Classics audiobooks

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

Stone 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

The 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

The 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

Orlando

By: Virginia Woolf

Narrated by: Esther Wane

Length: 9 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

At the beginning of Virginia Woolf's fantastical and satirical 1928 novel, Orlando is a young nobleman in Elizabethan England. At the age of 30, Orlando awakens to have found he's now a woman. Moving through the following centuries, the novel stretches over 300 years, during which time Orlando meets several key figures of English literary history. 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

Foundation (Apple Series Tie-in Edition)

By: Isaac Asimov

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Length: 8 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

The first novel in Isaac Asimov’s classic science-fiction masterpiece, the Foundation series

THE EPIC SAGA THAT INSPIRED THE APPLE TV+ SERIES FOUNDATION • Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read
 
For twelve thousand years the Galactic Empire has ruled supreme. Now it is dying. But only Hari Seldon, creator... 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

Jane Austen Collection: The Complete Novels (Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Emma, Persuasion...)

By: Jane Austen

Narrated by: Karen Savage & Elizabeth Klett

Length: 69 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

This audiobook contains the complete novels of Jane Austen in the chronological order of their original publication. - Lady Susan (starts at Chapter 1) - Sense and Sensibility (starts at Chapter 44) - Pride and Prejudice (starts at Chapter 96) - Mansfield Park (starts at Chapter 159) - Emma (starts at Chapter 209) - Persuasion (starts at... Read more

Brideshead Revisited

By: Evelyn Waugh

Narrated by: Jeremy Irons

Length: 11 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Selected by Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of the century and called "Evelyn Waugh's finest achievement" by the New York Times, Brideshead Revisited is a stunning exploration of desire, duty, and memory. Read by Jeremy Irons, star of the acclaimed 1981 television series based on the novel.  The wellsprings of desire and the... Read more

Rebecca

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

1984

By: George Orwell

Narrated by: Theo Solomon

Length: 12 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

One of the most celebrated classics of the twentieth century, this cautionary tale of a man trapped under the gaze of an authoritarian state is more relevant now than ever before.“Thoughtcrime was not a thing that could be concealed for ever. You might dodge successfully for a while, even for years, but sooner or later they were bound to get... 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

The Secret Garden

By: Frances Hodgson Burnett

Narrated by: Tamaryn Payne

Length: 8 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Told in the beautiful and charming words of Frances Hodgson Burnett, this classic children’s tale of redemption and transformation is full of so many priceless lessons.  After losing both of her parents, young Mary Lennox is sent from the lively and bustling world of India to the cold and secretive manor of an aloof relative in England.  On her... Read more

Cat's Cradle

By: Kurt Vonnegut

Narrated by: Tony Roberts

Length: 7 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Cat's Cradle is Vonnegut's satirical commentary on modern man and his madness. An apocalyptic tale of this planet's ultimate fate, it features a little person as the protagonist; a complete, original theology created by a calypso singer; and a vision of the future that is at once blackly fatalistic and hilariously funny. Read more

Go Set a Watchman

By: Harper Lee

Narrated by: Reese Witherspoon

Length: 6 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Performed by Reese Witherspoon#1 New York Times Bestseller“Go Set a Watchman is such an important book, perhaps the most important novel on race to come out of the white South in decades.""  — New York Times A landmark novel by Harper Lee, set two decades after her beloved Pulitzer Prize–winning masterpiece, To Kill a... Read more

The 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

David Copperfield

By: Charles Dickens

Narrated by: Ed Speleers

Length: 33 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Penguin.

Now a major film directed by Armando Iannucci, starring Dev Patel, Tilda Swinton, Hugh Laurie, Peter Capaldi and Ben Whishaw.

This Penguin Classic is performed by Ed Speleers. This definitive recording includes an introduction by Jeremy Tambling.

'The greatest achievement of the greatest of all novelists' Leo Tolstoy

In... Read more

Sense and Sensibility

By: Jane Austen

Narrated by: Elizabeth Grace

Length: 16 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Step into the refined world of "Sense and Sensibility," the beloved novel by Jane Austen, narrated by the soothing voice of Elizabeth Grace and produced by Slumber Studios.If restless nights or a busy mind keep you awake, this audiobook is designed to ease you into a peaceful, restful slumber.Close your eyes, relax, and let Elizabeth’s soothing... Read more

To Kill a Mockingbird

By: Harper Lee

Narrated by: Sissy Spacek

Length: 12 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Voted America's Best-Loved Novel in PBS's The Great American ReadHarper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning masterwork of honor and injustice in the deep South—and the heroism of one man in the face of blind and violent hatredOne of the most cherished stories of all time, To Kill a Mockingbird has been translated into more than forty languages, sold... Read more

Christy

By: Catherine Marshall

Narrated by: Kellie Martin

Length: 19 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Christy Huddleston left home at 19 to teach school in the Smokey Mountains. There she came to know and love the wild mountain people with their fierce pride, their dark superstitions, their terrible poverty, their yearning for beauty and truth. Christy found her faith severely challenged in these primitive surroundings; and, confronted with two... Read more

Midnight in Everwood

By: M.A. Kuzniar

Narrated by: Tor Leijten

Length: 9 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

‘A glittering rush of sugar-sweet enchantment’ Stephanie Garber, Sunday Times bestselling author of A Curse for True Love In the darkness of night, magic awaits… Nottingham, 1906 Marietta Stelle longs to be a ballerina but, as Christmas draws nearer, her... Read more

The Great Divorce

By: C. S. Lewis

Narrated by: Julian Rhind-Tutt

Length: 3 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

The Timeless Novel About a Bus Ride from Hell to HeavenIn The Great Divorce, C.S. Lewis again employs his formidable talent for fable and allegory. The writer finds himself in Hell boarding a bus bound for Heaven. The amazing opportunity is that anyone who wants to stay in Heaven, can. This is a starting point for an extraordinary meditation... Read more

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - Audiobook

By: Mark Twain

Narrated by: Chris Dalton

Length: 6 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, written by Mark Twain, is a timeless coming-of-age story set in the small, fictional town of St. Petersburg, Missouri, along the Mississippi River. The novel follows the mischievous and imaginative Tom Sawyer as he navigates childhood adventures, moral dilemmas, and life lessons. Alongside his best friend,... Read more