The Shape of Water

By: Guillermo del Toro, Daniel Kraus

Narrated by: Jenna Lamia

*Winner of the 2018 Golden Globe Award for Best Director of a Motion Picture*

*Winner of the 2018 Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Director*

Visionary storyteller Guillermo del Toro and celebrated author Daniel Kraus combine their estimable talent in this haunting, heartbreaking audiobook.

The Shape of Water is set in Cold War-era Baltimore at the Occam Aerospace Research Center, which has recently received its most sensitive asset ever: an amphibious man captured in the Amazon. What unfolds is a stirring romance between the asset and one of the janitors on staff, a mute woman who uses sign language to communicate with the creature.


Developed from the ground up as a bold two-tiered release—one story interpreted by two artists in the independent mediums of literature and film—The Shape of Water weaves together fantasy, horror, and romance to create a tale that is equally gripping on the big screen, and as an audio performance.


Prepare for an experience unlike anything you've ever heard or seen.

Praise for The Shape of Water audiobook:

"This is a beautifully written tale filled with lush descriptions and poetic language, perfect for savoring on audio. Listeners new to the story will be enchanted, but even those who've seen the movie will be drawn into this first-rate adaptation of the poignant tale." — Booklist, starred review

"Jenna Lamia's luminous narration of a love like no other is profoundly affecting and transformative." — AudioFile Magazine

Critic reviews

<p>"<b>Jenna Lamia's luminous narration of a love like no other is profoundly affecting and transformative</b>." <i>-AudioFile</i><br><br>"[Jenna] Lamia, a talented reader, gives Elisa a vulnerable tone that’s almost heartbreaking...In addition to her flawless character voices, Lamia reads with increasing emotion and intensity as the story's tension builds. <b>This is a beautifully written tale filled with lush descriptions and poetic language, perfect for savoring on audio. </b>Listeners new to the story will be enchanted, but even those who've seen the movie will be drawn into this first-rate adaptation of the poignant tale."<i> Booklist</i>, <b>Starred Review</b></p>

Del Toro is the Master

Where does The Shape of Water rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Del Toro and Kraus have made one of the best books Ive listened to in a long time and I listen to books everyday at work.

What did you like best about this story?

They have managed to put in every controversial subject matter into a fantastic story that I will listen to again and again, I have not seen the movie but am looking forward to it.

What does Jenna Lamia bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

She is flawless

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

The empathy for the creature, that so many ppl reached out to help

Any additional comments?

loved it just loved it, can say it enough.

Fantastic story.

loved the story as much as the movie. but the story has a wonderful ending that the movie was unable to create. Story is a bit brutal in sections and quite graphic but somehow it seems to fit all the pieces together ,the brutality and the beauty.

Simply Beautiful

Yes, It is a fairy tale but I related to Eliza and I knew how she felt. To feel unloved and unlovable. To not feel beautiful to any man. To live a life of dreams waiting for something or someone but you don’t know what or who. If will ever come or if your only tripping. And then you look into his eyes and you feel seen, as if you had lived your life invisible and now you have form. Love has made me feel that way and it’s is simply beautiful. I have not seen the film but I saw it in my head as the take was spun, it was magical and I enjoyed it very much indeed.

If you liked the movie you will love the audio book

Ok, even if you have not seen the movie, you will totally enjoy this audio book. The narration and depiction of the characters was absolutely fantastic. The story was actually pretty sweet in my opinion. This is one of those works that just has a great book/narration combination. Use the credit, get it.

Captivating. Transports you into the story.

I was picturing every detail of the story, transported to the lab, apartment, jungle. It was a mesmerizing adventure.