Look Who’s Talking: 5 Great SFF Books with Unusual Narrators

Hello, readers! I recently read the fantasy novel The Dungeon Book by Gareth Hanrahan, which is narrated by a talking skull named Cornelius, and it got me thinking about other books with unusual narrators. The most unusual one I have read would have to be Delicious Foods by James Hannaham, which has cocaine for a narrator. And one of my favorite books, Unlikely Animals by Annie Hartnett, has some of my favorite unusual narrators, but I feel like telling you would be a spoiler, so you’ll have to read it to find out. (You really should—it’s SO good.) While those two novels are literary fiction with a speculative side, here are five more great books with unusual narrators that are firmly of a sci-fi and fantasy flavor. Enjoy! Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane BuxtonIf you like hilarious novels that will also make you cry, this one is perfect for you! It’s about a virus that makes all the humans sick (like zombies), leaving the animals to fend for themselves. It’s narrated by S.T., a domesticated talking crow with a potty mouth (S.T. stands for “Shit Talker”), who sets out into the big world to find a cure. Because if he can find a cure for the humans, he can save his owner, Big Jim, who wil...