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Literary Audiobooks

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    The Spectator Bird

    by Wallace Stegner ...
    Narrated by Edward Herrmann ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 53 min

    Joe Allston is a retired literary agent who is, in his own words, "killing time before time gets around to killing me." His parents and his only son are long dead, leaving him with neither ancestors nor descendants, tradition nor ties. His job, trafficking the talent of others, had not been his choice. He passes through life as a spectator.A postcard from a friend causes him to return to the ... Read more

    $24.99 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    A Country of Eternal Light

    by Paul Dalgarno ...
    Narrated by Fiona Macleod ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 17 min

    An astonishingly inventive, playful, witty, poignant and deeply moving novel from one of Australia's most exciting writers.Shortlisted for THE AGE BOOK OF THE YEAR and THE READINGS NEW AUSTRALIAN FICTION PRIZE in 2023.Margaret Bryce, deceased mother of twins, has been having a hard time since dying in 2014. These days she spends time with her daughters - Eva in Madrid, and Rachel and her family in ... Read more

    $42.99 AUD

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    Identity Crisis

    by Ben Elton ...
    Narrated by Ben Elton ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 58 min

    Random House presents the audiobook edition of Identity Crisis, written and read by Ben Elton.Why are we all so hostile? So quick to take offence? Truly we are living in the age of outrage.A series of apparently random murders draws amiable, old-school Detective Mick Matlock into a world of sex, politics, reality TV and a bewildering kaleidoscope of opposing identity groups. Lost in a blizzard of ... Read more

    $21.99 AUD

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    Same As It Ever Was

    The immersive and joyful new novel from the author of Reese’s Bookclub pick The Most Fun We Ever Had

    by Claire Lombardo ...
    Narrated by Emily Rankin ...

    Unabridged

    18 hours 21 min

    The author of The Most Fun We Ever Had returns with a brilliantly observed family drama, in which a long marriage faces imminent derailment from events both past and present'I finished this wonderful book in floods of tears. What a joy to let a writer of such talent suffuse us with a life's worth of humour and pain, affection and mess' Jessie Burton'Witty and insightful. A powerful exploration of ... Read more

    $53.99 AUD

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    The Vegetarian

    by Han Kang ...
    Narrated by Janet Song, Stephen Park ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 15 min

    Yeong-hye and her husband are ordinary people. He is an office worker with moderate ambitions and mild manners; she is an uninspired but dutiful wife. The acceptable flatline of their marriage is interrupted when Yeong-hye, seeking a more 'plant-like' existence, decides to become a vegetarian, prompted by grotesque recurring nightmares. In South Korea, where vegetarianism is almost unheard-of and ... Read more

    $26.99 AUD

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    Demon Copperhead

    Winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction

    by Barbara Kingsolver ...
    Narrated by Charlie Thurston ...

    Unabridged

    21 hours 3 min

    **A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**A masterful recasting of David Copperfield, narrated by an Appalachian boy whose wise, unwavering voice relates his encounters with poverty, addiction, institutional failures and moral collapse-and his efforts to conquer them. - the PulitzerWINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTIONTWICE WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL ... Read more

    $39.99 AUD

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    By Any Other Name

    by Jodi Picoult ...
    Narrated by Jodi Picoult, Billie Fulford-Brown, Jayne Entwistle, Andrew Fallaize, Joe Jameson, John Lee, Nicholas Guy Smith, Simon Vance, Steve West, Laura Benanti0 ...

    Unabridged

    18 hours 26 min

    In Elizabethan London, young Emilia Bassano is a ward of English aristocrats. Her education has endowed her with a sharp wit and a gift for storytelling, but still she is allowed no voice of her own. Forced to become a mistress to the Lord Chamberlain, who oversees the theatre, Emilia discovers the power of stories to beguile audiences. Secretly, she forms a plan to bring a play of her own to the ... Read more

    $26.99 AUD

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    Glorious Exploits

    by Ferdia Lennon ...
    Narrated by Ferdia Lennon ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 15 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.It's 412 BC, and Athens' invasion of Sicily has failed catastrophically. Thousands of Athenian soldiers are held captive in the quarries of Syracuse, starving, dejected and hanging on by the slimmest of threads.Lampo and Gelon are local potters, young men with no work and barely two obols to rub together. With not much to fill their time, they take to visiting the nearby ... Read more

    $24.99 AUD

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    Praiseworthy

    by Alexis Wright ...
    Narrated by Jacqui Katona ...

    Unabridged

    36 hours 57 min

    In a small town dominated by a haze cloud, which heralds both an ecological catastrophe and a gathering of the ancestors, a crazed visionary seeks out donkeys as the solution to the global climate crisis and the economic dependency of the Aboriginal people. His wife seeks solace from his madness in following the dance of butterflies and scouring the internet to find out how she can seek ... Read more

    $26.99 AUD

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    Breathing Lessons

    by Anne Tyler ...
    Narrated by Suzanne Toren ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 25 min

    Breathing Lessons covers the events of a day in the life of Maggie Moran, nearing fifty, married to Ira and with two children. Her eternal optimism and her inexhaustible passion for sorting out other people's lives and willing them to fall in love is severely tested one hot summer day.Maggie and Ira drive from Baltimore to Deer Lick to attend the funeral of the husband of Serena, Maggie's ... Read more

    $21.99 AUD

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    The Mountain in the Sea

    Shortlisted for the 2024 Arthur C. Clarke Award

    by Ray Nayler ...
    Narrated by Eunice Wong ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 5 min

    'I loved this novel's brain and heart'DAVID MITCHELL, AUTHOR OF CLOUD ATLAS'A first-rate speculative thriller, by turns fascinating, brutal, powerful, and redemptive'JEFF VANDERMEER, AUTHOR OF ANNIHILATIONThere are creatures in the water of Con Dao.To the locals, they're monsters.To the corporate owners of the island, an opportunity.To the t... ... Read more

    $39.99 AUD

  • Audiobook

    Moon of the Crusted Snow

    A Novel

    by Waubgeshig Rice ...
    Narrated by Billy Merasty ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 46 min

    A daring post-apocalyptic novel from a powerful rising literary voiceWith winter looming, a small northern Anishinaabe community goes dark. Cut off, people become passive and confused. Panic builds as the food supply dwindles. While the band council and a pocket of community members struggle to maintain order, an unexpected visitor arrives, escaping the crumbling society to the south. Soon after, ... Read more

    $20.99 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    The Allspice Bath

    by Sonia Saikaley ...
    Narrated by Norah Noble ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 11 min

    It is 1970. The evergreens are thick with snow despite it being the month of April. In an Ottawa hospital, another daughter is born to the Azar family. The parents are from Kfarmichki, a village in Lebanon but their daughters were born in Canada. Four daughters, to be precise. No sons. Youssef is the domineering father. Samira is the quiescent mother. Rima, Katrina and Mona are the traditional ... Read more

    $26.99 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    The Place We Call Home

    by Faith Hogan, Faith Hogan ...
    Narrated by Caroline Lennon ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 30 min

    Welcome to Ballycove, the home of Corrigan Mills... Set against the backdrop of the beautiful Irish countryside the famed Corrigan Mills are run by the seemingly perfect Corrigan family, but every family has its secrets, and they don't always stay hidden.Ada has forever lived her life in her sister's shadow. Wanting only to please her mother and take over the family business, now Ada has to take a ... Read more

    $27.99 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

    by Gabrielle Zevin ...
    Narrated by Jennifer Kim, Julian Cihi ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 52 min

    **Brought to you by Penguin.THE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING PHENOMENONThis is the story of Sam and Sadie. It's not a romance, but it is about love.**When Sam catches sight of Sadie at a crowded train station one morning he is catapulted straight back to childhood, and the hours they spent immersed in playing games.Their spark is instantly reignited and sets off a creative collaboration that will make ... Read more

    $22.99 AUD

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    My Friends

    by Hisham Matar ...
    Narrated by Hisham Matar ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 24 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.A masterful, intensely moving novel about three friends living in political exile and the emotional homeland that deep friendships can provide - from the Booker-shortlisted, Pulitzer prize-winning author of THE RETURNKhaled and Mustafa meet at university in Edinburgh: two Libyan eighteen-year-olds expecting to return home after their studies. In a moment of recklessness ... Read more

    $27.99 AUD

  • Audiobook

    Boy Swallows Universe

    by Trent Dalton ...
    Narrated by Stig Wemyss ...

    Unabridged

    16 hours 42 min

    'The best Australian novel I have read in more than a decade' Sydney Morning Herald***'***Astonishing, captivating ... a wild, beautiful, heart-exploding ride' Elizabeth GilbertThe bestselling novel that has taken Australia, and the world, by storm.Brisbane, 1985: A lost father, a mute brother, a junkie mum, a heroin dealer for a stepfather and a notorious crim for a babysitter. It's not as... ... Read more

    $34.99 AUD

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    All the Colours of the Dark

    The Instant Sunday Times Bestseller – ‘a wonderful book’ (Richard Osman)

    by Chris Whitaker ...
    Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini ...

    Unabridged

    14 hours 36 min

    A BBC 'BETWEEN THE COVERS' BOOK CLUB PICKA MISSING PERSONS MYSTERY, A SERIAL KILLER THRILLER, AND AN EPIC LOVE STORY. WITH A UNIQUE TWIST ON EACH...* * * * *'Hits like a sledgehammer. An absolutely must-read novel' GILLIAN FLYNN'A wonderful book' RICHARD OSMAN'Impeccably crafted, deeply emotional, entirely shattering' BONNIE GARMUS'A brilliant work ... ... Read more

    $44.99 AUD

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    Twelve Red Herrings

    by Jeffrey Archer ...
    Narrated by Leighton Pugh, Joan Walker ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 21 min

    An imprisoned man is certain that his supposed murder victim is very much alive... a female driver is pursued relentlessly by a menacing figure in another vehicle... a young artist gets the biggest break of her career... a restless beauty manages the perfect birthday celebration... an escaped Iraqi on Saddam Hussein's death list pays an involuntary visit to his homeland... How will they react? How ... Read more

    $22.99 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    The Farthest Shore

    The Third Book of Earthsea

    by Ursula K. Le Guin ...
    Narrated by Kobna Holdbrook-Smith ...
    Series series The Earthsea Quartet

    Unabridged

    8 hours 9 min

    Darkness threatens to overtake Earthsea: the world and its wizards are losing their magic. Despite being wearied with age, Ged Sparrowhawk - Archmage, wizard, and dragonlord - embarks on a daring, treacherous journey, accompanied by Enlad's young Prince Arren, to discover the reasons behind this devastating pattern of loss. Together they will sail to the farthest reaches of their world - even ... Read more

    $44.99 AUD

  • Audiobook

    The Secret History

    From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Goldfinch

    by Donna Tartt ...
    Narrated by Donna Tartt ...

    Unabridged

    22 hours 4 min

    THE BESTSELLER THAT DEFINED AN AGE'Everything, somehow, fit together; some sly and benevolent Providence was revealing itself by degrees and I felt myself trembling on the brink of a fabulous discovery, as though any morning it was all going to come together---my future, my past, the whole of my life---and I was going to sit up in bed like a thunderbolt and say oh! oh! oh!'Under the influence of a ... Read more

    $24.99 AUD

  • Audiobook

    The Book of Goose: The gripping new novel from the prize-winning author of Where Reasons End

    by Yiyun Li ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 2 min

    'A dazzling, subtle, skilful knockout – I loved it' Charlotte Mendelson ‘One of our finest living authors … propulsively entertaining’ New York Times ‘Wonderfully strange and alive’ Jon McGregorA propulsive, seductive new novel about friendship, exploitation and intimacy from the prize-winning author of Where Reasons EndFabienne is dead. Her childhood best friend, Agnès, receives the news in ... Read more

    $45.99 AUD

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    Go Tell it on the Mountain

    by James Baldwin ...
    Narrated by Joe Morton, Roxane Gay ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 55 min

    **Brought to you by Penguin.James Baldwin's electrifying first novel.**'I had to deal with what hurt me most. I had to deal with my father.'Drawing on James Baldwin's own boyhood in a religious community in 1930s Harlem, his first novel tells the story of young Johnny Grimes. Johnny is destined to become a preacher like his father, Gabriel, at the Temple of the Fire Baptized, where the church ... Read more

    $24.99 AUD

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    The Tombs of Atuan

    The Second Book of Earthsea

    by Ursula K. Le Guin ...
    Narrated by Aysha Kala ...
    Series series The Earthsea Quartet

    Unabridged

    5 hours 41 min

    '[This] trilogy made me look at the world in a new way, imbued everything with a magic that was so much deeper than the magic I'd encountered before then. This was a magic of words, a magic of true speaking' Neil Gaiman'Drink this magic up. Drown in it. Dream it' David MitchellIn this second novel in the Earthsea series, Tenar is chosen as high priestess to the ancient and nameless Powers of the ... Read more

    $44.99 AUD