Apocalyptic & Dystopian audiobooks

Steel Guardian

By: Cameron Coral

Narrated by: Tristan Wright

Length: 6 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Can a gentle robot win the fight for humanity's last hope?Before the Robot Uprising, Block the CleanerBot dutifully followed his programming as part of a hotel cleaning crew. Now in the aftermath of the AI Apocalypse that annihilated the world, he tries to simply do his job, avoiding the dangerous SoldierBots who wage war on the last human... Read more

Call the Bluff

By: O. E. Tearmann

Narrated by: Kirt Graves

Length: 8 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

It costs a lot to win. And even more to lose.Seven Corporations rule the former United States with seven codes of conduct based on their ideas of morality. Comply with the code of the Corporation that holds your Citizen Contract, or suffer the economic consequences. Or fight back. For sixty years the Democratic State Force has been fighting to... Read more

Endworld: Memphis Run (Endworld Series, Book 18)

By: David Robbins

Narrated by: Damon Abdallah

Length: 5 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

THE TIME: 100 years after the nuclear holocaust. THE PLACE: Elvis' ‘Graceland.’ THE FAMILY: Isolated survivors of World War III, they huddled together for safety, surrounded by savage barbarians and bizarre, deadly mutants. The Warriors must stop the tyrant who inhabits Elvis Presley's ‘Graceland’ one hundred years after World War III. Read more

Dustborn

By: Erin Bowman

Narrated by: Laurie Catherine Winkel

Length: 11 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Delta of Dead River sets out to rescue her family from a ruthless dictator rising to power in the Wastes and discovers a secret that will reshape her world in this postapocalyptic Western mashup for fans of Mad Max and Gunslinger Girl.Delta of Dead River has always been told to hide her back, where a map is branded on her skin to a rumored... Read more

Buzz Kill

By: David Sosnowski

Narrated by: Lauren Ezzo

Length: 14 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

“Along with the almost satirical rendering of the world, the lovely writing, and engaging plot, the characters of George and Pandora are brilliant.” —BooklistPandora Lynch lives in Alaska with her single dad, an online therapist for Silicon Valley’s brightest and squirreliest. Homeschooled by computer and a self-taught hacker, Pandora is about... Read more

The Apocalypse Seven

By: Gene Doucette

Narrated by: Zeno Robinson, Erin Bennett, Kiff Vandenheuvel,...

Length: 12 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Scott Sigler called Doucette’s cozy apocalypse story, “entertaining as hell.” Come see how the world ends, not with a bang, but a whatever . . .The whateverpocalypse. That’s what Touré, a twenty-something Cambridge coder, calls it after waking up one morning to find himself seemingly the only person left in the city. Once he finds Robbie and... Read more

Daily Jobs, Coffee and an Awfully Big Adventure

By: Tao Wong

Narrated by: Daniela Acitelli

Length: 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Some Adventures Begin and End Small   Life after the Apocalypse is one daily grind after another. It's a good thing for Wendy that she's got friends. A lot of friends as a fairy summoner. But life in Exeter is not easy, even for a summoner and the grind of daily jobs and never-ending quests is getting to her. She's got one shot at getting a... Read more

Red Virus

By: Camille Picott

Narrated by: Al Kessel

Length: 9 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Invading troops with deadly virus. A young man fighting for his life. Will flesh-eating monsters run out the clock on America’s future?Northern California, 1985. Former high school quarterback Leo Cecchino sacrificed his dreams for his family. Unfulfilled by the daily grind of their ailing farm, he can’t help but feel resentment. But he’s soon... Read more

The Longest Night

By: Lindsey Pogue

Narrated by: Luis Bermudez & Sarah Ruth Thomas

Length: 3 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

"Holy apocalypse! Once again, Lindsey Pogue has taken young adult reading and twisted it into a riveting fight for survival with characters that jump off the pages." Tome Tender, Book BlogAlaska can be a bleak and dangerous place, especially in the dead of winter. But when hair-raising whispers about an outbreak reach the small harbor town of... Read more

Tentacles and Teeth

By: Ariele Sieling

Narrated by: Katie Burke

Length: 7 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

The apocalypse wasn't what anyone expected--no rising flood waters, no zombies, no nuclear bombs. Instead, monsters. Their sudden invasion left the world in shatters, and now, decades later, all that's left of human civilization are a few nomadic bands struggling to survive off the land.Askari was born to this world, and lives, fights, and... Read more

The Line Unbroken

By: N.D. Roberts & Michael Anderle

Narrated by: Emily Beresford

Length: 9 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

In the brief pause between apocalypses, one woman standing for honor, courage, and commitment will bring the UnknownWorld back from the brink.WWDE+210 – Earth is silent.Sarah Jennifer Walton had turned her back on humanity after losing everything.Now she’s their only hope.Civilization has fallen in all but a few places as the Madness ravages... Read more

The Key to Fear

By: Kristin Cast

Narrated by: Dascha Polanco

Length: 9 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

What do you do when the brutal system that once kept you safe hunts you down?No touching today for a healthy tomorrow.For fifty years, the Key Corporation has defended humanity against a deadly virus that spreads through touch. Lovers don’t kiss, or even hold hands. Personal boundaries are valued above all. Break the laws, and you’ll face... Read more

Escape from Eden

By: Rachel McClellan

Narrated by: Stephanie Willing

Length: 8 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Sage has been living within Eden’s high walls for several months now, but an unexpected visitor has her scrambling for an escape. She must get back to Colt and the others no matter the risks.But the outside world has changed, as have the people, and not necessarily for the better. Someone close to Sage has committed the ultimate betrayal, and to... Read more

Femlandia

By: Christina Dalcher

Narrated by: Brittany Pressley & Cassandra Morris

Length: 10 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

One of PureWow’s 9 Books We Can’t Wait to Read in October!

A chilling look into an alternate near future where a woman and her daughter seek refuge in a women-only colony, only to find that the safe haven they were hoping for is the most dangerous place they could be.

Miranda Reynolds always thought she would rather die than live in Femlandia.... Read more

Lord of Order

By: Brett Riley

Narrated by: David Doersch

Length: 12 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

The Purge is here. New Orleans must die.

Long after the destruction of all electronic technology, the Bright Crusade rules the world as a fundamentalist Christian theocracy. Gabriel Troy is Lord of Order for the New Orleans Principality. For years, he and his deputies have fought to keep their city safe from the attacks of the Crusade’s... Read more

The Death House

By: Sarah Pinborough

Narrated by: Ben Elliot

Length: 8 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Lord of the Flies meets Never Let Me Go in this compelling and heartbreaking dystopian novel from British Fantasy Award winner Sarah Pinborough.



In the near future, children are tested for the defective gene. Those who possess it are taken from their homes, torn from their families and sent to the Death House.



Standing alone on a remote island, it... Read more

No Way Out

By: T.L. Payne

Narrated by: Shawn Compton

Length: 7 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

The lights go out. Cars stall. Communications fail.



Cities descend into chaos.



An EMP attack leaves single-father Will Fontenot and his son stranded in Houston, Texas.



It's an all-out battle for survival.



Wracked with guilt and struggling with PTSD from the accident that took his wife's life, he'll do whatever it takes to get his son out of the... Read more

Replaced Parts

By: Stephanie Hansen

Narrated by: Ramon De Ocampo & Jesse Vilinsky

Length: 7 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

In the year 2163 a corrupt World Government controls everything on our planet and beyond.



Sixteen year-old Sierra has been so caught up in her own world of saving animal test subjects and her father's disappearance, she hasn't paid much attention. When she finally finds his location, she and her friend set off on a covert interplanetary mission... Read more

Bite of Frost

By: William Allen

Narrated by: Kevin T. Collins

Length: 13 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Busy preparing for a hard winter, the growing community outside New Albany finds themselves targeted by desperate raiders and organized criminal gangs intent on making their own preparations for what may come. All the while, an unexpected war with Mexico means resources meant for recovery are instead being moved from the area. What will Bryan... Read more

Rebuilding Hope Box Set

By: P A Wilson

Narrated by: P A Wilson

Length: 19 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Five years ago, plagues ravaged the world. Gangs are poised to run the cities. What we take for granted is disappearing. Can one woman save a small group of friends?A NEED TO BREATHELena’s city is changing. Her students fall to gangs. Her husband is consumed by his job of creating and enforcing the rules that strangle her. Staying with him means... Read more

The Augur's View

By: Victoria Lehrer

Narrated by: Leslie Howard

Length: 11 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

When the Solar Flash jolted Earth and spawned storms, most panicked, but a few with jolted genomes spawned their own storms and seized their opportunity."The characters are elaborately developed. The plot is enriched by covert activities and intrigue. There is a powerful sense of mystery—secrets hidden in ancient manuscripts and other worlds to... Read more

Steelheart (Reckoners 1)

By: Brandon Sanderson

Narrated by: Íñigo Montero

Length: 12 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Steelheart es el primer volumen de la elogiada «Trilogía de los Reckoners» de Brandon Sanderson, el autor de fantasía épica que más lectores está ganado en todo el mundo y que ya se ha convertido en el futuro heredero del trono de todo un género. Diez años atrás, Calamity irrumpió en la ciudad en la forma de una explosión en el cielo que otorgó... Read more

Composite Creatures

By: Caroline Hardaker

Narrated by: Zoe Mills

Length: 9 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

How close would you hold those you love, when the end comes?

In a society where self-preservation is as much an art as a science, Norah and Arthur are learning how to co-exist in their new little world. Though they hardly know each other, everything seems to be going perfectly – from the home they’re building together to the ring on Norah’s... Read more

The Obelisk Gate: Booktrack Edition

By: N. K. Jemisin

Narrated by: Robin Miles

Length: 13 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

The Obelisk Gate: Booktrack Edition adds an immersive musical soundtrack to your audiobook listening experience! *

Essun's missing daughter grows more powerful every day, and her choices may destroy the world in this "magnificent" Hugo Award winner and NYT Notable Book. (NPR)

The season of endings grows darker, as civilization fades into the... Read more