Sci-Fi and Fantasy Audiobooks
Enjoy an escape from reality with our list of the best science fiction and fantasy audiobooks.
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2023 Audie Finalists for Fantasy
2023 Audie Finalists for Science Fiction
2022 B&N Speculative Fiction Book Award
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Barnes & Noble is proud to present the inaugural Speculative Fiction Book Award to R. F. Kuang's Babel, a dark academia standalone that's smart, witty and terrifying—the type of book you can't stop reading and can't stop recommending!
Barnes & Noble's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of 2022
Secret Project #1 Is Out Now
Brandon Sanderson expands his Cosmere universe shared by The Stormlight Archive and Mistborn with a new standalone novel for everyone who loved The Princess Bride.
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The Alex Stern Series
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Get ready for the sequel to the smash New York Times bestseller Ninth House from #1 bestselling author Leigh Bardugo.
Hell Bent brings to life an intricate world full of magic, violence, and all too real monsters.
Get ready for the sequel to the smash New York Times bestseller Ninth House from #1 bestselling author Leigh Bardugo.
Hell Bent brings to life an intricate world full of magic, violence, and all too real monsters.
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The Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction
Congratulations to Khadija Abdalla Bajaber for winning the first inaugural Ursula K. Le Guin Prize!
“Scene after scene is gleaming, textured, utterly devoid of cliché and arresting in its wisdom. The novel's structure is audacious and its use of language is to die for.” (The Ursula K. Le. Guin Prize for Fiction)
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Our Monthly Speculative Fiction Pick
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In the early 1900s, a young woman is caught between two worlds in H. G. Parry's spellbinding tale of miracles, magic, and the adventure of a lifetime.
In the early 1900s, a young woman is caught between two worlds in H. G. Parry's spellbinding tale of miracles, magic, and the adventure of a lifetime.
Barnes & Noble's Best Horror of 2022
Epic Political Fantasy
Touraine is a soldier.
Luca needs a turncoat.
Through assassinations and massacres, Touraine and Luca will haggle over the price of a nation. Continue their story in The Faithless as they search for a way to secure Luca's power and Touraine's freedom.
Touraine is a soldier.
Luca needs a turncoat.
Through assassinations and massacres, Touraine and Luca will haggle over the price of a nation. Continue their story in The Faithless as they search for a way to secure Luca's power and Touraine's freedom.
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Top Sci-Fi Series
Coming Soon from TJ Klune
In the Lives of Puppets is a masterful stand-alone fantasy adventure.
Bestselling author TJ Klune invites you deep into the heart of a peculiar forest and on the extraordinary journey of a family assembled from spare parts.
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