Fractured Fairytales & Folklore

The Last Tale of the Flower Bride

A Novel

By: Roshani Chokshi
Narrated by: Steve West & Sura Siu
Length: 9 hours 16 minutes

“This is one of the most surprising books I have ever read - the ending made me want to reread the book immediately with a different perspective of knowing what happens. I went into this book knowing very little about it to be pleasantly enchanted with a lush, seductive, dangerously dark, and masterfully crafted fairytale of loss and love. This... Read more

The God of Endings

A Novel

By: Jacqueline Holland
Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
Length: 16 hours 45 minutes

“This haunting debut is set in 1984 upstate New York, where immortal artist Collette LeSange runs a prestigious pre-school. Despite her youthful appearance, she carries centuries of heartache; when a troubled child arrives she’s forced to confront her haunted past. This atmospheric vampire tale offers a dark, beautifully written exploration of... Read more

Let the Right One In

A Novel

By: John Ajvide Lindqvist
Narrated by: Steven Pacey
Length: 16 hours 48 minutes

John Ajvide Lindqvist’s international bestseller Let the Right One In is “a brilliant take on the vampire myth, and a roaring good story” (New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong), the basis for the multi-film festival award-winning Swedish film, the U.S. adaptation Let Me In directed by Matt Reeves (The Batman), and the Showtime TV... Read more

Fevered Star

Between Earth and Sky: Book #2

By: Rebecca Roanhorse
Narrated by: Christian Barillas, Darrell Dennis, Cara Gee, Nicole Lewis & Shaun Taylor-Corbett
Length: 12 hours 57 minutes

“If you feel like you haven't read a good fantasy series in a while, pick this up! It has all the fantasy tropes you want, good pacing, intricate characters, political machinations, and a unique mythology. A very satisfying second book, plus Cara Gee is an amazing narrator! (Everyone does a good job, but she's a personal fav due to her role as... Read more

Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries

Emily Wilde: Book #1

By: Heather Fawcett
Narrated by: Ell Potter & Michael Dodds
Length: 12 hours 5 minutes

“Meet Emily Wilde, one of the leading experts on the fair folk and faerie world. Emily is a dedicated, introverted professor with an eye and heart for magic, but where she excels at academia, she struggles at people skills. When she travels to the faerie populated town of Ljosland to work on her Encyclopaedia, the last person she expects to find... Read more

The Women of Troy

A Novel

The Women of Troy Series: Book #2

By: Pat Barker
Narrated by: Kristin Atherton
Length: 12 hours 16 minutes

A daring and timely feminist retelling of The Iliad from the perspective of the women of Troy who endured it—an extraordinary follow up to The Silence of the Girls from the Booker Prize-winning author of The Regeneration Trilogy and “one of contemporary literature’s most thoughtful and compelling writers" (The Washington Post).

Troy has fallen... Read more

The Song of Achilles

A Novel

By: Madeline Miller
Narrated by: Frazer Douglas
Length: 11 hours 14 minutes

“A sweeping emotional tale of war, passion, and devastation. You are given insight into a hero's life through the eyes of Patroclus in a way that has never been done before.You may think you know the story of Achilles and Patroclus but I promise you, you don't. Miller is able to ensnare your imagination and capture the human spirit in a way few... Read more

The Return of Merlin - Abridged

By: Deepak Chopra, M.D.
Narrated by: Simon Jones
Length: 3 hours 4 minutes

The fictional debut of bestselling author, Deepak Chopra. Read more

The Mists of Avalon

Avalon (Bradley)

By: Marion Zimmer Bradley
Narrated by: Davina Porter
Length: 50 hours 53 minutes

In the tradition of T.H. White's The Once and Future King, the author makes use of the prerequisites of the Arthurian legend: Excalibur, the Holy Grail, Lancelet's illicit love for Gwenhwyfar, the destruction of Camelot, but with a twist--she presents the entire panoramic story from the female point of view. No passive by-standers, these earthy... Read more

The Maidens

A Novel

By: Alex Michaelides
Narrated by: Kobna Holdbrook-Smith & Louise Brealey
Length: 9 hours 18 minutes

“Intensely dark, mysterious, and intelligent, The Maidens is reminiscent of Thomas Harris’ The Silence of the Lambs. The charming and brilliant Edward Fosca provides ample moments of tension in this game of cat and mouse. To top it off, the use of Greek mythology that weaves throughout the narrative lends an aura of the fantastic that makes the... Read more

The Child Thief

By: Brom
Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
Length: 19 hours 36 minutes

The acclaimed artist Brom brilliantly displays his multiple extraordinary talents in The Child Thief—a spellbinding re-imagining of the beloved Peter Pan story that carries readers through the perilous mist separating our world from the realm of Faerie. As Gregory Maguire did with his New York Times bestselling Wicked novels, Brom takes a... Read more

Spear

By: Nicola Griffith
Narrated by: Nicola Griffith
Length: 5 hours 42 minutes

This program is read by the author and includes a bonus PDF of detailed notes.

A spellbinding and subversive queer recasting of Arthurian myth by the legendary author of Hild

The girl knows she has a destiny before she even knows her name. She grows up in the wild, in a cave with her mother, but visions of a faraway lake come to her on the spring... Read more

Snow & Rose

By: Emily Winfield Martin
Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
Length: 4 hours 29 minutes

A fairy-tale reimagining of Snow White and Rose Red from the New York Times bestselling author-illustrator Emily Winfield Martin. Filled with stunning illustrations. 

"Emily Winfield Martin — reimagine[s] Brothers Grimm fairy tales, treating delight, with a few grisly bits folded in, as its own reward. The deeper meanings of these stories do... Read more

Slewfoot

A Tale of Bewitchery

By: Brom
Narrated by: Barrie Kreinik
Length: 14 hours 28 minutes

“A dark and vengeful historical fantasy full of excellent storytelling. This book is both a mystical fairytale, and an intense horror novel that will keep you listening to see what happens next! Fans of Guillermo Del Toro films will devour this book. Read more

Skellig

Skellig

By: David Almond
Narrated by: David Almond
Length: 3 hours 21 minutes

David Almond’s Printz Honor–winning novel celebrates its 10th anniversary!

Ten-year-old Michael was looking forward to moving into a new house. But now his baby sister is ill, his parents are frantic, and Doctor Death has come to call. Michael feels helpless. Then he steps into the crumbling garage. . . . What is this thing beneath the spiders'... Read more

Lost Boy

The True Story of Captain Hook

By: Christina Henry
Narrated by: Samuel Roukin
Length: 7 hours 43 minutes

“Have you ever watched a movie or read a book and wondered how the villain became the villain? Christina Henry did just that. Jamie, the first lost boy Peter brought from the Other Place, is an amazing character you can't help but sympathize with and want on your side, even knowing who he becomes. Jamie starts to see just who Peter Pan really is... Read more

Lore

By: Alexandra Bracken
Narrated by: Fryda Wolff
Length: 15 hours 47 minutes

From the #1 New York Times best-selling author of The Darkest Minds comes a sweepingly ambitious, high-octane tale of power, destiny, love, and redemption. Every seven years, the Agon begins. As punishment for a past rebellion, nine Greek gods are forced to walk the earth as mortals. They are hunted by the descendants of ancient bloodlines, all... Read more

Grendel

By: John Gardner
Narrated by: George Guidall
Length: 5 hours 31 minutes

This classic and much lauded retelling of Beowulf follows the monster Grendel as he learns about humans and fights the war at the center of the Anglo Saxon classic epic.

The first and most terrifying monster in English literature, from the great early epic Beowulf, tells his own side of the story in this frequently banned book. This is the novel... Read more

Gods of Jade and Shadow

By: Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Narrated by: Yetta Gottesman
Length: 11 hours 3 minutes

“When she accidentally frees the Mayan god of death from imprisonment, Casiopea Tun, armed only with her wits and her dreams of the future, is forced to leave her tiny village in southern Mexico and join an otherworldly battle of life and death alongside treacherous gods, hungry ghosts, and quick-talking demons. Journeying from the southern... Read more

Forestborn

Forestborn: Book #1

By: Elayne Audrey Becker
Narrated by: Sofia Zervudachi
Length: 15 hours 18 minutes

"Narrator Sofia Zervudachi strikes just the right tone - introspective but self-assured - as Rora tells her story" - AudioFile Magazine

A young, orphaned shapeshifter in a world that fears magic must risk everything if she hopes to save her only friend in Elayne Audrey Becker's Forestborn, first in a new fantasy series with a timeless feel.

TO BE... Read more