Fiction - Literary audiobooks

Mirall trencat - Abridged

By: Mercè Rodoreda

Narrated by: Montse Germán & Mia Esteve

Length: 10 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Una família rica, una casa abandonada, un jardí desolat… Tenia ganes de fer una novel·la on hi hagués de tot això." Mirall trencat és la més profusa de les novel·les de Mercè Rodoreda, un retrat de família al llarg de tres generacions, i un imponent retrat de dona amb la figura de Teresa Goday. "Figurava que els camins de la vida i de la... Read more

Little Earthquakes - Abridged

By: Jennifer Weiner

Narrated by: Jennifer Weiner

Length: 6 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Jennifer Weiner's richest, wittiest, most true-to-life novel yet tells the story of three very different women as they navigate one of life's most wonderful and perilous transitions: the journay of new motherhood.

Becky is a plump, sexy chef who has a wonderfull husband and baby girl, a restaurant that received a citywide acclaim -- and the... Read more

Back to Blood - Abridged

By: Tom Wolfe

Narrated by: Lou Diamond Phillips

Length: 12 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A big, panoramic story of the new America, as told by our master chronicler of the way we live now.

As a police launch speeds across Miami's Biscayne Bay -- with officer Nestor Camacho on board -- Tom Wolfe is off and running. Into the feverous landscape of the city, he introduces the Cuban mayor, the black police chief, a wanna-go-muckraking... 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

A mulher de dois esqueletos - Abridged

By: Julia Dantas

Narrated by: Luciane Romanovski

Length: 3 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Uma mulher se aproxima dos quarenta anos e se depara com questões que definirão o seu futuro. Entre elas, um dilema fundamental: haverá espaço numa só vida para se dedicar de verdade à criação de um filho e à criação artística? Neste romance híbrido, Julia Dantas constrói um jogo duplo, no qual a ideia de ter um filho interfere nas ambições... Read more

BROTHERLY LOVE - Abridged

By: Pete Dexter

Narrated by: Chris Sarandon

Length: 2 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In Philadelphia city, 1961, a division of power exists between the Italian mobs and the predominantly Irish labour leaders. When the youngest daughter of union man Charley Flood is accidentally killed by one of the Mafia's cops it is the beginning of a suicidal chain of retaliation. Read more

Strange Affair - Abridged

By: Peter Robinson

Narrated by: Simon Prebble

Length: 5 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Chief Inspector Alan Banks faces his most personal case from New York Times bestselling author Peter Robinson.A bullet to the brain abruptly halted a terrified young woman's desperate flight. In her pocket is the name of a policeman whose own life was brutally invaded, mercilessly shaken, and very nearly erased—a policeman who has since gone... Read more

On the Occasion of My Last Afternoon - Abridged

By: Kaye Gibbons

Narrated by: Polly Holliday

Length: 5 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Like America in the mid-nineteenth century, Emma Garnet Tate is a woman at war with herself. Born to privilege on a James River plantation, she grows up increasingly aware that her family's prosperity is inextricably linked to the institution of slavery.

As she tells her story in 1900, she is still prey to her childhood, to the memories of a life... Read more

From Time to Time - Abridged

By: Jack Finney

Narrated by: Campbell Scott

Length: 4 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Jack Finney's beloved sequel to his classic, New York Times bestselling illustrated novel Time and Again.

Simon Morley, whose logic-defying trip to the New York City of the 1880s in Time and Again has enchanted readers for twenty-five years, embarks on another trip across the borders of time. This time Reuben Prien at the secret,... Read more

Gods Behaving Badly - Abridged

By: Marie Phillips

Narrated by: Tom Sellwood

Length: 6 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In this “witty and entertaining” twist on Greek mythology (James Urquhart), the once all-powerful gods find themselves scraping by in a run-down London townhouse as they learn how to be human—and try not to destroy the world in the process.

Being a Greek god is not all it once was. Yes, the twelve gods of Olympus are alive and well in the... Read more

Wish You Well - Abridged

By: David Baldacci

Narrated by: Kate Burton

Length: 5 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Following a family tragedy, siblings Lou and Oz must leave New York and adjust to life in the Virginia mountains--but just as the farm begins to feel like home, they'll have to defend it from a dark threat in this New York Times bestselling coming-of-age story.

Precocious twelve-year-old Louisa Mae Cardinal lives in the hectic New York City of... Read more

Ya Hiç Karşılaşmasaydık - Abridged

By: Tuğçe Isıyel

Narrated by: Filiz Çolakoğlu

Length: 6 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Kendimizle ve ötekiyle karşılaşmalar. Karşılaşmalar hep sürer. Bir şeyle karşılaşmamızın bittiğini sandığımızda bile artık o şeyin yokluğuyla karşılaşırız. Hem iç hem de dış dünyamızda... Bu karşılaşmalarla dönüşür, birleşir, ayrılır; hayatımızı bu karşılaşmalardan inşa ederiz. Karşılaşma dediğimiz, ötekiyle bir araya gelmeyi, yüzleşmeyi,... Read more

Waiting to Exhale - Abridged

By: Terry McMillan

Narrated by: Terry McMillan

Length: 2 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The critically acclaimed novel about four women who learn how to carry on while leaning on each other from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of How Stella Got Her Groove Back and It's Not All Downhill From Here.

When the men in their lives prove less than reliable, Savannah, Bernadine, Gloria, and Robin find new strength through a rare and... Read more

The Wedding - Abridged

By: Dorothy West

Narrated by: Regina Taylor

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

From Dorothy West, the last surviving member of the Harlem Renaissance, The Wedding is an intimate glimpse into African American middle class. Set on bucolic Martha's Vineyard in the 1950s, this is the story of life in the Oval, a proud, insular community made up of the best and brightest of the East Coast's black bourgeoisie. Within this inner... Read more

Das Haus der Bücher und Schatten (Autorisierte Lesefassung) - Abridged

By: Kai Meyer

Narrated by: Johann von Bülow & Luise Helm

Length: 16 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Luise Helm und Johann von Bülow interpretieren Kai Meyers Erzählwelt erneut mit ihren unverwechselbaren, eindringlichen Stimmen. Bestsellerautor Kai Meyer erschafft eine meisterhafte Melange aus historischem Kriminalroman und bibliophiler Schauergeschichte Baltikum, kurz vor Beginn des Ersten Weltkriegs. Tiefer Schnee und endlose Wälder... Read more

Cimarron Rose - Abridged

By: James Lee Burke

Narrated by: Will Patton

Length: 5 hours 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

Texas attorney Billy Bob Holland must confront the past in order to save his illegitimate son from a murder conviction in this brilliant, fast-paced thriller from beloved New York Times bestselling author James Lee Burke.

Lucas Smothers, nineteen and from the wrong end of town, has been arrested for the rape and murder of a local girl. His... Read more

В поисках синего - Abridged

By: Лоис Лоури

Narrated by: Илья Веселов

Length: 5 hours

Abridged: Yes

Кира родилась с физическим изъяном. От подобных ей в поселке сразу избавляются — таков обычай. Кире удалось выжить, но теперь, после смерти матери, она остается один на один с разгневанными соседями, требующими расправы. На суде, где решается судьба сироты, ее защитник отмечает: девочка обладает удивительным умением. И это умение сыграет в... Read more

儿童的人格教育 - Abridged

By: 阿尔弗雷德·阿德勒

Narrated by: 夕颜

Length: 6 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: Yes

内容简介：在《儿童的人格教育》一书中，阿尔弗雷德·阿德勒认为，一个人的人格结构形成于童年期，要解决一个人的人格心理问题必须从他的童年着手。因此帮助儿童形成健全的人格是教育儿童的首要和核心问题。阿德勒反复强调要用正确的方法培养儿童自信、勇敢、独立、坚强的品质和积极与他人、与集体合作的能力。作者简介：阿尔弗雷德·阿德勒，奥地利精神病学家，个体心理学创始人，被称为“现代自我心理学之父”，曾是弗洛伊德的学生、精神分析学派的核心成员之一，后因观点不同与之决裂。阿德勒一生著作颇丰，代表作有《自卑与超越》《人性的研究》《儿童的人格教育》等。 Read more

人间烟火 - Abridged

By: 梁晓声

Narrated by: 海浪，圆子

Length: 11 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: Yes

内容简介：《人间烟火》以建筑工人葛全德及其儿女的事业、爱情、人生轨迹为线索，葛全德对“四化”目标的追求、商业局长公安局长为国家的无私奉献为关键转折，用深刻的笔触还原了20世纪中期城市建设、返城青年就业问题的真实景象，通过众多人物的视角和层次描写出社会发展的巨大变迁，老一辈对集体、国家利益的无私与忠贞，场面宏大，体现了浓厚的时代感。作者简介：梁晓声，原名梁绍生，祖籍山东荣成，1949年生于哈尔滨，当代知名作家、学者。北京语言大学人文学院资深教授，全国政协委员、中央文史研究馆馆员。至今创作了包括散文、小说、杂论、纪实文学等在内的作品逾千万字。代表作有《雪城》《返城年代》《年轮》《今夜有暴风雪》。凭借作品《人世间》荣获第十届茅盾文学奖。 Read more

Conditions of Faith - Abridged

By: Alex Miller

Narrated by: Essie Davis

Length: 4 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: Yes

With university behind her, Emily Stanton finds herself on the threshold of life. Introduced to a Scottish engineer, the exoticism of his life in Paris beckons, and she leaves her family home in twenties Melbourne to become his wife. But far from providing answers, her conventional marriage awakens in her an ardent desire to find a reason for... Read more

Jesus Out To Sea Collection - Abridged

By: James Lee Burke

Narrated by: Ron McLarty

Length: 6 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: Yes

INCLUDES THE STORY “WINTER LIGHT,” THE BASIS FOR THE FILM GOD’S COUNTRY STARRING THANDIWE NEWTON?

One of the country’s most-acclaimed and popular novelists offers a selection of ten short stories centered around the devastation in Louisiana and Mississippi during and after Katrina.

In this moving collection of short stories, James Lee Burke... Read more

Beauty's Release - Abridged

By: Anne Rice

Narrated by: Genvieve Bevier

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

In the final volume of Anne Rice’s erotic trilogy, Beauty’s adventures on the dark side of sexuality make her the bound captive of an Eastern Sultan and a prisoner in the exotic confines of the harem. As this voloptuous adult fairy tale moves toward conclusion, all of Beauty’s encouters with myriad variations of sexual fantasy are presented in a... Read more

Der kleine Prinz (Gekürzt) - Abridged

By: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Narrated by: Ulrich Mühe

Length: 1 hour 43 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Man sieht nur mit dem Herzen gut. Das Wesentliche ist für die Augen unsichtbar." Der Kleine Prinz lebt zusammen mit seiner Rose auf dem Planeten Asteroid B 612 und besucht die Erde. Hier lernt er neben dem Erzähler, der mit seinem Flugzeug in der Wüste notlandete, unter anderem den Fuchs kennen, der ihm das Vertraut-machen erklärt: "Du bist... Read more

Atonement - Abridged

By: Ian McEwan

Narrated by: Josephine Bailey

Length: 6 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: Yes

On the hottest day in 1935, and on the brink of a world war, three children lose their innocence as the sweltering summer heat bears down and their lives are changed forever. Cecilia Tallis is of England's privileged class; Robbie Turner is the housekeeper's son. In their moment of intimate surrender, they are interrupted by Cecilia's... Read more