Fiction - Literary audiobooks


عائشة تنزل إلى العالم السفلي - Abridged
By: بثينه العيسي
Narrated by: رهام حمدي زيدان
Length: 5 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: Yes
أنا عائشة. سأموتُ خلال سبعةِ أيّام. وحتى ذلك الحين قرّرتُ أن أكتب Read more
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Intuition - Abridged
By: Allegra Goodman
Narrated by: Jenna Stern
Length: 5 hours 45 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Hailed as “a writer of uncommon clarity” by the New Yorker, National Book Award finalist Allegra Goodman has dazzled readers with her acclaimed works of fiction, including such beloved bestsellers as The Family Markowitz and Kaaterskill Falls. Now she returns with a bracing new novel, at once an intricate mystery and a rich human drama set in... Read more
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Pensées d'écrivains célèbres - Abridged
By: Sacha Guitry
Narrated by: Sacha Guitry
Length: 38 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Pensées d'auteurs célèbres : Alfred de Musset, J-J Rousseau, Voltaire, Oscar Wilde, Proust, Lord Byron, Gustave Flaubert, et bien d'autres ! Autant de mots d'esprit qui laissent songeur et nous donne un aperçu des pensées et des avis de ces auteurs d'exception. Read more
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Ishmael - Abridged
By: Daniel Quinn
Narrated by: Anthony Heald
Length: 2 hours 54 minutes
Abridged: Yes
One of the most beloved and bestselling novels of spiritual adventure ever published, Ishmael has earned a passionate following. This special twenty-fifth anniversary edition features a new foreword and afterword by the author.
“A thoughtful, fearlessly low-key novel about the role of our species on the planet . . . laid out for us with an... Read more


The Smoke Jumper - Abridged
By: Nicholas Evans
Narrated by: Luke Perry
Length: 5 hours 3 minutes
Abridged: Yes
His first novel, the international phenomenon The Horse Whisperer, became a publishing legend, setting a benchmark for contemporary bestsellers when it hit #1 on the New York Times list faster than any first novel in history.
He returned to enthrall his fans all across the world with his second triumph, The Loop, proving that here was a master... Read more


В поисках синего - Abridged
By: Лоис Лоури
Narrated by: Илья Веселов
Length: 5 hours
Abridged: Yes
Кира родилась с физическим изъяном. От подобных ей в поселке сразу избавляются — таков обычай. Кире удалось выжить, но теперь, после смерти матери, она остается один на один с разгневанными соседями, требующими расправы. На суде, где решается судьба сироты, ее защитник отмечает: девочка обладает удивительным умением. И это умение сыграет в... Read more
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Challenger Park - Abridged
By: Stephen Harrigan
Narrated by: Sam Freed
Length: 5 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: Yes
From the author of the acclaimed and best-selling The Gates of the Alamo, a novel of extraordinary power about what it’s like, and what it means, to journey into space as one of today’s astronauts.
At the novel’s center: Lucy Kincheloe, an astronaut married to an astronaut, the loving mother of two young children, with a fierce ambition to excel... Read more


بيت السودان - Abridged
By: محمد حياوي
Narrated by: محمد الحكيم
Length: 4 hours 30 minutes
Abridged: Yes
حكايةُ دار تحاصره الحروب، وطن صغير يحيا في زمانٍ موازٍ. إنه بيت السودان الموجود في بغداد، الذي تعيش فيه الفتيات السمراوات ليخففن من أثر الحرب والفقد عن زواره؛ من خلال مجالس الرقص والسمر. ورغم أن هذا البيت يعتبر بقعة يحج إليها عشاق السمر، إلا أنه بيت ترسخت في أرجائه الفضيلة التي غابت عن كل المطارح سواه، فلا بغاء ولا دعارة تمارس داخل هذه... Read more
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السندباد الأعمى: أطلس البحر والحرب - Abridged
By: بثينه العيسي
Narrated by: رهام حمدي زيدان
Length: 6 hours 57 minutes
Abridged: Yes
«الخوفُ صمغ، إنه يشدُّ الأجزاء المتنافرة إلى بعضها ويصنع منها جسدًا هجينًا». «نادية»، زوجة حالمة تحب الكتابة وتحلم بكتابة أول رواية لها. تتعرض لحادثٍ يودي بحياتها، إلا أن حضورها يظل مركزيًا في أحداث الرواية. في دائرة «نادية» نتعرف على الزوج «نواف» وطفلتهما «مناير»، وصديق العائلة «عامر». ورغم أن ظهورهم الأول في السرد كان على شاطئ البحر في تجمعٍ... Read more
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Plötzlich Sommer - Abridged
By: Thomas Kautenburger
Narrated by: Thomas Kautenburger
Length: 8 hours 49 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Der Protagonist Jean Degrange erzählt einer Journalistin, die für ihr Magazin über Schicksale berichtet, seine Lebensgeschichte. In Frankreich aufgewachsen, früh seiner Wurzeln durch die Ehescheidung der Eltern beraubt, schlägt er sich im für ihn fremden Deutschland durch. Er studiert Grafik-Design und macht sich selbstständig. Beruflich... Read more
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The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford - Abridged
By: Ron Hansen
Narrated by: Sam Freed
Length: 6 hours 12 minutes
Abridged: Yes
“Recalls the literature of Americana by John Steinbeck, Erskine Caldwell, Willa Cather, and Hamlin Garland . . . Hansen has broadened our perception of the West in much the same way as the best historians . . . and proven himself one of our finest stylists of American historical fiction.” —Christian Science MonitorBestselling author Ron Hansen... Read more
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In the Company of the Courtesan - Abridged
By: Sarah Dunant
Narrated by: Richard Grant
Length: 5 hours 45 minutes
Abridged: Yes
My lady, Fiammetta Bianchini, was plucking her eyebrows and biting color into her lips when the unthinkable happened and the Holy Roman Emperor’s army blew a hole in the wall of God’s eternal city, letting in a flood of half-starved, half-crazed troops bent on pillage and punishment.
Thus begins In the Company of the Courtesan, Sarah Dunant’s... Read more


Inselstolz - Das Hörbuch - Abridged
By: Gerhard Waldherr & Uwe Bahn
Narrated by: Axel Prahl & Katharina Thalbach
Length: 3 hours 41 minutes
Abridged: Yes
18 Insulaner berichten vom Leben zwischen Land und Meer. Dort, wo der Wind wohnt und der Blick endlos ist. Wo morgens die Dünen glühen und abends kein Schiff mehr geht. Wie lebt es sich im Sehnsuchtsland, in dem andere nur Urlaub machen? In diesem Buch erzählen unter anderem Sylts Austernprinzessin, Borkums singender Wattführer und ein mutiger... Read more
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Sturmkap - Das Hörbuch - Abridged
By: Stefan Kruecken & Hans-Peter Jürgens
Narrated by: Axel Prahl
Length: 2 hours 31 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Vor Kap Hoorn, 1939: Seit Wochen kämpft die Besatzung der Viermastbark Priwall gegen schwere Stürme. Als der Großsegler aus Hamburg in Valparaiso festmacht, beginnt für den fünfzehnjährigen Schiffsjungen Hans Peter Jürgens eine Irrfahrt durch eine Welt im Krieg. Er arbeitet als Straßenbauer in Chile, überlebt ein Lager im afrikanischen Dschungel... Read more
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Unverkäuflich! - Das Hörbuch - Abridged
By: Stefan Kruecken
Narrated by: Stephan Benson
Length: 3 hours 53 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Bobby Dekeyser ist fünfzehn, als er im Unterricht aufsteht und beschließt, Fußballprofi zu werden. Vier Jahre später steht er im Tor des FC Bayern München. Nachdem ihn ein Gegenspieler schwer verletzt hat, beginnt ein spektakuläres Abenteuer: Von einem Bauernhof in Niedersachsen aus schafft es Dekeyser, Vater von drei Kindern, ein globales... Read more
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Zechenkinder - Das Hörbuch - Abridged
By: David Schraven & Uwe Weber
Narrated by: Uwe Fellensiek
Length: 3 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Nicht mehr lange, dann wird der Bergbau im Ruhrgebiet Geschichte sein. In ZECHENKINDER erzählen 25 Kumpel von der schwarzen Seele des "Potts". Über Kameradschaft, von Maloche unter Tage, über den Willen zu überleben und den Fluch der Staublunge. Über eine Arbeiterwelt, in der das Wort "Arschloch" keine Beleidigung sein muss und ein gemeinsames... Read more
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أيام الهجران - Abridged
By: Elena Ferrante
Narrated by: ورد إسماعيل
Length: 7 hours 9 minutes
Abridged: Yes
يقرر «ماريو» أن ينهي زواجه الهادئ الذي استمر خمسة عشر عامًا، فيخبر زوجته «أولغا» أنه سيتركها هي وطفليهما من أجل امرأةٍ أخرى أصغر سنًا. تذهب بنا القصة بتدرجٍ بطيءٍ للمراحل المختلفة التي مرت بها أولغا مع الهجران وتأثيره عليها؛ بدءًا من الإنكار واعتبار الهجر أمرًا مؤقتًا وسينتهي سريعًا، ومرورًا بكبت غضبها وحزنها لتحتفظ بالعقلانية والهدوء، ثم... Read more
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Queen of the Underworld - Abridged
By: Gail Godwin
Narrated by: Stephanie Zimbalist
Length: 5 hours 39 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Here at last is the eagerly awaited new novel from New York Times bestselling author Gail Godwin. Queen of the Underworld is sweeping and sultry literary fiction, featuring a memorable young heroine and engaging characters whose intimate dramas interconnect with hers.
In the summer of 1959, as Castro clamps down on Cuba and its first wave of... Read more


Mathilda oder Irgendwer stirbt immer - Abridged
By: Dora Heldt
Narrated by: Katja Danowski
Length: 5 hours 20 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Mathilda liebt ihr Dorf Dettebüll in Nordfriesland, seine Einwohner und ihre Familie. Naja, bis auf Ilse, ihre Mutter, vielleicht. Ilse ist - im Gegensatz zu Mathilda - eine Ausgeburt an Boshaftigkeit und Niedertracht. Veränderungen sind Mathilda ein Gräuel, und so kämpft sie seit vierzig Jahren um Harmonie in der Familie. Doch dann gerät... Read more
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Abide with Me - Abridged
By: Elizabeth Strout
Narrated by: Gerrianne Raphael
Length: 5 hours 52 minutes
Abridged: Yes
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Olive Kitteridge and My Name is Lucy Barton comes a “deeply moving” (The Washington Post) novel that “confirms Strout as the possessor of an irresistibly companionable, peculiarly American voice” (The Atlantic Monthly).
“Superb . . . a shimmering tale of loss, faith, and human... Read more


Leonardo's Swans - Abridged
By: Karen Essex
Narrated by: Elizabeth Sastre
Length: 5 hours 52 minutes
Abridged: Yes
LEONARDO'S SWANS is the story of the powerful Este sisters, Beatrice, Duchess of Milan, and Isabella, Marchesa of Mantua, as they compete for the affections of Italy's most influential prince, the Duke of Milan, and for the larger prize, to be immortalized in oil by his court painter and engineer, Leonardo da Vinci. Sexy, inspiring, and... Read more
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الجمعية السرية للمواطنين - Abridged
By: أشرف العشماوي
Narrated by: محمد العربي
Length: 9 hours 35 minutes
Abridged: Yes
تنطلق أحداث الرواية من عام 1977 م، الذي سُرقت فيه لوحة «زهرة الخشخاش» الشهيرة للفنان الهولندي «فينسنت فان جوخ»، من متحف محمد محمود خليل بالقاهرة. رسم «معتوق الرفاعي» بطل الرواية لوحة مشابهة لها تمامًا، بل تضاهي اللوحة الأصلية في جمالها وخطوطها وألوانها، ثم نفذ بمعاونة آخرين جريمته واستبدل اللوحة الأصلية باللوحة المزيفة. في هذه الرواية، يرسم لنا... Read more
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Beautiful Lies - Abridged
By: Lisa Unger
Narrated by: Jenna Lamia
Length: 5 hours 39 minutes
Abridged: Yes
If Ridley Jones had slept ten minutes later or had taken the subway instead of waiting for a cab, she would still be living the beautiful lie she used to call her life. She would still be the privileged daughter of a doting father and a loving mother. Her life would still be perfect—with only the tiny cracks of an angry junkie for a... Read more
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Love and Other Impossible Pursuits - Abridged
By: Ayelet Waldman
Narrated by: Ellen Reilly
Length: TBA
Abridged: Yes
In this moving, wry, and candid novel, widely acclaimed novelist Ayelet Waldman takes us through one woman’s passage through love, loss, and the strange absurdities of modern life.Emilia Greenleaf believed that she had found her soulmate, the man she was meant to spend her life with. But life seems a lot less rosy when Emilia has to deal with... Read more
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