Fiction - Literary audiobooks

Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage

By: Haruki Murakami

Narrated by: Bruce Locke

Length: 10 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • One of the most revered voices in literature today gives us a story of love, friend­ship, and heartbreak for the ages.

“Mesmerizing, immersive, hallucinogenic.”—Entertainment Weekly

Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage is the remarkable story of a young man haunted by a great loss; of dreams... Read more

Before, During, After

By: Richard Bausch

Narrated by: Neil Shah

Length: 12 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

When Natasha, a talented young artist working as a congressional aide, meets Michael Faulk, an Episcopalian priest struggling with his faith, the stars seem to align. Within months they are engaged. Shortly before their wedding, while Natasha is vacationing in Jamaica and Faulk is in New York attending the wedding of a family friend, the... Read more

Small Blessings

By: Martha Woodroof

Narrated by: Lorelei King

Length: 11 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

From debut novelist Martha Woodroof comes an inspiring tale of a small-town college professor, a remarkable new woman at the bookshop, and the ten-year-old son he never knew he had.


Tom Putnam has resigned himself to a quiet and half-fulfilled life. An English professor in a sleepy college town, he spends his days browsing the Shakespeare... Read more

Dirty Work

By: Gabriel Weston

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

An informed and arresting debut novel about a young surgeon in crisis, by a writer whose "exactitude of expression is rare and uncanny." (Rachel Cusk)


Nancy Mullion, an obstetrician-gynecologist whose botched surgery has put a patient in a life-threatening coma, must face a medical tribunal to determine if she can continue to practice medicine.... Read more

Arztroman - Abridged

By: Kristof Magnusson

Narrated by: Christiane Paul

Length: 4 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: Yes

ANITA CORNELIUS ist Notärztin an einem großen Berliner Krankenhaus. Adrian, ihr Ex-Mann, ist Arzt am selben Krankenhaus. Die beiden haben sich vor kurzem in bestem Einvernehmen getrennt, und der gemeinsame Sohn ist zum Vater und dessen neuer Freundin Heidi gezogen. Alles könnte in bester Ordnung sein, ist es aber nicht. Auf ihren Einsätzen ist... Read more

Twenty Strange Stories

By: G. K. Chesterton, O. Henry & Jerome K. Jerome

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 10 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

A wonderful selection of some of the most bizarre and unsettling stories ever written.

1. "The Furnished Room", by O. Henry
2. "The Smile of La Gioconda", by Morley Roberts
3. "The Dancing Partner", by Jerome K. Jerome
4. "The Giraffe Problem", by Barry Pain
5. "The Hammer of God", by G. K. Chesterton
6. "The Murder of the... Read more

A History of the Future

By: James Howard Kunstler

Narrated by: Jim Meskimen

Length: 11 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

A History of the Future is the third thrilling novel in Kunstler's World Made by Hand series, an exploration of family and morality as played out in the small town of Union Grove.Following the catastrophes of the twenty-first century—the pandemics, the environmental disaster, the end of oil, the ensuing chaos—people are doing whatever they can... Read more

2 A.M. at The Cat's Pajamas

By: Marie-Helene Bertino

Narrated by: Angela Goethals

Length: 7 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

An enchanting novel about one day in the lives of three unforgettable characters as they search for love, music, and hope on the snow-covered streets of Philadelphia.
 
Madeleine Altimari is a smart-mouthed, rebellious nine-year-old who also happens to be an aspiring jazz singer. Still mourning the recent death of her mother, and caring for her... Read more

The Liar's Wife

By: Mary Gordon

Narrated by: Nick Podehl & Laural Merlington

Length: 12 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

The beloved author at her storytelling best: four wonderful novellas of Americans abroad and Europeans in America.In these absorbing and exquisitely made novellas of relationships at home and abroad, both historical and contemporary, we meet the ferocious Simone Weil during her final days as a transplant to New York City; a vulnerable American... Read more

King Coal

By: Upton Sinclair

Narrated by: Grover Gardner

Length: 12 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Well known for The Jungle, his scathing expos├® of the Chicago meatpacking industry at the turn of the twentieth century, Upton Sinclair here takes on yet another massive industry: coal mining.Based on the 1914 and 1915 Colorado coal strikes, King Coal describes the abhorrent conditions faced by workers in the western United States' coal mining... Read more

Cancel the Wedding

By: Carolyn T. Dingman

Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert

Length: 11 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

A heartfelt fiction debut that will appeal to fans of Emily Giffin’s Southern charm and Jennifer Weiner’s compelling, emotionally resonant novels about the frustrations of blood ties, Cancel the Wedding follows one woman’s journey to discover the secrets of her mother’s hidden past—and confront her own uncertain future.On the surface, Olivia has... Read more

Painted Horses

By: Malcolm Brooks

Narrated by: Julia Whelan

Length: 13 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

In the mid-1950s, America was flush with prosperity and saw an unbroken line of progress clear to the horizon, while the West was still very much wild. In this ambitious, incandescent debut, Malcolm Brooks animates that time and untamed landscape in a tale of the modern and the ancient, of love and fate, and of heritage threatened by... Read more

The Magician's Land

By: Lev Grossman

Narrated by: Mark Bramhall

Length: 16 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Lev Grossman’s new novel THE BRIGHT SWORD is out now!

The stunning #1 New York Times bestselling conclusion to the Magicians trilogy

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR
 
ONE OF THE YEAR’S BEST BOOKS • The San Francisco Chronicle • Salon • The Christian Science Monitor • AV Club • Buzzfeed • Kirkus • NY 1 • Bustle • The Globe and... Read more

Vanity Fair: September 2014 Issue - Abridged

By: Vanity Fair

Narrated by: Graydon Carter & various narrators

Length: 2 hours 58 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

Kleider machen Leute

By: Gottfried Keller

Narrated by: Sven Görtz

Length: 1 hour 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Gottfried Keller wurde 1819 in Zürich geboren. Er starb 1890 ebenfalls in Zürich. Kleider machen Leute (1874) ist wohl die bekannteste Novelle Kellers aus dem Zyklus Die Leute von Seldwyla. Zahlreiche Verfilmungen und Vertonungen hat das Werk erfahren. Keller vereint hier meisterlich komische Gesellschaftskritik mit einer poetischen... Read more

Der Schimmelreiter

By: Theodor Storm

Narrated by: Sven Görtz

Length: 4 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Theodor Storm wurde 1817 in Husum geboren. Er starb 1888 in Hanerau-Hademarschen. Storm zählt zu den bedeutendsten Vertretern des literarischen Realismus. In seiner berühmtesten Novelle Der Schimmelreiter (1888) verknüpft er detailgenaue Erzählung mit atmosphärisch beeindruckenden Beschreibungen seiner norddeutschen Heimat. Read more

Traumnovelle

By: Arthur Schnitzler

Narrated by: Sven Görtz

Length: 3 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Arthur Schnitzler wurde 1862 in Wien geboren. Er starb 1931 in Wien. Nicht erst seit Eyes Wide Shut (1999), Stanley Kubricks imposanter Verfilmung mit Nicole Kidman und Tom Cruise, gilt die Traumnovelle (1926) als Meisterstück moderner Erzählkunst. Schnitzler vereint psychologische Tiefe und feinfühlige Figurenzeichnung mit einer spannenden,... Read more

Inamorata

By: Megan Chance

Narrated by: David de Vries

Length: 12 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

A ghostly tale of how much fame and fortune can cost...American artist Joseph Hannigan and his alluring sister, Sophie, have arrived in enchanting nineteenth-century Venice with a single-minded goal. The twins, who have fled scandal in New York, are determined to break into Venice’s expatriate set and find a wealthy patron to support Joseph’s... Read more

Illumination Night

By: Alice Hoffman

Narrated by: Suzanne Toren

Length: 7 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Beginning on the night of the Grand Illumination, a festival of lanterns held each summer on Martha’s Vineyard, this novel is a modern chronicle of a marriage and a bittersweet exploration of an extraordinary passion. Illumination Night follows the lives of a young blond giant who is as beautiful as he is frightening; an old woman at the end of... Read more

Das Erdbeben in Chili

By: Heinrich von Kleist

Narrated by: Sven Görtz

Length: 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Heinrich von Kleist wurde 1777 in Frankfurt (Oder) geboren. Er starb 1811 in Berlin. Die Novelle Das Erbeben in Chili (1807) erzählt ein bewegendes Einzelschicksal während des katastrophalen Erbebens im heutigen Chile im Jahre 1647. Wieder einmal beweist Kleist seine außergewöhnliche Fähigkeit, bedeutende Themen wie Schicksal, Liebe und Moral... Read more

Michael Kohlhaas

By: Heinrich von Kleist

Narrated by: Sven Görtz

Length: 4 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Heinrich von Kleist wurde 1777 in Frankfurt (Oder) geboren. Er starb 1811 in Berlin. Die Novelle Michael Kohlhass (1808) zählt zu den bekanntesten Werken Kleists und behandelt auf sprachlich virtuose Weise die Themen Recht, Gerechtigkeit und Selbstjustiz. Der Novelle liegt ein authentischer Fall aus dem 16. Jahrhundert zugrunde. Sven Görtz... Read more

Romeo und Julia auf dem Dorfe

By: Gottfried Keller

Narrated by: Sven Görtz

Length: 2 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Gottfried Keller wurde 1819 in Zürich geboren. Er starb 1890 ebenfalls in Zürich. Romeo und Julia auf dem Dorfe (1875) entstammt Kellers Novellenzyklus Die Leute von Seldwyla. Der Autor verarbeitet auf bewegende Weise Shakespeares berühmtes Liebesdrama und verlegt die Handlung in eine trügerische Bergidylle. Keller unterstreicht mit der Novelle... Read more

Panic in a Suitcase

By: Yelena Akhtiorskaya

Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki

Length: 9 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

A dazzling debut novel about a immigrant family living in Brooklyn and their struggle to learn the new rules of the American DreamIn this tale of two decades in the life of an immigrant household, the experience of a single family artfully reflects the fall of Communism and the rise of globalization. Ironies, subtle and glaring, are revealed:... Read more

The Grim Reaper's Bedside Story Book

By: Edgar Allan Poe, Wilkie Collins & Thomas Hardy

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 15 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

A highly unsettling collection of macabre stories in which death and the dead are key themes.

"Moon’s Gibbet", by Egerton Castle
"A Strange Goldfield", by Guy Boothby
"The Withered Arm", by Thomas Hardy
"The Pistol Shot", by Alexander Pushkin
"The Premature Burial", by Edgar Allan Poe
"The Dead Hand", by Wilkie Collins
"The... Read more