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Random House presents the audiobook edition of Killing Commendatore by Haruki Murakami, read by Kirby Heyborne. The epic new novel from the internationally acclaimed and best-selling author of 1Q84. In Killing Commendatore, a thirty-something portrait painter in Tokyo is abandoned by his wife...

Cormac McCarthy, best-selling author of National Book Award winner All the Pretty Horses, delivers his first new novel in seven years. Written in muscular prose, No Country for Old Men is a powerful tale of the West that moves at a blistering pace.

Continuing the story begun in The Hobbit, this is the first part of Tolkien’s epic masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings, available as a complete and unabridged audiobook. Sauron, the Dark Lord, has gathered to him all the Rings of Power - the means by which he intends to rule Middle-earth. All he lacks in his plans for dominion is the One Ring - the ring that rules them all - which has fallen into the hands of the hobbit, Bilbo Baggins.

For years, rumors of the 'Marsh Girl' have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl. But Kya is not what they say. Sensitive and intelligent, she has survived for years alone in the marsh that she calls home, finding friends in the gulls and lessons in the sand. Then the time comes when she yearns to be touched and loved.

I had everything I had ever wanted . . . And it meant nothing. Because the love of my life had lost everything. My career was exactly where I'd wanted it—I was on a great team, getting lots of playing time, and I'd finally won the ultimate prize. But Bailey was hurting, and I couldn't live...

Artist and single mother Ginny is offered a place on a three-month artist retreat on a remote Scottish island. She leaps at the chance. Even better, her host is happy for her to bring her daughter Isla. But the island is not what it seems. The inhabitants greet Ginny and Isla with stares and avoid contact wherever possible. And the house they're staying in is old and strange. Eerie whispers follow Ginny through the corridors. Artworks once covered become uncovered. And unexplained smells clings to the walls lavender, cigar smoke and vomit.

An Atria book. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader...

Suze Meesters keert terug naar haar geboortedorp en haar ouders' stomerij, waar ze haar jeugdliefde Matthias weer ontmoet en geconfronteerd wordt met de waarheid over haar falende carrière en verborgen verlangens. Deel 3 van 3.

The love of my life left our small town without a second glance. What he didn't know? I had a secret of my own. I created a life for myself and my daughter in Pinecrest with someone who was supposed to take care of us. But all he wanted was my father's company. He didn't care about us. So I left...

A retired detective. A body by the water. A cold case twenty-five years in the making. Joe McCann was one of the best detectives the Justice, Illinois P.D. ever had — until he wasn’t. Now he runs a lakeside resort bar in the north woods, pouring drafts for the local mayor and trying to stay out of trouble. When the body of a teenage girl is discovered at a lovers’ lane on Prescott Lake, the small-town chief of police asks McCann to take a look. He takes more than a look.

Foster Truax is standing firmly on the right side of the law – he’s grown up since his younger, wilder days, and is firmly committed to helping his brothers make the Richmond Rebel’s shop the best in Virginia. He’s no longer street racing. The past is the past, including the “girl” who rode beside him when he was Richmond’s unofficial champion street racer back in high school.

Hunter Calloway is a small town smokeshow and the kind of man my father warned me about. He's got a reputation a mile wide, a smile that could burn through any girl's good sense, and did I mention he's also the man my sister once loved and left behind? He strolls through town like he owns it...

In March 1867, Ezekiel Washington, a Black veteran of the 5th U.S. Colored Troops, files a homestead claim on 160 acres of Nebraska prairie. He builds a soddie with his own hands, breaks the sod, plants corn, and waits for the land to become his. Five years later, a rigged hearing strips him of everything. In 1885, a Bohemian immigrant family purchases the land, never knowing who built the house they now call home. In 1993, Marcus Cole arrives at the prison built on that same ground. Over fifteen years, he learns the story of the man who first claimed it.

Masterfully told and as suspenseful as it is haunting, The Green Mile is Stephen King’s classic #1 New York Times bestselling dramatic serial novel and inspiration for the Oscar-nominated film starring Tom Hanks. Welcome to Cold Mountain Penitentiary, home to the Depression-worn men of E Block...

The dazzling from critically-acclaimed David Mitchell. Shortlisted for the 2006 Costa Novel Award Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2006 January, 1982. Thirteen-year-old Jason Taylor - covert stammerer and reluctant poet - anticipates a stultifying year in his backwater English village. But he...

Grace Evans, an overworked New Yorker looking for a total escape from her busy life, books an Airbnb on a ranch in the middle of Wyoming. When she arrives at the idyllic getaway, she’s pleased to find that the owner is a handsome man by the name of Calvin Wells—and he’s eager to introduce her to his easygoing way of life. But there are things Grace discovers that she’s not too pleased about: A lack of cell phone service. A missing woman. And a feeling that something isn’t right with the ranch.

“From exactly midnight until daybreak, the Namiya General Store advice box will be reopening for one night only.” When three delinquents hole up in an abandoned general store after their most recent robbery, to their great surprise, a letter drops through the mail slot in the store’s...

Getting dumped was rough. Losing the baby? Heartbreaking. Now I'm thirty-six, single, and stuck in a body I barely recognize. Clara says I need fresh air and a fling. I wasn't expecting the fresh air to come with a stolen cat… Or him. Brayden Foss. My sweet, quiet neighbor. Freshly eighteen. My landlord's son. Totally off-limits. But he's not a boy. He cooks for me, looks at me like I'm everything, and shows up when no one else does. Even when I push him away. It was never supposed to be more than a spark. But this thing between us? It's real. It's wild. It's ours.

Harper Henderson has everything she's ever wanted—a loving husband, a thriving design business, and a baby on the way. But when Jack's ex-girlfriend Madison returns to their small town dying of cancer, Harper's perfect world begins to crumble. What starts as Jack helping an old friend quickly spirals into something darker. Missed appointments. Broken promises. A husband who's slowly disappearing from their life together.

I'm Sebastian Boone, and my life is a lesson in how to destroy a marriage. For twenty-two years, Lia was my partner, my anchor, the steady force behind our family. While I worked, she raised our children, ran our home, and supported me without question. I didn't see how much I was taking for granted. But there's always a last straw. For Lia, it was the day of her graduation when I didn't bother to show up. After years of putting everyone else first, she was finally doing something for herself, earning a degree and starting a career. I dismissed it as unimportant.