5 Star Literary Fiction Audiobooks

Hamnet

By: Maggie O'Farrell
Narrated by: Ell Potter
Length: 12 hours 42 minutes

“I wanted to live in this book forever and for it to never, ever end. I have never had a book hangover like the one I had when I finished this book. It is so, so, so, good. Every word is perfectly chosen and often not the expected choice. I can't say enough about both the writing and the narration and I already can't wait to listen to this one... Read more

The Midnight Library

A GMA Book Club Pick (A Novel)

By: Matt Haig
Narrated by: Carey Mulligan
Length: 8 hours 50 minutes

“I loved this book so much. The pacing is perfect, the character development just right and topics just heavy enough. I MUST point out that the narrator did an incredible job with accents and flipping characters so I'm really looking forward to listening to more of their narrations. Read more

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

A novel

By: Gabrielle Zevin
Narrated by: Jennifer Kim & Julian Cihi
Length: 13 hours 51 minutes

“Once I started listening to Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, it's all I wanted to do. I'm not a gamer and I still thoroughly enjoyed following Sadie, Sam and Marx as we follow them from childhood through adulthood, from hospital rooms in Los Angeles, to dorm rooms in Boston and back to LA. A bittersweet look at love and friendship and the... Read more

Blue Sisters: A Read with Jenna Pick

A Novel

By: Coco Mellors
Narrated by: Kit Griffiths
Length: 14 hours 26 minutes

“A complex, flawed, yet lovable set of sisters navigate grief when one of their beloved sisters dies of an unexpected overdose. This book focuses heavily on addiction, the way it claws, clings, and spreads through families. Reading it feels like taking a deep breath into your lungs after holding it for too long. Read more

Palo Alto

Stories

By: James Franco
Narrated by: James Franco & Stacey Miller
Length: 5 hours 9 minutes

Now a “provocative” and “impressive” (Variety) film from director Gia Coppola (Francis Ford Coppola’s granddaughter)—starring Emma Roberts, James Franco, Nat Wolff, and Val Kilmer—the fiction debut from James Franco that Vogue called “compelling and gutsy.”

James Franco’s story collection traces the lives of a group of teenagers as they... Read more

The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry

By: Gabrielle Zevin
Narrated by: Scott Brick
Length: 7 hours 2 minutes

“A book about a bookseller and a bookstore and romance and children and life. How could it not be a bookseller pick? The most realistic bookstore book I have ever read, with the most heart warming characters. I will miss Island Books and bookseller AJ. Read more