29 Best Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, Fiction Books
Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, Fiction is a popular category for many book lovers. Our team at Speechify has curated a list of the top Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, Fiction audiobooks everyone must read.
See the top 29 Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, Fiction audiobooks below.
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Lost Cantos of the Ouroboros Caves
- By: Maggie Schein
- Narrator: Janis Ian
- Length: 4 hours 55 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2017
- Language: English
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4.61(11 ratings)
4.61(11 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0014.95 USDA collection of fables in the literary tradition of Italo Calvino, Lost Cantos of the Ouroboros Caves brings together medicine men, monks, immortals, witches, seekers, souls in various stages of their cycles in and out of lived-life, and theA collection of fables in the literary tradition of Italo Calvino, Lost Cantos of the Ouroboros Caves brings together medicine men, monks, immortals, witches, seekers, souls in various stages of their cycles in and out of lived-life, and the occasional talking animal, all searching for the meaning of it all and each other.
Each fable is a meditation on love, death, growth, pain, identity, self, spirit, and the natural world, as seen from the perspectives of the primal, the celestial, or the spiritual. Fragile yet beautifully strong, Lost Cantos of the Ouroboros Caves is for anyone seeking stories for a larger life.
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Till We Have Faces
- By: C. S. Lewis
- Narrator: Wanda McCaddon
- Length: 8 hours 6 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2009
- Language: English
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4.6(15 ratings)
4.6(15 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0016.95 USDC. S. Lewis reworks the timeless myth of Cupid and Psyche into an enduring piece of contemporary fiction in this novel about the struggle between sacred and profane love. Set in the pre-Christian world of Glome on the outskirts of GreekC. S. Lewis reworks the timeless myth of Cupid and Psyche into an enduring piece of contemporary fiction in this novel about the struggle between sacred and profane love. Set in the pre-Christian world of Glome on the outskirts of Greek civilization, it is a tale of two princesses: the beautiful Psyche, who is loved by the god of love himself, and Orual, Psyche’s unattractive and embittered older sister who loves Psyche with a destructive possessiveness. Her frustration and jealousy over Psyche’s fate sets Orual on the troubled path of self-discovery. Lewis’ last work of fiction, this is often considered his best by critics.
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Deadbeat Druid
- By: David R. Slayton
- Narrator: Michael David Axtell
- Length: 9 hours 31 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2022
- Language: English
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4.33(699 ratings)
4.33(699 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USDThe living cannot be allowed to infect the dead. Adam Binder has lost what matters most to him. Having finally learned the true identity of the warlock preying on his family, what was supposed to be a final confrontation with the fiend insteadThe living cannot be allowed to infect the dead.
Adam Binder has lost what matters most to him. Having finally learned the true identity of the warlock preying on his family, what was supposed to be a final confrontation with the fiend instead became a trap that sent Adam’s beloved Vicente into the realm of the dead, where none living are meant to be.
Bound by debt, oath, and love, Adam blazes his own trail into the underworld to get Vicente back, and to end the threat of the warlock once and for all. But the road to hell is paved with far more than good intentions. Demons are hungry, and ghosts are relentless, and what awaits Adam in the underworld is nothing he is prepared to face.
If that weren’t enough, Adam has one more thing he must do if he and Vicente are to return to the world of the living: find the lost heart of Death herself.
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The Man with the Glass Heart
- By: Shelly Reuben
- Narrator: Carrington MacDuffie
- Length: 3 hours 27 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2013
- Language: English
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4.26(17 ratings)
4.26(17 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0013.95 USDNot since the Little Prince fell in love with a rose has a book captured the magic of a world where love longs for what it cannot have, recovers what it has lost, and the unimaginable flutters with luminescent wings out of crystal caves. Panache, anNot since the Little Prince fell in love with a rose has a book captured the magic of a world where love longs for what it cannot have, recovers what it has lost, and the unimaginable flutters with luminescent wings out of crystal caves.
Panache, an exuberant road gypsy, is on her way to the mountains. Benjamin Pencil, the man with the glass heart, has no use for mountains. But their paths cross, their lives intertwine, and Benjamin follows her up, up, up to where hills are smothered in poppies and a man can reach out and write his name in the sky. As they travel, they first encounter the beautiful but predatory Woman with the Breeding, a collector of hearts who tries to add Benjamin’s exquisite heart to her pitiable hoard. Next they meet the malicious Laughing Man, who lives only to create fear and kill dreams. Finally, and unpredictably, they meet Panache’s iconoclastic, unreliable, and utterly irresistible father. Papa, who plays his saxophone with the same wild abandon with which he lives his life, cautions Panache that if the mountains are in a man, he will go there–and that mountains are in the man with the glass heart.
It is in those mountains that they meet the melodious laughing bird. Melody, with her irresistible song and aquamarine eyes, lures Benjamin to an Arabian Nights world where hypnotizing creatures dance and sing late into the night. At what peril does Benjamin Pencil follow the melodious laughing bird? To what end? Can real hearts be broken? Is a shattered heart the end of all love, or can it be a new beginning?
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Trailer Park Trickster
- By: David R. Slayton
- Narrator: Michael David Axtell
- Length: 8 hours 42 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2021
- Language: English
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4.24(1978 ratings)
4.24(1978 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USDThey are my harvest, and I will reap them all. Returning to Guthrie, Oklahoma, for the funeral of his mysterious and beloved aunt Sue, Adam Binder once again finds himself in the path of deadly magic when a dark druid begins to prey on members ofThey are my harvest, and I will reap them all.
Returning to Guthrie, Oklahoma, for the funeral of his mysterious and beloved aunt Sue, Adam Binder once again finds himself in the path of deadly magic when a dark druid begins to prey on members of Adam’s family. It all seems linked to the death of Adam’s father many years ago–a man who may have somehow survived as a warlock.
Watched by the police, separated from the man who may be the love of his life, compelled to seek the truth about his connection to the druid, Adam learns more about his family and its troubled history than he ever bargained for, and finally comes face-to-face with the warlock he has vowed to stop.
Meanwhile, beyond the Veil of the mortal world, Argent the Queen of Swords and Vic the Reaper undertake a dangerous journey to a secret meeting of the Council of Races . . . where the sea elves are calling for the destruction of humanity.
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Kaikeyi
- By: Vaishnavi Patel
- Narrator: Soneela Nankani
- Length: 17 hours 22 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: April 26, 2022
- Language: English
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4.22(13714 ratings)
4.22(13714 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0038.99 USD“With a graceful, measured elegance” (The New York Times), this lyrical novel reimagines the life of the infamous queen from the ancient epic the Ramayana, giving voice to an extraordinary woman determined to leave her mark in a world“With a graceful, measured elegance” (The New York Times), this lyrical novel reimagines the life of the infamous queen from the ancient epic the Ramayana, giving voice to an extraordinary woman determined to leave her mark in a world where gods and men dictate the shape of things to come.
I was born on the full moon under an auspicious constellation, the holiest of positions–much good it did me.
So begins Kaikeyi’s story. The only daughter of the kingdom of Kekaya, she is raised on legends of the gods: how they churned the vast ocean to obtain the nectar of immortality, how they vanquish evil and ensure the land of Bharat prospers, and how they offer powerful boons to the devout and the wise. Yet she watches as her father unceremoniously banishes her mother, listens as her own worth is reduced to how great a marriage alliance she can secure. And when she calls upon the gods for help, they never seem to hear.
Desperate for some measure of independence, she turns to the texts she once read with her mother and discovers a magic that is hers alone. With this power, Kaikeyi transforms herself from an overlooked princess into a warrior, diplomat, and most favored queen, determined to carve a better world for herself and the women around her.
But as the evil from her childhood tales threatens the cosmic order, the path she has forged clashes with the destiny the gods have chosen for her family. Kaikeyi must decide if resistance is worth the destruction it will wreak–and what legacy she intends to leave behind.
PRAISE FOR KAIKEYI
“A powerful, feminist retelling of the epic…Patel resets the balance of power, creating an unforgettable heroine who understands that it isn’t necessarily kings or gods who change history.” –The Washington Post
“Easily earns its place on shelves alongside Madeline Miller’s Circe.” –Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“Utterly captivating from start to finish.” –Genevieve Gornichec, author of The Witch’s Heart
“Brave, compassionate and powerful.” –Tasha Suri, author of The Jasmine Throne
“A lyrical and evocative retelling, full of power and grace.” –Ava Reid, author of The Wolf and the Woodsman
“Compulsively readable and infinitely compassionate.” –Roshani Chokshi, author of The Gilded Wolves
“A thought-provoking, nuanced new look at one of humanity’s most foundational stories.” –Shannon Chakraborty, author of The City of Brass
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A BOOK OF THE MONTH CLUB PICK * “MYTHIC RETELLING AT ITS BEST.” (R. F. Kuang, author of Babel)
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The Palace of Illusions
- By: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
- Narrator: Sneha Mathan
- Length: 12 hours 21 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2008
- Language: English
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4.19(40498 ratings)
4.19(40498 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0022.95 USDThis vivid reimagining of the world-famous Indian epic Mahabharata takes us back to a time that is half history, half myth, and wholly magical. It is told by Panchaali, wife of the Pandava brothers, a fiery female redefining for us a world of godsThis vivid reimagining of the world-famous Indian epic Mahabharata takes us back to a time that is half history, half myth, and wholly magical. It is told by Panchaali, wife of the Pandava brothers, a fiery female redefining for us a world of gods and warriors.
The novel traces the princess Panchaali’s life, beginning with her birth in fire and following her spirited balancing act as a woman with five husbands who have been cheated out of their father’s kingdom. Panchaali is swept into their quest to reclaim their birthright, remaining at their side through years of exile and a terrible civil war involving all the important kings of India. Meanwhile, we never lose sight of her strategic duels with her mother-in-law, her complicated friendship with the enigmatic Krishna, or her secret attraction to the mysterious man who is her husbands’ most dangerous enemy.
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Blood of Dragons
- By: Robin Hobb
- Narrator: Anne Flosnik
- Length: 16 hours 9 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: April 09, 2013
- Language: English
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4.17(20723 ratings)
4.17(20723 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0031.99 USDThe final volume in Robin Hobb’s popular Rain Wilds fantasy series, Blood of Dragons completes the story of the dragons, their keepers, and their quest to find the lost city of Kelsingra–and the mythical silver wells that the dragonsThe final volume in Robin Hobb’s popular Rain Wilds fantasy series, Blood of Dragons completes the story of the dragons, their keepers, and their quest to find the lost city of Kelsingra–and the mythical silver wells that the dragons need to survive.
Can Tintaglia and the Elderlings unlock the secrets of the ancient city? Or are they doomed to extinction?
The world of Robin Hobb’s Rain Wilds series has been praised by Booklist as “one of the most gripping settings in modern fantasy,” and Publishers Weekly called the Rain Wilds books “a meticulously realized fantasy tale” and “a welcome addition to contemporary dragon lore.”
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The Lost Heiress
- By: Roseanna M. White
- Narrator: Roseanna M. White
- Length: 15 hours 7 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: September 08, 2015
- Language: English
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4.16(4154 ratings)
4.16(4154 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.99 USDRoseanna White Debuts Sparkling British Historical Romance Brook Eden has never known where she truly belongs. Though raised in the palace of Monaco, she’s British by birth and was brought to the Grimaldis under suspicious circumstances as aRoseanna White Debuts Sparkling British Historical Romance Brook Eden has never known where she truly belongs. Though raised in the palace of Monaco, she’s British by birth and was brought to the Grimaldis under suspicious circumstances as a babe. When Brook’s friend Justin uncovers the fact that Brook is likely a missing heiress from Yorkshire, Brook leaves the sun of the Mediterranean to travel to the moors of the North Sea to the estate of her supposed family. The mystery of her mother’s death haunts her, and though her father is quick to accept her, the rest of the family and the servants of Whitby Park are not. Only when Brook’s life is threatened do they draw close-but their loyalty may come too late to save Brook from the same threat that led to tragedy for her mother. As heir to a dukedom, Justin is no stranger to balancing responsibilities. When the matters of his estate force him far from Brook, the distance between them reveals that what began as friendship has grown into something much more. But how can their very different loyalties and responsibilities ever come together? And then, for a second time, the heiress of Whitby Park is stolen away because of the very rare treasure in her possession-and this time only the servants of Whitby can save her.
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Gimpel the Fool
- By: Isaac Bashevis Singer
- Narrator: Theodore Bikel
- Length: 39 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2014
- Language: English
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4.15(1892 ratings)
4.15(1892 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.001.95 USDWidely considered one of Isaac Bashevis Singer’s most notable works of short fiction, “Gimpel the Fool” was originally written in Yiddish. It was later translated into English by Saul Bellow and appeared in the 1953 edition ofWidely considered one of Isaac Bashevis Singer’s most notable works of short fiction, “Gimpel the Fool” was originally written in Yiddish. It was later translated into English by Saul Bellow and appeared in the 1953 edition of Partisan Review. The story, a parable, tells of a foolish, unlucky baker named Gimpel, who is constantly tricked and heckled by other villagers. His follies ultimately reveal a moral lesson.
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Fallen King
- By: C.N. Crawford
- Narrator: Justine Eyre
- Length: 7 hours 3 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: June 16, 2020
- Language: English
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4.13(5472 ratings)
4.13(5472 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDLife in a fae castle should be pretty sweet–except my lover wants to take my magic from me and I made a deal with the devil…literally. Salem is the light-bringer, gorgeous as sin and just as evil. Some call him Lucifer. What do I callLife in a fae castle should be pretty sweet–except my lover wants to take my magic from me and I made a deal with the devil…literally.
Salem is the light-bringer, gorgeous as sin and just as evil. Some call him Lucifer. What do I call him? Whatever he tells me to, because he’s cast a mind-control spell over me. He hates me, but I have a plan. I’ll lead him to a sorcerer who can kill him.
But as I journey with the fallen god, I see him watching me, wanting me. And it’s mutual. Turns out fate has a sick sense of humor because my destiny ties me to Salem. Still, I have to stop him before he gets what he wants. Because if I fail, he will unleash hell on earth.
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Krampus
- By: Brom
- Narrator: Kirby Heyborne
- Length: 16 hours 16 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: October 30, 2012
- Language: English
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4.11(6745 ratings)
4.11(6745 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0028.99 USD“Terrific. A wild ride….I loved it. It hooked me and I couldn’t put it down.”–Mike Mignola, creator of Hellboy “Brom is that rare breed: a person who is skilled in more than one area of artistic expression.“Terrific. A wild ride….I loved it. It hooked me and I couldn’t put it down.”
–Mike Mignola, creator of Hellboy“Brom is that rare breed: a person who is skilled in more than one area of artistic expression. Here’s hoping that he will continue to share his dark and often beautiful dreams with us for many years to come.” –Christopher Paolini, New York Times bestselling author of Eragon
Acclaimed author and artist Brom raised eyebrows and pulse rates with The Child Thief, his grim, brilliantly audacious, gorgeously illustrated reimagining of the Peter Pan legend. So what does this innovative fantasist do for an encore? He tinkers darkly with the beloved mythology of Santa Claus.
Set in Appalachia, Krampus the Yule Lord is a twisted fairytale about a failed West Virginia songwriter who gets ensnared on Christmas Eve in an eternal war between a not-so-saintly Saint Nick and his dark enemy Krampus, aka Black Peter, an ancient trickster demon. Krampus the Yule Lord is Gregory Maguire (Wicked) meets Susanna Clarke (Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell) in the realm of Guillermo Del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth, as Clive Barker (Mr. B. Gone) works his dark sorcery from the shadows. Once again featuring Brom’s chillingly beautiful artwork throughout, Krampus the Yule Lord is a feast of wonder straight from the kitchen of Sweeney Todd.
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American Gods: The Tenth Anniversary Edition
- By: Neil Gaiman
- Narrator: Full Cast
- Length: 19 hours 39 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: June 21, 2011
- Language: English
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4.11(28 ratings)
4.11(28 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.005.99 USDNow a STARZ(r) Original Series produced by FremantleMedia North America starring Ricky Whittle, Ian McShane, Emily Browning, and Pablo Schreiber. Locked behind bars for three years, Shadow did his time, quietly waiting for the day when he couldNow a STARZ(r) Original Series produced by FremantleMedia North America starring Ricky Whittle, Ian McShane, Emily Browning, and Pablo Schreiber.
Locked behind bars for three years, Shadow did his time, quietly waiting for the day when he could return to Eagle Point, Indiana. A man no longer scared of what tomorrow might bring, all he wanted was to be with Laura, the wife he deeply loved, and start a new life.
But just days before his release, Laura and Shadow’s best friend are killed in an accident. With his life in pieces and nothing to keep him tethered, Shadow accepts a job from a beguiling stranger he meets on the way home, an enigmatic man who calls himself Mr. Wednesday. A trickster and a rogue, Wednesday seems to know more about Shadow than Shadow does himself.
Life as Wednesday’s bodyguard, driver, and errand boy is far more interesting and dangerous than Shadow ever imagined. Soon Shadow learns that the past never dies . . . and that beneath the placid surface of everyday life a storm is brewing–an epic war for the very soul of America–and that he is standing squarely in its path.
“Mystery, satire, sex, horror, poetic prose–American Gods uses all these to keep the reader turning the pages.”–Washington Post
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The Immortal Nicholas
- By: Glenn Beck
- Narrator: Jeremy Lowell
- Length: 6 hours 58 minutes
- Publisher: Mercury Ink
- Publish date: January 01, 2015
- Language: English
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4.1(2723 ratings)
4.1(2723 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDA thrilling new holiday novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Glenn Beck. BEFORE HE WAS FATHER CHRISTMAS…HE WAS SIMPLY A FATHER.Thirteen-time #1 national bestselling author Glenn Beck realized years ago that somewhere along the way,A thrilling new holiday novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Glenn Beck.
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BEFORE HE WAS FATHER CHRISTMAS…HE WAS SIMPLY A FATHER.
Thirteen-time #1 national bestselling author Glenn Beck realized years ago that somewhere along the way, his four children had become more focused on Santa than the meaning of Christmas. No matter how he tried, he could not redirect their attention away from presents and elves to the manger instead.
Glenn didn’t want to be the Grinch who spoiled the magic of Kris Kringle, so he had to find a unique way to turn his kids back toward the true meaning of Christmas. He decided the best place to start was by first turning Santa himself back toward Christ.
That was when one of America’s best storytellers began to craft a tale that would change everything his kids thought they knew about Santa–the incredible story he went on to tell them that Christmas Eve spans over a thousand years and explains the meaning behind the immortality and generosity of the man named Claus.
The Immortal Nicholas has now been expanded and reimagined into this novel for adults; a novel full of drama, history, legend, and heart. From the snowy mountains of Western Asia, to the deserts of Egypt, to Yemen’s elusive frankincense-bearing boswellia trees, this is an epic tale that gives the legend of Santa a long overdue Christ-centered mission.
In this novel, Glenn Beck fundamentally transforms the figure that the world now mainly associates with shopping, all while staying true to the real story of the baby who brought redemption and salvation to the entire world. -
Mules and Men
- By: Zora Neale Hurston
- Narrator: Ruby Dee
- Length: 2 hours 57 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: October 31, 2005
- Language: English
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4.1(5403 ratings)
4.1(5403 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.003.99 USD“Simply the most exciting book on black folklore and culture I have ever read.” –Roger D. Abrahams Mules and Men is the first great collection of black America’s folk world. In the 1930’s, Zora Neale Hurston returned to“Simply the most exciting book on black folklore and culture I have ever read.” –Roger D. Abrahams
Mules and Men is the first great collection of black America’s folk world. In the 1930’s, Zora Neale Hurston returned to her “native village” of Eatonville, Florida to record the oral histories, sermons and songs, dating back to the time of slavery, which she remembered hearing as a child. In her quest, she found herself and her history throughout these highly metaphorical folk-tales, “big old lies,” and the lyrical language of song. With this collection, Zora Neale Hurston has come to reveal’and preserve’a beautiful and important part of American culture.
Zora Neale Hurston (1901-1960) was a novelist, folklorist, anthropologist and playwright whose fictional and factual accounts of black heritage are unparalleled. She is also the author of Tell My Horse, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Dust Tracks on a Road, and Mule Bone.
Ruby Dee, a member of the Theatre Hall of Fame, starred on Broadway in the original productions of A Raisin in the Sun and Purlie Victorious, and was featured in Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing. She is also an award-winning author and the producer of numerous television dramas.
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Chapel of Ease
- By: Alex Bledsoe
- Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 8 hours 45 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2016
- Language: English
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4.1(660 ratings)
4.1(660 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0022.95 USDWhen Matt Johansson, a young New York actor, auditions for Chapel of Ease, an off-Broadway musical, he is instantly charmed by Ray Parrish, the show’s writer and composer. As their friendship deepens, Matt learns that Ray’s people callWhen Matt Johansson, a young New York actor, auditions for Chapel of Ease, an off-Broadway musical, he is instantly charmed by Ray Parrish, the show’s writer and composer. As their friendship deepens, Matt learns that Ray’s people call themselves the Tufa and that the musical is based on the history of his isolated hometown. But there is one question in the show’s script that Ray refuses to answer: What is buried in the ruins of the chapel of ease?
As opening night approaches, strange things begin to happen. A dreadlocked girl follows and spies on Ray. At the press preview, a strange Tufa woman warns him to stop the show. Then, as the rave reviews arrive, Ray dies in his sleep.
Matt and the cast are distraught, but there’s no question of shutting down, and the run quickly sells out. Matt volunteers to take Ray’s ashes back to Needsville, where he hopes to understand more about the play and uncover the secret that Ray took to his grave.
Matt’s journey into the haunting Appalachian mountains of Cloud County sets him on a dangerous path, where some secrets deserve to stay buried.
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Le Morte d’Arthur, Vol. 2
- By: Thomas Malory
- Narrator: Frederick Davidson
- Length: 17 hours 42 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2006
- Language: English
Regular Price:Try for $0.0027.95 USDThis monumental work made the Arthurian cycle available for the first time in English. Malory took a body of legends from Celtic folklore that had been adapted into French literature, gave them an English perspective, and produced a work which everThis monumental work made the Arthurian cycle available for the first time in English. Malory took a body of legends from Celtic folklore that had been adapted into French literature, gave them an English perspective, and produced a work which ever since has had tremendous influence upon literature.
The story begins with King Uther Pendragon’s use of enchantment to lay with Igraine, Duchess of Cornwall. Arthur is conceived and taken away in secret, returning as a young man to claim the throne by pulling the sword Excalibur from the stone. In retelling the story of Arthur’s rule of Britain, Malory intertwines the romances of Guinevere and Launcelot, Tristram and Isolde, and Launcelot and Elaine. Sir Galahad’s appearance at Camelot begins the quest for the Holy Grail. Finally, Camelot is brought down by the conflict between King Arthur and his natural son, Mordred.
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The Wonderland Collection (Seasons Edition — Summer)
- By: Lewis Carroll
- Length: 7 hours 4 minutes
- Publisher: Thomas Nelson
- Publish date: June 30, 2020
- Language: English
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4.08(1 ratings)
4.08(1 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0021.99 USDSo she was considering in her own mind (as well as she could, for the hot day made her feel very sleepy and stupid), whether the pleasure of making a daisy-chain would be worth the trouble of getting up and picking the daisies, when suddenly a WhiteSo she was considering in her own mind (as well as she could, for the hot day made her feel very sleepy and stupid), whether the pleasure of making a daisy-chain would be worth the trouble of getting up and picking the daisies, when suddenly a White Rabbit with pink eyes ran close to her.
Lewis Carroll‚Äôs¬†Alice in Wonderland¬†books have delighted readers across the globe for more than a hundred years.¬†The Wonderland Collection presents three of Carroll’s most famous works:
- Alice in Wonderland
- Through the Looking Glass
- A Tangled Tale
Narrated by award-winning voice talent Simon Bubb, The Wonderland Collection (Seasons Edition–Summer) is one of three titles available in June 2020. The summer season audio collection also will include¬†Persuasion¬†and the¬†Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
Solutions and explanations of the riddles in A Tangled Tale are included in the audiobook companion PDF download.
 
 
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Night Music
- By: John Connolly
- Narrator: Gareth Armstrong
- Length: 13 hours 56 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2015
- Language: English
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4.08(1120 ratings)
4.08(1120 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0023.99 USDFrom the bestselling author of the Charlie Parker mysteries–“the finest crime series currently in existence” (The Independent)–comes a new anthology of chilling short fiction.A decade after Nocturnes first terrified andFrom the bestselling author of the Charlie Parker mysteries–“the finest crime series currently in existence” (The Independent)–comes a new anthology of chilling short fiction.
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A decade after Nocturnes first terrified and delighted readers, John Connolly, bestselling author of thirteen acclaimed thrillers featuring private investigator Charlie Parker, gives us a second volume of tales of the supernatural. From stories of the monstrous for dark winter nights to fables of fantastic libraries and haunted books, from a tender account of love after death to a frank, personal, and revealing account of the author’s affection for myths of ghosts and demons, this is a collection that will surprise, delight–and terrify.
Night Music: Nocturnes 2 also contains two novellas: the multi-award-winning The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository and The Fractured Atlas.
Night Music: Nocturnes 2 is a masterly collection to be read with the lights on–menace has never been so seductive. -
Gather Her Round
- By: Alex Bledsoe
- Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 8 hours 38 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2017
- Language: English
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4.08(528 ratings)
4.08(528 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USDLove and tragedy are not strange bedfellows among the Tufa. Young Kera Rogers disappears while hiking in the woods by Needsville. When her half-eaten remains are discovered, the blame falls upon a herd of wild hogs, a serious threat in this ruralLove and tragedy are not strange bedfellows among the Tufa. Young Kera Rogers disappears while hiking in the woods by Needsville. When her half-eaten remains are discovered, the blame falls upon a herd of wild hogs, a serious threat in this rural community. In response, the county’s best trackers, including game warden Jack Cates and ex-military Tufa Bronwyn Chess, are assembled to hunt them down.
Kara’s boyfriend Duncan Gowen mourns her death, until he finds evidence she cheated on him with his best friend, Adam Procure. Seeking revenge, Duncan entices Adam to participate in their own boar hunt. Later, Bronwyn and Jack stumble across a devastated Duncan, who claims a giant boar impaled Adam and dragged him off. As this second death rocks the town, people begin to wonder who is really responsible.
Determined hunters pursue the ravenous horde through the Appalachians as other Tufa seek their own answers. Between literal beasts in the woods and figurative wolves in sheep’s clothing, what truths will arise come spring?
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The Firebrand
- By: Marion Zimmer Bradley
- Narrator: Lisa Flanagan
- Length: 22 hours 15 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2022
- Language: English
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4.06(8389 ratings)
4.06(8389 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0029.95 USDBlending archaeological fact and legend, the myths of the gods, and the feats of heroes, Marion Zimmer Bradley breathes new life into the classic tale of the Trojan War. Reinventing larger-than-life figures as living people engaged in a desperateBlending archaeological fact and legend, the myths of the gods, and the feats of heroes, Marion Zimmer Bradley breathes new life into the classic tale of the Trojan War. Reinventing larger-than-life figures as living people engaged in a desperate struggle that dooms both the victors and the vanquished, their fate is seen through the eyes of Kassandra–priestess, princess, and passionate woman with the spirit of a warrior.
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Queen of the Dark Things
- By: C. Robert Cargill
- Narrator: Vikas Adam
- Length: 14 hours 54 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: May 13, 2014
- Language: English
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4.06(1225 ratings)
4.06(1225 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.004.99 USDScreenwriter and noted film critic C. Robert Cargill continues the story begun in his acclaimed debut Dreams and Shadows in this bold and brilliantly crafted tale involving fairies and humans, magic and monsters–a vivid phantasmagoria thatScreenwriter and noted film critic C. Robert Cargill continues the story begun in his acclaimed debut Dreams and Shadows in this bold and brilliantly crafted tale involving fairies and humans, magic and monsters–a vivid phantasmagoria that combines the imaginative wonders of Neil Gaiman, the visual inventiveness of Guillermo Del Toro, and the shocking miasma of William S. Burroughs.
Six months have passed since the wizard Colby lost his best friend to an army of fairies from the Limestone Kingdom, a realm of mystery and darkness beyond our own. But in vanquishing these creatures and banning them from Austin, Colby sacrificed the anonymity that protected him. Now, word of his deeds has spread, and powerful enemies from the past–including one Colby considered a friend–have resurfaced to exact their revenge.
As darkness gathers around the city, Colby sifts through his memories desperate to find answers that might save him. With time running out, and few of his old allies and enemies willing to help, he is forced to turn for aid to forces even darker than those he once battled.
Following such masters as Lev Grossman, Erin Morgenstern, Richard Kadrey, and Kim Harrison, C. Robert Cargill takes us deeper into an extraordinary universe of darkness and wonder, despair and hope to reveal the magic and monsters around us . . . and inside us.
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Grimm’s Fairy Tales
- By: The Brothers Grimm
- Narrator: Nano Nagle
- Length: 28 hours 44 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2022
- Language: English
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4.06(18439 ratings)
4.06(18439 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0029.95 USDThese 200 tales were collected by the Brothers Grimm in the early nineteenth century. They traveled throughout Northern Europe and some of Scandinavia and had oral storytellers tell their stories. You will be able to see that many themes are theThese 200 tales were collected by the Brothers Grimm in the early nineteenth century. They traveled throughout Northern Europe and some of Scandinavia and had oral storytellers tell their stories. You will be able to see that many themes are the same with different characters. In fact, there are really many ways to tell the same story!
Be aware that this is a work of history and it reflects many prejudices from the past that we do not accept today. See it as a glimpse into a life far away … but very often our beginning!
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Long Black Curl
- By: Alex Bledsoe
- Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 10 hours 39 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2015
- Language: English
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4.01(935 ratings)
4.01(935 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0022.95 USDLong Black Curl is the latest installment in Alex Bledsoe’s acclaimed urban fantasy series, where magic is hidden in plain sight and age-old rivalries simmer just beneath the surface. In all the time the Tufa have existed, only two have everLong Black Curl is the latest installment in Alex Bledsoe’s acclaimed urban fantasy series, where magic is hidden in plain sight and age-old rivalries simmer just beneath the surface.
In all the time the Tufa have existed, only two have ever been exiled: Bo-Kate Wisby and her lover, Jefferson Powell. They were cast out, stripped of their ability to make music, and cursed to never be able to find their way back to Needsville. Their crime? A love that crossed the boundary of the two Tufa tribes, resulting in the death of several people.
Somehow Bo-Kate has found her way back. She intends to take over both tribes, which means eliminating both Rockhouse Hicks and Mandalay Harris. Bo-Kate has a secret weapon: Byron Harley, a rockabilly singer known as the “Hillbilly Hercules” for his immense size and strength, and who has passed the last sixty years trapped in a bubble of faery time. He’s ready to take revenge on any Tufa he finds.
The only one who can stop Bo-Kate is Jefferson Powell. Released from the curse and summoned back to Cloud County, even he isn’t sure what will happen when they finally meet. Will he fall in love with her again? Will he join her in her quest to unite the Tufa under her rule? Or will he have to sacrifice himself to save the people who once banished him?
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White Trash Warlock
- By: David R. Slayton
- Narrator: Michael David Axtell
- Length: 9 hours 19 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2020
- Language: English
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4(4185 ratings)
4(4185 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USDNot all magicians go to schools of magic. Adam Binder has the Sight. It’s a power that runs in his bloodline: the ability to see beyond this world and into another, a realm of magic populated by elves, gnomes, and spirits of every kind. ButNot all magicians go to schools of magic.
Adam Binder has the Sight. It’s a power that runs in his bloodline: the ability to see beyond this world and into another, a realm of magic populated by elves, gnomes, and spirits of every kind. But for much of Adam’s life, that power has been a curse, hindering friendships, worrying his backwoods family, and fueling his abusive father’s rage.
Years after his brother, Bobby, had him committed to a psych ward, Adam is ready to come to grips with who he is, to live his life on his terms, to find love, and maybe even use his magic to do some good. Hoping to track down his missing father, Adam follows a trail of cursed artifacts to Denver, only to discover that an ancient and horrifying spirit has taken possession of Bobby’s wife.
It isn’t long before Adam becomes the spirit’s next target. To survive the confrontation, save his sister-in-law, and learn the truth about his father, Adam will have to risk bargaining with very dangerous beings … including his first love.
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Where We Go When All We Were Is Gone
- By: Sequoia Nagamatsu
- Narrator: Brian Nishii
- Length: 4 hours 6 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: December 06, 2022
- Language: English
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3.99(471 ratings)
3.99(471 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USD“You should be here; he’s simply magnificent.” These are the final words a biologist hears before his Margaret Mead-like wife dies at the hands of Godzilla. The words haunt him as he studies the kaiju (Japan’s giant monsters)“You should be here; he’s simply magnificent.” These are the final words a biologist hears before his Margaret Mead-like wife dies at the hands of Godzilla. The words haunt him as he studies the kaiju (Japan’s giant monsters) on an island reserve, attempting to understand the beauty his wife saw. “The Return to Monsterland” opens Where We Go When All We Were Is Gone, a collection of twelve fabulist and genre-bending stories inspired by Japanese folklore, historical events, and pop culture. In “Rokurokubi,” a man who has the demonic ability to stretch his neck to incredible lengths tries to save a marriage built on secrets. The recently dead find their footing in “The Inn of the Dead’s Orientation for Being a Japanese Ghost.” In “Girl Zero,” a couple navigates the complexities of reviving their deceased daughter via the help of a shapeshifter. And, in the title story, a woman instigates a months-long dancing frenzy in a Tokyo where people don’t die but are simply reborn without their memories. Every story in the collection turns to the fantastic, the mysticism of the past, and the absurdities of the future to illuminate the spaces we occupy when we are at our most vulnerable.”
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The Land of the Silver Apples
- By: Nancy Farmer
- Narrator: Gerard Doyle
- Length: 13 hours 41 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2007
- Language: English
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3.99(4896 ratings)
3.99(4896 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0023.95 USD“Like the druidic life force Jack taps, this hearty adventure, as personal as it is epic, will cradle readers in the ‘hollow of its hand’ (Booklist, starred review).Jack has caused an earthquake. He was trying to save his sister“Like the druidic life force Jack taps, this hearty adventure, as personal as it is epic, will cradle readers in the ‘hollow of its hand’ (Booklist, starred review).
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Jack has caused an earthquake. He was trying to save his sister Lucy from being thrown down a well, but sometimes the magic doesn’t quite work out. Not only does Jack demolish a monastery, but Lucy is carried off by the Lady of the Lake, and Jack has to follow her through the Hollow Road, which lies underground.
Aided by Pega, a slave, and the berserker Thorgil, Jack encounters hobgoblins, kelpies, yarthkins, and elves—not the enchanted sprites one would expect, but fallen angels who steal human children for pets. In the eighth century, the world is caught between belief in the Old Gods and Christianity, and what Jack and his companions do will decide the fate of both religions.
From National Book Award winner Nancy Farmer, this second book in the Sea of Trolls trilogy brilliantly enlarges the world of the first story. Look for the conclusion in The Islands of the Blessed. -
Bow Before the Elf Queen
- By: J.M. Kearl
- Narrator: Bridget Bordeaux
- Length: 13 hours 57 minutes
- Publisher: House Valor Books Inc.
- Publish date: August 25, 2022
- Language: English
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3.99(10716 ratings)
3.99(10716 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDIn hiding all her life, Layala prepares for the day the wicked High Elf King Thane will come to steal her– his powerful mate. She trains to take her revenge for the wrongful execution of her parents, who died for her freedom. Now that day hasIn hiding all her life, Layala prepares for the day the wicked High Elf King Thane will come to steal her– his powerful mate. She trains to take her revenge for the wrongful execution of her parents, who died for her freedom. Now that day has come, forcing her to come face-to-face with what she’s hidden from: a dangerous, dark-haired, warrior king determined to marry her. After she’s shoved into a black carriage pulled by six ominous steeds, Layala makes plans to take her captors’ lives and free herself… …but Thane has a secret that makes it impossible for Layala to slay him. She has an even darker truth that makes loving her forbidden, no matter how much Thane wants to touch. Dare to dive into this whimsical and deeply romantic story inspired by Hades & Persephone, The Lord of the Rings, and a sprinkle of Norse mythology. A tale that will grip you from the first page and stay with you long after the last. Start reading now! Author’s note: This is book 1 in a series and ends on a cliff. This is an adult slow burn romance with plenty of banter, tension, and a touch of steam. Contains violence and mature themes. Now an Amazon Top 20 Bestseller! And number 1 in 5 Amazon categories! #1 in Romantic Fantasy #1 Mythology #1 Fairytales #1 Folklore #1 Nordic Myth & Legends Fantasy ebooks
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Phantom Pains
- By: Mishell Baker
- Narrator: Arden Hammersmith
- Length: 12 hours 31 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2017
- Language: English
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3.98(1183 ratings)
3.98(1183 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0023.99 USDIn this sequel to the Nebula Award-nominated and Tiptree Award Honor Book that New York Times bestselling author Seanan McGuire called “exciting, inventive, and brilliantly plotted,” Millie unwillingly returns to the Arcadia Project whenIn this sequel to the Nebula Award-nominated and Tiptree Award Honor Book that New York Times bestselling author Seanan McGuire called “exciting, inventive, and brilliantly plotted,” Millie unwillingly returns to the Arcadia Project when an impossible and deadly situation pulls her back in.
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Four months ago, Millie left the Arcadia Project after losing her partner Teo to the lethal magic of an Unseelie fey countess. Now, in a final visit to the scene of the crime, Millie and her former boss Caryl encounter Teo’s tormented ghost. But there’s one problem: according to Caryl, ghosts don’t exist.
Millie has a new life, a stressful job, and no time to get pulled back into the Project, but she agrees to tell her side of the ghost story to the agents from the Project’s National Headquarters. During her visit though, tragedy strikes when one of the agents is gruesomely murdered in a way only Caryl could have achieved. Millie knows Caryl is innocent, but the only way to save her from the Project’s severe, off-the-books justice is to find the mysterious culprits that can only be seen when they want to be seen. Millie must solve the mystery not only to save Caryl, but also to foil an insidious, arcane terrorist plot that would leave two worlds in ruins.
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