Best R.C. Bray Audiobooks

The best audiobooks narrated by R.C. Bray — 25 titles spanning Horror, Sci-Fi, Historical Fiction, Thriller, averaging 4.58 ABR stars.

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R.C. Bray is the go-to narrator for military sci-fi that doesn't take itself too seriously — and nobody does it better. His gruff, lived-in baritone carries an effortless blue-collar wit that makes him a perfect fit for the Expeditionary Force series, where he's narrated all 26 of Craig Alanson's books and practically become synonymous with the sarcastic AI Skippy. That comedic timing is genuinely rare in audiobooks — dry, deadpan, never mugging for the joke. But Bray isn't just a one-trick operator. His narration of Starship Troopers crackles with the right kind of earnest intensity, and the Hell Divers series showcases his ability to hold tension through relentless action. If you like your sci-fi punchy, funny, and voiced by someone who sounds like they've actually been in a firefight, Bray is your narrator.

Where to Start with R.C. Bray

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    Well Fed

    Mountain Man • Book 4

    by Keith C. Blackmore

    Narrated by R.C. Bray

    4.75 ABR Score (12.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.4 Goodreads (2.5K) ★ 4.82 Audible (10.0K)
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    Four years after the outbreak, Gus enjoys peaceful farm life until road savages shatter his routine. Bray's gruff portrayal shows how quickly domestic tranquility can collapse into highway warfare.

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    Hell Divers III: Deliverance

    Hell Divers Series • Book 3

    by Nicholas Sansbury Smith

    Narrated by R.C. Bray

    4.74 ABR Score (20.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.77 Audible (20.1K)
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    Hell Divers II: Ghosts

    Hell Divers Series • Book 2

    by Nicholas Sansbury Smith

    Narrated by R.C. Bray

    4.71 ABR Score (22.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.74 Audible (22.8K)
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    Fallout

    Expeditionary Force • Book 13

    by Craig Alanson

    Narrated by R.C. Bray

    4.69 ABR Score (26.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.52 Goodreads (7.2K) ★ 4.89 Audible (18.8K)
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    R.C. Bray returns with his beloved portrayal of Joe and Skippy, continuing the Expeditionary Force saga that has captivated millions of listeners.

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    After It Happened: Publisher's Pack 3

    After It Happened • Book 5

    by Devon C. Ford

    Narrated by R.C. Bray

    4.67 ABR Score (5.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.82 Audible (5.0K)
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    Match Game

    Expeditionary Force • Book 14

    by Craig Alanson

    Narrated by R.C. Bray

    4.64 ABR Score (19.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.5 Goodreads (6.6K) ★ 4.86 Audible (13.2K)
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    For the first time, Skippy the Magnificent faces an AI opponent of equal power—and he might actually need those filthy monkeys' help. Bray's Skippy remains perfection.

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    Zero Hour

    Expeditionary Force • Book 5

    by Craig Alanson

    Narrated by R.C. Bray

    4.63 ABR Score (56.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.37 Goodreads (14.8K) ★ 4.81 Audible (41.4K)
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    The Merry Band of Pirates faces their biggest crisis yet as their stolen alien ship falls apart and Skippy the AI apparently dies, stranding them thousands of lightyears from Earth.

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    Failure Mode

    Expeditionary Force • Book 15

    by Craig Alanson

    Narrated by R.C. Bray

    4.62 ABR Score (25.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.48 Goodreads (6.4K) ★ 4.82 Audible (19.3K)
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    When the galaxy faces doom and all plans collapse, humans and Skippy must salvage what they can from total disaster. R.C. Bray captures both the series' signature humor and its darkest stakes yet.

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    Crash Dive

    Crash Dive Series • Book 1

    by Craig DiLouie

    Narrated by R.C. Bray

    4.62 ABR Score (4.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.66 Goodreads (692) ★ 4.87 Audible (4.2K)
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    Submarine warfare in the Pacific comes alive through Charlie Harrison's eyes as he battles the Imperial Japanese Navy. R.C. Bray's commanding performance puts you in the claustrophobic depths of a WWII sub.

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    Exodus

    Arisen • Book 5

    by Glynn James, Michael Stephen Fuchs

    Narrated by R.C. Bray

    4.61 ABR Score (5.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.39 Goodreads (2.6K) ★ 4.78 Audible (3.0K)
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    The world's last aircraft carrier prepares for a massive zombie horde assault on its flight deck in what becomes a modern Stalingrad. Bray's tactical narration intensifies every desperate defensive moment.

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    Mountain Man: Prequel

    Mountain Man #0.4

    by Keith C. Blackmore

    Narrated by R.C. Bray

    4.61 ABR Score (9.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.31 Goodreads (1.6K) ★ 4.75 Audible (7.7K)
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    R.C. Bray's gravel-voiced delivery transforms this zombie siege into something claustrophobic and relentless—he makes you feel trapped inside that megastore as hard as the characters are.

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    Black Ops

    Expeditionary Force • Book 4

    by Craig Alanson

    Narrated by R.C. Bray

    4.61 ABR Score (58.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.34 Goodreads (16.5K) ★ 4.8 Audible (41.7K)
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    The pirate crew of the Flying Dutchman discovers that preventing another alien attack on Earth isn't as simple as they hoped. R.C. Bray keeps the military sci-fi humor sharp.

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    Task Force Hammer

    Expeditionary Force • Book 17

    by Craig Alanson

    Narrated by R.C. Bray

    4.58 ABR Score (11.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.47 Goodreads (4.0K) ★ 4.85 Audible (7.8K)
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    The Merry Band of Pirates thought they'd won by stopping the Sentinel theft, but their real enemy is far worse than imagined. R.C. Bray delivers Alanson's signature humor amid the cosmic-scale threats.

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    Paradise

    Expeditionary Force • Book 3

    by Craig Alanson

    Narrated by R.C. Bray

    4.56 ABR Score (67.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.25 Goodreads (18.7K) ★ 4.77 Audible (48.7K)
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    Colonel Bishop's crew investigates what happened to humans stranded on the planet nicknamed Paradise while facing new alien threats. R.C. Bray continues his excellent series performance, balancing military tension with Alanson's signature humor and complex space politics.

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    Deathmatch

    Arisen • Book 11

    by Michael Stephen Fuchs

    Narrated by R.C. Bray

    4.54 ABR Score (4.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.47 Goodreads (1.6K) ★ 4.81 Audible (2.4K)
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    Elite military operators face their deadliest enemy yet: enhanced soldiers with their skills but zero humanity. R.C. Bray's intensity matches the brutal stakes.

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    Columbus Day

    Expeditionary Force • Book 1

    by Craig Alanson

    Narrated by R.C. Bray

    4.53 ABR Score (84.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.25 Goodreads (34.1K) ★ 4.71 Audible (50.2K)
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    Humanity gets caught between two alien species in an interstellar war, with Joe Bishop providing sarcastic military commentary on cosmic politics. R.C. Bray's performance captures the protagonist's wise-cracking voice and the military science fiction's humor-heavy tone.

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    Gateway

    Expeditionary Force • Book 18

    by Craig Alanson

    Narrated by R.C. Bray

    4.52 ABR Score (9.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.42 Goodreads (3.3K) ★ 4.83 Audible (6.6K)
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    Operation Olympic transforms from triumph to catastrophe in moments, leaving the Merry Band of Pirates facing their worst defeat—without Skippy's help for the first time.

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    Carnage

    Arisen • Book 12

    by Michael Stephen Fuchs

    Narrated by R.C. Bray

    4.51 ABR Score (5.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.52 Goodreads (1.6K) ★ 4.88 Audible (3.7K)
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    ALPHA team races to escape Africa with Patient Zero while vengeful Spetsnaz close in for an ultimate sniper duel that will end everything.

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    SpecOps

    Expeditionary Force • Book 2

    by Craig Alanson

    Narrated by R.C. Bray

    4.50 ABR Score (58.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.24 Goodreads (22.5K) ★ 4.71 Audible (36.0K)
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    Colonel Bishop returns to space with seventy UN specialists aboard the captured starship Flying Dutchman for another impossible mission. R.C. Bray continues his excellent work bringing military humor and alien chaos to life.

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    Aftermath

    Expeditionary Force • Book 16

    by Craig Alanson

    Narrated by R.C. Bray

    4.50 ABR Score (11.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.38 Goodreads (5.1K) ★ 4.79 Audible (6.7K)
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    R.C. Bray returns for the post-victory chaos as Joe and Skippy face the messy reality after their stunning win — nearly twenty hours of space opera comfort food.

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    The Flood

    Arisen • Book 10

    by Michael Stephen Fuchs

    Narrated by R.C. Bray

    4.46 ABR Score (5.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.44 Goodreads (1.9K) ★ 4.84 Audible (3.7K)
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    London under zombie siege and desperate missions into fallen Russia get R.C. Bray's intense treatment as Major Jameson weighs retrieving a pathogen that kills even the undead.

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    Hellifax

    Mountain Man • Book 3

    by Keith C. Blackmore

    Narrated by R.C. Bray

    4.46 ABR Score (4.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.17 Goodreads (3.0K) ★ 4.73 Audible (1.8K)
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    Serial killers stalk frozen streets while infected vermin rise from sewers and half-frozen deadheads block every avenue of escape. R.C. Bray's narration amplifies the claustrophobic dread as Scott hunts for Tenner through this nightmare cityscape.

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    Deathtrap

    Mavericks • Book 1

    by Craig Alanson

    Narrated by R.C. Bray

    4.46 ABR Score (15.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.31 Goodreads (3.9K) ★ 4.75 Audible (11.5K)
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    Humans recruited into an Alien Legion face their first mission on a backwater planet where everyone harbors hidden agendas. R.C. Bray brings his signature military sci-fi expertise to Craig Alanson's latest universe.

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    Able Bodied Soldier 1

    Able Bodied Soldier • Book 1

    by Jason Anspach, J.N. Chaney

    Narrated by R.C. Bray

    4.45 ABR Score (1.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.75 Audible (1.7K)
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    The Mountain Man Omnibus Books 1-3

    Mountain Man #1-3 • Book 1

    by Keith C. Blackmore, R.C. Bray

    Narrated by R.C. Bray

    4.44 ABR Score (13.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.22 Goodreads (1.1K) ★ 4.6 Audible (12.2K)
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    Augustus Berry's fortress on the mountain becomes your bunker as zombies close in, with every scavenging run into the dead city dripping with tension. R.C. Bray's gruff narration captures the protagonist's whiskey-soaked paranoia perfectly.

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