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Tolkien’s Middle-earth

From The Silmarillion to the Lord of the Rings, this unforgettable, genre-defining fantasy epic and feat of world-building is simply unparalleled.

The Silmarillion

The Hobbit

The Fellowship of the Ring

The Two Towers

Wheel of Time

This Robert Jordan favorite featuring Audie-winning narrators Michael Kramer and Kate Reading draws listeners into a world where Ages come and pass.

The Eye of the World

The Great Hunt

The Dragon Reborn

The Shadow Rising

The Witcher Saga

Toss a coin to your witcher, Geralt of Rivia, a merciless assassin and sorcerer on a mission to destroy monsters.

The Last Wish

Sword of Destiny

Blood of Elves

The Time of Contempt

Earthsea

Ursula K. Le Guin’s epic follows the adventures of Ged, a bold yet overconfident young wizard with unsurpassed talents.

A Wizard of Earthsea

The Tombs of Atuan

The Farthest Shore

Tehanu

Stormlight Archive

In a war-torn world, 10 armies fitted with mystical weapons battle a single foe and seek answers in an ancient text.

The Way of Kings

Words of Radiance

Edgedancer

Oathbringer

The Broken Earth

From award-winning author N. K. Jemisin comes this gripping trilogy about tragic endings—and an essential destruction.

The Fifth Season

The Obelisk Gate

A Song of Ice and Fire

Political intrigue meets family drama meets a violent and enrapturing fantasy world in the struggle for the Iron Throne.

A Game of Thrones

A Clash of Kings

A Storm of Swords

A Feast for Crows

The Daevabad Trilogy

Hear what unfolds in a magical Middle Eastern kingdom when a sham clairvoyant summons a genuine djinn.

The City of Brass

The Kingdom of Copper

The Empire of Gold: A Novel

Throne of Glass

Two rogue killers-for-hire are on the run from their employer–the ruthless Assassin’s Guild–in this gritty fantasy epic.

Throne of Glass

Crown of Midnight

Heir of Fire

Queen of Shadows

Kingkiller Chronicle

Patrick Rothfuss crafts a magical world in which a young, determined hero searches for meaning in the universe.

The Name of the Wind

The Wise Man's Fear

Mistborn

In the Final Empire, ash falls from the sky and evil cloaks the land. Can a pair of unlikely heroes bring light back to their world?

The Final Empire

The Well of Ascension

The Hero of Ages

The Alloy of Law

Discworld

This quirky, tongue-in-cheek fantasy soars thanks to Sir Terry Pratchett’s skewering wit and smart parody.

Thief of Time

The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents

The Wee Free Men

Monstrous Regiment

Jane Yellowrock

Jane Yellowrock, a skinwalker of Cherokee descent who can turn into any creature she desires, is drawn into a dark underworld of vampire clan rivalries.

Skinwalker

Blood Cross

Mercy Blade

Raven Cursed

Iron Druid Chronicles

Find a cool, funny, tattooed fantasy hero in Atticus O’Sullivan. He might look 21, but he’s been hounded by an angry Celtic god for centuries.

Hounded

Hexed

Hammered

Tricked

October Daye

Changeling October "Toby" Daye rejects her fae heritage in favor of a "normal" life—until a curse and a mystery draw her into the immortal realm.

Rosemary and Rue

A Local Habitation

An Artificial Night

Late Eclipses

The Dresden Files

Wizard Harry Dresden’s unconventional detective work takes him into the underbelly of Chicago, where grisly supernatural crimes unfold.

Storm Front

Fool Moon

Grave Peril

Summer Knight

The Others

When a blood prophet on the lam takes a job alongside a shape-shifter, it complicates the delicate balance keeping humans safe.

Written in Red

Murder of Crows

Vision in Silver

Marked in Flesh

All Souls

A saga of magic and suspense, starring a studious descendant of witches with an obsession for a long-lost book of spells.

A Discovery of Witches

Shadow of Night

The Book of Life

Time's Convert

Alex Verus

Magic shop owner Alex Verus has a gift for foreseeing the future, so he knows just what he’s in for when asked to take on black magic.

Fated

Cursed

Taken

Chosen

Heartstrikers

Meek and gentle dragon Julius is forced to prove his might—and his ruthlessness—in this Audie Award-winning series.

Nice Dragons Finish Last

One Good Dragon Deserves Another

No Good Dragon Goes Unpunished

A Dragon of a Different Color

The Hollows

Rachel Morgan is a bounty hunter hired to catch Cincinnati’s lawbreakers. She’s also a witch who runs with vampires.

Dead Witch Walking

The Good, the Bad, and the Undead

A Fistful of Charms

The MaddAddam Trilogy

Margaret Atwood again demonstrates her knack for chilling speculative fiction with a tale of how the world became a wasteland.

Oryx and Crake

The Year of the Flood

Zombie Fallout

Follow snarky survivalist Michael Talbot as he struggles to keep loved ones safe from ravenous hordes of zombies.

Zombie Fallout

A Plague Upon Your Family

The End

The End Has Come and Gone

Novels of the Change

When The Change suddenly grips the globe, civilization as we know it crumbles. Now it’s up to the survivors to pick up the pieces.

Dies the Fire

The Protector's War

A Meeting at Corvallis

The Sunrise Lands

The Sixth World

The mystical Dinétah reservation is reborn just as the world ends, though monstrous foes and supernatural beings still pose a threat.

Trail of Lightning

Hell Divers

After WWIII poisoned the planet, humanity survives on lifeboats in the sky—and depends on divers from the clouds.

Hell Divers

Hell Divers II: Ghosts

Hell Divers III: Deliverance

Hell Divers IV: Wolves

After

A real high-tech weapon with the power to near-instantly send America back to the Dark Ages inspired this chilling series.

One Second After

One Year After

Southern Reach Trilogy

Dive into the mysteries of Area X, a remote lush terrain that lures in explorers and researchers alike. But what secrets does this land hold?

Annihilation

Authority

The Long Winter

As a new Ice Age looms, orbiting scientists frantically search for the key to survival—and uncover something truly chilling.

Winter World

The Solar War

The Remaining

A soldier fights for survival in a plague-ravaged landscape where the infected are rendered into ravenous creatures devoid of humanity.

The Remaining

The Remaining: Aftermath

The Remaining: Refugees

The Remaining: Fractured

Dune

Set on the desert planet Arrakis, beloved sci-fi epic Dune is a powerful and timely blend of adventure, mysticism, environmentalism, and politics.

Dune

Dune Messiah

Children of Dune

God Emperor of Dune

The Expanse

In this sci-fi phenom, mineral-rich outer planets resent their dependence on Earth and Mars. So what happens when an attack sparks a solar system-wide war?

Leviathan Wakes

Caliban's War

Abaddon's Gate

Cibola Burn

Xenogenesis

A gripping saga of alien invasion first contact unfolds as humanity faces extinction. From acclaimed science fiction trailblazer Octavia E. Butler.

Dawn

Adulthood Rites

The Three Body Problem

Cixin Liu’s series delves into the consequences of extraterrestrial contact as an alien civilization seeks to conquer Earth after intercepting a message.

Ball Lightning

The Three-Body Problem

The Dark Forest

Death's End

Binti

Stellar travel is dangerous—especially for a young Himba girl headed for the galaxy’s top university—in this trilogy from award winner Nnedi Okafor.

Binti

Binti: Home

Murderbot Diaries

Author Martha Wells tackles the ethics of AI in this saga of a self-aware robot that really just wants to be left alone.

All Systems Red

Artificial Condition

Rogue Protocol

Exit Strategy

Hyperion

Is Hyperion’s mysterious Shrike a benevolent god or something sinister? On the eve of Armageddon, seven pilgrims set forth to find out.

Hyperion

The Fall of Hyperion

Endymion

The Hainish Cycle

Sci-fi icon Ursula K. Le Guin probes the history of a toppled utopia on planet Athshe, the origins of hate, and the promise of change.

The Dispossessed

The Word for World Is Forest

Planet of Exile

City of Illusions

Wayfarers

Follow a motley crew of young explorers on an exciting journey through space (on a rather worn out ship) in this Hugo-winning series.

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

A Closed and Common Orbit

Red Rising

In this saga of betrayal, class, and revolution, hero Darrow sets out to dismantle a rigid caste system from the inside.

Red Rising

Golden Son

Iron Gold

Imperial Radch

Adjoa Andoh deftly narrates this award-winning trilogy following the quest of a warship trapped in a human form.

Ancillary Justice

Ancillary Sword

Vorkosigan Saga

Engineer Leo Graf takes a stand for hundreds of exploited humanoids—and discovers the danger in doing the right thing.

Falling Free

Shards of Honor

Barrayar

The Warrior's Apprentice

The Hunger Games

Emmy winner Tatiana Maslany narrates the story of Katniss Everdeen, a teen forced to fight for her very survival.

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

The Hunger Games

Catching Fire

His Dark Materials

Set in the frozen Arctic, this tale of a Texan balloonist and an armored bear is charmingly narrated by a range of talents.

Once Upon a Time in the North

The Collectors

Lyra's Oxford

The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage

The Raven Cycle

A mesmerizing series about the dangers encircling a trio of boys and Blue, a young seer who gets caught up in their strange world.

The Raven Boys (The Raven Cycle, Book 1)

The Dream Thieves (The Raven Cycle, Book 2)

Blue Lily, Lily Blue (The Raven Cycle, Book 3)

The Raven King (The Raven Cycle, Book 4)

A Darker Shade of Magic

Join Kell, a Traveler capable of moving from one parallel universe to the next, as he explores different shades of London—and finds adventure along the way.

A Darker Shade of Magic

A Gathering of Shadows

The Mortal Instruments

Clary can see undead people. That’s only the beginning of the complications that arise when she’s suddenly immersed into the world of the Shadowhunters.

City of Bones

City of Ashes

City of Glass

City of Fallen Angels

Narnia

Slip through the wardrobe and into Narnia, where an epic battle between good and evil unfolds across seven classic novels alive with the magic and wonder of childhood.

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

Prince Caspian

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

The Silver Chair

The Best Fantasy Audiobooks to Take You Out of This World

Few audiobooks provide as much of an escape as those in the fantasy genre. Each of the best introduces us to an entirely new world (or a new version of this one), a diverse cast of complexly constructed characters, and a story so mesmerizing we’re reluctant to return to real life. But because the genre is so full of talent, it can be difficult to know what to listen to next. Look no further than this list of the best fantasy audiobooks to get you started.

The Best Fantasy Audiobooks to Take You Out of This World

The Most Stellar Sci-Fi Authors of All Time

Science fiction is a genre as diverse as you can imagine. There are stories that take place in deep space, often depicting teams exploring or running away from something; stories that focus on life at the most cellular level, such as a pandemic tale; and stories that take place in times that feel similar to our own, or not too far into the future. Depicting themes of existentialism, philosophy, hubris, and personal and historical trauma, sci-fi offers topics and moods to satisfy the palette of most any listener.

The Most Stellar Sci Fi Authors of All Time

The Best Urban Fantasy Audiobooks

Urban fantasy is a melting pot that borrows all the best elements from our favorite genres to create truly unique worlds where anything is possible. With components of paranormal, noir, suspense, mystery, thriller, romance, and (of course) fantasy, these stories are unbelievably vivid and colorful, bursting with magic while remaining rooted in city settings we know and love. These titles have the perfect blend of reality and realms beyond, offering a sweep-you-off-your-feet story that will make your own world melt away.

The Best Urban Fantasy Audiobooks

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