Have you Heard? Speculative Fiction

You won’t have to speculate about your next great read with these speculative fiction finds.

Below you’ll find a selection of audiobook recommendations from the Plano Public Library relating to sharks and the ocean. This is just a sample of the audiobooks in our collection, and you can visit a library location for assistance in finding personalized recommendations.

Adult

To Shape a Dragon’s Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose, read by Charley Flyte. A young Indigenous woman enters a colonizer-run dragon academy—and quickly finds herself at odds with the “approved” way of doing things. Print / eAudiobook / eBook.

Translate State by Ann Leckie, read by Adjoa Andoh. The mystery of a missing translator sets three lives on a collision course that will have a ripple effect across the stars. Print / eAudiobook / eBook.

Annie Bot by Sierra Greer, read by Jennifer Jill Araya. A powerful, provocative novel about the relationship between a female robot and her human owner, exploring questions of intimacy, power, autonomy, and control. Print / eAudiobook / eBook.

Chain Gang All Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, read by Shayna Small, Aaron Goodson, Michael Crouch and Lee Osorio. Two top women gladiators fight for their freedom within a depraved private prison system not so far-removed from America’s own. Print / eAudiobook / eBook.

Jackal by Erin E. Adams, read by Sandra Okuboyejo and William DeMeritt. A young Black girl goes missing in the woods outside her white Rust Belt town. But she’s not the first–and she may not be the last. Print / eAudiobook / eBook.

Teen

Legendborn by Tracy Deonn, read by Joniece Abbott-Pratt. To discover the truth behind her mother’s mysterious death, a teen girl infiltrates a magical secret society claiming to be the descendants of King Arthur and his knights. Print / eAudiobook / eBook / Large print.

Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross, read by Alex Wingfield and Rebecca Norfolk. When two young rival journalists find love through a magical connection, they must face the depths of hell, in a war among gods, to seal their fate forever. Print / eAudiobook / eBook.

These Deadly Prophecies by Andrea Tang, read by Katherine Chin. A teenage sorcerer’s apprentice must solve her boss’s murder to prove her innocence. Print / eAudiobook / eBook.

Song of the Six Realms by Judy I. Lin, read by Jen Zhao. Seventeen-year-old musician Xue faces a lifetime of servitude until Duke Meng offers her freedom in exchange for serving as a musician in residence, but Xue soon discovers the Duke is a celestial ruler with ulterior motives and she must unlock her past to prevent an impending war in the Six Realms. Print / eAudiobook / eBook.

The Black girl Survives in this one: Horror Stories edited by Desiree S. Evans and Saraciea J. Fennell, read by Shayna Small and Tananarive Due. A collection of fifteen horror stories centering on Black girls who battle monsters, both human and supernatural, face down death, and survive. Print / eAudiobook.

Children’s

The Vanquishers: Secret of the Reaping by Kalynn Bayron, read by Ecstasia Sanders. Boog and the rest of The Squad continue their Vanquisher training as they try to find who is behind the vampires’ return and work to convince their parents they are ready to join the Vanquishers’ fight. Print / eAudiobook / eBook.

Rosie Frost and the Falcon Queen by Geri Halliwell-Horner, read by the author. A sweeping adventure filled with a hidden island, family secrets, shocking betrayals, amazing music, and girl power, by iconic Spice Girl, songwriter, and author Geri Halliwell-Horner. Print / eAudiobook / eBook.

Mari and the Curse of El Cocodrilo by Adrianna Cuevas, read by Aida Reluzco. From Pura Belpré Honor – winning author Adrianna Cuevas comes Mari and the Curse of El Cocodrilo, a new middle grade novel about a young Cuban American girl who must fight to break a curse of bad luck set upon her by El Cocodrilo when she rejects her family’s traditions. Print / eAudiobook / eBook.

Tessa Miyata is no Hero by Julie Abe, read by Sura Siu. Tessa Miyata has never fit in. When she and her two sisters are told they will be staying with their grandparents in Japan, Tessa is thrilled. A summer in Japan could be her chance to go on an adventure worthy of impressing her classmates back home. Print / eAudiobook.

Moon Madness by Julie Murphy and Crystal Maldonado, read by Katie Ladner and Victoria Villarreal. Last year, Maggie and Nora didn’t exactly get the summer of their dreams. Instead, they had to survive a camp run by a covert clan of vampires. But this year, Camp Sylvania is back and under new management–gentle, hippie-dippie Luna Lupowski. So the girls are convinced to give camp another try. It isn’t long before the girls are caught up in another supernatural adventure. Print / eAudiobook / eBook.