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

“The chills that I got finishing this book! At once a dream and a slow building nightmare, the story is rich and lush as any fairytale. Chokshi’s playful language pulls you into a present whose edges blur into myth and bittersweet yearning. Read more

The God of Endings

A Novel

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

“I stayed up late 3 nights to finish Jacqueline Holland's debut novel, The God of Endings. I'd never pictured a vampire story that started in the United States in the 1820s - it made for a unique plot as opposed to a pure Eastern European origin story...The prose is simply lovely. I enjoyed Holland's use of imagery and characterization to develop... 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 49 minutes

“Once again, Rebecca Roanhorse has crafted a magnificent book continuing her Between Earth and Sky series. The Crow God has risen, and war seems inevitable between the clans, dragging Tova further into darkness. Toying with living legends, loyalty, and fate is a dangerous endeavor - whose side will you be on once the battle lines are drawn? This... 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

“I thoroughly enjoyed this story! It was appropriately dark for a book about fairies...'real' fairies, you know. It is set in a world in which Folklore, as in the lore of the fae, is a legitimate field of scientific study and it was fun reading a fairytale told through that lens. There was a sweet hint of romance and it features a heroine who... Read more

The Women of Troy

A Novel

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

“This is one of the best books I've ever read. Do your heart a favor and read this beautiful, tender, heartbreaking book. 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

“Alex Michaelides approaches The Maidens with a skillful hand and an eye for the mystery/thriller novel while expertly intertwining dark academia and psychological influences. This is one that will keep you invested until the very end. 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 14 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

World renowned critic John Gardner has received prestigious awards for his wide range of literary achievements including short stories, novels, and essays. When he turns his talents to retelling Beowulf, the earliest epic in British literature, the result is a work that combines extensive knowledge with a marvelous strain of pure fun. In... 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