Fiction - Literary audiobooks

The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock

By: Imogen Hermes Gowar

Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson

Length: 17 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Shortlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction“Wonderful… completely transporting.”  —Madeline Miller, New York Times bestselling author of Circe and The Song of Achilles ""Historical fiction at its finest, combining myth and legend with the brutal realities of the past. . . . Comparisons will be drawn to the works of contemporary authors... Read more

The Winter Soldier

By: Daniel Mason

Narrated by: Laurence Dobiesz

Length: 11 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

The epic story of war and medicine from the award-winning author of The Piano Tuner is "a dream of a novel...part mystery, part war story, part romance" (Anthony Doerr, author of All the Light We Cannot See). 

Vienna, 1914. Lucius is a twenty-two-year-old medical student when World War I explodes across Europe. Enraptured by romantic tales of... Read more

Foe

By: Iain Reid

Narrated by: Jacques Roy

Length: 5 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

*Now a major motion picture starring Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal*

A taut, psychological thriller from Iain Reid, “one of the most talented purveyors of weird, dark narratives in contemporary fiction” (Los Angeles Review of Books).

Severe climate change has ravaged the country, leaving behind a charred wasteland. Junior and Henrietta live a... Read more

The Wildlands

By: Abby Geni

Narrated by: Carol Monda

Length: 12 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

From the award-winning author of The Lightkeepers comes a page-turning new novel that explores the bond between siblings and the animal instincts that threaten to destroy them.When a Category 5 tornado ravaged Mercy, Oklahoma, no family in the small town lost more than the McClouds. Their home and farm were instantly demolished, and orphaned... Read more

A Key to Treehouse Living

By: Elliot Reed

Narrated by: Michael Crouch

Length: 6 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

For fans of Mark Haddon, Tony Earley, and Jonathan Safran Foer, an epic tale of boyhood from an unforgettable new voice.

"Disorienting, weirdly wise, indescribably transparent, impossibly recognizable. Fun, too." —Joy Williams
A Key to Treehouse Living is the adventure of William Tyce, a boy without parents, who grows up near a river... Read more

Lake Success

By: Gary Shteyngart

Narrated by: Arthur Morey & Soneela Nankani

Length: 13 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

“Spectacular.”—NPR • “Uproariously funny.”—The Boston Globe • “An artistic triumph.”—San Francisco Chronicle • “A novel in which comedy and pathos are exquisitely balanced.”—The Washington Post • “Shteyngart’s best book.”—The Seattle Times

The bestselling author of Super Sad True Love Story returns with a biting, brilliant, emotionally resonant... Read more

French Exit

By: Patrick deWitt

Narrated by: Lorna Raver

Length: 6 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

From bestselling author Patrick deWitt, a brilliant and darkly comic novel about a wealthy widow and her adult son who flee New York for Paris in the wake of scandal and financial disintegration.Frances Price – tart widow, possessive mother, and Upper East Side force of nature – is in dire straits, beset by scandal and impending bankruptcy. Her... Read more

Ohio

By: Stephen Markley

Narrated by: Caitlin Davies, Jayme Mattler, Joy Osmanski, Jo...

Length: 16 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

“Extraordinary...beautifully precise...[an] earnestly ambitious debut.” —The New York Times Book Review

“A wild, angry, and devastating masterpiece of a book.” —NPR

“[A] descendent of the Dickensian ‘social novel’ by way of Jonathan Franzen: epic fiction that lays bare contemporary culture clashes, showing us who we are and how we got here.” —O,... Read more

Whiskey When We're Dry

By: John Larison

Narrated by: Sophie Amoss

Length: 15 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Named a Best Book by Entertainment Weekly, O Magazine, Goodreads, Southern Living, Outside Magazine, Oprah.com, HelloGiggles, Parade, Fodor’s Travel, Sioux City Journal, Read it Forward, Medium.com, and NPR’s All Things Considered.
 
"A thunderclap of originality, here is a fresh voice and fresh take on one of the oldest stories we tell about... Read more

Putney

By: Sofka Zinovieff

Narrated by: Michelle Ford

Length: 11 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

In the spirit of Zoë Heller’s Notes on a Scandal and Tom Perrotta’s Mrs. Fletcher, an explosive and thought-provoking novel about the far-reaching repercussions of an illicit relationship between a young girl and a man twenty years her senior.A rising star in the London arts scene of the early 1970s, gifted composer Ralph Boyd is approached by... Read more

Tiffany Blues

By: M. J. Rose

Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert

Length: 10 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

The New York Times bestselling author of The Library of Light and Shadow crafts “an enchanting glimpse of Jazz Age New York” (Christina Baker Kline, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Orphan Train) about a young painter whose traumatic past threatens to derail her career at a prestigious summer artists’ colony run by Louis Comfort Tiffany... Read more

If You Leave Me

By: Crystal Hana Kim

Narrated by: Greta Jung & Keong Sim

Length: 12 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

""If You Leave Me is graced with truly wonderful writing; great poise, lyricism, intelligence, and an utterly engrossing portrayal of life.""—Richard Ford""An unforgettable story of family, love, and war set against the violent emergence of modern Korea.""—Gary Shteyngart ""A gripping, heartrending tale of the birth of modern Korea filtered... Read more

The Reservoir Tapes

By: Jon McGregor

Narrated by: Fiona Hardingham, Justine Eyre, Sarah Nichols, ...

Length: 3 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Returning us to the extraordinary territory of Jon McGregor’s Man Booker Prize long-listed novel Reservoir 13, The Reservoir Tapes take us deep into the heart of an English village that is trying to come to terms with what has happened on its watch.A teenage girl has gone missing. The whole community has been called upon to join the search. And... Read more

Baby, You're Gonna Be Mine

By: Kevin Wilson

Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne & Johanna Parker

Length: 8 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

In Baby, You’re Gonna Be Mine, Kevin Wilson’s first story collection in nearly a decade, Wilson combines his signature quirkiness with his keen eye for emotional complexity to explore the fraught relationship between parents and children.“Wildfire Johnny” is the story of a man who discovers a magic razor that allows him to travel back in time.... Read more

The Incendiaries

By: R. O. Kwon

Narrated by: Keong Sim

Length: 5 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Now a National Bestseller

"Religion, politics, and love collide in this slim but powerful novel reminiscent of Donna Tartt's The Secret History, with menace and mystery lurking in every corner." --People Magazine

"The most buzzed-about debut of the summer, as it should be...unusual and enticing ... The Incendiaries arrives at precisely the right... Read more

Ghosted

By: Rosie Walsh

Narrated by: Katherine Press

Length: 9 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Instant New York Times bestseller!

"I absolutely loved this book and didn't want it to end." --Liane Moriarty, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Big Little Lies

“This is an ‘accidentally stayed up until 4 a.m. because it's impossible to put down’ kind of novel.” --USA Today

Seven perfect days. Then he disappeared. A love story with a secret... Read more

The Family Tabor

By: Cherise Wolas

Narrated by: Jonathan Davis

Length: 13 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

"...the sense of loyalty to one’s family history is so vivid in the novel that it is practically its own character.” —New York Times Book Review

The Family Tabor is the next audiobook from Cherise Wolas, acclaimed author of The Resurrection of Joan Ashby

Harry Tabor is about to be named Man of the Decade, a distinction that feels like the... Read more

The Lido

By: Libby Page

Narrated by: Clare Corbett

Length: 9 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

**INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER**

“In many ways, this meditation on community and swimming follows in the footsteps of the enormously popular A Man Called Ove… Both are charming and heartwarming.”—Kirkus Reviews

WE'RE NEVER TOO OLD TO MAKE NEW FRIENDS—OR TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE

Rosemary Peterson has lived in Brixton, London, all her life but everything... Read more

If You See Me, Don't Say Hi

By: Neel Patel

Narrated by: Neel Patel

Length: 6 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

"If You See Me, Don't Say Hi bristles with unexpected meetings and reunions, recognitions and failed recognitions, passions and estrangements of all kinds. These stories have a sharp eye for the complexities of modern life, but Neel Patel writes with the wisdom and compassion of an old soul." — Celeste Ng, New York Times bestselling author of... Read more

The Last Cruise

By: Kate Christensen

Narrated by: Rob Shapiro

Length: 10 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

The 1950s ocean liner Queen Isabella is making her final voyage—a retro cruise from Long Beach to Hawaii and back—before heading to the scrapyard. For the guests on board, it’s a chance to experience a bygone era of decadent luxury, complete with fine dining, classic highballs, string quartets, and sophisticated jazz. Smoking is allowed but not... Read more

An Ocean of Minutes

By: Thea Lim

Narrated by: Lisa Rost-Welling

Length: 7 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

A shortlisted finalist for the 2018 Scotiabank Giller Prize and the ALA 2019 Reading List for Science Fiction

“Thea Lim’s An Ocean of Minutes is that rare thing—a speculative novel that is as heartfelt as it is philosophical. In lucid prose, Lim lays bare the complexities of migration and displacement, while offering a clear-eyed meditation on... Read more

Clock Dance

By: Anne Tyler

Narrated by: Kimberly Farr

Length: 9 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

NATIONAL BEST SELLER • TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR USA TODAY • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: O Magazine, Christian Science Monitor, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, The Times (London)

A charming new novel of self-discovery and second chances from the best-selling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Spool of Blue Thread.

Willa Drake can count on one... Read more

The Secrets Between Us

By: Thrity Umrigar

Narrated by: Sneha Mathan

Length: 11 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

More than a decade since her bestselling novel, The Space Between Us, Thrity Umrigar continues Bhima’s unforgettable story in this stunning sequel.“The women at the heart of this novel inhabit the harsh world of the urban Indian poor, and struggle separately and together for dignity and survival. Thrity Umrigar has written a moving human tale... Read more

The Lost Vintage

By: Ann Mah

Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld

Length: 11 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

“If you enjoyed my Sarah’s Key and Kristin Hannah’s The Nightingale, then this wonderful book by Ann Mah is for you.” -- Tatiana de RosnaySweetbitter meets The Nightingale in this page-turning novel about a woman who returns to her family’s ancestral vineyard in Burgundy and unexpectedly uncovers a lost diary, an unknown relative, and a secret... Read more