The Great American Read

The Da Vinci Code

A Novel

Robert Langdon: Book #2

By: Dan Brown
Narrated by: Paul Michael
Length: 17 hours

THE #1 WORLDWIDE BESTSELLING PHENOMENON, WITH MORE THAN 85 MILLION COPIES SOLD

“Blockbuster perfection . . . a gleefully erudite suspense novel.” —The New York Times

“A pulse-quickening, brain-teasing adventure.” —People

While in Paris, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is awakened by a phone call in the dead of the night. The elderly curator of... Read more

Don Quixote

Translated by Edith Grossman

By: Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra
Narrated by: George Guidall
Length: 39 hours 40 minutes

Don Quixote is the classic story. Called the first modern novel, this marvelous book has stood the test of time to become irrevocably intertwined with the fabric of society. Sixteenth-century Spanish gentleman Don Quixote, fed by his own delusional fantasies, takes to the road in search of chivalrous adventures. But his quest leads to more... Read more

Dune

Book One in the Dune Chronicles

Dune

By: Frank Herbert
Narrated by: Scott Brick, Orlagh Cassidy, Euan Morton, Simon Vance, Ilyana Kadushin, Byron Jennings, David R. Gordon, Jason Culp, Kent Broadhurst, Oliver Wyman, Patricia Kilgarriff & Scott Sowers
Length: 21 hours 1 minute

“Enjoyed listening to this audiobook with a full cast of narrators! Read more

Frankenstein

or The Modern Prometheus

By: Mary Shelley
Narrated by: Anthony Heald, Stefan Rudnicki & Simon Templeman
Length: 8 hours 42 minutes

Soon to be a major new film adaptation written and directed by Guillermo del ToroThis special unabridged, multivoiced production of Mary Shelley’s masterpiece of nineteenth-century Gothic horror is narrated by film and television star Anthony Heald, joined by Grammy winner Stefan Rudnicki and actor Simon Templeman, under the direction of... Read more

I, Alex Cross

Alex Cross: Book #15

By: James Patterson
Narrated by: Tim Cain & Michael Cerveris
Length: 7 hours 1 minute

Cross. Now streaming on Prime Video. 

You can't run

Detective Alex Cross is pulled out of a family celebration and given the awful news that a beloved relative has been found brutally murdered. Alex vows to hunt down the killer, and soon learns that she was mixed up in one of Washington's wildest scenes. And she was not this killer's only... 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

“Clasaic litríocht na nÓg, an scéal ar fáil i gcló as Gaeilge mar An Leon, an Brandraoi agus an Prios Éadaigh aistrithe ag Antain Mac Lochlainn. Saothar tábhachtach i litríocht do dhaoine óga – a leagann amach conas domhan úr a léiriú, dhá dhomhan in aon scéal amháin; conas carachtair dhifriúla a chruthú, conas draíocht a thabhairt isteach sa... Read more

Foundation (Apple Series Tie-in Edition)

Foundation: Book #1

By: Isaac Asimov
Narrated by: Scott Brick
Length: 8 hours 37 minutes

The first novel in Isaac Asimov’s classic science-fiction masterpiece, the Foundation series

THE EPIC SAGA THAT INSPIRED THE APPLE TV+ SERIES FOUNDATION • Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read
 
For twelve thousand years the Galactic Empire has ruled supreme. Now it is dying. But only Hari Seldon, creator... Read more

A Game of Thrones

A Song of Ice and Fire: Book One

A Song of Ice and Fire: Book #1

By: George R. R. Martin
Narrated by: Roy Dotrice
Length: 33 hours 42 minutes

NOW THE ACCLAIMED HBO SERIES GAME OF THRONES—THE MASTERPIECE THAT BECAME A CULTURAL PHENOMENON
 
Here is the first book in the landmark series that has redefined imaginative fiction and become a modern masterpiece.

A GAME OF THRONES
 
In a land where summers can last decades and winters a lifetime, trouble is brewing. The cold is returning, and in... Read more

Ghost

Track: Book #1

By: Jason Reynolds
Narrated by: Guy Lockard
Length: 3 hours 29 minutes

A National Book Award Finalist for Young People’s Literature
Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read

Ghost wants to be the fastest sprinter on his elite middle school track team, but his past is slowing him down in this first electrifying novel of the acclaimed Track series from Coretta Scott King - John... Read more

Gilead (Oprah's Book Club)

A Novel

By: Marilynne Robinson
Narrated by: Tim Jerome
Length: 8 hours 53 minutes

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER• OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION • NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER• A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • MORE THAN 1 MILLION COPIES SOLD

“Quietly powerful [and] moving.” O, The Oprah Magazine (recommended reading)

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Critics Circle Award,... Read more

The Giver

By: Lois Lowry
Narrated by: Ron Rifkin
Length: 4 hours 47 minutes

Lois Lowry’s The Giver is the quintessential dystopian novel, followed by its remarkable companions, Gathering Blue, Messenger, and Son.

Jonas's world is perfect. Everything is under control. There is no war or fear of pain. There are no choices. Every person is assigned a role in the community. When Jonas turns 12 he is singled out to receive... Read more

The Godfather

50th Anniversary Edition

By: Mario Puzo
Narrated by: Joe Mantegna, Anthony Puzo & Angelo Di Loreto
Length: 18 hours 48 minutes

50th ANNIVERSARY EDITION—WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY FRANCIS FORD COPPOLAMario Puzo’s classic saga of an American crime family that became a global phenomenon—nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read.With its brilliant and brutal portrayal of the Corleone family, The Godfather burned its way into our... Read more

Gone Girl

A Novel

By: Gillian Flynn
Narrated by: Julia Whelan & Kirby Heyborne
Length: 19 hours 56 minutes

“This book offers a fast-paced storyline with alternating points of view that keep the reader thoroughly engaged. While none of the characters are particularly likable, I believe this was the author's intention, and it adds a unique layer to the narrative. The two main characters seem perfectly suited for each other in a twisted way, and although... Read more

Gone With the Wind

By: Margaret Mitchell
Narrated by: Linda Stephens
Length: 49 hours 5 minutes

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Literature, Margaret Mitchell's great novel of the South is one of the most popular books ever written. Within six months of its publication in 1936, Gone With the Wind had sold a million copies. To date, it has been translated into 25 languages, and more than 28 million copies have been sold. Here are the... Read more

The Grapes of Wrath

Penguin Audio Classics

By: John Steinbeck
Narrated by: Dylan Baker
Length: 21 hours

John Steinbeck's powerful evocation of the suffering and hardship caused by the Great Depression, and a panoramic vision of the struggle for the American Dream, The Grapes of Wrath includes a critical introduction by Robert DeMott in Penguin Modern Classics. 'I've done my damndest to rip a reader's nerves to rags, I don't want him satisfied.'... Read more

Great Expectations

By: Charles Dickens
Narrated by: Simon Prebble
Length: 18 hours 32 minutes

One of the most revered works in English literature, Great Expectations traces the coming-of-age of a young orphan, Pip, from a boy of shallow aspirations into a man of maturity. From the chilling opening confrontation with an escaped convict to the grand but eerily disheveled estate of bitter old Miss Havisham, all is not what it seems in... Read more

Gulliver’s Travels

By: Jonathan Swift
Narrated by: Pamela Garelick
Length: 11 hours 52 minutes

This enduring classic tells of the fantastic voyages of Lemuel Gulliver, an English ship's surgeon who becomes a castaway in strange and faraway lands. Shipwrecked upon the shores of Lilliput, he encounters the six-inch-high Lilliputians, whose petty wars, civil strife, and vanities are human follies so reduced in scale as to be rendered... Read more

Heart of Darkness

By: Joseph Conrad
Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
Length: 3 hours 58 minutes

Compelling, exotic, and suspenseful, Heart of Darkness is far more than just an adventure story. The novel explores deep into the dark regions of the hearts and souls of its characters and into the conflicts prevalent in more "primitive" cultures. It is also a striking picture of the moral deterioration that can result from prolonged... Read more

The Help

By: Kathryn Stockett
Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell, Jenna Lamia, Octavia Spencer & Bahni Turpin
Length: 18 hours 5 minutes

The #1 New York Times bestselling novel and basis for the Academy Award–winning film.
 
Aibileen is a black maid in 1962 Jackson, Mississippi, who's always taken orders quietly, but lately she's unable to hold her bitterness back. Her friend Minny has never held her tongue but now must somehow keep secrets about her employer that leave her... Read more

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Book #1

By: Douglas Adams
Narrated by: Stephen Fry
Length: 5 hours 51 minutes

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Extremely funny . . . inspired lunacy . . . [and] over much too soon.”—The Washington Post Book World

Now celebrating the pivotal 42nd anniversary of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy!

Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read

It’s an ordinary Thursday morning for Arthur Dent .... Read more