Astonishing the Gods
The Best Fiction Podcasts for Listeners Who Love a Good Story
You can’t beat a good story. Luckily, humans are great at storytelling, and the best fiction podcasts are all the proof that the modern listener requires. Get the popcorn ready; it’s storytime.
Best Sellers
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The Famished Road
- Written by: Ben Okri
- Narrated by: Hugh Quarshie
- Length: 19 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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He is born into a world of poverty, ignorance and injustice, but Azaro awakens with a smile on his face. Despite belonging to a spirit world made of enchantment, where there is no suffering, Azaro chooses to stay in the land of the Living: to feel it, endure it, know it and love it....
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The Famished Road
- Narrated by: Hugh Quarshie
- Length: 19 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 2019-10-03
- Language: English
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$31.42 or free with 30-day trial
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Astonishing the Gods
- Written by: Ben Okri
- Narrated by: Adrian Lester
- Length: 3 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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A young man finds himself living among invisible beings who have built a utopia based on one principle: that we must repeat or suffer every experience until we experience it properly and fully for the first time....
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Pure poetry
- By Anonymous on 2025-01-15
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Astonishing the Gods
- Narrated by: Adrian Lester
- Length: 3 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 2019-01-31
- Language: English
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$15.02 or free with 30-day trial
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Madame Sosostris & the Festival for the Broken-Hearted
- Written by: Ben Okri
- Narrated by: Phyllida Nash
- Length: 3 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Viv, who’s in the House of Lords, had the idea for the festival on the twentieth anniversary of the day her first husband left her. Six months later, crowds descend on the grounds of a dreamlike chateau in the South of France, avidly awaiting Viv’s inaugural Festival for the Broken-Hearted.
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Madame Sosostris & the Festival for the Broken-Hearted
- Narrated by: Phyllida Nash
- Length: 3 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 2025-03-13
- Language: English
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$12.29 or free with 30-day trial
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The Last Gift of the Master Artists
- Written by: Ben Okri
- Narrated by: Ashley Zhangazha
- Length: 13 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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By a riverbank in Africa, two lovers meet for the first time. They make a promise to meet again the next day, same time, same place, but only one of them shows up. This sounds like the beginning of a love story, but it's more than that....
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The Last Gift of the Master Artists
- Narrated by: Ashley Zhangazha
- Length: 13 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 2023-02-02
- Language: English
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$19.49 or free with 30-day trial
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Waking the Warriors
- Written by: Ben Okri
- Length: 5 hrs
- Unabridged
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Tanas has risen, seemingly from nowhere, to become the modern dictator of a great western nation. Now he is sweeping across the world, subjugating all in his wake. His armies are powerful and fearful, his crocodile-headed commanders conquering with force and with magic.
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Waking the Warriors
- Length: 5 hrs
- Release date: 2026-07-16
- Language: English
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$12.28 or free with 30-day trial
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Tiger Work
- Written by: Ben Okri
- Narrated by: Ashley Zhangazha
- Length: 4 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Inspired by environmental activism, Tiger Work blends fiction, essay and poetry to make a powerful and very personal appeal for change....
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Tiger Work
- Narrated by: Ashley Zhangazha
- Length: 4 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 2023-07-06
- Language: English
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$20.03 or free with 30-day trial
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Dangerous Love
- Written by: Ben Okri
- Narrated by: Clifford Samuel
- Length: 15 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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From the Booker Prize-winner Ben Okri: a classic love story set in a country trying to come to terms with its past....
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Dangerous Love
- Narrated by: Clifford Samuel
- Length: 15 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 2022-01-20
- Language: English
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$25.95 or free with 30-day trial
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Every Leaf a Hallelujah
- Written by: Ben Okri
- Narrated by: Ben Okri
- Length: 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Mangoshi lives with her mum and dad in a village near the forest. When her mum becomes ill, Mangoshi knows only one thing can help her - a special flower that grows deep in the forest....
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Every Leaf a Hallelujah
- Narrated by: Ben Okri
- Length: 52 mins
- Release date: 2021-10-14
- Language: English
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$7.00 or free with 30-day trial
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Prayer for the Living
- Written by: Ben Okri
- Narrated by: Ben Okri
- Length: 4 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Topical and timely, Booker Prize-winning author Ben Okri's new collection of short stories blurs parallel realities and walks the line between darkness and magic....
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Prayer for the Living
- Narrated by: Ben Okri
- Length: 4 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 2019-11-07
- Language: English
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$15.44 or free with 30-day trial
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The Age of Magic
- Written by: Ben Okri
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 5 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Eight weary film-makers, travelling from Paris to Basel, arrive at a small Swiss hotel on the shores of a luminous lake....
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The Age of Magic
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 5 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 2014-10-24
- Language: English
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$13.94 or free with 30-day trial
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The Freedom Artist
- Written by: Ben Okri
- Narrated by: Ben Okri
- Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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In a world uncomfortably like our own, a young woman called Amalantis is arrested for asking a question. Her question is this: Who is the Prisoner?
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The Freedom Artist
- Narrated by: Ben Okri
- Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 2019-01-10
- Language: English
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$19.12 or free with 30-day trial
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Preghiera per i vivi
- Written by: Ben Okri, Elena Malanga - traduttore
- Narrated by: Edoardo Siravo
- Length: 5 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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I racconti di Ben Okri, vincitore del Booker Prize, mescolano diversi piani di realtà, sempre in bilico fra oscurità e magia. Storie irriverenti...
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Preghiera per i vivi
- Narrated by: Edoardo Siravo
- Length: 5 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 2024-04-27
- Language: Italian
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$9.84 or free with 30-day trial
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