Fiction - Literary audiobooks

Against the Country

By: Ben Metcalf

Narrated by: Scott Sowers

Length: 10 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

For fans of Southern Gothic, Ben Metcalf's AGAINST THE COUNTRY is an intense, sly and deceptively humorous debut novel about growing up in the wilds of Goochland County, Virginia, from former literary editor of Harper's Magazine. Beginning with his parents' decision to move away from the corrupting influences of town, and to settle instead in... Read more

The Knife

By: Ross Ritchell

Narrated by: Peter Ganim

Length: 7 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

This powerful, dark, and morally provocative debut novel about a US Special Forces unit operating in Afghanistan reads like No Easy Day meets Redeployment.It's hot and getting hotter this summer in Afghanipakiraqistan—the preferred name for the ambiguous stretch of the world where the US Special Forces operate with little outside attention. Team... Read more

The Tutor

By: Andrea Chapin

Narrated by: Elizabeth Knowelden

Length: 12 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

A bold and captivating novel about love, passion, and ambition that imagines the muse of William Shakespeare and the tumultuous year they spend together.

The year is 1590, and Queen Elizabeth's Spanish Armada victory has done nothing to quell her brutal persecution of the English Catholics. Katharine de L'Isle is living at Lufanwal Hall, the... Read more

Prudence

By: David Treuer

Narrated by: Chris Patton

Length: 7 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

From a rising Native American writer comes a haunting and unforgettable novel about love, loss, race, and desire in World War II–era AmericaOn a sweltering day in August 1942, Frankie Washburn returns to his family's rustic Minnesota resort for one last visit before he joins the war as a bombardier headed for the darkened skies over Europe.... Read more

Holy Cow

By: David Duchovny

Narrated by: David Duchovny

Length: 2 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

A rollicking, globe-trotting adventure with a twist: a four-legged heroine you won't soon forget

Elsie Bovary is a cow, and a pretty happy one at that—her long, lazy days are spent eating, napping, and chatting with her best friend, Mallory. One night, Elsie and Mallory sneak out of their pasture; but while Mallory is interested in flirting with... Read more

Single, Carefree, Mellow

By: Katherine Heiny

Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell, Rebecca Lowman, Emily Ranki...

Length: 7 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

“Katherine Heiny's work does something magical: elevates the mundane so that it has the stakes of a mystery novel, gives women's interior lives the gravity they so richly deserve -- and makes you laugh along the way.”
—Lena Dunham

Single, Carefree, Mellow is that rare and wonderful thing: a debut that is superbly accomplished, endlessly... Read more

The Big Seven

By: Jim Harrison

Narrated by: Jim Meskimen

Length: 9 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Jim Harrison is one of our most renowned and popular authors, and his last novel, The Great Leader, was one of the most successful in a decorated career: it appeared on the New York Times extended bestseller list and was a national bestseller with rapturous reviews. His darkly comic follow-up, The Big Seven, sends Detective Sunderson to confront... Read more

The Marauders

By: Tom Cooper

Narrated by: P.J. Ochlan

Length: 10 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

When the BP oil spill devastates the Gulf coast, those who made a living by shrimping find themselves in dire straits. For the oddballs and lowlifes who inhabit the sleepy, working class bayou town of Jeannette,  these desperate circumstances serve as the catalyst that pushes them to enact whatever risky schemes they can dream up to reverse... Read more

The Sex Lives of Siamese Twins

By: Irvine Welsh

Narrated by: Penelope Rawlins & Lorelei King

Length: 13 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

The famed—some would say notorious—author of Trainspotting and many other brilliant offenses against common literary decency comes at last to America, with a dark and twisted tale of personal training and abject codependency in the fading glitter of Miami's South Beach, with a novel that asks the provocative question: Why would you want to be... Read more

Trigger Warning

By: Neil Gaiman

Narrated by: Neil Gaiman

Length: 11 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Multiple award winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman returns to dazzle, captivate, haunt, and entertain with this third collection of short fiction following Smoke and Mirrors and Fragile Things—which includes a never-before published American Gods story, “Black Dog,” written exclusively for this volume.In this new... Read more

The Hunger of the Wolf

By: Stephen Marche

Narrated by: Richard Powers

Length: 8 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

A breakout book from Stephen Marche, The Hunger of the Wolf is a novel about the way we live now: a sweeping, genre-busting tale of money, morality, and the American Dream—and the men and monsters who profit in its pursuit—set in New York, London, and the Canadian wilderness.Hunters found his body naked in the snow. So begins this astonishing... Read more

The Missing One

By: Lucy Atkins

Narrated by: Buffy Davies

Length: 20 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

"From the very first page I was drawn in, hook, line and sinker" --5-Star Reader ReviewThe bestselling noir thriller about the lengths a mother will go to protect her child. Perfect for fans of While My Eyes Were Closed and The Widow.The loss of her mother has left Kali McKenzie with too many unanswered questions. But while clearing out Elena's... Read more

A History of Loneliness

By: John Boyne

Narrated by: Gerard Doyle

Length: 12 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

The riveting narrative of an honorable Irish priest who finds the church collapsing around him at a pivotal moment in its history.Propelled into the priesthood by a family tragedy, Odran Yates is full of hope and ambition. When he arrives at Clonliffe Seminary in the 1970s, it is a time in Ireland when priests are highly respected, and Odran... Read more

Get In Trouble

By: Kelly Link

Narrated by: Grace Experience, Kirby Heyborne, Tara Sands, R...

Length: 9 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • A bewitching story collection from the author of White Cat, Black Dog and The Book of Love, hailed as “the most darkly playful voice in American fiction” (Michael Chabon) and “our greatest living fabulist” (Carmen Maria Machado)

“Ridiculously brilliant . . . These stories make you laugh while... Read more

Funny Girl

By: Nick Hornby

Narrated by: Emma Fielding

Length: 10 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

A brilliant novel from the bestselling author of High Fidelity, About a Boy, and A Long Way Down.

Set in 1960's London, Funny Girl is a lively account of the adventures of the intrepid young Sophie Straw as she navigates her transformation from provincial ingénue to television starlet amid a constellation of delightful characters. Insightful... Read more

Vanity Fair: March 2015 Issue - Abridged

By: Vanity Fair

Narrated by: Graydon Carter & various narrators

Length: 5 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Vanity Fair is a cultural filter, sparking the global conversation about the people and ideas that matter most. With a dedication to journalistic excellence and powerful storytelling, Vanity Fair is the first choice—often the only choice—for the world’s most influential and important audience. From print to social media, the big screen to the... Read more

Miramont's Ghost

By: Elizabeth Hall

Narrated by: Emily Durante

Length: 10 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Miramont Castle, built in 1897 and mysteriously abandoned three years later, is home to many secrets. Only one person knows the truth: Adrienne Beauvier, granddaughter of the Comte de Challembelles and cousin to the man who built the castle.Clairvoyant from the time she could talk, Adrienne’s visions show her the secrets of those around her.... Read more

Theft

By: Peter Carey

Narrated by: Stan Pretty

Length: 10 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Two-time Booker-winner Carey (Oscar and Lucinda and True History of the Kelly Gang) returns with a magnificent high-stakes art heist wrapped around a fraternal saga. Butcher Boone is an all-id all-the-time Australian painter of enormous talent and renown. Now divorced and bankrupted by his former wife, who tired of his excesses, Butcher has been... Read more

In Your Wildest Scottish Dreams

By: Karen Ranney

Narrated by: Ralph Lister

Length: 9 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

New York Times bestselling author Karen Ranney's first novel in a brand-new series spins the intriguing story of a beautiful widow and a devilishly handsome shipbuilderSeven years have passed since Glynis MacIain made the foolish mistake of declaring her love to Lennox Cameron, only to have him stare at her dumbfounded. Heartbroken, she accepted... Read more

Munich Airport

By: Greg Baxter

Narrated by: Kevin Stillwell

Length: 9 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

From the critically acclaimed author of The Apartment comes a powerful, poetic, and haunting exploration of loss, love, and isolation.

An American living in London receives a phone call from a German policewoman telling him the nearly inconceivable news that his sister, Miriam, has been found dead in her Berlin apartment-from starvation. Three... Read more

One Step Too Far

By: Tina Seskis

Narrated by: Elizabeth Knowelden & Paul Fox

Length: 9 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

The #1 international bestseller reminiscent of After I’m Gone, Sister, Before I Go to Sleep, and The Silent Wife—an intricately plotted, thoroughly addictive thriller that introduces a major new voice in suspense fiction—a mesmerizing and powerful novel that will keep you guessing to the very end.No one has ever guessed Emily’s secret.Will you?A... Read more

The Grown Ups

By: Robin Antalek

Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell

Length: 11 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Spanning over a decade, told in alternating voices, The Grown Ups explores the indelible bonds of friends and family and the connections that form between Sam, Suzie, and Bella as they navigate parents, siblings, and one another on the way to becoming who they really want to be when they grow up. Read more

The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir Who Got Trapped in an Ikea Wardrobe

By: Romain Puertolas

Narrated by: Julian Rhind-Tutt

Length: 5 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

A charmingly exuberant comic debut from an exciting new literary voice,  and a “quirky, hilarious, elegantly written farce” (The Daily Telegraph), The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir Who Got Trapped in an Ikea Wardrobe is the globetrotting story of a trickster from rural India and his adventure of a lifetime.  

When the fakir—a professional... Read more

The Jaguar's Children

By: John Vaillant

Narrated by: Ozzie Rodriguez & David H. Lawrence XVII

Length: 9 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

From the best-selling author of The Tiger and The Golden Spruce, this debut novel is a gripping survival story of a young man trapped, perhaps fatally, during a border crossing.
 
Hector is trapped. The water truck, sealed to hide its human cargo, has broken down. The coyotes have taken all the passengers’ money for a mechanic and have not... Read more