Battlefield Earth cover art

Battlefield Earth

Post-Apocalyptic Sci-Fi and New York Times Bestseller

Preview
Get this deal Try Premium Plus free
Offer ends 29 January 2026 at 11:59PM GMT.
Prime members: New to Audible? Get 2 free audiobooks during trial.
Just £0.99/mo for your first 3 months of Audible.
1 bestseller or new release per month—yours to keep.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, podcasts, and Originals.
Auto-renews at £8.99/mo after 3 months. Cancel monthly.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically.

Battlefield Earth

By: L. Ron Hubbard
Narrated by: Josh Clark, Corey Burton, Fred Tatascorie, Stefan Rudnicki, Nancy Cartwright, R. F. Daley, Kaleo Griffith, Don Leslie, Ralph Lister, Scott Menville, Jim Meskimen, Tamra Meskimen, Phillip Proctor, Michael Yurchak, Full Cast
Get this deal Try Premium Plus free

£8.99/mo after 3 months. Cancel monthly. Offer ends 29 January 2026 at 11:59PM GMT.

£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Buy Now for £4.99

Buy Now for £4.99

LIMITED TIME OFFER | £0.99/mo for the first 3 months

Premium Plus auto-renews at £8.99/mo after 3 months. Terms apply.

About this listen

Audie Award Winner • Earphones Award Winner • Best of 2016 Science Fiction Audiobook

Battlefield Earth is an enormous epic of adventure set in the year 3000, when the future survival of what's left of the human race is at stake. When Jonnie Goodboy Tyler decides to venture out of the small and dwindling community of humans barely surviving in their Rocky Mountain retreat, he has no thought of challenging the order that for a thousand years has held the earth prisoner to the oppressive alien race of the Psychlos.

The Psychlos and their vast intergalactic mining corporation have dominated and exploited all known galaxies for centuries, ruthlessly destroying races who dare to resist. How one man - with the aid of a few surviving Scotsmen—tackles the greatest malignant power in the universe makes for a sprawling adventure of thrilling heroics, full of dangerous underground work, interplanetary wars, intergalactic financial intrigue, monster races, and complex political manipulation spread across a vast canvas of epic scale.

Experience the unabridged audiobook in fully immersive HD sound of the story that changed the shape of science fiction forever. Performed by over 65 actors playing 198 characters with 150,000 sound effects.

“The sheer scope of this production of the epic sci-fi adventure Battlefield Earth is breathtaking.” (Stefan Rudnicki)

“This futuristic tale, featuring aliens and humans fighting for survival, comes across as compelling and believable.” (Booklist)

“It's like a full-blown feature film inside your head.” (Audiobook Heaven)

“A vivid movie of the mind!” (Audio File Magazine)

Unlike any other audiobook ever produced. A fully immersive experience, this unabridged audiobook features more than 65 actors including Grammy Award-winning audiobook producer and narrator Stefan Rudnicki.

This state-of-the-art audio engineering has created a wholly cinematic soundtrack with:

  • 46 hours of pulse-pounding drama and action professionally recorded with high-definition sound.
  • A gorgeous cinematic soundtrack with full orchestral compositions and more than 150,000 sound effects.
  • A cast of more than 65 actors - many of whom are celebrity voices from TV, films, and games - performing 198 characters.

Awards and Accolades: Top 100 science fiction books

  • Top three of the best 100 English language novels of the 20th century by the Random House Modern Library Readers Poll
  • US Golden Scroll and Saturn Awards
  • Tetradramma d'Oro Award
  • Gutenberg Award

Listen to the novel that changed the shape of science fiction.

Additional performers include: Roy Abramsohn, Corey Burton, Nancy Cartwright, Bob Caso, R. F. Daley, Charles Davis, Neil Dickson, Ellen Dubin, Jim Meskimen, Tamra Meskimen, Michael Gough, Kaleo Griffith, Christina Huntington, Larrs Jackson, Don Leslie, Ralph Lister, Mark Mintz, Phil Nee, Joe Ochman, Mr. Phil Proctor, Enn Reitel, Patrick Renna, Alan Shearman, Thomas Silcott, Tadao Tomomatsu, Bob Walter, Matt Wolf, Robert Wu, Michael Yurchak, Gregory Lee Kenyon, Darren Richardson, Jason Wilburn, Rick Zieff, and Roger Steffens.

©2016 Galaxy Audio (P)2016 Galaxy Audio
Adventure Dystopian Fiction First Contact Military Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction Space Opera Survival Interstellar Celebrity War

Listeners also enjoyed...

The Invaders Plan cover art
To the Stars cover art
Cartwright's Cavaliers cover art
Freedom's Fire Box Set, Books 1-6 cover art
Red Company: First Strike! cover art
The Primal Hunter cover art
Slow Burn Box Set cover art
Robert E. Howard's Conan the Cimmerian Barbarian cover art
The Omega Command cover art
Patriots cover art
First Command Box Set: Spacers, Books 1-6 cover art
Predator: Incursion cover art
Duty, Honor, Planet cover art
The Cipher cover art
Dune cover art
Star Wars Audio Adventures: The Book of Boba Fett Junior Novel cover art

Critic reviews

"A vivid movie of the mind." (AudioFile)

“The sheer scope of this production of the epic sci-fi adventure Battlefield Earth is breathtaking.” (Stefan Rudnicki)

"Pulse-pounding mile-a-minute sci-fi action adventure that does not stop. It is a masterpiece of popular adventure science-fiction." (Brandon Sanderson)

All stars
Most relevant
I read this book some years ago and was transfixed by it. Probably one of my favourite books in the Genre.

When I saw that this book was on audible, my jaw hit the desk! I was a little unsure about the theatrical version, if I'm to be honest. But, wow! Was I wrong! It's done really well, really well. The only gripe I have is the annoying music at the end of each chapter, but, it's only a minor thing.

The voice actors do a fantastic job, which makes them very memorable.

All in all, it's well worth a listen, or read.

Read this many moons ago..

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

a beautiful and we narrated story that made it a good listen. The music and use of different people to narrate made the whole thing come to life. Enjoyed the multiple twists and turns.
on the down side, it was slightly longer in some place and could make do with extra description. Some technology seemed dated and just managed to get away with it. Still highly recommended.

A Great Different Story

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

Love love loved this.. absolute epic listen but well worth it, don't know why this was never made into a movie trilogy to rival the best of the rest.

ABSOLUTE EPIC!!!!!!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

Absolutely loved this book. The introduction/explanation of the genre and reasoning behind the book at the beginning was great too. Very well written, Narrated and performed. Could not put this down.

Brilliant

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

Great story that just keeps getting better with every turn in the story. great characters and gripping. Ever time you think it is about to end it takes another turn... Best scifi book I had heard for years

Amazing.. Just gets better and better

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

See more reviews