“Carlos Delacruz is one of the New York Council of the Dead’s most unusual agents – an inbetweener, partially resurrected from a death he barely recalls suffering, after a life that’s missing from his memory. Though they manage to find a station and head north, they are being hunted.” Half-Resurrection Blues, Midnight Taxi Tango, and Battle Hill Bolero written and narrated by Daniel José Older Matters do not go as planned-Cora kills a young white boy who tries to capture her. When Caesar, a recent arrival from Virginia, tells her about the Underground Railroad, they decide to take a terrifying risk and escape. Life is hell for all the slaves, but especially bad for Cora an outcast even among her fellow Africans, she is coming into womanhood-where even greater pain awaits. “Cora is a slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia. ![]() And where there is no mercy.” The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead, narrated by Bahni Turpin This is the Stillness, a land long familiar with catastrophe, where the power of the Earth is wielded as a weapon. It starts with betrayal,and long dormant wounds rising up to fester. It starts with death, with a murdered son and a missing daughter. It starts with the great, red rift across the heart of the world’s sole continent, spewing ash that blots out the sun. Amid the swirl of plots to depose him, offers of arranged marriages, and the specter of the unknown conspirators who lurk in the shadows, he must quickly adjust to life as the Goblin Emperor.” The Fifth Season, The Obelisk Gate, and The Stone Sky by N.K. Entirely unschooled in the art of court politics, he has no friends, no advisors, and the sure knowledge that whoever assassinated his father and brothers could make an attempt on his life at any moment. But when his father and three sons in line for the throne are killed in an “accident,” he has no choice but to take his place as the only surviving rightful heir. “The youngest, half-goblin son of the Emperor has lived his entire life in exile, distant from the Imperial Court and the deadly intrigue that suffuses it. The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addision, narrated by Kyle McCarley And when the murals in her neighborhood begin to weep real tears… Well, something more sinister than the usual Brooklyn ruckus is going on.” Her strokeridden grandfather starts apologizing over and over. But then a corpse crashes the first party of the season. “Sierra Santiago planned an easy summer of making art and hanging out with her friends. In doing so, he sets eyes on convent-bound Rosaline, and a terrible curse begins that will claim the lives of many in Verona…and will rewrite all their fates, forever.” Shadowshaper and Shadowhouse Fall by Daniel José Older, narrated by Anika Noni Rose At night, he is the Prince of Shadows, the greatest thief in Verona-and he risks all as he steals from House Capulet. He expects to die for his cousin, for his house, but a spark of rebellion still lives inside him. Benvolio Montague, cousin to Romeo, knows this. “In the Houses of Montague and Capulet, there is only one goal: Power. Thank you for signing up! Keep an eye on your inbox.īy signing up you agree to our terms of use Prince of Shadows: A Novel of Romeo and Juliet by Rachel Caine, narrated by Kyle McCarley You’ll notice some repeated narrator names make up the list… and there are also some authors who read their own work. All of the best fantasy audiobooks (the best audiobooks of any genre, really) have that alchemical combination. To have a truly great audiobook, you need not only start with an amazing book, it needs to be paired with an amazing narrator who really gets the story and transports you directly into the world. ![]() Look for gods and monsters, heroes and villains, and a lot of ordinary people who have had greatness and plot complications thrust upon them. This list runs the gamut from epic to contemporary fantasy, from the dark to the light, because fantasy as a subgenre is a wonderfully open sandbox for authors to play in. Now we’re back to add a huge number of audiobooks to extend that list, but this time we’re we’re focusing on the best fantasy audiobooks - and there’s plenty to choose from just in the last few years! In 2016, we brought you a list of ten great science fiction and fantasy audiobooks. Alex lives in Denver with their two furry little bastards, where they twirl their mustache, watch movies, and bike. They've written for Six to Start and been published in Strange Horizons, Lightspeed, Shimmer, Daily Science Fiction, and more. Alex Acks is a writer, geologist, and sharp-dressed sir.
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