- Biographical Fiction (1,480)
- Dystopian (2,000)
Best Sellers
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The Women
- A Novel
- Written by: Kristin Hannah
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan, Kristin Hannah
- Length: 14 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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From the celebrated author of The Nightingale and The Four Winds comes Kristin Hannah's The Women—at once an intimate portrait of coming of age in a dangerous time and an epic tale of a nation divided....
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A must read from Kristin Hannah!
- By Danielle on 2024-02-25
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Tom Lake
- A Novel
- Written by: Ann Patchett
- Narrated by: Meryl Streep
- Length: 11 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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In the spring of 2020, Lara’s three daughters return to the family's orchard in Northern Michigan. While picking cherries, they beg their mother to tell them the story of Peter Duke, a famous actor with whom she shared both a stage and a romance years before at a theater company called Tom Lake....
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Beautifully read, but a slow story to unravel.
- By Denise on 2023-08-29
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A Little Life
- A Novel
- Written by: Hanya Yanagihara
- Narrated by: Oliver Wyman
- Length: 32 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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A Little Life follows four college classmates—broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition....
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Beautifully written
- By kaitlyn on 2023-03-09
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Where the Crawdads Sing
- Written by: Delia Owens
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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For years, rumors of the "Marsh Girl" have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl....
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A Harlequin Romance, with Zoology Thrown In
- By Wandering on 2019-08-25
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Anita de Monte Laughs Last
- A Novel
- Written by: Xochitl Gonzalez
- Narrated by: Jessica Pimentel, Jonathan Gregg, Stacy Gonzalez
- Length: 13 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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New York Times bestselling author Xochitl Gonzalez delivers a mesmerizing novel about a first-generation Ivy League student who uncovers the genius work of a female artist decades after her suspicious death....
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Just ok
- By Emma Porter on 2024-03-27
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Demon Copperhead
- A Novel
- Written by: Barbara Kingsolver
- Narrated by: Charlie Thurston
- Length: 21 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Set in the mountains of southern Appalachia, Demon Copperhead is the story of a boy born to a teenaged single mother in a single-wide trailer, with no assets beyond his dead father’s good looks and copper-colored hair, a caustic wit, and a fierce talent for survival....
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Brilliant narration of beautifully written story
- By Kareem on 2023-05-28
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The Women
- A Novel
- Written by: Kristin Hannah
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan, Kristin Hannah
- Length: 14 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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From the celebrated author of The Nightingale and The Four Winds comes Kristin Hannah's The Women—at once an intimate portrait of coming of age in a dangerous time and an epic tale of a nation divided....
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A must read from Kristin Hannah!
- By Danielle on 2024-02-25
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Tom Lake
- A Novel
- Written by: Ann Patchett
- Narrated by: Meryl Streep
- Length: 11 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
In the spring of 2020, Lara’s three daughters return to the family's orchard in Northern Michigan. While picking cherries, they beg their mother to tell them the story of Peter Duke, a famous actor with whom she shared both a stage and a romance years before at a theater company called Tom Lake....
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Beautifully read, but a slow story to unravel.
- By Denise on 2023-08-29
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A Little Life
- A Novel
- Written by: Hanya Yanagihara
- Narrated by: Oliver Wyman
- Length: 32 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance
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A Little Life follows four college classmates—broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition....
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Beautifully written
- By kaitlyn on 2023-03-09
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Where the Crawdads Sing
- Written by: Delia Owens
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance
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For years, rumors of the "Marsh Girl" have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl....
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A Harlequin Romance, with Zoology Thrown In
- By Wandering on 2019-08-25
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Anita de Monte Laughs Last
- A Novel
- Written by: Xochitl Gonzalez
- Narrated by: Jessica Pimentel, Jonathan Gregg, Stacy Gonzalez
- Length: 13 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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New York Times bestselling author Xochitl Gonzalez delivers a mesmerizing novel about a first-generation Ivy League student who uncovers the genius work of a female artist decades after her suspicious death....
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Just ok
- By Emma Porter on 2024-03-27
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Demon Copperhead
- A Novel
- Written by: Barbara Kingsolver
- Narrated by: Charlie Thurston
- Length: 21 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance
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Set in the mountains of southern Appalachia, Demon Copperhead is the story of a boy born to a teenaged single mother in a single-wide trailer, with no assets beyond his dead father’s good looks and copper-colored hair, a caustic wit, and a fierce talent for survival....
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Brilliant narration of beautifully written story
- By Kareem on 2023-05-28
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It
- Written by: Stephen King
- Narrated by: Steven Weber
- Length: 44 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Welcome to Derry, Maine. It’s a small city, a place as hauntingly familiar as your own hometown. Only in Derry the haunting is real....
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Great book to start listening from audible
- By Anonymous User on 2017-09-11
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The Anne of Green Gables Collection
- Anne Shirley Books 1-6 and Avonlea Short Stories
- Written by: L.M. Montgomery
- Narrated by: Susie Berneis, Tara Ward
- Length: 73 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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This audiobook collection includes Anne of Green Gables, Anne of Avonlea, Anne of the Island, Anne's House of Dreams, Rainbow Valley, and Rilla of Ingleside....
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Narration is awful
- By AshleyH on 2019-08-27
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The Ocean at the End of the Lane
- A Novel
- Written by: Neil Gaiman
- Narrated by: Neil Gaiman
- Length: 6 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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The darkness was unleashed, something scary and thoroughly incomprehensible to a little boy. And Lettie - magical, comforting, wise beyond her years - promised to protect him, no matter what....
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Coraline for Adults
- By Jenna R on 2020-06-19
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The Priory of the Orange Tree
- Written by: Samantha Shannon
- Narrated by: Liyah Summers
- Length: 25 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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The House of Berethnet has ruled Inys for a thousand years. Still unwed, Queen Sabran the Ninth must conceive a daughter to protect her realm from destruction - but assassins are getting closer to her door....
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Underwhelming
- By Trillium25 on 2019-04-07
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Monkey Beach
- A Novel
- Written by: Eden Robinson
- Narrated by: Noelle Kayser
- Length: 10 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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A young Native American woman remembers her volatile childhood as she searches for her lost brother in the Canadian wilds in an extraordinary, critically acclaimed debut novel....
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Lived inside the story
- By Krow Fischer on 2018-08-14
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To Kill a Mockingbird
- Written by: Harper Lee
- Narrated by: Sissy Spacek
- Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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A great American classic with many invaluable teaching moments. It continues to touch hearts and minds.
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wonderful
- By Sally on 2019-01-14
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Son of a Trickster
- Written by: Eden Robinson
- Narrated by: Jason Ryll
- Length: 9 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Everyone knows a guy like Jared: the burnout kid in high school who sells weed cookies and has a scary mom who's often wasted and wielding some kind of weapon....
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Excellent Story
- By sannna on 2017-12-18
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My Oxford Year
- A Novel
- Written by: Julia Whelan
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
- Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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American Ella Durran has had the same plan for her life since she was 13: study at Oxford. At 24, she’s finally made it to England on a Rhodes Scholarship....
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amazing
- By khipwell on 2018-08-24
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
- Written by: Mark Haddon
- Narrated by: Jeff Woodman
- Length: 6 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Fifteen-year-old Christopher Boone has Asperger's Syndrome, a condition similar to autism....
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Enlightening perspective
- By Georgina on 2020-07-20
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Normal People
- A Novel
- Written by: Sally Rooney
- Narrated by: Aoife McMahon
- Length: 7 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Connell and Marianne grew up in the same small town, but the similarities end there. At school, Connell is popular and well liked, while Marianne is a loner. But when the two strike up a conversation - awkward but electrifying - something life changing begins....
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Read this instead of listen
- By David on 2021-01-13
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The Dictionary of Lost Words
- A Novel
- Written by: Pip Williams
- Narrated by: Pippa Bennett-Warner
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Esme is born into a world of words. Motherless and irrepressibly curious, she spends her childhood in the Scriptorium, an Oxford garden shed in which her father and a team of dedicated lexicographers are collecting words for the very first Oxford English Dictionary....
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Beautifully written historical love story of words
- By Chantal Plowman on 2023-01-11
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The Dutch House
- A Novel
- Written by: Ann Patchett
- Narrated by: Tom Hanks
- Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Narrated by Tom Hanks, The Dutch House is a moving story that explores the bond between two siblings and the house of their childhood.
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My heart could just burst!!!!
- By Anonymous User on 2019-10-14
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The Secret History
- A Read with Jenna Pick
- Written by: Donna Tartt
- Narrated by: Donna Tartt
- Length: 22 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Under the influence of a charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at a New England college discover a way of thought and life a world away from their banal contemporaries....
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Wish someone else narrated
- By chipsmum7 on 2023-10-07
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Carnage
- Written by: Shantel Tessier
- Narrated by: Teddy Hamilton, Michelle Sparks
- Length: 18 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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The men in the secret society known as the Lords think they rule the world.....
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Not my cup of tea
- By Hailey on 2024-03-08
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Fool's Assassin
- Book One of the Fitz and the Fool Trilogy
- Written by: Robin Hobb
- Narrated by: Elliot Hill
- Length: 27 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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FitzChivalry - royal bastard and former king’s assassin - has left his life of intrigue behind. As far as the rest of the world knows, FitzChivalry Farseer is dead....
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Addictive story with unique protagonist
- By John N. on 2022-10-11
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Beloved
- Written by: Toni Morrison
- Narrated by: Toni Morrison
- Length: 12 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Sethe was born a slave and escaped to Ohio, but eighteen years later she is still not free. Sethe has too many memories of Sweet Home, the beautiful farm where so many hideous things happened....
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A literary must read.
- By Travelmug on 2019-01-03
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Je voudrais qu'on m'efface
- Written by: Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette
- Narrated by: Marine Johnson
- Length: 3 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Hochelaga-Maisonneuve. S’y croisent sans se voir Roxane, Mélissa et Kevin, chacun de son côté du Bloc, chacun au départ de sa vie. À douze ans, ils composent avec le monde dans lequel ils arrivent....
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Fragile
- By boudreau daniel on 2021-01-10
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The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell
- A Novel
- Written by: Robert Dugoni
- Narrated by: Robert Dugoni
- Length: 11 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Sam Hill always saw the world through different eyes. Born with red pupils, he was called “Devil Boy” or Sam “Hell” by his classmates; “God’s will” is what his mother called his ocular albinism....
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Extraordinary?
- By Night Lights on 2019-02-23
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The Bittlemores
- Written by: Jann Arden
- Narrated by: Jann Arden
- Length: 11 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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A heartfelt, comic, and deeply satisfying debut novel from the #1 bestselling author, singer-songwriter, member of Canada's Music Hall of Fame and star of her own hit TV sitcom....
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Would benefit from a professional audio performer
- By SuziQP on 2023-11-10
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The Bluest Eye
- Written by: Toni Morrison
- Narrated by: Toni Morrison
- Length: 7 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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The Bluest Eye, published in 1970, is the first novel written by Toni Morrison, winner of the 1993 Nobel Prize in Literature.....
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Thought provoking...well done narrative
- By MalMelMac on 2019-08-21
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The Unmaking of June Farrow
- A Novel
- Written by: Adrienne Young
- Narrated by: Brittany Pressley
- Length: 10 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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In the small mountain town of Jasper, North Carolina, June Farrow is waiting for fate to find her. The Farrow women are known for their thriving flower farm—and the mysterious curse that has plagued their family line....
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I could not stop listening
- By Ashley Wolsey on 2024-02-02
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A Deadly Education
- A Novel (The Scholomance, Book 1)
- Written by: Naomi Novik
- Narrated by: Anisha Dadia
- Length: 10 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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I decided that Orion Lake needed to die after the second time he saved my life. Everyone loves Orion Lake. Everyone else, that is. Far as I’m concerned, he can keep his flashy combat magic to himself. I’m not joining his pack of adoring fans....
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Super creative and great world building
- By Anonymous User on 2021-01-22
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The Five Wishes of Mr. Murray McBride
- Written by: Joe Siple
- Narrated by: Martin Landry
- Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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With all his family and friends gone, 100-year-old Murray McBride is looking for a reason to live. He finds it in Jason Cashman, a 10-year-old boy with a terminal heart defect and a list of five things he wants to do before he dies....
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Great story, not. Great narration
- By Jodie Mulder on 2024-03-19
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Watership Down
- Written by: Richard Adams
- Narrated by: Peter Capaldi
- Length: 17 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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One of the most beloved novels of our time, Watership Down is an epic journey, a stirring tale of adventure, courage, and survival....
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Peter Capaldi at his best
- By hdamoca on 2019-07-19
New Releases
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The Purpose Boy
- A Novel About Overcoming
- Written by: Lesean Buckley
- Narrated by: Derik Hendrickson
- Length: 3 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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For Xavier Kensington the rain fell, followed by tornadoes, followed by hurricanes. He lived a life filled with pain, hunger, abuse, and heartache. But This boy had a purpose and was a believer in God. Everything that happened was for a reason. No matter how hard it got, he always prayed and reached out to God. His move to America was supposed to signal the beginning of his dreams coming true. Then tragedy after tragedy struck threatening his life and livelihood. But this purpose boy was undaunted. He would not be moved from his belief that his life was marked for greatness.
Written by: Lesean Buckley
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Silent Struggle
- Nurseketeers Series, Book 3
- Written by: Joy Don Baker, Terri Goodman
- Narrated by: Samantha Novak
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Katie, a stoic young Native American, faces family pressures, a developing distant romantic relationship, and stress from nursing school clinicals during her junior year at Crestmont University in Dallas. Her dream of becoming a nurse is challenged when her mother suffers an injury that could force her to stay on the farm, assume her mother’s duties, and postpone her education, perhaps permanently.
Written by: Joy Don Baker, and others
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Little Women 1
- Written by: Louisa May Alcott
- Narrated by: Sam Kusi
- Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Little Women (Part 1): Four sisters and their mother, whom they call Marmee, live in a new neighborhood (loosely based on Concord) in Massachusetts in genteel poverty. Having lost all his money, their father is serving as a chaplain for the Union Army in the American Civil War, far from home. The mother and daughters face their first Christmas without him. When Marmee asks her daughters to give their Christmas breakfast away to an impoverished family, the girls and their mother venture into town laden with baskets to feed the hungry children.
Written by: Louisa May Alcott
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No Longer Human
- Written by: Osamu Dazai
- Narrated by: David Shih
- Length: 4 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Portraying himself as a failure, the protagonist of Osamu Dazai’s NO LONGER HUMAN narrates a seemingly normal life even while he feels himself incapable of understanding human beings. His attempts to reconcile himself to the world around him begin in early childhood, continue through high school, where he becomes a “clown” to mask his alienation, and eventually lead to a failed suicide attempt as an adult. Without sentimentality, he records the casual cruelties of life and its fleeting moments of human connection and tenderness.
Written by: Osamu Dazai
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Studies at the School by the Sea
- School by the Sea, Book 4
- Written by: Jenny Colgan
- Narrated by: Eilidh Beaton
- Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Beloved literature teacher Maggie Adair loves her life at the prestigious Downey House boarding school on the gloriously sunny, windy English coast. It was there that she found her footing as a teacher and fell in love with her colleague David—the two great anchors of her life. But these days Maggie’s feeling restless, lured by the promise of a different life back in her Scottish hometown. How can you follow your heart when it seems to be taking you in two directions at once?
Written by: Jenny Colgan
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Notes on Her Color
- A Novel
- Written by: Jennifer Neal
- Narrated by: Angela Sullen
- Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Gabrielle has always had a complicated relationship with her mother Tallulah, one marked by intimacy and resilience in the face of a volatile patriarch. Everything in their home has been bleached a cold white—from the cupboards filled with sheets and crockery to the food and spices Tallulah cooks with. Even Gabrielle, who inherited the ability to change the color of her skin from her mother, is told to pass into white if she doesn't want to upset her father. But this vital mother-daughter bond implodes when Tallulah is hospitalized for a mental health crisis.
Written by: Jennifer Neal
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The Purpose Boy
- A Novel About Overcoming
- Written by: Lesean Buckley
- Narrated by: Derik Hendrickson
- Length: 3 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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For Xavier Kensington the rain fell, followed by tornadoes, followed by hurricanes. He lived a life filled with pain, hunger, abuse, and heartache. But This boy had a purpose and was a believer in God. Everything that happened was for a reason. No matter how hard it got, he always prayed and reached out to God. His move to America was supposed to signal the beginning of his dreams coming true. Then tragedy after tragedy struck threatening his life and livelihood. But this purpose boy was undaunted. He would not be moved from his belief that his life was marked for greatness.
Written by: Lesean Buckley
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Silent Struggle
- Nurseketeers Series, Book 3
- Written by: Joy Don Baker, Terri Goodman
- Narrated by: Samantha Novak
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance
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Katie, a stoic young Native American, faces family pressures, a developing distant romantic relationship, and stress from nursing school clinicals during her junior year at Crestmont University in Dallas. Her dream of becoming a nurse is challenged when her mother suffers an injury that could force her to stay on the farm, assume her mother’s duties, and postpone her education, perhaps permanently.
Written by: Joy Don Baker, and others
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Little Women 1
- Written by: Louisa May Alcott
- Narrated by: Sam Kusi
- Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Little Women (Part 1): Four sisters and their mother, whom they call Marmee, live in a new neighborhood (loosely based on Concord) in Massachusetts in genteel poverty. Having lost all his money, their father is serving as a chaplain for the Union Army in the American Civil War, far from home. The mother and daughters face their first Christmas without him. When Marmee asks her daughters to give their Christmas breakfast away to an impoverished family, the girls and their mother venture into town laden with baskets to feed the hungry children.
Written by: Louisa May Alcott
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No Longer Human
- Written by: Osamu Dazai
- Narrated by: David Shih
- Length: 4 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance
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Story
Portraying himself as a failure, the protagonist of Osamu Dazai’s NO LONGER HUMAN narrates a seemingly normal life even while he feels himself incapable of understanding human beings. His attempts to reconcile himself to the world around him begin in early childhood, continue through high school, where he becomes a “clown” to mask his alienation, and eventually lead to a failed suicide attempt as an adult. Without sentimentality, he records the casual cruelties of life and its fleeting moments of human connection and tenderness.
Written by: Osamu Dazai
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Studies at the School by the Sea
- School by the Sea, Book 4
- Written by: Jenny Colgan
- Narrated by: Eilidh Beaton
- Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Beloved literature teacher Maggie Adair loves her life at the prestigious Downey House boarding school on the gloriously sunny, windy English coast. It was there that she found her footing as a teacher and fell in love with her colleague David—the two great anchors of her life. But these days Maggie’s feeling restless, lured by the promise of a different life back in her Scottish hometown. How can you follow your heart when it seems to be taking you in two directions at once?
Written by: Jenny Colgan
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Notes on Her Color
- A Novel
- Written by: Jennifer Neal
- Narrated by: Angela Sullen
- Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Gabrielle has always had a complicated relationship with her mother Tallulah, one marked by intimacy and resilience in the face of a volatile patriarch. Everything in their home has been bleached a cold white—from the cupboards filled with sheets and crockery to the food and spices Tallulah cooks with. Even Gabrielle, who inherited the ability to change the color of her skin from her mother, is told to pass into white if she doesn't want to upset her father. But this vital mother-daughter bond implodes when Tallulah is hospitalized for a mental health crisis.
Written by: Jennifer Neal
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Embrace the Broken
- Peregrine, Book 2
- Written by: Erica Richardson
- Narrated by: Caleb Summers
- Length: 2 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Miles has always been a diver, as courageous as a peregrine falcon. But after an attempted suicide, he feels anything but courageous. In fact, he feels completely broken. Nowadays, the sight of the pool—the one place he used to feel safe—sends panic coursing through his body. Not only is he about to lose his scholarship but Miles is sick of being a burden. He knows he’s broken, and he knows he’ll only hold Trisha back. She has so much potential. She could fly if she weren’t worried about leaving him behind.
Written by: Erica Richardson
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All the Flowers of the Mountain
- Written by: Christina Holbrook
- Narrated by: Theresa Bakken
- Length: 11 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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In a Paris art gallery, Dr. Michael Pearce comes upon a sculpture by the artist Katherine Morgan. His discovery of the vivid bronze artwork sends Pearce reeling back into his past. Devastatingly lifelike, the sculpture evokes memories of a summer many years earlier when Michael and Katherine met as teenagers by a lake in New Hampshire.
Written by: Christina Holbrook
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Verity Creek
- Written by: Brian Byrne
- Narrated by: Brian Byrne
- Length: 7 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Ian Sullivan, a studious and dutiful thirteen-year-old, finds solace and escape from the baking heat of the Australian outback by immersing himself in classic works of fiction. At first, he thinks he has found a kindred spirit when Anthony Messina, the son of the new town butcher, joins St. Kieran’s for the start of the 1963 school year. And as a bonus, Anthony’s sister Sophia seems to like him as well.
Written by: Brian Byrne
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Esteban
- Love's Ordeal
- Written by: Fish Nealman
- Narrated by: Mehmet Mahmut
- Length: 5 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Born into a tumultuous family, Esteban yearns for his father's affection but faces countless obstacles. A fateful teenage date alters the course of his life, triggering events that challenge him to the core and lead him to become a priest. Within a demanding seminary, Esteban grapples with inner turmoil and a relentless mental illness. The specter of graduation looms overhead, until twists of fate unexpectedly grant him success. As a newly ordained priest, Esteban's first assignment reveals profound lessons through human interactions.
Written by: Fish Nealman
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Monday Rent Boy
- Written by: Susan Doherty
- Narrated by: Simon Blake, Helen Taylor
- Length: 12 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Monday Rent Boy begins in Somerset, England, in the mid-1980s, with the winning and heart-warming story of two 13-year-old friends and fellow altar boys, Arthur Barnes and Ernie Castlefrank. Endearing outcasts, they try not to speak of the secret tie that binds them: both boys are routinely preyed on by The Zipper, their nickname for Father Ziperto, the local Catholic priest. Still, they find adventure and release in the mischief they get up to together, as each also tries to survive in other ways.
Written by: Susan Doherty
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Jaded
- A Novel
- Written by: Ela Lee
- Narrated by: Rosa Escoda
- Length: 10 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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A young lawyer wakes up the morning after a work gala with no memory of how she got home the previous night and must figure out what, exactly, happened—and how much she's willing to put up with to make her way to the top of the corporate ladder.
Written by: Ela Lee
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Promise Kept
- The Promises Series, Book 2
- Written by: K’wan
- Narrated by: Honey Jones
- Length: 11 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Promise and her best friend Mouse have fled Newark and are hiding out in New York City, wanted by the police—and the streets—for the death of B-Stone, leader of the Bloods. In the city, Promise has found work as a waitress at a hole-in-the-wall strip club. But one fateful night, she is forced to face her past when an up-and-coming rapper draws several shady characters into her orbit. Meanwhile, Asher has maneuvered himself into a position of great importance after B-Stone’s death, albeit with some help.
Written by: K’wan
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How We Named the Stars
- Written by: Andrés N. Ordorica
- Narrated by: Christian Barillas
- Length: 10 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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When Daniel de La Luna arrives as a scholarship student at an elite East Coast university, he bears the weight of his family’s hopes and dreams—and the burden of sharing his late uncle’s name. Daniel flounders at first, but then Sam, his roommate, changes everything. As their relationship evolves from brotherly banter to something more intimate, Daniel soon finds himself in love with a man who helps him see himself in a new light. But just as their relationship takes flight, Daniel is pulled away, first by Sam’s hesitation and then by a brutal turn of events that changes Daniel’s life forever.
Written by: Andrés N. Ordorica
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All the Sad Young Literary Men
- Written by: Keith Gessen
- Narrated by: Ari Fliakos
- Length: 6 hrs and 43 mins
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Keith Gessen is a brave and trenchant new literary voice. Known as an award-winning translator of Russian and a book reviewer for publications including The New Yorker and The New York Times, Gessen makes his debut with this critically acclaimed novel, a charming yet scathing portrait of young adulthood at the opening of the twenty-first century. The novel charts the lives of Sam, Mark, and Keith as they overthink their college years, underthink their love lives, and struggle to find a semblance of maturity, responsibility, and even literary fame.
Written by: Keith Gessen
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Rainbow Black
- A Novel
- Written by: Maggie Thrash
- Narrated by: Hope Newhouse
- Length: 12 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Lacey Bond is a 13-year-old girl in New Hampshire growing up in the tranquility of her hippie parents’ rural daycare center. Then the Satanic Panic hits. It’s the summer of 1990 when Lacey ’s parents are handcuffed, flung into the county jail, and faced with a torrent of jaw-dropping accusations as part of a mass hysteria sweeping the nation. When a horrific murder brings Lacey to the breaking point, she makes a ruthless choice that will haunt her for decades.
Written by: Maggie Thrash
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Found Treasure
- Written by: Grace Livingston Hill
- Narrated by: Anne Hancock
- Length: 4 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Sixteen-year-old Effie Martin is in trouble. No one in her family understands her, some mean girls refuse to invite her to their picnic, her clothes are a mess, and she's mad at the world. Impulsively, she hops on her bike and soon finds herself in the middle of a drama where she saves the day. Her heroic act becomes a turning point in her life.
Written by: Grace Livingston Hill
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Blast Off Jupiter
- Written by: Robert McWhite
- Narrated by: Robert McWhite
- Length: 5 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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He was the RESTLESS sort. Always stirring up TROUBLE it would seem. Combining adolescence, survival, innocent romance and philosophy; this extraordinary coming of age story tells the DARING adventure of young Percy Fisk and the summer he traveled west, alone, across the vast country wilderness in search of his father.
Written by: Robert McWhite