Fiction - Literary audiobooks

The City Still Breathing

By: Matthew Heiti

Narrated by: Scott Sowers

Length: 6 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

A body is found on the side of a highway. Naked, throat slashed, no identification. It disappears from the back of a police van and begins a strange odyssey, making its way, over the course of one early winter night, all around the northern town of Sudbury and through the lives and dreams of eleven very different people. These eleven people -... Read more

The Hundred-Year House

By: Rebecca Makkai

Narrated by: Jen Tullock

Length: 8 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

The acclaimed author of The Borrower returns with a dazzlingly original, mordantly witty novel about the secrets of an old-money family and their turn-of-the-century estate, Laurelfield.

“Rebecca Makkai is a writer to watch, as sneakily ambitious as she is unpretentious."
–Richard Russo
 
Meet the Devohrs: Zee, a Marxist literary scholar who detests... Read more

The Best American Short Stories

By: Edgar Allan Poe, Herman Melville & Mark Twain

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 12 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

A wonderful collection of short stories" by some of the all-time great American writers.

1. "The Diamond Lens" by Fitz James O’Brien

2. "Titbottom’s Spectacles" by George William Curtis

3. "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe

4. "The Eyes of the Panther" by Ambrose Bierce

5. "The Lightning Rod Man" by Hermann Melville

6. "Seeds" by... Read more

The Best European Short Stories

By: Anton Chekhov, Guy de Maupassant, Friedrich Sch...

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 20 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

A delightful anthology of great works by some of Europe's greatest short story writers:

1. "The Marquise", by George Sand
2. "The Bundle of Letters", by Maurus Jokai
3. "The Pistol Shot", by Alexander Pushkin
4. "The Mad Veteran of Fort Ratonneau", by Ludwig Achim von Arnim
5. "Twenty-six Men and a Girl", by Maxim Gorky
6.... Read more

Literary Treasures

By: Fyodor Dostoevsky, Joseph Conrad & Charles Dickens

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 26 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

An astonishing collection of fifty of the greatest short stories ever written by some of literature's most highly acclaimed writers. 1. Odour of Chrysanthemums by D. H. Lawrence
2. Miss Harriet by Guy de Maupassant
3. Twenty-six Men and a Girl by Maxim Gorky
4. Hot Potatoes by Arnold Bennett
5. Rats by M. R. James
6. Zodomirsky’s Duel by Alexandre... Read more

Tomorrow and Tomorrow

By: Tom Sweterlitsch

Narrated by: Adam Paul

Length: 10 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

“Strong debut…vivid and compelling.” —Publishers Weekly

Yesterday cannot last forever...

A decade has passed since the city of Pittsburgh was reduced to ash.
           
While the rest of the world has moved on, losing itself in the noise of a media-glutted future, survivor John Dominic Blaxton remains obsessed with the past. Grieving for his wife... Read more

The Best French Short Stories

By: Victor Hugo, Guy de Maupassant, Anatole France ...

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 7 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

An enchanting collection of some of the greatest short stories ever written by notable French authors.

"Zodomirsky’s Duel", by Alexandre Dumas
"Mademoiselle Fifi", by Guy de Maupassant
"The Marquise", by George Sand
"Miss Harriet", by Guy de Maupassant
"The Cord", by Charles Baudelaire
"The Piece of String", by Guy de... Read more

The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains

By: Neil Gaiman & Eddie Campbell

Narrated by: Neil Gaiman

Length: 1 hour 22 minutes

Abridged: No

The text of The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains was first published in the collection anthology Stories: All New Tales edited by Neil Gaiman and Al Sarrantonio. This gorgeous full-color illustrated book version was born of a unique collaboration between writer Neil Gaiman and artist Eddie Campbell, who brought to vivid life the characters... Read more

California

By: Edan Lepucki

Narrated by: Emma Galvin

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

"Stunning and brilliant....A wholly original take on the post-apocalypse genre." ---Dan Chaon, author Await Your Reply

The world Cal and Frida have always known is gone, and they've left the crumbling city of Los Angeles far behind them. They now live in a shack in the wilderness, working side-by-side to make their days tolerable despite the... Read more

Rachel

By: Andrei Gelasimov

Length: 9 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

With icons like Chubby Checker and Yuri Gagarin, the Moscow that Svyatoslav Semyonovich inhabits at the onset of the Cold War brims with the flashy visual textures of capitalism. A Jewish teenager on the hunt for black-market tight pants and rock records, Svyatoslav somehow fails to develop his undying love for Lyuba into a happy ending. He... Read more

High as the Horses' Bridles

By: Scott Cheshire

Narrated by: Adam Grupper

Length: 10 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Josiah is a child preacher, called to speak to an amphitheater of thousands in 1980s New York. In a style reminiscent of DeLillo, Cheshire takes us inside their apocalypse-obsessed world, setting the tone for events to come. Fast forward several years, and Josiah (or Josie) has broken with the community that bound him, only to have the new life... Read more

The Queen of the Tearling

By: Erika Johansen

Narrated by: Katherine Kellgren

Length: 14 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

A #1 Indie Next Pick and LibraryReads SelectionMagic, adventure, mystery, and romance combine in this epic debut in which a young princess must reclaim her dead mother’s throne, learn to be a ruler—and defeat the Red Queen, a powerful and malevolent sorceress determined to destroy her.On her nineteenth birthday, Princess Kelsea Raleigh Glynn,... Read more

Don't Try To Find Me

By: Holly Brown

Narrated by: Hillary Huber, Angela Goethals & James Fouhey

Length: 12 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

When a fourteen-year-old runs away, her parents turn to social media to find her—launching a public campaign that will expose their darkest secrets and change their family forever, in this suspenseful and gripping debut for fans of Reconstructing Amelia and Gone Girl.Don’t try to find me. Though the message on the kitchen white board is written... Read more

Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands

By: Chris Bohjalian

Narrated by: Grace Experience

Length: 8 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

A heartbreaking, wildly inventive, and moving novel narrated by a teenage runaway, from the bestselling author of Midwives and The Sandcastle Girls.

Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands is the story of Emily Shepard, a homeless teen living in an igloo made of ice and trash bags filled with frozen leaves. Half a year earlier, a nuclear plant in Vermont's... Read more

California

By: Edan Lepucki

Narrated by: Emma Galvin

Length: 12 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

The world Cal and Frida have always known is gone, and they've left the crumbling city of Los Angeles far behind them. They now live in a shack in the wilderness, working side-by-side to make their days tolerable in the face of hardship and isolation. Mourning a past they can't reclaim, they seek solace in each other. But the tentative existence... Read more

Cataract City

By: Craig Davidson

Narrated by: Graham Winton & James Colby

Length: 13 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

***Shortlisted for 2013 Giller Prize*** Owen and Duncan are childhood friends who've grown up in picturesque Niagara Falls--known to them by the grittier name Cataract City. As the two know well, there's more to the bordertown than meets the eye: behind the gaudy storefronts and sidewalk vendors, past the hawkers of tourist T-shirts and cheap... Read more

Sisters of Treason

By: Elizabeth Fremantle

Narrated by: Georgina Sutton, Teresa Gallagher & Rachel Bavidge

Length: 15 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

From the author People called “a must-read for Philippa Gregory fans,” a “terrifically entertaining” (The Sunday Times, London) novel about two sisters who must survive life in the Tudor court after the execution of their sister Lady Jane Grey who was queen for just nine days.

Early in Mary Tudor’s turbulent reign, Lady Catherine and Lady Mary... Read more

The Girls of August

By: Anne Rivers Siddons

Narrated by: Kate Reading

Length: 6 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Anne Rivers Siddons's New York Times bestselling novel about four friends whose lives are forever changed by the events of one summer.

For fifteen years, four "girls of August" would gather together to spend a week at the beach, until tragedy interrupts their ritual. Now they reunite for a startling week of discoveries.

The ritual began when... Read more

Angels Make Their Hope Here

By: Breena Clarke

Narrated by: Love Carter

Length: 7 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Russell's Knob is not paradise. But already in 1849 this New Jersey highlands settlement is home to a diverse population of blacks, whites, and reds who have intermarried and lived in relative harmony for generations. It is a haven for Dossie Bird, who has escaped north along the Underground Railroad and now feels the embrace of the Smoot... Read more

The Girls from Corona del Mar

By: Rufi Thorpe

Narrated by: Rebecca Lowman

Length: 9 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

“Why did Lorrie Ann look graceful in beat-up Keds and shorts a bit too small for her? Why was it charming when she snorted from laughing too hard? Yes, we were jealous of her, and yet we did not hate her. She was never so much as teased by us, we roaming and bratty girls of Corona del Mar, thieves of corn nuts and orange soda, abusers of lip... Read more

Vanity Fair: August 2014 Issue - Abridged

By: Vanity Fair

Narrated by: Graydon Carter & various narrators

Length: 3 hours 23 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

Ten North Frederick

By: John O'Hara & Jonathan Dee

Narrated by: Scott Aiello

Length: 17 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

The National Book Award–winning novel by the writer whom Fran Lebowitz called “the real F. Scott Fitzgerald”

Joe Chapin led a storybook life. A successful small-town lawyer with a beautiful wife, two over-achieving children, and aspirations to be president, he seemed to have it all. But as his daughter looks back on his life, a different man... Read more

Plumbing

By: John Updike

Narrated by: Peter Van Norden

Length: 15 minutes

Abridged: No

The Maples Stories consists of eighteen classic stories from across John Updike's career, forming a luminous chronicle of the life and times of one marriage in all its rich emotional complexity. In 1956, Updike published the story "Snowing in Greenwich Village," about a young couple, Joan and Richard Maple, at the beginning of their marriage.... Read more

Eros Rampant

By: John Updike

Narrated by: Peter Van Norden

Length: 29 minutes

Abridged: No

The Maples Stories consists of eighteen classic stories from across John Updike’s career, forming a luminous chronicle of the life and times of one marriage in all its rich emotional complexity. In 1956, Updike published the story “Snowing in Greenwich Village,” about a young couple, Joan and Richard Maple, at the beginning of their marriage.... Read more