Audiobooks Like Ready Player Two

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Wil Wheaton narrates Ernest Cline's sequel with the same enthusiastic pop-culture fluency he brought to the original — the 14-hour runtime is dense with references, and Wheaton's delivery suggests someone who has actually played all these games, which is exactly the register the material requires. Whether the nostalgia lands depends on your relationship to the source material, but the narration is never the limiting factor. Six picks come back to Wheaton narrating directly, one is Cline's first novel, and the rest sit in the same virtual-world adventure space.

10 audiobooks for fans of Ready Player Two

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    Armada

    by Ernest Cline

    Narrated by Wil Wheaton

    ★ 4.02 ABR Score (177.7K ratings)
    ★ 3.56 Goodreads (129.0K) ★ 4.39 Audible (48.7K)
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    High schooler Zack spots a UFO outside his classroom window that looks exactly like the aliens from his favorite video game. Wil Wheaton brings authentic geek enthusiasm to this love letter to 80s pop culture.

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    Boneshaker

    The Clockwork Century • Book 1

    by Cherie Priest

    Narrated by Wil Wheaton, Kate Reading

    ★ 3.48 ABR Score (36.3K ratings)
    ★ 3.53 Goodreads (34.3K) ★ 3.87 Audible (2.0K)
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    Briar Wilkes ventures into zombie-infested Seattle to rescue her son from the toxic wasteland created by her husband's invention. Wil Wheaton and Kate Reading alternate between mother and son perspectives in this steampunk zombie adventure.

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    The Martian

    The Martian • Book 1

    by Andy Weir

    Narrated by Wil Wheaton

    ★ 4.76 ABR Score (1.3M ratings)
    ★ 4.42 Goodreads (1.3M) ★ 4.8 Audible (42.3K)
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    Stranded astronaut Mark Watney's fight for survival on Mars combines technical ingenuity with dark humor, perfectly matched by Wil Wheaton's engaging delivery.

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    Vicarious

    by Rhett C. Bruno

    Narrated by Wil Wheaton, Katherine McNamara

    ★ 3.85 ABR Score (2.6K ratings)
    ★ 3.86 Goodreads (814) ★ 4.33 Audible (1.8K)
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    Wil Wheaton and Katherine McNamara anchor a mind-bending sci-fi thriller about reality TV taken to its darkest extreme—their dual narration makes you question which world you're actually invested in.

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    METAtropolis: Cascadia

    METAtropolis • Book 2

    by Jay Lake, Mary Robinette Kowal, Elizabeth Bear, Ken Scholes, Karl Schroeder, René Auberjonois, Kate Mulgrew, Wil Wheaton, Gates McFadden, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Tobias S. Buckell

    Narrated by Rene Auberjonois, Kate Mulgrew, Wil Wheaton, Gates McFadden, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Jay Lake

    ★ 3.63 ABR Score (2.2K ratings)
    ★ 3.68 Goodreads (834) ★ 4.09 Audible (1.4K)
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    In the 2070s, the Pacific Northwest has broken away from a fractured United States, creating the independent territory of Cascadia amid economic collapse and environmental battles. Star Trek veterans including Kate Mulgrew and Jonathan Frakes voice this collection of interconnected dystopian futures.

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    Rip-Off!

    by Gardner Dozois, John Scalzi, Jack Campbell, Mike Resnick, Tad Williams, Elizabeth Bear, Mary Robinette Kowal, Robert Charles Wilson, Allen M. Steele, Daryl Gregory, Lavie Tidhar, Nancy Kress, Paul Di Filippo, James Patrick Kelly, David Marantz, Dina Pearlman, Allyson Johnson, Marc Vietor, Ilyana Kadushin, Nicola Barber

    Narrated by Wil Wheaton, Scott Brick, Christian Rummel, Jonathan Davis, Stefan Rudnicki, L. J. Ganser, Khristine Hvam

    ★ 3.30 ABR Score (2.5K ratings)
    ★ 3.39 Goodreads (914) ★ 3.7 Audible (1.6K)
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    Thirteen acclaimed writers tackle the challenge of stealing famous opening lines for entirely new stories, with multiple narrators including Wil Wheaton bringing fresh energy to each twisted take.

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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)
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    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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    Dungeon Crawler Carl

    Dungeon Crawler Carl • Book 1

    by Matt Dinniman

    Narrated by Jeff Hays

    ★ 4.80 ABR Score (335.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.48 Goodreads (284.3K) ★ 4.86 Audible (51.2K)
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    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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    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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    Network Effect

    Murderbot Diaries • Book 5

    by Martha Wells

    Narrated by Kevin R. Free

    ★ 4.61 ABR Score (139.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.46 Goodreads (129.2K) ★ 4.74 Audible (9.9K)
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    Kevin R. Free's deadpan delivery transforms Murderbot from a sardonic loner into someone genuinely worth rooting for—the audiobook does what the best narration does, making you hear the heart beneath the snark.

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