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The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making
By: Catherynne M. Valente
Narrated by: Catherynne M. Valente
Length: 7 hours 12 minutes
Abridged: No
"This is a kind of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by way of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland—it's the sort of book one doesn't want to end." —Publisher's Weekly, starred reviewSeptember is a girl who longs for adventure. When she is invited to Fairyland by a Green Wind and a Leopard, well, of course she accepts. (Mightn’t you?) But Fairyland is in... Read more
View audiobookThe Snowman
By: Jo Nesbo
Narrated by: Robin Sachs
Length: 15 hours 37 minutes
Abridged: No
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • Inspector Harry Hole tracks a Norwegian serial killer in this “fiendishly complex and terrifically entertaining” (The New York Times Book Review) installment of the New York Times bestselling series.
"Maddeningly addictive.” —Vanity Fair
One night, after the first snowfall of the year, a boy named Jonas wakes up and... Read more
Please Look After Mom
By: Kyung-Sook Shin
Narrated by: Various
Length: 7 hours 56 minutes
Abridged: No
A million-plus-copy best seller in Korea—a magnificent English-language debut poised to become an international sensation—this is the stunning, deeply moving story of a family’s search for their mother, who goes missing one afternoon amid the crowds of the Seoul Station subway.
Told through the piercing voices and urgent perspectives of a... Read more
Come to the Edge
By: Christina Haag
Narrated by: Christina Haag
Length: 9 hours 36 minutes
Abridged: No
When Christina Haag was growing up on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, John F. Kennedy, Jr., was just one of the boys in her circle of prep school friends, a skinny kid who lived with his mother and sister on Fifth Avenue and who happened to have a Secret Service detail following him at a discreet distance at all times. A decade later, after... Read more
View audiobookThe Vampire Archives
By: Otto Penzler
Narrated by: Various
Length: 61 hours 34 minutes
Abridged: No
The Vampire Archives is the biggest, hungriest, undeadliest collection of vampire stories, as well as the most comprehensive bibliography of vampire fiction ever assembled. Dark, stormy, and delicious, once it sinks its teeth into you there’s no escape.
Vampires! Whether imagined by Bram Stoker or Anne Rice, they are part of the human ... Read more
Pride and Prejudice
By: Jane Austen
Narrated by: Carolyn Seymour
Length: 11 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: No
The provincial Bennet family, home to five unmarried daughters, is turned upside down when a wealthy bachelor takes up a house nearby.Mr. Bingley enhances his instant popularity by hosting a ball and taking an interest in the eldest Bennet daughter, Jane. Meanwhile, Mr. Darcy, Bingley's even wealthier friend, makes himself equally unpopular by... Read more
View audiobookUnbroken
By: Laura Hillenbrand
Narrated by: Edward Herrmann
Length: 13 hours 55 minutes
Abridged: No
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The incredible true story of survival and salvation that is the basis for two major motion pictures: Unbroken and Unbroken: Path to Redemption.
“Extraordinarily moving . . . a powerfully drawn survival epic.”—The Wall Street Journal
Hailed as the top nonfiction book of the year by Time magazine • Winner of the Los... Read more
Ramona the Pest
By: Beverly Cleary
Narrated by: Stockard Channing
Length: 2 hours 35 minutes
Abridged: No
Newbery Medal-winning author Beverly Cleary expertly depicts the trials and triumphs of growing up through a relatable heroine who isn't afraid to be exactly who she is.Ramona Quimby is excited to start kindergarten. No longer does she have to watch her older sister, Beezus, ride the bus to school with all the big kids. She's finally old enough... Read more
View audiobookIn the Bleak Midwinter
By: Julia Spencer-Fleming
Narrated by: Suzanne Toren
Length: 12 hours 57 minutes
Abridged: No
Clare Fergusson, Saint Alban's new priest, fits like a square peg in the conservative Episcopal parish at Miller's Kill, New York. She is not just a "lady" but also a tough ex-army chopper pilot—and nobody's fool. Then a newborn infant left at the church door brings her together with the town's police chief, Russ Van Alstyne, who is also ex-army... Read more
View audiobookThe Haunting of Hill House
By: Shirley Jackson
Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
Length: 7 hours 27 minutes
Abridged: No
Now a hit Netflix miniseries directed by Mike Flanagan and starring Michiel Huisman, Carla Gugino, and Timothy HuttonPast the rusted gates and untrimmed hedges, Hill House broods and waits.Four seekers have come to the ugly, abandoned old mansion: Dr. Montague, an occult scholar looking for solid evidence of the psychic phenomenon called... Read more
View audiobookReckless
By: Cornelia Funke
Narrated by: Elliot Hill
Length: 6 hours 44 minutes
Abridged: No
Beyond the mirror, the darkest fairy tales come alive. . . .
For years, Jacob Reckless has enjoyed the Mirrorworld’s secrets and treasures.
Not anymore.
His younger brother has followed him.
Now dark magic will turn the boy to beast, break the heart of the girl he loves, and destroy everything Jacob holds most dear. . . .
Unless he can find a way to... Read more
Wuthering Heights
By: Emily Brontë
Narrated by: Carolyn Seymour
Length: 11 hours 34 minutes
Abridged: No
The sole novel of Emily Brontë, who died a year after its publication at the age of thirty, Wuthering Heights is one of the most original classics in the canon of English literature. Set amid the wild and stormy Yorkshire moors, it is the tale of childhood playmates who grow into soul mates, and whose tempestuous natures and obsessive love... Read more
View audiobookPeter Pan
By: J. M. Barrie
Narrated by: Christopher Cazenove
Length: 5 hours 2 minutes
Abridged: No
Barrie works an indisputable magic on listeners of all ages in this classic tale of the boy who wouldn’t grow up. As a baby, Peter Pan fell out of his carriage and was taken by fairies to Neverland. There, he can fly and is the champion of the Lost Boys and a friend to the fairy Tinker Bell. Revisiting England, Peter becomes involved with Wendy... Read more
View audiobookFlowers for Algernon
By: Daniel Keyes
Narrated by: Jeff Woodman
Length: 8 hours 59 minutes
Abridged: No
Charlie Gordon knows that he isn't very bright. At 32, he mops floors in a bakery and earns just enough to get by. Three evenings a week, he studies at a center for retarded adults. But all of this is about to change for Charlie. As part of a daring experiment, doctors are going to perform surgery on Charlie's brain. They hope the operation and... Read more
View audiobookThe Savage Detectives
By: Roberto Bolaño
Narrated by: Eddie Lopez & Armando Durán
Length: 26 hours 58 minutes
Abridged: No
The late Chilean writer Roberto Bolaño has been called the García Márquez of his generation. In this dazzling novel, the book that established his international reputation, Bolaño tells the story of two modern-day Quixotes—the last survivors of an underground literary movement, perhaps of literature itself—on a tragicomic quest through a... Read more
View audiobookTender Morsels
By: Margo Lanagan
Narrated by: Anne Flosnik & Michael Page
Length: 14 hours 11 minutes
Abridged: No
Liga lives modestly in her own personal heaven, given to her by natural magic in exchange for her earthly life. Her two daughters, gentle Branza and curious Urdda, grow up in this soft world, protected from the violence, predation, and village prejudice that once harmed their mother. But the real world cannot be denied forever—magicked men and... Read more
View audiobookThe Book of Night Women
By: Marlon James
Narrated by: Robin Miles
Length: 15 hours 45 minutes
Abridged: No
From the author of the National Book Award finalist Black Leopard, Red Wolf and the WINNER of the 2015 Man Booker Prize for A Brief History of Seven Killings
"An undeniable success.” — The New York Times Book Review
The Book of Night Women is a sweeping, startling novel, a true tour de force of both voice and storytelling. It is the story of... Read more
Blood Music
By: Greg Bear
Narrated by: George Guidall
Length: 10 hours 54 minutes
Abridged: No
Vergil's innovative experiment restructuring the cells of a common virus becomes a nightmare when, in order to save his research, Vergil injects the entire culture into his bloodstream. Read more
View audiobookThe Suspicions of Mr. Whicher
By: Kate Summerscale
Narrated by: Simon Vance
Length: 9 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: No
In June of 1860 three-year-old Saville Kent was found at the bottom of an outdoor privy with his throat slit. The crime horrified all England and led to a national obsession with detection, ironically destroying, in the process, the career of perhaps the greatest detective in the land.
At the time, the detective was a relatively new invention;... Read more
Nation
By: Terry Pratchett
Narrated by: Stephen Briggs
Length: 9 hours 33 minutes
Abridged: No
New York Times Bestseller * Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize * Winner of the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award * Michael L. Printz Medal honor winnerFrom the pen of Sir Terry Pratchett, author of the beloved and bestselling Discworld fantasy series, comes an epic adventure of survival that mixes hope, humor, and humanity.When a giant wave... Read more
View audiobookThe Scaredy Cats
By: Allan Zullo
Narrated by: John Ratzenberger
Length: 12 minutes
Abridged: No
The Scaredy Cats from the Haunted Kids spine-chilling audiobook collection by Allan Zullo of true ghost stories that have happened to real kids. A perfect way to set the tone for Halloween or anytime you want an eerie tale to keep you up at night!Listen in as actor John Ratzenberger tells the following story: The Scaredy CatsA cat that boys are... Read more
View audiobookLord Valentine’s Castle
By: Robert Silverberg
Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
Length: 19 hours 31 minutes
Abridged: No
The search for his lost past leads to a battle for his future.The planet Majipoor is shared by humans and several alien races, including four-armed Skandars, three-eyed Liiman, and the native, shape-shifting Metamorphs. All are watched over by the King of Dreams, the labyrinth-dwelling Pontifex, and the Lady of the Isle of Sleep, while the... Read more
View audiobookI Was Told There'd Be Cake
By: Sloane Crosley
Narrated by: Sloane Crosley
Length: 6 hours 7 minutes
Abridged: No
Wry, hilarious, and profoundly genuine, this debut collection of literary essays is a celebration of fallibility and haplessness in all their glory. From despoiling an exhibit at the Natural History Museum to provoking the ire of her first boss to siccing the cops on her mysterious neighbor, Crosley can do no right despite the best of... Read more
View audiobookMaster and Commander
By: Patrick O'Brian
Narrated by: Patrick Tull
Length: 16 hours 46 minutes
Abridged: No
It is the dawn of the nineteenth century; Britain is at war with Napoleon's France. Jack Aubrey, a young lieutenant in Nelson's navy, is promoted to command of H.M.S. Sophie?, an old, slow brig unlikely to make his fortune. But Captain Aubrey is a brave and gifted seaman, his thirst for adventure and victory immense. With the aid of his friend... Read more
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