Fiction - Literary audiobooks

In the Time of the Butterflies

By: Julia Alvarez

Narrated by: Noemi De La Puente, Alma Cuervo, Blanca Camacho...

Length: 13 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

It is November 25, 1960, and the bodies of three beautiful, convent-educated sisters have been found near their wrecked Jeep at the bottom of a 150-foot cliff on the north coast of the Dominican Republic. El Caribe, the official newspaper, reports their deaths as an accident. It does not mention that a fourth sister lives. Nor does it explain... Read more

A Man Called Ove

By: Fredrik Backman

Narrated by: J. K. Simmons

Length: 9 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Now a major motion picture A Man Called Otto starring Tom Hanks!

#1 New York Times bestseller—more than 3 million copies sold!

Meet Ove. He’s a curmudgeon—the kind of man who points at people he dislikes as if they were burglars caught outside his bedroom window. He has staunch principles, strict routines, and a short fuse. People call him “the... Read more

The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell

By: Robert Dugoni

Narrated by: Robert Dugoni

Length: 11 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Wall Street Journal and New York Times bestselling author Robert Dugoni’s coming-of-age story is, according to Booklist, “a novel that, if it doesn’t cross entirely over into John Irving territory, certainly nestles in close to the border.”Sam Hill always saw the world through different eyes. Born with red pupils, he was called “Devil Boy” or... Read more

The History of Bees

By: Maja Lunde

Narrated by: Joy Osmanski, Steve West & Gibson Frazier

Length: 12 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

“Imagine The Leftovers, but with honey” (Elle), and in the spirit of Station Eleven and Never Let Me Go, this “spectacular and deeply moving” (Lisa See, New York Times bestselling author) novel follows three generations of beekeepers from the past, present, and future, weaving a spellbinding story of their relationship to the bees—and to their... Read more

The Elegance of the Hedgehog

By: Muriel Barbery

Narrated by: Cassandra Morris & Barbara Rosenblat

Length: 9 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

An enchanting New York Times and international bestseller and award-winner about life, art, literature, philosophy, culture, class, privilege, and power, seen through the eyes of a 54-year old French concierge and a precocious but troubled 12-year-old girl.

Renée Michel is the 54-year-old concierge of a luxury Paris apartment building. Her... Read more

Rules for Ghosting

By: Shelly Jay Shore

Narrated by: Petey Gibson & Shelly Jay Shore

Length: 12 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • To save his family's failing funeral home—and his own chance at a queer love story—a reluctant clairvoyant must embrace the gift he long ignored in this poignant and warmhearted debut.

“For top-notch drama, this year’s medal goes to Rules for Ghosting. . . . Here, actual ghosts haunt the quiet and tender moments, and it’s... Read more

The Mountain in the Sea

By: Ray Nayler

Narrated by: Eunice Wong

Length: 11 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

“Eunice Wong’s measured pacing and mellow tones perfectly complement Nayler’s provocative exploration of memory, minds, and consciousness.” - Booklist

"The theme of the nature of consciousness is equal parts intriguing, thrilling, and eerie. Best of all, it's always compellingly narrated, making for a performance that's difficult to pause."-... Read more

Dixon, Descending

By: Karen Outen

Narrated by: JD Jackson

Length: 10 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

“Compelling.”—The Boston Globe
“Poignant…heartbreaking.”—The Christian Science Monitor
“This one hits hard.”—Publishers Weekly

When Nate suggests that they attempt to be the first Black American men to summit Mount Everest, his younger brother Dixon can’t refuse. The two are determined to prove something—to themselves and to each other.
 
Dixon... Read more

Clay's Ark

By: Octavia E. Butler

Narrated by: Robin Miles

Length: 7 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

A powerful story of survival in unprecedented times, from the award-winning author of Parable of the Sower.
In an alternate America marked by volatile class warfare, Blake Maslin is traveling with his teenage twin daughters when their car is ambushed. Their attackers appear sickly yet possess inhuman strength, and they transport Blake's family to... Read more

All Adults Here

By: Emma Straub

Narrated by: Emily Rankin

Length: 11 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

A TODAY SHOW #ReadWithJenna BOOK CLUB PICK!
"In a time when all we want is hope, it’s a beautiful book to reach for." -Jenna Bush Hager

"Brimming with kindness, forgiveness, humor and love and yet (magically) also a page turner that held me captive until it was finished. This is Emma Straub's absolute best... Read more

Northern Spy

By: Flynn Berry

Narrated by: Katharine Lee McEwan

Length: 7 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Reese’s Book Club Pick
Instant New York Times Bestseller
A New York Times Book Review Top 10 Thriller of 2021
A Washington Post Top 10 Thriller or Mystery of 2021
 
“If you love a mystery, then you’ll devour [Northern Spy] . . . I loved this thrill ride of a book.” —Reese Witherspoon

“A chilling, gorgeously written tale . . . Berry keeps the... Read more

The Door-to-Door Bookstore

By: Carsten Henn

Narrated by: Raphael Corkhill

Length: 6 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

The charming international bestseller about an unlikely friendship between an elderly door-to-door bookseller and a nine-year-old girl that changes his life.

Small-town German bookseller Carl Kollhoff delivers his books to special customers in the evening hours after closing time, walking through the picturesque alleys of the city. These people... Read more

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

By: Junot Díaz

Narrated by: Lin-Manuel Miranda & Karen Olivo

Length: 9 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Read by Lin-Manuel Miranda, the Tony Award®-winning creator and star of the musical Hamilton, and Tony Award®-winning actress, Karen Olivo. This brilliant narration adds another layer of lyricism and depth to this Pulitzer Prize-winning classic novel.


Things have never been easy for Oscar, a sweet but disastrously overweight, lovesick Dominican... Read more

Convenience Store Woman

By: Sayaka Murata

Narrated by: Nancy Wu

Length: 3 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Keiko Furukura had always been considered a strange child, and her parents always worried how she would get on in the real world. So when she takes a job in a convenience store while at the university, they are delighted. For her part, she finds a predictable world in the convenience store, mandated by the store manual, which dictates how the... Read more

The House of the Spirits

By: Isabel Allende

Narrated by: Thom Rivera & Marisol Ramirez

Length: 18 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

This “spectacular… absorbing and distinguished work…is a unique achievement, both personal witness and possible allegory of the past, present, and future of Latin America” (The New York Times Book Review).

The House of the Spirits, which introduced Isabel Allende as one of the world’s most gifted storytellers, brings to life the triumphs and... Read more

Conjure Women

By: Afia Atakora

Narrated by: Adenrele Ojo

Length: 13 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

A mother and daughter with a shared talent for healing—and for the conjuring of curses—are at the heart of this dazzling first novel
 
WINNER OF THE SOCIETY OF AMERICAN HISTORIANS PRIZE • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times • NPR • Parade • Book Riot • PopMatters

“Lush, irresistible . . . It took me into the hearts of... Read more

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

By: L. Frank Baum

Narrated by: Brooke Shields & Paul Rudd

Length: 4 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

More than a century after L. Frank Baum first released this magical tale of a young girl, Brooke Shields entrances a new generation of young listeners with her narration of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. 

Dorothy thinks she is lost forever when a terrifying tornado crashes through Kansas and whisks her
and her dog, Toto, far away to the magical land... Read more

All This and More

By: Peng Shepherd

Narrated by: Helen Laser

Length: 15 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

From the critically acclaimed, bestselling author of The Cartographers and The Book of M comes an inventive new novel about a woman who wins the chance to rewrite every mistake she’s ever made… and how far she’ll go to find her elusive “happily ever after.” But there’s a twist: the reader gets to decide what she does next to change her fate.One... Read more

The Invisible Hour

By: Alice Hoffman

Narrated by: Jessie Mueller

Length: 7 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

The latest New York Times bestseller from beloved author Alice Hoffman celebrates the enduring magic of books and is a “wonderful story of love and growth” (Stephen King).

One June day when Mia Jacob can no longer see a way to survive, the power of words saves her. The Scarlet Letter was written almost two hundred years earlier, but it seems to... Read more

Going Home

By: Tom Lamont

Narrated by: Jot Davies

Length: 10 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Going Home is a sparkling, funny, bighearted story of family and what happens when three men—all of whom are completely ill-suited for fatherhood—take charge of a toddler following an unexpected loss

Téo Erskine, now in his thirties, has moved on from childish things: He has a good job, a slick apartment in London, and when he heads back to the... Read more

The Rules of Magic

By: Alice Hoffman

Narrated by: Marin Ireland

Length: 10 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

An instant New York Times bestseller and Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick from beloved author Alice Hoffman—the spellbinding prequel to Practical Magic.

Find your magic.

For the Owens family, love is a curse that began in 1620, when Maria Owens was charged with witchery for loving the wrong man.

Hundreds of years later, in New York City at the... Read more

Only Here, Only Now

By: Tom Newlands

Narrated by: Amelia Leith

Length: 10 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

“Only Here, Only Now heralds the arrival of an urgent and unique new voice, as engaging and as startling as Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha, Morvern Callar or The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time.”—David PeaceA brilliant new talent writing from lived experience makes his debut with this irresistible and original story in the vein of Young... Read more

Catherine House

By: Elisabeth Thomas

Narrated by: Inés del Castillo

Length: 11 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

“Elisabeth Thomas had me mesmerized from the first page. Dreamy and brimming with dread, Catherine House will swallow you whole.""  — Rory Power, New York Times bestselling author of Wilder Girls
Trust us, you belong here. A gothic-infused debut of literary suspense, set within a secluded, elite university and following a dangerously curious,... Read more

The Watchmaker of Filigree Street

By: Natasha Pulley

Narrated by: Thomas Judd

Length: 11 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents The Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Natasha Pulley, read by Thomas Judd.

For readers of Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, an enchanting, bestselling novel that sweeps readers into a magical Victorian London inhabited by a clockwork octopus and a mysterious watchmaker who is not at all what he first appears.

1883. Thaniel... Read more