Fiction - Literary audiobooks

Happy Mutant Baby Pills

By: Jerry Stahl

Narrated by: Peter Ganim

Length: 7 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Lloyd has a particular set of skills. He writes the small print for prescription drugs, marital aids, and incontinence products. The clients present him with a list of possible side effects. His job is ""to recite and minimize""—sometimes by just saying them really fast and other times by finding the language that can render them acceptable. The... Read more

Talk Before Sleep

By: Elizabeth Berg

Narrated by: Elizabeth Berg

Length: 6 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

What do you say when you know you don’t have forever? Ruth has been Ann’s closest friend for years—her confidante, her solace, her comic relief, her tutor in life’s mysterious ways. So when Ruth becomes ill, Ann is there for her without question. After all, it is Ruth who encouraged Ann to become who she is, Ruth whose rebellious, eccentric... Read more

Bellman & Black

By: Diane Setterfield

Narrated by: Jack Davenport

Length: 9 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

#1 New York Times bestselling author

“An astonishing work of genius.” —Bookreporter
“Magically transformative.” —Bookpage

Can one moment in time haunt you forever?
From the instant #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Thirteenth Tale comes a “poetic and mysterious” (Booklist) story that will haunt you to your very core.

Caught up in a... Read more

I Hear Them Cry

By: Shiho Kishimoto

Narrated by: Julia Whelan

Length: 4 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Winner of the Toyo Shuppan Literary Award.Within the peaceful walls of an old French church, Mayu, a young Japanese artist, finds inspiration. She befriends the local priest and gets involved with community outreach, discovering a rough world of drugs, prostitution, and marginalized youth. Through this work, she learns the value of human life.... Read more

The Poison Belt

By: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrated by: Gildart Jackson

Length: 3 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

What would you do if you had discovered that the planet was about to be engulfed in a belt of poisonous 'ether' from outer space? Professor Challenger invites a hand-picked crew of adventurers and scientists to his home outside London, which has been fortified with several hours' worth of oxygen. Challenger & Co. assemble in front of a... Read more

With the Night Mail and As Easy as A.B.C.

By: Rudyard Kipling

Narrated by: Gildart Jackson

Length: 2 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Rudyard Kipling's thrilling science fiction novella follows the exploits of an intercontinental mail dirigible battling foul weather. Meanwhile, a planet-wide Aerial Board of Control enforces a rigid system of command and control in the skies and in world affairs, too. In Kipling's 1912 follow-up story, 'As Easy As A.B.C.,' set 65 years after... Read more

Vanity Fair: December 2013 Issue - Abridged

By: Vanity Fair

Narrated by: Graydon Carter & various narrators

Length: 5 hours 18 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

Sand (Ungekürzte Lesung)

By: Wolfgang Herrndorf

Narrated by: Stefan Kaminski

Length: 13 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Während in München Palästinenser des Schwarzen September, das Olympische Dorf überfallen, geschehen in der Sahara mysteriöse Dinge. In einer Hippie-Kommune werden vier Menschen ermordet, ein Geldkoffer verschwindet, und ein unterbelichteter Kommissar versucht sich an der Aufklärung des Falles. Ein verwirrter Atomspion, eine platinblonde... Read more

Vanity Fair: November 2013 Issue - Abridged

By: Vanity Fair

Narrated by: Graydon Carter & various narrators

Length: 4 hours 8 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

At Night We Walk in Circles

By: Daniel Alarcón

Narrated by: Armando Durán

Length: 11 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

The breakout book from a prizewinning young writer: a breathtaking, suspenseful story of one man's obsessive search to find the truth of another man's downfallNelson's life is not turning out the way he hoped. His girlfriend is sleeping with another man; his brother has left their South American country and moved to the United States, leaving... Read more

Adé

By: Rebecca Walker

Narrated by: Janina Edwards

Length: 3 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

In this stunning debut novella, Rebecca Walker turns her attention to the power of love and the limitations of the human heart. When Farida, a sophisticated college student, falls in love with Adé, a young Swahili man living on an idyllic island off the coast of Kenya, the two plan to marry and envision a simple life together—free of worldly... Read more

The House of Mirth

By: Edith Wharton

Narrated by: Susie Berneis

Length: 13 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Lily Bart enjoys an equitable standing within the New York City elite. Although she desires a comfortable life and has received generous proposals from wealthy suitors, Lily remains single with hope for an honest and loving marriage. However, her life takes an unexpected twist when a nasty bit of gossip instigates her long descent down the... Read more

The Man in the Window

By: Jon Cohen

Narrated by: Jeff Cummings

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Since he was disfigured in a fire sixteen years ago, recluse Louis Malone has remained hidden from the prying eyes of his neighbors in the small town of Waverly.Across town, Iris Shula, a lonely and unlovely nurse, knows at thirty-seven it is unlikely that her Prince Charming will ever appear. But Iris is about to learn how wrong she is.When... Read more

My Own Miraculous

By: Joshilyn Jackson

Narrated by: Joshilyn Jackson

Length: 2 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

From New York Times bestselling novelist Joshilyn Jackson comes an e-original short story that gives a fierce and funny character from Someone Else's Love Story a standalone adventure all her own.Shandi Pierce got pregnant when she was only seventeen years old. She fell for her son—deeply, instantly, completely—but as she sat at the table... Read more

The Age of Innocence

By: Edith Wharton

Narrated by: Susie Berneis

Length: 10 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Set in the 1870s, Edith Wharton examines the American elite culture on the East Coast. Newland Archer is a lawyer and heir to one of New York City's most prominent families. He is arraigned to be married to May Welland. Newland is pleased with the prospect, under he meets Countess Ellen Olenska, May's older cousin. Suddenly, Newland begins to... Read more

Montaro Caine

By: Sidney Poitier

Narrated by: George Guidall

Length: 10 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

A baby is born with a coin in her hand. An orphan crafts a mysterious wooden object. The CEO of a large corporation finds himself under extraordinary pressure at work and at home. And on a remote hilltop on a Caribbean island, a medicine man seems to understand the meaning of all these events and to hold the key to the future. Montaro Caine, CEO... Read more

Plötzlich Sommer - Abridged

By: Thomas Kautenburger

Narrated by: Thomas Kautenburger

Length: 8 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Der Protagonist Jean Degrange erzählt einer Journalistin, die für ihr Magazin über Schicksale berichtet, seine Lebensgeschichte. In Frankreich aufgewachsen, früh seiner Wurzeln durch die Ehescheidung der Eltern beraubt, schlägt er sich im für ihn fremden Deutschland durch. Er studiert Grafik-Design und macht sich selbstständig. Beruflich... Read more

Sense & Sensibility

By: Joanna Trollope

Narrated by: Rachael Stirling

Length: 8 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Joanna Trollope’s much-anticipated contemporary reworking of Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility will launch The Austen Project and be one of the most talked about books of 2013. ‘It’s hugely exciting to attempt the reworking of one of the best novels written by one of our greatest novelists. This is a project which requires... Read more

Jedermann - Abridged

By: Hugo von Hofmannsthal

Narrated by: Stefan Kaminski

Length: 1 hour 29 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Jedermann" ist ein meisterhaftes Mysterienspiel über menschliche Gier, Egoismus und Werteverfall, anprangernd und von zeitloser Aktualität. Von Gott beauftragt, soll Gevatter Tod den sündigen Jedermann vor den göttlichen Richterstuhl bringen. Zu seinem Glück darf sich der Lebemann für seine letzte Reise einen Gefährten suchen. Jedoch alle... Read more

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

By: Washington Irving

Narrated by: B.J. Harrison

Length: 1 hour 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Here is the complete and unabridged tale of Ichabod Crane and his ill-fated visit to Sleepy Hollow. Half of the charm of the tale is Irving's beautiful prose, as he describes the glorious New England countryside. But, of course, there are chills galore when the Headless Horseman appears. Read more

Vintage Attraction

By: Charles Blackstone

Narrated by: George Newbern

Length: 9 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

A young English teacher falls—glass first—into a love affair and the world of wine when he meets a famous and enchanting sommelier.Before Peter Hapworth meets Izzy, he knows the difference between pinot noir and peanut butter, but that's about it. Lonely and frustrated with his academic career—as well as with dating—his life takes a sudden turn... Read more

She Who Remembers

By: Linda Lay Shuler

Narrated by: Cris Dukehart

Length: 17 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

In an ancient time of fear and superstition, she stood apart because of her unusual blue eyes. In a land of great stone cities and trackless wilderness, she sought her own unique path. But it was with the clan that accepted her—and in the heart of the magic man who saved her—that she found her ultimate destiny. Her name was Kwani. But legend... Read more

Sputnik Sweetheart

By: Haruki Murakami

Narrated by: Adam Sims

Length: 7 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Part romance, part detective story, Sputnik Sweetheart tells the story of a tangled triangle of uniquely unrequited love.

Now with a new introduction from the author.

K is madly in love with his best friend, Sumire, but her devotion to a writerly life precludes her from any personal commitments. At least, that is, until she meets an older woman to... Read more

Traveling Sprinkler

By: Nicholson Baker

Narrated by: Nicholson Baker

Length: 6 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

A new novel by bestselling author Nicholson Baker reintroduces feckless but hopeful hero Paul Chowder, whose struggle to get his life together is reflected in his steadfast desire to write a pop song, or a protest song, or both at once. Read more