Art audiobooks

Sonnets

By: William Shakespeare

Length: 2 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic prose and verse read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly remastered stories are now available to download for the first time. ‘In black ink my love may... Read more

Ramble Book

By: Adam Buxton

Narrated by: Adam Buxton

Length: 10 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

INCLUDES AN EXCLUSIVE BONUS PODCAST WITH JOE CORNISH ‘An affectionate and revealing account … Funny, sad, real, rueful.’ The Times ‘Warm, rambling and self-aware’ Guardian The long-awaited, rambling, tender, and very... Read more

Agatha Christie’s Poirot

By: Mark Aldridge

Narrated by: Clare Corbett

Length: 11 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

From the very first book publication in 1920 to the recent film release of Death on the Nile, this investigation into Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot celebrates a century of probably the world’s favourite fictional detective. This book tells his story decade-by-decade, exploring his appearances not... Read more

The Dog, the Wolf and God

By: Folco Terzani

Narrated by: Saul Reichlin

Length: 3 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

After the best-seller The End is My Beginning, co-authored with his father Tixiano Terzani, the long-awaited Folco Terzani’s comeback with a spiritual fable of nature, men and God. This spiritual fable intends to make us reflect on our own life, the things we put our security in, the values we live by, the dreams we have set... Read more

The Hero

By: Lee Child

Narrated by: Jeff Harding

Length: 1 hour 17 minutes

Abridged: No

THE ENDURING MYTH THAT MAKES US HUMAN What makes a hero? Who better to answer that question than Lee Child… ‘It’s Lee Child. Why would you not read it?’ Karin Slaughter ‘I don't know another author so skilled at making me... Read more

Everything in Moderation

By: Daniel Finkelstein

Narrated by: Daniel Finkelstein

Length: 13 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

'I've never met Danny Finkelstein but I think I'm in love with him. His book is such good company – sane, intelligent and witty. He deals with serious subjects in an immensely readable way … If I'm asked to nominate my book of the year, this will be it' WENDY COPE Writing on everything from a defence... Read more

Palaces of Revolution

By: Simon Thurley

Narrated by: Simon Thurley

Length: 15 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

The story of the Stuart dynasty is a breathless soap opera played out in just a hundred years in an array of buildings that span Europe from Scotland, via Denmark, Holland and Spain to England. Life in the court of the House of Stuart has been shrouded in mystery: the first half of the century overshadowed by the fall and... Read more

Life as a Unicorn

By: Amrou Al-Kadhi

Narrated by: Amrou Al-Kadhi

Length: 7 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

A heart-breaking and hilarious memoir about the author’s fight to be true to themself WINNER OF THE POLARI FIRST BOOK PRIZE 2020 WINNER OF A SOMERSET MAUGHAM AWARD Amrou knew they were gay when, aged ten, they first laid eyes on Macaulay Culkin in Home Alone. It was love at first... Read more

Practically Perfect

By: Katy Brand

Narrated by: Katy Brand

Length: 4 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Mary Poppins is a story of taking practical steps towards happiness. It’s looking at the bright side of life. It’s setting boundaries, deciding what you want and making it happen. That’s the path to being Practically Perfect For comedian Katy Brand, part of the joy of watching Mary Poppins as a child... Read more

Painted People

By: Matt Lodder

Narrated by: Henry Nott

Length: 9 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

In 1881, a writer in the Saturday Review called tattooing ‘an art without a history’. ‘No-one’, it went on, ‘has made it the business of his life to study the development of tattooing.’ Until now. Painted People is a beguiling and intimate look at an untold history of humanity. ... Read more

Strictly Come Dating

By: Kathryn Freeman

Narrated by: Karen Cass

Length: 10 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

‘I love when books make me smile so much that my husband asks what I'm grinning at and this is one of those books’ Reader review Fun, feel-good and a must read for fans of Strictly Come Dancing! Saturday nights are strictly for dancing… As the glitter ball... Read more

A Lover's Complaint & The Phoenix and the Turtle

By: William Shakespeare

Length: 25 minutes

Abridged: No

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic prose and verse read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly remastered stories are now available to download for the first time. ‘In thee hath neither sting,... Read more

A Midsummer Night's Dream

By: William Shakespeare

Length: 2 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic prose and verse read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly remastered stories are now available to download for the first time. ‘Love looks not with the eyes,... Read more

All’s Well That Ends Well

By: William Shakespeare

Length: 2 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic prose and verse read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly remastered stories are now available to download for the first time. ‘Love all, trust a few, do... Read more

Antony and Cleopatra

By: William Shakespeare

Length: 3 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic prose and verse read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly remastered stories are now available to download for the first time. ‘In time we hate that which we... Read more

As You Like It

By: William Shakespeare

Length: 2 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic prose and verse read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly remastered stories are now available to download for the first time. ‘The fool doth think he is... Read more

Coriolanus

By: William Shakespeare

Length: 3 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic prose and verse read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly remastered stories are now available to download for the first time. ‘Let me twineMine arms about... Read more

Cymbeline

By: William Shakespeare

Length: 2 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic prose and verse read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly remastered stories are now available to download for the first time. ‘Fortune brings in some boats... Read more

Hamlet

By: William Shakespeare

Length: 4 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic prose and verse read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly remastered stories are now available to download for the first time. ‘This above all: to thine own... Read more

Henry IV, Pt. 1

By: William Shakespeare

Length: 2 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic prose and verse read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly remastered stories are now available to download for the first time. ‘If all the year were playing... Read more

Henry IV, Pt.2

By: William Shakespeare

Length: 2 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic prose and verse read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly remastered stories are now available to download for the first time. ‘O sleep, O gentle sleep,... Read more

Henry V

By: William Shakespeare

Length: 2 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic prose and verse read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly remastered stories are now available to download for the first time. ‘All things are ready, if our... Read more

Henry VI, Pt.1

By: William Shakespeare

Length: 2 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic prose and verse read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly remastered stories are now available to download for the first time. ‘No, no, I am but shadow of... Read more

Henry VI, Pt. 2

By: William Shakespeare

Length: 2 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic prose and verse read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly remastered stories are now available to download for the first time. ‘For where thou art, there is... Read more