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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
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Shortlisted for the James Tait Black 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’ Financial Times ‘There was a painting...
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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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Affinity
- By: Sarah Waters
- Narrated by: Juanita McMahon
- Length: 14 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall326
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Performance291
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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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The Resurrectionist
- By: A. Rae Dunlap
- Narrated by: Tom Kiteley
- Length: 11 hrs and 31 mins
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Overall30
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Performance27
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Death is only the beginning… 'Breathtaking … A new talent [in] the field of gothic historical literature' NEW YORK JOURNAL OF BOOKS 'Devilishly macabre … As dark as a midnight graveyard' PATRICE McDONOUGH 'Hauntingly gothic, intimately told, and wickedly, wonderfully grotesque' MARIELLE...
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Really gripping story
- By Tom Edwards on 12-08-25
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The Resurrectionist
- Narrated by: Tom Kiteley
- Length: 11 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 30-01-25
- Language: English
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Orlando
- By: Virginia Woolf
- Narrated by: Mason Alexander Park
- Length: 9 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Meet Orlando: a young nobleman in Elizabethan England, poet, lover, adventurer—and, after a transformational sleep, a woman. Spanning over 300 years of British history, Orlando bends the rules of time, gender, and narrative as its protagonist navigates shifting societies, identities, and expectations, all while seeking something elusive: the truth of the self. Playful, profound, and radically ahead of its time, Virginia Woolf's groundbreaking novel is part love letter, part satire, and part meditation on the fluid nature of existence.
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Like a lion purring in my ear holes
- By Anonymous on 18-03-26
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Orlando
- Narrated by: Mason Alexander Park
- Length: 9 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 11-09-25
- 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
- Unabridged
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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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The Paris Express
- a thrilling historical novel about a city on the brink and the people caught up in one woman's dangerous game
- By: Emma Donoghue
- Narrated by: Justin Avoth
- Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall18
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In this riveting historical thriller, a deadly plot unfolds aboard a train hurtling towards Paris. From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Room, Emma Donoghue takes you on a heart-pounding ride in The Paris Express. 'Ratchets up the pace until it's hurtling along as fast as the train itself'...
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Train Travel in its Infancy in France.
- By Mary hayes on 02-09-25
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The Paris Express
- a thrilling historical novel about a city on the brink and the people caught up in one woman's dangerous game
- Narrated by: Justin Avoth
- Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 20-03-25
- Language: English
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Slammerkin
- By: Emma Donoghue
- Narrated by: Charlotte Stevens
- Length: 14 hrs and 49 mins
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Overall114
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Performance95
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Story96
Strangers might remember a trip to see a girl hang, but who would spare a thought for the who’s and how’s and whys? 'At thirteen, Mary, the daughter of a poor seamstress, longs for fine clothes as her neighbours hunger for food and warmth. For the love of a gorgeous red ribbon she finds herself seduced into a life on the cold, dangerous streets of late 1700s London. Her saviour is Doll, a gaudy young woman who takes her under her wing.
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Beautifully written but deeply harrowing
- By Brian Keaney on 11-12-12
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Slammerkin
- Narrated by: Charlotte Stevens
- Length: 14 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 30-08-12
- Language: English
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Burn Down Master's House
- By: Clay Cane
- Narrated by: Clay Cane
- Length: 11 hrs and 28 mins
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As turmoil simmers within a divided nation, smoke from another blaze begins to rise. Sparked by individual acts of resistance among those enslaved across the American South, their seemingly disparate rebellions fuel a singular inferno of justice, connecting them in ways quiet at times, explosive at others. As these flames rise, so will they. Luke, quick-witted and literate, and Henri, a man with a strong and defiant spirit, forge an unbreakable bond at a Virginia plantation called Magnolia Row. Both seek escape from unimaginable cruelty.
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The story was beautiful however narration needed more emotion
- By 😬 on 29-03-26
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Burn Down Master's House
- Narrated by: Clay Cane
- Length: 11 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 27-01-26
- Language: English
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Spoiled Milk
- 'A truly impeccable novel' Julia Armfield
- By: Avery Curran
- Narrated by: Charlotte Ryder
- Length: 10 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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'A dirty little jewel of a novel' Julia Armfield 'Malory Towers meets The Conjuring' Alice Slater 'Gory, tender, sexy' Krystelle Bamford 'Compulsively readable' Guardian In 1928, Emily Locke's final year at the isolated Briarley School for Girls is derailed when Violet, the school's brightest...
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Spoiled Milk
- 'A truly impeccable novel' Julia Armfield
- Narrated by: Charlotte Ryder
- Length: 10 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 12-03-26
- Language: English
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Heap Earth upon It
- By: Chloe Michelle Howarth
- Narrated by: Máiréad Tyers, Chris Walley, Peter Claffey, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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January 1965. The orphaned O'Leary siblings—Tom, Jack, Anna and Peggy—arrive in the village of Ballycrea, tight-lipped about their troubled past and desperate for a fresh start. After being met with suspicion from most of the locals, the family are thrilled when they're taken under the wing of their well-respected neighbours, Bill and Betty Nevan, who offer them work, companionship and an opportunity to fit in.
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Best thing I have read in a long time!
- By jjoannexx on 11-04-26
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Heap Earth upon It
- Narrated by: Máiréad Tyers, Chris Walley, Peter Claffey, Phillippa Dunne
- Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 30-10-25
- Language: English
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The New Life
- By: Tom Crewe
- Narrated by: Freddie Fox
- Length: 13 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall103
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Performance96
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After a lifetime spent navigating his desires, John Addington, married to Catherine, has met Frank, a working-class printer. Meanwhile Henry Ellis's wife Edith has fallen in love with Angelica—and Angelica wants Edith all to herself. When in 1894 John and Henry decide to write a revolutionary book together, intended to challenge convention and the law, they are both caught in relationships stalked by guilt and shame. Yet they share a vision of a better world, one that will expand possibilities for men and women everywhere.
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A Triumph
- By SRG on 20-01-23
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The New Life
- Narrated by: Freddie Fox
- Length: 13 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 12-01-23
- Language: English
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Fellow Travelers
- By: Thomas Mallon
- Narrated by: Christian Barillas
- Length: 14 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall18
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In a world of bare-knuckled ideology and secret dossiers, Timothy Laughlin, a recent college graduate and devout Catholic, is eager to join the crusade against Communism. An encounter with a handsome State Department official, Hawkins Fuller, leads to Tim's first job and, after Fuller's advances, his first love affair.
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Too much history, not enough story
- By James on 14-03-24
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Fellow Travelers
- Narrated by: Christian Barillas
- Length: 14 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 24-10-23
- Language: English
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Girls Girls Girls
- By: Shoshana von Blanckensee
- Narrated by: Rachel F. Hirsch, Shoshana von Blanckensee
- Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins
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Finalist for the 2026 LAMBDA Literary Award Finalist for the 2025 CALIBA Golden Poppy Award Longlisted for the 2026 VCU Cabell First Novelist Award "Jam-packed with queer angst and queer joy . . . and a truly incredible amount of heart. I devoured this novel." —Kristen Arnett, New York Times...
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Really enjoyed
- By Amazon Customer on 24-06-25
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Girls Girls Girls
- Narrated by: Rachel F. Hirsch, Shoshana von Blanckensee
- Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 17-06-25
- Language: English
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Seven Summer Nights
- By: Harper Fox
- Narrated by: Chris Clog
- Length: 16 hrs and 10 mins
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Overall196
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Performance180
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It's 1946, and the dust of World War Two has just begun to settle. When famous archaeologist Rufus Denby returns to London, his life and reputation are as devastated as the city around him. He's used to the most glamorous of excavations, but can't turn down the offer of a job in rural Sussex. It's a refuge, and the only means left to him of scraping a living. With nothing but his satchel and a mongrel dog he's rescued from a bomb site, he sets out to investigate an ancient church in the sleepy village of Droyton.
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Exquisite narration, my fave Harper Fox...
- By BevS on 03-03-18
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Seven Summer Nights
- Narrated by: Chris Clog
- Length: 16 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 14-11-17
- Language: English
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Spitting Gold
- By: Carmella Lowkis
- Narrated by: Katherine Press
- Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4
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Brought to you by Penguin. Paris, 1866. When Baroness Sylvie Devereux receives a house-call from Charlotte Mothe, the sister she disowned, she fears her shady past as a spirit medium has caught up with her. But with their father ill and Charlotte unable to pay his bills, Sylvie is persuaded into...
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EXCELLENT 💯
- By D-M-W on 13-01-26
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Spitting Gold
- Narrated by: Katherine Press
- Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 18-04-24
- Language: English
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Frankissstein
- A Love Story
- By: Jeanette Winterson
- Narrated by: John Sackville, Perdita Weeks, Harrison Knights
- Length: 7 hrs and 10 mins
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Overall209
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Performance194
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** LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2019 ** Brought to you by Penguin. From 'one of the most gifted writers working today' (New York Times) comes an audacious new novel about the bodies we live in and the bodies we desire In Brexit Britain, a young transgender doctor called Ry is falling in love...
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Ron, the sex bot salesman, steals the show!
- By miss s wilkinson on 23-01-20
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Frankissstein
- A Love Story
- Narrated by: John Sackville, Perdita Weeks, Harrison Knights
- Length: 7 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 28-05-19
- 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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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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Lie With Me
- A Novel
- By: Philippe Besson, Molly Ringwald - translator
- Narrated by: Jacques Roy
- Length: 3 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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“I remember the movement of his hips pressing against the pinball machine. This one sentence had me in its grip until the end. Two young men find each other, always fearing that life itself might be the villain standing in their way. A stunning and heart-gripping tale.” —André Aciman...
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Exquisite
- By H J Mac on 15-10-19
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Lie With Me
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Jacques Roy
- Length: 3 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 30-04-19
- Language: English
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An Unsuitable Heir
- Sins of the Cities, Book 3
- By: KJ Charles
- Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies
- Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall162
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Performance152
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On the trail of an aristocrat's secret son, enquiry agent Mark Braglewicz finds his quarry in a music hall, performing as a trapeze artist with his twin sister. Graceful, beautiful, elusive, and strong, Pen Starling is like nobody Mark's ever met - and everything he's ever wanted. But the long-haired acrobat has an earldom and a fortune to claim.
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Loved it
- By Samuel on 24-08-21
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An Unsuitable Heir
- Sins of the Cities, Book 3
- Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies
- Series: Sins of the Cities, Book 3
- Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 13-10-17
- Language: English
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Our Evenings
- A Novel
- By: Alan Hollinghurst
- Narrated by: Prasanna Puwanarajah
- Length: 16 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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From the internationally acclaimed winner of the Booker Prize, “an engrossing tale of one man’s personal odyssey as he grows up, framed in exquisite language” (The New York Times Book Review, Editors’ Choice) “The finest novel yet from one of the great writers of our time.”—The...
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Our Evenings
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Prasanna Puwanarajah
- Length: 16 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 08-10-24
- Language: English
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