Classics audiobooks

Circe

By: Madeline Miller
Narrated by: Perdita Weeks
Length: 12 hours 8 minutes
Abridged: No

"A bold and subversive retelling of the goddess's story," this #1 New York Times bestseller is "both epic and intimate in its scope, recasting the most infamous female figure from the Odyssey as a hero in her own right" (Alexandra Alter, The New York Times).

In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born.... Read more »

A Thousand Ships

By: Natalie Haynes
Narrated by: Natalie Haynes
Length: 8 hours 33 minutes
Abridged: No

NATIONAL BESTSELLER

An 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 Circe

Shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction, a gorgeous retelling of the Trojan War from the perspectives of the many...

The Chronicles of Narnia Complete Audio Collection

By: C. S. Lewis
Narrated by: Kenneth Branagh, Alex Jennings, Michael York, Lynn Redgrave, Derek Jacobi, Jeremy Northam & Patrick Stewart
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...

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 Smith

One of the most important and enduring books of the twentieth century, Their Eyes Were Watching God brings to life a Southern love...

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 »

Heroes

By: Stephen Fry
Narrated by: Stephen Fry
Length: 15 hours 1 minutes
Abridged: No

In this sequel to the bestselling Mythos, legendary author and actor Stephen Fry moves from the exploits of the Olympian gods to the deeds of mortal heroes.

Perseus. Jason. Atalanta. Theseus. Heracles. Rediscover the thrills, grandeur, and unabashed fun of the Greek myths. Whether recounting a tender love affair or a heroic triumph, Fry deftly... 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 Read

Harper 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 hatred

One of the most cherished stories of all time, To Kill a Mockingbird has been translated into more than forty languages, sold...

East of Eden

By: John Steinbeck
Narrated by: Richard Poe
Length: 25 hours 18 minutes
Abridged: No

The masterpiece of Steinbeck’s later years, East of Eden is a sprawling epic in which Steinbeck created his most mesmerizing characters and explored his most enduring themes: the mystery of identity, the inexplicability of love, and the murderous consequences of love’s absence. Read more »

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

By: Shirley Jackson
Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
Length: 5 hours 32 minutes
Abridged: No

Shirley Jackson’s deliciously unsettling novel about a perverse, isolated, and possibly murderous family takes readers deep into a labyrinth of dark neurosis, macabre humor, and gothic atmosphere.

Six years after four family members died suspiciously of arsenic poisoning, the three remaining Blackwoods—elder, agoraphobic sister Constance;...

Anna Karenina

By: Leo Tolstoy
Narrated by: Davina Porter
Length: 36 hours 42 minutes
Abridged: No

"Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." This is the famous opening sentence of Tolstoi's epic love story between Anna Arkadyevna Karenina and her Count Vronsky. Anna Karenina (1877) by Leo Tolstoy is a classic story of love and tragedy against the backdrop of pre-revolutionary Russia. The extravagant and... Read more »

The Sun Also Rises

By: Ernest Hemingway
Narrated by: William Hurt
Length: 8 hours 4 minutes
Abridged: No

2007 Audie Award Finalist for Classics

Originally published in 1926, The Sun Also Rises is Ernest Hemingway’s first novel and a classic example of his spare but powerful writing style.​

A poignant look at the disillusionment and angst of the post-World War I generation, the novel introduces two of Hemingway’s most unforgettable characters: Jake... Read more »

The Remains of the Day

By: Kazuo Ishiguro
Narrated by: Nicholas Guy Smith
Length: 9 hours 23 minutes
Abridged: No

BOOKER PRIZE WINNER • From the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, here is “an intricate and dazzling novel” (The New York Times) about the perfect butler and his fading, insular world in post-World War II England.
 
This is Kazuo Ishiguro's profoundly compelling portrait of a butler named Stevens. Stevens, at the end of three decades of... Read more »

CATCH-22

By: Joseph Heller
Narrated by: Jay O. Sanders
Length: 19 hours 58 minutes
Abridged: No

This fiftieth-anniversary edition commemorates Joseph Heller’s masterpiece with a new introduction; critical essays and reviews by Norman Mailer, Alfred Kazin, Anthony Burgess, and others; rare papers and photos; and much more.

Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read.

Now a Hulu limited series starring... Read more »

1984

By: George Orwell
Narrated by: Simon Prebble
Length: 11 hours 23 minutes
Abridged: No

Blackstone Audio presents a new recording of this immensely popular book.

George Orwell depicts a gray, totalitarian world dominated by Big Brother and its vast network of agents, including the Thought Police, a world in which news is manufactured according to the authorities’ will and people live tepid lives by rote.

Winston Smith, the hero with...

Foundation and Empire

By: Isaac Asimov
Narrated by: Scott Brick
Length: 9 hours 34 minutes
Abridged: No

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

Led by its founding father, the psychohistorian Hari Seldon, and utilizing science and technology, the Foundation survived the greed and barbarism of its neighboring warrior-planets. Now cleverness and courage may not be enough. For the Empire—the... Read more »

The 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 »

Passing

By: Nella Larsen
Narrated by: Robin Miles
Length: 4 hours 5 minutes
Abridged: No

First published in 1929, Passing is a remarkable exploration of the shifting racial and sexual boundaries in America. Larsen, a premier writer of the Harlem Renaissance, captures the rewards and dangers faced by two negro women who pass for white in a deeply segregated world. Read more »

Troy

By: Stephen Fry
Narrated by: Stephen Fry
Length: 11 hours
Abridged: No

In this brilliant conclusion to his bestselling Mythos trilogy, legendary author and actor Stephen Fry retells the tale of the Trojan War.

Full of tragic heroes, intoxicating love stories, and the unstoppable force of fate, there is no conflict more iconic than the Trojan War. Troy is the story of the epic battle retold by Fry with drama, humor,... Read more »

Pride and Prejudice

By: Jane Austen
Narrated by: Brady Smith
Length: 10 hours 31 minutes
Abridged: No

Jane Austen's classic romance novel. First published in 1813, this book has stood the test of time, beloved by fans for over 200 years.

Follow Elizabeth Bennet as she discovers a love she didn't believe possible. Filled with comedy, wit, and passion, this is one story you will enjoy over and over again.

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Crossing to Safety

By: Wallace Stegner
Narrated by: Richard Poe
Length: 12 hours 23 minutes
Abridged: No

One of the finest American authors of the 20th century, Wallace Stegner compiled an impressive collection of accolades during his lifetime, including a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, a National Book Award, and three O. Henry Awards. His final novel, Crossing to Safety is the quiet yet stirring tale of two couples that meet during the Great... Read more »

Doctor Zhivago

By: Boris Pasternak
Narrated by: John Lee
Length: 23 hours 15 minutes
Abridged: No

Boris Pasternak’s widely acclaimed novel comes gloriously to life in a magnificent new translation by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, the award-winning translators of War and Peace and Anna Karenina, and to whom, The New York Review of Books declared, “the English-speaking world is indebted.”
 
First published in Italy in 1957 amid...

Foundation and Earth

By: Isaac Asimov
Narrated by: Larry McKeever
Length: 18 hours 42 minutes
Abridged: No

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

THE EPIC SAGA THAT INSPIRED THE APPLE TV+ SERIES FOUNDATION

Golan Trevize, former Councilman of the First Foundation, has chosen the future, and it is Gaia. A superorganism, Gaia is a holistic planet with a common consciousness so intensely united that... Read more »

Gone With the Wind

By: Margaret Mitchell
Narrated by: Linda Stephens
Length: 49 hours 5 minutes
Abridged: No

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Literature, Margaret Mitchell's great novel of the South is one of the most popular books ever written. Within six months of its publication in 1936, Gone With the Wind had sold a million copies. To date, it has been translated into 25 languages, and more than 28 million copies have been sold. Here are 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 »