Fantasy audiobooks

The City of Dusk

By: Tara Sim

Narrated by: Nikki Patel

Length: 24 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

This dark epic fantasy follows the heirs of four noble houses—each gifted with a divine power—as they form a tenuous alliance to keep their kingdom from descending into a realm-shattering war.

The Four Realms—Life, Death, Light, and Darkness—all converge on the city of dusk. For each realm there is a god, and for each god there is an heir.

But the... Read more

Flyaway

By: Kathleen Jennings

Narrated by: Felicity Jurd

Length: 4 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Transformation, enchantment, and the emotional truths of family history teem in Kathleen Jennings’ stunning debut, Flyaway.

"Kathleen Jennings' prose dazzles, and her magic feels real enough that you might even prick your finger on it."—Kelly Link

"Half mystery, half fairy tale, all exquisitely rendered and full of teeth.”—Holly Black

In a small... Read more

The Great When

By: Alan Moore

Narrated by: Kobna Holdbrook-Smith

Length: 13 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents The Great When by Alan Moore, read by Kobna Holdbrook-Smith.

This audiobook features an exclusive essay, The True History of What Didn’t Happen, written and read by Alan Moore.

From the New York Times bestselling author and legendary storyteller Alan Moore, the first book in an enthralling new fantasy series about murder,... Read more

The Ones We Burn

By: Rebecca Mix

Narrated by: Roisin Rankin

Length: 14 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

An instant New York Times bestseller!

Love and duty collide in this richly imagined young adult debut about a witch whose dark powers put her at the center of a brewing war between the only family she’s ever known and the enemy who makes her question everything. Featuring a brand-new short story and character art!

Monster. Butcher. Bloodwinn.
... Read more

The Children of Húrin

By: J. R. R. Tolkien

Narrated by: Christopher Lee

Length: 7 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Painstakingly restored from Tolkien’s manuscripts and presented for the first time as a fully continuous and standalone story, the epic tale of The Children of Húrin will reunite fans of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings with Elves and Men, dragons and Dwarves, eagles and Orcs, and the rich landscape and characters unique to... Read more

The Extraordinaries

By: TJ Klune

Narrated by: Michael Lesley

Length: 12 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

"Michael Lesley's upbeat narration captures all the whimsy, humor, and heart of this YA superhero romp...This sweet queer coming-of-age story will please listeners looking for something fun, surprising, and affirming." -- AudioFile Magazine

An Indie Next Pick!

Some people are extraordinary. Some are just extra. TJ Klune's YA debut, The... Read more

The Two Doctors Górski

By: Isaac R. Fellman

Narrated by: Helen Laser

Length: 3 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

The Two Doctors Górski is a dazzling contemporary fantasy and an exploration of reclaiming personal power in the aftermath of abuse by Lambda Award-winning author Isaac Fellman



"Confident and lyrical."—Caitlin Starling



A Most Anticipated Pick for Buzzfeed



Annae, a brilliant graduate student in psychiatric magic and survivor of academic abuse, can't... Read more

Thief Liar Lady

By: D. L. Soria

Narrated by: Zura Johnson

Length: 18 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

“Happily Ever After” is a total scam, but at least this time the princess is the one controlling the grift—until her true love arrives and threatens to ruin the whole scheme. Intrigue, magic, and wit abound in this Cinderella fairytale reimagining, perfect for fans of Heather Walter and Naomi Novik.

“A dazzlingly magical, thrilling, and inventive... Read more

Skulduggery Pleasant

By: Derek Landy

Narrated by: Rupert Degas

Length: 7 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Get ready for the biggest NEW publishing phenomena of 2007! “So you won't keep anything from me again?"He put his hand to his chest. "Cross my heart and hope to die.""Okay then. Though you don't actually have a heart," she said."I know.""And technically, you've already died.""I know that too.""Just so we're clear." ... Read more

The Wolf in the Whale

By: Jordanna Max Brodsky

Narrated by: Jordanna Max Brodsky

Length: 18 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

"If you liked American Gods by Neil Gaiman or Circe by Madeline Miller, be sure to pick this one up." -- Timeworn

A sweeping tale of forbidden love and warring gods, where a young Inuit shaman and a Viking warrior become unwilling allies in a war that will determine the fate of the new world.

There is a very old story, rarely told, of a wolf that... Read more

Last Exit

By: Max Gladstone

Narrated by: Natalie Naudus

Length: 21 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author Max Gladstone weaves American myths—the muscle car, the open road, the white-hatted cowboy—into a deeply emotional tale.

When Zelda and her friends first met, in college, they believed they had all the answers. They had figured out a big secret about how the world worked and they thought that meant they could... Read more

Tread of Angels

By: Rebecca Roanhorse

Narrated by: Dion Graham

Length: 4 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Celeste, a card sharp with a need for justice, takes on the role of advocatus diaboli, to defend her sister Mariel, accused of murdering a Virtue, a member of the ruling class of this mining town, in an “intricate…engrossing” (The Washington Post) new world of dark fantasy from the New York Times bestselling author of Black Sun, Rebecca... Read more

A Witch's Guide to Love and Poison

By: Aamna Qureshi

Narrated by: Aasiya Shah

Length: 9 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Bisma knows three things to be true: the Enchanted Forest will always be her home, she would go to the ends of the Earth to protect her sisters, and Xander Chapman is the most irritating guy she's ever met.

Since finding a home in the Enchanted Forest, Bisma - a garden witch with a penchant for potions - has always been protective of other... Read more

Furyborn

By: Claire Legrand

Narrated by: Fiona Hardingham

Length: 17 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

The stunningly original, must-read fantasy follows two fiercely independent young women, centuries apart, who hold the power to save their world...or doom it.

When assassins ambush her best friend, Rielle Dardenne risks everything to save him, exposing herself as one of a pair of prophesied queens: a queen of light, and a queen of blood. To prove... Read more

The Wild Huntress

By: Emily Lloyd-Jones

Narrated by: Moira Quirk

Length: 11 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

From the bestselling author of The Bone Houses and The Drowned Woods comes a thrilling fantasy about three unlikely allies bound together in a deadly, magical competition—perfect for fans of Holly Black and Erin A. Craig.  Every five years, two kingdoms take part in a Wild Hunt. Joining is a bloody risk, and even the most qualified hunters can... Read more

Untethered Sky

By: Fonda Lee

Narrated by: Nikki Massoud

Length: 3 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

From World Fantasy Award–winning author Fonda Lee comes an epic fantasy fable about the pursuit of obsession at all costs.

Ester’s family was torn apart when a manticore killed her mother and baby brother, leaving her with nothing but her father’s painful silence and a single, overwhelming need to kill the monsters that took her family.

Ester’s... Read more

White Cat, Black Dog

By: Kelly Link

Narrated by: Rebecca Lowman, Dan Stevens, Dominic Hoffman, K...

Length: 7 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Seven ingeniously reinvented fairy tales that play out with astonishing consequences in the modern world, from one of today’s finest short story writers—MacArthur “Genius Grant” fellow Kelly Link, bestselling author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist Get in Trouble

Finding seeds of inspiration in the Brothers Grimm, seventeenth-century French lore,... Read more

Evil in Me

By: Brom

Narrated by: Shahjehan Khan & Stephanie Németh-Parker

Length: 11 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

This program contains original music. The title track, "Evil in Me," is performed by The Maxines and written by Brom and AJ Grey of The Maxines.

"Rockers who love horror (or horror fans who love rock and roll) should give this tale a listen”—Library Journal

Evil in Me is bestselling author Brom's newest novel of possession, damnation, and rock 'n'... Read more

Where Shadows Meet

By: Patrice Caldwell

Narrated by: Alexis Campbell, Khaya Fraites & Melinda Sewak

Length: 9 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

This dark and thrillingly romantic debut vampire fantasy, which features multicast narration, questions what it truly means to sacrifice for love.

"This is a lush, intoxicating read, packing tender romance alongside vicious twists. My new obsession!" - Mark Oshiro, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Anger is a Gift and Into the Light

You have... Read more

The Whispering Night

By: Susan Dennard

Narrated by: Caitlin Davies

Length: 12 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

"Davies captures the magic of Dennard's exciting world and illuminates each character."—AudioFile on The Luminaries

The forest is more dangerous than ever in this highly-anticipated, pulse-pounding, and swoon-worthy conclusion to the bestselling Luminaries trilogy.

Winnie Wednesday’s future is looking bright. Hemlock Falls is no longer hunting... Read more

Haunt Sweet Home

By: Sarah Pinsker

Narrated by: Jennifer Blom, Jess Nahikian, Matt Godfrey & Ro...

Length: 3 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

This program features multicast narration.

On the set of a kitschy reality TV show, staged scares transform into unnerving reality in this spooky ghost story from multiple Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author Sarah Pinsker.

“Don’t talk to day about what we do at night.”

When aimless twenty-something Mara lands a job as the night-shift production... Read more

A Hero Born

By: Jin Yong

Narrated by: Carolyn Oldershaw & Daniel York Loh

Length: 13 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

The epic Chinese classic and phenomenon published in the US for the first time!

Featured in iO9's 2019 Fall Preview.

A fantastical generational saga and kung fu epic, Jin Yong's A Hero Born is the classic novel of its time, stretching from the Song Empire (China 1200 AD) to the appearance of a warlord whose name will endure for eternity: Genghis... Read more

A Monsoon Rising

By: Thea Guanzon

Narrated by: Kaleo Griffith & Jeanne Syquia

Length: 12 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

""Thea Guanzon’s talent is limitless, and she is the kind of writer that comes around once in a generation. Mark my words: lives will be changed by The Hurricane Wars trilogy.” — Ali Hazelwood, New York Times bestselling author of The Love HypothesisTwo hearts circle each other in the eye of the storm in this highly-anticipated follow-up to the... Read more

The Casquette Girls

By: Alys Arden

Narrated by: Kate Rudd

Length: 17 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

After the storm of the century rips apart New Orleans, sixteen-year-old Adele Le Moyne and her father are among the first to return. Adele wants nothing more than to resume her normal life, but with the silent city resembling a war zone, a parish-wide curfew, and mysterious new faces lurking in the abandoned French Quarter, normal needs a new... Read more