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

This time we discussed The Everlasting, written by Alix E. Harrow, and narrated by Moira Quirk & Sid Sagar.

The Everlasting [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]

Keeping Time (Series): Timepiece [OverDrive/Libby]

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court [Audible]

The Ten Thousand Doors of January [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

Starling House [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

Fractured Fables (Series): A Spindle Splintered [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

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

This week we discussed some of the 2025 Science Fiction and Fantasy series installments we have read and listened to throughout the year, including our thoughts on nominations for the Hugo Award for Best Series.

Convergence (Series): A Ruin, Great and Free [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

Legends & Lattes (Series): Brigands and Breadknives [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

Vita Nostra (Series): School of Shards [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

October Daye (Series): Silver and Lead [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

She Who Knows (Series) / Who Fears Death (Series) : One Way Witch [Audible] / [Overdrive/Libby]

The Midsolar Murders (Series): Infinite Archive [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

The Annual Migration of Clouds (Series): The First Thousand Trees [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

Lady Astronaut (Series): The Martian Contingency [Audible]

The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti (Series): The Potency of Ungovernable Impulses [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]

Novellavember 2025 [Ep 333]

The Singing Hills Cycle (Series): A Mouthful of Dust [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

The Adventure of the Demonic Ox: A Penric and Desdemona Novella [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

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

Forever Desert (Series): The Memory of the Ogisi [Overdrive/Libby]

Tyrant Philosophers (Series): Lives of Bitter Rain [Libro.fm]

The Legendborn Cycle (Series): Oathbound [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

The Hunger Games (Series): Sunrise on the Reaping [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

The Cemeteries of Amalo (Series) / The Chronicles of Osreth (Series) :The Tomb of Dragons [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]

Old Man's War (Series) :The Shattering Peace [Audible]

Hugo Award Spreadsheet of Doom

This time we discussed The Raven Scholar, written by Anna North, and narrated by Lily Newmark.

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

The Raven Scholar [Libro.fm]

The Raven Tower [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]

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

This time we discussed Bog Queen, written by Anna North, and narrated by Lily Newmark.

Thank you to Libro.fm ALC Program and Bloomsbury Publishing for providing review copies of Bog Queen, for today's episode.

Bog Queen [Libro.fm]

Bones (2005-2017) [IMDb]

The Invisible Wild [Libro.fm]

This time we discussed All That We See or Seem, written by Ken Liu and narrated by Kat Cleave.

All That We See or Seem [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]

2025 Goodreads Choice Awards

Brigands & Breadknives [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]

Automatic Noodle [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

These Memories Do Not Belong to Us: A Constellation Novel [Libro.fm]

The Shattering Peace [Audible]

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

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

The River Has Roots [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]

Wind and Truth [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]

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

The Incandescent [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]

The Raven Scholar [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]

Dandelion Dynasty (Series): The Grace of Kings [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]

Laozi's Dao De Jing: A New Interpretation for a Transformative Time [Audible]

Broken Stars [Audible]

Chaos on CatNet [Audible]

This week we celebrated Novellavember by discussing some of our favorite recent novellas.

Cinder House [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

The Summer War [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

The Memory of the Ogisi [Overdrive/Libby]

What Stalks the Deep [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

Making History [Audible] / [Overdrive/Libby]

The Adventure of the Demonic Ox: A Penric and Desdemona Novella [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

Previously Discussed:

The River Has Roots [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Episode 302]

Murder by Memory [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Episode 305]

The Unworthy [Libro.fm] / [Episode 307]

Automatic Noodle [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Episode 319]

A Mouthful of Dust [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Episode 331]

Additional Mentions:

The Hungry Gods [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

Lives of Bitter Rain [Libro.fm]

The Mountain Crown [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

Red Star Hustle / Apprehension [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

The First Thousand Trees [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

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

Biography/Memoir:

Misbehaving at the Crossroads: Essays & Writings [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

A Physical Education: How I Escaped Diet Culture and Gained the Power of Lifting [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

Positive Obsession: The Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

Future Boy: Back to the Future and My Journey Through the Space-Time Continuum [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

Other Non-Fiction Picks:

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

You Can't Take It With You: Foolproof Techniques for Tidying Up Like There's No Tomorrow [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech's Hype and Create the Future We Want [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

The Genius Bat: The Secret Life of the Only Flying Mammal [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

Other References:

Non-Fiction November 2024 [Libro.fm]

Hugo History (Podcast)

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

No Time Like the Future [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

This time we discussed A Mouthful of Dust, book 6 of The Singing Hills Cycle, written by Nghi Vo and narrated by Cindy Kay. We also discussed some of our favorite recent short fiction listens in our short fiction spotlight.

A Mouthful of Dust [Libro.fm] / [https://www.overdrive.com/media/12121324/a-mouthful-of-dust">Overdrive/Libby]

A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]

The Grimoire Grammar School Parent Teacher Association [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]

The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]

Short Fiction Spotlight:

"Wire Mother" written by Isabel J. Kim, narrated by Kate Baker [Clarkesworld] - Issue 229: October 2025 / Short Story

"Holding Patterns" written by Jennifer Hudak, narrated by Kat Kourbeti [Escape Pod 989] / Short Story

"The Porniest Porn in Porntown" written by Stephen Graham Jones, narrated by Stefen Rudnicki [Lightspeed] - October 2025 (Issue 185) / Short Story

"Five Impossible Things" written by Koji A. Dae, narrated by Kate Baker [Clarkesworld] - Issue 228: September 2025 / Short Story

"The Garden" written by Emma Törzs, narrated by Erika Ensign [Uncanny Magazine] - Issue Sixty-Five

"The Girl Who Came Before" written by David von Allmen, narrated by Pine Gonzalez [Escape Pod 1004] / Short Story