Performance audiobooks

Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent

By: Judi Dench & Brendan O'Hea

Narrated by: Barbara Flynn, Brendan O'Hea & Judi Dench

Length: 12 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

"In a remarkable performance, Flynn laughs, jokes, and calls O'Hea to task when he's wrong--all sounding very much like the famous Dench...The final segment has Dench (in her own voice) and O'Hea engaged in friendly, very funny, squabbling. Informative, educational and altogether brilliant listening!"—AudioFile (Earphones Award Winner)


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Carson the Magnificent

By: Bill Zehme

Narrated by: Johnny Heller

Length: 9 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

A much-anticipated biography—twenty years in the making—of the entertainer who redefined late-night television and reshaped American culture.

In 2002, Bill Zehme landed one of the most coveted assignments for a magazine writer: an interview with Johnny Carson—the only one he’d granted since retiring from hosting... Read more

Macbeth

By: William Shakespeare

Narrated by: Full Cast Dramatization

Length: 2 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

FOLGER SHAKESPEARE LIBRARY
The World’s Leading Center for Shakespeare Studies

The Folger Shakespeare Library, home to the world’s largest Shakespeare collection, brings Macbeth to life with this new full-length, full-cast dramatic recording of its definitive Folger Edition.

Macbeth, one of Shakespeare’s most popular plays, is among the most... Read more

Othello

By: William Shakespeare

Length: 3 hours 10 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, beware, my lord, of... Read more

BBC Radio Shakespeare: A Collection of Eight Comedies

By: William Shakespeare

Narrated by: Anne-Marie Duff, David Tennant, Full Cast, Hele...

Length: 16 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Eight full-cast BBC Radio productions of Shakespeare's best-loved comedies

Full of merriment, mayhem, mischief and mistaken identity, here are eight iconic radio productions of Shakespeare's most magical comedies, featuring star casts and introduced by Sir Richard Eyre.

Much Ado About Nothing
Shakespeare's delightful comedy sparkles with the verbal... Read more

The Great Gatsby

By: F. Scott Fitzgerald

Narrated by: Derrick Magolski

Length: 4 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

The Great Gatsby: An Exquisitely Crafted 1920s American Tale of Life-Long Obsessions & Ceaseless Devotions“So, we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”On the prosperous Long Island shores sit the grand affluence of West Egg and East Egg — places where a sinister Gatsby’s mansion, with his mysterious... Read more

My Name Is Lucy Barton (Dramatic Production)

By: Elizabeth Strout & Rona Munro

Narrated by: Laura Linney

Length: 1 hour 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Presenting an original audiobook performance of the stage production of My Name is Lucy Barton, starring Academy Award and Tony nominee Laura Linney.

Praised as "deeply affecting" and "heartbreaking" by The Guardian (UK), this is a faithful adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Elizabeth Strout's bestselling novel of the same name.... Read more

Notes from the Field

By: Anna Deavere Smith

Narrated by: Anna Deavere Smith

Length: 3 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

"Smith’s powerful style of living journalism uses the collective, cathartic nature of the theater to move us from despair toward hope.” —The Village Voice 

Anna Deavere Smith’s extraordinary form of documentary theater shines a light on injustices by portraying the real-life people who have experienced them. "One of her most ambitious and... Read more

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

By: Fred Rogers

Narrated by: John Lithgow & Kate Mulgrew

Length: 1 hour 22 minutes

Abridged: No

The New York Times Best Seller 

For the first time ever, 75 beloved songs from Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood and The Children's Corner are collected in this charming treasury, sure to be cherished by generations of children as well as the millions of adults who grew up with Mister Rogers. The audiobook includes the iconic song Won't You Be My... Read more

This Could Hurt

By: Jillian Medoff

Narrated by: Andrea Gallo, Nick Podehl, Saskia Maarleveld, S...

Length: 12 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

A funny and deeply felt novel that illuminates the pivotal role of work in our lives—a riveting fusion of The Nest, Up in the Air, and Then We Came to the End that captures the emotional complexities of five HR colleagues trying to balance ambition, hope, and fear as their small company is buffeted by economic forces that threaten to upend... Read more

Heart Spring Mountain

By: Robin MacArthur

Narrated by: Suzanne Elise Freeman

Length: 9 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

In this evocative first novel, a young woman returns to her rural Vermont hometown in the wake of a devastating storm to search for her missing mother and unravel a powerful family secret.It’s August 2011, and Tropical Storm Irene has just wreaked havoc on Vermont, flooding rivers and destroying homes. One thousand miles away—while tending bar... Read more

Sycamore

By: Bryn Chancellor

Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell, Steven Jay Cohen, Sara Mors...

Length: 11 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

“In this masterful performance, Bryn Chancellor explores the loss around which an entire community has calcified with humanity and wisdom. Chancellor digs deep in these pages, unearthing broken hearts, secrets, betrayals, passion and—most impressively—grace. What a joy to find a book that is both propulsive and perfectly composed.”—Cynthia... Read more

LaRose

By: Louise Erdrich

Narrated by: Louise Erdrich

Length: 14 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in FictionFinalist for the PEN Faulkner AwardIn this literary masterwork, Louise Erdrich, bestselling author of the National Book Award-winning The Round House and the Pulitzer Prize nominee The Plague of Doves, wields her breathtaking narrative magic in an emotionally haunting contemporary tale... Read more

The Nest

By: Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney

Narrated by: Mia Barron

Length: 11 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

A warm, funny and acutely perceptive debut novel about four adult siblings and the fate of the shared inheritance that has shaped their choices and their lives.Every family has its problems. But even among the most troubled, the Plumb family stands out as spectacularly dysfunctional. Years of simmering tensions finally reach a breaking point on... Read more

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

By: Milan Kundera

Narrated by: Richmond Hoxie

Length: 9 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

When The Unbearable Lightness of Being was first published in English, it was hailed as ""a work of the boldest mastery, originality, and richness"" by critic Elizabeth Hardwick and named one of the best books of 1984 by the New York Times Book Review. It went on to win the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction and quickly became an... Read more

Die Stille vor Lilou

By: Astrid Korten

Narrated by: Markus Sellmann

Length: 6 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

SHORTLIST LOVELYBOOKS LESERPREIS 2021 "Wenn man den Pfad der Vergeltung beschreitet, soll man zwei Gräber ausheben."(Konfuzius) Jules Lefèvre ist Lehrer an der Public École im normannischen Lion-sur-Mer. Jules und seine Frau Malin genießen das Familienglück mit der kleinen Tochter Lilou. Doch dann zwingt ein Burn-out Jules, sich zu Hause... Read more

Spare Me

By: Anthony Cumia

Narrated by: Anthony Cumia

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

You won’t want to miss the explosive insights and unfiltered perspective in legendary broadcaster Anthony Cumia’s latest book.In his much-anticipated second book, Spare Me, radio personality and podcaster Anthony Cumia returns, unleashing a scorching and unapologetic commentary that spans the spectrum from politics to entertainment, while... Read more

The Glass Menagerie

By: Tennessee Williams

Narrated by: Calista Flockhart, John Goodman, Julie Harris, ...

Length: 1 hour 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Tennessee Williams’s iconic work is an evocative memory-play about an eccentric Southern family revolving around the domineering Amanda Wingfield and her grown children: the cynical Tom and the fragile Laura. This L.A. Theatre Works production reunites the cast of the Roundabout Theatre’s celebrated revival, which earned Drama Desk Awards for... Read more

Eight Shakespeare Comedies - Abridged

By: William Shakespeare

Narrated by: Alexandra Lee Smith, Lillian Rachel, Alan Weyma...

Length: 19 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: Yes

This collection contains eight of Shakespeare’s best loved comedies. Each exhibits the vigour, humour, and optimism of the young master before he turned to the gloom and bitterness of the great tragedies.ContentsA Midsummer Night’s DreamAll’s Well That Ends WellTwelfth NightMuch Ado About NothingThe Comedy of ErrorsAs You Like ItMeasure for... Read more

Ace & Ryker

By: Mia Rosé & Anna Rush

Narrated by: Tom Belles & Patrick Emons

Length: 1 hour 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Eine verhängnisvolle Doppelbelegung und ein toter Weihnachtsmann. Zwei Männer, die sich nicht leiden können und ungewollt zu Komplizen werden. Ace und Ryker hatten nie geplant, sich eine Wohnung zu teilen. Genauso wenig wie den seltsamen Mops, die Kutschfahrt mit Todesfolge und einer Flucht mit anschließendem Hangover. Werden sie sich... Read more

La radio puesta

By: Javier Montes

Narrated by: Javier Montes

Length: 1 hour 23 minutes

Abridged: No

¿De verdad el vídeo mató a la estrella de la radio, como sentenciaba la canción de los Buggles? No, simplemente la desplazó a otro lugar. Este libro reivindica la radio como compañía, como inspiración, como ventana al mundo que combina lo íntimo y lo universal. La radio que ponemos cada mañana para aterrizar en la realidad mientras preparamos el... Read more

La parure

By: Guy de Maupassant

Narrated by: Christophe Tabard

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

La parure, de Guy de Maupassant, est une nouvelle parue dans Le Gaulois le 17 février 1884Guy de Maupassant né le 5 août 1850 au château de Miromesnil près de Tourville-sur-Arques (France) et mort le 6 juillet 1893 dans le 16e arrondissement de Paris, est un écrivain et journaliste littéraire français.Ce maître du récit réaliste peint les mœurs... Read more

A Rare Recording of Film Icon Shirley Temple - Abridged

By: author

Narrated by: Shirley Temple

Length: 42 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Shirley Temple (April 23, 1928 - February 10, 2014) was an American actress, singer, dancer, and diplomat, who was Hollywood's number-one box-office draw as a child actress from 1934 to 1938. Temple began her film career in 1931 when she was three years old. In 1935, she received a special Juvenile Academy Award for her contributions in motion... Read more

A Rare Recording of Film Icon Burt Lancaster - Abridged

By: author

Narrated by: Burt Lancaster

Length: 10 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Burton Stephen Lancaster (November 2, 1913 - October 20, 1994), born in New York City, was an American actor, producer and director. Initially known for playing tough guys with a tender heart, he went on to achieve success with more complex and challenging roles over a 45-year career in films and television. He was a four-time Academy Award Best... Read more