Audiobooks Like Old Man's War

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William Dufris narrates Old Man's War with a wry matter-of-factness that suits Scalzi's premise — a 75-year-old protagonist who talks about becoming a soldier the way you'd discuss a career change needs a narrator who finds the dark humor without winking at it, and Dufris hits that note exactly. Two more Dufris recordings appear in the recommendations, both from the same series, and the list is built heavily from Scalzi's own catalog, making this a natural on-ramp to everything that follows.

10 audiobooks for fans of Old Man's War

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    The Last Colony

    Old Man's War • Book 3

    by John Scalzi

    Narrated by William Dufris

    ★ 4.33 ABR Score (84.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.11 Goodreads (73.9K) ★ 4.59 Audible (10.5K)
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    Retirement on alien soil turns deadly when colonial politics drag John Perry back into galactic warfare. Dufris captures Perry's weary wisdom perfectly, balancing domestic tranquility with mounting dread.

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    Old Man's War Boxed Set I: Old Man's War, The Ghost Brigades, The Last Colony

    Old Man's War #1-3 • Book 2

    by John Scalzi

    Narrated by William Dufris

    ★ 4.26 ABR Score (14.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.53 Goodreads (948) ★ 4.48 Audible (14.0K)
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    Scalzi's galactic war trilogy gets the full treatment here, following humanity's colonial expansion while Earth remains deliberately ignorant of the cosmic situation.

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    The Consuming Fire

    The Interdependency • Book 2

    by John Scalzi

    Narrated by Wil Wheaton

    ★ 4.41 ABR Score (50.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.22 Goodreads (37.6K) ★ 4.65 Audible (12.3K)
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    The interdimensional Flow that connects human civilization is collapsing, and Wil Wheaton captures Scalzi's wit amid this empire's death throes.

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    The Last Emperox

    The Interdependency • Book 3

    by John Scalzi

    Narrated by Wil Wheaton

    ★ 4.32 ABR Score (42.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.14 Goodreads (33.4K) ★ 4.59 Audible (8.8K)
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    The Flow's collapse accelerates, cutting off entire star systems as Emperox Grayland fights to save civilization from those profiting off the apocalypse. Wil Wheaton captures both cosmic scale and political urgency.

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    The Collapsing Empire

    The Interdependency • Book 1

    by John Scalzi

    Narrated by Wil Wheaton

    ★ 4.26 ABR Score (81.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.13 Goodreads (60.3K) ★ 4.45 Audible (21.0K)
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    When the interdimensional passages connecting humanity's scattered worlds begin failing, political intrigue races against cosmic catastrophe.

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    The Kaiju Preservation Society

    by John Scalzi

    Narrated by Wil Wheaton

    ★ 4.19 ABR Score (86.0K ratings)
    ★ 3.98 Goodreads (72.6K) ★ 4.47 Audible (13.3K)
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    Jamie Gray stumbles from pandemic food delivery into interdimensional monster conservation work. Wheaton brings playful energy to Scalzi's pandemic-era comfort food about giant creatures and found family.

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    Agent to the Stars

    by John Scalzi

    Narrated by Wil Wheaton

    ★ 4.14 ABR Score (40.4K ratings)
    ★ 3.93 Goodreads (24.1K) ★ 4.45 Audible (16.3K)
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    First contact gets the Hollywood treatment when aliens hire a talent agent to manage their image problem—they smell like rotting fish.

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    Lock In

    Lock In • Book 1

    by John Scalzi

    Narrated by Wil Wheaton

    ★ 4.13 ABR Score (89.7K ratings)
    ★ 3.92 Goodreads (72.3K) ★ 4.41 Audible (17.5K)
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    A pandemic leaves millions conscious but paralyzed, creating a new class of citizens who navigate through robotic bodies. FBI agent Chris Shane investigates murder in this near-future disability rights thriller.

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    The Android's Dream

    The Android's Dream • Book 1

    by John Scalzi

    Narrated by Wil Wheaton

    ★ 4.12 ABR Score (37.2K ratings)
    ★ 3.99 Goodreads (24.2K) ★ 4.41 Audible (12.9K)
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    Scalzi opens with an interstellar diplomatic incident triggered by weaponized flatulence—Wheaton's deadpan delivery makes the absurdist humor land perfectly.

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    Lock In (Narrated

    Lock In Series • Book 1

    by John Scalzi

    Narrated by Amber Benson

    ★ 3.86 ABR Score (3.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.18 Audible (3.3K)
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