Where to Start with Wil Wheaton
- New to Wil Wheaton? Start here → The Martian
- What fans keep coming back to → Ready Player One
- Short listen, big payoff → The Body
- Underrated but highly rated → The Sandman: Act III
- Highest rated by listeners → Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture
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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)More about this pick
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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The Sandman: Act III
Sandman Audible Original • Book 3
by Dirk Maggs
Narrated by Neil Gaiman, James McAvoy, K.J. Apa, Kat Dennings, Shruti Haasan, David Harewood, Regé-Jean Page, Kristen Schaal, Wil Wheaton
★ 4.57 ABR Score (15.6K ratings)★ 4.47 Goodreads (5.8K) ★ 4.83 Audible (9.8K)More about this pick
James McAvoy guides Morpheus through family reconciliation and cosmic consequences as he visits son Orpheus and searches for estranged brother Destruction, with Gaiman himself weaving the narrative threads together.
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The Body
by Robin Waterfield, Stephen King
Narrated by Wil Wheaton
★ 4.52 ABR Score (45.7K ratings)★ 4.3 Goodreads (45.7K)More about this pick
King's coming-of-age tale about four boys searching for a dead body captures the raw terror and wonder of childhood friendships on the brink of dissolving.
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Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture
by David Kushner
Narrated by Wil Wheaton
★ 4.43 ABR Score (25.8K ratings)★ 4.3 Goodreads (20.3K) ★ 4.67 Audible (5.5K)More about this pick
Wil Wheaton's narration brings genuine humanity to this obsessive rivalry between gaming's two Johns—his pacing captures both the euphoria of creation and the slow burn of betrayal that split an empire.
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The Consuming Fire
The Interdependency • Book 2
by John Scalzi
Narrated by Wil Wheaton
★ 4.41 ABR Score (50.0K ratings)★ 4.22 Goodreads (37.6K) ★ 4.65 Audible (12.3K)More about this pick
The interdimensional Flow that connects human civilization is collapsing, and Wil Wheaton captures Scalzi's wit amid this empire's death throes.
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What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
What If? • Book 2
by Randall Munroe
Narrated by Wil Wheaton
★ 4.39 ABR Score (18.9K ratings)★ 4.37 Goodreads (17.7K) ★ 4.73 Audible (1.2K)More about this pick
Wil Wheaton's deadpan delivery transforms Munroe's absurd physics questions into comedy gold—he nails the running joke of treating ridiculous scenarios with complete scientific seriousness.
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Ready Player One
Ready Player One • Book 1
by Ernest Cline
Narrated by Wil Wheaton
★ 4.38 ABR Score (261.7K ratings)★ 4.16 Goodreads (32) ★ 4.76 Audible (261.6K)More about this pick
Wil Wheaton perfectly embodies Wade's geeky enthusiasm as he hunts for Easter eggs hidden in a virtual world built from '80s pop culture.
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Head On (Narrated
Lock In Series • Book 2
by John Scalzi
Narrated by Wil Wheaton
★ 4.37 ABR Score (9.9K ratings)★ 4.52 Audible (9.9K) -
Fuzzy Nation
Fuzzy Sapiens • Book 7
by John Scalzi
Narrated by Wil Wheaton, John Scalzi - introduction
★ 4.35 ABR Score (46.5K ratings)★ 4.15 Goodreads (32.3K) ★ 4.6 Audible (14.1K)More about this pick
Prospector Jack Holloway discovers adorable creatures that might be sentient, threatening corporate mining rights on their planet. Wil Wheaton brings infectious enthusiasm to Scalzi's witty reimagining of H. Beam Piper's classic.
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Starter Villain
by John Scalzi
Narrated by Wil Wheaton
★ 4.32 ABR Score (113.4K ratings)★ 4.11 Goodreads (99.1K) ★ 4.6 Audible (14.3K)More about this pick
Inheriting a supervillain empire complete with talking cats and volcano lairs sounds fun until the alien invasion begins. Wil Wheaton's performance perfectly matches Scalzi's comedic timing.
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The Last Emperox
The Interdependency • Book 3
by John Scalzi
Narrated by Wil Wheaton
★ 4.32 ABR Score (42.1K ratings)★ 4.14 Goodreads (33.4K) ★ 4.59 Audible (8.8K)More about this pick
The Flow's collapse accelerates, cutting off entire star systems as Emperox Grayland fights to save civilization from those profiting off the apocalypse. Wil Wheaton captures both cosmic scale and political urgency.
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What If?
What If? • Book 1
by Randall Munroe
Narrated by Wil Wheaton
★ 4.28 ABR Score (211.3K ratings)★ 4.14 Goodreads (197.2K) ★ 4.45 Audible (14.1K)More about this pick
Wil Wheaton's deadpan delivery transforms Munroe's absurd hypotheticals into pure comedy gold—he makes the physics funnier than the jokes themselves.
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The Collapsing Empire
The Interdependency • Book 1
by John Scalzi
Narrated by Wil Wheaton
★ 4.26 ABR Score (81.4K ratings)★ 4.13 Goodreads (60.3K) ★ 4.45 Audible (21.0K)More about this pick
When the interdimensional passages connecting humanity's scattered worlds begin failing, political intrigue races against cosmic catastrophe.
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Source Code: My Beginnings
by Bill Gates
Narrated by Wil Wheaton, Bill Gates
★ 4.23 ABR Score (15.0K ratings)★ 4.16 Goodreads (14.2K) ★ 4.63 Audible (834)More about this pick
Hearing Gates narrate his own formative years alongside Wheaton's measured delivery creates an intimate two-voice intimacy that transforms memoir into something closer to a personal confession.
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Chronicles of Amber, Complete: Nine Princes in Amber + Guns of Avalon + Sign of the Unicorn + Hand of Oberon + Courts of Chaos + Trumps of Doom + Blood of Amber + Sign of Chaos + Knight of Shadows + Prince of Chaos (The)
The Chronicles of Amber #1-5 • Book 9
Narrated by Wil Wheaton
★ 4.22 ABR Score (12.6K ratings)★ 4.36 Goodreads (11.6K) ★ 4.56 Audible (975)More about this pick
Wil Wheaton narrates the complete Amber saga about princes who can walk between infinite shadow worlds. His performance captures both the cosmic scope and family drama across ten books.
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The Kaiju Preservation Society
by John Scalzi
Narrated by Wil Wheaton
★ 4.19 ABR Score (86.0K ratings)★ 3.98 Goodreads (72.6K) ★ 4.47 Audible (13.3K)More about this pick
Jamie Gray stumbles from pandemic food delivery into interdimensional monster conservation work. Wheaton brings playful energy to Scalzi's pandemic-era comfort food about giant creatures and found family.
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Third Eye
by Felicia Day
Narrated by Sean Astin, Felicia Day, Neil Gaiman, LilyPichu, London Hughes, Wil Wheaton, full cast
★ 4.18 ABR Score (7.9K ratings)★ 4.1 Goodreads (3.7K) ★ 4.6 Audible (4.2K)More about this pick
Failed Chosen One Laurel becomes a supernatural temp worker in magical San Francisco. Felicia Day leads an all-star cast including Neil Gaiman and Sean Astin in this comedy adventure.
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Agent to the Stars
by John Scalzi
Narrated by Wil Wheaton
★ 4.14 ABR Score (40.4K ratings)★ 3.93 Goodreads (24.1K) ★ 4.45 Audible (16.3K)More about this pick
First contact gets the Hollywood treatment when aliens hire a talent agent to manage their image problem—they smell like rotting fish.
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Lock In
Lock In • Book 1
by John Scalzi
Narrated by Wil Wheaton
★ 4.13 ABR Score (89.7K ratings)★ 3.92 Goodreads (72.3K) ★ 4.41 Audible (17.5K)More about this pick
A pandemic leaves millions conscious but paralyzed, creating a new class of citizens who navigate through robotic bodies. FBI agent Chris Shane investigates murder in this near-future disability rights thriller.
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The Android's Dream
The Android's Dream • Book 1
by John Scalzi
Narrated by Wil Wheaton
★ 4.12 ABR Score (37.2K ratings)★ 3.99 Goodreads (24.2K) ★ 4.41 Audible (12.9K)More about this pick
Scalzi opens with an interstellar diplomatic incident triggered by weaponized flatulence—Wheaton's deadpan delivery makes the absurdist humor land perfectly.
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Strange Weather: Four Short Novels
by Joe Hill
Narrated by Joe Hill, Wil Wheaton, Kate Mulgrew, Stephen Lang, Dennis Boutsikaris
★ 4.09 ABR Score (31.1K ratings)★ 3.86 Goodreads (27.0K) ★ 4.3 Audible (4.1K)More about this pick
Hill's quartet features memory-stealing cameras, killer rain clouds, and shapeshifting horrors. Multiple narrators including the author himself tackle each supernatural nightmare with distinct voices.
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Sign of Chaos
The Chronicles of Amber • Book 8
Narrated by Wil Wheaton
★ 4.09 ABR Score (12.1K ratings)★ 3.99 Goodreads (11.1K) ★ 4.58 Audible (1.0K)More about this pick
Escaping a surreal bar where the Mad Hatter serves cocktails, Merlin faces murderous new family members and his ex-girlfriend—back from the dead—in Zelazny's escalating fantasy.
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What If? 10th Anniversary Edition
What If? • Book 1
by Randall Munroe
Narrated by Wil Wheaton
★ 4.09 ABR Score (197.3K ratings)★ 4.14 Goodreads (197.2K) ★ 4.76 Audible (55)More about this pick
Wil Wheaton's deadpan delivery transforms Munroe's absurd hypotheticals into pure comedic gold—he nails the contrast between ridiculous questions and genuinely rigorous physics answers with perfect timing.
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Blood of Amber
The Chronicles of Amber • Book 7
Narrated by Wil Wheaton
★ 4.07 ABR Score (15.2K ratings)★ 4.04 Goodreads (14.1K) ★ 4.51 Audible (1.1K)More about this pick
Merle battles through intricate vengeance while juggling his dual identity as both California resident and Prince of Amber's son. Wil Wheaton brings energy to Zelazny's complex mythology and Merlin's contemporary voice.
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Prince of Chaos
The Chronicles of Amber • Book 10
Narrated by Wil Wheaton
★ 4.06 ABR Score (12.3K ratings)★ 3.97 Goodreads (11.2K) ★ 4.54 Audible (1.0K)More about this pick
Merlin's final confrontation with family treachery and throne politics in the Courts of Chaos wraps up Zelazny's second Amber series with characteristic wit and world-hopping complexity.
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