Listen to a sample
Fever Dream
- Author
- Samanta Schweblin
- Narrator
- Hillary Huber
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Publish Date
- 7 May 2026
- Run Time
- 3 hours 14 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
Not available in your country
We don't have the rights to sell this audiobook where you are. If it's already in your library you can still listen to it in My Books.
What to expect
‘It’s a total mind-wrecker’ – Max Porter, author of Shy
‘The book I wish I had written’ – Lisa Taddeo, author of Three Women
‘Utterly gripping’ – The Observer
‘Dazzling’ – Evening Standard
Amanda knows she has to answer the questions. Lying feverish and unseeing in her hospital bed, she tries her best to account for how she came to be there. She remembers the lake, the house and the strange woman next door with her unthinkable confession. She remembers the fear of losing her young daughter, Nina. Now she is alone and Nina is gone. At what moment did everything go dark?
Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize, Fever Dream is an unforgettable masterpiece of psychological terror from Samanta Schweblin.
‘I picked up Fever Dream in the wee hours, and a low, sick thrill took hold of me as I read . . . I was checking the locks in my apartment by page thirty. By the time I finished the book, I couldn’t bring myself to look out the windows’ – Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker
Critics Review
-
Read this in a single sitting and by the end I could hardly breathe. It's a total mind-wrecker. Amazing. Thrilling.
Max Porter, author of Grief is the Thing with Feathers
-
A book to read in one frantic sitting – bold, uncanny and utterly gripping
The Observer
-
An unnerving read, straddling the realms of the supernatural and of Argentina’s dark recent history
Financial Times
-
Terrifying and brilliant . . . Dangerously addictive
Chris Power, The Guardian
See more reviews See fewer reviews
-
This daring, ambiguous thriller is an apocalyptic lamentation for our world in free fall, a place in which nothing and no one, not even a child or a horse in a field, is safe
Irish Times
-
Explosive . . . delivers a skin-prickling masterclass in dread and suspense
Economist
-
Dazzling, unforgettable, and deeply strange. I’ve never read anything like it
Evening Standard
-
Part modern horror, part love story, this nightmarish novel about a young woman recounting her astonishing story from her death bed covers themes of maternal anxiety and ecological disaster. It will grip and haunt you in equal measure.
Service95
-
Exceptionally written . . . a superlative work of the imagination, resonant, beguiling and truly memorable
The Spectator
-
The sort of book that makes you look under the bed last thing at night and sleep with the light on
Daily Mail
-
I picked up Fever Dream in the wee hours, and a low, sick thrill took hold of me as I read . . . I was checking the locks in my apartment by page thirty. By the time I finished the book, I couldn’t bring myself to look out the windows
Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker
-
A panic attack disguised as a novel . . . Fever Dream is almost impossible to break away from before the final page is turned
The Guardian, 'Best Books to Read in a Day'
User Reviews
No reviews yet.
Details
- Author
- Samanta Schweblin
- Narrator
- Hillary Huber
- Duration
- 3 hours 14 minutes
- Release Date
- 7 May 2026
- ISBN
- 9781037412073
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Genre
- Horror, ghost stories and supernatural fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Narrative theme: environmental issues / the natural world
Synopsis
‘It’s a total mind-wrecker’ – Max Porter, author of Shy‘The book I wish I had written’ – Lisa Taddeo, author of Three Women‘Utterly gripping’ – The Observer‘Dazzling’ – Evening StandardAmanda knows she has to answer the questions. Lying feverish and unseeing in her hospital bed, she tries her best to account for how she came to be there. She remembers the lake, the house and the strange woman next door with her unthinkable confession. She remembers the fear of losing her young daughter, Nina. Now she is alone and Nina is gone. At what moment did everything go dark?Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize, Fever Dream is an unforgettable masterpiece of psychological terror from Samanta Schweblin.‘I picked up Fever Dream in the wee hours, and a low, sick thrill took hold of me as I read . . . I was checking the locks in my apartment by page thirty. By the time I finished the book, I couldn’t bring myself to look out the windows’ – Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker
About xigxag
xigxag is an independent, UK-based audiobook platform and the UK's only B Corp certified audiobook company. We offer nearly 150,000 audiobooks, all with professional human narration. No AI-generated voices. xigxag is rated an Ethical Consumer Best Buy for audiobooks and a top-rated ethical bookshop.
There is no subscription. You buy the audiobooks you want, you own them permanently, and prices start at $13.95. The more you listen over the year, the less you pay per book, and there is always a selection in Listen for Less from $7.95. You can also send audiobooks as gifts using our audiobook gift cards or in-app gifting.
Every audiobook on xigxag has honest reviews covering both the book and the narration, and our community features make it easy to share what you are listening to, discover what others recommend, and find your next listen.
Download or stream on iOS, Android, or in your browser. Browse the full catalogue at xigxag.co.uk.