The first installment in Atwood's riveting dystopian MaddAddam trilogy, Oryx and Crake is set in an all-too-plausible future, a world of human-made ruins and biological monsters, ecological devastation and desperate people living on the brink. Campbell Scott's eerie performance will keep listeners enthralled through every uncanny revelation.

In his first novel, Belcourt returns to and expands upon many of the themes present in his poetry. The novel's unnamed narrator, a queer Cree PhD student, is trying to figure out what it means to live and make art as an Indigenous person in Canada in the 21st century. In pursuit of answers to this seemingly impossible question, he returns to his hometown in northern Alberta to talk to his family and community. Jesse Nobess gives an intimate performance of this beautiful story of searching and striving.

Named one of Audible's Best of 2021, Chu's debut romance, The Stand In, follows Gracie Reed, who is doing just fine – well, sort of. When a famous Chinese actress asks her to be her stand-in, Grace accepts because she needs the money. But she's not at all prepared for the man assigned to escort her ... who just happens to be as annoying as he is handsome.

Like all of Munro's work, this collection of stories is full of poignant detail. It centres on moments of chance and change – those tiny decisions that can alter a life forever. Narrated by Kymberly Dakin, Runaway is Munro at her best: gorgeous, intimate short stories filled with shimmering characters that capture something essential about what it is to be human.

This hilarious, witty and irreverent space adventure was named Audible's Best Science Fiction Book of 2016 – and with good reason. Veteran narrator Ray Porter's performance perfectly captures the wacky and endearing cast of clones and other AI characters. But it's his take on Bob, a retired software engineer who has his head cryogenically preserved and wakes up 100 years later in the body of an intelligent space probe, that utterly steals the show.

In this chilling and revelatory work of investigative journalism, Talaga delves into the stories of seven Indigenous high school students who died in Thunder Bay, Ontario, in the early 2000s. She braids these contemporary tragedies with one from the past, that of a 12-year-old Indigenous child who froze to death after running away from residential school. Michaela Washburn narrates this incisive and deeply necessary look at the history of violence toward First Nations people in Canada.

A group of eight women have gathered in secret to discuss what to do in the wake of a wave of catastrophic sexual violence in their remote Mennonite community. Based on true events that took place over the course of 48 hours, this harrowing, urgent and ultimately transcendent novel is narrated with grace and depth by Matthew Edison.

In this remarkable recording of a beloved classic exclusively on Audible, actor Rachel McAdams embodies Anne's spark, spirit and boundless energy. Every description, from the flowering trees outside Anne's window at Green Gables to the hilarity of her kitchen misadventures, sounds just as it should. McAdams brings Anne and the rest of the residents of Avonlea to life with the warmth and humour that has been delighting fans for over a century.

Adam Sims skillfully narrates Penny's debut, the book that introduced listeners to Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and the village of Three Pines, where he investigates the death of a woman in what appears to be a hunting accident. It won a slew of prestigious genre awards, including the New Blood Dagger, Arthur Ellis, Barry, Anthony, and Dilys.

In this story of heartbreak and hope narrated by Jason Ryll, Saul Indian Horse, an Ojibwe man in a treatment center for alcoholism, begins to haltingly tell his story. As he recounts the triumphs and struggles of his life, from his childhood in the woods of Northern Ontario to the abuses he survived at residential school to his unlikely career as a hockey star, he's at last able to make peace with the past.

Kirsten Potter gives a haunting, unforgettable performance in this novel about art, theatre, survival, beauty and human connection. Told in intersecting timelines that traverse the before and after of a world remade in the aftermath of a deadly flu, it's both a chilling post-apocalyptic adventure and an ode to the power of storytelling.

This is an exhilarating exploration of how we talk to—and think about—the people we don't know, and the profound consequences those ways of thinking and speaking have on the world. It comes alive on audio, as Gladwell incorporates the voices of the people he interviews and re-creates courtroom scenes in real time. The result is an incredible blend of audiobook, podcast, drama and live investigative reporting.

The news cycle will always be there to remind you that the world is most likely falling apart, which is precisely why Neil Pasricha wants to remind you that some of life's most profound pleasures are simple, free and easy to find. In this hilarious, heartwarming audiobook narrated by a full cast, Pasricha catalogues a series of feel-good moments that will leave you smiling.

In a future ravaged by climate change, everyone – except for the Indigenous people of North America – has lost the ability to dream. This has caused mass sickness, and so Indigenous people are being hunted for their bone marrow, which is believed to contain the thing that allows them to continue dreaming. Meegwun Fairbrother narrates this story following an Indigenous teenager and the community of kin he travels with, trying to stay alive.

Winner of the 1992 Booker Prize and later adapted into a film that won the Academy Award for Best Picture, this intimate, sweeping novel tells the interconnected stories of four people living in an Italian villa near the end of World War II. Narrator Jennifer Ehle brings this tale of love, betrayal and war to life with grace and poise.

Set in 1929, this surreal and haunting novel follows Baxter, a queer sleeping car porter working on a train that travels the country. When the train gets stuck in the mountains, the everyday racism and sleep deprivation that Baxter faces in this hard and thankless job become even more heightened. Chris McPherson does a brilliant job capturing the breathless, claustrophobic intensity of Mayr's exacting prose.

Though she's best known for her Trickster trilogy, Robinson's gorgeous debut novel, Monkey Beach, deserves more attention. Set in her hometown of Kitimat, it's the story of Lisa, a young Native girl whose life is thrown into turmoil when her brother's fishing boat goes missing. Moving seamlessly between past and present, Noelle Kayser narrates this richly textured and deeply human novel about kinship, belonging, rebellion, memory and redemption.

This comprehensive book collects eight of Brand's poetry collections, published between 1982 and 2010, as well as a new long poem, "Nomenclature for the Time Being," and a rigorous introduction by scholar Christina Sharpe. It's an essential listen that highlights Brand's prowess as both poet and thinker over a span of four decades. Brand reads the poems herself and Sharpe reads the introduction.

In this playful and moving work of non-fiction, King draws on his own life, Native history and stories, historical events and pop culture to paint a complicated portrait of what it means to be an Indigenous person in North America. Brimming with King's signature wit, infectious warmth and sharp observation, Lorne Cardinal's riveting narration makes this a must-listen for anyone seeking to understand where we are and how we got here.