10 audiobooks for fans of Revelation Space
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House of Suns
House of Suns • Book 1
Narrated by John Lee
★ 4.24 ABR Score (37.9K ratings)★ 4.24 Goodreads (33.1K) ★ 4.47 Audible (4.8K)More about this pick
Campion and Purslane, two clones from a thousand-member family scattered across the galaxy, race to discover who's systematically murdering their siblings in this sweeping space opera.
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The Prefect
Prefect Dreyfus Emergency • Book 1
Narrated by John Lee
★ 4.15 ABR Score (25.4K ratings)★ 4.17 Goodreads (21.9K) ★ 4.41 Audible (3.5K)More about this pick
Prefect Tom Dreyfus polices the utopian Glitter Band space habitats until a murder case reveals deeper conspiracies. What seems straightforward becomes a threat to their entire civilization.
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Elysium Fire
Prefect Dreyfus Emergency • Book 2
Narrated by John Lee
★ 4.07 ABR Score (9.2K ratings)★ 4.07 Goodreads (7.8K) ★ 4.47 Audible (1.3K)More about this pick
Citizens across ten thousand orbital habitats start dying from spontaneous brain combustion, and Prefect Dreyfus must solve the mystery before democracy itself collapses.
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Pushing Ice
Narrated by John Lee
★ 3.99 ABR Score (28.2K ratings)★ 4.07 Goodreads (22.7K) ★ 4.23 Audible (5.5K)More about this pick
When Saturn's moon Janus suddenly leaves orbit at high speed, ice-mining ship Rockhopper gets ordered to follow it into deep space. John Lee's narration captures both the technical complexity and human drama of this cosmic chase.
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Century Rain
Narrated by John Lee
★ 3.90 ABR Score (13.6K ratings)★ 3.95 Goodreads (12.2K) ★ 4.26 Audible (1.3K)More about this pick
Three centuries after Earth's destruction, archaeologists discover a perfectly preserved 1940s Earth through a wormhole. John Lee guides listeners through this noir-tinged sci-fi mystery with steady precision.
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On the Steel Breeze
Poseidon's Children • Book 2
Narrated by Adjoa Andoh
★ 3.93 ABR Score (7.6K ratings)★ 4.04 Goodreads (7.0K) ★ 4.32 Audible (589)More about this pick
Centuries after humanity's expansion into space, Chiku's story unfolds across generation ships seeking new worlds. Adjoa Andoh guides listeners through Reynolds' complex timeline and hard science fiction concepts with clarity.
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Blue Remembered Earth
Poseidon's Children • Book 1
Narrated by Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
★ 3.85 ABR Score (13.3K ratings)★ 3.89 Goodreads (12.3K) ★ 4.24 Audible (1.0K)More about this pick
Africa dominates the technological future in this sweeping space opera spanning ten thousand years of one family's legacy. The complex world-building benefits from clear narration across its epic scope.
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Judas Unchained
Commonwealth Saga • Book 2
by Peter F. Hamilton, Marta García Martínez
Narrated by John Lee
★ 4.30 ABR Score (48.4K ratings)★ 4.3 Goodreads (40.7K) ★ 4.48 Audible (7.7K)More about this pick
Hamilton concludes his Commonwealth Saga as humanity fights for survival against the technologically superior Prime aliens bent on galactic conquest. John Lee handles the massive cast and complex plot threads across this 40-hour epic finale.
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Slow Bullets
Narrated by Susan Duerden
★ 3.54 ABR Score (5.6K ratings)★ 3.61 Goodreads (5.3K) ★ 3.85 Audible (231)More about this pick
A conscripted soldier named Scur awakens from war's end to find humanity's civilization hanging by a thread on a damaged starship. Susan Duerden navigates this compact but ambitious space opera with focused intensity.
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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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