Fiction audiobooks

Bloodstream - Abridged

By: Tess Gerritsen

Narrated by: Jan Maxwell

Length: 3 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: Yes

With her acclaimed novels Harvest and Life Support, Tess Gerritsen has injected a powerful dose of adrenaline into the medical thriller. Now, Gerritsen melds page-turning suspense with chilling realism as a small-town doctor races to unravel the roots of a violent outbreak—before it destroys everything she loves.

Lapped by the gentle waters of... Read more

Sunset Limited - Abridged

By: James Lee Burke

Narrated by: Will Patton

Length: 5 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Detective Dave Robicheaux returns to center stage in an incendiary new novel by James Lee Burke. A gripping tale of racial violence, class warfare, and the sometimes cruel legacy of Southern history, Sunset Limited is a stunning achievement, confirming Burke's place as one of America's premier stylists as well as master storytellers.

The... Read more

Pathways - Abridged

By: Jeri Taylor

Narrated by: Robert Picardo

Length: 5 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In her acclaimed novel Mosaic, Jeri Taylor explored the previously unrevealed past of Captain Kathryn Janeway. Now, Pathways traces the winding roads that have led Janeway's fellow officers and closest friends to what may be the greatest crisis of their long journey home.

A deadly encounter with hostile aliens has left Captain Janeway's crew... Read more

Shadows on the Hudson

By: Isaac Singer, Julie Harris & John Rubinstein

Narrated by: Theodore Bikel

Length: 24 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

This timeless saga traces the intertwined lives of a group of prosperous Jewish Holocaust survivors in New York City after World War II. A chain of events disrupts the close-knit community as each refugee struggles to reconcile the horrific past with the difficult present and explores both the nature of faith and the nature of love. Marriages... Read more

Gatekeeper - Abridged

By: Philip Shelby

Narrated by: Blair Brown

Length: 3 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Gatekeeper features a labyrinthine setting—from the chambers of the American embassy in Paris to the stoops and back alleys of New York City—stocked with characters whose ambition, cunning, and technological sophistication are intolerant of any threat to their conspiratorial will to power.

Hollis Freemont has arrived in Paris to begin her job at... Read more

Coast Road - Abridged

By: Barbara Delinsky

Narrated by: Howard McGillin

Length: 3 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Hailed as “a heartwarming story” (Star Tribune, Minneapolis), a celebration of what matters most in life, Barbara Delinsky’s profoundly moving New York Times bestseller is as richly textured and captivating as the Northern California landscape in which it is set.

Jack McGill chose his architectural career over his family, and returned home from... Read more

Classic Tales of Horror

By: Martin Greenberg, Ramsey Campbell, Ray Bradbury...

Narrated by: Susan Anspach

Length: 3 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

This collection of classic horror stories is sure to give you goosebumps, raise the hair on the back of your neck, and put some fright in your night. These dark tales from renowned authors such as Robert Bloch, Ray Bradbury, and Ramsey Campbell are sure to please everyone— from campfire storytellers to die-hard horror fans. Stories... Read more

Fortunes of War - Abridged

By: Stephen Coonts

Narrated by: Richard Gilliland

Length: 6 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In Tokyo, a squad of fanatic Japanese nationalists force their way into the Imperial Palace and behead the emperor. It is a grisly first move in a sinister conspiracy to take advantage of a weakened Russia and invade oil-rich Siberia. The goal? World domination. The price? A third world war. Bound by a secret protocol to come to Russia's aid in... Read more

On the Occasion of My Last Afternoon - Abridged

By: Kaye Gibbons

Narrated by: Polly Holliday

Length: 5 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Like America in the mid-nineteenth century, Emma Garnet Tate is a woman at war with herself. Born to privilege on a James River plantation, she grows up increasingly aware that her family's prosperity is inextricably linked to the institution of slavery.

As she tells her story in 1900, she is still prey to her childhood, to the memories of a life... Read more

Term Limits - Abridged

By: Vince Flynn

Narrated by: James Naughton

Length: 3 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Politics and riveting suspense collide in this white-knuckled thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of American Assassin—soon to be a major motion picture.

In one bloody night, three of Washington’s most powerful politicians are executed with surgical precision. Their assassins then deliver a shocking ultimatum to the American... Read more

The Mermaids Singing - Abridged

By: Lisa Carey

Narrated by: Jan Maxwell

Length: 2 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: Yes

There is an island off the west coast of Ireland called Inis Muruch—the Island of the Mermaids—a world where myth is more powerful than truth, where the sea sings with the healing and haunting voices of women, and where death is never as strong as the redemptive power of family and love. It is here that Lisa Carey sets her lyrical and sensual... Read more

The Wedding - Abridged

By: Dorothy West

Narrated by: Regina Taylor

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

From Dorothy West, the last surviving member of the Harlem Renaissance, The Wedding is an intimate glimpse into African American middle class. Set on bucolic Martha's Vineyard in the 1950s, this is the story of life in the Oval, a proud, insular community made up of the best and brightest of the East Coast's black bourgeoisie. Within this inner... Read more

The Greatest Mysteries of All Time

By: Otto Penzler

Narrated by: Roscoe Lee Browne

Length: 4 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

The fifth volume of The Greatest Mysteries of All Time is an intriguing anthology of crime and suspense short stories by some of the most renowned writers in the field. This unique collection of master writers includes the usual suspects such as Patricia Highsmith and Mickey Spillane, but also writers better known for other genres, such as Isaac... Read more

Silent Cradle - Abridged

By: Margaret Cathbert

Narrated by: Tonya Pinkins

Length: 2 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Save the life. Save the life...This is the mantra repeated by Dr. Rae Duprey, Berkeley Hills Hosptial's premier obstetrician, who's haunted by the searing memory of her own mother's death in the back of an ambulance—and driven by a passion to save the lives of the women and babies in her care. But when her candidacy for the chairmanship of... Read more

Spectre - Abridged

By: William Shatner

Narrated by: William Shatner

Length: 2 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: Yes

William Shatner has once again brought his unique blend of talents as actor, writer, director, and producer to continue the saga of Jim Kirk's remarkable second life, as an insidious menace from his past threatens a new generation of heroes...

Retired and in a happy relationship, Kirk believes his adventuring days are over. But as he returns to... Read more

The Pickwick Papers - Abridged

By: Charles Dickens

Narrated by: Paul Scofield

Length: 2 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Nearly two centuries after The Pickwick Papers first appeared in 1837, listeners continue to enjoy the vigorous humor and heartwarming optimism of Dickens' first great literary achievement. Actor Paul Scofield evokes all the warmth and laughter of the unlikely adventures of the immortal Samuel Pickwick, Esq., and the other members of the... Read more

The Bull from the Sea - Abridged

By: Mary Renault

Narrated by: Michael York

Length: 2 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Set in classical Greece, this is the riveting sequel to Mary Renault' s The King Must Die.Slaying the minotaur was only the beginning. Theseus's legendary exploits continue in this magnificent tale of mythological adventure in classical Greece. Picking up where The King Must Die left off, this stirring sequel recounts Theseus's... Read more

A Southern Family - Abridged

By: Gail Godwin

Narrated by: Nina Foch

Length: 3 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: Yes

This profound portrait of family life takes listeners inside the hearts and minds of members of the Quick family, whose raw-edged emotions are stirred up by a visit home. An inexplicably violent death and painful confrontations leave every family member forever changed. Rich in insight and psychological entanglements, A Southern Family is a... Read more

Mercury Rising - Abridged

By: Ryne Douglas Pearson

Narrated by: Joe Morton

Length: 3 hours

Abridged: Yes

A Simon & Schuster audiobook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every listener. Read more

Rogue Warrior: Seal Force Alpha - Abridged

By: Richard Marcinko

Narrated by: Richard Marcinko

Length: 3 hours 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

AS A U.S. NAVY SEAL, RICHARD MARCINKO KNEW NO LIMITS -- AS THE ROGUE WARRIOR, HE OBEYS NO RULES.
The Rogue Warrior's taking a flying leap -- a high-altitude jump over the South China Sea. His mission: scuttle a Chinese freighter's cargo of nuclear hardware and its crack crew of naval commandos. It's a leave-no-tracks, take-no-prisoners operation,... Read more

Dust - Abridged

By: Charles Pellegrino

Narrated by: Jay O. Sanders

Length: 4 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The good news: the bugs are all dead.
The bad news: we're next.

The change begins silently, imperceptibly, inexorably. One natural effect topples into the next, like an array of dominoes that stretches to every corner of the globe. Before anyone can realize it, the earth's ecology has utterly transformed itself. And the days of the old... Read more

Night Train - Abridged

By: Martin Amis

Narrated by: Linda Hamilton

Length: 3 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Chain-smoking, deep-voiced fifteen-year veteran of the force Detective Mike Hoolihan is a tough woman. Now she has her worst assignment yet. Jennifer Rockwell—astrophysicist and darling of the community—had everything to live for: brains, looks, the world's best lover, and unlimited career horizons. When Jennifer takes her own life, no one is... Read more

Malice Domestic 3

By: Nancy Pickard, Wendy Hornsby, Dorothy Cannell, ...

Narrated by: Susan Anspach

Length: 5 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Acclaimed Agatha Award-winning author Nancy Pickard presents this anthology of original mystery stories by some of the most distinguished mystery writers of the 20th century, including Dorothy Cannell and Sharyn McCrumb. Compiled in honor of the most beloved crime writer of all time— Agatha Christie— this collection... Read more

Thrill - Abridged

By: Jackie Collins

Narrated by: Jackie Collins

Length: 4 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Jackie Collins’s most outrageous, erotically charged New York Times bestseller is a sexy, shattering roller-coaster thrill ride!

From chic New York and the exclusive Hamptons to the hungry heart of LA, this high-suspense tale pulses with deadly obsessions and relentless desires in the seemingly perfect world of a gorgeous film actress. She could... Read more