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About this collection
The spirited (but friendly) debate over these titles could have gone on indefinitely. With years of listening, countless customer reviews, and a catalog of seemingly infinite great listens, 100 suddenly felt like a very small number. What we know for sure: Each of the titles that made it to this collection are elevated and made special in some way by audio, whether by a layered performance from a single narrator, a brilliantly cohesive full cast, original music, or immersive sound effects. They’re our go-to recommendations to new and old listeners alike, the highlights of our libraries. Many transcend their categories, appealing to listeners who may not have even considered dabbling in genres outside their usual favorites. Most have stood the test of time, while some are newer arrivals that have already signaled their enduring potential. Our listeners’ and editors’ favorites are ever-evolving as we discover exciting new productions, listen to previously under-heard voices, and explore new perspectives and methods of approaching those stories. What we can say right now: We stand by these 100 titles as potential cornerstones of anyone’s listening life.-
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A Little Life
- A Novel
- By: Hanya Yanagihara
- Narrated by: Oliver Wyman
- Length: 32 hrs and 51 mins
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A Little Life follows four college classmates—broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition....
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An Emotional and Thoughtful Experience
- By Sarah D
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A Little Life
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Oliver Wyman
- Length: 32 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 11-01-22
- Language: English
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In Cold Blood
- By: Truman Capote
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 14 hrs and 27 mins
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On November 15, 1959, in the small town of Holcomb, Kansas, four members of the Clutter family were savagely murdered by blasts from a shotgun held a few inches from their faces. There was no apparent motive for the crime, and there were almost no clues....
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Artistry in Audio
- By Kim
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In Cold Blood
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 14 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 01-03-06
- Language: English
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It
- By: Stephen King
- Narrated by: Steven Weber
- Length: 44 hrs and 55 mins
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Welcome to Derry, Maine. It’s a small city, a place as hauntingly familiar as your own hometown. Only in Derry the haunting is real....
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There’s a few things you need to know first
- By William
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It
- Narrated by: Steven Weber
- Length: 44 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 01-01-16
- Language: English
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X
- As Told to Alex Haley
- By: Malcolm X, Alex Haley
- Narrated by: Laurence Fishburne
- Length: 16 hrs and 52 mins
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In this searing classic autobiography, originally published in 1965, Malcolm X, the Muslim leader, firebrand, and Black empowerment activist, tells the extraordinary story of his life and the growth of the Human Rights movement....
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it's Nearly perfect
- By Kerry
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X
- As Told to Alex Haley
- Narrated by: Laurence Fishburne
- Length: 16 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 09-10-20
- Language: English
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The Sea in the Sky
- By: Jackson Musker
- Narrated by: Octavia Chavez-Richmond, James Ludwig, Pun Bandhu, Lizan Mitchell, a full cast
- Length: Not Yet Known
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Wisecracking, marine biologist Bee Guerrero has signed up for the trip of a lifetime: a series of dives deep into the pitch-black waters of Saturn’s moon, Enceladus....
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Wow
- By Shaz
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The Sea in the Sky
- Narrated by: Octavia Chavez-Richmond, James Ludwig, Pun Bandhu, Lizan Mitchell, a full cast
- Length: Not Yet Known
- Release date: 10-01-20
- Language: English
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Life of Pi
- By: Yann Martel
- Narrated by: Vikas Adam
- Length: 12 hrs and 53 mins
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Life of Pi is at once a realistic, rousing adventure and a meta-tale of survival that explores the redemptive power of storytelling and the transformative nature of fiction....
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Wonderfully read and gripping story...
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Life of Pi
- Narrated by: Vikas Adam
- Length: 12 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 02-27-18
- Language: English
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Big Magic
- Creative Living Beyond Fear
- By: Elizabeth Gilbert
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Gilbert
- Length: 5 hrs and 6 mins
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People of all ages and walks of life have drawn inspiration and empowerment from Elizabeth Gilbert’s books for years. Now this beloved author digs deep into her own generative process to share her wisdom and unique perspective about creativity....
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Light and short
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Big Magic
- Creative Living Beyond Fear
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Gilbert
- Length: 5 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 09-22-15
- Language: English
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Between the World and Me
- By: Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Narrated by: Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Length: 3 hrs and 35 mins
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In a profound work that pivots from the biggest questions about American history and ideals to the most intimate concerns of a father for his son, Ta-Nehisi Coates offers a powerful new framework for understanding our nation’s history and current crisis....
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Beautifully expressed
- By Shana
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Between the World and Me
- Narrated by: Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Length: 3 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 07-14-15
- Language: English
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The 5 Second Rule
- Transform your Life, Work, and Confidence with Everyday Courage
- By: Mel Robbins
- Narrated by: Mel Robbins
- Length: 7 hrs and 35 mins
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Stop procrastinating for good. Thirty-two million people - doctors, millionaires, and pro athletes - all swear by this proven hack, and so will you.
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I absolutely loved this.
- By Yuliana A.
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The 5 Second Rule
- Transform your Life, Work, and Confidence with Everyday Courage
- Narrated by: Mel Robbins
- Length: 7 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 02-22-17
- Language: English
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The Gray Man
- By: Mark Greaney
- Narrated by: Jay Snyder
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
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Court Gentry is known as The Gray Man—a legend in the covert realm, moving silently from job to job, accomplishing the impossible, and then fading away....
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Move Over Jack Reacher
- By Ed
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The Gray Man
- Narrated by: Jay Snyder
- Series: Gray Man, Book 1
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 08-30-10
- Language: English
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Steve Jobs
- By: Walter Isaacson
- Narrated by: Dylan Baker
- Length: 25 hrs and 18 mins
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From the author of the best-selling biographies of Benjamin Franklin and Albert Einstein, this is the exclusive biography of Steve Jobs....
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Fascinating
- By Michael Carrato
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Steve Jobs
- Narrated by: Dylan Baker
- Length: 25 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 10-24-11
- Language: English
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The Things They Carried
- By: Tim O'Brien
- Narrated by: Bryan Cranston
- Length: 7 hrs and 47 mins
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The Things They Carried’s portrayal of the boots-on-the-ground experience of soldiers in the Vietnam War is a landmark in war writing.....
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More Than I Expected
- By Michael
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The Things They Carried
- Narrated by: Bryan Cranston
- Length: 7 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 10-15-13
- Language: English
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Alien: Out of the Shadows
- By: Tim Lebbon, Dirk Maggs
- Narrated by: Rutger Hauer, Corey Johnson, Matthew Lewis, Kathryn Drysdale, Andrea Deck, Mac McDonald
- Length: Not Yet Known
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As a child, Chris Hooper dreamed of monsters. But in deep space, he found only darkness and isolation. Then, on planet LV178, he and his fellow miners discovered a storm-scoured, sand-blasted hell....
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Alien Cont’
- By Sha'ron
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Alien: Out of the Shadows
- Narrated by: Rutger Hauer, Corey Johnson, Matthew Lewis, Kathryn Drysdale, Andrea Deck, Mac McDonald
- Series: Alien: The Audible Original Dramas, Book 1, Alien, Book 3
- Length: Not Yet Known
- Release date: 12-07-18
- Language: English
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Piranesi
- Narrated by: Chiwetel Ejiofor
- Length: 6 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 09-15-20
- Language: English
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The Hunger Games: Special Edition
- By: Suzanne Collins
- Narrated by: Tatiana Maslany
- Length: 10 hrs and 35 mins
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Tatiana Maslany (Orphan Black) performs this special edition of this dystopian adventure.
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When can we expect the rest of the series?
- By Kyriah Carter
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The Hunger Games: Special Edition
- Narrated by: Tatiana Maslany
- Series: Hunger Games, Book 1
- Length: 10 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 10-30-18
- Language: English
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Circe
- By: Madeline Miller
- Narrated by: Perdita Weeks
- Length: 12 hrs and 8 mins
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In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. But Circe is a strange child—not powerful, like her father, nor viciously alluring, like her mother....
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A Weaver without Wool
- By Darwin8u
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Circe
- Narrated by: Perdita Weeks
- Length: 12 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 04-10-18
- Language: English
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Summer of '85
- By: Chris Morrow, Kevin Hart, Charlamagne Tha God, SBH Productions
- Narrated by: Kevin Hart
- Length: 4 hrs and 47 mins
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Welcome to the summer of 1985 in Philadelphia, when the city was rocked—in almost every sense of the word—by two unprecedented events: one, Mayor W. Wilson Goode’s May 13 decision to bomb the headquarters of MOVE, and two, the July 13 Live Aid concert....
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Necessary History
- By Kristena C
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Summer of '85
- Narrated by: Kevin Hart
- Length: 4 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 07-21-22
- Language: English
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The Lincoln Highway
- A Read with Jenna Pick (A Novel)
- By: Amor Towles
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini, Marin Ireland, Dion Graham
- Length: 16 hrs and 39 mins
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The bestselling author of A Gentleman in Moscow and Rules of Civility and master of absorbing, sophisticated fiction returns with a stylish and propulsive novel set in 1950s America....
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I'm totally opposite
- By Meaghan Bynum
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The Lincoln Highway
- A Read with Jenna Pick (A Novel)
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini, Marin Ireland, Dion Graham
- Length: 16 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 10-05-21
- Language: English
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Little Fires Everywhere
- By: Celeste Ng
- Narrated by: Jennifer Lim
- Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins
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A riveting novel that traces the intertwined fates of the picture-perfect Richardson family and the enigmatic mother and daughter who upend their lives....
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Started out well
- By Katie
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Little Fires Everywhere
- Narrated by: Jennifer Lim
- Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 09-12-17
- Language: English
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The Hobbit
- By: J. R. R. Tolkien
- Narrated by: Andy Serkis
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
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In the prelude to the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Bilbo Baggins begins his great journey "there and back again." Narrated by Andy Serkis.
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good story, but missing some things
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The Hobbit
- Narrated by: Andy Serkis
- Series: The Lord of the Rings, Book 0.5
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 09-21-20
- Language: English
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