- Biographical Fiction (1,605)
- Dystopian (2,095)
Best Sellers
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The Brothers Karamazov (Bicentennial Edition)
- Written by: Fyodor Dostoevsky, Richard Pevear - translator, Larissa Volokhonsky - translator
- Narrated by: Ben Miles
- Length: 42 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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The Brothers Karamazov is a murder mystery, a courtroom drama, and an exploration of erotic rivalry in a series of triangular love affairs involving the “wicked and sentimental” Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov and his three sons—the impulsive and sensual Dmitri....
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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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L'adversaire
- Written by: Emmanuel Carrère
- Narrated by: Emmanuel Carrère
- Length: 4 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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« Le 9 janvier 1993, Jean-Claude Romand a tué sa femme, ses enfants, ses parents, puis tenté, mais en vain, de se tuer lui-même. L'enquête a révélé...
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The Last White Rose
- A Novel of Elizabeth of York
- Written by: Alison Weir
- Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor
- Length: 19 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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New York Times best-selling author Alison Weir explores the life of Henry VIII's mother, Elizabeth, the first queen of the Tudor dynasty, in this stunning historical novel....
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So well written!
- By Suzie Larochelle on 2022-06-01
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Atuk, elle et nous
- Written by: Michel Jean
- Narrated by: Natasha Kanapé Fontaine, Michel Jean
- Length: 5 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Jeannette, fille d’Almanda et de Thomas Siméon, parlait peu de ses origines innues. Pourtant, cette femme toujours vêtue et coiffée avec soin a vécu le quotidien des chasseurs de la forêt boréale jusqu’à sa rencontre avec celui qui allait transformer son existence....
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Magnifique
- By Anna on 2023-08-29
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The Personal Librarian
- A GMA Book Club Pick (A Novel)
- Written by: Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 12 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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In her twenties, Belle da Costa Greene is hired by J. P. Morgan to curate a collection of rare manuscripts, books, and artwork for his newly built Pierpont Morgan Library. Belle becomes a fixture in New York City society and one of the most powerful people in the art and book world....
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Dynamic duo
- By Tania A Heinemann on 2023-09-27
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The Brothers Karamazov (Bicentennial Edition)
- Written by: Fyodor Dostoevsky, Richard Pevear - translator, Larissa Volokhonsky - translator
- Narrated by: Ben Miles
- Length: 42 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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The Brothers Karamazov is a murder mystery, a courtroom drama, and an exploration of erotic rivalry in a series of triangular love affairs involving the “wicked and sentimental” Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov and his three sons—the impulsive and sensual Dmitri....
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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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Performance
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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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L'adversaire
- Written by: Emmanuel Carrère
- Narrated by: Emmanuel Carrère
- Length: 4 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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« Le 9 janvier 1993, Jean-Claude Romand a tué sa femme, ses enfants, ses parents, puis tenté, mais en vain, de se tuer lui-même. L'enquête a révélé...
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The Last White Rose
- A Novel of Elizabeth of York
- Written by: Alison Weir
- Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor
- Length: 19 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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New York Times best-selling author Alison Weir explores the life of Henry VIII's mother, Elizabeth, the first queen of the Tudor dynasty, in this stunning historical novel....
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So well written!
- By Suzie Larochelle on 2022-06-01
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Atuk, elle et nous
- Written by: Michel Jean
- Narrated by: Natasha Kanapé Fontaine, Michel Jean
- Length: 5 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Jeannette, fille d’Almanda et de Thomas Siméon, parlait peu de ses origines innues. Pourtant, cette femme toujours vêtue et coiffée avec soin a vécu le quotidien des chasseurs de la forêt boréale jusqu’à sa rencontre avec celui qui allait transformer son existence....
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Magnifique
- By Anna on 2023-08-29
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The Personal Librarian
- A GMA Book Club Pick (A Novel)
- Written by: Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 12 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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In her twenties, Belle da Costa Greene is hired by J. P. Morgan to curate a collection of rare manuscripts, books, and artwork for his newly built Pierpont Morgan Library. Belle becomes a fixture in New York City society and one of the most powerful people in the art and book world....
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Dynamic duo
- By Tania A Heinemann on 2023-09-27
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The Queen of Sugar Hill
- A Novel of Hattie McDaniel
- Written by: ReShonda Tate
- Narrated by: Lynnette R. Freeman
- Length: 15 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Bestselling author ReShonda Tate presents a fascinating fictional portrait of Hattie McDaniel, one of Hollywood’s most prolific but woefully underappreciated stars—and the first Black person ever to win an Oscar for her role as Mammy in the critically acclaimed classic film Gone With the Wind.
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Victoria
- A Novel
- Written by: Daisy Goodwin
- Narrated by: Anna Wilson-Jones
- Length: 12 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Less than a month after her 18th birthday, Alexandrina Victoria is roused from bed with the news that her uncle William IV has died, and she is now queen of England....
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Wasn’t my favourite
- By Nicole Dittmer on 2024-05-06
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Barney's Version
- Written by: Mordecai Richler
- Narrated by: Graham Abbey
- Length: 16 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Barney Panofsky - Canadian expat, wily lover of women, writer, television producer, raconteur - is finally putting pen to paper so he can rebut the charges about him made in his rival’s autobiography....
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No Thanks
- By Amazon Customer on 2020-05-17
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The Kingmaker's Daughter
- Written by: Philippa Gregory
- Narrated by: Bianca Amato
- Length: 15 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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The Kingmaker's Daughter is the gripping and ultimately tragic story of the daughters of the man known as the "Kingmaker", the most powerful magnate in England through the Cousins' Wars....
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Loved it
- By Kindle Customer on 2022-11-25
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The Agony and the Ecstasy
- A Biographical Novel of Michelangelo
- Written by: Irving Stone
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 33 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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This is Irving Stone's powerful and passionate biographical novel of Michelangelo....
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Monumental
- By Alex Tchhailo on 2021-06-06
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The Postcard
- Written by: Anne Berest, Tina Kover - translator
- Narrated by: Barrie Kealoha
- Length: 13 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Anne Berest’s The Postcard is a vivid portrait of twentieth-century Parisian intellectual and artistic life, an enthralling investigation into family secrets, and poignant tale of a Jewish family devastated by the Holocaust and partly restored through the power of storytelling....
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So relevant for our times.
- By Anonymous User on 2024-04-29
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Beneath a Scarlet Sky
- A Novel
- Written by: Mark Sullivan
- Narrated by: Will Damron
- Length: 17 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Pino Lella wants nothing to do with the war or the Nazis. He's a normal Italian teenager - obsessed with music, food, and girls....
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Great insight into the Italian Front
- By Frank on 2018-10-20
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
- Written by: Hunter S. Thompson
- Narrated by: Ron McLarty
- Length: 6 hrs
- Unabridged
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No book ever written has more perfectly captured the spirit of the 1960s counterculture....
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Fun Fun Fun AND Totally Tasteless
- By Destry Rides on 2019-09-01
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Marlene
- A Novel
- Written by: C. W. Gortner
- Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
- Length: 14 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Raised in genteel poverty after the First World War, Maria Magdalena Dietrich dreams of a life on the stage....
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On m'appelle Demon Copperhead
- Written by: Barbara Kingsolver, Martine Aubert - traducteur
- Narrated by: Benjamin Jungers
- Length: 22 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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" Déjà, je me suis mis au monde tout seul. Ils étaient trois ou quatre à assister à l’événement, et ils m’ont toujours accordé une chose : c’est moi qui...
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The Dig
- Written by: John Preston
- Narrated by: Simon Vance, Kate Reading, Fiona Hardingham, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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In the long hot summer of 1939, Britain is preparing for war, but on a riverside farm in Suffolk there is excitement of another kind....
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The Silver Star
- A Novel
- Written by: Jeannette Walls
- Narrated by: Jeannette Walls
- Length: 7 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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A stunning and heartbreaking novel about an intrepid girl who challenges the injustice of the adult world - a triumph of imagination and storytelling....
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loved the story
- By Becky on 2022-07-29
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The Quintland Sisters
- A Novel
- Written by: Shelley Wood
- Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert
- Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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In Shelley Wood’s fiction debut, listeners are taken inside the devastating true story of the Dionne quintuplets, told from the perspective of one young woman who meets them at the moment of their birth....
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Beautiful
- By Anonymous User on 2019-03-21
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The Invention of Wings
- A Novel
- Written by: Sue Monk Kidd
- Narrated by: Jenna Lamia, Adepero Oduye, Sue Monk Kidd
- Length: 13 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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From the celebrated author of The Secret Life of Bees, a magnificent novel about two unforgettable American women....
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A Great Story and Listen
- By carlee on 2018-09-19
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Restless Dolly Maunder
- Written by: Kate Grenville
- Narrated by: Federay Holmes
- Length: 6 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Dolly Maunder is born at the end of the nineteenth century, when society's long-locked doors are just starting to creak ajar for determined women. Growing up in a poor farming family in rural New South Wales, Dolly spends her life doggedly pushing at those doors.
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Maldita Roma [Damn Rome]
- La conquista del poder de Julio César (Serie Julio César 2) [Julius Caesar's Conquest of Power (Julius Caesar Series, Book 2)]
- Written by: Santiago Posteguillo
- Narrated by: Raúl Llorens
- Length: 30 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Mare Internum, año 75 a. C. Un barco mercante navega rumbo a la isla de Rodas. A bordo, Julio César acompañado sólo por su fiel Labieno....
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envolvente
- By Anonymous User on 2023-12-17
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Triste tigre
- Written by: Neige Sinno
- Narrated by: Neige Sinno
- Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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J’ai voulu y croire, j’ai voulu rêver que le royaume de la littérature m’accueillerait comme n’importe lequel des orphelins qui y...
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Un livre important
- By CBo on 2023-12-08
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All the Glimmering Stars
- A Novel
- Written by: Mark Sullivan, Anthony and Florence Opoka - afterword
- Narrated by: Junior Nyong'o
- Length: 16 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Inspired by a true story, two teens kidnapped by an African warlord find salvation through love in a powerful and healing historical novel from the #1 bestselling author of Beneath a Scarlet Sky and The Last Green Valley....
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Katharine Parr, the Sixth Wife
- Written by: Alison Weir
- Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor
- Length: 18 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Best-selling author and acclaimed historian Alison Weir brings her Tudor Queens series to a close with the remarkable story of Henry VIII's sixth and final wife, who manages to survive him and remarry, only to be thrown into a romantic intrigue that threatens the very throne of England....
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The Last Queen
- A Novel of Courage and Resistance
- Written by: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
- Narrated by: Sneha Mathan
- Length: 13 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Sharp-eyed, stubborn, and passionate, Jindan was known for her beauty. When she caught the eye of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, she was elevated to royalty, becoming his youngest and last queen—and his favorite....
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story itself. i was not aware of it.
- By Amazon Customer on 2024-02-13
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Caleb's Crossing
- A Novel
- Written by: Geraldine Brooks
- Narrated by: Jennifer Ehle
- Length: 12 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1665, a young man from Martha's Vineyard became the first Native American to graduate from Harvard College....
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The Lady Elizabeth
- A Novel
- Written by: Alison Weir
- Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor
- Length: 20 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Before she is three, Elizabeth learns of the tragic fate that has befallen her mother, the enigmatic and seductive Anne Boleyn....
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Anne Boleyn
- A King's Obsession
- Written by: Alison Weir
- Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor
- Length: 19 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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It is the spring of 1527. Henry VIII has come to Hever Castle in Kent to pay court to Anne Boleyn. He is desperate to have her....
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Good book but has some inaccuracy
- By Samantha Ley on 2019-05-15
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Katheryn Howard, the Scandalous Queen
- Written by: Alison Weir
- Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor
- Length: 16 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Best-selling author and acclaimed historian Alison Weir tells the tragic story of Henry VIII’s fifth wife, a 19-year-old beauty with a hidden past, in this fifth novel in the sweeping Six Tudor Queens series....
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Enjoyed
- By Ann on 2020-06-06
New Releases
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All the Glimmering Stars
- A Novel
- Written by: Mark Sullivan, Anthony and Florence Opoka - afterword
- Narrated by: Junior Nyong'o
- Length: 16 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Anthony Opoka and Florence Okori are coming of age in Uganda in the 1990s. Outstanding students, they believe in being good humans before they are kidnapped and forced into the fanatical Lord’s Resistance Army. In a legion of young recruits, no one gets closer than Anthony to powerful messianic warlord Joseph Kony and his darkest secrets. To stay sane as he spirals through chaos, Anthony clings to his childhood lessons about being a good human. Florence’s upbringing grounds her, too, helping her keep her dreams alive even as she’s pulled deeper into the insanity of Kony’s war.
Written by: Mark Sullivan, and others
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The Brothers Karamazov (Bicentennial Edition)
- Written by: Fyodor Dostoevsky, Richard Pevear - translator, Larissa Volokhonsky - translator
- Narrated by: Ben Miles
- Length: 42 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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The Brothers Karamazov is a murder mystery, a courtroom drama, and an exploration of erotic rivalry in a series of triangular love affairs involving the “wicked and sentimental” Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov and his three sons—the impulsive and sensual Dmitri; the coldly rational Ivan; and the healthy, red-cheeked young novice Alyosha. Through the gripping events of their story, Dostoevsky portrays the whole of Russian life, is social and spiritual striving, in what was both the golden age and a tragic turning point in Russian culture.
Written by: Fyodor Dostoevsky, and others
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Ella
- A Novel
- Written by: Diane Richards
- Narrated by: Alexandra Grey
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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In the vein of The Paris Wife and The Personal Librarian comes this debut novel, a magnificent work of “biographical fiction” that reimagines the turbulent and triumphant early years of Ella Fitzgerald, arguably the greatest singer of the twentieth century.
Written by: Diane Richards
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The Dove upon Her Branch
- Written by: DM Denton
- Narrated by: Virginia Ferguson
- Length: 12 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Christina Georgina Rossetti is the youngest of four siblings in a close-knit, creative Anglo-Italian family. A spirited child like her brother, Pre-Raphaelite artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti, in adolescence she struggles with being sickly and depressed. She emerges "a dove on a solitary branch," realizing her voice through writing, most exceptionally poetry.
Written by: DM Denton
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Polyamorous Love Song
- Written by: Jacob Wren
- Narrated by: Alex MacDonald
- Length: 5 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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From interdisciplinary writer and performer Jacob Wren comes Polyamorous Love Song, a novel of intertwined narratives concerning the relationship between artists and the world. Shot through with unexpected moments of sex and violence, listeners will become acquainted with a world that is at once the same and opposite from the one in which they live.
Written by: Jacob Wren
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My Sister, My Protector
- Written by: S.O. Strenuo
- Narrated by: Alyssa Boaldin
- Length: 3 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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My Sister, My Protector is based on the true story of one family. It covers three generations of abuse, starting with seventeen-year-old Mary. If you or anyone you know can relate to this story, there is help. Please talk to someone.
Written by: S.O. Strenuo
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All the Glimmering Stars
- A Novel
- Written by: Mark Sullivan, Anthony and Florence Opoka - afterword
- Narrated by: Junior Nyong'o
- Length: 16 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Anthony Opoka and Florence Okori are coming of age in Uganda in the 1990s. Outstanding students, they believe in being good humans before they are kidnapped and forced into the fanatical Lord’s Resistance Army. In a legion of young recruits, no one gets closer than Anthony to powerful messianic warlord Joseph Kony and his darkest secrets. To stay sane as he spirals through chaos, Anthony clings to his childhood lessons about being a good human. Florence’s upbringing grounds her, too, helping her keep her dreams alive even as she’s pulled deeper into the insanity of Kony’s war.
Written by: Mark Sullivan, and others
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The Brothers Karamazov (Bicentennial Edition)
- Written by: Fyodor Dostoevsky, Richard Pevear - translator, Larissa Volokhonsky - translator
- Narrated by: Ben Miles
- Length: 42 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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The Brothers Karamazov is a murder mystery, a courtroom drama, and an exploration of erotic rivalry in a series of triangular love affairs involving the “wicked and sentimental” Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov and his three sons—the impulsive and sensual Dmitri; the coldly rational Ivan; and the healthy, red-cheeked young novice Alyosha. Through the gripping events of their story, Dostoevsky portrays the whole of Russian life, is social and spiritual striving, in what was both the golden age and a tragic turning point in Russian culture.
Written by: Fyodor Dostoevsky, and others
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Ella
- A Novel
- Written by: Diane Richards
- Narrated by: Alexandra Grey
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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In the vein of The Paris Wife and The Personal Librarian comes this debut novel, a magnificent work of “biographical fiction” that reimagines the turbulent and triumphant early years of Ella Fitzgerald, arguably the greatest singer of the twentieth century.
Written by: Diane Richards
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The Dove upon Her Branch
- Written by: DM Denton
- Narrated by: Virginia Ferguson
- Length: 12 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Christina Georgina Rossetti is the youngest of four siblings in a close-knit, creative Anglo-Italian family. A spirited child like her brother, Pre-Raphaelite artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti, in adolescence she struggles with being sickly and depressed. She emerges "a dove on a solitary branch," realizing her voice through writing, most exceptionally poetry.
Written by: DM Denton
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Polyamorous Love Song
- Written by: Jacob Wren
- Narrated by: Alex MacDonald
- Length: 5 hrs and 28 mins
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From interdisciplinary writer and performer Jacob Wren comes Polyamorous Love Song, a novel of intertwined narratives concerning the relationship between artists and the world. Shot through with unexpected moments of sex and violence, listeners will become acquainted with a world that is at once the same and opposite from the one in which they live.
Written by: Jacob Wren
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My Sister, My Protector
- Written by: S.O. Strenuo
- Narrated by: Alyssa Boaldin
- Length: 3 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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My Sister, My Protector is based on the true story of one family. It covers three generations of abuse, starting with seventeen-year-old Mary. If you or anyone you know can relate to this story, there is help. Please talk to someone.
Written by: S.O. Strenuo
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Naked Girl
- Written by: Janna Brooke Wallack
- Narrated by: Janna Brooke Wallack
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Growing up motherless in 1980's Miami Beach, Sienna and her little brother Siddhartha get by with their charismatic and capricious father, Jackson Jones. When a small windfall relocates them to a condemned mansion on the water, the siblings are forbidden traditional schooling and left to live off the land. As Jackson uses their new home to create a communal cult, the siblings are forced to raise themselves in a carefree, chaotic oasis. Living amidst the vagrant seekers who take up residence in Jackson's utopia, Sienna and Siddhartha strive to protect their unconventional family.
Written by: Janna Brooke Wallack
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Involuntary Bliss
- Written by: Devon Code
- Narrated by: Hugh Gunz
- Length: 5 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Intense and densely layered, Involuntary Bliss is the latest intriguing story from the award-winning young Canadian writer Devon Code. Situated in modern-day Montreal during a weekend in late August, two young men attempt to restore their friendship.
Written by: Devon Code
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The Bootlegger's Daughter
- A Novel
- Written by: Nadine Nettmann
- Narrated by: Jesse Vilinsky, Allyson Ryan, Keong Sim
- Length: 9 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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It’s 1927. Letty Hart’s father is long gone, but his old winery provides a meager wage and a legal livelihood for selling sacramental wine. But when that contract goes bust, Letty stumbles upon a desperate option: her father’s hidden cellar—and enough liquor to tempt Letty to bootleg the secret stash. In an underworld dominated by merciless men, Letty is building an empire.
Written by: Nadine Nettmann
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ANKRBOY
- Written by: Mark Pettit
- Narrated by: Jon Vertullo
- Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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A young, closeted TV newscaster tries to make his way during the height of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Based on the true-life story of three-time Emmy award-winning anchorman and best-selling author turned actor, Mark Pettit.
Written by: Mark Pettit
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Mercy of Hell Hollow
- Her Lost Journal 1883-1887
- Written by: Marnie Reynolds-Bourque
- Narrated by: Margaret Stockton-Davies
- Length: 5 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1883, a young, newly married Mercy Reynolds begins a personal journal, filling it with thoughts of her young family. She records her opinions on women's suffrage, historic events, small town gossip and life in general, never imagining she will also be documenting incredible loss as well. Her writings remind us of how America's pioneers lived in a world now largely forgotten.
Written by: Marnie Reynolds-Bourque
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The Jacobite's Wife
- Written by: Morag Edwards
- Narrated by: Charlotte Strevens
- Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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18th century, Scotland. Jacobite sympathies stir powerful emotions, especially in a titled young man with little to occupy him. But strong-willed Lady Winifred Nithsdale has already seen her mother, father, and brother imprisoned for their support of England's Catholic king. While she wants to be loyal, Winifred tries to protect her husband from imprisonment, or worse, the scaffold. But will she escape with her own life intact?
Written by: Morag Edwards
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An African Orphan
- A Search for Meaning
- Written by: Tobias Mwandala
- Narrated by: Erica Myeni
- Length: 4 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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This is a story of an African orphan, Felix, who loses his parents as a very young boy. He embarks on a long journey searching for meaning in his life. On his journey he seeks to find answers and discover what there is to live for?
Written by: Tobias Mwandala
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Your Presence Is Mandatory
- A Novel
- Written by: Sasha Vasilyuk
- Narrated by: Sam Rushton
- Length: 11 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Yefim Shulman, husband, grandfather and war veteran, was beloved by his family and his coworkers. But in the days after his death, his widow Nina finds a letter to the KGB in his briefcase. Yefim had a lifelong secret, and his confession forces them to reassess the man they thought they knew and the country he had defended.
Written by: Sasha Vasilyuk
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It Is Never Too Late: Short Stories
- Written by: Roman Litovsky
- Narrated by: Scotty Kwas
- Length: 8 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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This book is a true-to-life collection of 30 short stories from physicist and electrical engineer Roman Litovsky chronicling his family’s harrowing emigration journey in 1989 from Ukraine to the United States during the height of the impending collapse of the USSR. It details his life in Kyiv, traveling throughout Europe to gain freedom from the oppressive Soviet regime, settling in the U.S., and his life after that with a great engineering career at a prominent U.S. electro-acoustic company.
Written by: Roman Litovsky
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Victoria Falls
- Written by: James Hornor
- Narrated by: Anne Francis
- Length: 8 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Set in Zimbabwe, Kenya, and Bombay, India, Mr. Monroe's journey into authenticity results in a series of failed relationships that reveal the dark, enigmatic recesses of his complex personality and eventually land him in a hellhole prison in Bombay. His tragedy unfolds into an ending that no one, especially Monroe, could have possibly predicted or imagined.
Written by: James Hornor
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The Bag
- Coffee Talk: A Leader’s Job, Book 1
- Written by: Tim Gibson
- Narrated by: Amy Pandit
- Length: 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Surviving the job happens one day, one shift, and one call at a time. Having each other's backs sets a team apart from a crew. The Bag takes you on that journey for just one shift.
Written by: Tim Gibson
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Fighting for a Laugh
- Based on a True Story
- Written by: Chalmer Williams
- Narrated by: Kato Deville
- Length: 2 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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My narrative explores social and emotional complexities of my teenage years (17-18) being expelled from high school while facing family, justice involved and community issues that negatively impact so many young men and women of color today.
Written by: Chalmer Williams