10 audiobooks for fans of Dark Age
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Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View
Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View • Book 1
by Elizabeth Schaefer, Ben Acker, Jonathan Davis, Tom Angleberger, Janina Gavankar, Ben Blacker, Jon Hamm, Jeffrey Brown, Jason Fry, Neil Patrick Harris, Christie Golden, January LaVoy, Saskia Maarleveld, Pierce Brown, Ashley Eckstein, Carol Monda, Mur Lafferty, Marc Thompson, Ken Liu, Griffin McElroy, John Jackson Miller, Kelly Sue DeConnick, Nnedi Okorafor, Daniel José Older, Ian Doescher, Daniel M. Lavery, Madeleine Roux, Gary D. Schmidt, Matt Fraction, Cavan Scott, Sabaa Tahir, Kieron Gillen, Glen Weldon, Chuck Wendig, Gary Whitta, Meg Cabot, Pablo Hidalgo, Adam Christopher, Rae Carson, Zoraida Córdova, Delilah S. Dawson, Paul Dini, Alexander Freed, Claudia Gray, Paul S. Kemp, Elizabeth Wein, Beth Revis, Greg Rucka, Charles Soule, Wil Wheaton, Renée Ahdieh
Narrated by Jonathan Davis, Ashley Eckstein, Janina Gavankar, Jon Hamm, Neil Patrick Harris, January LaVoy, Saskia Maarleveld, Carol Monda, Daniel José Older, Marc Thompson
★ 4.07 ABR Score (20.7K ratings)★ 3.94 Goodreads (15.5K) ★ 4.43 Audible (5.2K)More about this pick
Multiple celebrity narrators including Neil Patrick Harris and Jon Hamm bring variety to these 40 short stories retelling A New Hope from background characters' perspectives.
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Red Rising: Sons of Ares
Sons of Ares [Dramatized Adaptation] • Book 1
by Pierce Brown
Narrated by full cast
★ 3.96 ABR Score (495 ratings)★ 4.11 Goodreads (195) ★ 4.72 Audible (300)More about this pick
This full-cast dramatization explores how forbidden love between a Gold and a Red sparked the rebellion that would reshape Pierce Brown's color-coded society forever.
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This Inevitable Ruin
Dungeon Crawler Carl • Book 7
Narrated by Jeff Hays, Travis Baldree
★ 4.87 ABR Score (96.2K ratings)★ 4.68 Goodreads (74.1K) ★ 4.93 Audible (22.1K)More about this pick
Jeff Hays and Travis Baldree tackle the chaos of Faction Wars as Carl's team faces nine alien armies in a massive battle for the ninth floor's central castle.
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11/22/63
by Stephen King
Narrated by Craig Wasson
★ 4.63 ABR Score (740.9K ratings)★ 4.35 Goodreads (667.2K) ★ 4.66 Audible (73.7K)More about this pick
A high school teacher discovers a time portal and attempts to prevent JFK's assassination, but changing history proves more complex than expected. Craig Wasson handles the epic scope beautifully.
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Iron Prince
Stormweaver Series • Book 1
by Bryce O'Connor, Luke Chmilenko
Narrated by Luke Daniels
Why this book?
Both audiobooks deliver immersive, character-driven mysteries with intricate world-building that unfold across epic narratives, and Luke Daniels' commanding narration matches the intensity and scope that Tim Gerard Reynolds and his ensemble cast brought to Dark Age. The sprawling plots demand the same level of engagement and reward deep listening with interconnected revelations that keep you invested across their substantial runtimes.
★ 4.63 ABR Score (26.1K ratings)★ 4.57 Goodreads (18.5K) ★ 4.79 Audible (7.6K)More about this pick
Luke Daniels elevates this LitRPG underdog story with a performance so commanding it transforms 34 hours into something you won't want to pause—especially once the mystery deepens and the stakes genuinely shift.
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Death's End
Remembrance of Earth's Past • Book 3
by Liu Cixin, Ken Liu
Narrated by P. J. Ochlan
★ 4.53 ABR Score (190.1K ratings)★ 4.4 Goodreads (176.1K) ★ 4.64 Audible (14.0K)More about this pick
Liu's trilogy concludes with humanity's final gambit against alien invasion spanning centuries of technological evolution. P. J. Ochlan handles the complex scientific concepts and emotional weight of civilization's potential extinction with steady authority.
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Harrow the Ninth
The Locked Tomb Trilogy • Book 2
by Tamsyn Muir
Narrated by Moira Quirk
★ 4.40 ABR Score (96.5K ratings)★ 4.29 Goodreads (90.9K) ★ 4.61 Audible (5.6K) - 8
Howling Dark
Sun Eater • Book 2
by Christopher Ruocchio
Narrated by Samuel Roukin
★ 4.39 ABR Score (32.0K ratings)★ 4.34 Goodreads (29.1K) ★ 4.65 Audible (2.9K) - 9
A Deepness in the Sky
Zones of Thought • Book 2
by Vernor Vinge
Narrated by Peter Larkin
★ 4.21 ABR Score (37.4K ratings)★ 4.32 Goodreads (35.3K) ★ 4.42 Audible (2.2K)More about this pick
Two human factions orbit a world of intelligent spiders emerging into their technological age, but the Emergents harbor sinister plans that threaten both civilizations in this epic space opera.
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Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus
Pastwatch • Book 1
by Orson Scott Card
Narrated by Scott Brick, Christopher Cazenove, Gabrielle de Cuir, Arte Johnson, Moira Quirk, Stefan Rudnicki, Orson Scott Card
★ 3.97 ABR Score (17.6K ratings)★ 3.97 Goodreads (15.8K) ★ 4.33 Audible (1.8K)More about this pick
The ensemble cast handles Card's ambitious time-travel narrative, where future scientists attempt to prevent Columbus's voyage and its devastating consequences for indigenous peoples.
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