As 2025 begins, we discuss some of the audiobooks we are looking forward to in the new year.

Round 1:

Shachi: Hot Air (Written by: Marcy Dermansky / Narrated by: TBA): March 18, 2025 [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible]

Mark: The Martian Contingency (Written & Narrated by: Mary Robinette Kowal): March 18, 2025 [Audible]

Lisa: Notes from a Regicide (Written by: Isaac Fellman / Narrated by: Avi Roque): April 15, 2025 [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible]

Scott: The Last Soul Among Wolves (Written by: Melissa Caruso / Narrated by: TBA): August 19, 2025 [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible]

Round 2:

Shachi: I Leave It Up to You (Written by: Jinwoo Chong / Narrated by: Daniel K. Isaac): March 4, 2025 [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible]

Mark: A Physical Education: How I Escaped Diet Culture and Gained the Power of Lifting (Written by: Casey Johnston / Narrated by: TBA): May 6, 2025  [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible]

Lisa: The Last Contract of Isako (Written by: Fonda Lee/ Narrated by: TBA): October 9, 2025

Scott: The Shattering Peace (Written by: John Scalzi / Narrated by: TBA): September 16, 2025

As 2024 comes to a close, we (Mark, Shachi, Lisa, and Scott) take a look back at some of our favorite audiobooks from 2024.

Round 1:

Shachi: James [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible]  / [Episode 250]

Mark: The Mercy of Gods [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible]  / [Episode 274]

Lisa: Those Beyond the Wall [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 248]

Scott: The Maid and the Crocodile [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 281]

Round 2:

Shachi: Martyr! [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible]

Mark: Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible]

Lisa: The Stardust Grail [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 260]

Scott: The Last Hour Between Worlds [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 285]

Round 3:

Shachi: There Are Rivers in the Sky [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible]

Mark: Unraveled [Audible]

Lisa: Service Model [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 257] 

Scott: Someone You Can Build a Nest In [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 253]

Additional Picks:

Shachi: Enter Ghost; Annie Bot; Demon Copperhead; Worm: A Cuban American Odyssey

Mark: 1000 Words: A Guide to Staying Creative, Focused, and Productive All-Year Round, How to ADHD: An Insider's Guide to Working with Your Brain (Not Against It), Harry Potter - narrated by Stephen Fry

Lisa: The Practice, the Horizon and the Chain; Moonstorm; Mirrored Heavens - Between Earth and Sky (series); Stories are Weapons: Psychological Warfare and the American Mind

This time we discussed Heavenly Tyrant, book two of the Iron Widow series, written by Xiran Jay Zhao and narrated by Rong Fu.

Thank you to Libro.fm ALC Program and Penguin Random House Canada for providing audio review copies of Heavenly Tyrant for today’s episode.

Heavenly Tyrant [Libro.fm]

Iron Widow [Libro.fm]

Everfair [Libro.fm]

Kinning [Libro.fm]

This time we discussed Voyage of the Damned, written by Frances White and narrated by Nathan Foad. We also discussed some of our favorite recent short fiction listens in our short fiction spotlight.

Voyage of the Damned [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible]

Raybearer [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 91]

The Locked Tomb (Series): Gideon the Ninth [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

The Cemeteries of Amalo (Series): The Witness for the Dead [Libro.fm] /  [Episode 116]

Short Fiction Spotlight:

”Fractal Karma” written by Arula Ratnakar, narrated by Kate Baker [Clarkesworld] - Issue 217: October 2024

”Something Crossing Over, Something Coming Back” written by Timothy Mudie, narrated by Kate Baker [Clarkesworld] - Issue 215: August 2024

”Woodmask” written by Adrian Tchaikovsky, narrated by Erika Ensign [Uncanny Magazine] - Issue Sixty-One

”A Strange and Terrible Wonder” written by Katie McIvor, narrated by Devin Martin [PodCastle 862]

”Conversation with a Dragon” written and narrated by Cat Rambo [Beneath Ceaseless Skies] - Issue 414

“Salemo” written by David Marino, narrated by Stefen Rudnicki [Lightspeed] - April 2024 (Issue 167)

This week we are each sharing some mini reviews that we think you may enjoy.

Key Lime Sky: written by Al Hess / Narrated by: Curtis Michael Holland [Audible]

Planetfall: written and narrated by Emma Newman [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible]

A Very Scalzi Christmas: written by John Scalzi / Narrated by: Khristine Hvam, Dina Pearlman, Kevin T. Collins, Josh Hurley, Neil Hellegers, L. J. Ganser, Erin Mallon [Audible]

This time we discussed The Last Hour Between Worlds, written by Melissa Caruso and narrated by Moira Quirk.

Thank you to Libro.fm ALC Program and Hachette Audio for providing audio review copies of The Last Hour Between Worlds for today’s episode.

The Last Hour Between Worlds [Libro.fm]

A Darker Shade of Magic [Libro.fm]

A Half-Built Garden [Libro.fm]

The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi [Libro.fm] / [Episode 199]

Even Though I Knew the End [Libro.fm] / [Episode 180]

The Locked Tomb (Series): Gideon the Ninth [Libro.fm]

This time on Narrated, we discussed what makes a comfort read and shared some of our favorites with a Narrated draft.

Round 1:

Shachi: The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

Lisa: The Vorkosigan Saga (Series): The Warrior's Apprentice [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible]

Scott: Wayfarers (Series): The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

Round 2:

Shachi: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]  /  [Episode 164]

Lisa: The Murderbot Diaries (Series): All Systems Red [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible]

Scott: Legends & Lattes [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 150]

Round 3:

Shachi: Sophie Go's Lonely Hearts Club [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible]

Lisa: Non-Fiction books about space - Lonely Planets: The Natural Philosophy of Alien Life [OverDrive/Libby]

Scott: The Expanse (Series): Leviathan Wakes [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible]

Additional Picks:

Shachi: Phantom Tollbooth; Anne of Green Gables; Klara and the Sun; My Life as a Goddess: A Memoir through (Un)Popular Culture; You Can't Be Serious; Sh🍿t, Actually

Lisa: The Kingston Cycle (Series): Witchmark; fan fiction

Scott: Monk & Robot (Series): A Psalm for the Wild-Built; The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi

This time we discussed Countess, written by Suzan Palumbo and narrated by Chanté McCormick. We also discussed some of our favorite recent short fiction listens in our short fiction spotlight.

Countess [Libro.fm]

Short Fiction Spotlight:

”A Stranger Knocks” written by Tananarive Due, narrated by Matt Peters [Uncanny Magazine] - Issue Sixty

”Nine Tenths of the Law” written by K.J. Parker, narrated by Heath Miller [Beneath Ceaseless Skies] - Issue 417

”Sturdy Ladders and Lanterns” written by Malka Older, narrated by Valerie Valdes [Escape Pod 953]

”LuvHome™” written by Resa Nelson, narrated by Kate Baker [Clarkesworld] - Issue 218: November 2024

”A Short Biography of a Conscious Chair” written by Renan Bernardo, narrated by Valerie Valdes [PodCastle 852&853]

“The Heist for the Soul of humanity” written by Filip Hajdar Drnovšek Zorko, narrated by Susan Hanfield [Lightspeed] - July 2024 (Issue 170)

This week we celebrated Non-Fiction November by discussing some of our favorite non-fiction reads and listens from 2024.

Biography/Memoir:

Airplane Mode: An Irreverent History of Travel [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

Funny Boy: The Richard Hunt Biography [Libro.fm] / [

This time we discussed The Maid and the Crocodile, written by Jordan Ifueko and narrated by Adetinpo Thomas.

The Maid and the Crocodile [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

Raybearer [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 91]

Redemptor [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 118]

”The Sin of America” [Uncanny Magazine] 

Other References:

The Vorkosigan Saga (Series) [Overdrive/Libby] / [Libro.fm] / [Audible]

Barrayar [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible Plus] / [Hugos There #62]

Litter Mates on Bluesky