Winter is coming

Snow Place Like Home

An Uplifting Christmas Romance

By: Lacey Baker
Narrated by: Trei Taylor
Length: 9 hours 12 minutes

From the author of Christmas in Evergreen: The Bells Are Ringing (adapted from the Hallmark Countdown to Christmas original movie) comes another heartwarming, small-town romance where two childhood sweethearts find their way back to each other while planning the town's Christmas tree auction.On a rare trip home for the holidays, Ella may have... Read more

Jane Eyre

By: Charlotte Brontë
Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon
Length: 18 hours 52 minutes

Jane Eyre, the plain yet spirited governess, introduced a new kind of heroine to literature: one whose virtuous integrity, sharp intellect, and tireless perseverance broke through class barriers to win equal stature with the man she loved.Orphaned and subject to a cruel regime at Lowood charity school, Jane nonetheless emerges unbroken in spirit... Read more

Emma

By: Jane Austen
Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon
Length: 15 hours 17 minutes

Often considered Jane Austen’s finest work, Emma is the story of a charmingly self-deluded heroine whose naive matchmaking schemes often lead to substantial mortification. Emma, “handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition, seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence; and had lived nearly twenty-one... Read more

Pride and Prejudice

By: Jane Austen
Narrated by: Carolyn Seymour
Length: 11 hours 28 minutes

“No matter how many times I return to this book, something new always stands out: a delightful quip or a reference I didn’t catch before. This is the ultimate comfort read and it never fails to cheer me up. Read more

Little Women

The Little Women Series: Book #1

By: Louisa May Alcott
Narrated by: C. M. Hébert
Length: 18 hours 59 minutes

This favorite book for children, based on the author’s own youthful experiences, describes the life of the March family in a small New England community in the 1800s.Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy March are raised in genteel poverty by their loving mother while their father serves as chaplain during the American Civil War. Jo at fifteen is ungainly,... Read more

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

A Full-Cast BBC Radio Dramatisation

BBC Radio’s The Lord of the Rings: Book #2

By: J.R.R. Tolkien
Narrated by: Ian Holm, Bill Nighy, Michael Hordern, John Le Mesurier, Peter Woodthorpe, Robert Stephens, John McAndrew, David Collings, Douglas Livingstone, Richard O'Callaghan & Full Cast
Length: 3 hours 10 minutes

The evil Saruman has been defeated by Gandalf, but in Mordor the battle for the Ruling Ring continues. Wounded by the giant spider, Shelob, Frodo has been captured by the dreaded orcs. Sam, alone and in possession of the Ring, must rescue his master if their mission - to find the Cracks of Doom, and there destroy the Ring - is to continue.... Read more

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

A Full-Cast BBC Radio Dramatisation

BBC Radio’s The Lord of the Rings: Book #1

By: Richard O'Callaghan
Narrated by: Peter Woodthorpe, Ian Holm, Robert Stephens, Michael Hordern, Bill Nighy, John McAndrew, David Collings, Douglas Livingstone & Full Cast
Length: 4 hours 35 minutes

With its first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on March 8, 1981, this dramatised tale of Middle Earth became an instant global classic. It boasts a truly outstanding cast including Ian Holm (as Frodo), Michael Hordern (as Gandalf), Robert Stephens (as Aragorn), Bill Nighy (as Sam Gamgee) and John Le Mesurier (as Bilbo).

Brian Sibley's famous adaptation... 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

Daughter of the Moon Goddess

A Novel

Celestial Kingdom: Book #1

By: Sue Lynn Tan
Narrated by: Natalie Naudus
Length: 15 hours

“This book was an amazing debut. The story of Xingyin just keeps you so invested. Magic, dragons, Chinese folklore, a love story, betrayal and plenty of action. Read more

Howl's Moving Castle

Howl's Moving Castle: Book #1

By: Diana Wynne Jones
Narrated by: Jenny Sterlin
Length: 8 hours 36 minutes

A Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book and ALA Notable and Best of the Year in Young Adult Fiction, Howl's Moving Castle by acclaimed fantasy writer Diana Wynne Jones was transformed into an Academy Award-nominated animated motion picture by Hayao Miyazaki. On a rare venture out from her step-mother's hat shop, Sophie attracts the attention of a... Read more

Little Leaf Creek Cozy Mysteries Books 1 - 3

Little Leaf Creek Cozy Mystery Box Sets

By: Cindy Bell
Narrated by: Jennifer Jill Araya
Length: 13 hours 44 minutes

Start a fun cozy mystery series with two determined female sleuths, a lovable collie mix and two cheeky goats, with the first three books in the bestselling Little Leaf Creek Cozy Mystery Series in this box set.Cassie’s new home in the country comes with an antiquated historical society, an ornery next-door neighbor, and a murder victim on her... Read more

The Girl Who Saved Christmas

By: Matt Haig
Narrated by: Carey Mulligan
Length: 5 hours 21 minutes

"If somewhere in the afterlife Roald Dahl met Charles Dickens and they cooked up a new Christmas tale, it couldn’t have much on this fleet, verbally rambunctious, heart-stealing follow-up to A Boy Called Christmas."—The New York Times
 
Amelia Wishart was the first child ever to receive a Christmas present. It was her Christmas spirit that gave... Read more

Murder on the Christmas Express

By: Alexandra Benedict
Narrated by: Mhairi Morrison
Length: 9 hours 7 minutes

Recently retired Met Detective Roz Parker boards the Christmas Eve sleeper to head home for the holidays, anxious and dreading her new role as grandmother upon arrival. Violently thrown from her thoughts when the train derails, Roz finds herself stranded on the snowy tracks, where she finds a fellow passenger suspiciously murdered in a locked... Read more

Silent Night

By: Mary Higgins Clark
Narrated by: William Dufris
Length: 3 hours 23 minutes

Mary Higgins Clark, the "Queen of Suspense," has crafted a very special holiday story about a child's courage in the face of danger, and the power of love. Charged with menace and thrilling suspense, it is the #1 New York Times bestselling author's gift to readers for all seasons.

When Catherine Dornan's husband, Tom, is diagnosed with leukemia,... Read more

A Boy Called Christmas Movie Tie-In Edition

Boy Called Christmas

By: Matt Haig
Narrated by: Stephen Fry
Length: 4 hours 24 minutes

2018 Odyssey Honor
2018 ALSC Notable Children’s Recording

Roald Dahl meets Elf in this warmhearted Christmas caper about the boy who would one day be Santa Claus, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Midnight Library.

Soon to be a major motion picture starring Kristen Wiig, Maggie Smith and Henry Lawfull!
 
Eleven-year-old... Read more

A Christmas Guest

The Christmas Novellas: Book #3

By: Anne Perry
Narrated by: Terrence Hardiman
Length: 3 hours 52 minutes

Cantankerous and vinegar-tongued Grandmama, from Anne Perry's Charlotte and Thomas Pitt series, is the leading character in this Christmas novel, which unfolds in the chilly, windswept Romney Marshes off the English Channel. Grandmama arrives on a holiday visit to the home of Charlotte's parents, where a fellow guest—an outcast from her own... Read more

Charlie Brown's Christmas Miracle

The Inspiring, Untold Story of the Making of a Holiday Classic

By: Michael Keane
Narrated by: Allan Robertson
Length: 8 hours 31 minutes

Discover the inspiring, unknown, against-all-odds story of how the classic animated holiday special A Charlie Brown Christmas almost never made it on to television.

Professor and cultural historian Michael Keane reveals much in this nostalgia-inducing book packed with original research and interviews. Keane compellingly shows that the ultimate... Read more

Low Country Christmas

Safe Haven: Book #3

By: Lee Tobin McClain
Narrated by: Tanya Eby
Length: 7 hours 14 minutes

Come home to Safe Haven, where the best Christmas surprises aren’t the ones under the tree.

Holly Gibson has one wish this Christmas season: to find her young niece’s father. And she’s traveled hundreds of miles to the small town of Safe Haven to make that wish come true. But the mysterious Cash O’Dwyer is nothing like she expected. Strong and... Read more

Bright Lights, Big Christmas

A Novel

By: Mary Kay Andrews
Narrated by: Kathleen McInerney
Length: 8 hours 8 minutes

“A fun and seasonal read. It made me feel like the snow should be gently floating down as Kerry saves her family business and finds the friendship that mends her heart. Read more

Christmas at the Cupcake Café

A Novel

Cupcake Café

By: Jenny Colgan
Narrated by: Pearl Hewitt
Length: 8 hours 18 minutes

How many times can your life change?



Once upon a time, Issy Randall was the girl nobody wanted. But when she opened the Cupcake Café, her life changed—and now Issy is happy, confident, and in love with a wonderful man raising his young brother after the death of their parents.



Is life about to change again? With the holidays approaching, cracks... Read more