Apocalyptic & Dystopian audiobooks

Defender of Hearts

By: Tanya Bird

Narrated by: Timothy Campbell

Length: 7 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Half merchant. Half noble. Wholly aggrieved.ROMANCE WRITERS OF AUSTRALIA RUBY WINNER (SPECULATIVE FICTION) 2022Lyndal Suttone is done watching the merchants suffer. So when an opportunity to help them presents itself, she grabs hold of it with both hands. Now she must leave her family behind and step into a world she has no idea how to navigate.... Read more

Claiming Her Bears

By: Skye MacKinnon

Narrated by: Kyo Sija

Length: 13 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

All three audiobooks in the bestselling Claiming Her Bears series together in one volume for the very first time!One young woman on the run from her abusive uncle. Four bear shifters prepared to take her in. A post-apocalyptic world full of mythology, magic and hope.Alone, frozen, and far from home, Isla finds herself in the care of four... Read more

Prisoner of War

By: John Aconda

Narrated by: John Aconda

Length: 3 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Step into a haunting vision of the future. In the year 2032, a relentless pandemic grips the world, spreading an insidious madness that knows no bounds. As society grapples with the pervasive grip of insanity, only a few glimmers of hope emerge—innovative technologies promising to shield minds from the relentless torment. But at what cost? Is... Read more

The Secret Under My Skin

By: JT Lawrence

Narrated by: Roshina Ratnam

Length: 12 minutes

Abridged: No

By the time I realised I’d missed a couple of periods and my breasts were tender, it was too late. The black dread bloomed in my stomach, eroding my appetite and my sleep. I thought about killing myself. If I killed myself, no one would find out what had happened.If I took my life, I wouldn't have to harbour the parasite growing inside my body.... Read more

Phantastische Geschichten, Der todbringende Stern

By: H.G. Wells

Narrated by: Asad Schwarz, Hans Bayer, Bernd Vollbrecht, Hel...

Length: 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Durch die Kollision mit einem unentdeckten Objekt ist der Zwergplanet Ceres nicht nur extrem heiß geworden - das Ereignis hat ihn auch aus seiner Bahn geworfen. Die Flugbahn unserer Erde liegt nicht gerade in einem günstigen Korridor. Wir bewegen uns mitten durch das Ereignisfeld. Noch kann niemand vorhersagen, wie groß oder zahlreich die... Read more

The Shimmering State

By: Meredith Westgate

Narrated by: Ali Andre Ali, Emily Tremaine, Cassandra Campbe...

Length: 11 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Named a Book You Need to Read in 2021 by Harper’s Bazaar

A “moving, astounding, and totally unsettling” (Caroline Leavitt, New York Times bestselling author) literary debut following two patients in recovery after an experimental memory drug warps their lives.

Lucien moves to Los Angeles to be with his grandmother as she undergoes an... Read more

On the Run

By: Scott Medbury

Narrated by: Adam Barr

Length: 6 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Infection. Invasion. Chaos. A weaponized virus ravages the U.S. somehow leaving children and young adults unscathed. As hundreds of millions die, for those left, surviving the virus is only the beginning…The only adult in the group has been shot. Can Isaac and Luke save Sonny? And if they can, how can they escape and get him and the rest of... Read more

BrightSide

By: JT Lawrence

Narrated by: Roshina Ratnam

Length: 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Is the director of this post-apocalyptic orphanage really a wizard? And where is he taking the children?
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This is the third standalone story in the dystopian series "The Chronicles of Akeratu". 
No matter how bleak and violent the future looks, humanity still has a way of shining through.
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Good Riddance

By: JT Lawrence

Narrated by: Roshina Ratnam

Length: 13 minutes

Abridged: No

“No one will suspect a young girl like you of being a resistance fighter,” Erica said the day she had arrived to recruit Frankie. “You’ll be able to make a real difference.”Frankie’s mother had reluctantly agreed.
"What is required of you won't be easy," warned Erica. "You'll hate yourself if you do it."
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This is the first standalone story in... Read more

The White Mouse

By: JT Lawrence

Narrated by: Roshina Ratnam

Length: 20 minutes

Abridged: No

In this dystopian tragedy, life has a way of surprising Jana with gifts as much as it does taking them away.
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This is the second standalone story in the dystopian series "The Chronicles of Akeratu". 
No matter how bleak and violent the future looks, humanity still has a way of shining through.
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The Insecure Mind of Sergei Kraev

By: Eric Silberstein

Narrated by: Peter Berkrot

Length: 10 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Math is perfect; people are not.

The year is 2100 and the chaos of the early Internet era is long behind us. Mathematical proof ensures that neural implants can’t be hacked, and the Board of Reality Overseers blocks false information from spreading.

When undergraduate Sergei Kraev, who dreams of becoming a professor, is accepted into a prestigious... Read more

The Lucky Sickness

By: JT Lawrence

Narrated by: Roshina Ratnam

Length: 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Being a State Surrogate is the luckiest job in the world...
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If you're a fan of The Handmaid's Tale you'll enjoy this snippet of a dystopian future with a twist in the tale.
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Legend of the Lakes

By: Clara O’Connor

Narrated by: Jan Cramer

Length: 14 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

An absolute must-read for fans of Shadow and Bone… Cassandra stands silent upon a ravaged battlefield, watching as the druids prepare the dead for the pyres, embers drifting up into the still winter darkness. She can barely breathe through the agony of her grief, but she cannot waste another second on tears. ... Read more

Silence in the Shadows

By: Darcy Coates

Narrated by: Angela Dawe

Length: 10 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

The stark world continues to change. Each passing day twists it further, pushing the survivors closer to the brink of extinction. But, for the first time, there is hope.Clare and Dorran have set their sights on returning home to Winterbourne Hall. It's a daunting journey, but vital. Humanity needs more refuges―safe areas where food can be grown... Read more

Something New Under the Sun

By: Alexandra Kleeman

Narrated by: Marin Ireland

Length: 11 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • A novelist discovers the dark side of Hollywood and reckons with ambition, corruption, and environmental collapse in “a darkly satirical reflection of ecological reality” (Time)

LONGLISTED FOR THE JOYCE CAROL OATES PRIZE • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, Time, Los Angeles Times,... Read more

Deep Trek [Dramatized Adaptation] - Abridged

By: James Axler

Narrated by: Richard Rohan, Thomas Penny, Tim Carlin, Ken Ja...

Length: 5 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The lethal plant cancer know as Earthblood had destroyed life on the planet in a matter of months, leaving a barron wilderness road where markers are corpses and cities are death traps. Into this nightmarish world the crew of the United States space vessel Aquila returned, a world of grim hunger andd sudden death.
The surviving crew members... Read more

Earth Blood [Dramatized Adaptation] - Abridged

By: James Axler

Narrated by: Richard Rohan, Thomas Penny, Tim Carlin, Ken Ja...

Length: 5 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The Earth is laid waste by a devastating blight that destroys the world's food supply. Mass starvation wipes out millions almost overnight. Society collapses and those who survive must contend with renegade groups striving for naked power. A new currency comes into existence—precious food and the force of arms that helps get it at any... Read more

Aurora Quest [Dramatized Adaptation] - Abridged

By: James Axler

Narrated by: Richard Rohan, Thomas Penny, Casie Platt, Tim C...

Length: 6 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The crew of the U.S space vessel Aquila returns from a deep-space mission to find that a devastating plant blight has stripped away all civilization, it's legacy a nightmarish wasteland. In what's left of the world, the only law is tooth and claw, kill or be killed.
Traveling through the savaged countryside to wrest from death surviving kin and... Read more

Synapse of Ash

By: D. B. Goodin

Narrated by: Keira Grace

Length: 2 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

She must unlock the secrets of her past life—before her future is written for her.
When cyborg Treeka wakes from an interrupted cryogenic sleep in a genetics lab, she does so in a brave new world, one where immortality is no longer a concept but a construction. Now, the consciousness of a person can live on in a body that can outperform the... Read more

Waterland - Ozean in Flammen - Waterland, Band 3 (Ungekürzt)

By: Dan Jolley

Narrated by: Jacob Weigert

Length: 6 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Flammende Action und tiefblaue Abenteuer Jacob, Tristan und Hali ist es vorerst gelungen, den Krieg, den Gouverneur Sato anzetteln will, zu stoppen. Doch nun müssen sie sich auf die Suche nach dem nächsten wertvollen Ozeanjuwel machen, bevor Sato es in die Finger bekommt. Gemeinsam folgen die Freunde einer rätselhaften Karte, kämpfen sich durch... Read more

Percenters and the Amber Pendant

By: P. H. Perrine

Narrated by: Gabrielle de Cuir

Length: 11 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

In a world of blood, purity is king. Delve into a post-apocalyptic world where superhumans reign, and the purity of your bloodline determines everything. In this dystopian fantasy, people are divided by the powers they have and the air they are allowed to breathe.On the eve of what is every 16-year-old Percenters transition to adulthood,... Read more

The Outlands

By: Tyler Edwards

Narrated by: Robert Grindley

Length: 9 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

In the ruins of the world that was lies the city of Dios, a haven protected from the hostile environment known as The Outlands. Ruled by an oppressive Patriarch, the people of Dios are conditioned in fear. The smallest infraction could result in banishment to the Outlands, a fate worse than death.
With his make-shift family of “Undesirables”,... Read more

Percenters and the Amber Pendant

By: P. H. Perrine

Narrated by: Gabrielle de Cuir

Length: 11 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

In a world of blood, purity is king.Delve into a post-apocalyptic world where super humans reign and the purity of your bloodline determines everything. In this dystopian fantasy, people are divided by the powers they have and the air they are allowed to breathe.On the eve of what is every sixteen-year-old Percenters transition to adulthood,... Read more

Harvest of Stars

By: Poul Anderson

Narrated by: James Fouhey

Length: 21 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

The virtual persona of a long-dead visionary entrepreneur threatens to incite a revolution from space that could topple Earth's powerful and repressive religious-technological dictatorship in this ingenious science fiction classic.



In the future, individual freedom is a thing of the past. North America is a police state controlled by the Avantist... Read more