Fiction audiobooks

The Best Laid Plans - Abridged

By: Sidney Sheldon

Narrated by: John Rubinstein

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

He wants power, and she wants revenge. The Best Laid Plans is full of manipulators, dirty dealers, and dastardly rascals, all snatching at power—political, financial, and sexual, or all of the above. Against the backdrop of Washington politics and the war in Bosnia, a handsome, charismatic attorney is determined to win the presidency at all... Read more

The Angel of Darkness - Abridged

By: Caleb Carr

Narrated by: Boyd Gaines

Length: 4 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In The Angel Of Darkness, Caleb Carr brings back the vivid world of his bestselling The Alienist but with a twist: this story is told by the former street urchin Stevie Taggert, whose rough life has given him wisdom beyond his years. Thus New York City, and the groundbreaking alienist Dr. Kreizler himself, are seen anew.
It is June 1897. A year... Read more

Only Love - Abridged

By: Erich Segal

Narrated by: John Rubinstein

Length: 5 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A wealthy man with a critically ill wife seeks the help of Matthew Hiller, a world-class neurosurgeon with a thriving practice. In addition to facing a difficult professional challenge, Matthew confronts the most brutal emotional crisis of his life: the lovely patient, Silvia, was his lover years ago. Fighting to save her, Matthew recalls their... Read more

Violin - Abridged

By: Anne Rice

Narrated by: Maria Tucci

Length: 3 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Anne Rice's Violin tells the story of two charismatic figures bound to each other by a passionate commitment to music as a means of rapture, seduction, and liberation.

At the novel's center: a uniquely fascinating woman, Triana, and the demonic fiddler Stefan, a tormented ghost who begins to prey upon her, using his magic violin to draw her into... Read more

Windmills of the God - Abridged

By: Sidney Sheldon

Narrated by: Lee Remick

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

As the world is on the brink of mutual destruction between the East and the West, Mary Ashley—a bright, young political science professor—is appointed U.S. Ambassador to an Iron Curtain country. Her husband dies in a suspicious car crash, and Mary becomes the target of a mysterious murder plot by unseen and powerful enemies. Thrust from her... Read more

Another City, Not My Own - Abridged

By: Dominick Dunne

Narrated by: Dominick Dunne

Length: 5 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Like millions of Americans, journalist Gus Bailey is drawn into the vortex of the O. J. Simpson trial. By day, Gus is a fixture at law offices, newspapers, courtrooms, and even judge's offices. By night, he is feted by celebrities who delight in the hottest news from the courtroom corridors. Interweaving fact and fiction surrounding “ ... Read more

Ship of Line - Abridged

By: Diane Carey

Narrated by: Kevin Conway

Length: 2 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The Starship Enterprise 1701-D has been destroyed, and Captain Jean-Luc Picard finds himself without a command. While waiting for his new ship, Captain Picard has gone with Lieutenant Worf on a delicate diplomatic mission to the Cardassian Empire.

As Picard conducts high-level negotiations for the return of Federation prisoners of war, the... Read more

The Letter - Abridged

By: Richard Paul Evans

Narrated by: Richard Thomas

Length: 2 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The Letter, the final book of the Christmas Box collection is, most simply stated, the love story of David and MaryAnne Parkin. But it is also everyone's love story, for it is about the storms that all relationships must face when the blissful state of romance vanishes into one of real-life challenges and difficulties. We often forget that it is... Read more

Underworld - Abridged

By: Don DeLillo

Narrated by: Richard Poe

Length: 9 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize
Finalist for the National Book Award
Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award
Winner of the Howell’s Medal of the American Academy of Arts and Letters
One of The New York Times Book Review’s 10 Best Books

“A great American novel, a masterpiece, a thrilling page-turner.” —San Francisco Chronicle

*With a... Read more

Deja Dead - Abridged

By: Kathy Reichs

Narrated by: Amy Irving

Length: 4 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From the New York Times bestselling author of Speaking in Bones, the first Temperance Brennan novel in the “cleverly plotted and expertly maintained series” (The New York Times Book Review).

Her life is devoted to justice—even for those she never knew.

In the year since Temperance Brennan left behind a shaky marriage in North Carolina, work has... Read more

Life Support - Abridged

By: Tess Gerritsen

Narrated by: Megan Gallagher

Length: 3 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From New York Times bestselling author Tess Gerritsen, a terrifying novel of deadly proportions as an ER doctor tries to determine the cause and cure of a fatal and mysterious virus before it becomes an epidemic.

The quiet overnight shift at Springer Hospital ER suits Dr. Toby Harper just fine—until she admits a man in critical condition from a... Read more

Men in Black - Abridged

By: Steve Perry & Ed Soloman

Narrated by: David Dukes

Length: 3 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: Yes

While much of the world watches and waits for signs of extraterrestrial life, a select group of individuals know the truth: alien beings are already here and walking among us in human form. Members of a top-secret agency— an organization known only as “ Men in Black” — are dedicated to tracking and... Read more

Night Train to Memphis

By: Elizabeth Peters

Narrated by: Grace Conlin

Length: 13 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Another exciting tale following the adventures of art history professor Vicky Bliss—who keeps getting involved in international crime.An assistant curator of Munich's National Museum, Vicky Bliss is no expert on Egypt, but she does have a PhD in solving crimes. So when an intelligence agency offers her a luxury Nile cruise if she'll help solve a... Read more

The Menace from Earth, and Other Stories

By: Robert A. Heinlein

Narrated by: Rob McQuay

Length: 7 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

From a master of science fiction comes eight startling stories of time and space.In “The Year of the Jackpot,” a statistician charts a curve of unusual happenings throughout the earth, only to find that his facts and figures prove the approach of the end of the world.In “By His Bootstraps,” a man steps thirty thousand years into time and is... Read more

Cimarron Rose - Abridged

By: James Lee Burke

Narrated by: Will Patton

Length: 5 hours 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

Texas attorney Billy Bob Holland must confront the past in order to save his illegitimate son from a murder conviction in this brilliant, fast-paced thriller from beloved New York Times bestselling author James Lee Burke.

Lucas Smothers, nineteen and from the wrong end of town, has been arrested for the rape and murder of a local girl. His... Read more

The New Frontier - Abridged

By: Peter David

Narrated by: Joe Morton

Length: 4 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Sector 221-G: For the whole of Federation history, this large
area of space has been controlled by the Thallonians, a cruel,
militaristic race of which little is knownexcept that they rule
the other races in their sector with vicious iron hand.

Now the Thallonian Empire has collapsed and the systems it once
ruled are in chaos. Old hatreds are... Read more

Star Trek: The Original Series: Vulcan's Forge - Abridged

By: Josepha Sherman & Susan Shwartz

Narrated by: Leonard Nimoy

Length: 3 hours 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

Just over a year ago, Captain James T. Kirk was lost to the Nexus while saving the U.S.S. Enterprise 1701-B from destruction. Aboard the science ship Intrepid II, Captain Spock, commanding some of his old crewmates, must face the loss of his closest friend. But while still in mourning for one friend, he must come to the aid of another. Decades... Read more

Aztec Autumn - Abridged

By: Gary Jennings

Narrated by: David Dukes

Length: 6 hours 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

This sequel to Aztec returns to the Mexico of the conquistador. The young Aztec leader, Tenamáxtli, courageously refuses to bow to his foreign rulers, vowing revenge on the Spaniards who have conquered and destroyed his society. Driven to rebuild the Aztec Empire, Tenamáxtli secretly recruits an army to fight the seemingly... Read more

Contact - Abridged

By: Carl Sagan

Narrated by: Jodie Foster

Length: 4 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Grammy Award Nominee for Best Spoken Word Album!

The future is here...in an adventure of cosmic dimension.

In December, 1999, a multinational team journeys out to the stars, to the most awesome encounter in human history. Who -- or what -- is out there? In Cosmos, Carl Sagan explained the universe. In Contact, he predicts its future -- and our own. Read more

The Greatest Mysteries of All Time

By: Otto Penzler, John Collier, Wilkie Collins, C.P...

Narrated by: Orson Welles

Length: 4 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

This sixth volume of The Greatest Mysteries of All Time offers a variety of works by some of the most lauded writers in the field of suspense and literature. This engaging collection includes stories by 19th and early 20th century greats such as Wilkie Collins and Edith Wharton, as well as more modern fare from the pen of John Gardner, author of... Read more

Silas Marner

By: George Eliot

Narrated by: Stephanie Beacham

Length: 6 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Falsely accused of a crime and betrayed by his closest friend, the weaver Silas Marner has been hoarding his earnings for 15 years. Distanced from his religious community, he has devoted himself to his work and taken pleasure only in counting his coins. Then in a single day, his gold is stolen and a lovely child appears on his doorstep. As he... Read more

Golden Age of Radio

By: Isaac Asimov

Narrated by: Groucho Marx

Length: 3 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Featuring eight episodes of seven classic radio programs, this compelling collection of nostalgia will entertain listeners of all eras. Featured in this set are a live quiz show— You Bet Your Life, hosted by comic legend Groucho Marx— a thrilling segment of X-Minus One (“ The C-Chute” ) written by... Read more

White Crosses - Abridged

By: Larry Watson

Narrated by: Beau Bridges

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

Larry Watson's previous fiction evoking contemporary Western small-town life has won him awards, a dedicated readership, and unqualified critical praise. Now he has written a novel that envelops the rich emotional terrain of his beloved Montana in a mystery that is both unexpected and unforgettable.

After a nighttime accident at the bottom of... Read more

Likely to Die - Abridged

By: Linda Fairstein

Narrated by: Diane Venora

Length: 3 hours 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

The real-life work of sex-crimes prosecutor Linda Fairstein brought "riveting authenticity" (Vanity Fair) to her bestselling debut novel, Final Jeopardy—now Fairstein's fictional counterpart, smart and savvy assistant D.A. Alexandra Cooper, returns in a page-turner that puts Alex in the line of fire.

New York City's oldest and largest medical... Read more