I am looking for suggestions for a new audiobook. I drive a lot for work and enjoy listening while I’m driving. I’ve been listening to Brandon Sanderson’s work lately. Mistborn and the ones with Wax and Wayne. The last book I finished was Piranesi by Susanna Clarke. I enjoyed all of those. I’m thinking something fantasy or even dystopian. Any suggestions?
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Singer of Terandria series, by pirateaba, performed by Andrea Parsneau.
Ready Player One narrated by Wil Wheaton. It’s dystopian sci-fi.
Lonesome dove
I loved The God of the Woods by Liz Moore, Wild Dark Shore, Migrations, and Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy. As for other dystopian books I love, but didn’t listen to: Station Eleven and Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel, and The Light Pirate by Lily Brooks-Dalton. Although some of these might be considered more climate fiction than dystopian.
Look for Saskia Maarleveld and Julia Whelan!
The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett. It’s a fantasy/sci-fi Sherlock Holmes esq mystery and the audio narrator is fantastic! There’s a second book in the series that came out earlier this year too, if you like it.
World War Z
the way the novel is written which in a series of interviews just lends itself to audio format.
And the cast is incredible.
Dungeon Crawler Carl
The Brandon Sanderson books have dramatic adaptations on Spotify which are easily the best audio books you’ll listen to since it’s a full cast with incredible sound effects. Not every book but a good amount
The Poppy Wars by RF Kuang
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
Birnam Wood is a 2023 novel by Eleanor Catton, a psychological thriller about a guerrilla gardening collective that takes over an abandoned farm, only to find it has been purchased by a mysterious American billionaire who offers to fund their work, leading to a tense and twisty story exploring capitalism, idealism, and survival.
Yahtzee Croshaw, funny author with great characters. Narrates his own audiobooks.
Differently Morphus and Existentially Challenged – Governmental agency involved in the regulation of magic and extra dimensional beings.
Mogworld – Main character is undead. Hijinks ensue.
The Jacques McKeown series – An unemployed star pilot tries to get by in a universe where transporters are a thing. The first book in the series is Will save the galaxy for food.
Jam – Apocalypse by grey goo scenario. Dystopian, societal break down after large scale disaster.
Remarkably Bright Creatures
I can’t personally attest to audio version (I only read) but have read them and have friends who have enjoyed the audio version
The House in the Cerulean Sea and sequel
Never Let Me Go
I Who Have Never Known Man
Project Hail Mary was amazing.
If you like Sanderson check out David Gemmell too. He’s a bit more serious but his magic systems are dope and his heroes are some of the best ever created
My husband has similar taste to you and he’s been LOVING Dungeon Crawler Carl on audio!!
I liked the audiobook for the Guest List by Lucy Foley. Since it’s told from multiple viewpoints, I enjoyed the multiple actors performing the audiobook.
This morning I finished The Searchers by Alan LeMay. I thought it was incredible. I’d seen the John Wayne movie based on it half a dozen times so there weren’t a lot of plot surprises yet I was on the edge of my seat the entire time. It’s a classic western but it has the feel of a post-apocalyptic/dystopian novel. Such an action-packed yet emotionally complex novel. I was severely choked up by the ending, which is the biggest departure from the movie and a much better ending.
Andy Serkis reading LOTR trilogy. Soooo good. I also really liked listening to i who have never known men.
The wayward pines series! All 3 were available on Libby. Project Hail Mary was awesome too