Best Wil Wheaton Audiobooks

Wil Wheaton is an actor, writer, and narrator whose geeky enthusiasm and natural delivery have made him a beloved voice in sci-fi audiobooks. Best known for narrating Ready Player One and John Scalzi's novels, Wheaton brings an everyman quality to his performances that makes listeners feel like they're right there with the protagonist. His background in sci-fi television (Star Trek: The Next Generation) gives him a genuine affinity for the genre, and his narrations feel less like performances and more like a passionate fan telling you about the coolest story they've ever read.

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56 audiobooks in collection
4.06 avg ABR rating
Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Literature & Fiction, Biography & Memoir, Horror, Self-Help, Thriller, Business

Best Wil Wheaton Audiobooks

  1. 1
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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)
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    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

    4.63 ABR Score (15.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.47 Goodreads (5.8K) ★ 4.83 Audible (9.8K)
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    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)
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    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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    Starter Villain

    by John Scalzi

    Narrated by Wil Wheaton

    4.48 ABR Score (113.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.11 Goodreads (99.1K) ★ 4.6 Audible (14.3K)
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    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 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)
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    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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    Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture cover

    Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture

    by David Kushner

    Narrated by Wil Wheaton

    4.41 ABR Score (25.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.3 Goodreads (20.3K) ★ 4.67 Audible (5.5K)
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    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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    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)
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    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)
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    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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    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) cover

    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

    by Roger Zelazny

    Narrated by Wil Wheaton

    4.38 ABR Score (12.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.36 Goodreads (11.6K) ★ 4.56 Audible (975)
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    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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    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)
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    Looking for Alaska

    by John Green

    Narrated by Wil Wheaton

    4.37 ABR Score (1.8M ratings)
    ★ 3.96 Goodreads (1.8M) ★ 4.64 Audible (2.5K)
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    Wil Wheaton's narration captures the raw vulnerability of adolescence so perfectly that you'll feel like you're living in the dorm room alongside Pudge—and when the emotional gut-punch lands, it hits harder through audio.

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    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)
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    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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    Third Eye

    by Felicia Day

    Narrated by Sean Astin, Felicia Day, Neil Gaiman, LilyPichu, London Hughes, Wil Wheaton, full cast

    4.34 ABR Score (7.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.1 Goodreads (3.7K) ★ 4.6 Audible (4.2K)
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    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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    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)
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    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)
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    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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    Sign of Chaos

    The Chronicles of Amber • Book 8

    by Roger Zelazny

    Narrated by Wil Wheaton

    4.26 ABR Score (12.1K ratings)
    ★ 3.99 Goodreads (11.1K) ★ 4.58 Audible (1.0K)
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    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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    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)
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    When the interdimensional passages connecting humanity's scattered worlds begin failing, political intrigue races against cosmic catastrophe.

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    Blood of Amber

    The Chronicles of Amber • Book 7

    by Roger Zelazny

    Narrated by Wil Wheaton

    4.26 ABR Score (15.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.04 Goodreads (14.1K) ★ 4.51 Audible (1.1K)
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    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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    Trumps of Doom

    The Chronicles of Amber • Book 6

    by Roger Zelazny

    Narrated by Wil Wheaton

    4.25 ABR Score (17.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.06 Goodreads (16.4K) ★ 4.46 Audible (1.3K)
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    Merlin discovers someone wants him dead while navigating his dual identity as Silicon Valley programmer and Amber prince. Wil Wheaton captures both the tech-savvy modern voice and fantasy gravitas perfectly.

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    Prince of Chaos

    The Chronicles of Amber • Book 10

    by Roger Zelazny

    Narrated by Wil Wheaton

    4.24 ABR Score (12.3K ratings)
    ★ 3.97 Goodreads (11.2K) ★ 4.54 Audible (1.0K)
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    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.

All Wil Wheaton Audiobooks (56)

Sci-Fi (29)

The Martian by Andy Weir
4.42 10h 59m
The Consuming Fire by John Scalzi
4.22 8h 19m
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
4.16 15h 40m
Head On (Narrated by John Scalzi
  7h 36m
Fuzzy Nation by John Scalzi
4.15 7h 19m
The Last Emperox by John Scalzi
4.14 8h 7m
What If? by Randall Munroe
4.14 6h 36m
4.13 9h 24m
3.98 8h 2m
Agent to the Stars by John Scalzi
3.93 8h 49m
Lock In by John Scalzi
3.92 9h 56m
The Android's Dream by John Scalzi
3.99 10h 34m
4.14 7h 28m
Redshirts by John Scalzi
3.87 7h 41m
Armada by Ernest Cline
3.56 11h 50m
Ancient Among Us by Edward Savio
3.93 10h 33m
Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline
3.44 13h 46m
Vicarious by Rhett C. Bruno
3.86 13h 5m
3.78 10h 5m
Byways (A METAtropolis Story) by Tobias S. Buckell
3.77 1h 35m
Alexander X by Edward Savio
3.62 10h 42m
A New Reality by Stan Lee, Kat Rosenfield, Luke Lieberman, Ryan Silbert, Wil Wheaton
3.50 4h 20m
METAtropolis: Cascadia by Jay Lake, Mary Robinette Kowal, Elizabeth Bear, Ken Scholes, Karl Schroeder, René Auberjonois, Kate Mulgrew, Wil Wheaton, Gates McFadden, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Tobias S. Buckell
3.68 12h 55m
Old Venus by George R.R. Martin, Gardner Dozois, Ian McDonald, Garth Nix, Joe Haldeman, Gwyneth Jones, Matthew Hughes, Paul McAuley, Lavie Tidhar, Allen M. Steele, Stephen Leigh, Eleanor Arnason, David Brin, Michael Cassutt, Tobias S. Buckell, Elizabeth Bear, Joe R. Lansdale, Mike Resnick
3.57 22h 17m
More of the Best of Science Fiction and Fantasy by Richard Curtis, Arthur C. Clarke, Siddig El Fadil, Karen Joy Fowler, Joe Haldeman, Roger Zelazny, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Nana Visitor, Orson Scott Card, Robert Silverberg, Robin Curtis, John Varley, Claudia Christian, Lawrence Watt-Evans
3.70 5h 54m
Boneshaker by Cherie Priest
3.53 13h 42m
The Greatest Science Fiction Stories of the 20th Century by Martin H. Greenberg, Greg Bear, Terry Bisson, David Brin, John W. Campbell Jr., Arthur C. Clarke, Harlan Ellison, Ursula K. Le Guin, Judith Merril, Frederik Pohl, Eric Frank Russell, Terry Farrell, Denise Crosby, Alexander Siddig, Melissa Manchester
3.61 6h 28m
Rip-Off! by Gardner Dozois, John Scalzi, Jack Campbell, Mike Resnick, Tad Williams, Elizabeth Bear, Mary Robinette Kowal, Robert Charles Wilson, Allen M. Steele, Daryl Gregory, Lavie Tidhar, Nancy Kress, Paul Di Filippo, James Patrick Kelly, David Marantz, Dina Pearlman, Allyson Johnson, Marc Vietor, Ilyana Kadushin, Nicola Barber
3.39 11h 58m

Fantasy (11)

4.47 11h 31m
Starter Villain by John Scalzi
4.11 8h 5m
Third Eye by Felicia Day
4.10 6h 56m
Sign of Chaos by Roger Zelazny
3.99 5h 53m
Blood of Amber by Roger Zelazny
4.04 6h 33m
Trumps of Doom by Roger Zelazny
4.06 5h 31m
Prince of Chaos by Roger Zelazny
3.97 5h 57m
3.98 1h 44m
3.71

Literature & Fiction (4)

The Body by Robin Waterfield, Stephen King
4.30 6h 38m
Looking for Alaska by John Green
3.96 6h 40m
4.08 13h 52m
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer(Mark Twain Library) by Mark Twain, Paul Bænder, John C. Gerber, True W. Williams
3.92 3h 11m

Biography & Memoir (3)

4.16 11h 41m
Still Just a Geek by Wil Wheaton
4.02 23h 51m

Horror (3)

Full Throttle by Joe Hill
3.99 16h 12m
3.86 14h 35m
V-Wars by Jonathan Maberry, John Everson, Keith R.A. DeCandido, Scott Nicholson, Nancy Holder, Yvonne Navarro, James A. Moore, Gregory Frost, Dacre Stoker
3.73 18h 27m

Thriller (3)

Self Help by Ben H. Winters
3.52 3h 46m
3.89
Suspect Zero by Richard Kadrey
3.66

Business (2)

How to Prevent the Next Pandemic by Bill Gates, Mark Carney
  8h 37m
3.21 5h 39m

Self-Help (1)