This time on Narrated, we discussed some of our favorite adaptations of books into movies.

Mark: The Wild Robot (2024) [Wikipedia]

Shachi: West Side Story (1961) [Wikipedia]

Lisa Arrival (2016) [Wikipedia]

Scott: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring) [Wikipedia]

Mark: The Hunger Games (2012) [Wikipedia]

Shachi: Jurassic Park (1993) [Wikipedia]

Lisa The Princess Bride (1987) [Wikipedia]

Scott: The Shawshank Redemption (1994) [Wikipedia]

This time we discussed City of Others, written by Jared Poon, and narrated by David Lee Huynh

City of Others [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]

Novellavember 2025 [Episode 333]

2025 Series Recap [Episode 337]

Our Favorites of 2025 [Episode 339]

2025 Recommended Reading List

Hugo Award Spreadsheet of Doom

Small Gods of Calamity [Overdrive/Libby]

Rivers of London (Series): Midnight Riot [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

Constituent Service: A Third District Story [Overdrive/Libby]

The Laundry Files (Series): The Atrocity Archives [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

October Daye (Series): Rosemary and Rue [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

This time we discussed The Daughter Who Remains, Book 3 of the She Who Knows series, written by Nnedi Okorafor, and narrated by Yetide Badaki.

The Daughter Who Remains [Audible] / [OverDrive/Libby]

Hugo Award Spreadsheet of Doom

She Who Knows [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

Who Fears Death [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

The Book of Phoenix [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

To Shape a Dragon's Breath [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

Noor [Libro.fm]

Sworn Soldier (Series): What Moves the Dead [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

Binti (Series): Binti [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

This time we discussed Hemlock & Silver, written by T. Kingfisher, and narrated by Jennifer Pickens

Hemlock & Silver [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]

The Muppet Show (2026) [Disney+]

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

Castle Hangnail [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]

Sworn Soldier (Series): What Moves the Dead [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

Wolf Worm [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]

A Sorceress Comes to Call [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

The Butcher of the Forest [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

Spinning Silver [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

This time we discussed Hamnet, written by Maggie O'Farrell, and narrated by Jessie Buckley or Ell Potter

Hamnet narrated by Jessie Buckley [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]

Hamnet narrated by Ell Potter [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]

The Golem and the Jinni [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Episode 14]

Land: June 2, 2026 [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow [Libro.fm]

Enter Ghost [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]

This time we discussed To Ride a Rising Storm, ritten by Moniquill Blackgoose, and narrated by Charley Flyte. Thank you to Penguin Random House Audio for reaching out to provide advanced review copies for today's episode

To Ride a Rising Storm [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]

To Shape a Dragon's Breath [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

Sinners (2025) [IMDb]

Hamnet [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

Author Interviews from Arisia - Part II [Episode 241]

Kinning [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]

The Scholomance (Series): A Deadly Education [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

Temeraire (Series) [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

This time we discussed Of Monsters and Mainframes, written by Barbara Truelove, and narrated by Chris Devon, Emana Rachelle, Charlie Albers, Eve Passeltiner, Zura Johnson, Cary Hite & Gail Shalan. We also discussed some of our favorite recent short fiction listens in our short fiction spotlight.

Of Monsters and Mainframes [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]

Starfleet Academy (2026) [Paramount+]

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

The Murderbot Diaries (Series) - All Systems Red [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

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

Someone You Can Build a Nest In [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]

Space Opera [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

Short Fiction Spotlight:

"Wire Mother" written by R.T. Ester, narrated by Kate Baker [Clarkesworld] - Issue 231: December 2025 / Short Story

"The Teleporting Disaster Fairy" written by Rati Mehrotra, narrated by Matt Peters [Uncanny Magazine] - Issue Sixty-Seven / Short Story

"The Space Between Us" written by P.A. Cornell, narrated by Justine Eyre & Stefan Rudnicki [Lightspeed] - December 2025 (Issue 187) / Short Story

"Message in a Babel" written by Adam-Troy Castro, narrated by Stefan Rudnicki [Lightspeed] - March 2025 (Issue 178) / Short Story

"Your Hold is Ready" written by Laura Duerr, narrated by Dani Cutler [Cast of Wonders 658] / Short Story

This time we discussed Slow Gods, written by Claire North, and narrated by Peter Kenny.

Thank you to Libro.fm ALC Program and Hachette Audio for providing review copies of Slow Gods, for today's episode.

Slow Gods [Libro.fm]

The Final Architecture (Series): Shards of Earth [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

Some Desperate Glory [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

The Three-Body Problem [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

The Man from Earth (2007) [IMDb]

We Are Legion (We Are Bob) [Audible]

As 2026 begins, we discuss some of the audiobooks we are looking forward to in the new year.

Round 1:

Shachi: Land (Written by: Maggie O'Farrell / Narrated by: TBA): June 2, 2026 [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]

Mark: Platform Decay (Written by: Martha Wells / Narrated by: TBA): May 5, 2026 [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]

Lisa: To Ride a Rising Storm (Written by: Moniquill Blackgoose / Narrated by: Charley Flyte): January 27, 2026 [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]

The Killing Spell (Written by: Shay Kauwe / Narrated by: TBA): April 14, 2026 [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]

Scott: The Tapestry of Fate (Written by: Shannon Chakraborty / Narrated by: TBA): May 12, 2026 [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]

Round 2:

Shachi: Last Night in Brooklyn (Written by: Xochitl Gonzalez / Narrated by: Elizabeth Rodriguez): April 21, 2026 [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]

Mark: The Faith of Beasts (Written by: James S.A. Corey / Narrated by: TBA): April 14, 2026 [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]

Lisa: The Language of Liars (Written by: S. L. Huang / Narrated by: TBA): April 14, 2026 [OverDrive/Libby]

Scott: Green City Wars (Written by: Adrian Tchaikovsky / Narrated by: John Pirhalla): June 23, 2026 [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]

As the year comes to a close, we take a look back at some of our favorite audiobooks from 2025.

Round 1:

Shachi: The Road to Tender Hearts [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]

Mark: Best Laid Plans: A Simple Planning System for Living a Life That You Love [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]

Lisa: Death of the Author [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]

Scott: A Drop of Corruption [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Episode 310]

Round 2:

Shachi: The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]

Mark: Songs for Other Peoples Weddings [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]

Lisa: Down in the Sea of Angels [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

Scott: Automatic Noodle [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Episode 319] / [Sundry Book Club: Chatting with Author Annalee Newitz]

Round 3:

Shachi: North Sun: Or, The Voyage of the Whaleship Esther [OverDrive/Libby]

Mark: Write Through It [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

Lisa: Luminous [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

Scott: Saltcrop [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Episode 329]

Additional Picks:

Shachi: Hot Air; I leave it Up to You; The City and Its Uncertain Walls; Big Chief; The Slip; Intemperance; Gliff

Mark: A Physical Education, Martian Contingency, The Shattering Peace

Lisa: Notes from a Regicide; Lessons in Magic and Disaster; The Everasting; Sunward; Automatic Noodle