Audiobooks Like Iron Gold

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Tim Gerard Reynolds anchors this four-narrator Red Rising expansion alongside John Curless, Julian Elfer, and Aedin Moloney across a 23-hour runtime that's deliberately juggling more characters and planets than the original trilogy — the ensemble narration keeps the multiple POVs from collapsing into each other, and Reynolds in particular has the sonics of a war story that hasn't forgotten the people inside it. The space opera scope here is wide but emotionally grounded. Nine picks run in the same long-form range, several from the Expanse universe, and all of them share that quality of military sci-fi where the scale and the personal stakes are both operating at full volume.

10 audiobooks for fans of Iron Gold

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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)
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    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)
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    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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    Tiamat's Wrath

    The Expanse • Book 8

    by James S.A. Corey

    Narrated by Jefferson Mays

    4.79 ABR Score (105.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.57 Goodreads (83.1K) ★ 4.88 Audible (21.9K)
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    Leviathan Wakes

    The Expanse • Book 1

    by James S. A. Corey

    Narrated by Jefferson Mays

    4.63 ABR Score (358.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.31 Goodreads (324.2K) ★ 4.75 Audible (33.8K)
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    Detective Miller and ice hauler Holden investigate a missing person case that uncovers a solar system-wide conspiracy threatening all of humanity. Mays handles the complex space opera with distinct voices for both protagonists as they navigate political tensions between Earth, Mars, and the Belt.

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    Persepolis Rising

    The Expanse • Book 7

    by James S.A. Corey

    Narrated by Jefferson Mays

    4.63 ABR Score (109.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.38 Goodreads (88.5K) ★ 4.78 Audible (20.6K)
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    Jefferson Mays continues his stellar Expanse narration as the aging Rocinante crew faces a new threat from Laconia's advanced alien technology.

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    The Dark Forest

    Remembrance of Earth's Past • Book 2

    by Liu Cixin, Joel Martinsen

    Narrated by P. J. Ochlan

    4.56 ABR Score (243.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.4 Goodreads (224.9K) ★ 4.65 Audible (18.1K)
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    Liu Cixin's solution to the Fermi Paradox unfolds through cosmic sociology and interstellar hide-and-seek across P.J. Ochlan's measured performance.

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    A Civil Campaign

    Vorkosigan Saga (Publication Order) • Book 12

    by Lois McMaster Bujold

    Narrated by Grover Gardner

    4.47 ABR Score (23.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.41 Goodreads (20.4K) ★ 4.74 Audible (2.9K)
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    Miles Vorkosigan applies military strategy to courtship, pursuing the widow Ekaterin while navigating Barrayaran high society's treacherous politics.

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    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)
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    Calibans Krieg

    The Expanse • Book 2

    by James S.A. Corey

    Narrated by Matthias Lühn

    4.03 ABR Score (185.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.39 Goodreads (185.8K) ★ 3.5 Audible (4)
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    Die deutsche Fassung von Coreys Weltraum-Epos folgt dem Krieg zwischen Erde und Mars, während ein Alien-Virus den Jupiter-Mond Ganymed bedroht. Matthias Lühn navigiert die komplexe Handlung mit beeindruckender Klarheit.

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    Critical Mass

    Expeditionary Force • Book 10

    by Craig Alanson

    Narrated by R.C. Bray

    4.71 ABR Score (34.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.52 Goodreads (9.1K) ★ 4.89 Audible (25.3K)
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    R.C. Bray's deadpan delivery makes the chaos sing—he nails every comedic beat while keeping the existential stakes brutally real. If you've loved the series, this one escalates everything.

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