Fiction audiobooks

Weltreiche - Abridged

By: Ulrich Offenberg

Narrated by: Andreas Wilde & Martin Umbach

Length: 7 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Von den Sumerern, Pharaonen, dem Imperium Romanum, den Osmanen bis zu Mongolen und den Herrschern des "Reiches der Mitte", China, spannt sich der Themenbogen der frühen Geschichte. Europäische Seefahrer entdeckten und eroberten neue Kontinente für ihre Könige: Portugiesen, Spanier und Engländer, in derem Empire die Sonne nie unterging. Die... Read more

O retrato dos pais - Abridged

By: Alberto Braga

Narrated by: Tiago Torres

Length: 29 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Como o título bem indica, o enredo desse conto do português Alberto Braga gira em torno do retrato que um casal deve fazer a pedido do filho que imigrou para o Brasil. Motivo de alegria? O leitor descobrirá que não: preconceito e ingratidão tecem a trama, desde a chegada da carta com o pedido do retrato, que atravessou o Atlântico e chegou à... Read more

The Magic Engineer (2 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation] - Abridged

By: L.E. Modesitt, Jr.

Narrated by: A Full Cast, Terence Aselford, Chris Stinson, N...

Length: 5 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In L. E. Modesitt, Jr.'s The Magic Engineer, Dorrin, a young scion of Order magicians, is interested in forbidden knowledge—the working of machines.

He is the Leonardo da Vinci of his age, but his insights violate the rules of the Order magic of Recluce, and in order to pursue his invention he must go into exile—in the lands of Chaos.

Tortured by... Read more

The King Must Die - Abridged

By: Mary Renault

Narrated by: Michael York

Length: 2 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Set in ancient Greece, a powerful novel about Theseus by Mary Renault.This is the story of the young Theseus: Prince of Troizen, King of Eleusis and Athens, and slayer of the Minotaur. Acclaimed novelist Mary Renault weaves myth, legend, history, and fiction into the story of a young hero's search for his destiny and the countless challenges he... Read more

Wingman # 6 - The Final Storm - Abridged

By: Mack Maloney

Narrated by: Terence Aselford

Length: 2 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Freedom is reborn. The North American continent has been wrested from the brutal grasp of Soviet Warlords, but they have not given up yet. Deep in the frozen Siberian wastes, last ditch elements of the Evil Empire plan to annihilate the Free World in one final rain of nuclear death.Trading his sleek F-16 fighter jet for a larger, heavier B-1B... Read more

The Loop - Abridged

By: Nicholas Evans

Narrated by: Stephen Lang

Length: 5 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A pack of wolves makes a sudden savage return to the Rocky Mountain ranching town of Hope, Montana, where a century earlier they were slaughtered by the thousands. Now shielded by law as an endangered species, they reawaken an ancient hatred that will tear a family, and ultimately the town, apart.

At the center of the storm is Helen Ross, a... Read more

Undercover - Abridged

By: Danielle Steel

Narrated by: Alexander Cendese

Length: 5 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A powerful novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel, about an ambassador’s daughter who is kidnapped and the former undercover agent who comes to her aid, saving her life in more ways than one.For DEA Special Agent Marshall Everett, life as he knows it is over once a gunshot wound renders his arm useless. Barred forever... Read more

High Tide - Abridged

By: Jude Deveraux

Narrated by: Jenna Stern

Length: 4 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The New York Times bestselling Montgomery/Taggert Family series returns with a sizzling romance “packed full of warmth, humor, sensual tension, and exciting adventure” (RT Book Reviews) about a New York businesswoman on the run in Florida after being falsely accused of murder.

A rising star at a Manhattan corporation, Fiona Burkenhalter is a New... Read more

Appointment With Death - Abridged

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Roger May

Length: 3 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners. Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time and in any language. Now Collins has adapted her famous detective novels for English language learners. These carefully abridged versions are shorter with the language targeted at... Read more

Eine Familie in Deutschland - Am Ende die Hoffnung (Gekürzte Lesung) - Abridged

By: Peter Prange

Narrated by: Frank Arnold

Length: 8 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Die große Familiengeschichte in Zeiten der Bewährung Groß war die Hoffnung im Wolfsburger Land, als auf Hitlers Befehl das Volkswagen-Werk aus dem Boden gestampft wurde. Aber nun bricht der Krieg aus, und die Welt der Familie Ising verwandelt sich von Grund auf. So unterschiedlich die Geschwister Ising sind - Parteibonze Horst, Filmproduzentin... Read more

Web of Evil - Abridged

By: J.A. Jance

Narrated by: Karen Ziemba

Length: 6 hours

Abridged: Yes

In the second masterful thriller in the New York Times bestselling Ali Reynolds series, Ali’s soon-to-be-ex-husband turns up dead under mysterious circumstances, and Ali soon finds herself in a twisted web of mystery and murder.

The highway from Los Angeles to the Palm Springs desert is parched, unforgiving, and deadly. In the suffocating... Read more

Perry Rhodan 3286: Stadt der Schemen - Abridged

By: Michael Marcus Thurner

Narrated by: Stefan Krombach

Length: 3 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Mörder in Terrania City – die Yaqana sind das Ziel Das Ende des 21. Jahrhunderts Neuer Galaktischer Zeitrechnung ist angebrochen. Mehr als dreieinhalbtausend Jahre von unserer Zeit entfernt lebt die Menschheit in Frieden. Zwischen den Sternen der Milchstraße herrschen keine großen Konflikte mehr. Vielleicht kann Perry Rhodan, der als... Read more

Strong Light of Day [Dramatized Adaptation] - Abridged

By: Jon Land

Narrated by: A Full Cast, Colleen Delany, Karen Novack, Robb...

Length: 6 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Caitlin Strong is a fifth generation Texas Ranger as quick with her wits as she is with her gun. Over the years she's taken on all manner of criminals and miscreants, thwarting the plans of villains to do vast damage to the country and state she loves. But none of that has prepared Caitlin for an investigation that pits her against ruthless... Read more

Manuscrito Encontrado Numa Garrafa - Abridged

By: Edgar Allan Poe

Narrated by: Voz Sintética

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

"Manuscrito Encontrado numa Garrafa" é um conto de Edgar Allan Poe que narra a história de um homem que, após um naufrágio causado por uma tempestade, se vê a bordo de um misterioso navio fantasma com uma tripulação destinada a um destino desconhecido e catastrófico. Read more

Cold Grave - Abridged

By: Kathryn Fox

Narrated by: Federay Holmes

Length: 4 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: Yes

It feels like the safest place on earth. A family-friendly, floating palace. But, as Anya Crichton soon discovers, cruise ships aren't all that they seem...

Statistics tell us that a woman is twice as likely to be sexually assaulted on a cruise ship than on dry land. Customers aren't screened, so the ships are a haven for sex offenders and... Read more

Perry Rhodan Neo 171: Brennpunkt Eastside - Abridged

By: Arno Endler

Narrated by: Hanno Dinger

Length: 6 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Im Jahr 2036 entdeckt der Astronaut Perry Rhodan auf dem Mond ein außerirdisches Raumschiff. Damit erschließt er der Menschheit den Weg zu den Sternen. In den Weiten der Milchstraße treffen die Menschen auf Gegner und Freunde; es folgen Fortschritte und Rückschläge. Nach 2051 wird die Erde unbewohnbar, während Milliarden Menschen an einen... Read more

Niemandsblut - Abridged

By: Jörg Böhm

Narrated by: Boris Henn

Length: 7 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Du hast ein schönes LEBEN. Denkst du … Aber was ist, wenn es nicht DEIN Leben ist … Und du dafür TÖTEN musst, um endlich du selbst zu sein … Ein idyllischer Morgen in Palma de Mallorca endet für die Passagiere der "Virgin of the Ocean" jäh, als über dem Altar der Kathedrale eine Nonne hängt – ans Kreuz genagelt. Auf ihrem Habit steht das... Read more

The Gift - Abridged

By: Kirk Douglas

Narrated by: Kirk Douglas

Length: 2 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Softhearted, emotionally fragile Patricia Dennison— orphaned heiress to the Stoneham fortune— divides her life between trips to a Swiss sanatorium, where she is ensconced in the suicide ward, and the farm where she pensions off broken-down horses, cultivates a lush rose garden, and moons after a handsome, seemingly heroic... Read more

Was habe ich gelacht - Abridged

By: César Aira

Narrated by: Meike Rötzer

Length: 2 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Ist das Lachen nicht bloßer Reflex, gedankenloses Schafsblöken, das der komplexen Tragikomik des Lebens nicht gerecht wird? Ein sinnentleerter Epilog, der auf eine gute Geschichte folgt? Aira eröffnet in dieser überraschend intimen Erzählung, die mal Autofiktion, mal wilde Fabel ist, einen Raum zwischen Witz und Gelächter, jenen Spalt, der oft... Read more

Das Café zwischen Himmel und Erde - Abridged

By: Max Lucado

Narrated by: Rainer Böhm

Length: 5 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Stell dir vor, du könntest Gott genau eine Frage stellen. Was würdest du wissen wollen? Chelsea Chambers steht vor den Trümmern ihrer Ehe. Nachdem ihr Mann Sawyer sie betrogen hat, will sie sich und ihren Kindern eine neue Existenz aufbauen: Sie eröffnet das gemütliche Café ihrer Großmutter wieder. Doch die Konkurrenz ist groß und das Café läuft... Read more

The Whole Truth - Abridged

By: David Baldacci

Narrated by: Ron McLarty

Length: 5 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A powerful defense contractor, a reluctant intelligence agent, and an ambitious journalist race to contain and control an international crisis that could destroy the world in this #1 New York Times bestselling thriller.

"Dick, I need a war."

Nicolas Creel is a man on a mission. He heads the world's largest defense contractor, The Ares... Read more

Starfist: Kingdom's Swords - Abridged

By: David Sherman & Dan Cragg

Narrated by: John Bedford Lloyd

Length: 2 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The Marines were told it was a simple peasant rebellion–but the mission proved to be far deadlier. . . .

Gunny Charlie Bass isn’t the only Marine mystified by the order sending the entire 34th to put down a few seditious serfs on planet Kingdom. Rumors swirl of a deadly alien invasion. But few believe that such sentient beings exist. Except Gunny... Read more

The Kills - Abridged

By: Linda Fairstein

Narrated by: Blair Brown

Length: 5 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From New York Times bestselling author and former top prosecutor Linda Fairstein comes an electrifying thriller rich with the riveting behind-the-scenes authenticity that only she can offer.

It’s going to be a tough trial. Manhattan sex-crimes prosecutor Alexandra Cooper’s case, involving an attack on investment banker Paige Vallis, would be... Read more

Die große Hörbuch Box - Abridged

By: Arthur Schnitzler, Kurt Tucholsky, Franz Kafka,...

Narrated by: Jürgen Goslar, Sven Görtz & Jürgen Fritsche

Length: 12 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Die große Hörbuch Box: 820 Minuten feinster Literatur zum denkbar günstigen Preis! (UVP: EUR 19,95!) In dieser feinen 10CD-Box (die nur den Platz einer Multibox benötigt)haben sich Perlen der Weltliteratur versammelt, von Morgensterns Galgenliedern über Casanovas Erotische Memoiren bis hin zu den Bäsle-Briefen von Mozart und Gedichten von... Read more