N. K. Jemisin
Featured Article: 20 Best Sci-Fi Audiobooks for Exploring New Worlds
There is no genre that lends itself better to audio narrative than Science Fiction does. There is a magic that transports listeners to new worlds of wonder and mystery that is heightened by expert voice actors and narrators. A great writer can create an imaginative new world or dystopian civilisation, but it is up to the narrator to bring this world to life around you. We’ve gathered together 20 of the top science fiction audiobooks ranked not only for their stories but for the emotive and compelling narrative performances. Let these award winning tales and voices carry you away to worlds unknown.
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The Obelisk Gate: Booktrack Edition
- Written by: N. K. Jemisin
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 13 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 20
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 16
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 16
Essun - once Damaya, once Syenite, now avenger - has found shelter, but not her daughter. Instead there is Alabaster Tenring, destroyer of the world, with a request. But if Essun does what he asks, it would seal the fate of the Stillness forever....
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5 out of 5 stars
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very good Read!
- By Andréanne on 2023-04-26
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The Obelisk Gate: Booktrack Edition
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Series: The Broken Earth, Book 2
- Length: 13 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 2021-11-30
- Language: English
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The Kingdom of Gods
- Written by: N. K. Jemisin
- Narrated by: Casaundra Freeman
- Length: 16 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 48
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 43
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 43
For 2,000 years, the Arameri family has ruled the world by enslaving the very gods that created mortalkind. Now, the gods are free, and the Arameri's ruthless grip is slipping. Yet they are all that stands between peace and world-spanning, unending war....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Lost interested half way through
- By LeaLay on 2023-06-28
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The Kingdom of Gods
- Narrated by: Casaundra Freeman
- Series: The Inheritance Trilogy, Book 3
- Length: 16 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 2018-12-24
- Language: English
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The Fifth Season: Booktrack Edition
- The Broken Earth, Book 1
- Written by: N. K. Jemisin
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 15 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 84
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 75
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 75
This is the way the world ends...for the last time. It starts with the great red rift across the heart of the world's sole continent, spewing ash that blots out the sun. It starts with death, with a murdered son and a missing daughter....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing world-building, storytelling, and narration
- By Amazon Customer on 2023-05-14
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The Fifth Season: Booktrack Edition
- The Broken Earth, Book 1
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Series: The Broken Earth, Book 1
- Length: 15 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 2019-11-08
- Language: English
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The City We Became
- Written by: N. K. Jemisin
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 16 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 135
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 118
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Story4 out of 5 stars 119
In Manhattan, a young grad student gets off the train and realizes he doesn't remember who he is, where he's from, or even his own name. But he can sense the beating heart of the city, see its history, and feel its power....
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2 out of 5 stars
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Should have listened to the other critical reviews…
- By Sam on 2021-10-06
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The City We Became
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Series: The Great Cities, Book 1
- Length: 16 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 2020-03-24
- Language: English
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La cinquième saison
- Les livres de la terre fracturée 1
- Written by: N. K. Jemisin
- Narrated by: Bénédicte Charton
- Length: 15 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 4
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Story5 out of 5 stars 4
La terre tremble si souvent sur votre monde que la civilisation y est menacée en permanence. Le pire s'est d'ailleurs déjà produit plus...
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5 out of 5 stars
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Très bonne histoire, superbe narration
- By VincentZ on 2021-01-20
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La cinquième saison
- Les livres de la terre fracturée 1
- Narrated by: Bénédicte Charton
- Series: Les livres de la terre fracturée, Book 1
- Length: 15 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 2020-10-15
- Language: French
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Emergency Skin
- Forward collection
- Written by: N. K. Jemisin
- Narrated by: Jason Isaacs
- Length: 1 hr and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 59
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 54
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 54
What will become of our self-destructed planet? The answer shatters all expectations in this subversive speculation from the Hugo Award - winning author of the Broken Earth trilogy....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Awesome little sci-fi
- By marcus on 2024-02-22
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Emergency Skin
- Forward collection
- Narrated by: Jason Isaacs
- Series: Forward Collection
- Length: 1 hr and 4 mins
- Release date: 2019-09-17
- Language: English
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The Stone Sky
- Written by: N. K. Jemisin
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 14 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 525
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 475
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 474
The Moon will soon return. Whether this heralds the destruction of humankind or something worse will depend on two women. Essun has inherited the power of Alabaster Tenring. With it, she hopes to find her daughter Nassun and forge a world in which every orogene child can grow up safe....
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3 out of 5 stars
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A real grind to get through
- By Amazon Customer on 2018-06-05
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The Stone Sky
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Series: The Broken Earth, Book 3
- Length: 14 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 2017-08-15
- Language: English
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Mass Effect: Initiation
- Written by: Mac Walters, N. K. Jemisin
- Narrated by: Fryda Wolff
- Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 71
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 68
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 68
Lieutenant Cora Harper joined the Systems Alliance to develop and enhance her powerful biotic talents....
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4 out of 5 stars
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a step up from book 1
- By Amazon Customer on 2018-02-14
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Mass Effect: Initiation
- Narrated by: Fryda Wolff
- Series: Mass Effect™ Andromeda, Book 2
- Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 2017-11-28
- Language: English
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The Fifth Season
- The Broken Earth, Book 1
- Written by: N. K. Jemisin
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 15 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 960
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 851
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 846
This is the way the world ends...for the last time. It starts with the great red rift across the heart of the world's sole continent, spewing ash that blots out the sun. It starts with death, with a murdered son and a missing daughter....
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2 out of 5 stars
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Not for me
- By Melissa on 2019-08-24
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The Fifth Season
- The Broken Earth, Book 1
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Series: The Broken Earth, Book 1
- Length: 15 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 2015-08-04
- Language: English
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The Obelisk Gate
- The Broken Earth, Book 2
- Written by: N. K. Jemisin
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 13 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 581
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 520
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 519
This is the way the world ends, for the last time. The season of endings grows darker, as civilization fades into the long cold night. Essun has found shelter, but not her daughter....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Exceptional Storytelling and Narration
- By sean on 2019-12-11
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The Obelisk Gate
- The Broken Earth, Book 2
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Series: The Broken Earth, Book 2
- Length: 13 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 2016-08-16
- Language: English
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Forward
- Stories of Tomorrow
- Written by: Veronica Roth, Blake Crouch, Amor Towles, and others
- Narrated by: Evan Rachel Wood, Rosa Salazar, Jason Isaacs, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 36
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 31
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Story4 out of 5 stars 31
For some, it’s the end of the world. For others, it’s just the beginning. With brilliant imagination, today’s most visionary writers point to the future in a collection curated by bestselling author Blake Crouch....
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3 out of 5 stars
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still listening, will update.
- By jeff bryant on 2023-12-13
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Forward
- Stories of Tomorrow
- Narrated by: Evan Rachel Wood, Rosa Salazar, Jason Isaacs, David Harbour, Steven Strait, Janina Gavankar
- Series: Forward Collection, Book 1-6
- Length: 8 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 2019-10-08
- Language: English
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The World We Make
- A Novel
- Written by: N. K. Jemisin
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 12 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 26
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 23
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Story5 out of 5 stars 23
Four-time Hugo Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author N.K. Jemisin crafts a glorious tale of identity, resistance, magic and myth....
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5 out of 5 stars
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So good!
- By Jesse Cooney on 2023-05-12
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The World We Make
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Series: The Great Cities, Book 2
- Length: 12 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 2022-11-01
- Language: English
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The Killing Moon
- Dreamblood, Book 1
- Written by: N. K. Jemisin
- Narrated by: Sarah Zimmerman
- Length: 12 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 59
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 52
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 52
In Gujaareh, peace is the only law. Upon its rooftops wait the Gatherers - the keepers of this peace. Their duty is to harvest the magic of the sleeping mind and use it to heal, soothe . . . and kill....
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5 out of 5 stars
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So good!
- By LeaLay on 2023-06-16
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The Killing Moon
- Dreamblood, Book 1
- Narrated by: Sarah Zimmerman
- Series: The Dreamblood, Book 1
- Length: 12 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 2012-05-01
- Language: English
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The Stone Sky: Booktrack Edition
- Written by: N. K. Jemisin
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 14 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 36
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 36
Booktrack Edition: The moon will soon return. Whether this heralds the destruction of humankind or something worse will depend on two women....
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5 out of 5 stars
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A fantastic ending to an incredible series
- By Ronan Joseph on 2023-05-01
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The Stone Sky: Booktrack Edition
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Series: The Broken Earth, Book 3
- Length: 14 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 2020-08-11
- Language: English
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The Shadowed Sun
- Dreamblood, Book 2
- Written by: N. K. Jemisin
- Narrated by: Sarah Zimmerman
- Length: 17 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 35
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 27
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Story5 out of 5 stars 27
Gujaareh, the city of dreams, suffers under the imperial rule of the Kisuati Protectorate. A city where the only law was peace now knows violence and oppression. And nightmares....
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5 out of 5 stars
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world builder extraordinaire
- By Brenda on 2019-08-17
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The Shadowed Sun
- Dreamblood, Book 2
- Narrated by: Sarah Zimmerman
- Series: The Dreamblood, Book 2
- Length: 17 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 2012-06-12
- Language: English
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The Broken Kingdoms
- Written by: N. K. Jemisin
- Narrated by: Casaundra Freeman
- Length: 11 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 67
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 59
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 58
In the city of Shadow, beneath the World Tree, alleyways shimmer with magic and godlings live hidden among mortalkind. Oree Shoth, a blind artist, takes in a strange homeless man on an impulse. This act of kindness engulfs Oree in a nightmarish conspiracy....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Narrator Criticism
- By Patricia Rose on 2023-01-26
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The Broken Kingdoms
- Narrated by: Casaundra Freeman
- Series: The Inheritance Trilogy, Book 2
- Length: 11 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 2018-11-02
- Language: English
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The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms
- Written by: N. K. Jemisin
- Narrated by: Casaundra Freeman
- Length: 11 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 124
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 112
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 112
Yeine Darr is an outcast from the barbarian North. But when her mother dies under mysterious circumstances, she is summoned to the majestic city of Sky. There, to her shock, Yeine is named an heiress to the king. But the throne of the Hundred Thousand Kingdoms is not easily won....
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3 out of 5 stars
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not as good as other Jemisin books
- By Amazon Customer on 2019-04-17
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The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms
- Narrated by: Casaundra Freeman
- Series: The Inheritance Trilogy, Book 1
- Length: 11 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 2018-10-16
- Language: English
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How Long 'Til Black Future Month?
- Stories
- Written by: N. K. Jemisin
- Narrated by: Shayna Small, Gail Nelson-Holgate, Robin Ray Eller, and others
- Length: 14 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 12
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 12
N. K. Jemisin is one of the most powerful and acclaimed speculative fiction authors of our time. In the first collection of her evocative short fiction, Jemisin equally challenges and delights listeners with thought-provoking narratives of destruction, rebirth, and redemption....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Gripping
- By Emily Heard on 2019-09-03
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How Long 'Til Black Future Month?
- Stories
- Narrated by: Shayna Small, Gail Nelson-Holgate, Robin Ray Eller, Ron Butler, Kevin Stillwell, Je Nie Fleming, Jeanette Illidge
- Length: 14 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 2018-11-27
- Language: English
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Les cieux pétrifiés
- Les livres de la terre fracturée 3
- Written by: N. K. Jemisin
- Narrated by: Bénédicte Charton
- Length: 14 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 6
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 5
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5
Le retour imminent de la Lune signifie-t-il la fin de l'humanité ou au contraire sa rédemption ? La réponse à cette question...
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5 out of 5 stars
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La fin d'une trilogie époustouflante
- By Sylvain Bedard on 2022-02-27
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Les cieux pétrifiés
- Les livres de la terre fracturée 3
- Narrated by: Bénédicte Charton
- Series: Les livres de la terre fracturée, Book 3
- Length: 14 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 2020-12-17
- Language: French
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The Awakened Kingdom
- Written by: N. K. Jemisin
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 4 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 10
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 8
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 8
As the first new godling born in thousands of years - and the heir presumptive to Sieh the Trickster - Shill's got big shoes to fill. She's well on her way when she defies her parents and sneaks off to the mortal realm, which is no place for an impressionable young god....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Delightful Chaos
- By Amy Braun on 2023-04-13
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The Awakened Kingdom
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Series: The Inheritance Trilogy
- Length: 4 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 2020-02-04
- Language: English
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