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Meet Keiko. Keiko is 36 years old. She's never had a boyfriend, and she's been working in the same supermarket for eighteen years. Keiko's family wishes she'd get a proper job. Her friends wonder why she won't get married. But Keiko knows what makes her happy, and she's not going to let anyone come between her and her convenience store.

The haunting love story that turned Murakami into a literary superstar. When he hears her favourite Beatles song, Toru Watanabe recalls his first love Naoko, the girlfriend of his best friend Kizuki. Immediately he is transported back almost twenty years to his student days in Tokyo, adrift in a...

One of Jane Austen’s most beloved works, Pride and Prejudice, is vividly brought to life by Academy Award nominee Rosamund Pike ( Gone Girl). In her bright and energetic performance of this British classic, she expertly captures Austen’s signature wit and tone. Her attention to detail, her literary background, and her performance in the 2005 feature film version of the novel provide the perfect foundation from which to convey the story of Elizabeth Bennet, her four sisters, and the inimitable Mr. Darcy.

Renowned as much for her wit and satirical social commentary as for her stories of love and romance, Jane Austen remains unfailingly relevant and one of Britain’s best loved authors. In this Audible Original collection, an all-star list of narrators (Billie Piper, Claire Foy, Emma Thompson, Florence Pugh and Gugu Mbatha-Raw) capture Austen’s pin-sharp humour and tone in these dramatisations of her six beloved novels accompanied by a full cast.

Pride and Prejudice has delighted generations of readers with its unforgettable cast of characters, carefully choreographed plot, and a hugely entertaining view of the world and its absurdities. With the arrival of eligible young men in their neighbourhood, the lives of Mr and Mrs Bennet and their five daughters are turned inside out and upside down.

Why we think it’s a great listen: An all-time Audible favorite that mixes historic fiction, adventure, and romance with one of the most fascinating literary devices: time travel. Outlander introduces an exhilarating world of heroism and breathtaking thrills as one woman is torn between past and present, passion and love. In 1945, former combat nurse Claire Randall returns from World War II and joins her husband for a second honeymoon. But their blissful reunion is shattered....

Persuasion, Jane Austen's last novel, is a tale of love and marriage told with irony and insight. Anne Elliot and Captain Wentworth have met and seperated years before. Their reunion, after the passage or irrecoverable years of their youth, forces a recognition of the false values that drove them apart.

When the luxurious overnight passenger train from Calais to the Riviera, known as the Blue Train, arrives in Nice, a guard goes into the compartment of American heiress, Ruth Kettering and attempts to wake her. Unfortunately, she will never wake up, as she is dead, having been killed by a heavy blow to her head, disfiguring her almost beyond recognition. What is more, her precious ruby, known as the 'Heart of Fire', is missing. The prime suspect is Ruth’s estranged husband, but detective Hercule Poirot, who also just happens to be a passenger on the train, is not convinced.

Bridgerton meets Emily Henry in this fresh take on regency romance from the author of The Very Definition of Love In this sexy, refreshing, and hilarious regency romance, a wanton widow must share her home with an uptight naval captain who is determined to avoid scandal. 1817 - Lady Philippa...

What the cards foretell may be real, after all...1793: Having escaped the Reign of Terror, Emilie Maigny took refuge in England, trying to come to grips with the life and loss she left behind. When her brother, Sinjon, returns, a terrifying evil swoops down upon her. Nightmares plague her now, providing strange clues…but to what?

Bombay, late en 1913 bajo el calor sofocante de la India colonial. Madeline Bright acaba de llegar desde Inglaterra a un hogar que le resulta extraño en una ciudad tan deslumbrante como desconocida. Conoce a Luke Devereaux, audaz y carismático, que le muestra un mundo que Maddy nunca imaginó. Entre ellos nace un gran amor, marcado por las expectativas familiares y por un futuro incierto que amenaza con separarlos.

Un matrimonio di convenienza costringe un potente duca a scegliere tra il proprio orgoglio feroce e un amore capace di sciogliere anche il cuore più gelido. La reputazione è tutto, nell'alta società. E nessuno ha una reputazione più impeccabile di Constantine Buccleigh, duca di Pryde. Ma quando un ricattatore minaccia di svelare un segreto devastante—e di portargli via tutto ciò che possiede—Pryde è costretto a sposare Miss Modesty Fairchild, una donna ben al di sotto del suo rango.

Hester Fairfax dreams of escaping her dull life in rural, landlocked Surrey. As a child she schemed to run away and become a pirate, but now as a 24-year-old spinster she’s resigned to moldering away beside her neglectful father. Her one chance at adventure is fulfilling an old promise to kidnap the most eligible bachelor in the neighborhood: Benjamin Littleton, the baronet’s son, before he moves to London.

When her pastor arrives at her doorstep with David Harper, a stranger looking for work, the young widow, Rachel Miller, agrees to provide room and board in exchange for help on her farm in Missouri.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. In Renaissance Italy, the Duchy of Babbiano is teetering under the rule of the tyrannical and cruel Duke Gian Maria Sforza. His cousin, Francesco del Falco, the Count of Aquila, is a legendary soldier of fortune whom the conspiring nobles implore to...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Step into the rigid, aristocratic world of Princess Anne on the Eastern Shore, where pride and poverty wage a desperate war. Judge Daniel Custis, the town's most prominent gentleman, has squandered his family's vast fortune on a failing iron furnace and...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. One Elevator Ride That Changes Everything on September 11 On that fateful morning of September 11th, Emily Lombardo, caught in a whirlwind of distractions, steps into an elevator in the North Tower of the World Trade Center. In a twist of fate, she...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Discover the majesty, danger, and honor of medieval Poland. When the young and impetuous knight Zbyszko of Bogdaniec meets the beautiful Danusia, he swears eternal loyalty to her and vows to tear three peacock plumes from the helmets of the feared...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Set against the rugged coast of New England, this classic romance is a compelling story of love, loyalty, ambition, and life at sea. Captain Boyd Mayo is a capable young sailor whose quiet life aboard the yacht Olenia takes an unexpected turn when he...

Will love and war tear apart her beloved homeland forever? Libby is delighted to leave her boarding school in England behind to return to the vibrant beauty of her homeland, and her beloved father, James. Assam is as bewitching as she remembered but India is changing. A rebellion is simmering...