Named Audible’s best sci-fi audiobook of 2016, We Are Legion (We Are Bob) offers spacefaring, far-future hilarity to rival The Hitchhiker’s Guide. Robin Miles’ complex, layered performance - honed by her years on- and off-Broadway - turns this beautiful Afrofuturist fable into an emotional tour de force. But Binti soon has more to worry about than furthering her education: the spaceship that’s meant to take her to her new school is hijacked by the alien Meduse, putting her within their tentacled grasp. But her destination is Oomza Uni, the galaxy’s most prestigious institution of higher learning, so she gets on that ship anyway - as the only Himba ever to be accepted to the university. The Himba, Binti’s narration claims, are meant to “stay put,” caring eternal for their ancestral land. Binti stars the eponymous teenage math whiz, a Himba girl who runs away from home and hitches a ride on a spaceship bound for a distant planet. In this Hugo- and Nebula-winning novella, she applies her gifts to science fiction. Nigerian writer Nnedi Okorafor is best known for weaving spellbinding tales of magic, illuminated by her knowledge of Igbo folklore and African history. If you're feeling overwhelmed by the number of great sci-books books out there, you can also take our 30-second quiz below to narrow it down quickly and get a personalized book recommendation 😉 Load up your phone with these 30 best sci-fi audiobooks and they’ll make you feel like every road-trip is a space odyssey - and like you’re terraforming Mars every time you do your chores. We've even organized them by length, shortest to longest, so you can find the perfect futuristic adventure to fill up your time.

If that sounds like a good time, look no further than science fiction - wildly inventive stories that will have your heart racing with their sharp plotting and your mind racing from their even sharper ideas.

Maybe you like the sound of a listening experience that will crack open the mundane shell of your day-to-day and launch you up among the stars. Either way, audiobooks keep your brain engaged with a good story even if your hands aren’t free to flip a page. When you’ve got a good audiobook piped into your earbuds, time takes on a different texture - sometimes it zips along, impelled by laughter, or slows to an ooze thanks to suspense.

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