Audiobooks Like Nemesis Games

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Jefferson Mays narrates Nemesis Games with an ensemble authority across the Rocinante crew — he differentiates each character without exaggerating them, which matters enormously in a novel that finally separates the crew and spends 18 hours tracking their individual crises through a solar system coming apart. One pick here shares Mays as narrator and nine are highly rated space opera and science fiction titles at comparable lengths; listeners who respond to the deliberate, serious register Mays brings to hard SF will find that same quality in the fiction that surrounds this entry.

10 audiobooks for fans of Nemesis Games

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    The Mercy of Gods

    The Captive's War • Book 1

    by James S.A. Corey

    Narrated by Jefferson Mays

    ★ 4.26 ABR Score (42.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.16 Goodreads (38.5K) ★ 4.54 Audible (4.2K)
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    Humanity becomes test subjects in an ancient cosmic war, facing alien overlords who view us as expendable lab rats. Jefferson Mays captures the claustrophobic dread perfectly.

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    Too Like the Lightning

    Terra Ignota • Book 1

    by Ada Palmer

    Narrated by Jefferson Mays

    ★ 3.78 ABR Score (16.8K ratings)
    ★ 3.81 Goodreads (15.9K) ★ 4.17 Audible (865)
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    Jefferson Mays tackles Palmer's genre-bending 25th-century mystery with remarkable range, switching between the narrator's confessional tone and period-appropriate philosophical tangents.

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    Golden Son

    Red Rising • Book 2

    by Pierce Brown

    Narrated by Tim Gerard Reynolds

    ★ 4.79 ABR Score (560.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.5 Goodreads (505.3K) ★ 4.81 Audible (55.5K)
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    Darrow continues his infiltration of Gold society while planning revolution from within the ruling class. Tim Gerard Reynolds captures the escalating political intrigue and brutal space battles with commanding intensity.

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    Zero Hour

    Expeditionary Force • Book 5

    by Craig Alanson

    Narrated by R.C. Bray

    ★ 4.63 ABR Score (56.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.37 Goodreads (14.8K) ★ 4.81 Audible (41.4K)
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    The Merry Band of Pirates faces their biggest crisis yet as their stolen alien ship falls apart and Skippy the AI apparently dies, stranding them thousands of lightyears from Earth.

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    Starsight

    Skyward • Book 2

    by Brandon Sanderson

    Narrated by Suzy Jackson

    ★ 4.61 ABR Score (133.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.34 Goodreads (109.9K) ★ 4.77 Audible (23.1K)
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    Spensa goes undercover among the alien Superiority to steal their hyperdrive technology, infiltrating the very empire that keeps her planet trapped. Suzy Jackson handles both Spensa's voice and the various alien characters with skill.

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    Black Ops

    Expeditionary Force • Book 4

    by Craig Alanson

    Narrated by R.C. Bray

    ★ 4.61 ABR Score (58.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.34 Goodreads (16.5K) ★ 4.8 Audible (41.7K)
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    The pirate crew of the Flying Dutchman discovers that preventing another alien attack on Earth isn't as simple as they hoped. R.C. Bray keeps the military sci-fi humor sharp.

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    Ender's Shadow

    Ender's Shadow • Book 1

    by Orson Scott Card

    Narrated by Scott Brick, Gabrielle de Cuir, full cast

    ★ 4.59 ABR Score (194.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.32 Goodreads (180.6K) ★ 4.76 Audible (13.8K)
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    Bean's parallel journey through Battle School gets full-cast treatment, with Scott Brick and Gabrielle de Cuir leading voices that capture both his genius and vulnerability.

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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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    Memory

    Vorkosigan Saga (Publication Order) • Book 10

    by Lois McMaster Bujold

    Narrated by Grover Gardner

    ★ 4.47 ABR Score (22.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.43 Goodreads (19.9K) ★ 4.73 Audible (2.8K)
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    Miles Vorkosigan transitions from mercenary leader to Imperial Auditor while investigating his former boss's mysterious mental breakdown in this character-defining installment.

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    Parable of the Talents

    Earthseed • Book 2

    by Octavia E. Butler

    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)
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    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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