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From what I understand, duet/dual has 2 narrators and full cast has an individual narrator for every single character. Full cast also has sound/music. But what about in-between these 2 categories?

To clarify, I'm budgeting for a future audiobook for my book series. I wanted to have 6 narrators. The 1st would handle the dialogue and pov chapters from the male main character. The 2nd would handle the dialogue and pov chapters from the female main character. The 3rd handles whatever dialogue and pov chapters the male supporting character has. The 4th handles whatever dialogue and pov chapters the female supporting character has. The 5th handles the dialogue from the rest of the male side characters. And the 6th handles the dialogue from the rest of the female side characters.

I figure 6 narrators give enough variety while not being as expensive as having a narrator for every single character. Also there's no sound effects or music, just narration.

Is there a category for audiobooks like this? Are there existing audiobooks like this?

I've only ever listened to single narration audiobooks but I was looking into duet narration. Basically duet narrations are when two narrators (usually one male and one female) perform dialogue for their assigned characters The male narrator usually handles all the male voices and the female narrator the female voices.

So I understand how dialogue is handled but what about the non-dialogue parts? I suppose you just have to pick whether you want your female or male narrator to also narrate the non-dialogue. But is there a usual rule for which gender to pick?

If it helps, my story is third person and I try to keep the male and female POVs to their own separate chapters. Should the female narrator narrate all female dialogue & all the non-dialogue in the chapters that are from the fmc's perspective while vice versa for the male? Or as mentioned above, should I just pick one of the narrators to do all of the non-dialogue.