Narrated

This time we discussed Sunward, written by William Alexander, and narrated by Lindsey Dorcus. Sunward [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] Goblin Secrets [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] Klara and the Sun [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]  / [Episode 110]  The Expanse (Series): Leviathan Wakes [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti (Series): The Mimicking of Known Successes [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] A Closed and Common Orbit [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] Automatic Noodle [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]  

This time we discussed The Shattering Peace, book 7 in the Old Man’s War series written by John Scalzi, and narrated by Tavia Gilbert. The Shattering Peace [Audible] Old Man's War [Audible] Zoe's Tale [Audible] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible] The Human Division [Audible] The End of All Things [Audible] A Ruin, Great and Free [Audible] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible] The Murderbot Diaries (Series) - All Systems Red [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible] Lock In (series) [Audible] The Martian [Audible]

This time we discussed Katabasis, written by R. F. Kuang, and narrated by Morag Sims & Will Watt. Katabasis [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] Babel [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Episode 169] Piranesi [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]  Service Model [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Episode 257] The Phantom Tollbooth [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Episode 53]

This time we discussed A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping, written by Sangu Mandanna, and narrated by Samara MacLaren. A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] Hugo Award Spreadsheet of Doom Intergalactic Mixtape The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] Legends & Lattes [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Episode 150] The Grimoire Grammar School Parent Teacher Association [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] Can't Spell Treason Without Tea [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

This time we discussed Notes from a Regicide, written by Isaac Fellman, and narrated by Avi Roque. Notes from a Regicide [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] 2025 Hugo Nomination Statistics The Forever Desert (Series): The Lies of the Ajungo [Overdrive/Libby] Sworn Soldier (Series): What Moves the Dead [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] Cemetery Boys [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] Dead Collections [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] The Two Doctors Górski [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] Woman On the Edge of Time [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] Terra Ignota (Series): Too Like the Lightning [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] The Tyrant Philosophers (Series): City of Last Chances [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] World Running Down [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] Automatic Noodle [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Website (Merch)]

This time we discussed The Last Soul Among Wolves, written by Melissa Caruso, and narrated by Moira Quirk. The Last Soul Among Wolves [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] The Last Hour Between Worlds [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] The Locked Tomb (Series): Gideon the Ninth [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] A Darker Shade of Magic [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] Even Though I Knew the End [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] The Last Binding (Series): A Marvellous Light [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]  

This time we discussed These Memories Do Not Belong to Us, written by Yiming Ma, and narrated by Will Dao, Jeremy Ang Jones, David Shih, Cindy Kay, Brian Nishii, Jeanne Sakata, Catherine Ho, Francois Chau, Eunice Wong, Kenneth Lee, Reuben Uy, Sura Siu, James Chen & Jennifer Lim. Thank you to the Libro.fm, Harper Audio, and Mariner Books for providing audio review copies of These Memories Do Not Belong to Us for today’s episode. These Memories Do Not Belong to Us: A Constellation Novel [Libro.fm] Short Fiction Spotlight: “Through the Machine” written by P.A. Cornell, narrated by Stefen Rudnicki [Lightspeed] - May 2025 (Issue 180) / Short Story “Welcome to Kearney” written by Gary Kloster, narrated by Kate Baker [Clarkesworld] - Issue 226: July 2025 / Novelette “If an Algorithm Can Cast a Shadow” written by Claire Jia-Wen, narrated by Kate Baker [Clarkesworld] - Issue 226: July 2025 / Novelette ”As Brittle as Granite” written by Matt Tighe, narrated by Dani Daly [Cast of Wonders 646] / Short Story ”Billion

This time on Narrated, explored books we would like to vacation in with a Narrated draft. Shachi’s Interview with Annalee Newitz [Sundry Book Club] Round 1: Shachi: James and the Giant Peach [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] Mark: Ready Player One [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] Lisa: Monk & Robot (Series): A Psalm for the Wild Built [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] Scott: The Spare Man [Audible] Round 2: Shachi: Clear [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] Mark: The Night Circus [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] Lisa: The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti (Series): The Mimicking of Known Successes [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] Scott: The Walt Disney World That Never Was: Stories Behind the Amazing Imagineering Dreams That Never Came True [Author’s Page] Round 3: Shachi: Devil in the White City [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] Mark: Jurassic Park [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] Lisa: The Vorkosigan Saga (Series) [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]   Scott: Legends & Lattes [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] Other R

This time we discussed The Bewitching, written by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, and narrated by Gisela Chipe. Thank you to the Libro.fm ALC Program and Penguin Random House Audio for providing audio review copies of The Bewitching for today’s episode. The Bewitching [Libro.fm] ReaderCon 34 (2025) [Episode 318] Dreadful [Libro.fm] The Grimoire Grammar School Parent Teacher Association [Overdrive/Libby] The Murderbot Diaries (Series) - All Systems Red [Libro.fm] / All Systems Red - Full Cast [Libro.fm] The Dark Forest [Libro.fm] Silver Nitrate [Libro.fm] Starling House [Libro.fm] Mexican Gothic [Libro.fm] The Scholomance (Series): A Deadly Education [Libro.fm]  

This time we discussed Automatic Noodle, written by Annalee Newitz and narrated by Em Grosland. Thank you to Macmillan Audio for providing audio review copies of Automatic Noodle for today’s episode. Automatic Noodle [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Website] Interview with Annalee Newitz Legends & Lattes [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Episode 150] A Psalm for the Wild Built [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Episode 113] World Running Down [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] A Closed and Common Orbit [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] I Leave It Up to You [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] Annie Bot [Libro.fm] The Terraformers [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Episode 190] The Future of Another Timeline [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] Stories are Weapons: Psychological Warfare and the American Mind [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]  

Lisa shares her discussions with authors at Readercon 34. Readercon Fonda Lee: [Website] / [Newsletter] / [Instagram] The Green Bone Saga (Series): Jade City [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] Untethered Sky [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] Breathmarked (Series): Breath of the Dragon [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] The Last Contract of Isako - Summer 2026 Arula Ratnakar: [Website] / [Bluesky] ”Fractal Karma” written by Arula Ratnakar, narrated by Kate Baker [Clarkesworld] - Issue 217: October 2024 The Life Beyond Us [EAI] / [Overdrive/Libby] ”Coda” [Future Tense] - March 28, 2025 “The Sun from Both Sides” written by R.S.A. Garcia, narrated by Kate Baker [Clarkesworld] - Issue 152: May 2019 Caitlin Rozakis: [Website] / [Newsletter] / [Instagram] / [Bluesky] Dreadful [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] The Grimoire Grammar School Parent Teacher Association [Overdrive/Libby]

This time we discussed a science fiction classic, The Dispossessed, written by Ursula K. Le Guin. The Dispossessed [Libro.fm (Don Leslie Narration)] / [Libro.fm (Tim Treloar Narration)]   Interimaginary Departures Janet Zweig: Interimaginary Departures (2021) Anarresti Name Generator Stranger in a Strange Land [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] The Dawn of Everything [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] Parable of the Sower [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] Parable of the Talents [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] Sula [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] If Beale Street Could Talk [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] Sense and Sensibility (Narrated by: Alison Larkin) [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] The Haunting of Hill House [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] Sundry Book Club - 2025 Reading Challenge

Lisa and Scott discuss the 2025 Hugo Award Finalists for Best Series. 2025 Hugo Finalists - Best Series: Between Earth and Sky (Series): Black Sun [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Episode 82] InCryptid (Series): Discount Armageddon [Audible] The Burning Kingdoms (Series): The Jasmine Throne [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] Southern Reach (Series): Annihilation [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] The Tyrant Philosophers (Series): City of Last Chances [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] Stormlight Archive (Series): The Way of Kings [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] Other Referenced Works & Episodes: Fevered Star [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Episode 151] Mirrored Heavens [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Episode 262] Wind and Truth [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Episode 296] 2025 Hugo Episodes: 308: 2025 Hugo Finalists - Best Novel 312: 2025 Hugo Finalists - Best Novella Hugos There Podcast: 2025 Hugo-nominated Short Story Panel - Including Lisa & Scott

This time we discussed So Many Stars: An Oral History of Trans, Nonbinary, Genderqueer, and Two-Spirit People of Color, written and narrated by Caro De Robertis. Thank you to Libro.fm ALC Program and Hachette Audio for providing audio review copies for today’s episode. So Many Stars: An Oral History of Trans, Nonbinary, Genderqueer, and Two-Spirit People of Color [Libro.fm] Supporting Trans People of Colour [OverDrive/Libby] The Intermediaries: A Weimar Story [Libro.fm]  

This time we discussed The Potency of Ungovernable Impulses, Book 3 of The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, written by Malka Older, and narrated by Lindsey Dorcus. We also discussed some of our favorite recent short fiction listens in our short fiction spotlight. The Potency of Ungovernable Impulses [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] Short Fiction Spotlight: “In My Country” written by Thomas Ha, narrated by Kate Baker [Clarkesworld] - Issue 223: April 2025 / Short Story ”Unbeaten” written by Grace Seybold, narrated by Summer Fletcher [Beneath Ceaseless Skies - 432] / Short Story “Where Are They Now?” written by Adelehin Ijasan, narrated by Stefen Rudnicki [Lightspeed] - May 2025 (Issue 180) / Short Story ”Unfinished Architectures of the Human-Fae War” written by Caroline M. Yoachim, narrated by Erika Ensign [Uncanny Magazine] - Issue Sixty-Four / Short Story “The Library of the Apocalypse” written by Rati Mehrotra, narrated by Kate Baker [Clarkesworld] - Issue 224: May 2025 / Short Story “Pollen” written by w

This time we discussed Wearing the Lion, written by John Wiswell, and narrated by Elizabeth Klett & Christian Black. Thank you to Wunderkind PR and Tantor Media, Inc for providing audio review copies of Wearing the Lion for today’s episode. Wearing the Lion [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] Discussions from ReaderCon - Part II [Episode 215] Someone You Can Build a Nest In [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Episode 253]  Mythos [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]  

Lisa and Scott discuss the 2025 Hugo Award Finalists for Best Novella. 2025 Hugo Finalists - Best Novella: The Brides of High Hill [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Episode 256] The Butcher of the Forest [Overdrive/Libby]   Navigational Entanglements [Overdrive/Libby]   The Tusks of Extinction [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Episode 243] The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain [Overdrive/Libby]   What Feasts at Night [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Episode 247]

This time we discussed The Incandescent, written by Emily Tesh and narrated by Zara Ramm. The Incandescent [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]   The Scholomance (Series): A Deadly Education [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] The Tyrant Philosophers (Series): City of Last Chances [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] Nic Blake and the Remarkables: The Manifestor Prophecy [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] Amari and the Night Brothers [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] The Marvellers [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] Damian's Workshop [Audible] The Raven Tower [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible]  

This time we discussed A Drop of Corruption, Book 2 of the Shadow of the Leviathan series, written by Robert Jackson Bennett and narrated by Andrew Fallaize. A Drop of Corruption [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]   Murderbot (2025) [Apple TV] The Tainted Cup [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]   Penric and Desdemona (Series) [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] The Cemeteries of Amalo (Series): The Witness for the Dead [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] The Tyrant Philosophers (Series): City of Last Chances [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]  

This time on Narrated, we discussed our favorite books and series that we thought could be adapted into great TV series. We also discussed some of our favorite past adaptations. Murderbot (2025) [Apple TV] Annie Bot [Libro.fm] / [Episode 249] The Kingston Cycle (Series): Witchmark [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] Binti (Series): Binti [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] My Monticello [Libro.fm] / [Episode 121] The Space Between Worlds [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] The Cemeteries of Amalo (Series): The Witness for the Dead [Libro.fm] / [