TOP-100 audiobooks

The best-selling novel by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho is now available as an audiobook. The Alchemist has been translated into 67 languages ​​and published in over 117 countries; over 300 million books have been sold worldwide. One of the most important Portuguese-language scientific journals...

The Road to Oz takes Dorothy and her friends to Oz for a big party to celebrate Ozma's birthday. It all starts near her Uncle Henry's Kansas farm home as she tries to help a scruffy stranger find the path he's looking for. Along the way, they find a young boy, Button-Bright, and they get lost...

The novel follows the problems of a wealthy young girl, Sarah Kru, who is sent to an authoritarian boarding school in London during her father's campaign in India. Thanks to Captain Crewe's money, Sara was treated like a little princess until the news of her father's tragic death came one day. The...

This is a whimsical poem that takes the reader on a voyage in search of the mythical snake. The bellboy, butcher, baker, beaver, and other nameless and unknown individuals go on a fast-paced, almost frenzy, in search of the elusive snake. As you read, you start to doubt Dr. Seuss might be inspired...

Twilight is the first novel in Stephanie Meyer's 2005 book series. It tells the story of Isabella Swan, who preferred to be called Bella because she moved from sunny Arizona to rainy Forks, Washington. She was not very happy with her new home, embarrassed with her father, and shy about her new...

The Book of Job (American Standard Edition) has forty-two chapters and is one of the books of wisdom in the Old Testament. The narrative documents Job being pulled from a comfortable and exalted position in the church to face the loss of his wealth, children, and health. Along with the three...

This is a sequel to 37 American Poems, one of my first solo pieces. The focus here is on the work of American poets of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. (Summary by Bellona Times) SECTION CHAPTER AUTHOR TIME Play01 An Encounter Robert Frost 00:01:51 Play02 Barter Sara Teasdale 00:01:21 Play03...

Psalm 22 appears as Psalm 23 in modern English translations of the Bible. - Psalmi XXII Bibliae Sacrae Vulgatae, recitatus in lingua Latina....

In one of his novels, the master storyteller tells the story of two children who were swapped in infancy. The enslaved person bears the identity of master and heir, and the legal heir is destined to live the life of the enslaved person. Twain used this vehicle to explore topics such as nature...

The Secret Service is Conrad's dark and darkly funny story about a gang of spies, anarchists, and operative provocateurs living in the early 20th century. The novel centers on Verloc, a shopkeeper, fake anarchist, and double agent involved in an ambitious terrorist plan to bomb the Greenwich...

A student discovers the secret to the animation of inanimate matter and creates the monster Frankenstein by assembling body parts. Rejected by society, Frankenstein vows revenge against his creator....

Professor Pierre Aronnax is an academic whose thirst for knowledge carries him out of his ivory tower and on the trail of a mysterious sea beast. His curiosity at last is satiated when he finds himself in the belly of the beast-- that is, on board the incredible submarine the Nautilus, courtesy of...

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of twelve stories by Arthur Conan Doyle and his famous detectives. They were originally published in Strand Magazine from July 1891 to June 1892. The title character is named after the famous American poet Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr....

"100%: The Story of a Patriot" follows the adventures of a poor, uneducated young man who relies on his wits to become embroiled in the sometimes bitter struggle between America's "Patriots" and "Reds" and earns a living by trickery. "Anything socially significant...

Perhaps Edgar Allen Poe's most famous poem, "The Raven," is a terrifying exploration of a man whose memory of Lenore and the knocking on his door on a dark December night interrupted his Learning Blackbird....

This 1787 document defines the rights and responsibilities of federal government of the United States of America....

Bring you six different readings of The Voice of the Ancient Bard , by William Blake. This is a weekly poetry project....

An 1888 collection of children's stories, mostly about love and selfishness. The stories are often sad, with a message of moralism. The collection includes: The Happy Prince, The Nightingale and the Rose, The Selfish Giant, The Godly Friend and The Extraordinary Rocket....

17 Short Stories from 25 Ghost Storybooks and 13 Short Stories from Indian Ghost Storybooks - Summary by Kirk Ziegler SECTION CHAPTER AUTHOR TIME 01 The Flayed Hand Guy de Maupassant 00:13:36 02 The Parlor-Car Ghost W. Bob Holland 00:11:17 03 The Ghost of Buckstown Inn Arnold M. Anderson 00:10:49...

During the American colonial days, the peaceful Dutch Sleepy Valley community was nestled in the Adirondacks on the west bank of the mighty Hudson River. The loneliness of the forest is breathtaking, and not even a principal is immune to the eerie miasma that pervades the dense forest. Written in...

The First Book of the Machabees is a history of the struggle of the Jewish people for religious and political liberty under the leadership of the Machabee family, with Judas Machabeus as the central figure. After a brief introduction (i, 1-9) explaining how the Jews came to pass from the Persian...

Jun Fujita's tanka is enduring and still sad. Writing in English, one wonders if the returning desert is in Japan, in America, or in the poet's mood: scarecrows fluttering in the wind. The shape is loose and haunting like a modern English tanka....

Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884) is one of the truly great American novels, beloved by children, adults, and literary critics alike. The book tells the story of "Huck" Finn (who originally appeared as Tom Sawyer's sidekick in Tom Sawyer's Adventures) and his friend...

The First Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians , often referred to as First Corinthians (and written as 1 Corinthians), is the seventh book of the New Testament of the Bible. Paul of Tarsus composed this letter in Greek, to the Christians of Corinth, Greece. Corinth was the meeting point of many...

The Diary of a Nobody is a fifteen-month fictional chronicle of Charles Poulter, his family, friends, and little acquaintances. It was originally serialized in Punch Magazine, arguably the first "blog"; it was a simplified and humiliating account of the life of this worldly and upright...

Black Beauty is Anna Sewell's first and only novel. The story is told in "first person" (or first horse), as an autobiographical memoir of a tall stallion named Black Beauty, from his carefree days as a British farm foal to his Tough life as a London taxi driver. to his happy retirement...

This is the Arthurian legend of Tristan and Iseult. It is a tale of love, honour, intrigue, betrayal and jealousy, ending ultimately in tragedy. This story predates that of Lancelot and Guinevere, and is one of the most influential romances of the medieval period, inspiring many artists, from...

Romeo and Juliet is perhaps Shakespeare's most famous play and is considered the most famous love story in Western history. It's about the fate of two very young lovers who would do anything to be together The Montagues and Capulets from Verona, Italy, find themselves in the middle of a...

Bring you twenty different readings of Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton’s I Do Not Love Thee , a weekly poetry project....

Short Poetry Collection 003: a collection of 20 public-domain poems....

This 1913 story is not just a Christmas story. This is a story of spiritual wisdom; seeking wisdom, receiving wisdom, even though seeking and receiving wisdom is dark. Henry Collinton is an 81-year-old, widowed Episcopal bishop. The story begins on the morning of the bishop's last Christmas and...

When local alcoholic Christopher Sly walks into a tavern, he certainly doesn't expect to see a sophisticated ruse convincing him he's a nobleman, much to the amusement of many! Thus began The Taming of the Shrew, one of Shakespeare's early comedies. In order to please the "lord," a group...

This is Chapter 1 of Volume 1 of the 19th Century Baron Macaulay Book Series. It begins with a brief introduction to the history of England right up to King Stuart, then begins to delve into more detail. Macaulay was primarily fascinated by the end of any claim to theocracy by the king and the...

The Black Cat (1895-1922) was a monthly literary magazine publishing original short stories, often on sinister or fantastical themes. Many authors are mainly unknown, but some well-known authors have written original material for the magazine. The third edition includes the following six stories:...

Two men visiting the United States from London meet two attractive women who return to London the following year. This short but delightful novel is full of romantic intrigues, misunderstandings and cultural faux pas....

Bring you seven different readings of John McCrae’s In Flanders Fields , a weekly poetry project...

The Wizard of Oz is the second book in the Wizard of Oz series. It follows the adventures of the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, and Tip. The Emerald City has been taken over by the Rebellion, and our adventurous friends need the help of the kind-hearted Glinda to return it to its rightful ruler....

Bring you eight different readings of Walt Whitman’s A Noiseless Patient Spider, a weekly poetry project....

Generations of children have been delighted with Lewis Carroll's classic tale. Alice falls down the rabbit hole and encounters all kinds of strange and wonderful creatures in all kinds of bizarre situations. Accompany Alice on her journey through Wonderland and try to understand what she found...

Come hear the bizarre story of modern (at the time of publication) Connecticut Yankees owner Hank Morgan, who inexplicably finds himself transferred to the court of the legendary King Arthur (as the title suggests). Hank, or his most widely known boss, quickly uses his modern knowledge and...

Blackwood, who wrote this autobiography in his 50s, describes his first 30 years as a nearly penniless British adventurer, trying various investments in Canada and New York, getting scammed, and sleeping on park benches On, living in the woods, sharing a room in an apartment with friends who...

Aristotle's Poetics in the 4th Century BC. Designed to be a brief study of storytelling. It covers plot unity, reversal and character in Greek tragedy, comedy and epic contexts. But it still applies today. It is especially popular among screenwriters, as can be seen in the guide books of many...

Short Story Collection 001: a collection of 10 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a variety of LibriVox members....

Journey to the Center of the Earth is a science fiction novel written by Jules Verne in 1864 (originally published in French as Voyage au center de la Terre). The story follows a professor leading his nephew and a hired guide down a volcano in Iceland to the "center of the earth." You...

Charles Dickens's A Tale of Two Cities is a novel that examines the 18th-century French Revolution through the lens of 19th-century Victorian romance. Dickens tells the story of characters in London and Paris whose lives intertwine in the turmoil of the Revolution. Unusually among his novels, A...

Volunteers bring you seven recordings of Jonathan Swift's A Description Of A City Shower. This is the biweekly poetry project for January 26, 2020. ------ You won't find weather forecasts like local media. - Summary by David Lawrence...

The girls decided to camp in a hut on the shore of Rainbow Lake, but by the time they arrived, the hut had been burned down. The story of who sneaks into camp at night and they meet a sweet old lady known as the Old Girl of the Mountain?...

Sarah Scott's utopian novel, published in 1762, describes women living in perfect harmony. Catherine concludes...

A group of eight Oxford students named Scorpions discovered a letter from Catherine to Joe in Oxford. They made a picture of Catherine and Joe from the letter and went to find Catherine. The rivalry between them has led to many interesting scenarios....

This LibriVox edition was chosen by eight readers for its very personal content, which focuses on female sexuality. The modern library edition of The Awakening includes an introduction by Kay Gibbons, who writes: "The Awakening shocked turn-of-the-century readers with its blunt treatment of...

"Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Won't Grow Up, Peter and Wendy are play and novel respectively, telling the famous story of Peter Pan, a naughty little boy who spent his indefinite childhood on the streets. Neverland and His adventures with ordinary girl Wendy Darling and her brothers. The story...

Struwwelpeter is a humorous illustrated collection of children's poems describing ridiculous and mostly brutal punishments for indecent behavior. Hoffmann, a doctor in Frankfurt, wanted to buy his son a picture book for Christmas in 1844. Not impressed with what the store offered, he bought a...

Peter Pan is a popular tale of the adventures of three children and a boy who refuses to grow up on Neverland. Bold, elf dust and flight; lagoons with mermaids, ticking crocodiles, and tiger lily princesses; second to the right, and then until morning. You know the story...if you don't, start...

Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, first published in 1887. It was developed by Scottish author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Sherlock Holmes was a brilliant London detective, known for his ability to solve cases with logic and keen...

Mike's dreams of studying and playing cricket at Cambridge were dashed when his father faced financial difficulties. Instead, Mike worked as a clerk at New Asia Bank. Fortunately, school friend Psmith, with boundless optimism and original insight, soon joined his department as they worked together...

Bring you eight different readings of William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 23, a weekly poetry project....

From Anne Bradstreet to Dorothy Parker's lone PD, here are 37 unique American poems from the mid-17th century to the early 20th century. (Bellona Times summary) SECTION CHAPTER AUTHOR TIME 01 Contemplations Anne Bradstreet 00:02:50 02 To a LADY on her remarkable Preservation in an Hurricane in...

"Romeo and Juliet" is William Shakespeare's early tragedy about two teenage lovers whose "untimely deaths" finally unite their feuding families. The play was highly praised by literary critics for its language and dramatic effect. It was one of the most popular plays of...

Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels wrote their manifesto in December 1847 as a guide to the basic principles and practice of communism. The Manifesto also predicted the eventual demise of the capitalist system....

Text of Internet Archive founder Brewster Kahle's speech at the opening of the Open Library in October 2005. LibriVox was invited to the opening and made recordings for "An International Episode" and "Old Christmas". The first two books to be scanned into the Open Library...

Bring you nine different readings of Clement C. Moore's 'Twas the Night Before Christmas , a weekly poetry project....

These are first chapters to books first published in 1916. Readers, following is a tentative list culled from Wikipedia's article on the year in Literature; most of the works are to be found on Project Gutenberg. - Summary by Matt Pierard...

Short Poetry Collection 002: a collection of 22 public-domain poems....

The sailor and his crew were sentenced to drought and death for killing an albatross. In a series of paranormal events, only the seafarer's life is spared and repented, but he must roam the earth and tell his story, built on the lessons of "all things big and small."...

Aesop's fables date back to the 6th century BC. And tell universal truths through the use of easy-to-understand parables. Although almost nothing is known about Aesop himself, and some scholars even doubt his existence, these stories are timeless classics known in nearly every culture around the...

An eclectic, even Catholic collection of Sir Edgar Allan Poe's brilliant storytelling. Funny and scary. Need I Say More - Summary by Tony Addison....

This is a series of text messages from South African Minister Andrew Murray. They are about the need and joy of surrendering our lives completely to God....

Northanger Abbey is a parody of 18th-century Gothic novels. The heroine, 17-year-old Katherine, has read too many "horrible" goth novels and would love to stumble upon some gothic horror - but the shallow world of Bass is dangerous enough. (summary by Kara)...

This is a collection of 12 horror stories by the master of horror, Poe. The Black Cat; The Fall of the House of Usher, The Raven; The Tell Tale Heart, The Masque of the Red Death, The Premature Burial, and half a dozen others are eerie reads and sounds. Turn off the lights, relax, and listen to...

The Constitution has a total of 27 amendments. The first ten, collectively known as the Bill of Rights, were ratified simultaneously. The following seventeen were ratified separately....

Jeremy Bentham's Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation, a classic of modern philosophy and jurisprudence, first published in 1789, focuses on the principle of utility and this The relationship between moral values ​​and legislative practice. Bentham's ambition was to create a...

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of 12 short stories that were originally illustrated by Sidney Paget. These are the first set of short stories that were published and followed the publishing of his first 2 novels, A Study in Scarlet and The Sign of the Four....

This is a compilation by Richard Cross of 100 poems by various poets. - Summary by Mozartjr...

A short masterpiece by Fyodor Dostoevsky about a scolding, somewhat deranged official. Its stylistic ingenuity and insight into human absurdity and weakness appear so fresh and concise today that if The Notes were published now (a century and a half later) it would be considered a triumph of...

Bring you fourteen different readings of Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Cow, a weekly poetry project....

Jonathan Swift defines what borders on satire in this stern and brutal pamphlet, in which he suggests that poor (Catholic) Irish families should fatten their children and sell them to wealthy (Protestant) landowners, Thus addressing the twin problems of child starvation and the blow of poverty....

When H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds was published in 1898, he was writing a series of novels related to many historical events of the time. Foremost among them was the unification and militarization of Germany. Written in a semi-documentary style, the story is told in first person by an unnamed...

On June 8, 1765, James Otis, with the support of the Massachusetts state legislature, sent a letter to each colony calling for a convention. The conference was originally scheduled to take place in New York City in October. Representatives from the nine colonies met in New York. Although New...

If you've ever learned German (perhaps not), you might find this short article interesting. Published as Appendix D to Twain's 1880 book The Wanderer Abroad, this gem of comedy outlines the pitfalls people encounter when trying to deal with painful German cases, adjective endings, noun gender, and...

The American poet Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass is a collection of poetry known for its sincere pleasure and sensual glorification at a time when such displays of sincerity were considered immoral. While many early poems, especially in English, draw on symbolism, allegory, and meditation on...

Published in 1899, just a year before his death, Stephen Crane's War is Good again evokes the grim image of war that made him rich in The Red Badge of Courage. Unlike this book, this one leaves the battlefield to examine the damage that war has done to people's hearts. Smelling dashed hope, while...

Bring you thirteen different readings of the short poem Where My Books Go by William Butler Yeats, a weekly poetry project...

White Fang (1906) was written as a companion to Jack London's successful Call of the Wild (1903). This is the story of a wild dog born in the wild and eventually brought to civilization. Seen primarily through the eyes of its canine protagonist, the story explores themes of morality and redemption....

Banished from his own lands by a usurping brother, Prospero and his daughter Miranda have been living on a deserted island for years, until fate brings the brother within the range of Prospero's powers. Will he seek revenge, or reconcilement? (Summary by Karen Savage)...

Compilation of 20 Science Fiction Short Stories - Summary by Kirk Ziegler...

Othello is a tragedy about the downfall of Othello, a Moorish general and titular hero in the service of Venice. His cunning Ensign Jago plots to stir up his jealousy and manipulate his relationship with his wife Desdemona, a noble and virtuous Venetian beauty whom he has just married. (General...

The story is told in Francis Hodgson Burnett's classic novel The Little Princess, originally written as a serialized novel Sara Crewe or What Happened to Miss Minchin and set in 1888 in St. Published in Nicholas Magazine. She tells the story of Sara Crewe, a bright, wealthy young girl at Miss...

In 1887, Nellie Bly was one of the first female newspaper writers and a young reporter, soon to be an investigative reporter and "stunt" reporter, working on New York's Blackway Island Mental Hospital. Her goal is to find out what life is like for those who are considered insane. She was...

Aesop's fables date back to the 6th century BC. And tell universal truths through the use of easy-to-understand parables. Although almost nothing is known about Aesop himself, and some scholars even doubt his existence, these stories are timeless classics known in nearly every culture around the...

Lucy Maud Montgomery's classic children's novel "Anne of Green Gables" tells the story of an orphaned red-haired girl whose personality is irresistible. Despite her "tragic" past, Anne's optimism and imagination help her always see the best in things. Anne's life changed...

Short Story Collection 002: a collection of 10 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a variety of LibriVox members....

After being apparently abandoned at the end of the final issue (in Sherlock Holmes' memoirs), Holmes is now revealed to be alive after all! In this collection, first published in 1905, the great detective captivates Watson ("The Empty House"), proves that cryptography is rudimentary...

Joseph Lister was born near London in 1827. He studied medicine at the University of London and pursued a career as a surgeon in Scotland. He became a professor of surgery in Glasgow and later (1877) a professor at King's College Hospital in London. Lister's contribution to the advancement of...

I think the audience is familiar with the characters of Don Quixote and Sancho. I took them to England and introduced them to a hotel in the country and I don't think anyone would be surprised that the knight would find a few as crazy as he is...

Twelve stories, each month of the year, begin by listing some Bible verses and then tell how those verses impact the lives of young people. The first 10 chapters are a letter from Frank Hudson to his cousin Rainey. Frank is a boy who gets into trouble if he doesn't think before acting. He saw...

The Count of Monte Cristo (French: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo) is an adventure novel by Alexandre Dumas. It is often considered Dumas' most popular work, along with The Three Musketeers. The writing of this work was completed in 1844. Like many of his novels, this is an extension of the plot outline...

A collection of twelve short stories about the legendary detective Conan Doyle, originally published as individual stories in Strand Magazine and subsequently compiled into one volume. Crime doesn't always happen or find the culprit, and when it does, Holmes doesn't always get his people. However,...

This course project is an anthology of poetry by women in the 17th and 18th centuries, with an initial focus on women writers. It is coordinated by the student's teacher, Tonya Howe....

Mr Robert Grell, millionaire and socialite, is found murdered in his study on a stormy evening. It's up to Heldon Foyle, the detective, to unravel the mystery....

A classic sci-fi fantasy story by H.G. Wells, one of the scientists known only as a "time traveler" tells the story of his journey to AD 802,701 and beyond, where he witnessed the end of human civilization as we know it and the beginning of the end of the world . This original time travel...