Apocalyptic & Dystopian audiobooks

The Book of Etta

By: Meg Elison

Narrated by: Adenrele Ojo

Length: 11 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

A Philip K. Dick Award nominee. In a devastated world, one woman undertakes a desperate journey to rescue the future.Etta comes from Nowhere, a village of survivors of the great plague that wiped away the world that was. In the world that is, women are scarce and childbearing is dangerous…yet desperately necessary for humankind’s future. Mothers... Read more

The Breaking Light

By: Heather Hansen

Narrated by: Lauren Ezzo

Length: 8 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

In a stratified society where contact with the sun is a luxury reserved for the elite, those kept prisoner in the darkness will do anything to find the light. Arden—beautiful, street-smart, and cynical—is one of the citizens of the lowest Level, known as Undercity, of an off-world colony. A blackout band traps Arden in her district, but as... Read more

The Beachhead

By: Christopher Mari

Narrated by: Christopher Lane

Length: 10 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

After Earth is decimated, the entire remaining human population is marooned on an unfamiliar beach. The enigmatic winged Orangemen leave the survivors with instructions to remake their society, basic tools and weapons, and a few thousand books, including Bibles in many languages. As two generations are born and raised, conflicting theories as to... Read more

Beneath the Shine

By: Sarah Fine

Narrated by: Lauren Ezzo & Noah Berman

Length: 9 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

When a very few have everything worth living for, those beneath the shine will stop at nothing to burn it all down.In a future United States where those who control technology control the wealth, seventeen-year-old Marguerite’s viral video propels a populist candidate to presidential victory on a platform of “tech for all.” But as the mouthpiece... Read more

A Single Stone

By: Meg McKinlay

Narrated by: Lauren Ezzo

Length: 5 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

In an isolated society, one girl makes a discovery that will change everything—and learns that a single stone, once set in motion, can bring down a mountain.Jena—strong, respected, reliable—is the leader of the line, a job every girl in the village dreams of. Watched over by the Mothers as one of the chosen seven, Jena's years spent denying... Read more

Lost in Arcadia

By: Sean Gandert

Narrated by: Timothy Andrés Pabon

Length: 11 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Sean Gandert paints a startling dystopia that will resonate with fans of Station Eleven and A Visit from the Goon Squad.The America of 2037 is a country distracted by, infatuated with, and addicted to Arcadia. The brainchild of reclusive genius Juan Diego Reyes, Arcadia is a wickedly immersive, all-encompassing social-media platform and... Read more

The Book of the Unnamed Midwife

By: Meg Elison

Narrated by: Angela Dawe

Length: 9 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2016 and Philip K. Dick Award WinnerWhen she fell asleep, the world was doomed. When she awoke, it was dead.In the wake of a fever that decimated the earth’s population—killing women and children and making childbirth deadly for the mother and infant—the midwife must pick her way through the bones of the world... Read more

The Delphi Effect

By: Rysa Walker

Narrated by: Kate Rudd

Length: 11 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

It’s never wise to talk to strangers…and that goes double when they’re dead. Unfortunately, seventeen-year-old Anna Morgan has no choice. Resting on a park bench, touching the turnstile at the Metro station—she never knows where she’ll encounter a ghost. These mental hitchhikers are the reason Anna has been tossed from one foster home and... Read more

The Evaporation of Sofi Snow

By: Mary Weber

Narrated by: Sarah Zimmerman

Length: 7 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

The line between virtual and reality is about to EVAPORATE.In a world where skycams follow your every move and the details of your life are uploaded each hour, Sofi knows that her eyes are the only caring ones watching her brother, Shilo.As an online gamer, she works behind the scenes to protect Shilo as he competes in a mix of real and virtual... Read more

Ringer, Version 1

By: Lauren Oliver

Narrated by: Sarah Drew & Erin Spencer

Length: 11 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Like its ambitious companion novel, Replica, this far-reaching novel by the powerhouse author of Before I Fall and the Delirium trilogy digs deep into questions of how to be a human being in a world where humanity cannot be taken for granted. In the world outside of the Haven Institute, Lyra and Caelum are finding it hard to be human—and Lyra,... Read more

The Salt Line

By: Holly Goddard Jones

Narrated by: Hillary Huber

Length: 15 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

"Great, near-future sci-fi...A propulsive, character-driven thriller...I really love this book."—Kelly Link, author of Get in Trouble and Magic for Beginners 

In the spirit of Station Eleven and California, award-winning novelist Holly Goddard Jones offers a literary spin on the dystopian genre with this gripping story of survival and humanity... Read more

NK3

By: Michael Tolkin

Narrated by: MacLeod Andrews

Length: 10 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

In post-NK3 Los Angeles, a sixty-foot-tall fence surrounds the hills where the rich used to live, but the mansions have been taken over by those with the only power that matters: the power of memory. Life for the community inside the Fence, ruled over by the new aristocracy, the Verified, is a perpetual party. Outside the Fence, in downtown Los... Read more

Trackers

By: Nicholas Sansbury Smith

Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot

Length: 8 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

No power. No rules. No help coming.The end of the world is just the beginning of the hunt …Estes Park Police Chief Marcus Colton and tracker Sam ‘Raven’ Spears have never liked one another, but when a young girl goes missing in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colton hires Spears to help find her. Their search ends after a night of catastrophic... Read more

The Extinction Cycle Boxed Set, Books 4–6

By: Nicholas Sansbury Smith

Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot

Length: 32 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Extinction EvolutionCentral Command is gone, the military is fractured, and the surviving members of Team Ghost, led by Master Sergeant Reed Beckham, have been pushed to the breaking point. While the strong return to the battlefield, the wounded are forced to stay behind on Plum Island and fight their inner demons.Betrayed by the country they... Read more

The Pursuit

By: Rebecca Belliston

Narrated by: Rebecca Roberts

Length: 15 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Let the chase begin …Six years ago, with the financial collapse of her country and the death of her parents, Carrie Ashworth swore to protect her siblings. She has fought to build a life for them in her illegal clan. Now home and recovering from a government-spread virus, she’s ready to pursue a little happiness of her own—with Greg.Greg Pierce... Read more

Shadowbahn

By: Steve Erickson

Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner

Length: 6 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

When the Twin Towers suddenly reappear in the badlands of South Dakota twenty years after their fall, nobody can explain their return. To the hundreds, then thousands, then tens of thousands drawn to the “American Stonehenge”—including Parker and Zema, siblings on their way from Los Angeles to visit their mother in Michigan—the Towers seem to... Read more

The Burning World

By: Isaac Marion

Narrated by: Jacques Roy

Length: 14 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Library Journal’s Must-Have Spring Books, Editors’ Picks 2017

“A thrilling coast-to-coast journey.” —The Seattle Times

“A richly imagined philosophical exploration.” —Bellingham Herald

“Exciting action, intriguing characters, epic scale.” —Booklist (starred review)

“Poignant and poetic...brings zombie lit back from the dead.” —The Stranger

... Read more

The Rift Frequency

By: Amy S. Foster

Narrated by: Claire Coffee

Length: 11 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

To save her loved ones, unlock the mystery of who she is, and finally get revenge, a brave young woman must travel through the multiverse and between alternate realities in The Rift Frequency, the exciting second book in Amy S. Foster's The Rift Uprising Trilogy.
She didn’t mean to, but...Teenage super-soldier Ryn Whittaker started an... Read more

The Power

By: Naomi Alderman

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION

What would happen if women suddenly possessed a fierce new power?

In THE POWER, the world is a recognizable place: there's a rich Nigerian boy who lounges around the family pool; a foster kid whose religious parents hide their true nature; an ambitious American politician; a tough London girl... Read more

84K

By: Claire North

Narrated by: Peter Kenny

Length: 13 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

A powerful dystopian vision of a world where money reigns supreme, from a World Fantasy Award-winning author.

"An extraordinary novel that stands with the best of dystopian fiction, with dashes of The Handmaid's Tale." -- -Cory Doctorow

The penalty for Dani Cumali's murder: $84,000.

Theo works in the Criminal Audit Office. He assesses each crime... Read more

Crazy House

By: James Patterson

Narrated by: Therese Plummer

Length: 7 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

The heart-pounding New York Times bestselling thriller!
 
There were no charges. There was no trial. There will be no escape.
 
In the United, the population is strictly regulated, disease has been eradicated, and crime is nonexistent. Seventeen-year-old Cassie has never stepped out of line. When she tries to tell people that her suddenly... Read more

Black Wave

By: Michelle Tea

Narrated by: Michelle Tea

Length: 10 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Desperate to quell her addiction to drugs, disastrous romance, and nineties San Francisco, Michelle heads south for LA. But soon it’s officially announced that the world will end in one year, and life in the sprawling metropolis becomes increasingly weird.While living in an abandoned bookstore, dating Matt Dillon, and keeping an eye on the... Read more

Extinction Lost

By: Nicholas Sansbury Smith

Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot

Length: 1 hour 42 minutes

Abridged: No

“Extinction Lost” is a short story that should be read after book 6, Extinction Aftermath. NOTE: This story was originally published in SNAFU: Black Ops. The war continues … Two days after the events of Extinction Aftermath, European Unified Command calls on Team Ghost for a top secret mission. The residents of a small Inuit fishing village in... Read more

Song of Edmon

By: Adam Burch

Narrated by: Adam Burch

Length: 14 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

In Adam Burch’s thrilling series debut, a young man must choose between violence and peace in a distant world divided between those who thrive in endless sunlight and those who survive in eternal darkness.The isolated planet of Tao is a house divided: the peaceful Daysiders live in harmony while the pale Nightsiders pursue power and racial... Read more