Our “SFFaudio Essentials” are audiobooks and audio dramas that are highly recommended listening. If you’re contemplating building the ultimate library of speculative fiction audio you can’t go wrong by placing any of these essentials in it.
![]() By James Blish; Read by Jay Snyder Audible Frontiers Unabridged 2008 |
![]() By Philip K. Dick; Read by Paul Giamatti Random House Audio Unabridged 2006 |
![]() By Kenneth Oppel; Read by Full Cast Full Cast Audio Unabridged 2006 |
![]() By Neil Gaiman; Read by George Guidall Harper Audio Unabridged 2001 |
![]() By Larry Weiner; Read by Full Cast RRCA Audio Drama 2009 |
![]() By Charles Stross; Read by Jared Doreck and Shondra Marie Infinivox Unabridged 2005 |
![]() By T.M. Camp; Read by T.M. Camp T.M. Camp Unabridged 2008 |
![]() By Tee Morris; Read by Tee Morris and Others Tee Morris Unabridged 2007 |
![]() By Gregg Taylor; Read by Full Cast Decoder Ring Theater Audio Drama 2006 |
![]() By Ben Aaronovitvh, Marc Platt, and James Swallow; Read by Full Cast B7 Media Audio Drama 2007 |
![]() By Robert J. Sawyer; Read by Jonathan Davis Audible Frontiers Unabridged 2008 |
![]() By Matt Watts; Read by Full Cast CBC Audio Drama 2008 |
![]() By H.P. Lovecraft, adapted by Sean Branney and Andrew Leman; Read by Full Cast The H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society Audio Drama 2007 |
![]() By Frank Herbert; Read by Simon Vance Macmillan Audio Unabridged 2007 |
![]() By Orson Scott Card; Read by Stefan Rudnicki, Harlan Ellison, Gabrielle de Cuir, and a full cast Audio Renaissance Unabridged 2004 |
![]() By Edgar Allan Poe; Read by Wayne June AudioBookCase.com Unabridged 2008 |
![]() By Mike Resnick; Read by Paul Michael Garcia Blackstone Audio Unabridged 2006 |
![]() By Ken Scholes; Read by Scott Brick, William Dufris, Maggi-Meg Reed, Stefan Rudnicki Macmillan Audio Unabridged 2009 |
![]() By Cory Doctorow; Read by Kirby Heyborne Random House Audio Unabridged 2008 |
![]() By H. Beam Piper; Read by Brian Holsopple Audio Realms Unabridged 2006 |
![]() By Jay Lake, Tobias Buckell, Elizabeth Bear, John Scalzi, Karl Schroeder; Read by Michael Hogan, Scott Brick, Kandyse McClure, Alessandro Juliani, Stefan Rudnicki Audible Frontiers Unabridged 2008 |
![]() By John Scalzi; Read by William Dufris Macmillan Audio / Audible Unabridged 2007 |
![]() By Shannon Hale; Read by Full Cast Full Cast Audio Unabridged 2007 |
![]() By Robert E. Howard; Read by Full Cast Broken Sea Audio Drama 2008 |
![]() By Bill DeSmedt; Read by Bill DeSmedt podiobooks.com Unabridged 2006 |
![]() By Kurt Vonnegut; Read by Ethan Hawke Blackstone Audio Unabridged 2009 |
![]() By Mike Resnick; Read by Jonathan Davis Audible Frontiers Unabridged 2008 |
![]() By Matt Watts; Read by Full Cast CBC Radio Audio Drama 2007 |
![]() By Joe Haldeman; Read by Kevin R. Free Recorded Books Unabridged 2008 |
![]() By Isaac Asimov; Read by William Dufris Tantor Audio Unabridged 2007 |
![]() By Andy Duncan; Read by Jared Doreck Infinivox Unabridged 2006 |
![]() By H.P. Lovecraft; Read by Wayne June Audio Realms Unabridged 2005 |
![]() By Joe Haldeman; Read by George Wilson Recorded Books Unabridged 1999 |
![]() By Neil Gaiman; Read by Neil Gaiman Harper Audio Unabridged 2008 |
![]() By Isaac Asimov; Read by William Dufris Tantor Media Unabridged 2007 |
![]() By Christopher Priest; Read by Simon Vance Blackstone Audio Unabridged 2006 |
![]() By Gregg Taylor; Read by Full Cast Decoder Ring Theatre Audio Drama 2006/2007 |
![]() By Gregg Taylor; Read by Full Cast Decoder Ring Theater Audio Drama 2008 |
![]() By Gregg Taylor; Read by Full Cast Decoder Ring Theatre Audio Drama 2008-2009 |
![]() By S.M. Stirling; Read by Todd McLaren Tantor Media Unabridged 2006 |
![]() By Steve Moore; Read by Simon Vance Blackstone Audio Unabridged 2006 |
![]() By Ben Bova; Read by Stefan Rudnicki Blackstone Audio Unabridged 2006 |
![]() By Clifford D. Simak; Read by Eric Michael Summerer Audible Frontiers Unabridged 2009 |