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Tales of the City
- By: Armistead Maupin
- Narrated by: Frances McDormand
- Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Introduction written and read by Rachel Maddow Narrated by Frances McDormand The first novel in the beloved Tales of the City series, Armistead Maupin’s bestselling San Francisco saga, and inspiration for the Netflix original series, Tales of the City “A consummate entertainer who has...
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Return to this old favourite
- By Jockette61 on 31-07-15
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Tales of the City
- Narrated by: Frances McDormand
- Series: Tales of the City, Book 1
- Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 26-03-13
- Language: English
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Hideous Kinky
- By: Esther Freud
- Narrated by: Esther Freud
- Length: 3 hrs and 3 mins
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Quirky, charming and suffused with the footloose spirit of the sixties, this is the irresistible story of an English woman who decides on a whim to move herself and her two young daughters to Morocco. The ensuing adventure takes them through richly perfumed markets, dilapidated hotels and mystical Sufi retreats, via friendships and feuds, romances with nomadic street performers, hitchhiking, and nights camping by the coast—all seen through the eyes of a precocious five-year-old girl.
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Hideous Kinky
- Narrated by: Esther Freud
- Length: 3 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 01-09-25
- Language: English
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Heads Will Roll
- A Suspenseful Slasher Horror Exploring Cancel Culture, Secrets, and a Killer Legend
- By: Josh Winning
- Narrated by: EJ Lavery
- Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall37
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Brought to you by Penguin. A chilling slasher from a razor-sharp new horror voice, perfect for fans of Grady Hendrix and the Scream franchise If you hear her knock, it’s already too late . . . Willow is in need of an escape. A former sitcom star, she’s been publicly shamed on the internet...
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Slasher a book makes the cut
- By Katie Brooks on 13-09-24
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Heads Will Roll
- A Suspenseful Slasher Horror Exploring Cancel Culture, Secrets, and a Killer Legend
- Narrated by: EJ Lavery
- Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 05-09-24
- Language: English
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Bad Fiction
- By: Rebecca Sarah Ley
- Narrated by: Jane Fox
- Length: 8 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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A stylish, seductive new novel from Rebecca Sarah Ley, winner of a Betty Trask Prize and the Guardian's Not the Booker Prize 'A stylish and gripping take on the campus novel – witty, incredibly sharp, and compulsively readable' Sophie Mackintosh, author of The Water Cure 'I loved it: a bleakly...
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Bad Fiction
- Narrated by: Jane Fox
- Length: 8 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 26-02-26
- Language: English
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The Original
- 'Puts Stevens in the class of Sarah Waters and even du Maurier herself' Financial Times
- By: Nell Stevens
- Narrated by: Kristin Atherton, Matthew Spencer
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Shortlisted for the James Tait Black Prize 2026 A Finalist in the Nota Bene Prize 2026 ‘Casually magisterial’ Guardian 'Endlessly intriguing' Observer ‘A marvel of a novel’ Ali Smith ‘Jane Eyre by way of Patricia Highsmith’ BBC Radio 4 ‘Puts Stevens in the class of Sarah Waters’...
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Perfect
- By Hermione on 12-07-25
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The Original
- 'Puts Stevens in the class of Sarah Waters and even du Maurier herself' Financial Times
- Narrated by: Kristin Atherton, Matthew Spencer
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 19-06-25
- Language: English
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Warm Pearls and Paper Cranes
- The Only Way Forward Is Love
- By: E.V. Bancroft
- Narrated by: Juanita McMahon
- Length: 14 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall8
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Performance8
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Maud Heaston has been in love with Beatrice Williams since they first met in 1939. They’ve been through hell and back; family, careers, and secrets have threatened to tear them apart, but their love has endured it all. Until now. Old age and illness have forced them into separate nursing homes and the family Maud trusted to take care of them are only out for themselves.
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Wonderful
- By LynnF on 11-03-26
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Warm Pearls and Paper Cranes
- The Only Way Forward Is Love
- Narrated by: Juanita McMahon
- Series: A Women in War Historical Romance, Book 1
- Length: 14 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 22-09-23
- Language: English
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Chlorine
- By: Jade Song
- Narrated by: Catherine Ho, Imani Parks
- Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall23
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Performance19
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Ren Yu is a swimmer. Her daily life starts and ends with the pool. Her teammates are her only friends. Her coach, her guiding light. If she swims well enough, she will be scouted, get a scholarship, go to a good school. Her parents will love her. Her coach will be kind to her. She will have a good life. But these are human concerns. The concerns of those confined to land. Ren grew up on stories of creatures of the deep, of the oceans and the rivers. Stories that called sailors to their doom. Stories that dragged them down and drowned them.
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Super strange but enjoyed it
- By Lauren on 15-09-25
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Chlorine
- Narrated by: Catherine Ho, Imani Parks
- Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 06-07-23
- Language: English
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Mongrel
- By: Hanako Footman
- Narrated by: Hanako Footman
- Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall109
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Performance105
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Mei loses her Japanese mother at age six. Growing up in suburban Surrey, she yearns to fit in, suppressing both her heritage and her growing love for her best friend Fran. Yuki leaves the Japanese countryside to pursue her dream of becoming a concert violinist in London. Lonely and far from home, she finds herself caught up in the charms of her older teacher. Haruka attempts to navigate Tokyo's nightlife and all of its many vices, working as a hostess in seedy bars. She grieves a mother who hid so many secrets from her, until finally one of those secrets comes to light.
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Brilliant book and great narration
- By sim on 05-10-24
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Mongrel
- Narrated by: Hanako Footman
- Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 08-02-24
- Language: English
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Creed
- By: Reese Knightley
- Narrated by: Declan Winters
- Length: 4 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Backing down is not in Creed's nature. Creed is a protective badass with a sensitive side and he will stop at nothing to defend those he loves. Kellum is elusive and Creed has his work cut out convincing the younger man that he can and will keep him safe while they navigate the fiery attraction...
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Creed
- Narrated by: Declan Winters
- Series: Operation Justice Force, Book 7
- Length: 4 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 07-04-26
- Language: English
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Sparrow
- The Sunday Times Bestseller set in the dying days of the Roman Empire
- By: James Hynes
- Narrated by: Theo Solomon
- Length: 17 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall27
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Performance21
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As an empire burns, he will rise from the ashes. Sparrow, the Sunday Times bestselling historical epic by James Hynes, is the incredibly moving story of one boy’s journey to freedom in the harsh world of the Roman Empire. Raised in a brothel at the edge of a dying empire, a boy of no known...
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Enjoyable but drawn out
- By Anonymous on 09-02-24
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Sparrow
- The Sunday Times Bestseller set in the dying days of the Roman Empire
- Narrated by: Theo Solomon
- Length: 17 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 04-05-23
- Language: English
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Affinity
- By: Sarah Waters
- Narrated by: Juanita McMahon
- Length: 14 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall327
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Performance292
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Set in and around the women's prison at Milbank in the 1870's, Affinity is an eerie and utterly compelling ghost story, a complex and intriguing literary mystery, and a poignant love story with an unexpected twist in the tale. Following the death of her father, Margaret Prior has decided to pursue some 'good work' with the lady criminals of one of London's most notorious gaols. Surrounded by prisoners, murderers, and common thieves, Margaret feels herself drawn to one of the prison's more unlikely inmates.
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Slow going at first but speeds up well.
- By iris on 26-10-14
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Affinity
- Narrated by: Juanita McMahon
- Length: 14 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 25-09-14
- Language: English
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Herc
- By: Phoenicia Rogerson
- Narrated by: full cast
- Length: 12 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall25
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Performance24
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This should be the story of Hercules: his twelve labours, his endless adventures…everyone’s favourite hero, right? Well, it’s not. This is the story of everyone else. Herc gives voice to the silenced characters, in this feminist, queer (and sometimes shocking) retelling of classic Hercules myth.
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So charming!
- By Rattus on 29-10-23
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Prairie Oyster
- ‘Had me laughing, wincing, cheering, recognising, admiring – and turning pages, rapidly’ (Maggie Nelson)
- By: Sophie Robinson
- Narrated by: Alby Baldwin
- Length: 5 hrs and 54 mins
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'A masterful contribution to the canon of queer women's literature. A smart and uncomfortable dissection of longing' SHON FAYE 'Sophie out-jars The Bell Jar with this dark and gleaming masterpiece' EILEEN MYLES 'Unflinching, unexpected, radical, lyrical, and wholly original' SOPHIE MACKINTOSH...
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Prairie Oyster
- ‘Had me laughing, wincing, cheering, recognising, admiring – and turning pages, rapidly’ (Maggie Nelson)
- Narrated by: Alby Baldwin
- Length: 5 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 05-03-26
- Language: English
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Bertie's Theory of Ice Cream
- 44 Scotland Street, Book 18
- By: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: David Rintoul
- Length: 7 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall46
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Performance43
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'It's like ice cream, Mr Flynn,' Bertie continued. 'When you have ice cream, you need to eat it straight away, otherwise it melts. If there are people who haven't got any, you should share it, if you can.' When despair for the world grows, Bertie's theory of ice cream reminds us that it's the simple pleasures in life that we should hold onto.
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It wouldn’t be what it is without David Rintoul
- By Anonymous on 18-04-26
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Bertie's Theory of Ice Cream
- 44 Scotland Street, Book 18
- Narrated by: David Rintoul
- Series: 44 Scotland Street, Book 18
- Length: 7 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 07-08-25
- Language: English
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The Devil You Know
- Cain Casey Series, Book 8
- By: Ali Vali
- Narrated by: Paige McKinney
- Length: 11 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Cain Casey has much to be thankful for—a loving wife in Emma, three beautiful children, and an ever-expanding family. Her business continues to grow, giving her the power to keep it all safe, but is it? Unknown federal agents are not playing by the government’s rules, and the Russian mob comes seeking revenge for the losses Cain’s inflicted. Cain and Emma have agreed to partner with the local feds to root out their rogue agents, but their goals for the endgame are completely different. Cain wants to remove the threat the way she knows is best—permanently.
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Worth the Wait
- By M on 23-07-24
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The Devil You Know
- Cain Casey Series, Book 8
- Narrated by: Paige McKinney
- Series: Cain Casey, Book 8
- Length: 11 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 26-06-24
- Language: English
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Henry Henry
- ‘Needs to be read right now’ Brandon Taylor
- By: Allen Bratton
- Narrated by: Sebastian Humphreys
- Length: 11 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Brought to you by Penguin. London, 2014. Hal Lancaster – twenty-two, gay, Catholic, chops lines of cocaine with his myWaitrose card – is the reluctant heir of his father Henry, the sixteenth Duke of Lancaster. Henry is half tyrant, half martyr, with an investment in his eldest son that has...
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Like A Little Life meets Saltburn
- By BookishGirl on 04-07-25
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Henry Henry
- ‘Needs to be read right now’ Brandon Taylor
- Narrated by: Sebastian Humphreys
- Length: 11 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 02-05-24
- Language: English
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Backwards to Oregon
- By: Jae
- Narrated by: Hayden Bishop
- Length: 15 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance134
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“Luke” Hamilton has always been sure she’d never marry. She accepted that she would spend her life alone when she chose to live her life disguised as a man. After working in a brothel for three years, Nora Macauley has lost all illusions about love. She no longer hopes for a man who will sweep her off her feet and take her away to begin a new, respectable life. But now, they find themselves married and on the way to Oregon in a covered wagon, with 2,000 miles ahead of them.
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The best surprise I've ever read/listened to
- By Louise on 27-09-19
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Backwards to Oregon
- Narrated by: Hayden Bishop
- Series: The Oregon Series, Book 1
- Length: 15 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 14-03-19
- Language: English
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Lie With Me
- 'Stunning and heart-gripping' André Aciman
- By: Philippe Besson, Molly Ringwald - translator
- Narrated by: Jacques Roy
- Length: 3 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Brought to you by Penguin. Just outside a hotel in Bordeaux, Philippe, a famous writer, chances upon a young man who bears a striking resemblance to his first love. What follows is a look back to Philippe's teenage years, to a winter morning in 1984, a small French high school, and a carefully...
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beautiful...
- By Oscar on 17-11-20
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Lie With Me
- 'Stunning and heart-gripping' André Aciman
- Narrated by: Jacques Roy
- Length: 3 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 05-09-19
- Language: English
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The Dance Tree
- By: Kiran Millwood Hargrave
- Narrated by: Ruta Gedmintas
- Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall117
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'Exceptionally brilliant. Immersive, sensual, compelling' - Marian Keyes 'Intriguing, haunting . . . raw, beautiful' - Jennifer Saint, author of Ariadne The gripping, historical novel from Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Mercies. Set in an era of superstition...
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Dull
- By HD on 26-09-22
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The Dance Tree
- Narrated by: Ruta Gedmintas
- Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 12-05-22
- Language: English
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Christopher Isherwood: A BBC Radio Collection
- Three Full-Cast BBC Radio Adaptations including Mr Norris Changes Trains
- By: Christopher Isherwood
- Narrated by: Michael Maloney, David March, Alec McCowen, and others
- Length: 5 hrs and 3 mins
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Full-cast dramatisations of three insightful novels by Christopher Isherwood, plus a bonus interview Novelist and playwright Christopher Isherwood is best known for The Berlin Stories of pre-Hitler Germany, which inspired the musical Cabaret. Many of his works have been adapted for stage and...
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Christopher Isherwood: A BBC Radio Collection
- Three Full-Cast BBC Radio Adaptations including Mr Norris Changes Trains
- Narrated by: Michael Maloney, David March, Alec McCowen, Rosemary Martin, David Suchet, William Gaminara, Neil Roberts, Mick Ford, Patricia Routledge, Full Cast
- Length: 5 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 22-01-26
- Language: English
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