Fiction - Literary audiobooks

Barracuda

By: Christos Tsiolkas

Narrated by: Grant Cartwright

Length: 14 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Man Booker Prize-longlisted author of The Slap (soon to be an NBC miniseries) returns in an “immensely moving” (Sunday Times) story of a young athlete’s coming of age
 
Fourteen-year-old Daniel Kelly is special. Despite his upbringing in working-class Melbourne, he knows that his astonishing ability in the swimming pool has the potential to... Read more

Perfidia

By: James Ellroy

Narrated by: Craig Wasson

Length: 28 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

NATIONAL BESTSELLER     
AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR

It is December 6, 1941. America stands at the brink of World War II. Last hopes for peace are shattered when Japanese squadrons bomb Pearl Harbor. Los Angeles has been a haven for loyal Japanese-Americans—but now, war fever and race hate grip the city and the Japanese internment begins.

The... Read more

The Anatomist's Wife

By: Anna Lee Huber

Narrated by: Heather Wilds

Length: 11 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Following the death of her husband, Lady Darby has taken refuge at her sister's estate, finding solace in her passion for painting. But when one of the house guests is murdered, her brother-in-law asks her to aid the insufferable Sebastian Gage—a fellow guest with some experience as an inquiry agent. While Gage is clearly more competent than she... Read more

Somewhere between Luck and Trust

By: Emilie Richards

Narrated by: Karen White

Length: 15 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Where luck meets trust, miracles can happen.Cristy Haviland served eight months in prison, where she gave birth to the child of the man who put her there and might yet destroy her. Now she's free again, but what does that mean? As smart as she is, a learning disability has kept her from learning to read—and that's the least of her... Read more

The Barter

By: Siobhan Adcock

Narrated by: Meredith Mitchell

Length: 10 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Sure to be one of the most talked-about debut novels of the year, The Barter is a heart-stopping tale as provocative as it is suspenseful, about two conflicted women, separated by one hundred years and bound by an unthinkable sacrifice.The Barter is a ghost story and a love story, a riveting emotional tale that also explores motherhood and work... Read more

The Amateur

By: David Gordon

Length: 51 minutes

Abridged: No

A young man fleeing heartbreak back home meets a mysterious expat at a café in Paris. What begins as a friendly conversation between two outsiders soon transforms into a heart-pounding confession that threatens to shake both men to their cores. In this darkly funny, Sopranos-meets-Sebald page-turner by acclaimed mystery writer David Gordon,... Read more

The Garden of Letters

By: Alyson Richman

Narrated by: Elizabeth Sastre

Length: 11 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

THE NEW NOVEL FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE LOST WIFE

Set against the rich backdrop of World War II Italy, Garden of Letters captures the hope, suspense, and romance of an uncertain era, in an epic intertwining story of first love, great tragedy, and spectacular bravery.

Portofino, Italy, 1943. A young woman steps off a boat in a scenic coastal village.... Read more

The Drop

By: Dennis Lehane

Narrated by: Jim Frangione

Length: 5 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

New York Times bestselling author Dennis Lehane returns to the streets of Mystic River with this love story wrapped in a crime story wrapped in a journey of faith—the basis for the major motion picture The Drop, from Fox Searchlight Pictures directed by Michaël Roskam, screenplay by Dennis Lehane, and starring Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace, and James... Read more

Acceptance

By: Jeff VanderMeer

Narrated by: Carolyn McCormick, Bronson Pinchot & Xe Sands

Length: 9 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

In this climactic volume of the Southern Reach series, the mysteries of Area X may have been solved, but their consequences and implications are no less profound—or terrifying. This 10th Anniversary Edition of Acceptance features a new introduction by award-winning author Helen Macdonald.It is winter in Area X. A new team embarks across the... Read more

Vanity Fair: October 2014 Issue - Abridged

By: Vanity Fair

Narrated by: Graydon Carter & various narrators

Length: 5 hours 55 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

July’s People

By: Nadine Gordimer

Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon

Length: 4 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

For years, it has been what is called a “deteriorating situation.” Now it is war. All over South Africa, cities are battlegrounds, and radio and television stations are under siege. Bam and Maureen Smales take up their servant July’s suggestion and drive with their children to his remote home village. For fifteen years, July has been the... Read more

Esther Kreindel the Second

By: Isaac Bashevis Singer

Narrated by: Theodore Bikel

Length: 42 minutes

Abridged: No

This short story from the collection Gimpel the Fool, and Other Stories is infused with the wit and imagination, the humor and wisdom, that characterizes all of Isaac Bashevis Singer’s work. Theodore Bikel reads this tale in classic Yiddish storyteller cadence, injecting special warmth and resonance. Read more

Gimpel the Fool

By: Isaac Bashevis Singer

Narrated by: Theodore Bikel

Length: 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Widely considered one of Isaac Bashevis Singer's most notable works of short fiction, "Gimpel the Fool" was originally written in Yiddish. It was later translated into English by Saul Bellow and appeared in the 1953 edition of Partisan Review. The story, a parable, tells of a foolish, unlucky baker named Gimpel, who is constantly tricked and... Read more

Vanity Fair: May–August 2014 Issue - Abridged

By: Vanity Fair

Narrated by: Graydon Carter & various narrators

Length: 17 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Listen to Vanity Fair on the go Get the latest issue as it hits newsstands Buy a single issue or subscribeVanity 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... Read more

Masterpieces of Humour

By: Mark Twain, W. W. Jacobs & Arnold Bennett

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 11 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

A delightful collection of humorous classic tales by some of the world's greatest racconteurs. 1. "The Cabmen’s Shelter", by A. J. Alan 2. "The Giraffe Problem", by Barry Pain 3. "The Man Who Stole a Meeting House", by John Townsend Trowbridge 4. "Hot Potatoes", by Arnold Bennett 5. "Mons. Cassecrouche’s Inspiration" by George... Read more

Masterpieces of Murder

By: G. K. Chesterton, Edgar Allan Poe & Nathaniel H...

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 10 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

A fascinating collection of intriguing and unusual classic murder stories by some of the masters of mystery and crime writing. 1."His Brother’s Keeper", by W. W. Jacobs 2. "The Murder of the Mandarin", by Arnold Bennett 3. "The Perfect Murder", by Stacy Aumonier 4. "The Hammer of God", by G. K. Chesterton 5. "The Shadow of the... Read more

Fifty Thrilling Stories

By: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, H. P. Lovecraft, Jerome...

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 25 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

A wonderful collection of classic thrillers, mystery stories, crime tales and weird accounts of uncanny events.

1. Query by “Seamark”
2. The Furnished Room by O. Henry
3. The Dancing Partner by Jerome K. Jerome
4. The Squaw by Bram Stoker
5. The 19 Club by A. J. Alan
6. The Interruption by W. W. Jacobs
7. Laura by Saki
8. A Descent into the Maelström by... Read more

Once There Was a War

By: John Steinbeck

Narrated by: Lloyd James

Length: 7 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Nobel laureate John Steinbeck's bracing from-the-frontlines account of World War II-now with a new cover and introduction

In 1943 John Steinbeck was on assignment for The New York Herald Tribune, writing from Italy and North Africa, and from England in the midst of the London blitz. In his dispatches he focuses on the human-scale effect of the... Read more

Mr. Tall

By: Tony Earley

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

The highly anticipated return of Tony Earley, celebrated author of Jim the Boy
Two decades after his debut collection Here We Are in Paradise (LB, 2/94) heralded Tony Earley as one of the most accomplished writers of his generation, the rueful, bittersweet, and riotous stories of Mr. Tall reestablish him as a mythmaker and tale spinner of the... Read more

Lisette's List

By: Susan Vreeland

Narrated by: Kim Bubbs

Length: 13 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

From Susan Vreeland, bestselling author of such acclaimed novels as Girl in Hyacinth Blue, Luncheon of the Boating Party, and Clara and Mr. Tiffany, comes a richly imagined story of a woman’s awakening in the south of Vichy France—to the power of art, to the beauty of provincial life, and to love in the midst of war.
 
In 1937, young Lisette Roux... Read more

F

By: Daniel Kehlmann

Narrated by: Robert Fass, Jim Meskimen & Bronson Pinchot

Length: 8 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

From the young, internationally acclaimed author of Measuring the World comes a stunning tragicomic novel about three brothers, their relationship to their distant father, and their individual fates and struggles in the modern worldOne day Arthur Friedland piles his three sons into the car and drives them to see the Great Lindemann, Master of... Read more

The Miniaturist

By: Jessie Burton

Narrated by: Davina Porter

Length: 13 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Now a television miniseries, as seen on Masterpiece on PBSSet in seventeenth century Amsterdam—a city ruled by glittering wealth and oppressive religion—a masterful debut steeped in atmosphere and shimmering with mystery, in the tradition of Emma Donoghue, Sarah Waters, and Sarah Dunant.”There is nothing hidden that will not be revealed . . .“On... Read more

The Story of Land and Sea

By: Katy Simpson Smith

Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini

Length: 7 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Set in a small coastal town in North Carolina during the waning years of the American Revolution, this incandescent debut novel follows three generations of family—fathers and daughters, mother and son, master and slave, characters who yearn for redemption amidst a heady brew of war, kidnapping, slavery, and love.Drawn to the ocean, ten-year-old... Read more

Mr. Tall

By: Tony Earley

Narrated by: Kevin Stillwell & Courtney Patterson

Length: 6 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

In Mr.Tall, his first story collection in two decades, Tony Earley brings us seven rueful, bittersweet, riotous studies of characters both ordinary and mythical, seeking to make sense of the world transforming around them. He demonstrates once again the prodigious storytelling gifts that have made him one of the most accomplished writers of his... Read more