Fiction Audio

  • "Abarat" by Clive Barker

    A bored teenage girl is taken on a fantastical journey through a mysterious archipelago inhabited by ancient evils.
    Read by Richard Ferrone January 23, 2003

  • "The Short Stories (Vol. I)" by Ernest Hemingway

    Actor Stacy Keach reads from "Indian Camp," part of a new CD collection of unabridged Hemingway stories.
    January 10, 2003

  • "The Two Towers" by J.R.R. Tolkien

    Listen to a full-cast dramatization of Part 2 of "The Lord of the Rings," featuring Ian Holm as Frodo.
    December 17, 2002

  • "Caramelo" by Sandra Cisneros

    The author of "The House on Mango Street" reads from her new novel, a tale of real and imagined homelands.
    December 11, 2002

  • "Revolting Rhymes & Dirty Beasts" by Roald Dahl

    Think you know the story of Cinderella? Listen to what really happened.
    Read by Alan Cumming December 4, 2002

  • "The Father Costume" by Ben Marcus

    Listen to a live recording of a story set in a world where clothes alter -- at times seemingly dominate -- people's behavior.
    December 3, 2002

  • "The Hidden Staircase" by Carolyn Keene

    Listen to supersleuth Nancy Drew's adventures from the second book in the beloved mystery series.
    Read by Laura Linney December 2, 2002

  • "The Secret of the Old Clock" by Carolyn Keene

    Listen to an excerpt from the first book in the hugely popular Nancy Drew mystery series.
    Read by Laura Linney November 27, 2002

  • "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Roald Dahl

    The versatile Eric Idle of Monty Python fame reads from the beloved children's classic.
    Read by Eric Idle November 13, 2002

  • "Murder Mysteries" by Neil Gaiman

    Listen to a full-cast radio production of a whodunit tale set in the City of Angels, starring Brian Dennehy as Raguel, the Angel of Vengeance.
    November 11, 2002

  • "Snow Glass Apples" by Neil Gaiman

    Listen to a full-cast radio production of Gaiman's twisted adaptation of "Snow White," starring Bebe Neuwirth.
    November 4, 2002

  • "The Little Friend"

    Listen to Donna Tartt read an excerpt from her highly anticipated second novel, in which a 12-year-old girl tries to unravel the mysterious murder of her brother.
    October 30, 2002

  • "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"

    Actor Michael York ("Austin Powers," "Romeo and Juliet") reads from C.S. Lewis' classic book in the Chronicles of Narnia series.
    By C.S. Lewis October 23, 2002

  • "The Secret History"

    Donna Tartt reads from her 1992 debut novel about New England college students whose obsession with ancient rites leads to murder.
    October 16, 2002

  • "The Hunger Artist"

    Listen to famed singer and actress Lotte Lenya read the Franz Kafka story, from the Caedmon Short Story Collection.
    September 27, 2002

  • Dylan Thomas: The Caedmon Collection, Part 9

    The ninth installment features Thomas performing his play "Under Milkwood" together with the original cast.
    September 13, 2002

  • "The Emperor of Ocean Park"

    Listen to an excerpt from Stephen L. Carter's debut novel, a twisted murder-mystery thriller that takes place in a "larger slice of financially comfortable African America than most white Americans probably think exists."
    Read by Peter Francis James June 24, 2002

  • "Petrified Man"

    Listen to Eudora Welty's exquisite reading of one of her early stories, first published in 1939 and recorded in 1956.
    May 15, 2002

  • Dylan Thomas: The Caedmon Collection, Part 3

    Download all tracks from the third CD in the collection, including the story "Quite Early One Morning."
    May 8, 2002

  • "The Bluest Eye"

    Ruby Dee and Toni Morrison read an excerpt from Morrison's award-winning debut novel, published in 1970.
    January 7, 2002

  • "My Preciousssss!"

    Hear an excerpt from the 1970s BBC Radio dramatization of "The Lord of the Rings" featuring Ian Holm, who plays Bilbo in the movie, as Frodo.
    December 19, 2001

  • "One Ring to Rule Them All"

    J.R.R. Tolkien sings Sam Gamgee's "Rhyme of the Troll" and speaks the "Verse of the Ring" -- both excerpts from his acclaimed first book in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy.
    December 19, 2001

  • "Carter Beats the Devil"

    In the America of the 1920s renowned magician Carter the Great, the hero of Glen David Gold's new novel, prepares for his biggest and most dangerous stunt yet -- one that involves the president.
    Read by Stanley Tucci December 17, 2001

  • "The Austere Academy"

    The fifth novel in Lemony Snicket's "Series of Unfortunate Events" about the hapless orphans Violet, Klaus and Sunny Baudelaire is another darkly funny masterpiece, this time enriched with beautifully strange music by Stephin Merritt.
    By Lemony Snicket December 10, 2001

  • "Moby Dick"

    Listen to an excerpt from a 1975 production of Herman Melville's classic, with Charlton Heston as Ahab and Keir Dullea as Ishmael.
    November 20, 2001
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