Fiction - Literary audiobooks

Plain Bad Heroines

By: Emily M. Danforth

Narrated by: Xe Sands

Length: 19 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

“Full of Victorian sapphic romance, metafictional horror, biting misandrist humor, Hollywood intrigue, and multiple timeliness—all replete with evocative illustrations that are icing on a deviously delicious cake.” –O, THE OPRAH MAGAZINE“Brimming from start to finish with sly humor and gothic mischief. Brilliant.”  — SARAH WATERS
Named a Most... Read more

Madwoman

By: Chelsea Bieker

Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld

Length: 9 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

“The rare kind of book that lives in your bones” (Ashley Audrain), this novel tells a gripping story of motherhood and motherloss and the brutal, mighty things women do to keep themselves and each other alive, marking the arrival of a major fiction talent.

The world is not made for mothers.
Yet mothers made the world…

Clove has gone to extremes to... Read more

The Marriage Portrait: Reese's Book Club

By: Maggie O'Farrell

Narrated by: Genevieve Gaunt & Maggie O'Farrell

Length: 13 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION FINALIST • REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK • NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • The author of award-winning Hamnet brings the world of Renaissance Italy to jewel-bright life in this unforgettable fictional portrait of the captivating young duchess Lucrezia de' Medici as she makes her way in a troubled court.

“I could not stop reading... Read more

Our Missing Hearts: Reese's Book Club

By: Celeste Ng

Narrated by: Lucy Liu & Celeste Ng

Length: 9 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

An instant New York Times bestseller • A New York Times Notable Book • Named a Best Book of 2022 by People, TIME Magazine, The Washington Post, USA Today, NPR, Los Angeles Times, and Oprah Daily, and more • A Reese's Book Club Pick • New York Times Paperback Row Selection

From the #1 bestselling author of Little Fires Everywhere, comes the... Read more

The Extinction of Irena Rey

By: Jennifer Croft

Narrated by: Lanessa Tremblett

Length: 12 hours

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents The Extinction of Irena Rey by Jennifer Croft, read by Lanessa Tremblett.

National Bestseller
Named a must read by NPR, People, Vanity Fair, Electric Literature, Nylon, Alta Journal, CrimeReads and Debutiful
Named a most anticipated book by Elle, The Millions, Bustle, Lit Hub, Dandelion Chandelier, Zibby Mag, Bookpage, and The... Read more

The Guncle Abroad

By: Steven Rowley

Narrated by: Steven Rowley

Length: 9 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

AN INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER

An Indie Next Pick

Patrick O'Hara is called back to his guncle duties . . . This time for a big family wedding in Italy.

Patrick O’Hara is back. It’s been five years since his summer as his niece Maisie and nephew Grant’s caretaker after their mother’s passing. The kids are back in Connecticut with their dad, and... Read more

The Shadow of the Wind

By: Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Narrated by: Jonathan Davis

Length: 18 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

"Anyone who enjoys novels that are scary, erotic, touching, tragic and thrilling should rush right out to the nearest bookstore and pick up The Shadow of the Wind. Really, you should." —Michael Dirda, The Washington Post

“Wondrous...masterful...The Shadow of the Wind is ultimately a love letter to literature, intended for readers as passionate... Read more

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead

By: Olga Tokarczuk

Narrated by: Beata Pozniak

Length: 11 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE

New York Times Readers Pick: 100 Best Books of the 21st Century

"A brilliant literary murder mystery." —Chicago Tribune

"Extraordinary. Tokarczuk's novel is funny, vivid, dangerous, and disturbing, and it raises some fierce questions about human behavior. My sincere admiration for her brilliant work."... Read more

Klara and the Sun: A GMA Book Club Pick

By: Kazuo Ishiguro

Narrated by: Sura Siu

Length: 10 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • Once in a great while, a book comes along that changes our view of the world. This magnificent novel from the Nobel laureate and author of Never Let Me Go is “an intriguing take on how artificial intelligence might play a role in our futures ... a poignant meditation on love and loneliness” (The Associated Press). • A... Read more

The Poisonwood Bible

By: Barbara Kingsolver

Narrated by: Dean Robertson

Length: 15 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

“A powerful new epic . . . [Kingsolver] has with infinitely steady hands worked the prickly threads of religion, politics, race, sin and redemption into a thing of terrible beauty.” —Los Angeles Times Book ReviewThe Poisonwood Bible is a story told by the wife and four daughters of Nathan Price, a fierce, evangelical Baptist who takes his family... Read more

Days at the Morisaki Bookshop

By: Satoshi Yagisawa

Narrated by: Catherine Ho

Length: 5 hours

Abridged: No

The wise and charming international bestseller and hit Japanese movie—about a young woman who loses everything but finds herself—a tale of new beginnings, romantic and family relationships, and the comfort that can be found in books. Twenty-five-year-old Takako has enjoyed a relatively easy existence—until the day her boyfriend Hideaki, the man... Read more

The Bluest Eye

By: Toni Morrison

Narrated by: Toni Morrison

Length: 7 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

The Bluest Eye, published in 1970, is the first novel written by Toni Morrison, winner of the 1993 Nobel Prize in Literature.

It is the story of eleven-year-old Pecola Breedlove--a black girl in an America whose love for its blond, blue-eyed children can devastate all others--who prays for her eyes to turn blue: so that she will be beautiful, so... Read more

All the Light We Cannot See

By: Anthony Doerr

Narrated by: Zach Appelman

Length: 16 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Winner of the Audie Award for Fiction

*NOW A NETFLIX LIMITED SERIES—from producer and director Shawn Levy (Stranger Things) starring Mark Ruffalo, Hugh Laurie, and newcomer Aria Mia Loberti*

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist, the beloved instant New York Times bestseller and New York Times Book Review Top 10 Book about... Read more

One Two Three

By: Laurie Frankel

Narrated by: Emma Galvin, Jesse Vilinsky & Rebecca Soler

Length: 15 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

"The smart choice of narrators Emma Galvin (One), Jesse Vilinsky (Two), and Rebecca Soler (Three) as the Mitchell triplets is entertaining in addition to their amazing synergy." -- Booklist (starred review)

This program includes a bonus conversation with the author.

From Laurie Frankel, the New York Times bestselling author of This Is How It... Read more

The Waiting

By: Michael Connelly

Narrated by: Christine Lakin, Titus Welliver & Madison Lintz

Length: 10 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

LAPD Detective Renée Ballard tracks a serial rapist whose trail has gone cold, and enlists a new volunteer to the Open-Unsolved Unit: Patrol Officer Maddie Bosch, Harry’s daughter.

Renée Ballard and the LAPD’s Open-Unsolved Unit get a hot shot DNA connection between a recently arrested man and a serial rapist and murderer who went quiet twenty... Read more

The Spear Cuts Through Water

By: Simon Jimenez

Narrated by: Joel de la Fuente

Length: 17 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Two warriors shepherd an ancient god across a broken land to end the tyrannical reign of a royal family in this epic fantasy from the author of The Vanished Birds.

“A beguiling fantasy not to be missed.”—Evelyn Skye, New York Times bestselling author of The Crown’s Game

WINNER OF THE IAFA CRAWFORD AWARD • WINNER OF THE BRITISH FANTASY AWARD •... Read more

The Vaster Wilds

By: Lauren Groff

Narrated by: January LaVoy

Length: 7 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2023

NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY NPR, TIME, ESQUIRE, VOGUE, LA TIMES, SLATE, HARPER'S BAZAAR and others

“Part historical, part horror, part breathless thriller, part wilderness survival tale, The Vaster Wilds is a story about the lengths to which we will go to stay... Read more

The Anthropologists

By: Aysegül Savas

Narrated by: Kathryn Aboya

Length: 4 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents The Anthropologists by Aysegül Savas, read by Kathryn Aboya.

"Like Walter Benjamin, Aysegül Savas uncovers trapdoors to bewilderment everywhere in everyday life; like Henry James, she sees marriage as a mystery, unsoundably deep. The Anthropologists is mesmerizing; I felt I read it in a single breath." -Garth Greenwell

“Savas... Read more

The River We Remember

By: William Kent Krueger

Narrated by: CJ Wilson

Length: 13 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

AN EDGAR AWARD NOMINEE

In 1958, a small Minnesota town is rocked by a shocking murder, pouring fresh fuel on old grievances in this dazzling novel, an instant New York Times bestseller and “a work of art” (The Denver Post).

On Memorial Day in Jewel, Minnesota, the body of wealthy landowner Jimmy Quinn is found floating in the Alabaster River,... Read more

The Goldfinch

By: Donna Tartt

Narrated by: David Pittu

Length: 32 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

A young New Yorker grieving his mother's death is pulled into a gritty underworld of art and wealth in this "extraordinary" and beloved Pulitzer Prize winner from the author of The Secret History that "connects with the heart as well as the mind" (Stephen King, New York Times Book Review). Theo Decker, a 13-year-old New Yorker, miraculously... Read more

Shark Heart

By: Emily Habeck

Narrated by: Karissa Vacker, Shaun Taylor-Corbett & Soneela ...

Length: 7 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

A New York Times Editors’ Choice
A USA TODAY Bestseller
A Booklist Editor’s Choice
A Goodreads Choice Award Nominee
A Massachusetts Book Awards Fiction Honors Selection
Shortlisted for the Brooklyn Public Library Book Prize

A “beautifully written” (Anthony Doerr, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of All the Light We Cannot See) debut novel of... Read more

Less (Winner of the Pulitzer Prize)

By: Andrew Sean Greer

Narrated by: Robert Petkoff

Length: 8 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

A struggling novelist travels the world to avoid an awkward wedding in this hilarious Pulitzer Prize-winning novel full of "arresting lyricism and beauty" (The New York Times Book Review).WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE
National Bestseller
A New York Times Notable Book of 2017
A Washington Post Top Ten Book of 2017
A San Francisco Chronicle Top Ten... Read more

My Year of Rest and Relaxation

By: Ottessa Moshfegh

Narrated by: Julia Whelan

Length: 7 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Named a Best Book of the Year by The Washington Post, Time, NPR, Vice, Bustle, The New York Times, The Guardian, Kirkus Reviews, Entertainment Weekly, The AV Club, & Audible

A New York Times Bestseller • New York Times Readers Pick: 100 Best Books of the 21st Century 

“One of the most compelling protagonists modern fiction has offered in... Read more

Carrie Soto Is Back

By: Taylor Jenkins Reid

Narrated by: Stacy Gonzalez, Mary Carillo, Patrick Mcenroe, ...

Length: 10 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “An epic adventure about a female athlete perhaps past her prime, brought back to the tennis court for one last grand slam” (Elle), from the author of Malibu Rising, Daisy Jones & The Six, and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

“A heart-filled novel about an iconic and persevering father and... Read more