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The Book of the Dead
An AnthologyBy Jonathan StrahanNarrated by Johnathan McClain, Heath Miller, Deepti Gupta, Simon Vance, Victoria Villareal, Fred Berman, Peter Ganim, Ron Butler, Emily Woo Zeller, Shayna Small, Ewan Chung, Nicola BarberLength19h 5m
About this audiobook
We are all going to die. But how? Will it hurt? Where will we go? What will we find there? What will happen to the people we leave behind? Jonathan Strahan, award-winning editor of The Book of Dragons and The Book of Witches, has compiled a stunning collection of brand-new stories of murder, myth, and misadventure including contributions from international bestsellers Garth Nix, Paul Tremblay, Stephen Graham Jones, Tamsyn Muir, and two dozen other fantasy, science fiction, and horror icons, featuring stunning illustrations from Galen Dara.
From our earliest myths to our most advanced scientific theories, humanity has grappled with the nature of dying, and what, if anything, comes after. The Book of the Dead confronts our terrible mortality with unflinching honesty and breathtaking imagination, taking us on a journey from the dusty plains of the Australian Outback where wives mysteriously vanish, to the fog-shrouded interstates of a man’s regret, to the deep, dark tombs of Martian queens, and to the somber shores of a world where the dead refuse to stay buried.
Bringing together some of the most iconic and compelling voices in speculative fiction today, The Book of the Dead features stories from Indrapramit Das, Paolo Bacigalupi, Daryl Gregory, Andy Duncan, Jeffrey Ford, Kelly Robson, Cadwell Turnbull, Elizabeth Bear, K J Parker, Cassandra Khaw, Samantha Mills, Premee Mohamed, Darcie Little Badger, Garth Nix, Paul Tremblay, Wole Talabi, Tobi Ogundiran, Silvia Park, Isabel J Kim, Vajra Chandrasekera, Priya Sharma, Angela Slatter, Stephen Graham Jones, Catherynne Valente, Tamsyn Muir, Nghi Vo, E. Lily Yu, and Kaaron Warren, all of whom look unflinchingly at death in stories that will terrify, fascinate, and resonate with readers long after the final page.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 4.0 (190)
Includes Goodreads, StoryGraph, Amazon, LibraryThing
GenreFantasy, Horror, Science Fiction
Length19 hrs 5 mins
Narrated byJohnathan McClain, Heath Miller, Deepti Gupta, Simon Vance, Victoria Villareal, Fred Berman, Peter Ganim, Ron Butler, Emily Woo Zeller, Shayna Small, Ewan Chung, Nicola Barber
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateOct 6, 2026
LanguageEnglish
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