Science Fiction audiobooks

Futureland: The Nightmare Hour

By: H.D. Hunter

Narrated by: Ron Butler, Fred Berman, Jeanette Illidge, Lynn...

Length: 7 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

The theme park of your dreams is back in this action-packed sequel as Cam Walker and his friends take on creepy carnivals, insidious tech, and a nightmarish new enemy to save the world. An electrifying illustrated series for fans of Spider-Man: Miles Morales.

The most spectacular theme park in the world is headed to the Big Apple.

After Atlanta,... Read more

A Time to Rise

By: Nadine Brandes

Narrated by: Aimee Lilly

Length: 13 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

What more can you sacrifice than your life?

Parvin Blackwater is dead.

At least that's what the Council and the world thinks. But her sacrifice tore down part of the Wall long enough to stir up hope and rebellion in the people. Now she will rise again. Strong, free, and fearless.

Parvin and Solomon must uncover the mysterious clues that Jude... Read more

Axiom's End

By: Lindsay Ellis

Narrated by: Abigail Thorn & Stephanie Willis

Length: 16 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

The alternate history first contact adventure Axiom's End is an extraordinary debut from Hugo finalist and video essayist Lindsay Ellis.

Truth is a human right.

It’s fall 2007. A well-timed leak has revealed that the US government might have engaged in first contact. Cora Sabino is doing everything she can to... Read more

Remote Control

By: Nnedi Okorafor

Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh

Length: 4 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

An alien artifact turns a young girl into Death's adopted daughter in Remote Control, a thrilling sci-fi tale of community and female empowerment from Nebula and Hugo Award-winner Nnedi Okorafor

Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award

"Narrator Adjoa Andoh captivates listeners with a stunning new sci-fi novella set in a near-future Ghana. Andoh is... Read more

No Gods, No Monsters

By: Cadwell Turnbull

Narrated by: Dion Graham

Length: 9 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Named a BEST BOOK OF 2021 by the New York Times, NPR, the New York Public Library, Audible, Tor.com, Book Riot, Library Journal, and Kirkus!Longlisted for the 2022 PEN Open Book Award“Riveting…[A] tender, ferocious book.”—New York Times“Beautifully fantastical.”—NPR“Masterful.”—Chicago TribuneOne October morning, Laina gets the news that her... Read more

Cascade Failure

By: L. M. Sagas

Narrated by: Torian Brackett

Length: 14 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

"Narrator Torian Brackett contrasts a tranquil delivery of narrative with Jal's wariness, Eoan's mix of coyness and kindness, Saint's façade of crankiness, and Nash's quirky practicality. They're a prickly and heartwarming found family amid the whizbang of outer space."—AudioFile

L. M. Sagas's debut, Cascade Failure, is a high-octane, sci-fi... Read more

The Terraformers

By: Annalee Newitz

Narrated by: Emily Lawrence

Length: 13 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

This program includes original sound design.

From science fiction visionary Annalee Newitz comes The Terraformers, a sweeping, uplifting, and illuminating exploration of the future.

Destry's life is dedicated to terraforming Sask-E. As part of the Environmental Rescue Team, she cares for the planet and its burgeoning eco-systems as her parents... Read more

The Sparrow

By: Mary Doria Russell

Narrated by: David Colacci

Length: 15 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

A visionary work that combines speculative fiction with deep philosophical inquiry, The Sparrow tells the story of a charismatic Jesuit priest and linguist, Emilio Sandoz, who leads a scientific mission entrusted with a profound task: to make first contact with intelligent extraterrestrial life. The mission begins in faith, hope, and beauty, but... Read more

Upgrade

By: Blake Crouch

Narrated by: Henry Leyva

Length: 9 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “If Michael Crichton had written a superhero novel, it would look a lot like Upgrade.”—The New York Times Book Review

“You don’t so much sympathize with the main character as live inside his skin.”—DIANA GABALDON, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Outlander series
 
“Mysterious, fascinating, and deeply... Read more

Old Man's War

By: John Scalzi

Narrated by: William Dufris

Length: 9 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Perfect for an entry-level sci-fi reader and the ideal addition to a veteran fan’s collection, John Scalzi's Old Man’s War will take audiences on a heart-stopping adventure into the far corners of the universe.

John Perry did two things on his 75th birthday. First he visited his wife's grave. Then he joined the army.

The good news is that humanity... Read more

Sorrowland

By: Rivers Solomon

Narrated by: Karen Chilton

Length: 12 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

"Narrator Karen Chilton gives a riveting performance in this genre-defying masterpiece...The echoes of Chilton's haunting and beautiful narration will reverberate long after this powerful audiobook is over." -- AudioFile Magazine

A triumphant, genre-bending breakout novel from one of the boldest new voices in contemporary fiction

Vern—seven... Read more

The Mountain in the Sea

By: Ray Nayler

Narrated by: Eunice Wong

Length: 11 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

“Eunice Wong’s measured pacing and mellow tones perfectly complement Nayler’s provocative exploration of memory, minds, and consciousness.” - Booklist

"The theme of the nature of consciousness is equal parts intriguing, thrilling, and eerie. Best of all, it's always compellingly narrated, making for a performance that's difficult to pause."-... Read more

Moonbound

By: Robin Sloan

Narrated by: Gabra Zackman

Length: 10 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Robin Sloan expands the Penumbraverse to new reaches of time and space in a rollicking far-future adventure.

In Moonbound, Robin Sloan has written a novel with the full scope and ambitious imagination of the very books that lit the engines of Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore: an epic quest as only Sloan could conceive it, mixing science... Read more

A Dance with Dragons

By: George R. R. Martin

Narrated by: Roy Dotrice

Length: 48 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • THE BOOK BEHIND THE FIFTH SEASON OF THE ACCLAIMED HBO SERIES GAME OF THRONES

NAMED ONE OF PASTE’S BEST FANTASY BOOKS OF THE DECADE

Dubbed “the American Tolkien” by Time magazine, George R. R. Martin has earned international acclaim for his monumental cycle of epic fantasy. Now the #1 New York Times bestselling author... Read more

Children of Ruin

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

Narrated by: Mel Hudson

Length: 15 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

The astonishing sequel to Children of Time, the award-winning novel of humanity's battle for survival on a terraformed planet.

Thousands of years ago, Earth's terraforming program took to the stars. On the world they called Nod, scientists discovered alien life -- but it was their mission to overwrite it with the memory of Earth. Then humanity's... Read more

Winter's Orbit

By: Everina Maxwell

Narrated by: Raphael Corkhill

Length: 15 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

"Narrator Raphael Corkhill deftly navigates a range of situations and voices in this novel, a blend of romance, mystery, and space opera...A satisfying love story with plenty of political machinations, this audiobook will please fans of romance and sci-fi alike." -- AudioFile Magazine

Ancillary Justice meets Red, White & Royal Blue in... Read more

A Wrinkle in Time Archival Edition

By: Madeleine L'Engle

Narrated by: Madeleine L'Engle

Length: 5 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

In honor of Madeleine L'Engle's 100th Birthday, fans are invited to enjoy this archival audiobook, originally recorded in 1993 and newly restored! Listen to the voice of the author, as Madeleine L'Engle reads her Newbery Medal-winning novel, A Wrinkle in Time.

Meg Murry, her little brother Charles Wallace, and their mother are having a midnight... Read more

Shards of Earth

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

Narrated by: Sophie Aldred

Length: 18 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

The Arthur C. Clarke award-winning author of Children of Time brings us an extraordinary space opera about humanity on the brink of extinction, and how one man's discovery will save or destroy us all.The war is over. Its heroes forgotten. Until one chance discovery . . .

Idris has neither aged nor slept since they remade him in the war. And one... Read more

The Other Valley

By: Scott Alexander Howard

Narrated by: Cindy Kay

Length: 10 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

*Soon to be a TV series*
Jimmy Fallon’s Book Club Top Four Pick and a PBS Book Club Pick

For fans of Kazuo Ishiguro and Emily St. John Mandel, this “mind-bending take on time travel” (The New York Times) is about an isolated town neighbored by its own past and future, and a young girl who spots two elderly visitors from across the border: the... Read more

Wanderers

By: Chuck Wendig

Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman & Xe Sands

Length: 32 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

A decadent rock star. A deeply religious radio host. A disgraced scientist. And a teenage girl who may be the world’s last hope. From the mind of Chuck Wendig comes “a magnum opus . . . a story about survival that’s not just about you and me, but all of us, together” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review).

NOMINATED FOR THE BRAM STOKER AWARD • ONE OF... Read more

Generation Ship

By: Michael Mammay

Narrated by: Natalie Naudus

Length: 16 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

In this riveting, stand-alone novel from Michael Mammay, author of Planetside, the beginning of a new human colony must face tyrannical leaders, revolution, crippling instability, and an unknown alien planet that could easily destroy them all.In 2108, Colony Ship Voyager departed Earth for the planet of Promissa with 18,000 of the world’s best... Read more

The Wind's Twelve Quarters

By: Ursula K. Le Guin

Narrated by: Amy Landon, Grover Gardner & Will Watt

Length: 11 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

The recipient of numerous literary prizes, including the National Book Award, the Kafka Award, and the Pushcart Prize, Ursula K. Le Guin is renowned for her lyrical writing, rich characters, and diverse worlds. The Wind's Twelve Quarters collects seventeen powerful stories, each with an introduction by the author, ranging from fantasy to... Read more

The Memory Librarian

By: Janelle Monáe

Narrated by: Janelle Monáe & Bahni Turpin

Length: 12 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

In The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer, singer-songwriter, actor, fashion icon, activist, and worldwide superstar Janelle Monáe brings to the written page the Afrofuturistic world of one of her critically acclaimed albums, exploring how different threads of liberation—queerness, race, gender plurality, and love—become... Read more

Sleeping Giants

By: Sylvain Neuvel

Narrated by: Various

Length: 8 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

An electrifying debut in the tradition of Michael Crichton, World War Z, and The Martian, Sleeping Giants is a thriller fueled by an earthshaking mystery—and a fight to control a gargantuan power.
 
A girl named Rose is riding her new bike near her home in Deadwood, South Dakota, when she falls through the earth. She wakes up at the bottom of a... Read more