Strange Doors & New Worlds

The Dispossessed

A Novel

Hainish Cycle

By: Ursula K. Le Guin
Narrated by: Don Leslie
Length: 13 hours 25 minutes

“One of the greats….Not just a science fiction writer; a literary icon.” – Stephen KingFrom the brilliant and award-winning author Ursula K. Le Guin comes a classic tale of two planets torn apart by conflict and mistrust — and the man who risks everything to reunite them.A bleak moon settled by utopian anarchists, Anarres has long been isolated... 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

The Cloisters

A Novel

By: Katy Hays
Narrated by: Emily Tremaine
Length: 10 hours 16 minutes

“Um, yikes. Up until now, I was feeling pretty salty that I had been rejected from the internship I applied to at the Cloisters during my freshman year of college. Now, I’m thinking it was for the best. The Cloisters is an atmospheric Gothic thriller named for the lesser-known campus of The Met in NYC that specializes in medieval European art.... Read more

Kindred

By: Octavia E. Butler
Narrated by: Kim Staunton
Length: 10 hours 54 minutes

The first science fiction written by a Black woman, Kindred has become a cornerstone of Black American literature. This combination of slave memoir, fantasy, and historical fiction is a novel of rich literary complexity. Having just celebrated her 26th birthday in 1976 California, Dana, an African-American woman, is suddenly and inexplicably... Read more

If We Were Villains

A Novel

By: M. L. Rio
Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
Length: 12 hours 49 minutes

“Much like Donna Tartt’s The Secret History, M. L. Rio’s sparkling debut is a richly layered story of love, friendship, and obsession...If We Were Villains will keep you riveted through its final, electrifying moments.”
--Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney, New York Times bestselling author of The Nest

Oliver Marks has just served ten years in jail – for a... Read more

Hell Bent

A Novel

Ninth House Series: Book #2

By: Leigh Bardugo
Narrated by: Lauren Fortgang & Michael David Axtell
Length: 16 hours 15 minutes

“Are you prepared to go to hell? I thought I was. Even Alex and crew thought they were. (Biting my tongue to avoid spoilers) I love everything that Bardugo is trying to do with the Alex Stern series: Dark academia, magic, mystery, secret societies, good vs. evil. I'm on board! ... But there's A LOT happening in Hell Bent, maybe too much. Don't... Read more

Fairy Tale

By: Stephen King
Narrated by: Seth Numrich & Stephen King
Length: 24 hours 4 minutes

“For every reader who loves a fresh retelling of an old story, this audiobook is the perfect way to read one. The narrator does all the voices, from the charming to the revolting to the terrifying, with a character actor's panache and paces his performance perfectly as the tension rises. Read more

Uglies

Uglies: Book #1

By: Scott Westerfeld
Narrated by: Emily Tremaine
Length: 10 hours 12 minutes

Soon to be a major motion picture streaming on Netflix!

The first installment of Scott Westerfeld’s New York Times bestselling and award-winning Uglies series—a global phenomenon that started the dystopian trend.

Tally is about to turn sixteen, and she can’t wait. In just a few weeks she’ll have the operation that will turn her from a repellent... Read more

To Paradise

A Novel

By: Hanya Yanagihara
Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini, Catherine Ho, BD Wong, Feodor Chin & Kurt Kanazawa
Length: 28 hours 46 minutes

“Expansive, wholly original, and utterly engrossing, To Paradise is a masterpiece. Fans of Yanagihara’s A Little Life will find themselves making a little more room in their hearts for this marvelous, emotional, and brilliant story. Read more

The Time Machine The Lost Manuscript

By: H.G. Wells
Narrated by: Geoffrey Giuliano And The Icon Ensemble
Length: 59 minutes

“It sounds plausible enough tonight, but wait until tomorrow. Wait for the common sense of the morning.”

“Looking at these stars suddenly dwarfed my own troubles and all the gravities of terrestrial life.”

― H.G. Wells, The Time Machine

Herbert George Wells was an English writer. Prolific in many genres, he wrote dozens of novels, short stories,... Read more

The Thin Place

By: Kathryn Davis
Narrated by: Shelly Frasier
Length: 7 hours

The prize-winning author of Versailles tells the story of a small New England village unsettled by a young girl's unearthly gift. In Varennes, a town near the Canadian border, three girls come across the body of a dead man on the local lake's beach. Two of them run to get help, but twelve-year-old Mees Kipp stays with the body and somehow,... Read more

The Slow Regard of Silent Things

By: Patrick Rothfuss
Narrated by: Patrick Rothfuss
Length: 3 hours 39 minutes

Discover #1 New York Times-bestselling Patrick Rothfuss’ epic fantasy universe of The Kingkiller Chronicle, in this illustrated companion novella, The Slow Regard of Silent Things.

“I just love the world of Patrick Rothfuss.” —Lin-Manuel Miranda 

Deep below the University, there is a dark place. Few people know of it: a broken web of ancient... Read more

The Plot against America

By: Philip Roth
Narrated by: Ron Silver
Length: 13 hours 23 minutes

“This alternate history masterpiece imagines what would have happened if Charles Lindbergh won the presidential election in 1940 instead of Roosevelt. After the passing of Philip Roth, pay homage to this great writer by reading his work. Read more

The Phantom Tollbooth

By: Norton Juster
Narrated by: Rainn Wilson & Norton Juster
Length: 4 hours 40 minutes

Hailed as "a classic. . . . humorous, full of warmth and real invention" (The New Yorker), this beloved story--first published more than fifty ago--introduces readers to Milo and his adventures in the Lands Beyond.

For Milo, everything's a bore. When a tollbooth mysteriously appears in his room, he drives through only because he's got nothing... Read more

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Chronicles of Narnia: Book #2

By: C. S. Lewis
Narrated by: Michael York
Length: 4 hours 21 minutes

Don’t miss one of America’s top 100 most-loved novels, selected by PBS’s The Great American Read.Four adventurous siblings—Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy Pevensie—step through a wardrobe door and into the land of Narnia, a land frozen in eternal winter and enslaved by the power of the White Witch. But when almost all hope is lost, the return of... Read more

The Indian in the Cupboard

The Indian in the Cupboard

By: Lynne Reid Banks
Narrated by: Lynne Reid Banks
Length: 4 hours 20 minutes

A young  man receives two presents that will change his life:  a plastic miniature Indian that magically comes to  life inside a mysterious old cupboard. Read more

The House in the Cerulean Sea

By: TJ Klune
Narrated by: Daniel Henning
Length: 12 hours 12 minutes

“There aren't many books that can leave you wishing you were a parentless magical child feared by the rest of the society. But with characters like the ones in The House in the Cerulean Sea, you can't help but wish you belonged to such a wonderful, magical family. And the dialogue! You will not be able to drive while listening to it because... Read more

The Anomaly

By: Michael Rutger
Narrated by: Brandon Williams
Length: 9 hours 42 minutes

A rogue archaeologist is trapped in a Grand Canyon cave as a conspiracy theory comes to life in this "take no prisoners" survival thriller that puts our hero up against impossible odds (Preston & Child).

Not all secrets are meant to be found.
Nolan Moore is a rogue archaeologist hosting a documentary series derisively dismissed by the "real"... Read more

Peter Pan

By: J. M. Barrie
Narrated by: Christopher Cazenove
Length: 5 hours 2 minutes

“This is my all time favorite story. Peter Pan isn't just a story for kids, it hits a special place in every adults heart. We all have to grow up, and we all have that nostalgia and longing to be a kid again. The freedom of imagination and adventure. Such a cute story about magic and friendship, and the reality of what's to come in every child's... Read more

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children: Book #1

By: Ransom Riggs
Narrated by: Jesse Bernstein
Length: 9 hours 41 minutes

A mysterious island.

An abandoned orphanage.

A strange collection of very curious photographs.

It all waits to be discovered in Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, an unforgettable novel that makes for a thrilling listening experience. As our story opens, a horrific family tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island... Read more