What I Talk about When I Talk about Running
Featured Article: The Best Contemporary Fiction Authors to Listen to Now
Contemporary authors have produced some of the best books of all time. Often poignant, or full of social commentary, these works of fiction can range in genre and theme. Whether science fiction, drama, mystery, or something else altogether, these great works of fiction showcase amazing authors with a talent for contemporary storytelling. We've compiled a list of some of the most exciting and impressive contemporary authors of the 21st and 20th centuries to dive into for your next listen.
Best Sellers
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What I Talk about When I Talk about Running
- A Memoir
- Written by: Haruki Murakami
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 4 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall302
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Performance241
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Story242
Equal parts training log, travelogue, and reminiscence, this revealing memoir covers Murakami's four-month preparation for the 2005 New York City Marathon....
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Hoped for insight – got monotony
- By C. L. Peressotti on 2020-05-03
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What I Talk about When I Talk about Running
- A Memoir
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 4 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 2008-07-29
- Language: English
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$17.51 or free with 30-day trial
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The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
- A Novel
- Written by: Haruki Murakami
- Narrated by: Rupert Degas
- Length: 26 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall202
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Performance179
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Story180
A "dreamlike and compelling” tour de force (Chicago Tribune)—an astonishingly imaginative detective story, an account of a disintegrating marriage, and an excavation of the buried secrets from Japan’s forgotten campaign in Manchuria during World War II. Now with a new introduction by the...
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Unfortunate voicing
- By Ed White on 2018-01-14
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The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Rupert Degas
- Length: 26 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 2013-09-03
- Language: English
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$40.61 or free with 30-day trial
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Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
- Written by: Haruki Murakami
- Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
- Length: 14 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall78
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Performance65
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Story65
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of 1Q84 and The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle comes a relentlessly inventive novel that dives deep into the very nature of consciousness. “Fantastical, mysterious, and funny . . . a fantasy world that might have been penned by Franz Kafka.”—The...
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Great, but..
- By St. Thomas on 2021-01-12
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Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
- Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
- Length: 14 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 2018-06-12
- Language: English
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1Q84
- Written by: Haruki Murakami, Jay Rubin - translator, Philip Gabriel - translator
- Narrated by: Allison Hiroto, Marc Vietor, Mark Boyett
- Length: 46 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall367
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Performance329
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Story327
The year is 1984 and the city is Tokyo. A young woman named Aomame follows a taxi driver's enigmatic suggestion and begins to notice puzzling discrepancies in the world around her....
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Soft porn pretentiousness
- By Madeleine on 2019-03-08
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1Q84
- Narrated by: Allison Hiroto, Marc Vietor, Mark Boyett
- Length: 46 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 2011-10-25
- Language: English
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$33.20 or free with 30-day trial
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Kafka on the Shore
- Written by: Haruki Murakami
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett, Oliver Le Sueur
- Length: 19 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall240
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Performance198
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Story198
NATIONAL BESTSELLER From the acclaimed author of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle and one of the world’s greatest storytellers comes “an insistently metaphysical mind-bender” (The New Yorker) about a teenager on the run and a deceptively simple old man. Now with a new introduction by the...
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One of the best books I have ever read!
- By Adriano Pereira on 2020-09-07
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Kafka on the Shore
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett, Oliver Le Sueur
- Length: 19 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 2013-08-06
- Language: English
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$34.87 or free with 30-day trial
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Killing Commendatore
- A novel
- Written by: Haruki Murakami
- Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
- Length: 28 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall118
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Performance106
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Story106
The epic new novel from the internationally acclaimed and best-selling author of 1Q84 In Killing Commendatore, a thirty-something portrait painter in Tokyo is abandoned by his wife and finds himself holed up in the mountain home of a famous artist, Tomohiko Amada. When he discovers a previously...
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Adore Murakami but Kirby was annoying
- By Team Awesomeness on 2019-09-09
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Killing Commendatore
- A novel
- Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
- Length: 28 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 2018-10-09
- Language: English
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$38.22 or free with 30-day trial
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Norwegian Wood
- Written by: Haruki Murakami
- Narrated by: John Chancer
- Length: 13 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall156
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Performance123
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Story124
From the bestselling author of Kafka on the Shore: A magnificent coming-of-age story steeped in nostalgia, “a masterly novel” (The New York Times Book Review) blending the music, the mood, and the ethos that were the sixties with a young man’s hopeless and heroic first love. Now with a new...
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Compelling Story
- By Pascal.V on 2018-12-02
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Norwegian Wood
- Narrated by: John Chancer
- Length: 13 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 2013-09-03
- Language: English
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Short Stories
- The Thoroughly Modern Collection
- Written by: Doris Lessing, Haruki Murakami, A. S. Byatt
- Narrated by: Harriet Walter, Walter Lewis, Roslaind Eyres
- Length: 5 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3
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Performance3
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Story3
23 stories, all unabridged, from a diverse group of star writers and readers. A truly memorable collection with a wide appeal....
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Short Stories
- The Thoroughly Modern Collection
- Narrated by: Harriet Walter, Walter Lewis, Roslaind Eyres
- Length: 5 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 2008-02-26
- Language: English
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$18.41 or free with 30-day trial
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Dance Dance Dance
- A Novel
- Written by: Haruki Murakami, Alfred Birnbaum - translator
- Narrated by: Josh Bloomberg
- Length: 12 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall81
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Performance70
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Story70
As he searches for a mysteriously vanished girlfriend, Haruki Murakami's protagonist plunges into a wind tunnel of sexual violence and metaphysical dread in which he collides with call girls....
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Surprisingly One Dimensional
- By M. Raike on 2022-01-23
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Dance Dance Dance
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Josh Bloomberg
- Series: Rat, Book 4
- Length: 12 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 2016-12-13
- Language: English
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Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
- Written by: Haruki Murakami
- Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor, Ellen Archer
- Length: 12 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall10
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Performance10
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Story10
From the surreal to the mundane, twenty-four stories that “show Murukami at his dynamic, organic best” (Los Angeles Times Book Review). "A warning to new readers of Haruki Murakami: You will become addicted.... His newest collection is as enigmatic and sublime as ever." —San Francisco...
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Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
- Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor, Ellen Archer
- Series: Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman, Book 1
- Length: 12 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 2013-09-03
- Language: English
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Wind/Pinball
- Two novels
- Written by: Haruki Murakami, Ted Goossen - translator
- Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
- Length: 7 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall16
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Performance16
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Story16
NATIONAL BESTSELLER In the spring of 1978, a young Haruki Murakami sat down at his kitchen table and began to write. The result: two remarkable short novels—Hear the Wind Sing and Pinball, 1973—that launched the career of one of the most acclaimed authors of our time. These powerful, at...
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Wind/Pinball
- Two novels
- Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
- Series: Rat, Book 1-2
- Length: 7 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 2015-08-04
- Language: English
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La Cité aux murs incertains
- Written by: Haruki Murakami, Hélène Morita
- Narrated by: Olivier Martinaud
- Length: 19 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0
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Performance0
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Story0
Le retour de l'auteur japonais le plus lu en France. Parution le 2 janvier 2025 Evènement!!! Le grand retour du maître Murakami pour un roman éblouissant...
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La Cité aux murs incertains
- Narrated by: Olivier Martinaud
- Length: 19 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 2025-01-02
- Language: French
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La Fin des temps
- Written by: Haruki Murakami, Corinne Atlan
- Narrated by: Laurent Natrella
- Length: 19 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall10
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Performance8
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Story8
Un roman qui concentre à lui seul tout le réalisme magique de Haruki Murakami. Dans une petite cité spectrale vivent des gens...
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Très belle expérience d'écoute
- By Momo on 2023-04-19
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La Fin des temps
- Narrated by: Laurent Natrella
- Length: 19 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 2020-11-12
- Language: French
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1Q84 - Livre 2, Juillet-Septembre
- Written by: Haruki Murakami
- Narrated by: Maia Baran, Emmanuel Dekoninck
- Length: 14 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall17
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Performance14
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Story14
Les choses qui restent enfermées dans notre cœur n'existent pas en ce monde. Mais c'est dans notre cœur, ce monde à part, qu'elles se construisent pour y vivre...
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1Q84 - Livre 2, Juillet-Septembre
- Narrated by: Maia Baran, Emmanuel Dekoninck
- Series: 1Q84, Book 2
- Length: 14 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 2012-02-29
- Language: French
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1Q84 - Livre 1, Avril-Juin
- Written by: Haruki Murakami
- Narrated by: Emmanuel Dekoninck, Maia Baran
- Length: 16 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall23
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Performance21
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Story21
Le passé - tel qu'il était peut-être - fait surgir sur le miroir l'ombre d'un présent - différent de ce qu'il fut ?
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Insolite
- By Anonymous on 2021-08-16
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1Q84 - Livre 1, Avril-Juin
- Narrated by: Emmanuel Dekoninck, Maia Baran
- Series: 1Q84, Book 1
- Length: 16 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 2012-02-05
- Language: French
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Underground
- The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche
- Written by: Haruki Murakami
- Narrated by: Feodor Chin, Ian Anthony Dale, Janet Song
- Length: 13 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall16
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Performance15
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Story15
In this haunting work of journalistic investigation, Haruki Murakami tells the story of the horrific terrorist attack on Japanese soil that shook the entire world. On a clear spring day in 1995, five members of a religious cult unleashed poison gas on the Tokyo subway system. In attempt to...
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Insightful look at a tragic incident
- By RW on 2022-05-29
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Underground
- The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche
- Narrated by: Feodor Chin, Ian Anthony Dale, Janet Song
- Length: 13 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 2013-09-03
- Language: English
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Kafka sur le rivage
- Narrated by: Hervé Bernard Omnès
- Length: 23 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 2012-11-02
- Language: French
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Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
- A novel
- Written by: Haruki Murakami, Philip Gabriel - translator
- Narrated by: Bruce Locke
- Length: 10 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall34
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Performance29
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Story29
INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER One of the most revered voices in literature today gives us a story of love, friendship, and heartbreak for the ages. “Mesmerizing, immersive, hallucinogenic.”—Entertainment Weekly Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage is the...
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Another narrator is much needed!!!
- By Melanie Leefa on 2018-09-26
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Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
- A novel
- Narrated by: Bruce Locke
- Length: 10 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 2014-08-12
- Language: English
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$22.93 or free with 30-day trial
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A Wild Sheep Chase
- A Novel
- Written by: Haruki Murakami
- Narrated by: Rupert Degas
- Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall32
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Performance28
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Story27
A New York Times bestselling author—and “a mythmaker for the millennium, a wiseacre wiseman” (New York Times Book Review)—delivers a surreal and elaborate quest that takes readers from Tokyo to the remote mountains of northern Japan, where the unnamed protagonist has a surprising...
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A Wild Sheep Chase
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Rupert Degas
- Series: Rat, Book 3
- Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 2013-08-06
- Language: English
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Men Without Women
- Stories
- Written by: Haruki Murakami, Philip Gabriel - translator, Ted Goossen - translator
- Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
- Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall48
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Performance42
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Story43
NATIONAL BESTSELLER Including the story "Drive My Car”—now an Academy Award–nominated film—this collection from the internationally acclaimed author "examines what happens to characters without important women in their lives; it'll move you and confuse you and sometimes leave you...
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Loved it!
- By Nuria on 2018-03-20
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Men Without Women
- Stories
- Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
- Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 2017-05-09
- Language: English
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