Circe
By: Madeline Miller
Narrated by: Perdita Weeks
Length: 12 hours 8 minutes
Abridged: No
This #1 New York Times bestseller is a "bold and subversive retelling of the goddess's story" that brilliantly reimagines the life of Circe, formidable sorceress of The Odyssey (Alexandra Alter, TheNew York Times).
In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. But Circe is a strange child -- not... Read more
BBC Radio Shakespeare: A Collection of Eight Comedies
By: William Shakespeare
Narrated by: Anne-Marie Duff, David Tennant, Full Cast, Hele...
Length: 16 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: No
Eight full-cast BBC Radio productions of Shakespeare's best-loved comedies
Full of merriment, mayhem, mischief and mistaken identity, here are eight iconic radio productions of Shakespeare's most magical comedies, featuring star casts and introduced by Sir Richard Eyre.
Much Ado About Nothing
Shakespeare's delightful comedy sparkles with the verbal... Read more
The Anne of Green Gables Collection
By: L. M. Montgomery
Narrated by: Susie Berneis, Tara Ward, Barbara Barnes & Kate...
Length: 73 hours 17 minutes
Abridged: No
Fans of L.M. Montgomery’s Anne Shirley rejoice! Collected here are all eight of the original Anne Shirley books in the order they were published. This collection includes Anne of Green Gables, Anne of Avonlea, Anne of the Island, Anne's House of Dreams, Rainbow Valley, Rilla of Ingleside, Chronicles of Avonlea, and Further Chronicles of Avonlea.... Read more
View audiobookThe Bronte BBC Radio Drama Collection
By: Charlotte Bronte, Anne Bronte, Emily Bronte & R...
Narrated by: Anna Maxwell-Martin, Ella Kendrick, Emma Fieldi...
Length: 15 hours 39 minutes
Abridged: No
The complete canon of the Brontë sisters' classic novels, dramatised by bestselling author Rachel Joyce
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Orphan Jane falls in love with the enigmatic Rochester, but he is concealing a dark secret.
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
On the bleak Yorkshire moors, Heathcliff and Cathy’s elemental passion runs wild – but... Read more
Shōgun, Part One
By: James Clavell
Narrated by: Ralph Lister
Length: 24 hours 18 minutes
Abridged: No
By the #1 New York Times bestselling author and unparalleled master of historical fiction, James Clavell’s Shōgun is soon to be a major FX/Hulu TV series!Shōgun, the classic epic novel of feudal Japan that captured the heart of a culture and the imagination of the world, is now available for the first time in serial format. Part One contains... Read more
View audiobookThe Iliad
By: Homer & Caroline Alexander
Narrated by: Dominic Keating
Length: 19 hours 46 minutes
Abridged: No
With her virtuoso translation, classicist and bestselling author Caroline Alexander brings to life Homer’s timeless epic of the Trojan WarComposed around 730 B.C., Homer’s Iliad recounts the events of a few momentous weeks in the protracted ten-year war between the invading Achaeans, or Greeks, and the Trojans in their besieged city of Ilion.... Read more
View audiobookRebecca
By: Daphne du Maurier
Narrated by: Anna Massey
Length: 14 hours 48 minutes
Abridged: No
The classic Gothic suspense novel by Daphne du Maurier -- winner of the Anthony Award for Best Novel of the Century -- is now a Netflix film starring Lily James and Armie Hammer.
Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again . . .
The novel begins in Monte Carlo, where our heroine is swept off her feet by the dashing widower Maxim de Winter and... Read more
A Thousand Ships
By: Natalie Haynes
Narrated by: Natalie Haynes
Length: 8 hours 33 minutes
Abridged: No
NATIONAL BESTSELLERAn NPR Best Book of the Year“Gorgeous.... With her trademark passion, wit, and fierce feminism, Natalie Haynes gives much-needed voice to the silenced women of the Trojan War.”—Madeline Miller, author of CirceShortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction, a gorgeous retelling of the Trojan War from the perspectives of the many... Read more
View audiobookThe Chronicles of Narnia Complete Audio Collection
By: C. S. Lewis
Narrated by: Kenneth Branagh, Alex Jennings, Michael York, L...
Length: 33 hours 44 minutes
Abridged: No
For over sixty years, readers of all ages have been enchanted by the magical realms, the epic battles between good and evil, and the unforgettable creatures of Narnia.
This box set includes all seven titles in The Chronicles of Narnia—The Magician's Nephew; The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe; The Horse and His Boy; Prince Caspian; The Voyage of... Read more
Their Eyes Were Watching God
By: Zora Neale Hurston
Narrated by: Ruby Dee
Length: 6 hours 44 minutes
Abridged: No
“A deeply soulful novel that comprehends love and cruelty, and separates the big people from the small of heart, without ever losing sympathy for those unfortunates who don’t know how to live properly.” —Zadie SmithOne of the most important and enduring books of the twentieth century, Their Eyes Were Watching God brings to life a Southern love... Read more
View audiobookThe Silmarillion
By: J. R. R. Tolkien
Narrated by: Andy Serkis
Length: 19 hours 23 minutes
Abridged: No
The forerunner to The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion tells the earlier history of Middle-earth, recounting the events of the First and Second Ages, and introducing some of the key characters, such as Galadriel, Elrond, Elendil and the Dark Lord, Sauron. The tales of The Silmarillion are set in an... Read more
View audiobookStone Blind
By: Natalie Haynes
Narrated by: Natalie Haynes
Length: 8 hours 39 minutes
Abridged: No
Longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2023""Haynes is master of her trade . . . She succeeds in breathing warm life into some of our oldest stories.”—Telegraph (UK)The national bestselling author of A Thousand Ships and Pandora's Jar returns with a fresh and stunningly perceptive take on the story of Medusa, the original monstered... Read more
View audiobookThe Bell Jar
By: Sylvia Plath
Narrated by: Maggie Gyllenhaal
Length: 7 hours 24 minutes
Abridged: No
A realistic and emotional look at a woman who falls into the grips of insanity written by the iconic American writer Sylvia Plath“It is this perfectly wrought prose and the freshness of Plath’s voice in The Bell Jar that make this book enduring in its appeal.” — USA TodayThe Bell Jar chronicles the crack-up of Esther Greenwood: brilliant,... Read more
View audiobookMost Ardently: A Pride & Prejudice Remix
By: Gabe Cole Novoa
Narrated by: Harrison Knights
Length: 7 hours 29 minutes
Abridged: No
In the Remixed Classics series, authors from marginalized backgrounds reinterpret classic works through their own cultural lens to subvert the overwhelming cishet, white, and male canon. This bittersweet Pride & Prejudice remix follows a trans boy yearning for the freedom to live openly, centering queerness in a well-known story of longing... Read more
View audiobookThe Odyssey
By: Homer
Narrated by: Ian McKellen
Length: 13 hours 2 minutes
Abridged: No
The Odyssey is literature's grandest evocation of every man's journey through life. In the myths and legends that are retold here, the energy and poetry of Homer's original is captured in a bold, contemporary idiom, giving us an edition of The Odyssey that is a joy to listen to, worth savoring treasuring for its sheer lyrical mastery. This... Read more
View audiobookInvisible Cities
By: Italo Calvino
Narrated by: Richard Higgins
Length: 2 hours 52 minutes
Abridged: No
“Cities, like dreams, are made of desires and fears, even if the thread of their discourse is secret, their rules are absurd, their perspectives deceitful, and everything conceals something else.” — from Invisible Cities
In a garden sit the aged Kublai Khan and the young Marco Polo — Mongol emperor and Venetian traveler. Kublai Khan has sensed... Read more
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
By: Betty Smith
Narrated by: Kate Burton
Length: 15 hours 1 minute
Abridged: No
A PBS Great American Read Top 100 PickThe beloved American classic about a young girl's coming-of-age at the turn of the twentieth century.From the moment she entered the world, Francie Nolan needed to be made of stern stuff, for growing up in the Williamsburg slums of Brooklyn, New York demanded fortitude, precocity, and strength of spirit.... Read more
View audiobookMiddlemarch
By: George Eliot
Narrated by: Juliet Aubrey
Length: 36 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No
Brought to you by Penguin.
This Penguin Classic is performed by Juliet Aubrey, who won the BAFTA for Best Actress for her role as Dorothea in the BBC serial Middlemarch. This definitive recording includes an Introduction by Rosemary Ashton.
George Eliot's most ambitious novel is a masterly evocation of diverse lives and changing fortunes in a... Read more
The Complete Oz Collection
By: L. Frank Baum
Narrated by: Tara Sands, Erin Yuen, John Pruden, George Newb...
Length: 70 hours 29 minutes
Abridged: No
Noted as one of the most popular series in American literature, the works of L. Frank Baum have been brought together in this singular collection that ensures the fun never stops! Embark on the journey that has capitated audiences for over a century. This collection contains the following: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz The Marvelous Land of Oz Ozma... Read more
View audiobookThe Last Unicorn
By: Peter S. Beagle
Narrated by: Orlagh Cassidy & Joshua Kane
Length: 8 hours 9 minutes
Abridged: No
INCLUDES A NEW INTRODUCTION BY PATRICK ROTHFUSS
Experience one of the most enduring classics of the twentieth century and the book that The Atlantic has called “one of the best fantasy novels ever.”
The unicorn lived in a lilac wood, and she lived all alone...
...so she ventured out from the safety of the enchanted forest on a quest for others of... Read more
The Grapes of Wrath
By: John Steinbeck
Narrated by: Dylan Baker
Length: 21 hours
Abridged: No
John Steinbeck's powerful evocation of the suffering and hardship caused by the Great Depression, and a panoramic vision of the struggle for the American Dream, The Grapes of Wrath includes a critical introduction by Robert DeMott in Penguin Modern Classics. 'I've done my damndest to rip a reader's nerves to rags, I don't want him satisfied.'... Read more
View audiobookOf Mice and Men
By: John Steinbeck
Narrated by: Gary Sinise
Length: 3 hours 11 minutes
Abridged: No
Celebrating its 75th anniversary, John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men remains one of America's most widely read and beloved novels. Here is Steinbeck’s dramatic adaptation of his novel-as-play, which received the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Best Play in 1937-1938 and has featured a number of actors who have played the iconic roles of... Read more
View audiobookWuthering 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 audiobookSelected Hemingway Stories
By: Ernest Hemingway
Narrated by: John Bedford Lloyd
Length: 11 hours 26 minutes
Abridged: No
NEVER BEFORE ON AUDIO! ALL-NEW PRODUCTIONS OF TWENTY-FOUR CLASSIC ERNEST HEMINGWAY STORIES.
This brand-new audio collection from the iconic Pulitzer and Nobel Prize–winning author is a listener’s delight. The two dozen short stories presented here have never been published on audio; these new recordings of classic stories will remind listeners of... Read more