10 audiobooks for fans of Dawn
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Kindred
Narrated by Kim Staunton
★ 4.49 ABR Score (294.1K ratings)★ 4.31 Goodreads (278.5K) ★ 4.62 Audible (15.6K)More about this pick
Dana, a modern Black woman, gets violently yanked through time to antebellum Maryland whenever her white ancestor faces mortal danger. Kim Staunton's performance navigates the brutal emotional whiplash between 1970s California and slavery-era violence with unflinching power.
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Parable of the Talents
Earthseed • Book 2
Narrated by Patricia R. Floyd, Peter Jay Fernandez, Sisi Aisha Johnson
★ 4.47 ABR Score (93.1K ratings)★ 4.32 Goodreads (86.9K) ★ 4.68 Audible (6.2K)More about this pick
Three skilled narrators share Butler's Nebula-winning sequel where Lauren's Earthseed community faces enslavement and her daughter's kidnapping in 2030s California.
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Bloodchild and Other Stories
Narrated by Malik Rashad, Allyson Johnson, Bahni Turpin
★ 4.11 ABR Score (27.7K ratings)★ 4.34 Goodreads (27.6K) ★ 4.55 Audible (76)More about this pick
Butler explores symbiosis, survival, and power through stories where humans aren't always on top. The trio of narrators — Rashad, Johnson, and Turpin — each capture different facets of Butler's unsettling future worlds.
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Parable of the Sower
Earthseed • Book 1
Narrated by Lynne Thigpen
★ 4.47 ABR Score (287.7K ratings)★ 4.19 Goodreads (272.8K) ★ 4.66 Audible (14.9K)More about this pick
Fifteen-year-old Lauren develops a new belief system while her walled community crumbles in 2025's climate-ravaged California. Lynne Thigpen's narration captures both Lauren's youth and the wisdom of her emerging philosophy as she faces society's collapse with pragmatic hope.
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All These Worlds
Bobiverse • Book 3
Narrated by Ray Porter
★ 4.68 ABR Score (134.2K ratings)★ 4.4 Goodreads (65.4K) ★ 4.78 Audible (68.9K)More about this pick
Ray Porter returns as Bob's various clones wage war against ancient aliens while humanity's colonies bicker and Brazilian probes cause interstellar havoc.
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For We Are Many
Bobiverse • Book 2
Narrated by Ray Porter
★ 4.67 ABR Score (149.2K ratings)★ 4.37 Goodreads (75.2K) ★ 4.77 Audible (74.0K)More about this pick
Ray Porter continues voicing Bob's expanding consciousness as the AI copies spread across space, facing system-wide war and an alien threat to humanity.
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We Are Legion (We Are Bob)
Bobiverse • Book 1
Narrated by Ray Porter
★ 4.58 ABR Score (236.2K ratings)★ 4.26 Goodreads (128.3K) ★ 4.68 Audible (107.9K)More about this pick
Software engineer Bob dies in a car accident and wakes up as an AI probe tasked with exploring the galaxy and saving humanity. Ray Porter perfectly captures Bob's bewildered humor as he multiplies across space.
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The Flood
Arisen • Book 10
Narrated by R.C. Bray
★ 4.46 ABR Score (5.6K ratings)★ 4.44 Goodreads (1.9K) ★ 4.84 Audible (3.7K)More about this pick
London under zombie siege and desperate missions into fallen Russia get R.C. Bray's intense treatment as Major Jameson weighs retrieving a pathogen that kills even the undead.
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Second Foundation
Foundation (Publication Order) • Book 3
by Isaac Asimov
Narrated by Scott Brick
★ 4.46 ABR Score (212.2K ratings)★ 4.28 Goodreads (204.3K) ★ 4.65 Audible (7.9K)More about this pick
The Mule hunts for the hidden Second Foundation while 14-year-old Arkady might hold the key to either the Foundation's salvation or destruction.
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Foundation and Empire
Foundation (Publication Order) • Book 2
by Isaac Asimov
Narrated by Scott Brick
★ 4.43 ABR Score (237.9K ratings)★ 4.22 Goodreads (228.2K) ★ 4.63 Audible (9.6K)More about this pick
Asimov's galactic chess match between the Foundation's psychohistory and the mutant Mule gets epic scope through Scott Brick's commanding delivery.
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