Recommendations from the Green Hand for those in search of Magical diversions

The Wee Free Men

Tiffany Aching: Book #1

By: Terry Pratchett
Narrated by: Indira Varma, Bill Nighy & Steven Cree
Length: 8 hours 48 minutes

ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults * ALA Notable Children's Book * Horn Book Fanfare Book * Kirkus Reviews Editor’s Choice * SLJ Best Book of the Year By the beloved and bestselling grandmaster of fantasy, Sir Terry Pratchett, this is the first in a series of Discworld novels starring the young witch Tiffany Aching.A nightmarish danger threatens... Read more

A Hat Full of Sky

Tiffany Aching: Book #2

By: Terry Pratchett
Narrated by: Indira Varma, Peter Serafinowicz, Bill Nighy & Steven Cree
Length: 9 hours 20 minutes

Winner of the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adolescent Literature * Locus Award for Best Young Adult Book Winner * ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults * ALA Notable Children's BookThe second in beloved and bestselling fantasy grandmaster Sir Terry Pratchett's beloved Discworld novels starring the young witch Tiffany Aching.Tiffany Aching is ready... Read more

The Wee Free Men

Discworld: Book #30

By: Terry Pratchett
Narrated by: Stephen Briggs
Length: 7 hours 9 minutes

ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults * ALA Notable Children's Book * Horn Book Fanfare Book * Kirkus Reviews Editor’s Choice * SLJ Best Book of the Year By the beloved and bestselling grandmaster of fantasy, Sir Terry Pratchett, this is the first in a series of Discworld novels starring the young witch Tiffany Aching.A nightmarish danger threatens... Read more

The Splendid City

By: Karen Heuler
Narrated by: Lauryn Allman
Length: 9 hours 55 minutes

A genre-blending story of modern witchcraft, a police state and WTF characters, for fans of Alice Hoffman and Madeline Miller.
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In the state of Liberty, water is rationed at alarming prices, free speech is hardly without a cost, and Texas has just declared itself its own country. In this society, paranoia is well-suited because eyes and ears are... Read more

Spirits Abroad

By: Zen Cho
Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
Length: 12 hours 49 minutes

A new expanded edition of Zen Cho’s award-winning debut collection.

Nineteen sparkling stories that weave between the lands of the living and the lands of the dead. Spirits Abroad is an expanded edition of Zen Cho’s Crawford Award–winning debut collection with nine added stories including Hugo Award
winner “If at First You Don’t Succeed, Try,... Read more

The Owl Service

By: Alan Garner
Narrated by: Wayne Forester
Length: 4 hours 51 minutes

After hearing scratches in the attic, Alison discovers a dinner service covered in an intriguing floral owl pattern, and a series of events are set in motion that will change her life forever. Alison, her step-brother Roger and Welsh boy Gwyn are forced into a cyclical replay of the tragic Welsh legend of Blodeuwedd, in which a woman is turned... Read more

The Hobbit

Lord of the Rings: Book #0

By: J.R.R. Tolkien
Narrated by: Rob Inglis
Length: 11 hours 4 minutes

Like every other hobbit, Bilbo Baggins likes nothing better than a quiet evening in his snug hole in the ground, dining on a sumptuous dinner in front of a fire. But when a wandering wizard captivates him with tales of the unknown, Bilbo becomes restless. Soon he joins the wizard's band of homeless dwarves in search of giant spiders, savage... Read more

The Curator

By: Owen King
Narrated by: Marin Ireland
Length: 14 hours 18 minutes

From New York Times bestselling author Owen King, who “writes with witty verve” (Entertainment Weekly) comes a “richly imagined” (The New York Times) Dickensian fantasy of illusion and charm where cats are revered as religious figures, thieves are noble, scholars are revolutionaries, and conjurers are the most wonderful criminals you can... Read more

American Gods: The Tenth Anniversary Edition

By: Neil Gaiman
Narrated by: Full Cast
Length: 19 hours 39 minutes

“Written by one of my favorite authors, Neil Gaiman, this novel is a blend of Americana, fantasy, and various strands of ancient and modern mythology, all centering on the mysterious and taciturn Shadow. Little did I know when I first picked up this book I was about to experience one of the most interesting and engaging stories I’d ever read. I... Read more

Certain Dark Things

A Novel

By: Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Narrated by: Aida Reluzco
Length: 8 hours 46 minutes

“What an engrossing, vibrant, new take on vampires. Part forbidden love story, part revenge caper, part bloodbath, this is easily one of my favorite vampire stories now. I love how Moreno-Garcia creates complex social structures and vampire-specific physical attributes to heighten tensions. This divide between vampires, as well as the... Read more

Book of Night

By: Holly Black
Narrated by: Sara Amini
Length: 12 hours 32 minutes

“Four words: Holly Black Adult Fantasy!! Where have you been and where can I get more? Charlie is no role model heroine. She is a thief and con-artist that is trying to do better, but gets drawn into a scheme to find the Book of Night, said to be filled with the darkest shadow magic and rituals. This book has Holly's trademark snarky main... Read more

The Land of Lost Things

A Novel

The Book of Lost Things: Book #2

By: John Connolly
Narrated by: Lucy Paterson
Length: 12 hours 43 minutes

The redemptive power of stories and family is revealed in New York Times bestselling author John Connolly’s atmospheric tale set in the same magical universe as the “enchanting, engrossing, and enlightening” (Sun Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale) The Book of Lost Things.

“Twice upon a time—for that is how some stories should continue…”

In this “dark... Read more

The Book of Lost Things

By: John Connolly
Narrated by: Steven Crossley
Length: 10 hours 59 minutes

High in his attic bedroom, twelve-year-old David mourns the loss of his mother. He is angry and he is alone, with only the books on his shelf for company. But those books have begun to whisper to him in the darkness, and as he takes refuge in the myths and fairytales so beloved of his dead mother he finds that the real world and the fantasy... Read more

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

By: Susanna Clarke
Narrated by: Simon Prebble
Length: 32 hours 25 minutes

At the dawn of the nineteenth century, two very different magicians emerge to change England's history. In the year 1806, with the Napoleonic Wars raging on land and sea, most people believe magic to be long dead in England-until the reclusive Mr Norrell reveals his powers, and becomes a celebrity overnight.

Soon, another practicing magician... Read more

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Fully Dramatized Audio Edition

Folger Shakespeare Library Presents

By: William Shakespeare
Narrated by: Full Cast Dramatization
Length: 2 hours 7 minutes

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The World’s Leading Center for Shakespeare Studies

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

In A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Shakespeare stages the... Read more

The Blue Sword

By: Robin McKinley
Narrated by: Diane Warren
Length: 12 hours 15 minutes

From the New York Times bestselling author of Sunshine is the Newberry Award–winning classic novel that had enthralled readers for decades.

This is the story of Corlath, golden-eyed king of the Free Hillfolk, son of the sons of the Lady Aerin.

And this is the story of Harry Crewe, the Homelander orphan girl who became Harimand-sol, King’s Raider,... Read more

The Hero and the Crown

By: Robin McKinley
Narrated by: Roslyn Alexander
Length: 10 hours 50 minutes

“I have no idea how many times I read this book growing up! This Newbery Award-winning book has it all - a lonely, but brave daughter of a king, her faithful steed, a dire threat to the kingdom, a magic sword - and did I mention DRAGONS? There's no mystery why I became such a sci-fi/fantasy nerd - I owe it all to Robin McKinley! Read more

In the Forest of Forgetting

By: Theodora Goss
Narrated by: Esther Wane
Length: 7 hours 44 minutes

Theodora Goss's first major short story collection showcases such stories as "The Rose in Twelve Petals," "The Rapid Advance of Sorrow," "Lily, With Clouds," "In the Forest of Forgetting," "Sleeping With Bears," and many more. Read more

Magic for Beginners

Stories

By: Kelly Link
Narrated by: Mark Bramhall, Cassandra Campbell, Danny Campbell, Robbie Daymond, Kirby Heyborne, Rebecca Lowman, Arthur Morey, Lorna Raver & Meera Simhan
Length: 10 hours 44 minutes

From MacArthur “Genius Grant” fellow Kelly Link, bestselling author of White Cat, Black Dog and The Book of Love, an “eerie and engrossing” (The Washington Post), “dazzling” (The New York Times Book Review) collection of short stories
 
“[These] exquisite stories mix the aggravations and epiphanies of everyday life with the stuff that legends,... Read more

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Dar Oakley in the Ruin of Ymr

By: John Crowley
Narrated by: John Crowley
Length: 15 hours 22 minutes

From award-winning author John Crowley comes an exquisite fantasy novel about a man who tells the story of a crow named Dar Oakley and his impossible lives and deaths in the land of Ka.A Crow alone is no Crow.Dar Oakley—the first Crow in all of history with a name of his own—was born two thousand years ago. When a man learns his language, Dar... Read more