Fiction - Literary audiobooks

Offcomer

By: Jo Baker

Narrated by: Nicola Barber

Length: 7 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Against the backdrop of The Troubles in Northern Ireland, recent Oxford graduate Claire is a mess. She's trapped in a disastrous relationship with a young academic, working a dead end job, stunned by the emergence of secrets from her mother's past, and seemingly addicted to self-destructive behavior. But like the ceasefire that has brought... Read more

What's Done in the Dark

By: ReShonda Tate Billingsley

Narrated by: Karen Pittman & Lisa Smith

Length: 8 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

#1 national bestselling author ReShonda Tate Billingsley gets to the heart of loss, love, and betrayal in her latest novel that is sure to delight her legions of fans. Felise is not the kind of woman to cheat on her husband-especially with her best friend's man. But after one perfect storm of a night, it happened.and she can hardly believe it... Read more

The Black Angel

By: John Connolly

Narrated by: Jeff Harding

Length: 17 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Detective Charlie Parker returns in The Black Angel, the sixth thriller by acclaimed New York Times bestselling author John Connolly.

The Black Angel begins with the mysterious abduction of a young woman. Intrigued by the case, Charlie Parker's longtime friend and professional killer, Louis, begins a solo search for the girl. The ties of... Read more

Crime School

By: Carol O'Connell

Narrated by: Kate Reading

Length: 14 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Police detective Kathleen Mallory recognized the dead call girl. It was someone from her past, a woman who protected her on the streets of New York—and who betrayed her. Mallory also recognized the crime scene: victim hanging, hair in mouth, fire burning. It happened twenty-one years ago, when Mallory was a child. Now—whether it's the work of a... Read more

Cannibal Reign

By: Thomas Koloniar

Narrated by: Brian Hutchison

Length: 14 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

First the asteroid would come, slamming into the earth just north of the Montana border, followed by earthquakes, tsunamis, and unending night. And after that … Hell.Astronomer Marty Chittenden is the first to recognize the approaching doom—a discovery that makes him a marked man.Green Beret Jack Forrest knows the catastrophe is inevitable and... Read more

Winterswim

By: Ryan W. Bradley

Narrated by: Richard Powers

Length: 2 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Pastor Sheldon Long was born of the woods, raised in a secluded cabin by a mute mother and an abusive father who preached God's vengeance. Forced to take control of his own destiny, Pastor Long found God in his own way, melded with the mythologies of his mother's tribe. Now he's out to send the wicked, as he has judged them, to heaven.Steven,... Read more

The Obituary Writer

By: Lauren St John

Narrated by: Joe Coen

Length: 9 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Nick Donaghue, a handsome young obituary writer for THE TIMES, leads a charmed existence until he is caught up in one of Britain's worst ever train crashes. When he survives unscathed, his friends and colleagues consider him the luckiest man alive. Only Nick knows the truth - that he is tormented by horrific nightmares. When they start to appear... Read more

Disconnected

By: Jennifer Weiner

Narrated by: Jess Weixler

Length: 1 hour 15 minutes

Abridged: No

From #1 bestselling author Jennifer Weiner comes a haunting tale of addiction and obligation, secrets and redemption. Now available on CD and as an audio download for the first time!

Shannon Will is nearing thirty and has already made six trips to rehab (not that anyone’s counting). But this time, she swears, will be different. She’ll clean up... Read more

The Price of Inheritance

By: Karin Tanabe

Narrated by: Emily Durante

Length: 10 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

After eight years in the American furniture department at Christie's, twenty-nine-year-old Carolyn Everett is a rising star. But one wrong decision and a scandal leaves her unemployed and broken. Desperate to piece her life back together, Carolyn leaves New York City to work in a tiny antique store in Newport, Rhode Island.


At a small county... Read more

The Strange Library

By: Haruki Murakami

Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne

Length: 1 hour 1 minute

Abridged: No

From internationally acclaimed author Haruki Murakami—a fantastical illustrated short novel about a boy imprisoned in a nightmarish library.
 
Opening the flaps on this unique little book, readers will find themselves immersed in the strange world of best-selling Haruki Murakami's wild imagination. The story of a lonely boy, a mysterious girl,... Read more

Vanity Fair: January 2015 Issue - Abridged

By: Vanity Fair

Narrated by: Graydon Carter & various narrators

Length: 5 hours 2 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

Fred Frees Favorites: An Audiobook Sampler - Abridged

By: Joe Bevilacqua, Charles Dawson Butler, Pedro Pa...

Narrated by: Joe Bevilacqua, Charles Dawson Butler, Fred Fre...

Length: 6 hours

Abridged: Yes

Trying to decide which audiobook is best for you? Let Fred Frees pick out some samples for you! This series of hour-long programs presents the first chapters of Fred's handpicked favorite BearManor and Waterlogg audiobooks.This collection includes:The Last Films of 50 Great Directors by Nat SegaloffThe Laugh Makers: Bob Hope's Incredible Gag... Read more

Quartet for the End of Time

By: Johanna Skibsrud

Narrated by: Tandy Cronyn

Length: 16 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Inspired by and structured around the chamber piece of the same title by the French composer Olivier Messiaen, Quartet for the End of Time is a mesmerizing story of four lives irrevocably linked in a single act of betrayal. The novel takes us on an unforgettable journey beginning during the 1930s Bonus Army riots, when World War I veteran Arthur... Read more

First Love, Last Rites

By: Ian McEwan

Narrated by: Steven Crossley

Length: 5 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Ian McEwan's Somerset Maugham Award-winning collection First Love, Last Rites brought him instant recognition as one of the most influential voices writing in England today. Taut, brooding, and densely atmospheric, these stories show us the ways in which murder can arise out of boredom, perversity can result from adolescent curiosity, and sheer... Read more

Die Frau in der Streichholzschachtel

By: Nicki Pawlow

Narrated by: Dietmar Wunder & Tanja Fornaro

Length: 7 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Berlin 1990, ein Jahr nach dem Mauerfall. Franziska Kling, die Protagonistin in Nicki Pawlows erstem Roman, arbeitet in der Pressestelle der Treuhandanstalt. Der Arbeitsalltag ist hart: Die Telefone funktionieren nicht, die Bürotechnik ist veraltet, ständig muss improvisiert werden. Und die Treuhand ist verhasst. Streiks vor dem Gebäude,... Read more

Little Men

By: Louisa May Alcott

Narrated by: Susie Berneis

Length: 10 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Now married, Jo Bhaer (nee March) couldn't be happier. Jo, along with her husband Professor Friedrich Bhaer, operates the Plumfield Estate School. Plumfield is a haven for poor orphans which is attended by 12 adopted boy as well as Jo's own two sons. Although Plumfield is a place of trust and warmth, the boys occasionally struggle to maintain... Read more

Three Daughters

By: Consuelo Saah Baehr

Narrated by: Karen Peakes

Length: 23 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

From the fertile hills of a tiny village near Jerusalem to the elegant townhouses of Georgetown, Three Daughters is a historical saga that chronicles the lives, loves, and secrets of three generations of Palestinian Christian women.Born in rural Palestine, just before the dawn of the twentieth century, Miriam adores her father and is certain his... Read more

Lovely Wild

By: Megan Hart

Narrated by: Madeleine Maby

Length: 10 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

From New York Times bestselling author Megan Hart comes a haunting and insightful novel about a woman trying to find her place in the world . Brought up in the savage captivity of her unstable grandmother's rural Pennsylvania home, Mari Calder once yearned for rescue. Now she struggles every day to function as an adult in the confines of normal... Read more

The Look of Love

By: Sarah Jio

Narrated by: Julia Whelan & Cassandra Campbell

Length: 8 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Born during a Christmas blizzard, Jane Williams receives a rare gift: the ability to literally see true love. Jane has emerged from an ailing childhood a lonely, hopeless romantic when, on her twenty-ninth birthday, she receives a card from the midwife who delivered her. Jane must identify the six types of love before the full moon following her... Read more

On Bittersweet Place

By: Ronna Wineberg

Narrated by: Lesa Lockford

Length: 9 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

On Bittersweet Place is the powerful coming-of-age story of Lena Czernitski, a young Russian Jew whose family flees their homeland in the Ukraine after the October Revolution. The story unfolds in Chicago during the Jazz Age of the 1920s, where Lena's impoverished family has settled and where she must traverse the early years of adolescence.... Read more

In the Heart of the Dark Wood

By: Billy Coffey

Narrated by: Gabe Wicks

Length: 10 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

A motherless girl hungry for hope . . . and the dream that could be leading her astray.Almost two years have passed since twelve-year-old Allie Granderson’s beloved mother, Mary, disappeared into the wild tornado winds. Her body has never been found.Allie clings to memories of her mother, just as she clings to the broken compass she left behind,... Read more

Sister Golden Hair

By: Darcey Steinke

Narrated by: Luci Christian

Length: 8 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

When Jesse's family moves to Roanoke, Virginia, in the summer of 1972, she's 12 years old and already mindful of the schism between innocence and femininity, the gap between childhood and the adult world. Her father, a former pastor, cycles through spiritual disciplines as quickly as he cycles through jobs. Her mother is dissatisfied, glumly... Read more

One Two

By: Eliane Brum

Length: 4 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Like so many mothers and daughters, Maria Lúcia and Laura have a complex relationship, one steeped in abandonment and trauma. Laura tries to tear herself away from her mother’s body through language, because every daughter requires more than one birth. The clash between these two women is tied to words; the pages are their particular... Read more

Area X

By: Jeff VanderMeer

Narrated by: Carolyn McCormick, Bronson Pinchot & Xe Sands

Length: 26 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

If J. J. Abrams, Margaret Atwood, and Alan Weisman collaborated on a series, it might be this awesome.This collection includes all three novels in the epic Southern Reach trilogy—Annihilation, Authority, and Acceptance. Praised for its evocative prose, chilling psychological twists, and intriguing story arc, this series has amassed high critical... Read more