
That said, a bad narrator can completely ruin a story, so it’s important to find sci-fi audiobooks that are both superbly written and awesomely narrated. When they’re narrated well, characters come alive in a way that they can’t on the page. Listening to these science fiction stories, rather than reading them directly, can also add new dimensions to the plot. You can ‘read’ on your drive to work, your daily run, or while you’re cleaning the house all of which are pretty much impossible with traditional books! Nowadays, most popular titles come in audiobook format as well as in regular print, and the sci-fi genre is no exception.Īn audiobook is a great way to experience classic and contemporary science fiction titles when you don’t have time to dedicate exclusively to reading. While you might not be done with the printed page forever, it’s definitely worth giving audiobooks a try. are more popular than they’ve ever been, and many book lovers have permanently switched to ‘listening’ rather than reading. Archived from the original on 26 July 2020. ^ "Audie Award Winners of 2008 (partial)".^ "Best Audiobook Titles of the Year Honored in New York".

Archived from the original on 16 October 2019. Khristine Hvam, James Patrick Cronin, and Jodie Harris Rivers Solomon, Daveed Diggs, William Hutston, and Jonathan Snipes Simon Jones, Geoffrey McGivern, and full cast The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Tertiary Phase (2004) Suzanne Toren, Robin Miles, and full castĭavid Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, and full cast Listening Library/Penguin Random House Audio Star Wars: Return of the Jedi: Beware the Power of the Dark Side! (2015) The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August (2014) Matthew Frow, Jayne Entwistle, and full cast Collins, and Casey Hollowayīernadette Dunn, Bob Walter, and Robbie Daymond Julianna Baggott, Khristine Hvam, Joshua Swanson, Kevin T. Steve Downes, Holter Graham, Frank O'Connor, and Jen TaylorĪgatha H. Jessica Almasy, Marc Vietor, Oliver Wyman, Jennifer Van Dyck, and Robert J. Michal Friedman, Ellen Archer, Robert Petkoff, and Suzanne Torenĭeepak Chopra, Debbie Ford, and Marianne WilliamsonĮmily Bergl, Charles Busch, Neil Dickson, Jill Gascoine, James Marsters, Christopher Neame, and Matthew Wolf Great Classic Science Fiction (1911–1962) The Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1955)Ĭlaudia Black, Mark Bramhall, Scott Brick, Roy Dotrice, Kim Mai Guest, Kirby Heyborne, and Adrian PaulĪdele Park, Susan Paige Lane, and full cast Scott Brick, Orlagh Cassidy, Euan Morton, Simon Vance, and Ilyana Kadushin Winners and finalists 2000s Year of Release It awards excellence in narration, production, and content for a science-fiction audiobook released in a given year.


The Audie Award for Science Fiction is one of the Audie Awards presented annually by the Audio Publishers Association (APA).
