holly Roberds, Steve Perry, John Shirley, Jeremy Robinson, Jonathan Maberry, Kevin J. Anderson, Weston Ochse, Mira Grant, Tim Lebbon, Larry Correia, Dayton Ward, Peter J. Wacks
Narrated by full cast, Tom Taylorson, Nicol Zanzarella, Traber Burns, Bradford Hastings, Bahni Turpin, Emily Sutton-Smith, Ulf Bjorklund, James Patrick Cronin, Andrew Eiden, Scott Brick, Feodor Chin, John Pruden, Mark Bramhall, various
★ 4.07 ABR Score (2.2K ratings)★ 4.01 Goodreads (917) ★ 4.62 Audible (1.3K)12h 34m listening time • Released 2018A full-cast ensemble brings teeth to seventeen Predator stories spanning centuries and continents, with A-list sci-fi narrators elevating what could've been fan service into genuinely immersive hunts.
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The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
BEST AMERICAN SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY
by John Joseph Adams, Stephen King, Robert J. Sawyer, Michael Moorcock, Sharyn McCrumb, Stephen Baxter, Anne Perry, Barbara Hambly, Tanith Lee, Neil Gaiman, Rob Rogers, Naomi Novik, Anthony Burgess, Dominic Green, Laurie R. King, Barbara Roden, Tim Lebbon, Peter Tremayne, Bradley H. Sinor, Edward D. Hoch, Vonda N. McIntyre, Darrell Schweitzer, Mary Robinette Kowal, H. Paul Jeffers, Geoffrey A. Landis, Amy Myers, Chris Roden, Tony Pi, Chris Roberson, Mark Valentine
Narrated by Simon Vance, Anne Flosnik
★ 3.88 ABR Score (23.4K ratings)★ 4.39 Goodreads (22.7K) ★ 3.96 Audible (736)21h 21m listening time • Released 2010 -
Into the Void (Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi)
Star Wars Legends: Novels
by Tim Lebbon
Narrated by January LaVoy
★ 3.77 ABR Score (19.2K ratings)★ 3.65 Goodreads (15.0K) ★ 4.2 Audible (4.2K)10h 23m listening time • Released 2013January LaVoy's narration elevates this cosmic mystery with precise emotional control, making the Je'daii lore and Lanoree's internal conflict feel urgent and intimate despite the galaxy-spanning scope.
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Strange New Moons
by Stephen Kozeniewski, Kayleigh Dobbs, Tim Lebbon, Mary SanGiovanni, Simon Clark, Rebecca Rowland, John Durgin, Somer Canon, Amanda Headlee, Matthew R. Davis, Keawe Melina Patrick, Ej Sidle, Rose Strickman
Narrated by Kenneth Murdock
★ 3.55 ABR Score (17 ratings)★ 4.23 Goodreads (13) ★ 4.5 Audible (4)6h 44m listening time • Released 2025 -
Zombies: The Recent Dead
by Paula Guran, Steve Duffy, Max Brooks, Nik Houser, Andy Duncan, David J. Schow, Joe R. Lansdale, Neil Gaiman, Alice Sola Kim, Gary A. Braunbeck, Francesca Lia Block, Tobias S. Buckell, David Wellington, Tim Waggoner, Kit Reed, Brian Keene, Kelly Link, Gary McMahon, Scott Edelman, Kevin Veale, Michael Marshall Smith, Tim Lebbon, David Prill
Narrated by Jonathan Davis, L J Ganser, Josh Hurley, Bahni Turpin, Marc Vietor
★ 3.34 ABR Score (1.2K ratings)★ 3.66 Goodreads (939) ★ 3.4 Audible (268)20h 3m listening time • Released 2011Multiple narrators bring real texture to these zombie stories, each voice matched to the tale's mood. From Neil Gaiman to Joe Lansdale, it's a masterclass in how short fiction anthology audio can outpace reading.
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