Did you know that audiobooks have been around since the 1930s? The industry has come a long, long way since then! Nowadays, we can get fully casted productions with notable actors voicing our favorite characters, as well as those voiced by one of the audiobook industry's several luminaries. The industry has grown so much it now boasts its own hall of fame and, for the last 25 years,the Audie Awards, to honor the best of the best.
We understand the value of being recognized by the industry, but it's the voice of the listeners we're really interested in, and so last week we asked you to nominate and vote for your favorites.
Now, it's time to decide.
We narrowed down the list of your nominations to the ten most voted for, and now it's time to figure out which one is the very best!
*As alway this list is made up by combining votes from this blog and our Facebook group.
Time to Decide: What Is The Best Sci-Fi Audiobook Of All Time?
Expeditionary Force Series by Craig Alanson narrated by R.C. Bray 24%, 192 votes
192 votes24%
192 votes - 24% of all votes
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams narrated by Stephen Fry 14%, 107 votes
107 votes14%
107 votes - 14% of all votes
We Are Legion (We Are Bob): Bobiverse by Dennis E. Taylor narrated Ray Porter 13%, 106 votes
106 votes13%
106 votes - 13% of all votes
The Martian by Andy Weir narrated by R C Bray 11%, 84 votes
84 votes11%
84 votes - 11% of all votes
Galaxy's Edge by Jason Anspach and Nick Cole narrated by R.C. Bray 9%, 70 votes
70 votes9%
70 votes - 9% of all votes
Hell Divers by Nicholas Sansbury Smith narrated by RC Bray 9%, 70 votes
70 votes9%
70 votes - 9% of all votes
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline narrated by Wil Wheaton 6%, 50 votes
50 votes6%
50 votes - 6% of all votes
Renegade Star Series by JN Chaney narrated by Luke Daniels 5%, 41 vote
41 vote5%
41 vote - 5% of all votes
The Expanse Series by James S. A. Corey narrated by Jefferson Mays 5%, 40 votes
40 votes5%
40 votes - 5% of all votes
Old Man's War by John Scalzi narrated by William Dufris 4%, 28 votes
28 votes4%
28 votes - 4% of all votes
Total Votes: 788
October 20, 2020
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James says:
I have NEVER listened to an audiobook and therefore can not in good conscience cast a vote.
Truthfully, if you were to ask “…of all time”, I would, without even thinking, nominate “War of the Worlds” by HG Wells, on a Double-LP set set to music.
My wife and I listened to it again (on LP) in September, and it is still as thrilling to us as it was 50 years ago!
I have NEVER listened to an audiobook and therefore can not in good conscience cast a vote.
Glory Road by Robert Heinlein
Why in the shit is seveneves not in this list?
Truthfully, if you were to ask “…of all time”, I would, without even thinking, nominate “War of the Worlds” by HG Wells, on a Double-LP set set to music.
My wife and I listened to it again (on LP) in September, and it is still as thrilling to us as it was 50 years ago!