Best Mind Control / Hive Mind Sci-Fi Audiobooks

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

Orwell's totalitarian masterpiece unfolds with chilling precision in this haunting performance that makes surveillance state horror feel terrifyingly plausible.

Second Foundation

Foundation (Publication Order) • Book 3

by Isaac Asimov

Narrated by Scott Brick

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.

Ancillary Mercy

Imperial Radch • Book 3

by Ann Leckie

Narrated by Adjoa Andoh

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.

Monsters of Men

Chaos Walking • Book 3

by Patrick Ness

Narrated by Nick Podehl, Angela Dawe, MacLeod Andrews

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.

The Host

by Stephenie Meyer

Narrated by Kate Reading

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.

Ancillary Justice

Imperial Radch • Book 1

by Ann Leckie

Narrated by Adjoa Andoh

Elysium Fire

Prefect Dreyfus Emergency • Book 2

by Alastair Reynolds

Narrated by John Lee

Citizens across ten thousand orbital habitats start dying from spontaneous brain combustion, and Prefect Dreyfus must solve the mystery before democracy itself collapses.

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

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.

Brave New World

Brave New World • Book 1

by Aldous Huxley

Narrated by Michael York

Huxley's dystopia where humans are manufactured in bottles and pacified with soma feels unnervingly prescient, especially through Michael York's measured delivery.

Unleashed (Nick Hall Book 4)

Nick Hall • Book 4

by Douglas E. Richards

Narrated by Adam Verner

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.

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

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.

Marvel: Black Panther: The Intergalactic Empire of Wakanda: A Novel

The Nameless Republic

by Suyi Davies Okungbowa

Narrated by William DeMeritt, Bahni Turpin

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.

Exogene

The Subterrene War • Book 2

by T.C. McCarthy

Narrated by Bahni Turpin

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.

Man of Two Worlds

by Frank Herbert, Brian Herbert

Narrated by Scott Brick

After a spaceship accident, hedonistic Lutt Hansen shares his mind with a naive alien dreamer, creating internal chaos that Scott Brick navigates with skill.

Blake's 7: 2.3 Mindset

by Jacqueline Rayner

Narrated by Paul Darrow, Michael Keating, Jan Chappell, Steven Pacey, Tom Chadbon

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.