Narrated

This time on Narrated, we discussed some of our favorite adaptations of books into movies. Mark: The Wild Robot (2024)  [Wikipedia]   Shachi: West Side Story (1961)  [Wikipedia] Lisa Arrival (2016)  [Wikipedia] Scott: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring)  [Wikipedia] Mark: The Hunger Games (2012)  [Wikipedia] Shachi: Jurassic Park (1993)  [Wikipedia] Lisa The Princess Bride (1987)  [Wikipedia] Scott: The Shawshank Redemption (1994)  [Wikipedia]

This time we discussed City of Others, written by Jared Poon, and narrated by David Lee Huynh City of Others [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] Novellavember 2025 [Episode 333] 2025 Series Recap [Episode 337] Our Favorites of 2025 [Episode 339] 2025 Recommended Reading List Hugo Award Spreadsheet of Doom Small Gods of Calamity [Overdrive/Libby] Rivers of London (Series): Midnight Riot [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] Constituent Service: A Third District Story [Overdrive/Libby] The Laundry Files (Series): The Atrocity Archives [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] October Daye (Series): Rosemary and Rue [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

This time we discussed The Daughter Who Remains, Book 3 of the She Who Knows series, written by Nnedi Okorafor, and narrated by Yetide Badaki. The Daughter Who Remains [Audible] / [OverDrive/Libby] Hugo Award Spreadsheet of Doom She Who Knows [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Who Fears Death [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] The Book of Phoenix [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] To Shape a Dragon's Breath [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] Noor [Libro.fm]   Sworn Soldier (Series): What Moves the Dead [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] Binti (Series): Binti [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]  

This time we discussed Hemlock & Silver, written by T. Kingfisher, and narrated by Jennifer Pickens Hemlock & Silver [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] The Muppet Show (2026) [Disney+] Funny Boy: The Richard Hunt Biography [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] Castle Hangnail [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] Sworn Soldier (Series): What Moves the Dead [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] Wolf Worm [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] A Sorceress Comes to Call [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] The Butcher of the Forest [Libro.fm] /  [Overdrive/Libby]   Spinning Silver [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] 

This time we discussed Hamnet, written by Maggie O'Farrell, and narrated by Jessie Buckley or Ell Potter Hamnet narrated by Jessie Buckley [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] Hamnet narrated by Ell Potter [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] The Golem and the Jinni [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Episode 14]   Land: June 2, 2026 [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow [Libro.fm]   Enter Ghost [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]

This time we discussed To Ride a Rising Storm, ritten by Moniquill Blackgoose, and narrated by Charley Flyte. Thank you to Penguin Random House Audio for reaching out to provide advanced review copies for today's episode To Ride a Rising Storm [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] To Shape a Dragon's Breath [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] Sinners (2025) [IMDb] Hamnet [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] Author Interviews from Arisia - Part II [Episode 241] Kinning [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] The Scholomance (Series): A Deadly Education [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] Temeraire (Series) [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]  

This time we discussed Of Monsters and Mainframes, written by Barbara Truelove, and narrated by Chris Devon, Emana Rachelle, Charlie Albers, Eve Passeltiner, Zura Johnson, Cary Hite & Gail Shalan. We also discussed some of our favorite recent short fiction listens in our short fiction spotlight. Of Monsters and Mainframes [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] Starfleet Academy (2026) [Paramount+] The Locked Tomb (Series): Gideon the Ninth [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] The Murderbot Diaries (Series) - All Systems Red [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] Wayfarers (Series): The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] Someone You Can Build a Nest In [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] Space Opera [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] Short Fiction Spotlight: "Wire Mother" written by R.T. Ester, narrated by Kate Baker [Clarkesworld] - Issue 231: December 2025 / Short Story "The Teleporting Disaster Fairy" written by Rati Mehrotra, narrated

This time we discussed Slow Gods, written by Claire North, and narrated by Peter Kenny. Thank you to Libro.fm ALC Program and Hachette Audio for providing review copies of Slow Gods, for today's episode. Slow Gods [Libro.fm] The Final Architecture (Series): Shards of Earth [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] Some Desperate Glory [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] The Three-Body Problem [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] The Man from Earth (2007) [IMDb] We Are Legion (We Are Bob) [Audible]

As 2026 begins, we discuss some of the audiobooks we are looking forward to in the new year. Round 1: Shachi: Land (Written by: Maggie O'Farrell / Narrated by: TBA): June 2, 2026 [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] Mark: Platform Decay (Written by: Martha Wells / Narrated by: TBA): May 5, 2026 [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] Lisa: To Ride a Rising Storm (Written by: Moniquill Blackgoose / Narrated by: Charley Flyte): January 27, 2026 [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] The Killing Spell (Written by: Shay Kauwe / Narrated by: TBA): April 14, 2026 [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] Scott: The Tapestry of Fate (Written by: Shannon Chakraborty / Narrated by: TBA): May 12, 2026 [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] Round 2: Shachi: Last Night in Brooklyn (Written by: Xochitl Gonzalez / Narrated by: Elizabeth Rodriguez): April 21, 2026 [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] Mark: The Faith of Beasts (Written by: Casey Johnston / Narrated by: TBA): April 14, 2026  [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] Lisa: The Language of Liars (Written by: S.

As the year comes to a close, we take a look back at some of our favorite audiobooks from 2025. Round 1: Shachi: The Road to Tender Hearts [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] Mark: Best Laid Plans: A Simple Planning System for Living a Life That You Love [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] Lisa: Death of the Author [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] Scott: A Drop of Corruption [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Episode 310] Round 2: Shachi: The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] Mark: Songs for Other Peoples Weddings [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] Lisa: Down in the Sea of Angels [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] Scott: Automatic Noodle [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]  / [Episode 319] / [Sundry Book Club: Chatting with Author Annalee Newitz] Round 3: Shachi: North Sun: Or, The Voyage of the Whaleship Esther [OverDrive/Libby] Mark: Write Through It [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]   Lisa: Luminous [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] Scott: Saltcrop [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Episode 329] A

This time we discussed The Everlasting, written by Alix E. Harrow, and narrated by Moira Quirk & Sid Sagar. The Everlasting [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] Keeping Time (Series): Timepiece [OverDrive/Libby] A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court [Audible] The Ten Thousand Doors of January [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]  Starling House [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] Fractured Fables (Series): A Spindle Splintered [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] Kindred [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

This week we discussed some of the 2025 Science Fiction and Fantasy series installments we have read and listened to throughout the year, including our thoughts on nominations for the Hugo Award for Best Series. Convergence (Series): A Ruin, Great and Free [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] Legends & Lattes (Series): Brigands and Breadknives [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] Vita Nostra (Series): School of Shards [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] October Daye (Series): Silver and Lead [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] She Who Knows (Series) / Who Fears Death (Series) : One Way Witch [Audible] / [Overdrive/Libby] The Midsolar Murders (Series): Infinite Archive [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] The Annual Migration of Clouds (Series): The First Thousand Trees [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] Lady Astronaut (Series): The Martian Contingency [Audible]   The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti (Series): The Potency of Ungovernable Impulses [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] Novellavember 2025 [Ep 333] The Singing Hills Cycle

This time we discussed The Raven Scholar, written by Anna North, and narrated by Lily Newmark. Thank you to Libro.fm ALC Program and Hachette Audio for providing review copies of The Raven Scholar, for today's episode. The Raven Scholar [Libro.fm] The Raven Tower [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] Raybearer [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Episode 91]  

This time we discussed Bog Queen, written by Anna North, and narrated by Lily Newmark. Thank you to Libro.fm ALC Program and Bloomsbury Publishing for providing review copies of Bog Queen, for today's episode. Bog Queen [Libro.fm] Bones (2005-2017) [IMDb] The Invisible Wild [Libro.fm]

This time we discussed All That We See or Seem, written by Ken Liu and narrated by Kat Cleave. All That We See or Seem [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] 2025 Goodreads Choice Awards Brigands & Breadknives [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] Automatic Noodle [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] These Memories Do Not Belong to Us: A Constellation Novel [Libro.fm] The Shattering Peace [Audible] Saltcrop [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] Death of the Author [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] The River Has Roots [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]   Wind and Truth [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]   Katabasis [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] The Incandescent [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]   The Raven Scholar [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]   Dandelion Dynasty (Series): The Grace of Kings [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]   Laozi's Dao De Jing: A New Interpretation for a Transformative Time [Audible]   Broken Stars [Audible]   Chaos on CatNet [Audible]

This week we celebrated Novellavember by discussing some of our favorite recent novellas. Cinder House [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] The Summer War [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] The Memory of the Ogisi [Overdrive/Libby] What Stalks the Deep [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] Making History [Audible] / [Overdrive/Libby] The Adventure of the Demonic Ox: A Penric and Desdemona Novella [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] Previously Discussed: The River Has Roots [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Episode 302]   Murder by Memory [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Episode 305]   The Unworthy [Libro.fm] / [Episode 307] Automatic Noodle [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Episode 319] A Mouthful of Dust [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Episode 331] Additional Mentions: The Hungry Gods [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] Lives of Bitter Rain [Libro.fm] The Mountain Crown [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] Red Star Hustle / Apprehension [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] The First Thousand Trees [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

This week we celebrated Non-Fiction November by discussing some of our favorite recent non-fiction reads and listens. Biography/Memoir: Misbehaving at the Crossroads: Essays & Writings [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] A Physical Education: How I Escaped Diet Culture and Gained the Power of Lifting [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] Positive Obsession: The Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] Future Boy: Back to the Future and My Journey Through the Space-Time Continuum [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] Other Non-Fiction Picks: One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] You Can't Take It With You: Foolproof Techniques for Tidying Up Like There's No Tomorrow [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech's Hype and Create the Future We Want [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] The Genius Bat: The Secret Life of the Only Flying Mammal [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] Other References: Non-Fiction November 2024 [Libro.fm] Hugo History (

This time we discussed A Mouthful of Dust, book 6 of The Singing Hills Cycle, written by Nghi Vo and narrated by Cindy Kay. We also discussed some of our favorite recent short fiction listens in our short fiction spotlight.   A Mouthful of Dust [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] The Grimoire Grammar School Parent Teacher Association [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] Short Fiction Spotlight: “Wire Mother” written by Isabel J. Kim, narrated by Kate Baker [Clarkesworld] - Issue 229: October 2025 / Short Story ”Holding Patterns” written by Jennifer Hudak, narrated by Kat Kourbeti [Escape Pod 989] / Short Story “The Porniest Porn in Porntown” written by Stephen Graham Jones, narrated by Stefen Rudnicki [Lightspeed] - October 2025 (Issue 185) / Short Story “Five Impossible Things” written by Koji A. Dae, narrated by Kate Baker [Clarkesworld] - Issue 228: September 2025 / Short

This time we discussed Acts of God, written by Kanan Gill, and narrated by Sunil Malhotra. Thank you to Libro.fm ALC Program and Blackstone Publishing for providing review copies of Acts of God, for today’s episode. Acts of God [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] Ignyte Awards - 2025 Results The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] Space Opera [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] Columbo (1971-1998) [IMDb] Knives Out (2019) [IMDb] Katabasis [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] Mad Sisters of Esi [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]  

This time we discussed Saltcrop, written by Yume Kitasei, and narrated by Eunice Wong; The Man Who Died Seven Times, written by Yasuhiko Nishizawa, translated by Jesse Kirkwood, and narrated by Kaipo Schwab; and Lessons in Magic and Disaster written by Charlie Jane Anders, and narrated by Lisa Flanagan, Marisa Calin & Sena Bryer Saltcrop [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] The Man Who Died Seven Times [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] Lessons in Magic and Disaster [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] The Stardust Grail [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] We are Satellites [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] Notes from a Regicide [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]