Are you ready to be transported to hauntingly realistic futures? Our selection offers a glimpse into harrowing and unsettling futures, exploring the human experience in societies plagued by chaos, oppression, and destruction. From post-apocalyptic landscapes to totalitarian regimes, our range of dystopian audiobooks is sure to captivate and challenge you. Our expert narrators bring these worlds to life, immersing you in the story and its characters, as they navigate the dangers and complexities of their worlds. Whether you're a fan of classic dystopian tales or looking for fresh, contemporary voices, our collection has something for everyone. Listen now and explore these dark and thought-provoking universes.
812 audiobooks
883 authors
10.55 hours
3.92/5
Author: Pierce Brown
Narrator: Tim Gerard Reynolds
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“This book has a lot of similarity with "The Hunger Games Series", but it is so much more. It touches on question of morality, psychology and society in a very deep and engaging way. If you like books where the main protagonist is a genius and has to master impossible situations, you will love this one. 5/5 for superb narration. Reynolds really was feeling it while he read.”
— MichaelAuthor: Emily St. John Mandel
Narrator: Kirsten Potter
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“Mandel’s spectacular, unmissable new novel is set in a near-future dystopia, after most — seriously, 99.99 percent — of the world’s population is killed suddenly and swiftly by a flu pandemic. (Have fun riding the subway after this one!) The perspective shifts between a handful of survivors, all connected to a famous actor who died onstage just before the collapse. A literary page-turner, impeccably paced, which celebrates the world lost while posing questions about art, fame, and what endures after everything, and everyone, is gone.”
— Amanda Bullock, VultureAuthor: Dave Eggers
Narrator: Dion Graham
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“In this taut, claustrophobic corporate thriller, Eggers comes down hard on the culture of digital over-sharing, creating a very-near-future dystopia in which all that is not forbidden is required…Eggers has a keen eye for context, and the great strength of The Circle lies in its observations about the way instant, asynchronous communication has damaged our personal relationships…A speculative morality tale in the vein of George Orwell.”
— San Francisco ChronicleAuthor: Margaret Atwood
Narrator: Margaret Atwood, Ann Dowd, Bryce Dallas Howard, Derek Jacobi, Derek Jacobi, Tantoo Cardinal, various narrators, Mae Whitman
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“Narrator Ann Dowd, known for her role on the television adaptation, is formidable as Aunt Lydia. Hearing her resonant narration of diary entries allows listeners to feel the horror of early Gilead, be disturbed by the aunt’s complicity, and discover her secrets. Bryce Dallas Howard’s sweet narration of the Transcript of Witness Testimony 369A provides a window onto the extreme restrictions of girlhood in Gilead. Mae Whitman’s snarky rendition of Witness 369B’s testimony reflects a privileged youth in Canada, where she unwittingly triggers dramatic changes. Listening adds an entirely new dimension to a riveting tale. Atwood narrates section headings and her note, and Tantoo Cardinal and Derek Jacobi nail the scholarly conclusion. Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award.”
— AudioFileAuthor: Russell Wilbinski
Narrator: Neil Hellegers, Neil Hellegers
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“This is one of the most unique apocalyptic books I’ve ever listened to & my library is overflowing! Having a husband that games & being a wife that isn’t afraid of picking up a controller, this book is satisfying to the prepper minded - gamer enthusiast that played Fallout for 72 hours straight when a new edition released! When a character‘s action is described, the anticipation of a game prompt is palpable and the author delivering on those expectations is so gratifying! I haven’t even finished the book and I checked to see if this is a series. I’ll keep an eye out for Russell Wilbinski.”
— Vickie W.Author: Matthew Reilly
Narrator: Sean Mangan
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“Three Sacred Cities, by master Matthew Reilly, is a page turning, breathless, loss off sleep thrill ride. Continuing the Jack West global destruction series, Three Sacred Cities must be found to save the world. Only problem, Jack is being hunted by those whose toes he stepped on. Being on a roller coaster while standing on one foot, balancing a stack of plates on a toothpick and needing to use the bathroom leave one unable to put the book down. Fast paced, balls to the wall.”
— SunteaAuthor: Nicholas Sansbury Smith
Narrator: R. C. Bray
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The New York Times and USA Today bestselling series
They dive so humanity survives …
More than two centuries after World War III poisoned the planet, the final bastion of humanity lives on massive airships circling the globe in search of a habitable area to call home. Aging and outdated, most of the ships plummeted back to earth long ago. The only thing keeping the two surviving lifeboats in the sky are Hell Divers—men and women who risk their lives by skydiving to the surface to scavenge for parts the ships desperately need.
When one of the remaining airships is damaged in an electrical storm, a Hell Diver team is deployed to a hostile zone called Hades. But there’s something down there far worse than the mutated creatures discovered on dives in the past—something that threatens the fragile future of humanity.
“This book for me is a solid six stars as Nicholas Sansbury Smith delivers yet again. Hell Divers unbelievably takes it another notch above his excellent Extinction Cycle series…The author has crafted yet another engrossing apocalyptic world in which we are plunged…If Hell Divers is anything to go by then this trilogy is destined to become a classic.”
— The Lazy Book ReviewerAuthor: N. K. Jemisin
Narrator: Robin Miles
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“This is a story about love. Pain. The perseverance of self, and worst of all, endings. The world ends in so many ways for all the characters here, but living through that ending makes this beautiful, amazing story that much better. Jemisin never disappoints all while taking intense subject matter and turning it into an examination of self. LGBT characters, positive polyamory, people of color, stunning writing all while holding hands with the apocalyptic narrative.”
— TheonAuthor: A. American
Narrator: Duke Fontaine
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“Going Home (book #1) – Resurrecting Home (book #5) - Good story line, interesting characters, and filled with survival concepts to ponder. If you are looking for a good series of audiobooks on post-apocalyptic survival I found the Going Home series very enjoyable. Some reviews I have read stated items like a 60lb backpack is unrealistic and this or that is factually incorrect. If you are looking for a survival documentary or how-to series this is not it.”
— LewAuthor: Ernest Cline
Narrator: Wil Wheaton
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“Loved it! A recommendation from books on the nightstand was so interesting I picked the book up full of doubt and finished it in a weekend. All the 80's references were such fun. Reminded me of skipping work with a friend to play galaga and miss PAC man all day.”
— MelissaAuthor: Cormac McCarthy
Narrator: Tom Stechschulte
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Cormac McCarthy is one of America's most celebrated novelists. Born in 1933, he has written ten books, including The Road and No Country for Old Men. His 1985 book Blood Meridian won the honor of being among books chosen for Time magazine's list of 100 best books written between 1923 and 2005. His book The Road was also listed in 2005 as Time Magazine's best book written in the last ten years. There is speculation that McCarthy will at one point be nominated for the Nobel prize in literature, as well.
The Road is an astounding tale of nature and perseverance, of hope and deliverance. It is appropriate for all audiences young adult and up, and is sure to be on any avid reader's wish list.
“Cormac McCarthy out does himself with this piece of writing. His style's cut and dry. If you'd like to know the symbolism behind his use of the only one name throughout the book, Elijah, I'll tell you if you email me. However, you must first prove to me that you read it.”
— LPAuthor: George Orwell
Narrator: Simon Prebble
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These are the watchwords for The Party, which governs Oceania with absolute authority. In Airstrip One (formerly known as England), the omnipresent viewscreens, which the people watch and by which in turn are watched, remind everyone that "BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU."
Winston Smith, member of the Outer Party and diligent worker in the Ministry of Truth, where he rewrites history, is dead. He already knows it, for he has committed thoughtcrime. "Thoughtcrime doesn't entail death," he notes in his forbidden journal, "thoughtcrime IS death." As he starts his journey as a thought criminal seeking actual truth, he encounters Julia, beautiful and tempting; O'Brien, member of the Inner Party and potential ally against tyranny; and the truth about a party seeking power for power's sake. And this truth, it will not set him free.
1984: New Classic Edition, written in 1948, is a cautionary tale. Orwell saw, in the burgeoning Cold War, a terrible future, and detailed it in this lasting novel which has been translated into 65 different languages; the dystopic future of 1984 remains as poignant and timely in any year and in any era.
George Orwell was the pen name of Eric Blair, an English novelist who used his works to comment on the perils of social injustice and totalitarianism. A journalist by trade, he was best known during his life for his essays and columns in newspapers and magazines, famously describing the effects of poverty in Paris and northern England as well as covering the Spanish Civil War. He wrote most of 1984 while ill, being diagnosed with tuberculosis in 1947. Still, he persisted, writing one of the most important works in the English language, responsible for such neologisms as "doublethink," "Big Brother" and "memory hole" and immortalized in the term "Orwellian." He died at the age of 46 on January 21, 1950.
“the world that he has created with bogbrother...a supreme, beyond god existence...thoughtcrime, thoughtpolice ...it filled my heart with the horror of what if...all the things that we take for granted are taken away...even the liberty to think is forshaken...i shudder at the thought of it...”
— Abhinav