Audiobooks Like The City of Mirrors

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Scott Brick narrates The City of Mirrors across 29 hours with the sustained commitment that an epic trilogy conclusion demands — apocalyptic scale, intimate character stakes, and a finale that requires the narrator to land both. Nine of the recommendations also feature Brick, and ten out of ten are award-winners, making this a list for listeners who want long, ambitious, highly decorated work in the post-apocalyptic and dark-fantasy space.

10 audiobooks for fans of The City of Mirrors

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    The Butlerian Jihad

    Legends of Dune • Book 1

    by Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson

    Narrated by Scott Brick

    ★ 4.21 ABR Score (95.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.02 Goodreads (90.2K) ★ 4.51 Audible (5.2K)
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    Humanity's war against thinking machines begins as cymeks and computer overlords threaten to enslave the galaxy in this Dune prequel epic.

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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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    This Inevitable Ruin

    Dungeon Crawler Carl • Book 7

    by Matt Dinniman

    Narrated by Jeff Hays, Travis Baldree

    ★ 4.87 ABR Score (96.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.68 Goodreads (74.1K) ★ 4.93 Audible (22.1K)
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    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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    Second Foundation

    Foundation (Publication Order) • Book 3

    by Isaac Asimov

    Narrated by Scott Brick

    ★ 4.46 ABR Score (212.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.28 Goodreads (204.3K) ★ 4.65 Audible (7.9K)
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    The Mule hunts for the hidden Second Foundation while 14-year-old Arkady might hold the key to either the Foundation's salvation or destruction.

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    Foundation's Edge

    Foundation (Publication Order) • Book 4

    by Isaac Asimov

    Narrated by Scott Brick

    ★ 4.45 ABR Score (104.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.19 Goodreads (99.4K) ★ 4.75 Audible (4.7K)
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    Asimov returns to his galactic empire thirty years later as the First Foundation discovers disturbing flaws in Seldon's plan. Scott Brick captures both the scope and intricate plotting.

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    Children of Dune

    Dune • Book 3

    by Frank Herbert

    Narrated by Scott Brick, Simon Vance

    ★ 4.34 ABR Score (272.6K ratings)
    ★ 3.95 Goodreads (254.4K) ★ 4.62 Audible (18.3K)
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    Paul Atreides' twin children inherit not only their father's prescient abilities but the political chaos of ruling Arrakis, where religious zealotry and spice addiction threaten the empire's future.

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    Foundation

    Foundation • Book 3

    by Isaac Asimov

    Narrated by Scott Brick

    ★ 4.29 ABR Score (620.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.17 Goodreads (600.9K) ★ 4.4 Audible (19.4K)
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    Psychohistorian Hari Seldon foresees the Galactic Empire's collapse and establishes a colony on Terminus to preserve knowledge through the coming dark age.

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    Heretics of Dune

    Dune • Book 5

    by Frank Herbert

    Narrated by Simon Vance, Scott Brick

    ★ 4.18 ABR Score (112.2K ratings)
    ★ 3.85 Goodreads (104.1K) ★ 4.55 Audible (8.1K)
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    Fifteen hundred years after God Emperor Leto's death, the Empire has scattered and the Bene Gesserit face new threats from returning exiles. Herbert's complex fifth Dune novel benefits from dual narrators handling its intricate political plotting.

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    Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

    Blade Runner

    by Philip K. Dick

    Narrated by Scott Brick

    ★ 4.18 ABR Score (528.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.09 Goodreads (517.9K) ★ 4.33 Audible (11.0K)
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    Bounty hunter Rick Deckard hunts escaped androids in post-apocalyptic San Francisco while questioning what makes someone human. Scott Brick's steady delivery suits the philosophical noir atmosphere.

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    Chapterhouse: Dune

    Dune • Book 6

    by Frank Herbert

    Narrated by Euan Morton, Katherine Kellgren, Scott Brick, Simon Vance

    ★ 4.16 ABR Score (91.3K ratings)
    ★ 3.86 Goodreads (84.7K) ★ 4.53 Audible (6.6K)
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    Herbert's final Dune novel follows the scattered Bene Gesserit as they face extinction from the brutal Honored Matres. The ensemble cast handles the complex political maneuvering across multiple perspectives with clarity.

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