The Familiar
A Novel
Failed to add items
Add to Cart failed.
Add to Wish List failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Adding to library failed
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
$0.99/mo first 3 months
Prime members: New to Audible?Get 2 free audiobooks during trial.
The Familiar
Buy for $20.24
No default payment method selected.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
-
Narrated by:
-
Lauren Fortgang
-
By:
-
Leigh Bardugo
About this listen
New York Times Book Review Notable Books of the Year, 2024
Long-listed, NYPL Best Books of the Year, 2024
Long-listed, Kirkus Reviews Best Books of the Year, 2024
Long-listed, Amazon.com Best Books of the Year, 2024
Long-listed, NPR Best Book of the Year, 2024
Long-listed, Barnes and Noble Best New Books of the Year, 2024
#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER * #1 INDIE BESTSELLER * NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
“An immersive, sensual experience.”—The New York Times
"Essential."—The Washington Post
"Narrator Lauren Fortgang channels the currents of magic and intrigue running throughout Bardugo’s layered historical fantasy...Skillful narration combined with an enchanting storyline makes for great listening."—AudioFile
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Leigh Bardugo comes a spellbinding novel set in the Spanish Golden Age.
“A must-read for those who are seeking a little magic in their lives.”—Deborah Harkness, #1 bestselling author of A Discovery of Witches
In a shabby house, on a shabby street, in the new capital of Madrid, Luzia Cotado uses scraps of magic to get through her days of endless toil as a scullion. But when her scheming mistress discovers the lump of a servant cowering in the kitchen is actually hiding a talent for little miracles, she demands Luzia use those gifts to improve the family's social position.
What begins as simple amusement for the nobility takes a perilous turn when Luzia garners the notice of Antonio Pérez, the disgraced secretary to Spain's king. Still reeling from the defeat of his armada, the king is desperate for any advantage in the war against England's heretic queen—and Pérez will stop at nothing to regain the king's favor.
Determined to seize this one chance to better her fortunes, Luzia plunges into a world of seers and alchemists, holy men and hucksters, where the lines between magic, science, and fraud are never certain. But as her notoriety grows, so does the danger that her Jewish blood will doom her to the Inquisition's wrath. She will have to use every bit of her wit and will to survive—even if that means enlisting the help of Guillén Santángel, an embittered immortal familiar whose own secrets could prove deadly for them both.
A Macmillan Audio production from Flatiron Books.
©2024 Leigh Bardugo (P)2024 Macmillan AudioListeners also enjoyed...
-
Ninth House
- By: Leigh Bardugo
- Narrated by: Lauren Fortgang, Michael David Axtell
- Length: 16 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5,630
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,949
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,938
Galaxy “Alex” Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale’s freshman class. Raised in the Los Angeles hinterlands by a hippie mom, Alex dropped out of school early and into a world of shady drug-dealer boyfriends, dead-end jobs, and much, much worse. In fact, by age twenty, she is the sole survivor of a horrific, unsolved multiple homicide. Some might say she’s thrown her life away. But at her hospital bed, Alex is offered a second chance: to attend one of the world’s most prestigious universities on a full ride. What’s the catch, and why her?
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
UTTERLY DISAPPOINTED.
- By Tavan Hiestand on 11-21-19
By: Leigh Bardugo
-
The Lives of Saints
- By: Leigh Bardugo
- Narrated by: Ben Barnes, Lauren Fortgang
- Length: 2 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 319
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 280
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 279
Best-selling author Leigh Bardugo takes listeners deeper into her world than ever before. Out of the Shadow and Bone Trilogy, from the hands of Alina Starkov to yours, the Istorii Sankt’ya is fully realized for the first time. These tales include miracles and martyrdoms from familiar Saints like Sankta Lizabeta of the Roses and Sankt Ilya in Chains, to the strange and obscure stories of Sankta Ursula, Sankta Maradi, and the Starless Saint.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Great supplemental world building
- By JM on 04-18-21
By: Leigh Bardugo
-
An Academy for Liars
- By: Alexis Henderson
- Narrated by: Tracie Frank
- Length: 13 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 116
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 110
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 110
Lennon Carter’s life is falling apart. Then she gets a mysterious phone call inviting her to take the entrance exam for Drayton College, a school of magic hidden in a secret pocket of Savannah. Lennon has been chosen because—like everyone else at the school—she has the innate gift of persuasion, the ability to wield her will like a weapon, using it to control others and, in rare cases, matter itself.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
It’s Fine…
- By Dave on 09-27-24
By: Alexis Henderson
-
The Haunting of Maddy Clare
- By: Simone St. James
- Narrated by: Billie Fulford-Brown
- Length: 9 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 213
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 193
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 193
1920s England. Sarah Piper’s lonely, threadbare existence changes when her temporary agency sends her to assist an obsessed ghost hunter. Alistair Gellis—rich, handsome, and scarred by World War I—has been summoned to investigate the spirit of the nineteen-year-old maid Maddy Clare, who is said to haunt the barn where she committed suicide.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Meh
- By Both on 03-29-24
By: Simone St. James
-
Ghostroots
- Stories
- By: Pemi Aguda
- Narrated by: Délé Ogundiran, Ore Apampa-Araba
- Length: 5 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 8
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7
A debut collection of stories set in a hauntingly reimagined Lagos where characters vie for freedom from ancestral ties.
By: Pemi Aguda
-
The Mesmerist
- A Novel
- By: Caroline Woods
- Narrated by: Carlotta Brentan
- Length: 10 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 20
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 18
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 18
Before hypnotism, there was Mesmerism. And in 1894 Minneapolis, in the wake of a national financial crisis, spiritualism of every stripe is all the rage, and women are dying under mysterious circumstances. But until a new guest lands at the Bethany Home for Unwed Mothers, refusing to speak or explain her arrival, the sordid stories of unexplained deaths seem unconnected. Faith’s reticence is quickly interpreted as malevolence, setting the house abuzz with whispers of dark magic.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
More excellent characters from Caroline Woods!
- By ChicagoMommy on 10-07-24
By: Caroline Woods
-
Ninth House
- By: Leigh Bardugo
- Narrated by: Lauren Fortgang, Michael David Axtell
- Length: 16 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5,630
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,949
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,938
Galaxy “Alex” Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale’s freshman class. Raised in the Los Angeles hinterlands by a hippie mom, Alex dropped out of school early and into a world of shady drug-dealer boyfriends, dead-end jobs, and much, much worse. In fact, by age twenty, she is the sole survivor of a horrific, unsolved multiple homicide. Some might say she’s thrown her life away. But at her hospital bed, Alex is offered a second chance: to attend one of the world’s most prestigious universities on a full ride. What’s the catch, and why her?
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
UTTERLY DISAPPOINTED.
- By Tavan Hiestand on 11-21-19
By: Leigh Bardugo
-
The Lives of Saints
- By: Leigh Bardugo
- Narrated by: Ben Barnes, Lauren Fortgang
- Length: 2 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 319
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 280
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 279
Best-selling author Leigh Bardugo takes listeners deeper into her world than ever before. Out of the Shadow and Bone Trilogy, from the hands of Alina Starkov to yours, the Istorii Sankt’ya is fully realized for the first time. These tales include miracles and martyrdoms from familiar Saints like Sankta Lizabeta of the Roses and Sankt Ilya in Chains, to the strange and obscure stories of Sankta Ursula, Sankta Maradi, and the Starless Saint.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Great supplemental world building
- By JM on 04-18-21
By: Leigh Bardugo
-
An Academy for Liars
- By: Alexis Henderson
- Narrated by: Tracie Frank
- Length: 13 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 116
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 110
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 110
Lennon Carter’s life is falling apart. Then she gets a mysterious phone call inviting her to take the entrance exam for Drayton College, a school of magic hidden in a secret pocket of Savannah. Lennon has been chosen because—like everyone else at the school—she has the innate gift of persuasion, the ability to wield her will like a weapon, using it to control others and, in rare cases, matter itself.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
It’s Fine…
- By Dave on 09-27-24
By: Alexis Henderson
-
The Haunting of Maddy Clare
- By: Simone St. James
- Narrated by: Billie Fulford-Brown
- Length: 9 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 213
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 193
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 193
1920s England. Sarah Piper’s lonely, threadbare existence changes when her temporary agency sends her to assist an obsessed ghost hunter. Alistair Gellis—rich, handsome, and scarred by World War I—has been summoned to investigate the spirit of the nineteen-year-old maid Maddy Clare, who is said to haunt the barn where she committed suicide.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Meh
- By Both on 03-29-24
By: Simone St. James
-
Ghostroots
- Stories
- By: Pemi Aguda
- Narrated by: Délé Ogundiran, Ore Apampa-Araba
- Length: 5 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 8
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7
A debut collection of stories set in a hauntingly reimagined Lagos where characters vie for freedom from ancestral ties.
By: Pemi Aguda
-
The Mesmerist
- A Novel
- By: Caroline Woods
- Narrated by: Carlotta Brentan
- Length: 10 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 20
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 18
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 18
Before hypnotism, there was Mesmerism. And in 1894 Minneapolis, in the wake of a national financial crisis, spiritualism of every stripe is all the rage, and women are dying under mysterious circumstances. But until a new guest lands at the Bethany Home for Unwed Mothers, refusing to speak or explain her arrival, the sordid stories of unexplained deaths seem unconnected. Faith’s reticence is quickly interpreted as malevolence, setting the house abuzz with whispers of dark magic.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
More excellent characters from Caroline Woods!
- By ChicagoMommy on 10-07-24
By: Caroline Woods
-
The Too-Clever Fox
- By: Leigh Bardugo
- Narrated by: Lauren Fortgang
- Length: 36 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 573
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 525
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 520
In Ravka, just because you avoid one trap, it doesn't mean you'll escape the next. This story is a companion folk tale to Leigh Bardugo's upcoming book, Siege and Storm, the second book in the Grisha Trilogy.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Lovely little tale - rich, wily, and atmospheric
- By Pen Name on 11-27-18
By: Leigh Bardugo
-
A Sorceress Comes to Call
- By: T. Kingfisher
- Narrated by: Eliza Foss, Jennifer Pickens
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 394
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 371
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 371
Cordelia knows her mother is . . . unusual. Their house doesn’t have any doors between rooms—there are no secrets in this house—and her mother doesn't allow Cordelia to have a single friend. Unless you count Falada, her mother's beautiful white horse. The only time Cordelia feels truly free is on her daily rides with him. But more than simple eccentricity sets her mother apart. Other mothers don’t force their daughters to be silent and motionless for hours, sometimes days, on end. Other mothers aren’t sorcerers.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Tangled meets Get Out-trigger warning
- By KyleStephanie on 08-16-24
By: T. Kingfisher
-
A Crane Among Wolves
- By: June Hur
- Narrated by: Greg Chun, Michelle H. Lee
- Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 144
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 138
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 138
1506, Joseon. The people suffer under the cruel reign of the tyrant King Yeonsan, powerless to stop him from commandeering their land for his recreational use, banning and burning books, and kidnapping and horrifically abusing women and girls as his personal playthings.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Historical and invigorating
- By Anonymous User on 10-07-24
By: June Hur
-
King of Scars
- King of Scars Duology, Book 1
- By: Leigh Bardugo
- Narrated by: Lauren Fortgang
- Length: 16 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 6,096
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 5,435
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5,416
Nikolai Lantsov has always had a gift for the impossible. No one knows what he endured in his country’s bloody civil war - and he intends to keep it that way. Now, as enemies gather at his weakened borders, the young king must find a way to refill Ravka’s coffers, forge new alliances, and stop a rising threat to the once-great Grisha Army. Yet with every day a dark magic within him grows stronger, threatening to destroy all he has built.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
She did it again!
- By Alyson on 02-10-19
By: Leigh Bardugo
-
Black River
- By: Nilanjana Roy
- Narrated by: Sharmila Devar
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 4
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 4
Teetapur, an unassuming village just a few hours outside of bustling Delhi, is famous for nothing—until one of its children, eight-year-old Munia, is found dead, hanging from the branch of a Jamun tree. In the largely Hindu village, suspicion quickly falls on an itinerant Muslim man, Mansoor. Suspicion ignites like wildfire, fueled by religious tensions that simmer beneath the surface.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Good but not a mystery
- By ascot on 10-11-24
By: Nilanjana Roy
-
Rule of Wolves
- King of Scars Duology, Book 2
- By: Leigh Bardugo
- Narrated by: Lauren Fortgang
- Length: 17 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars 4,683
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 4,174
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,164
As Fjerda’s massive army prepares to invade, Nikolai Lantsov will summon every bit of his ingenuity and charm - and even the monster within - to win this fight. But a dark threat looms that cannot be defeated by a young king’s gift for the impossible. Zoya Nazyalensky has lost too much to war. She saw her mentor die and her worst enemy resurrected, and she refuses to bury another friend. Now duty demands she embrace her powers to become the weapon her country needs. No matter the cost.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
All is forgiven, Ms. Bardugo
- By 🔥 Phx17 🔥 on 03-30-21
By: Leigh Bardugo
-
Beautyland
- By: Marie-Helene Bertino
- Narrated by: Andi Arndt
- Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 188
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 172
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 172
At the moment when Voyager 1 is launched into space carrying its famous golden record, a baby of unusual perception is born to a single mother in Philadelphia. Adina Giorno is tiny and jaundiced, but reaches for warmth and light. As a child, she recognizes that she's different: she possesses knowledge of a faraway planet. The arrival of a fax machine enables her to contact her extraterrestrial relatives, beings who have sent her to report on the oddities of earthlings.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Unforgettable
- By Amazon Customer on 02-04-24
-
The Book of Doors
- A Novel
- By: Gareth Brown
- Narrated by: Miranda Raison
- Length: 13 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,537
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 2,382
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,382
Cassie Andrews works in a New York City bookshop, shelving books, making coffee for customers, and living an unassuming, ordinary life. Until the day one of her favorite customers—a lonely yet charming old man—dies right in front of her. Cassie is devastated. She always loved his stories, and now she has nothing to remember him by. Nothing but the last book he was reading. But this is no ordinary book… It is the Book of Doors. Inscribed with enigmatic words and mysterious drawings, it promises Cassie that any door is every door. You just need to know how to open them.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
So good! I see a series!
- By Smith on 03-11-24
By: Gareth Brown
-
The Irish Princess
- By: Elizabeth Chadwick
- Narrated by: Aoife McMahon
- Length: 16 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 16
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 15
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 15
Aoife MacMurchada is just 14 years old when her father Diarmit, King of Leinster, is brutally deposed, and her family is forced to flee Southern Ireland into English exile. Diarmit seeks help from King Henry II, an alliance that leads him to the charismatic Richard de Clare, lord of Striguil, a man dissatisfied with his lot and open to new horizons. Diarmit promises Richard wealth, lands, and Aoife's hand in marriage in return for his aid, but Aoife has her own thoughts on the matter. She may be a prize, but she is not a pawn, and she will play the game to her own advantage.
-
2 out of 5 stars
-
Couldn’t get past the narrator
- By Amazon Customer on 10-03-24
-
Peaches and Honey: These Immortal Truths
- The Peaches and Honey Duology, Book 1
- By: R. Raeta
- Narrated by: Olivia King
- Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 60
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 57
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 57
Anna is used to hunger and hardship. Ever since she was seventeen, when the pale shadows of her vitiligo were spotted, she has spent more than a decade struggling to survive alone and in exile. Then a single act of kindness towards a beautiful stranger and the taste of a divine peach changes Anna’s life forever.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Refreshingly Different and Beautiful
- By Rachel Betancourt on 12-23-24
By: R. Raeta
-
If We Were Villains
- A Novel
- By: M. L. Rio
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
- Length: 12 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,859
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,618
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 1,620
Oliver Marks has just served 10 years in jail - for a murder he may or may not have committed. On the day he's released, he's greeted by the man who put him in prison. Detective Colborne is retiring, but before he does, he wants to know what really happened a decade ago.
-
2 out of 5 stars
-
Fake deep with a side of bland
- By Amazon Customer on 06-14-18
By: M. L. Rio
-
What the River Knows
- A Novel
- By: Isabel Ibañez
- Narrated by: Ahmed Hamad, Ana Osorio
- Length: 16 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 342
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 322
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 322
Bolivian-Argentinian Inez Olivera belongs to the glittering upper society of nineteenth century Buenos Aires, and like the rest of the world, the town is steeped in old world magic that’s been largely left behind or forgotten. Inez has everything a girl might want, except for the one thing she yearns the most: her globetrotting parents—who frequently leave her behind.
-
2 out of 5 stars
-
Terrible pacing.
- By Petra on 06-02-24
By: Isabel Ibañez
Critic reviews
"The sharp realism mixes with a genuine feeling of enchantment to create a top tier historical fantasy."—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"The Familiar highlights all of the things that make Bardugo so well loved: a romance with maddening chemistry, an artfully built world, side characters with their own deep backstories, and a plot full of dark twists and spiderweb connections."—Booklist (starred review)
“Lush, gorgeous, precise language and propulsive plotting sweep readers into a story as intelligent as it is atmospheric.”—Kirkus (starred review)
Editorial Review
Related to this topic
-
Project Hail Mary
- By: Andy Weir
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 16 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars 185,163
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 169,124
-
Story5 out of 5 stars 168,571
Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission - and if he fails, humanity and the Earth itself will perish. Except that right now, he doesn't know that. He can't even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it. All he knows is that he's been asleep for a very, very long time. And he's just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Bazinga
- By Davidgonzalezsr on 05-04-21
By: Andy Weir
-
The Signal
- By: Eric Buchman, Gabriel Urbina, Sarah Shachat
- Narrated by: Paget Brewster, full cast
- Length: 2 hrs and 39 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,121
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,085
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 1,086
Two astronomers have detected a strange, pulsing signal from deep space. Within hours, the US government goes into lockdown, restricting airspace and scrubbing scientific data. Was the signal an intercepted communication revealing alarming plans for an enemy’s military strike? Or has humanity at long last found proof of extraterrestrial life?
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
A great new twist on the “alien conspiracy” genre
- By Amazon Customer on 12-08-24
By: Eric Buchman, and others
-
The Martian
- By: Andy Weir
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
- Length: 10 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars 38,110
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 33,905
-
Story5 out of 5 stars 33,801
Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he's sure he'll be the first person to die there. After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he’s alive - and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive. But Mark isn't ready to give up yet.
-
1 out of 5 stars
-
I love Wil Wheaton but why not R. C. Bray?
- By L. Newman on 01-11-20
By: Andy Weir
-
Starter Villain
- By: John Scalzi
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
- Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 11,044
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 9,808
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 9,802
Inheriting your uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might think. Particularly when you discover who's running the place. Charlie's life is going nowhere fast. A divorced substitute teacher living with his cat in a house his siblings want to sell, all he wants is to open a pub downtown, if only the bank will approve his loan. Then his long-lost uncle Jake dies and leaves his supervillain business (complete with island volcano lair) to Charlie. But becoming a supervillain isn't all giant laser death rays and lava pits.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Volcanic Lairs, Death Rays & Cats… Oh My! 😼
- By C. White on 09-19-23
By: John Scalzi
-
George Orwell’s 1984
- An Audible Original adaptation
- By: George Orwell, Joe White - adaptation
- Narrated by: Andrew Garfield, Cynthia Erivo, Andrew Scott, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 27 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 9,432
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 8,950
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 8,949
It’s 1984, and life has changed beyond recognition. Airstrip One, formerly known as Great Britain, is a place where Big Brother is always watching, and nobody can hide. Except, perhaps, for Winston Smith. Whilst working at the Ministry of Truth, rewriting history, he secretly dreams of freedom. And in a world where love and sex are forbidden, where it’s hard to distinguish between friend and foe, he meets Julia and O’Brien and vows to rebel.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
A Revelation!
- By wotsallthisthen on 04-07-24
By: George Orwell, and others
-
Artemis
- By: Andy Weir
- Narrated by: Rosario Dawson
- Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 94,901
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 86,852
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 86,650
Jazz Bashara is a criminal. Well, sort of. Life on Artemis, the first and only city on the moon, is tough if you're not a rich tourist or an eccentric billionaire. So smuggling in the occasional harmless bit of contraband barely counts, right? Not when you've got debts to pay and your job as a porter barely covers the rent. Everything changes when Jazz sees the chance to commit the perfect crime, with a reward too lucrative to turn down.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
A ferrari with no motor
- By will on 11-18-17
By: Andy Weir
-
Project Hail Mary
- By: Andy Weir
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 16 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars 185,163
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 169,124
-
Story5 out of 5 stars 168,571
Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission - and if he fails, humanity and the Earth itself will perish. Except that right now, he doesn't know that. He can't even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it. All he knows is that he's been asleep for a very, very long time. And he's just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Bazinga
- By Davidgonzalezsr on 05-04-21
By: Andy Weir
-
The Signal
- By: Eric Buchman, Gabriel Urbina, Sarah Shachat
- Narrated by: Paget Brewster, full cast
- Length: 2 hrs and 39 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,121
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,085
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 1,086
Two astronomers have detected a strange, pulsing signal from deep space. Within hours, the US government goes into lockdown, restricting airspace and scrubbing scientific data. Was the signal an intercepted communication revealing alarming plans for an enemy’s military strike? Or has humanity at long last found proof of extraterrestrial life?
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
A great new twist on the “alien conspiracy” genre
- By Amazon Customer on 12-08-24
By: Eric Buchman, and others
-
The Martian
- By: Andy Weir
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
- Length: 10 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars 38,110
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 33,905
-
Story5 out of 5 stars 33,801
Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he's sure he'll be the first person to die there. After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he’s alive - and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive. But Mark isn't ready to give up yet.
-
1 out of 5 stars
-
I love Wil Wheaton but why not R. C. Bray?
- By L. Newman on 01-11-20
By: Andy Weir
-
Starter Villain
- By: John Scalzi
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
- Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 11,044
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 9,808
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 9,802
Inheriting your uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might think. Particularly when you discover who's running the place. Charlie's life is going nowhere fast. A divorced substitute teacher living with his cat in a house his siblings want to sell, all he wants is to open a pub downtown, if only the bank will approve his loan. Then his long-lost uncle Jake dies and leaves his supervillain business (complete with island volcano lair) to Charlie. But becoming a supervillain isn't all giant laser death rays and lava pits.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Volcanic Lairs, Death Rays & Cats… Oh My! 😼
- By C. White on 09-19-23
By: John Scalzi
-
George Orwell’s 1984
- An Audible Original adaptation
- By: George Orwell, Joe White - adaptation
- Narrated by: Andrew Garfield, Cynthia Erivo, Andrew Scott, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 27 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 9,432
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 8,950
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 8,949
It’s 1984, and life has changed beyond recognition. Airstrip One, formerly known as Great Britain, is a place where Big Brother is always watching, and nobody can hide. Except, perhaps, for Winston Smith. Whilst working at the Ministry of Truth, rewriting history, he secretly dreams of freedom. And in a world where love and sex are forbidden, where it’s hard to distinguish between friend and foe, he meets Julia and O’Brien and vows to rebel.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
A Revelation!
- By wotsallthisthen on 04-07-24
By: George Orwell, and others
-
Artemis
- By: Andy Weir
- Narrated by: Rosario Dawson
- Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 94,901
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 86,852
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 86,650
Jazz Bashara is a criminal. Well, sort of. Life on Artemis, the first and only city on the moon, is tough if you're not a rich tourist or an eccentric billionaire. So smuggling in the occasional harmless bit of contraband barely counts, right? Not when you've got debts to pay and your job as a porter barely covers the rent. Everything changes when Jazz sees the chance to commit the perfect crime, with a reward too lucrative to turn down.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
A ferrari with no motor
- By will on 11-18-17
By: Andy Weir
People who viewed this also viewed...
-
Ninth House
- By: Leigh Bardugo
- Narrated by: Lauren Fortgang, Michael David Axtell
- Length: 16 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5,630
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,949
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,938
Galaxy “Alex” Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale’s freshman class. Raised in the Los Angeles hinterlands by a hippie mom, Alex dropped out of school early and into a world of shady drug-dealer boyfriends, dead-end jobs, and much, much worse. In fact, by age twenty, she is the sole survivor of a horrific, unsolved multiple homicide. Some might say she’s thrown her life away. But at her hospital bed, Alex is offered a second chance: to attend one of the world’s most prestigious universities on a full ride. What’s the catch, and why her?
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
UTTERLY DISAPPOINTED.
- By Tavan Hiestand on 11-21-19
By: Leigh Bardugo
-
The Lives of Saints
- By: Leigh Bardugo
- Narrated by: Ben Barnes, Lauren Fortgang
- Length: 2 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 319
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 280
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 279
Best-selling author Leigh Bardugo takes listeners deeper into her world than ever before. Out of the Shadow and Bone Trilogy, from the hands of Alina Starkov to yours, the Istorii Sankt’ya is fully realized for the first time. These tales include miracles and martyrdoms from familiar Saints like Sankta Lizabeta of the Roses and Sankt Ilya in Chains, to the strange and obscure stories of Sankta Ursula, Sankta Maradi, and the Starless Saint.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Great supplemental world building
- By JM on 04-18-21
By: Leigh Bardugo
-
King of Scars
- King of Scars Duology, Book 1
- By: Leigh Bardugo
- Narrated by: Lauren Fortgang
- Length: 16 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 6,096
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 5,435
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5,416
Nikolai Lantsov has always had a gift for the impossible. No one knows what he endured in his country’s bloody civil war - and he intends to keep it that way. Now, as enemies gather at his weakened borders, the young king must find a way to refill Ravka’s coffers, forge new alliances, and stop a rising threat to the once-great Grisha Army. Yet with every day a dark magic within him grows stronger, threatening to destroy all he has built.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
She did it again!
- By Alyson on 02-10-19
By: Leigh Bardugo
-
Where the Heart Should Be
- By: Sarah Crossan
- Narrated by: Sophie Jo Wasson
- Length: 3 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
-
Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
-
Story0 out of 5 stars 0
Ireland is starving, and a poor Irish scullery maid falls in love with the British heir to the land. Can their romance stay hidden during the devastating famine? The potatoes are black, people are dying, and in the midst of it all, Nell must do everything she can to keep her family together and everyone she loves alive.
By: Sarah Crossan
-
The Too-Clever Fox
- By: Leigh Bardugo
- Narrated by: Lauren Fortgang
- Length: 36 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 573
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 525
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 520
In Ravka, just because you avoid one trap, it doesn't mean you'll escape the next. This story is a companion folk tale to Leigh Bardugo's upcoming book, Siege and Storm, the second book in the Grisha Trilogy.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Lovely little tale - rich, wily, and atmospheric
- By Pen Name on 11-27-18
By: Leigh Bardugo
-
The Book of Love
- A Novel
- By: Kelly Link
- Narrated by: January LaVoy
- Length: 23 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 129
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 121
-
Story3.5 out of 5 stars 121
In the acclaimed first novel from short story virtuoso and Pulitzer Prize finalist Kelly Link, three teenagers become pawns in a supernatural power struggle.
-
1 out of 5 stars
-
Held me hostage for way too long without payoff
- By Fay on 12-25-24
By: Kelly Link
-
Ninth House
- By: Leigh Bardugo
- Narrated by: Lauren Fortgang, Michael David Axtell
- Length: 16 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5,630
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,949
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,938
Galaxy “Alex” Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale’s freshman class. Raised in the Los Angeles hinterlands by a hippie mom, Alex dropped out of school early and into a world of shady drug-dealer boyfriends, dead-end jobs, and much, much worse. In fact, by age twenty, she is the sole survivor of a horrific, unsolved multiple homicide. Some might say she’s thrown her life away. But at her hospital bed, Alex is offered a second chance: to attend one of the world’s most prestigious universities on a full ride. What’s the catch, and why her?
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
UTTERLY DISAPPOINTED.
- By Tavan Hiestand on 11-21-19
By: Leigh Bardugo
-
The Lives of Saints
- By: Leigh Bardugo
- Narrated by: Ben Barnes, Lauren Fortgang
- Length: 2 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 319
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 280
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 279
Best-selling author Leigh Bardugo takes listeners deeper into her world than ever before. Out of the Shadow and Bone Trilogy, from the hands of Alina Starkov to yours, the Istorii Sankt’ya is fully realized for the first time. These tales include miracles and martyrdoms from familiar Saints like Sankta Lizabeta of the Roses and Sankt Ilya in Chains, to the strange and obscure stories of Sankta Ursula, Sankta Maradi, and the Starless Saint.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Great supplemental world building
- By JM on 04-18-21
By: Leigh Bardugo
-
King of Scars
- King of Scars Duology, Book 1
- By: Leigh Bardugo
- Narrated by: Lauren Fortgang
- Length: 16 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 6,096
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 5,435
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5,416
Nikolai Lantsov has always had a gift for the impossible. No one knows what he endured in his country’s bloody civil war - and he intends to keep it that way. Now, as enemies gather at his weakened borders, the young king must find a way to refill Ravka’s coffers, forge new alliances, and stop a rising threat to the once-great Grisha Army. Yet with every day a dark magic within him grows stronger, threatening to destroy all he has built.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
She did it again!
- By Alyson on 02-10-19
By: Leigh Bardugo
-
Where the Heart Should Be
- By: Sarah Crossan
- Narrated by: Sophie Jo Wasson
- Length: 3 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
-
Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
-
Story0 out of 5 stars 0
Ireland is starving, and a poor Irish scullery maid falls in love with the British heir to the land. Can their romance stay hidden during the devastating famine? The potatoes are black, people are dying, and in the midst of it all, Nell must do everything she can to keep her family together and everyone she loves alive.
By: Sarah Crossan
-
The Too-Clever Fox
- By: Leigh Bardugo
- Narrated by: Lauren Fortgang
- Length: 36 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 573
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 525
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 520
In Ravka, just because you avoid one trap, it doesn't mean you'll escape the next. This story is a companion folk tale to Leigh Bardugo's upcoming book, Siege and Storm, the second book in the Grisha Trilogy.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Lovely little tale - rich, wily, and atmospheric
- By Pen Name on 11-27-18
By: Leigh Bardugo
-
The Book of Love
- A Novel
- By: Kelly Link
- Narrated by: January LaVoy
- Length: 23 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 129
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 121
-
Story3.5 out of 5 stars 121
In the acclaimed first novel from short story virtuoso and Pulitzer Prize finalist Kelly Link, three teenagers become pawns in a supernatural power struggle.
-
1 out of 5 stars
-
Held me hostage for way too long without payoff
- By Fay on 12-25-24
By: Kelly Link
-
Brotherless Night
- A Novel
- By: V. V. Ganeshananthan
- Narrated by: Nirmala Rajasingam
- Length: 13 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 57
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 49
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 49
Jaffna, 1981. Sixteen-year-old Sashi wants to become a doctor. But over the next decade, a vicious civil war tears through her home, and her dream spins off course as she sees her four beloved brothers and their friend K swept up in the mounting violence. Desperate to act, Sashi accepts K’s invitation to work as a medic at a field hospital for the militant Tamil Tigers, who, following years of state discrimination and violence, are fighting for a separate homeland for Sri Lanka’s Tamil minority.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Heartbreaking
- By Aruna V. Sarma on 02-11-23
-
A Sorceress Comes to Call
- By: T. Kingfisher
- Narrated by: Eliza Foss, Jennifer Pickens
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 394
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 371
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 371
Cordelia knows her mother is . . . unusual. Their house doesn’t have any doors between rooms—there are no secrets in this house—and her mother doesn't allow Cordelia to have a single friend. Unless you count Falada, her mother's beautiful white horse. The only time Cordelia feels truly free is on her daily rides with him. But more than simple eccentricity sets her mother apart. Other mothers don’t force their daughters to be silent and motionless for hours, sometimes days, on end. Other mothers aren’t sorcerers.