10 audiobooks for fans of Parable of the Sower
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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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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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Adulthood Rites
Xenogenesis • Book 2
Narrated by J.D Jackson
★ 4.09 ABR Score (29.5K ratings)★ 4.19 Goodreads (29.4K) ★ 4.66 Audible (106)More about this pick
Butler's sequel follows a human-alien hybrid child navigating between two species' conflicting futures after nuclear apocalypse. The story examines genetic mixing, survival, and what defines humanity in a post-war world.
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Dawn
Xenogenesis • Book 1
Narrated by Julienne Irons
★ 4.06 ABR Score (65.2K ratings)★ 4.15 Goodreads (64.8K) ★ 4.37 Audible (427)More about this pick
Centuries after Earth's destruction, Lilith awakens aboard an alien ship where her rescuers demand a price for humanity's survival that may cost their humanity.
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Imago
Xenogenesis • Book 3
Narrated by Ron Butler
★ 4.14 ABR Score (25.4K ratings)★ 4.19 Goodreads (25.2K) ★ 4.67 Audible (176)More about this pick
Butler's hybrid offspring faces the ultimate choice between human extinction and alien assimilation in this trilogy finale. Ron Butler's rich voice captures the complex internal struggle of a being caught between two species.
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Project Hail Mary
by Andy Weir
Narrated by Ray Porter
★ 4.93 ABR Score (1.7M ratings)★ 4.51 Goodreads (1.4M) ★ 4.87 Audible (267.8K)More about this pick
Ryland Grace awakens alone on a spacecraft with amnesia, gradually remembering he's humanity's last hope against star-consuming aliens, perfectly captured by Ray Porter's engaging performance.
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This Inevitable Ruin
Dungeon Crawler Carl • Book 7
Narrated by Jeff Hays, Travis Baldree
★ 4.87 ABR Score (96.2K ratings)★ 4.68 Goodreads (74.1K) ★ 4.93 Audible (22.1K)More about this pick
Jeff Hays and Travis Baldree tackle the chaos of Faction Wars as Carl's team faces nine alien armies in a massive battle for the ninth floor's central castle.
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Light Bringer
Red Rising • Book 6
by Pierce Brown
Narrated by Tim Gerard Reynolds
★ 4.86 ABR Score (121.4K ratings)★ 4.77 Goodreads (110.6K) ★ 4.89 Audible (10.8K)More about this pick
The sixth Red Rising book finds Darrow scattered across the galaxy while his enemies close in, and Tim Gerard Reynolds continues to inhabit these characters like he created them himself.
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Morning Star
Red Rising • Book 3
by Pierce Brown
Narrated by Tim Gerard Reynolds
★ 4.81 ABR Score (468.5K ratings)★ 4.55 Goodreads (414.3K) ★ 4.82 Audible (54.2K)More about this pick
Darrow's revolution reaches its bloody crescendo as he leads the rebellion against Gold tyranny in this explosive finale that Tim Gerard Reynolds narrates with fierce intensity.
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Dungeon Crawler Carl
Dungeon Crawler Carl • Book 1
Narrated by Jeff Hays
★ 4.80 ABR Score (335.5K ratings)★ 4.48 Goodreads (284.3K) ★ 4.86 Audible (51.2K)More about this pick
When Earth becomes a literal death game show, one man and his ex-girlfriend's cat fight for survival in underground dungeons designed to entertain alien viewers. Jeff Hays channels Carl's desperate humor perfectly, making the absurd premise land with surprising emotional weight.
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