15 of the best SFF/mystery crossovers
While indulging in my current mystery kick, I realized just how many amazing sci-fi & fantasy titles have crossover into this genre. Here are just some of my favorite finds—some I’ve listened to already, and others that I can’t wait to begin.—Sam, Audible Editor
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- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Series: Threshold Universe
- Length: 12 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 06-19-12
- Language: English
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Six Wakes
- By: Mur Lafferty
- Narrated by: Mur Lafferty
- Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,247
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Performance1,125
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Story1,126
In this Hugo nominated science fiction thriller by Mur Lafferty, a crew of clones awakens aboard a space ship to find they're being hunted-and any one of them could be the killer. Maria Arena awakens in a cloning vat streaked with drying blood. She has no memory of how she died. This is new...
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I can't listen to this.
- By Annissa on 05-18-18
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Six Wakes
- Narrated by: Mur Lafferty
- Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 02-07-17
- Language: English
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The Caves of Steel
- Robot, Book 1
- By: Isaac Asimov
- Narrated by: William Dufris
- Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4,358
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Performance3,910
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Story3,908
Following the iconic I, Robot, the next adventure in the Robot series finds detective Elijah Baley swept into one of the most emotionally charged and dangerous situations in Earth’s history when he’s tasked with solving the murder of an illustrious robot scientist. “With his fertile...
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Sci-Fi Mystery at its Best!
- By HL on 09-16-14
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The Caves of Steel
- Robot, Book 1
- Narrated by: William Dufris
- Series: Robots, Book 1
- Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 07-15-14
- Language: English
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The Disappeared
- A Retrieval Artist Novel
- By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch
- Narrated by: Jay Snyder
- Length: 10 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall646
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Performance456
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Story465
Retrieval Artists help the lost find their way back home, whether they like it or not....
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All the elements of "stellar" fiction
- By Tango on 03-28-15
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The Disappeared
- A Retrieval Artist Novel
- Narrated by: Jay Snyder
- Series: Retrieval Artist, Book 1
- Length: 10 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 05-20-08
- Language: English
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Lock In (Narrated by Wil Wheaton)
- By: John Scalzi
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
- Length: 9 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall17,473
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Performance16,030
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Story15,999
A blazingly inventive near-future thriller from the best-selling, Hugo Award-winning John Scalzi....
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Fun! Things you might want to know:
- By Alexis on 08-29-14
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Lock In (Narrated by Wil Wheaton)
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
- Series: Lock In Series, Book 1
- Length: 9 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 08-26-14
- Language: English
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Soulless
- By: Gail Carriger
- Narrated by: Emily Gray
- Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,880
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Performance1,697
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Story1,690
Buffy meets Jane Austen in the first book of this wickedly funny NYT bestselling series about a young woman whose brush with the supernatural leads to a deadly investigation of London's high society. Alexia Tarabotti is laboring under a great many social tribulations. First, she has no soul...
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Good fun
- By I'dliketosay on 09-29-17
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Soulless
- Narrated by: Emily Gray
- Series: The Parasol Protectorate, Book 1
- Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 09-26-17
- Language: English
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Dead Until Dark
- Sookie Stackhouse Southern Vampire Mystery #1
- By: Charlaine Harris
- Narrated by: Johanna Parker
- Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall12,938
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Performance8,931
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Story8,946
Vampires have officially "come out of the coffin", and Miss Sookie can't wait for one to come her way....
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Not what I expected
- By Holly on 09-17-08
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Dead Until Dark
- Sookie Stackhouse Southern Vampire Mystery #1
- Narrated by: Johanna Parker
- Series: Sookie Stackhouse, Book 1
- Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 09-12-07
- Language: English
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Altered Carbon
- By: Richard K. Morgan
- Narrated by: Todd McLaren
- Length: 17 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall15,646
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Performance12,771
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Story12,759
In the 25th century, humankind has spread throughout the galaxy, monitored by the watchful eye of the U.N....
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Altered Carbon
- By Jake Williams on 09-22-07
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Altered Carbon
- Narrated by: Todd McLaren
- Series: Takeshi Kovacs Trilogy, Book 1
- Length: 17 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 04-22-05
- Language: English
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Recursion
- A Novel
- By: Blake Crouch
- Narrated by: Jon Lindstrom, Abby Craden
- Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall13,188
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Performance11,808
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Story11,783
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the bestselling author of Dark Matter and the Wayward Pines trilogy comes a relentless thriller about time, identity, and memory—his most mind-boggling, irresistible work to date, and the inspiration for Shondaland’s upcoming Netflix film. “Gloriously...
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Mixed Feelings
- By Breezybealle on 06-12-19
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Recursion
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Jon Lindstrom, Abby Craden
- Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 06-11-19
- Language: English
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The Yiddish Policemen's Union
- A Novel
- By: Michael Chabon
- Narrated by: Peter Riegert
- Length: 12 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,587
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Performance1,404
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Story1,400
he New York Times bestseller, now available in paperback—“an excellent, hyperliterate, genre-pantsing detective novel that deserves every inch of its…blockbuster superfame” (New York). For sixty years Jewish refugees and their descendants have prospered in the Federal District of Sitka...
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Didn't finish...
- By Ann E O'Connor on 10-16-17
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The Yiddish Policemen's Union
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Peter Riegert
- Length: 12 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 07-05-16
- Language: English
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Skinwalker
- Jane Yellowrock, Book 1
- By: Faith Hunter
- Narrated by: Khristine Hvam
- Length: 14 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall7,931
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Performance7,021
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Story7,022
Jane Yellowrock is the last of her kind-a skinwalker of Cherokee descent who can turn into any creature she desires and hunts vampires for a living....
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How refreshing
- By Mobilis on 06-01-10
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Skinwalker
- Jane Yellowrock, Book 1
- Narrated by: Khristine Hvam
- Series: Jane Yellowrock, Book 1
- Length: 14 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 04-13-10
- Language: English
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When Gravity Fails
- Marid Audran Trilogy, Book 1
- By: George Alec Effinger
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 11 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall571
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Performance502
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Story501
In a decadent world of cheap pleasures and easy death, Marid Audrian has kept his independence the hard way. Still, like everything else in the Budayeen, he's available for a price....
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Neuromancer in the Middle East
- By David on 07-28-13
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When Gravity Fails
- Marid Audran Trilogy, Book 1
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Series: Marid Audran, Book 1
- Length: 11 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 03-03-11
- Language: English
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The City & The City
- By: China Miéville
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 10 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2,657
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Performance2,058
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Story2,062
New York Times bestselling author China Miéville delivers his most accomplished novel yet, an existential thriller set in a city unlike any other–real or imagined. When a murdered woman is found in the city of Beszel, somewhere at the edge of Europe, it looks to be a routine case for...
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Reviews, Dishonesty and The Emperor's New Clothes
- By Robert on 01-27-13
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The City & The City
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 10 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 05-26-09
- Language: English
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The Gone World
- By: Tom Sweterlitsch
- Narrated by: Brittany Pressley
- Length: 13 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2,122
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Performance1,872
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Story1,870
Inception meets True Detective in this science fiction thriller of spellbinding tension and staggering scope that follows a special agent into a savage murder case with grave implications for the fate of mankind... “I promise you have never read a story like this.”—Blake Crouch, New York...
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What an amazing find!
- By Veronica on 03-07-18
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The Gone World
- Narrated by: Brittany Pressley
- Length: 13 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 02-06-18
- Language: English
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