Best R.C. Bray Audiobooks

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.

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137 audiobooks in collection
4.19 avg ABR rating
Horror, Sci-Fi, Historical Fiction, Thriller, Fantasy, Mystery, Biography & Memoir, Literature & Fiction

Best R.C. Bray Audiobooks

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    Well Fed cover

    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.

All R.C. Bray Audiobooks (137)

Sci-Fi (90)

Hell Divers III: Deliverance by Nicholas Sansbury Smith
  11h 18m
Hell Divers II: Ghosts by Nicholas Sansbury Smith
  8h 13m
Fallout by Craig Alanson
4.52 22h 29m
  13h 28m
Match Game by Craig Alanson
4.50 20h 20m
Zero Hour by Craig Alanson
4.37 17h 20m
Failure Mode by Craig Alanson
4.48 19h 22m
Black Ops by Craig Alanson
4.34 16h 44m
Task Force Hammer by Craig Alanson
4.47 22h 9m
Paradise by Craig Alanson
4.25 15h 53m
Columbus Day by Craig Alanson
4.25 16h 23m
Gateway by Craig Alanson
4.42 19h 26m
Carnage by Michael Stephen Fuchs
4.52 11h 1m
SpecOps by Craig Alanson
4.24 15h 50m
Aftermath by Craig Alanson
4.38 19h 10m
The Flood by Michael Stephen Fuchs
4.44 9h 9m
Deathtrap by Craig Alanson
4.31 15h 3m
Able Bodied Soldier 1 by Jason Anspach, J.N. Chaney
  12h 47m
Commune: Book Two by Joshua Gayou
4.40 15h 2m
Ground State by Craig Alanson
4.70 19h 20m
Nemesis by Michael Stephen Fuchs
4.44 13h 19m
The Siege by Michael Stephen Fuchs
4.52 12h 32m
Arisen Omnibus Edition: Books 1-3 by Michael Stephen Fuchs, Glynn James
  15h 18m
Galaxy's Edge, Part III by Jason Anspach, Nick Cole
4.53 15h 13m
Death of Empires by Glynn James, Michael Stephen Fuchs
4.41 9h 28m
Cataclysm by Michael Stephen Fuchs
4.43 9h 32m
The Horizon by Glynn James, Michael Stephen Fuchs
4.35 8h 25m
Gods and Men by Christopher Hopper, J.N. Chaney
4.35 11h 54m
Commune: Book Three by Joshua Gayou
4.31 17h 54m
Phantom Deadfall by Christopher Hopper, J.N. Chaney
4.41 10h 29m
4.47 15h 15m
Trouble on Paradise by Craig Alanson
4.17 5h 48m
Commune: Book Four by Joshua Gayou
4.32 22h 7m
Maximum Violence by Glynn James, Michael Stephen Fuchs
4.33 8h 7m
Wayward Galaxy 4 by Jason Anspach, J.N. Chaney
4.38 11h 47m
Wayward Galaxy 5 by Jason Anspach, J.N. Chaney
4.48 11h 42m
Decayed Legacy by Christopher Hopper, J.N. Chaney
4.50 10h 40m
Wayward Galaxy 3 by Jason Anspach, J.N. Chaney
4.30 12h 16m
Mind Bullet by Jeremy Robinson
4.21 11h 42m
Hell Divers: The Lost Years by Nicholas Sansbury Smith
  2h 23m
Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein
4.01 8h 15m
Fear the Survivors by Stephen Moss
4.14 17h 36m
Amplitude by Dean M. Cole
4.28 14h 43m
Fear the Sky by Stephen Moss
4.07 20h 17m
Legionnaire by Jason Anspach, Nick Cole
4.11 17h 22m
Commune: Book One by Joshua Gayou
4.18 9h 46m
Extinction Shadow by Nicholas Sansbury Smith, Anthony J. Melchiorri
4.23 9h 31m
Into the Storms by Nicholas Sansbury Smith
4.54 14h 8m
Point Nemo by Jeremy Robinson
4.15 9h 31m
The Last Hunter by Jeremy Robinson
4.36 34h 16m
Planetside by Michael Mammay
3.99 8h 38m
Wayward Earth by Jason Anspach, J.N. Chaney
4.57 12h 40m
Yesterday's Gone: Season Six by Sean Platt, David W. Wright
4.28 11h 25m
The Egg by Andy Weir
4.21
Fortitude by Dean M. Cole
4.28 10h 27m
NPC by Jeremy Robinson
4.00 10h 4m
Hell Divers by Nicholas Sansbury Smith
3.85 10h 11m
Fear the Future by Stephen Moss
3.91 20h 25m
Infinite by Jeremy Robinson
3.97 10h 21m
Wayward Galaxy 6 by Jason Anspach, J.N. Chaney
4.38 10h 25m
4.31 13h 53m
Yesterday's Gone: Season Two by Sean Platt, David W. Wright
4.04 16h 12m
The Others by Jeremy Robinson
3.97 10h 15m
Multitude by Dean M. Cole
4.08 9h 46m
Magnitude by Dean M. Cole
4.02 16h 32m
Alamo by Craig DiLouie, Stephen Knight, Joe McKinney
4.37 4h 48m
Hunter by Devon C. Ford
4.12 12h 21m
Solitude by Dean M. Cole
3.83 8h 49m
Commune 7: Bloody Sun (Commune Series) by Joshua Gayou, Devon C. Ford
4.20 16h 29m
Able Bodied Soldier 2 by J.N. Chaney, Jason Anspach
4.55 15h 27m
Galactic Outlaws by Jason Anspach, Nick Cole
4.13 10h 9m
Human After All by Jeremy Robinson
3.88 11h 31m
Titanborn by Rhett C. Bruno
3.89 7h 23m
Infinitude by Dean M. Cole
4.38 10h 47m
The Didymus Contingency by Jeremy Robinson
4.02 9h 27m
Turning Point by Jason Anspach, Nick Cole
4.51 8h 27m
Sword of the Legion by Jason Anspach, Nick Cole
4.44 7h 24m
Humanity by Devon C. Ford
4.30 5h 57m
Kill Team by Jason Anspach, Nick Cole
4.34 7h 43m
The Ramal Extraction by Steve Perry
3.59 7h 45m
Society by Devon C. Ford
4.37 6h 34m
Old Guns: A Military Sci-Fi Adventure by J.N. Chaney, Nicholas Sansbury Smith
4.59 12h 6m
The Battle of D.C. by Joshua Gayou, Devon C. Ford
3.81 19h 29m
Attack of Shadows by Jason Anspach, Nick Cole
4.25 7h 41m
Invasion by Jay Allan
4.26 11h 45m
The Glass by Nathan Hystad
4.48 33h 22m
Sector 64 Box Set by Dean M. Cole
5.00 24h 15m
Tor.com: Selected Original Fiction, 2008-2012 by Tor Books, Sylvia Day, Brandon Sanderson, Charles Stross, Ken MacLeod, Lee Mandelo, Rachel Swirsky, Meghan McCarron, John Scalzi
3.32 10h 9m
Blindside by Michael Mammay
4.10

Horror (12)

Well Fed by Keith C. Blackmore
4.40 16h 59m
Exodus by Glynn James, Michael Stephen Fuchs
4.39 12h 18m
Mountain Man: Prequel by Keith C. Blackmore
4.31 8h 19m
Hellifax by Keith C. Blackmore
4.17 12h 14m
The Mountain Man Omnibus Books 1-3 by Keith C. Blackmore, R.C. Bray
4.22 27h 48m
Three Parts Dead by Glynn James, Michael Stephen Fuchs
4.26 6h 25m
Mountain Man by Keith C. Blackmore
4.03 8h 18m
Safari by Keith C. Blackmore
3.99 7h 15m
Mogadishu of the Dead by Glynn James, Michael Stephen Fuchs
4.23 4h 16m
Narrator Battle by Nicholas Ryan, Sean Runnette, R.C. Bray
3.54 14h 2m
Powers of Darkness: The Lost Version of Dracula by Valdimar Ásmundsson, Bram Stoker, Hans Corneel De Roos, Dacre Stoker, John Edgar Browning
3.63 7h 27m
Die Laughing by Joe McKinney, Craig DiLouie, Stephen Knight
4.14 3h 38m

Thriller (12)

Deathmatch by Michael Stephen Fuchs
4.47 11h 17m
Artifact by Jeremy Robinson
4.16 9h 56m
Nazi Hunter: Atlantis by Jeremy Robinson
4.31 4h 1m
3.96 8h 35m
Huntress Moon by Alexandra Sokoloff
4.13 10h 9m
MirrorWorld by Jeremy Robinson
3.96 13h 14m
The Last Flight by Gregory P. Liefer
4.14 12h 12m
4.25 33h 41m
58 Minutes by Walter Wager
3.56 6h 49m

Fantasy (12)

Khaos by Jeremy Robinson
4.41 10h 10m
First Strike by Craig Alanson
4.38 16h 37m
Recon by Craig Alanson
4.32 16h 26m
Lost Gods by Brom
4.23 14h 50m
Dragonslayer by Craig Alanson
4.27 17h 40m
Convergence by Craig Alanson
4.13 16h 56m
Tribe by Jeremy Robinson
4.06 10h 36m
Damoren by Seth Skorkowsky
  10h 58m
When True Night Falls by C.S. Friedman
4.14
Sea of Quills by Seth Skorkowsky
4.13 7h 41m
Dominion by C.S. Friedman
3.68 2h 5m
Mountain of Daggers by Seth Skorkowsky
3.70 7h 12m

Mystery (5)

The Heavens May Fall by Allen Eskens
4.19 9h 32m
BLACK (4 Novel Bundle) by Russell Blake
4.40 29h 19m
Repo Madness by W. Bruce Cameron
4.12 9h 58m
The Wild Inside by Christine Carbo
3.66 13h 1m
Miami Noir (Akashic Noir) by Les Standiford, Kevin Allen, Preston L. Allen, Lynne Barrett, David Beaty, John Bond, Tom Corcoran, John Dufresne, Anthony Dale Gagliano, Carolina Garcia-Aguilera, James W. Hall, Vicki Hendricks, Christine Kling, Paul Levine, Barbara Parker, George Tucker, Jeffrey Wehr
3.70 10h 39m

Historical Fiction (4)

Crash Dive by Craig DiLouie
4.66 29h 11m
Silent Running by Craig DiLouie
4.33 5h 1m
Hopalong Cassidy by Clarence Edward Mulford, Clarence Edward Mulford
3.89 8h 39m
Black Sam: Prince of Pirates by Mat McLeod, James Lewis
3.65 10h 54m

Biography & Memoir (1)

Marina and Lee by Priscilla Johnson McMillan
4.07 24h 13m

Literature & Fiction (1)