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The Best Fiction Podcasts for Listeners Who Love a Good Story
You can’t beat a good story. Luckily, humans are great at storytelling, and the best fiction podcasts are all the proof that the modern listener requires. Get the popcorn ready; it’s storytime.
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Days of Want Series, Books 1-7
- Written by: T. L. Payne
- Narrated by: Kevin Pierce
- Length: 43 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance7
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When an EMP attack wipes out the nation’s power grid and communications, college freshman Maddie Langston is forced to run for her life. Stranded in a Chicago airport when the lights go out, Maddie is in a race against time....
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The characters resilience.
- By John on 2025-03-15
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Days of Want Series, Books 1-7
- Narrated by: Kevin Pierce
- Series: Days of Want Series, Book 1-7
- Length: 43 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 2024-01-12
- Language: English
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$35.63 or free with 30-day trial
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Gateway to Chaos Boxed Set (Books 1-4): A Post Apocalyptic EMP Survival Series
- Written by: T. L. Payne
- Narrated by: Stacy Glemboski
- Length: 26 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3
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Performance2
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Can ordinary people survive the apocalypse? Pre-med student Raine Caldwell is about to find out. The government isn’t coming to rescue her. If Raine and her group are going to make it, they must save themselves, after one of their own is taken....
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Gateway to Chaos Boxed Set (Books 1-4): A Post Apocalyptic EMP Survival Series
- Narrated by: Stacy Glemboski
- Series: Gateway to Chaos, Book 1-4
- Length: 26 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 2022-02-17
- Language: English
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Brutal Silence
- A Post Apocalyptic EMP Survival Thriller (Blackout War Series, Book 2)
- Written by: T. L. Payne
- Narrated by: Phil Gilbert
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Five days after the EMP, America is collapsing. Blayne Mitchener helped stop a president who was using AI brain implants to control the population. Now federal forces are hunting him through the Virginia mountains.
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Brutal Silence
- A Post Apocalyptic EMP Survival Thriller (Blackout War Series, Book 2)
- Narrated by: Phil Gilbert
- Series: Blackout War Series, Book 2
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 2026-04-28
- Language: English
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$31.27 or free with 30-day trial
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Brutal Reset
- A Post Apocalyptic EMP Survival Thriller (Blackout War Series, Book 1)
- Written by: T. L. Payne
- Narrated by: Phil Gilbert
- Length: 14 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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When a secret government cabal attacks the president’s AI system designed to control Americans through brain-embedded implants, they think they’re stopping a dictatorship and saving humanity.
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Brutal Reset
- A Post Apocalyptic EMP Survival Thriller (Blackout War Series, Book 1)
- Narrated by: Phil Gilbert
- Series: Blackout War Series, Book 1
- Length: 14 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 2026-03-31
- Language: English
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$27.41 or free with 30-day trial
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Reign of Darkness Series (Omnibus Edition)
- A Post-Apocalyptic EMP Survival Series
- Written by: T. L. Payne
- Narrated by: Kira Fixx
- Length: 34 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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A catastrophic EMP attack. A world plunged into darkness. Suddenly, everything stops. No power. No transportation. No communications. When the lights go out and panic grips her town, Serenity Jones is forced to run for her life.
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Reign of Darkness Series (Omnibus Edition)
- A Post-Apocalyptic EMP Survival Series
- Narrated by: Kira Fixx
- Length: 34 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 2026-01-26
- Language: English
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Seeking Safety
- Gateway to Chaos, Book One
- Written by: T. L. Payne
- Narrated by: Stacey Glemboski
- Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1
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Performance1
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While a cyber-attack crippled half the nation’s power grid, enemies of the United States launched an super EMP over the midwest sending the nation back to the stone age. For Raine Caldwell and her neighbors, it couldn't have come at a worse time....
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Seeking Safety
- Gateway to Chaos, Book One
- Narrated by: Stacey Glemboski
- Series: Gateway to Chaos, Book 1
- Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 2020-04-01
- Language: English
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$22.05 or free with 30-day trial
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Turbulent
- A Post Apocalyptic EMP Survival Thriller (Days of Want Series, Book 1)
- Written by: T. L. Payne
- Narrated by: Kevin Pierce
- Length: 5 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3
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Performance3
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In an instant, everything stops. No lights. No phones. No transportation. When coordinated EMP and Cyber attacks wipe out the nation’s power grid and communications, ultra-marathon runner, Maddie Langston, is forced to run for her life....
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Well....
- By Raven on 2020-04-16
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Turbulent
- A Post Apocalyptic EMP Survival Thriller (Days of Want Series, Book 1)
- Narrated by: Kevin Pierce
- Series: Days of Want Series, Book 1
- Length: 5 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 2019-07-01
- Language: English
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Turmoil
- Days of Want Series, Book 3
- Written by: T. L. Payne
- Narrated by: Kevin Pierce
- Length: 6 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2
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Performance2
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As Maddie, Zack, and their group struggle to secure the cabin, the community grapples to find justice in a lawless world when a girl goes missing. Amid turmoil and bloodshed, Maddie learns that evil comes in all shapes and sizes. No one can be trusted....
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Turmoil
- Days of Want Series, Book 3
- Narrated by: Kevin Pierce
- Series: Days of Want Series, Book 3
- Length: 6 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 2019-10-17
- Language: English
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Hunted
- Days of Want Series, Book 2
- Written by: T. L. Payne
- Narrated by: Kevin Pierce
- Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4
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Performance4
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Story4
Just when Maddie thinks she has reached safety at her uncle’s farm, a new threat emerges sending her on the run in a race for her life....
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Hunted
- Days of Want Series, Book 2
- Narrated by: Kevin Pierce
- Series: Days of Want Series, Book 2
- Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 2019-07-18
- Language: English
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Recompense
- A Post-Apocalyptic EMP Survival Thriller (Conquer the Dark Series, Book 6)
- Written by: T. L. Payne
- Narrated by: Phil Gilbert
- Length: 7 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Ayden and his group have endured unimaginable hardships, fighting against ruthless enemy invaders and the brutal grip of nature. Their supplies are dwindling, morale is fragile, and the odds of lasting through another season seem impossibly slim.
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Recompense
- A Post-Apocalyptic EMP Survival Thriller (Conquer the Dark Series, Book 6)
- Narrated by: Phil Gilbert
- Series: Conquer the Dark, Book 6
- Length: 7 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 2026-01-14
- Language: English
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Collapse
- A Post-Apocalyptic EMP Survival Thriller (Conquer the Dark Series, Book 1)
- Written by: T. L. Payne
- Narrated by: Phil Gilbert
- Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1
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Performance1
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An EMP attack throws the nation into chaos. Ayden Miller received the call no son ever wants to hear—his mother is ill and not expected to make it.
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Couldn't turn it off.
- By Bernadine on 2025-08-15
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- A Post-Apocalyptic EMP Survival Thriller (Conquer the Dark Series, Book 1)
- Narrated by: Phil Gilbert
- Series: Conquer the Dark, Book 1
- Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 2024-09-25
- Language: English
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Survive the Collapse: The Complete Post-Apocalyptic Series
- Written by: T. L. Payne
- Narrated by: T. L. Howell
- Length: 30 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Sam Wallace had prepared for the end of the world as we know it. But when an EMP attack strikes as he's two hundred miles away from home, his survival skills face the ultimate test.
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Survive the Collapse: The Complete Post-Apocalyptic Series
- Narrated by: T. L. Howell
- Series: Survive the Collapse
- Length: 30 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 2025-01-02
- Language: English
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Utter Darkness
- A Post Apocalyptic CME/EMP Survival Thriller (Black Sky Event, Book 1)
- Written by: T. L. Payne
- Narrated by: Phil Gilbert
- Length: 10 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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A massive solar superstorm. A nationwide blackout. A family torn apart. The most powerful solar superstorm ever to hit Earth plunged the world into chaos, leaving society crumbling in its wake.
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Utter Darkness
- A Post Apocalyptic CME/EMP Survival Thriller (Black Sky Event, Book 1)
- Narrated by: Phil Gilbert
- Series: Black Sky Event, Book 1
- Length: 10 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 2025-09-15
- Language: English
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Utter Devastation
- A Post Apocalyptic CME/EMP Survival Thriller (Black Sky Event, Book 2)
- Written by: T. L. Payne
- Narrated by: Phil Gilbert
- Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Three days after a catastrophic solar superstorm cripples the nation’s power grid, America descends into chaos. With communications severed and no end to the upheaval in sight, the Carlisle family finds themselves separated by hundreds of miles—but united by one instinct: survival.
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Utter Devastation
- A Post Apocalyptic CME/EMP Survival Thriller (Black Sky Event, Book 2)
- Narrated by: Phil Gilbert
- Series: Black Sky Event, Book 2
- Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 2025-10-28
- Language: English
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Resistance
- A Post-Apocalyptic EMP Survival Thriller (Conquer the Dark Series, Book 5)
- Written by: T. L. Payne
- Narrated by: Phil Gilbert
- Length: 5 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Ayden’s world has been torn apart, leaving him with only one mission: to protect Mia and her young sons from the chaos consuming their homeland.
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Resistance
- A Post-Apocalyptic EMP Survival Thriller (Conquer the Dark Series, Book 5)
- Narrated by: Phil Gilbert
- Series: Conquer the Dark, Book 5
- Length: 5 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 2025-06-25
- Language: English
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Desolation
- A Post-Apocalyptic EMP Survival Thriller (Conquer the Dark Series, Book 4)
- Written by: T. L. Payne
- Narrated by: Phil Gilbert
- Length: 5 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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In the aftermath of their struggles reaching Pennsylvania, Ayden and his sister Clara seek refuge at New Eden, a fortified compound in Pennsylvania.
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Desolation
- A Post-Apocalyptic EMP Survival Thriller (Conquer the Dark Series, Book 4)
- Narrated by: Phil Gilbert
- Series: Conquer the Dark, Book 4
- Length: 5 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 2025-04-07
- Language: English
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Seeking Hope
- A Post-Apocalyptic EMP Survival Thriller (Gateway to Chaos, Book 4)
- Written by: T.L. Payne
- Narrated by: Stacey Glemboski
- Length: 5 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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In the weeks since an EMP attack left their world in chaos, Raine Caldwell and her group have escaped St. Louis only to find trouble at the farm in St. Francois County....
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Seeking Hope
- A Post-Apocalyptic EMP Survival Thriller (Gateway to Chaos, Book 4)
- Narrated by: Stacey Glemboski
- Series: Gateway to Chaos, Book 4
- Length: 5 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 2021-01-19
- Language: English
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Seeking Refuge (A Post Apocalyptic EMP Survival Thriller)
- Gateway to Chaos, Book 2
- Written by: T. L. Payne
- Narrated by: Stacey Glemboski
- Length: 6 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Can ordinary people survive the apocalypse? Raine Caldwell is about to find out. The government isn’t coming to rescue her. If Raine and her group are going to make it, they must save themselves....
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Seeking Refuge (A Post Apocalyptic EMP Survival Thriller)
- Gateway to Chaos, Book 2
- Narrated by: Stacey Glemboski
- Series: Gateway to Chaos, Book 2
- Length: 6 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 2020-05-01
- Language: English
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Defiance
- Days of Want Series, Book 7
- Written by: T. L. Payne
- Narrated by: Kevin Pierce
- Length: 5 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Alliances are made and lines are drawn as Maddie and her group come face to face with General Dempsey’s forces....
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Defiance
- Days of Want Series, Book 7
- Narrated by: Kevin Pierce
- Series: Days of Want Series, Book 7
- Length: 5 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 2023-03-24
- Language: English
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Upheaval
- A Post Apocalyptic EMP Survival Thriller (Days of Want, Book Five)
- Written by: T. L. Payne
- Narrated by: Kevin Pierce
- Length: 6 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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After surviving the prison riots and deadly skirmishes with the wannabe dictator of Texas County, Maddie and her group are left with dwindling resources, unprepared for the harsh winter ahead. Old friends pitch in to help until a more deadly foe arrives to put all of their lives at risk....
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Upheaval
- A Post Apocalyptic EMP Survival Thriller (Days of Want, Book Five)
- Narrated by: Kevin Pierce
- Series: Days of Want Series, Book 5
- Length: 6 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 2020-08-31
- Language: English
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