Best Jon Lindstrom Audiobooks

The best audiobooks narrated by Jon Lindstrom — 6 titles spanning Thriller, Horror, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, averaging 4.12 ABR stars.

Jon Lindstrom is the narrator who brought Blake Crouch's mind-bending thrillers to life, and his performances of Dark Matter and Recursion are electrifying — taut, urgent, and genuinely disorienting in all the right ways. His voice is intense and focused, with a clean, modern quality that perfectly suits Crouch's high-concept, fast-paced storytelling. Lindstrom also proves his range with Riley Sager's Home Before Dark and Isaac Asimov's Foundation trilogy, demonstrating that he can handle both contemporary horror and classic science fiction with equal assurance. His reading of Asimov in particular is noteworthy — he brings fresh energy to mid-century sci-fi without modernizing away its essential character. His pacing is expertly calibrated, knowing exactly when to accelerate through a thriller's twists and when to let a science fiction concept breathe. Listeners who love smart, plot-driven sci-fi thrillers narrated with precision and intensity will find Lindstrom absolutely perfect.

Where to Start with Jon Lindstrom

  1. 1
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    Dark Matter

    by Blake Crouch

    Narrated by Jon Lindstrom

    ★ 4.48 ABR Score (778.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.13 Goodreads (745.4K) ★ 4.39 Audible (33.3K)
    10h 8m listening time • Released 2016

    Jon Lindstrom's performance transforms this reality-bending thriller into pure audio adrenaline—his voice shifts between desperation and dread so seamlessly that you'll forget to question the physics and just grip your steering wheel.

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    Home Before Dark

    by Riley Sager

    Narrated by Cady McClain, Jon Lindstrom

    ★ 4.34 ABR Score (327.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.04 Goodreads (320.3K) ★ 4.36 Audible (6.7K)
    11h 4m listening time • Released 2020

    Sager's haunted-house thriller deconstructs the genre in real time — a daughter returns to the house her father wrote about and finds his memoir was fiction.

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    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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    Recursion

    by Blake Crouch

    Narrated by Abby Craden, Jon Lindstrom

    ★ 4.11 ABR Score (327.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.16 Goodreads (327.6K) ★ 4.53 Audible (109)
    10h 47m listening time • Released 2019
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    Pebble in the Sky

    Galactic Empire • Book 3

    by Isaac Asimov

    Narrated by Jon Lindstrom

    ★ 4.08 ABR Score (28.3K ratings)
    ★ 3.9 Goodreads (27.7K) ★ 4.62 Audible (590)
    8h 35m listening time • Released 2020
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    Shadowed Souls

    The Dresden Files #14.5 - Cold Case • Book 14

    by Jim Butcher, Kerrie L. Hughes, Seanan McGuire, Kevin J. Anderson, Rob Thurman, Tanya Huff, Kat Richardson, Jim C. Hines, Anton Strout, Lucy A. Snyder, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Erik Scott de Bie

    Narrated by Jim Butcher, Julia Whelan, Emily Rankin, Justine Eyre, David de Vries, Mia Barron, Jon Lindstrom, Sumalee Montano, Mozhan Marnò, Karissa Vacker, MacLeod Andrews

    ★ 3.47 ABR Score (7.0K ratings)
    ★ 3.79 Goodreads (4.6K) ★ 3.86 Audible (2.3K)
    11h 3m listening time • Released 2016
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