The Great American Read

The Intuitionist

By: Colson Whitehead
Narrated by: Peter Jay Fernandez
Length: 9 hours 39 minutes

This debut novel by the two time Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Underground Railroad and The Nickel Boys wowed critics and readers everywhere and marked the debut of an important American writer.

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

It is a time of calamity in a major metropolitan city’s... 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

Jurassic Park

A Novel

By: Michael Crichton
Narrated by: Scott Brick
Length: 15 hours 10 minutes

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of Timeline, Sphere, and Congo, this is the classic thriller of science run amok that took the world by storm.Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read“[Michael] Crichton’s dinosaurs are genuinely frightening.”—Chicago Sun-TimesAn astonishing technique for... Read more

The Lovely Bones

By: Alice Sebold
Narrated by: Alice Sebold
Length: 10 hours 53 minutes

"My name was Salmon, like the fish; first name, Susie. I was fourteen when I was murdered on December 6, 1973."

So begins the story of Susie Salmon, who is adjusting to her new home in heaven, a place that is not at all what she expected, even as she is watching life on earth continue without her -- her friends trading rumors about her... Read more

Memoirs of A Geisha

By: Arthur Golden
Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
Length: 18 hours 6 minutes

Speaking to us with the wisdom of age and in a voice at once haunting and immediate, Nitta Sayuri tells the story of her life as a geisha. Sayuri's story begins in a poor fishing village in 1929, when, as a nine-year-old with unusual blue-gray eyes, she is taken from her home and sold into slavery to a renowned geisha house. It concludes with... Read more

Moby-Dick

By: Herman Melville
Narrated by: Anthony Heald
Length: 23 hours 51 minutes

One of the great works of American literature, Moby-Dick is the epic tale of one man’s fight against a force of nature.The outcast youth Ishmael, succumbing to wanderlust during a dreary New England autumn, signs up for passage aboard a whaling ship. The Pequod sails under the command of the one-legged Captain Ahab, who has set himself on a... Read more

The Notebook

By: Nicholas Sparks
Narrated by: Barry Bostwick
Length: 6 hours 3 minutes

The unforgettable, heartbreaking love story from a New York Times bestselling author about a young socialite and the boy who once stole her heart—now an iconic motion picture starring Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams.

At thirty-one, Noah Calhoun, back in coastal North Carolina after World War II, is haunted by images of the girl he lost more than... Read more

One Hundred Years of Solitude

By: Gabriel García Márquez
Narrated by: John Lee
Length: 14 hours 4 minutes

“I hadn't read this book since college and it is just as magnificent now as then. I'm actually kind of mad about it. Read more

The Outsiders

By: S. E. Hinton
Narrated by: Jim Fyfe
Length: 5 hours 9 minutes

50 years of an iconic classic! This international bestseller and inspiration for a beloved movie is a heroic story of friendship and belonging.

No one ever said life was easy. But Ponyboy is pretty sure that he's got things figured out. He knows that he can count on his brothers, Darry and Sodapop. And he knows that he can count on his... Read more

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Harry Potter (ENG)

By: J.K. Rowling
Narrated by: Jim Dale
Length: 8 hours 18 minutes

Jim Dale's Grammy Award-winning performance of J.K. Rowling's iconic stories is a listening adventure for the whole family.

Turning the envelope over, his hand trembling, Harry saw a purple wax seal bearing a coat of arms; a lion, an eagle, a badger and a snake surrounding a large letter 'H'.

Close your eyes and enter the magical world of Harry... Read more

Hatchet

By: Gary Paulsen
Narrated by: Peter Coyote
Length: 3 hours 42 minutes

13-year-old Brian Robeson learns to survive alone in the Canadian wilderness, armed with his hatchet and resourcefulness. Read more

Left Behind

A Novel of the Earth's Last Days

Left Behind: Book #1

By: Tim LaHaye & Jerry B. Jenkins
Narrated by: Richard Ferrone
Length: 11 hours 49 minutes

What would happen if millions of people around the world suddenly disappeared one day? In this fascinating apocalyptic thriller, best-selling Christian inspirational authors LaHaye and Jenkins pool their considerable talents to answer that question. Narrator Richard Ferrone's unusually deep and hypnotic voice will keep you right in the middle of... Read more

The Fellowship of the Ring

The Lord of the Rings

By: J.R.R. Tolkien
Length: 3 hours 24 minutes

The original American dramatization as broadcast on National Public Radio. Read more

The Picture of Dorian Gray

By: Oscar Wilde
Narrated by: Simon Vance
Length: 7 hours 44 minutes

“Dorian sells his soul so that his portrait will age instead of him. He embarks on a hedonistic self-indulgent lifestyle as his portrait becomes hideously unrecognizable. This was assigned reading for me in the 11th grade and now has a permanent home on my favorite bookshelf. Read more

The Pilgrim’s Progress

By: John Bunyan
Narrated by: Simon Vance
Length: 9 hours 21 minutes

Next to the Bible, The Pilgrim’s Progress has probably been more widely read than any other book in the English language, and rightfully so. It is considered by many critics to be the greatest allegory in any language. And to think that it was written by a jailed tinker who received very little formal education.This classic allegory tells of a... Read more

The Pillars of the Earth

Kingsbridge: Book #1

By: Ken Follett
Narrated by: John Lee
Length: 40 hours 56 minutes

“A book unlike any other and the definition of epic- Long, winding, powerful and worth every minute. Read more

Pride and Prejudice

By: Jane Austen
Narrated by: Marguerite Gavin
Length: 12 hours 2 minutes

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen was first published in 1813. The story follows Elizabeth Bennet as she deals with issues of manners, upbringing, moral rightness, education and marriage in her aristocratic society of early 19th century England. Elizabeth is the second eldest of five daughters of a country gentleman living in the fictional town... Read more

Ready Player One

By: Ernest Cline
Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
Length: 15 hours 39 minutes

“When it comes to listening to an audio book, I have to be drawn to the narrator’s voice almost if not more than the actual story. The way a narrator speaks really makes or breaks a story for me. Wil Wheaton made this story for me! He brought new life to a story I was already in love with. Wheaton made Wade Watts come to life, and was able to... Read more

Rebecca

By: Daphne du Maurier
Narrated by: Anna Massey
Length: 14 hours 48 minutes

“Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier is my go-to rainy day book. Despite the ambiguity gothic novels thrive on, the characters in Rebecca were fully fleshed out and the haunted manor is beautifully described. It's slow moving at first, but once the tension builds, you'll have a hard time putting it down. Read more

The Shack

By: William P. Young
Narrated by: Roger Mueller
Length: 9 hours 14 minutes

After his daughter's murder, a grieving father confronts God with desperate questions -- and finds unexpected answers -- in this riveting and deeply moving #1 NYT bestseller.

When Mackenzie Allen Phillips's youngest daughter Missy is abducted during a family vacation, he remains hopeful that she'll return home. But then, he discovers evidence... Read more