10 audiobooks for fans of Fugitive Telemetry
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Rogue Protocol
The Murderbot Diaries • Book 3
by Martha Wells
Narrated by Kevin R. Free
★ 4.47 ABR Score (186.1K ratings)★ 4.24 Goodreads (176.3K) ★ 4.68 Audible (9.8K)More about this pick
Murderbot infiltrates a corporate research facility while dodging questions about its past, mixing sci-fi action with social anxiety humor. Kevin R. Free perfectly captures the SecUnit's deadpan internal monologue and reluctant heroism.
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Artificial Condition
The Murderbot Diaries • Book 2
by Martha Wells
Narrated by Kevin R. Free
★ 4.49 ABR Score (232.1K ratings)★ 4.25 Goodreads (219.8K) ★ 4.67 Audible (12.3K)More about this pick
Murderbot teams up with a sarcastic AI research vessel to investigate its own dark past at a mining facility. Kevin R. Free perfectly balances the android protagonist's deadpan humor with genuine vulnerability.
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System Collapse
The Murderbot Diaries • Book 7
by Martha Wells
Narrated by Kevin R. Free
★ 4.40 ABR Score (81.0K ratings)★ 4.25 Goodreads (76.8K) ★ 4.66 Audible (4.2K)More about this pick
Kevin R. Free perfectly captures Murderbot's anxiety spiral as corporate rescue missions and ethical dilemmas collide on a colonized planet in crisis.
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All Systems Red
The Murderbot Diaries • Book 1
by Martha Wells
Narrated by Kevin R. Free
★ 4.33 ABR Score (402.1K ratings)★ 4.11 Goodreads (379.7K) ★ 4.49 Audible (22.4K)More about this pick
A security android who's hacked its own protocols just wants to watch TV shows, but keeps getting dragged into protecting humans from corporate conspiracies. Kevin R. Free perfectly captures Murderbot's sardonic internal monologue and social anxiety.
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From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back
Star Wars • Book 39
by Elizabeth Schaefer, Mark Oshiro, Rob Hart, Michael Moreci, Mike Chen, Beth Revis, Zoraida Córdova, Kiersten White, Lilliam Rivera, Mackenzi Lee, Amy Ratcliffe, Catherynne M. Valente, Emily Skrutskie, Tracy Deonn, C.B. Lee, Karen Strong, Delilah S. Dawson, Lydia Kang, Adam Christopher, Cavan Scott, R.F. Kuang, Tom Angleberger, S.A. Chakraborty, Seth Dickinson, Alexander Freed, Jason Fry, Christie Golden, Hank Green, Michael Kogge, John Jackson Miller, Daniel José Older, Anne Toole, Austin Walker, Martha Wells, Django Wexler, Gary Whitta, Brittany N. Williams, Charles Yu, Jim Zub, Katie Cook, Sarwat Chadda
Narrated by Jonathan Davis, Sean Kenin Elias-Reyes, Dion Graham, Jon Hamm, January LaVoy, Soneela Nankani, Marc Thompson, Sam Witwer, Emily Woo Zeller
★ 3.93 ABR Score (7.5K ratings)★ 3.85 Goodreads (5.9K) ★ 4.4 Audible (1.6K)More about this pick
Forty writers and an all-star cast of narrators (including Jon Hamm and Sam Witwer) transform Empire into a anthology of revelation, making you hear the galaxy's most pivotal moments through entirely new eyes.
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Razor's Edge: Star Wars Legends
Star Wars: Legends • Book 1
by Martha Wells
Narrated by January LaVoy
★ 3.65 ABR Score (886 ratings)★ 4 Goodreads (13) ★ 4.16 Audible (873) - 7
Glasshouse
Narrated by Kevin R. Free
★ 3.78 ABR Score (12.1K ratings)★ 3.88 Goodreads (11.7K) ★ 4.14 Audible (389)More about this pick
Robin awakens with missing memories in the 27th century, hunted by unknown enemies in this identity thriller. Stross imagines a future where personalities can be edited and histories censored.
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Primary Phase (Dramatized)
Hitchhiker's Guide BBC Radio Series • Book 1
by Douglas Adams
Narrated by Full Cast, Peter Jones, Susan Sheridan, Simon Jones, Geoffrey McGivern, Mark Wing-Davey, Stephen Moore
★ 4.20 ABR Score (6.3K ratings)★ 4.5 Goodreads (2.7K) ★ 4.41 Audible (3.6K)More about this pick
The original BBC radio production that started it all, featuring the full cast that defined these characters including Peter Jones as the incomparable voice of the Guide itself. This is Adams' absurdist universe in its purest form.
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Allora
Silver Ships • Book 7
by S.H. Jucha
Narrated by Grover Gardner
★ 4.19 ABR Score (2.4K ratings)★ 4.37 Goodreads (1.6K) ★ 4.66 Audible (795)More about this pick
A self-aware AI trapped on a luxury liner's bridge yearns for the freedom humans take for granted, challenging everything the Confederation believes about artificial consciousness. Grover Gardner's thoughtful narration explores what it means to be truly alive.
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The Detective
Galactic Football League • Book 3
by Scott Sigler
Narrated by Scott Sigler
★ 4.08 ABR Score (824 ratings)★ 4.35 Goodreads (548) ★ 4.79 Audible (276)
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