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1984
by George Orwell, Thomas Pynchon
Narrated by Andrew Garfield, Cynthia Erivo, Andrew Scott, Tom Hardy, Chukwudi Iwuji, Romesh Ranganathan, Natasia Demetriou, Francesca Mills, Alex Lawther, Katie Leung
★ 4.56 ABR Score (5.6M ratings)★ 4.2 Goodreads (5.5M) ★ 4.67 Audible (14.8K)More about this pick
Orwell's totalitarian masterpiece unfolds with chilling precision in this haunting performance that makes surveillance state horror feel terrifyingly plausible.
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Second Foundation
Foundation (Publication Order) • Book 3
by Isaac Asimov
Narrated by Scott Brick
★ 4.46 ABR Score (212.2K ratings)★ 4.28 Goodreads (204.3K) ★ 4.65 Audible (7.9K)More about this pick
The Mule hunts for the hidden Second Foundation while 14-year-old Arkady might hold the key to either the Foundation's salvation or destruction.
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Ancillary Mercy
Imperial Radch • Book 3
by Ann Leckie
Narrated by Adjoa Andoh
★ 4.33 ABR Score (53.1K ratings)★ 4.22 Goodreads (50.4K) ★ 4.62 Audible (2.7K)More about this pick
Breq, the AI who used to be a warship, faces her greatest challenge when a mysterious Presger messenger arrives and old enemies return to Athoek Station. Adjoa Andoh's performance grounds the complex AI perspective in recognizable emotion and determination.
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Monsters of Men
Chaos Walking • Book 3
by Patrick Ness
Narrated by Nick Podehl, Angela Dawe, MacLeod Andrews
★ 4.28 ABR Score (92.4K ratings)★ 4.22 Goodreads (90.9K) ★ 4.57 Audible (1.4K)More about this pick
War erupts between humans and Spackle as Todd and Viola face impossible choices that will determine their world's survival. Three narrators capture the multiple perspectives of this devastating finale.
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Blood of the Lost
Rylee Adamson • Book 10
Narrated by Bradley Foster Smith, Chris Genebach, Colleen Delany, James Konicek, Karen Novack, Ken Jackson, Laura C. Harris, Nora Achrati, Shanta Parasuraman, Yasmin Tuazon, Christopher Williams
★ 4.21 ABR Score (7.1K ratings)★ 4.55 Goodreads (7.1K) ★ 4.77 Audible (57)More about this pick
Rylee's final salvage requires saving the entire world from Orion's deception in this epic series conclusion. The full cast production creates distinct voices for each character in this high-stakes finale.
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The Host
by Stephenie Meyer
Narrated by Kate Reading
★ 4.21 ABR Score (1.1M ratings)★ 3.86 Goodreads (1.1M) ★ 4.47 Audible (12.6K)More about this pick
Body-snatching aliens have conquered Earth, but when Wanderer takes over Melanie's body, the human consciousness refuses to surrender. Kate Reading manages both personalities brilliantly.
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Fire
Graceling Realm • Book 2
by Kristin Cashore
Narrated by Xanthe Elbrick
★ 4.10 ABR Score (196.2K ratings)★ 4.09 Goodreads (194.6K) ★ 4.43 Audible (1.6K)More about this pick
Fire, the last human monster with deadly beauty and mind-control powers, becomes reluctantly involved in a kingdom's political upheaval. Elbrick captures Fire's internal conflict between her dangerous nature and desire to help others in this standalone companion to Graceling.
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Elysium Fire
Prefect Dreyfus Emergency • Book 2
Narrated by John Lee
★ 4.07 ABR Score (9.2K ratings)★ 4.07 Goodreads (7.8K) ★ 4.47 Audible (1.3K)More about this pick
Citizens across ten thousand orbital habitats start dying from spontaneous brain combustion, and Prefect Dreyfus must solve the mystery before democracy itself collapses.
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The Complete Short Stories
by Philip K. Dick, Jonathan Lethem, Chris Malbon, Georgia Hill, Anna Millais, Jeremy Wilson, Raisa Álava, Chris Thornley
Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini, Alyssa Bresnahan
★ 4.06 ABR Score (9.7K ratings)★ 4.17 Goodreads (9.7K)More about this pick
All 118 of Philip K. Dick's reality-bending short stories collected in one massive set. Multiple narrators tackle Dick's paranoid visions and philosophical puzzles across this definitive collection.
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Brave New World
Brave New World • Book 1
by Aldous Huxley
Narrated by Michael York
★ 4.04 ABR Score (2.1M ratings)★ 3.98 Goodreads (2.1M) ★ 4.11 Audible (31.0K)More about this pick
Huxley's dystopia where humans are manufactured in bottles and pacified with soma feels unnervingly prescient, especially through Michael York's measured delivery.
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Unleashed (Nick Hall Book 4)
Nick Hall • Book 4
by Douglas E. Richards
Narrated by Adam Verner
★ 3.95 ABR Score (1.4K ratings)★ 4.54 Goodreads (1.4K) ★ 4.26 Audible (43)More about this pick
Mind-reader Nick Hall's brain implants let him weaponize the internet against tyrants, but now he faces his most cunning enemy yet. This high-tech thriller races forward with relentless momentum.
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The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer
by Yohanca Delgado, Eve L. Ewing, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Danny Lore, Sheree Renée Thomas
Narrated by Janelle Monáe, Bahni Turpin
★ 3.79 ABR Score (5.6K ratings)★ 3.74 Goodreads (5.4K) ★ 4.35 Audible (214)More about this pick
Five interconnected tales explore how memory, identity, and liberation intertwine in an Afrofuturistic world where thoughts themselves become weapons. Janelle Monáe's own narration alongside Bahni Turpin creates an immersive sonic landscape.
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Dungeon Madness
The Divine Dungeon [Dramatized Adaptation] • Book 2
by Dakota Krout, Patrick Boylan, Michael John Casey, Ryan Haugen, Amanda Forstrom, Danny Gavigan, Tia Shearer, Katie Boothe, Robb Moreira, Nora Achrati, Ryan Carlo Dalusung, Matthew Pauli, Mike Ciporkin, Eric Messner, Rick Rohan, Mike Glenn, Kay Eluvian, Rayner Gabriel, Jessica Lauren Ball, Matthew Bassett, Marni Penning, Mike Carnes, Terence Aselford, Dan Delgado, Anthony Palmini, Elizabeth Jernigan, Ken Jackson, Samantha Cooper, Bradley Smith, Andrew Colford, Nanette Savard, Matthew Schleigh, Christopher Davenport, Scott McCormick
Narrated by Amanda Forstrom, Danny Gavigan, Matthew Pauli, Michael John Casey, Nora Achrati, Ryan Carlo Dalusung, Tia Shearer, Robb Moreira, Ryan Haugen, Patrick Boylan, Katie Boothe
★ 3.76 ABR Score (52 ratings)★ 4.08 Goodreads (25) ★ 4.48 Audible (27)More about this pick
Dungeon entity Cal and his nemesis Dale grow more powerful while their schemes become increasingly complex and deadly in this LitRPG progression tale. The full dramatized adaptation cast creates distinct voices for the expanding roster of characters navigating dungeon politics.
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Marvel: Black Panther: The Intergalactic Empire of Wakanda: A Novel
The Nameless Republic
by Suyi Davies Okungbowa
Narrated by William DeMeritt, Bahni Turpin
★ 3.66 ABR Score (55 ratings)★ 3.93 Goodreads (29) ★ 4.62 Audible (26)More about this pick
William DeMeritt and Bahni Turpin split narration duties in this adaptation of Ta-Nehisi Coates' run, where Wakanda's lost king faces a tyrannical space empire.
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Exogene
The Subterrene War • Book 2
by T.C. McCarthy
Narrated by Bahni Turpin
★ 3.66 ABR Score (453 ratings)★ 3.81 Goodreads (423) ★ 3.87 Audible (30)More about this pick
Catherine is the ultimate weapon — a monster in an eighteen-year-old's body, bred for war and questioning everything she's been programmed to believe.
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Man of Two Worlds
by Frank Herbert, Brian Herbert
Narrated by Scott Brick
★ 3.54 ABR Score (1.0K ratings)★ 3.45 Goodreads (947) ★ 3.89 Audible (101)More about this pick
After a spaceship accident, hedonistic Lutt Hansen shares his mind with a naive alien dreamer, creating internal chaos that Scott Brick navigates with skill.
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Blake's 7: 2.3 Mindset
by Jacqueline Rayner
Narrated by Paul Darrow, Michael Keating, Jan Chappell, Steven Pacey, Tom Chadbon
★ 3.36 ABR Score (4 ratings)★ 3.75 Goodreads (4)More about this pick
Cally hears mysterious voices while Vila abandons the crew seeking mythical water of life. Paul Darrow and the original cast return for this audio drama set in paradise turned dangerous.
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