Discover the Best Audio Stories in Science Fiction & Fantasy, Apocalyptic & Dystopian

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Title: Darkness and Dawn

Author: Andre Norton

Narrator: Eva Wilhelm

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 14 hours 33 minutes

Release date: January 18, 2022

Genres: Apocalyptic & Dystopian

Publisher's Summary:

NO NIGHT LASTS FOREVER . . . Centuries after the civilized world destroyed itself in a dimly-remembered final war, a few rebels courageously searched through the shattered cities—trying to regain old knowledge. One was Fors—driven from his clan for the crime of being a mutant. Though his people had long searched the remnants of the old world to regain the knowledge and skills of their ancestors, the land to the north was forbidden. Having nothing to lose, Pars and his feline companion set out to the north, little realizing what a staggering discovery they would make. Elsewhere, Sander also searched for the Before People who were said to have survived the great devastation. Then he encountered Fanyl, engaged in her own quest for the knowledge of the Before People. And soon they would find themselves threatened by an ancient evil which destroyed not just lives, but minds as well . . .

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Title: How High We Go in the Dark: A Novel

Author: Sequoia Nagamatsu

Narrator: Brianna Ishibashi, Keisuke Hoashi, Micky Shiloah, Stephanie Komure, Kotaro Watanabe, Jeanne Sakata, Kurt Kanazawa, Macleod Andrews, Joe Knezevich, Greg Watanabe, Matthew Bridges, Brian Nishii, Julia Whelan, Jason Culp

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 9 hours 20 minutes

Release date: January 18, 2022

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.77 of Total 22

Ratings of Narrator: 4.63 of Total 8

Genres: Apocalyptic & Dystopian

Publisher's Summary:

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE • ROXANE GAY'S AUDACIOUS BOOK CLUB PICK • FINALIST FOR THE URSULA K. LE GUIN PRIZE ''Moving and thought-provoking . . . offering psychological insights in lyrical prose while seriously exploring speculative conceits.'' — New York Times Book Review ''Haunting and luminous . . . Beautiful and lucid science fiction. An astonishing debut.''  — Alan Moore, creator of Watchmen and V for Vendetta Recommended by New York Times Book Review • Los Angeles Times • NPR • Washington Post • Wall Street Journal • Entertainment Weekly • Esquire • Good Housekeeping • NBC News • Buzzfeed • Goodreads • The Millions • The Philadelphia Inquirer • Minneapolis Star-Tribune • San Francisco Chronicle • The Guardian • and many more! For fans of Cloud Atlas and Station Eleven, a spellbinding and profoundly prescient debut that follows a cast of intricately linked characters over hundreds of years as humanity struggles to rebuild itself in the aftermath of a climate plague—a daring and deeply heartfelt work of mind-bending imagination from a singular new voice.  In 2030, a grieving archeologist arrives in the Arctic Circle to continue the work of his recently deceased daughter at the Batagaika Crater, where researchers are studying long-buried secrets now revealed in melting permafrost, including the perfectly preserved remains of a girl who appears to have died of an ancient virus. Once unleashed, the Arctic plague will reshape life on Earth for generations to come, quickly traversing the globe, forcing humanity to devise a myriad of moving and inventive ways to embrace possibility in the face of tragedy. In a theme park designed for terminally ill children, a cynical employee falls in love with a mother desperate to hold on to her infected son. A heartbroken scientist searching for a cure finds a second chance at fatherhood when one of his test subjects—a pig—develops the capacity for human speech. A widowed painter and her teenaged granddaughter embark on a cosmic quest to locate a new home planet.  From funerary skyscrapers to hotels for the dead to interstellar starships, Sequoia Nagamatsu takes readers on a wildly original and compassionate journey, spanning continents, centuries, and even celestial bodies to tell a story about the resilience of the human spirit, our infinite capacity to dream, and the connective threads that tie us all together in the universe. ''Wondrous, and not just in the feats of imagination, which are so numerous it makes me dizzy to recall them, but also in the humanity and tenderness with which Sequoia Nagamatsu helps us navigate this landscape. . . . This is a truly amazing book, one to keep close as we imagine the uncertain future.''  — Kevin Wilson, New York Times bestselling author of Nothing to See Here

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Title: The Unfamiliar Garden

Series: #2 of The Comet Cycle

Author: Benjamin Percy

Narrator: Mela Lee, Will Collyer

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 7 hours 16 minutes

Release date: January 4, 2022

Genres: Apocalyptic & Dystopian

Publisher's Summary:

The night the sky fell, Jack and Nora Abernathy’s daughter vanished in the woods. And Mia’s disappearance broke her parents’ already fragile marriage. Unable to solve her own daughter’s case, Nora lost herself in her work as a homicide detective. Jack became a shell of a man; his promising career as a biologist crumbling alongside the meteor strikes that altered weather patterns and caused a massive drought. It isn’t until five years later that the rains finally return to nourish Seattle. In this period of sudden growth, Jack uncovers evidence of a new parasitic fungus, while Nora investigates several brutal, ritualistic murders. Soon they will be drawn together by a horrifying connection between their discoveries—partnering to fight a deadly contagion as well as the government forces that know the truth about the fate of their daughter. Award-winning author Benjamin Percy delivers both a gripping science fiction thriller and a dazzling examination of a planet—and a marriage—that have broken.

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Title: The High House: A Novel

Author: Jessie Greengrass

Narrator: Mariam Abu-Hejleh, Sam Newton, Camilla Rockley

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 6 hours 23 minutes

Release date: January 4, 2022

Genres: Apocalyptic & Dystopian

Publisher's Summary:

Shortlisted for the 2021 Costa Novel Award In this powerful, highly anticipated novel from an award-winning author, four people attempt to make a home in the midst of environmental disaster. Perched on a sloping hill, set away from a small town by the sea, the High House has a tide pool and a mill, a vegetable garden, and, most importantly, a barn full of supplies. Caro, Pauly, Sally, and Grandy are safe, so far, from the rising water that threatens to destroy the town and that has, perhaps, already destroyed everything else. But for how long? Caro and her younger half-brother, Pauly, arrive at the High House after her father and stepmother fall victim to a faraway climate disaster—but not before they call and urge Caro to leave London. In their new home, a converted summer house cared for by Grandy and his granddaughter, Sally, the two pairs learn to live together. Yet there are limits to their safety, limits to the supplies, limits to what Grandy—the former village caretaker, a man who knows how to do everything—can teach them as his health fails. A searing novel that takes on parenthood, sacrifice, love, and survival under the threat of extinction, The High House is a stunning, emotionally precise novel about what can be salvaged at the end of the world.

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Title: The School for Good Mothers: A Novel

Author: Jessamine Chan

Narrator: Catherine Ho

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 11 hours 56 minutes

Release date: January 4, 2022

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.52 of Total 33

Ratings of Narrator: 2.91 of Total 11

Genres: Apocalyptic & Dystopian

Publisher's Summary:

Longlisted for the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel Longlisted for the 2023 Carnegie Medal for Excellence Shortlisted for The Center for Fiction 2022 First Novel Prize Selected as One of Barack Obama’s Favorite Books of 2022! In this New York Times bestseller and Today show Read with Jenna Book Club Pick, one lapse in judgement lands a young mother in a government reform program where custody of her child hangs in the balance, in this “surreal” (People), “remarkable” (Vogue), and “infuriatingly timely” (The New York Times Book Review) debut novel. Frida Liu is struggling. She doesn’t have a career worthy of her Chinese immigrant parents’ sacrifices. She can’t persuade her husband, Gust, to give up his wellness-obsessed younger mistress. Only with Harriet, their cherubic daughter, does Frida finally attain the perfection expected of her. Harriet may be all she has, but she is just enough. Until Frida has a very bad day. The state has its eye on mothers like Frida. The ones who check their phones, letting their children get injured on the playground; who let their children walk home alone. Because of one moment of poor judgement, a host of government officials will now determine if Frida is a candidate for a Big Brother-like institution that measures the success or failure of a mother’s devotion. Faced with the possibility of losing Harriet, Frida must prove that a bad mother can be redeemed. That she can learn to be good. An “intense” (Oprah Daily), “captivating” (Today) page-turner that is also a transgressive novel of ideas about the perils of “perfect” upper-middle class parenting; the violence enacted upon women by both the state and, at times, one another; the systems that separate families; and the boundlessness of love, The School for Good Mothers introduces, in Frida, an everywoman for the ages. Using dark wit to explore the pains and joys of the deepest ties that bind us, Chan has written a modern literary classic.

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Title: Elemental Accords: Gold is Might

Series: #1 of Elemental Accords

Author: Matthew Peed

Narrator: Gary Bennett

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 7 hours 12 minutes

Release date: December 28, 2021

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1

Genres: Apocalyptic & Dystopian

Publisher's Summary:

The Elemental Accords. A tournament that Earth has been chosen to take part in whether they want to or not. As a result, the entire planet is now a giant game. With people gaining access to skills and levels. For most, this is nothing short of a nightmare. For others, it is their chance to grab everything and claim the world as their own. Aurum Lockfeather, named after the golden substance has been chosen as a champion by one of the many gods taking part in the tournament. First, he just has to survive the week with monsters of all shapes and sizes popping out from every hole in the city. Let's not even mention the dungeons, giant behemoths, and fallen gods. With his desire being turned into his power, will he come out on top or will another claim the glory?

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Title: Dollish Takeover

Series: #2 of Station 64: The Doll Dungeon

Author: Matthew Peed

Narrator: Chloe Cannon

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 7 hours 0 minutes

Release date: December 28, 2021

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1

Genres: Apocalyptic & Dystopian

Publisher's Summary:

Settled in is hardly the phrase Azaria would use after being a dungeon core for a month. It isn't that hard to say that she has managed to make a splash on the city of Neo-Chicago. To the point that the top guy, Neo himself has apparently taken an interest in her. Azaria has to deal with them and hopefully not break anything else while being the cutest dungeon core in town. Not that anyone can see her. Lance has finally gotten revenge on the man that wrongfully accused her. That doesn't mean her problems are over. In the process, she made more than a few new enemies and finds that one person can only do so much. She needs help to wield more power in the already divided city. The only question is whether she’ll have any humanity left when she's done.

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Title: Ectopia (unabridged)

Author: Martin Goodman

Narrator: Emma Tierney, Daniel Hird

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 9 hours 19 minutes

Release date: December 15, 2021

Genres: Apocalyptic & Dystopian

Publisher's Summary:

Daniel Hird For sixteen years the Earth has baked and no girls have been born. Karen's the last girl and Steven's her gay twin. Dad turns their home into a fortress as women take the chance to rule the world. Their eyes are on Steven. Perhaps, with a little medical interference, he could be the saviour of the world. 'Steven is a brilliant narrator with a thrilling tale to tell. His language sculpts this reality in a striking, penetrating way, often combining beautiful observations with cutting colloquial realism.' - Barbara Melville, Interzone Ectopia takes themes of gender, feminism, climate change, cloning, psychedelics, racism, and genetic modification and mixes them into a 21st Century Brave New World 'Ectopia is a thought provoking read that isn't afraid to take risks, which gives it a leg up in the crowded dystopian marketplace.' - Litreactor 'Ectopia is a terrific novel with excellent characterisation, world-building, narration and dialogue. It's also thematically strong, exploring the connections between binary concepts, including male versus female, gay versus straight, and soulful versus soulless. The result is a story of great depth, raising questions about who we are and how we define ourselves.' - Interzone Bios Author Born in Leicester, Martin Goodman's career in writing, teaching, acting and publishing has taken him around the globe. 'All we can do is rattle the bars and look after him as he runs into the hills. We wait for his letters home.' - The Los Angeles Times. He's published eleven books, some award-winning and most not. He is Emeritus Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Hull. Narrators Daniel Hird is a Scottish actor and theatre-maker who trained at Manchester School of Theatre. On Stage he has appeared in his own one-man show OLD BONES (Jen McGregor), as well as HEAVEN BURNS (Jen McGregor and Flavia D'Avila), VOLANTE (Jen McGregor), and #SONS OF GOD: A COMPACT CORIOLANUS (William Shakespeare: adapted by Jen McGregor). For Manchester School of theatre, he has appeared in ON THE SHORE OF THE WIDE WORLD (Simon Stephens), VINEGAR TOM (Caryl Churchill), BABIES (Jonathan Harvey), and IMAGE OF AN UNKNOWN YOUNG WOMAN (Elinor Cook). On Screen Daniel has appeared in BOB SERVANT (Neil Forsyth), and has provided voices for numerous BBC Documentaries. Daniel was also a finalist at the 2021 Carlton Hobbs Award. Emma Tierney has a BA (hons) in Acting from the University of Central Lancashire, and is represented by Urban Talent. Emma has been lucky enough to work with companies such as the BBC, Red Production Company and AbbottVision over the last few years. Ectopia is her first audiobook and she's thrilled to have been cast as the voice of Karen.

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Title: [German] - Hella: Your Yesterday Is My Tomorrow

Author: Melanie Mur

Narrator: Toni Michael Sattler, Fanny Bechert

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 6 hours 33 minutes

Release date: December 14, 2021

Genres: Apocalyptic & Dystopian

Publisher's Summary:

Was ist, wenn die Zukunft zur Vergangenheit wird? Als das Bauernmädchen Hella eines Tages in den Wald geht, um nach einem heilenden Kraut für ihre todkranke Mutter zu suchen, begegnet sie einem merkwürdigen Jungen namens James. Mit ihm erscheinen weitere Fremde in der mittelalterlichen Stadt und wollen diese einnehmen. Hella erfährt, dass James zu der Gruppe gehört, die sich die 'Oversְ' nennt, doch das ist nicht das Schlimmste: Sie kommen aus der Zukunft! Von ihrem unbewohnbaren Planeten aus dem Jahr 2176 geflüchtet, möchten sie sich nun hier ein neues Leben aufbauen. Doch der Captain der 'Overs' scheint seine ganz eigene Zukunft gestalten zu wollen …

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Title: Watch Dogs Legion: Day Zero

Series: Part of Watch Dogs: Legion

Author: Josh Reynolds, James Swallow

Narrator: Sam Kusi

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 10 hours 17 minutes

Release date: December 14, 2021

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1

Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1

Genres: Apocalyptic & Dystopian

Publisher's Summary:

A secretive resistance movement is the last line of defense in this heart-pounding prequel to 2020's most-anticipated video game release, Ubisoft's Watch Dogs: Legion Bike messenger and wannabe troublemaker Olly Soames is the newest recruit to DedSec's Resistance movement, but when a stranger is shot dead in front of him, he realizes that danger is closer than he thinks . . . Sarah Lincoln is an aggressive young politician with questionable methods and big ambitions, and when a string of murders unfolds in her borough, it may be the opportunity she has been looking for to make a name for herself . . . Ex-MMA fighter turned leg-breaker Ro Hayes is in deep with the vicious Clan Kelley, the most brutal organized crime firm in the city's underworld, and her survival rests on uncovering a dead man's secrets . . . And for Danny, Ro's estranged brother and former soldier, his new career with private military contractor Albion is leading him down a very dark path, toward choices he may never be able to take back . . . Four lives are drawn into a murderous conspiracy that threatens to destroy Dedsec and plunge the city chaos. Something very bad is going down in London town . . .