10 audiobooks for fans of Count Zero
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Pattern Recognition
Blue Ant • Book 1
Narrated by Shelly Frasier
★ 3.89 ABR Score (53.7K ratings)★ 3.88 Goodreads (52.9K) ★ 4.26 Audible (778)More about this pick
Cayce Pollard's logo allergies make her a perfect corporate coolhunter until she's hired to find the creator of mysterious film clips appearing across the internet's early forums.
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Agency
Jackpot • Book 2
Narrated by Lorelei King
★ 3.83 ABR Score (16.1K ratings)★ 3.81 Goodreads (14.6K) ★ 4.24 Audible (1.5K)More about this pick
A San Francisco app consultant discovers her new project involves communicating with a combat-ready AI from an alternate timeline where Clinton won. Gibson's cyberpunk vision meets contemporary political anxiety in unsettling ways.
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Spook Country
Blue Ant • Book 2
Narrated by Robertson Dean
★ 3.65 ABR Score (22.5K ratings)★ 3.72 Goodreads (21.4K) ★ 4.01 Audible (1.0K)More about this pick
Three storylines converge in Gibson's post-9/11 America: a Cuban-Russian translator, a journalist investigating a nonexistent magazine, and mysterious cargo containers. Robertson Dean navigates the paranoid atmosphere where information itself becomes weaponized.
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Halo: Ghosts of Onyx
Halo • Book 4
by Eric S. Nylund
Narrated by Jonathan Davis
★ 4.46 ABR Score (18.8K ratings)★ 4.2 Goodreads (15.4K) ★ 4.85 Audible (3.4K)More about this pick
Nylund explores the Spartan-II program's hidden history while Earth burns and the Covenant wages holy war. Jonathan Davis voices each super-soldier with military precision, making every tactical decision feel crucial.
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Halo: The Cole Protocol
Halo • Book 6
Narrated by Jonathan Davis
★ 4.23 ABR Score (11.0K ratings)★ 3.94 Goodreads (8.9K) ★ 4.74 Audible (2.1K)More about this pick
Lieutenant Jacob Keyes must eliminate navigation data that could lead the Covenant to Earth during humanity's darkest hour. Davis brings military gravitas to this crucial chapter in Halo lore.
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The Peripheral
Jackpot • Book 1
Narrated by Lorelei King
★ 3.87 ABR Score (36.8K ratings)★ 3.89 Goodreads (33.6K) ★ 4.18 Audible (3.2K)More about this pick
Flynne Fisher stumbles into a connection with London's future through a mysterious gaming job that turns deadly real. Lorelei King handles Gibson's complex dual timeline with clarity and tension.
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The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke #1-5
Narrated by Ralph Lister, Ray Porter, Jonathan Davis
★ 4.24 ABR Score (8.0K ratings)★ 4.3 Goodreads (6.4K) ★ 4.57 Audible (1.6K)More about this pick
Clarke's complete short fiction spans from hard science concepts to cosmic wonder, performed by multiple narrators. Fifty hours of science fiction's most influential voice across five decades of stories.
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Rip-Off!
by Gardner Dozois, John Scalzi, Jack Campbell, Mike Resnick, Tad Williams, Elizabeth Bear, Mary Robinette Kowal, Robert Charles Wilson, Allen M. Steele, Daryl Gregory, Lavie Tidhar, Nancy Kress, Paul Di Filippo, James Patrick Kelly, David Marantz, Dina Pearlman, Allyson Johnson, Marc Vietor, Ilyana Kadushin, Nicola Barber
Narrated by Wil Wheaton, Scott Brick, Christian Rummel, Jonathan Davis, Stefan Rudnicki, L. J. Ganser, Khristine Hvam
★ 3.30 ABR Score (2.5K ratings)★ 3.39 Goodreads (914) ★ 3.7 Audible (1.6K)More about this pick
Thirteen acclaimed writers tackle the challenge of stealing famous opening lines for entirely new stories, with multiple narrators including Wil Wheaton bringing fresh energy to each twisted take.
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Dungeon Crawler Carl
Dungeon Crawler Carl • Book 1
Narrated by Jeff Hays
★ 4.80 ABR Score (335.5K ratings)★ 4.48 Goodreads (284.3K) ★ 4.86 Audible (51.2K)More about this pick
When Earth becomes a literal death game show, one man and his ex-girlfriend's cat fight for survival in underground dungeons designed to entertain alien viewers. Jeff Hays channels Carl's desperate humor perfectly, making the absurd premise land with surprising emotional weight.
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Not Till We Are Lost
Bobiverse • Book 5
Narrated by Ray Porter
★ 4.50 ABR Score (32.3K ratings)★ 4.31 Goodreads (19.1K) ★ 4.73 Audible (13.2K)More about this pick
The Bobiverse fractures after the Starfleet War, with Ray Porter navigating the emotional weight as the once-united Bobs face their most existential threat yet.
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