Greatheart by Ethel M. Dell audiobook. Genre: romance Ethel M. Dell’s Greatheart sweeps listeners into a world where passion, honor, and sacrifice collide in richly written Edwardian drama. With language at once lush and direct, Dell paints vivid emotional landscapes—tender longing, fierce jealousy, painful secrets, and the quiet courage that can redeem a life. This audiobook brings out the novel’s irresistible tension: intimate confessions, fraught choices, and moments of selfless bravery that will keep you leaning toward the speaker. Perfect for anyone who loves classic romantic melodrama, Greatheart offers the comfort of old-fashioned sentiment alongside the thrill of raw feeling, rendered beautifully through evocative narration that highlights every aching pause and triumphant turn. Put on your headphones and let Dell’s daring heartache and ultimate redemption wash over you—an unforgettable listening experience for fans of passionate, character-driven stories. Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:13:24) Chapter 02 (00:28:41) Chapter 03 (00:42:29) Chapter 04 (00:58:41) Chapter 05 (01:11:54) Chapter 06 (01:31:23) Chapter 07 (01:44:24) Chapter 08 (02:21:12) Chapter 09 (02:33:08) Chapter 10 (02:49:27) Chapter 11 (03:06:25) Chapter 12 (03:22:15) Chapter 13 (03:42:06) Chapter 14 (03:55:38) Chapter 15 (04:15:35) Chapter 16 (04:35:01) Chapter 17 (05:06:31) Chapter 18 (05:28:11) Chapter 19 (05:48:56) Chapter 20 (06:05:37) Chapter 21 (06:22:39) Chapter 22 (06:37:02) Chapter 23 (06:56:52) Chapter 24 (07:16:49) Chapter 25 (07:37:53) Chapter 26 (08:00:24) Chapter 27 (08:16:46) Chapter 28 (08:32:55) Chapter 29 (08:54:21) Chapter 30 (09:17:54) Chapter 31 (09:42:25) Chapter 32 (10:02:19) Chapter 33 (10:14:50) Chapter 34 (10:27:24) Chapter 35 (10:41:03) Chapter 36 (10:58:11) Chapter 37 (11:19:10) Chapter 38 (11:31:11) Chapter 39 (11:46:26) Chapter 40 (11:58:57) Chapter 41 (12:13:02) Chapter 42 (12:23:52) Chapter 43 (12:45:28) Chapter 44 (13:01:46) Chapter 45 (13:12:19) Chapter 46 (13:27:10) Chapter 47 (13:47:49) Chapter 48 (14:10:23) Chapter 49 (14:36:34) Chapter 50 (14:57:44) Chapter 51 (15:17:14) Chapter 52 (15:33:51) Chapter 53 (15:46:16) Chapter 54 (16:04:29) Chapter 55 (16:18:57) Chapter 56 (16:45:56) Chapter 57 (17:07:29) Chapter 58 (17:23:28) Chapter 59 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rain Magic by Erle Stanley Gardner audiobook. Genre: mystery Rain Magic by Erle Stanley Gardner is a compact, propulsive mystery that pulls listeners into a world where every small town secret is amplified by a storm and every alibi can be washed away. Gardner’s brisk, economical prose and razor-sharp plotting transform a simple setup—a sudden crime, a clutch of suspicious residents, and a night of relentless rain—into a tense, twist-laden puzzle that keeps you guessing until the final revelation. The audiobook’s narration brings out the sharp dialogue, the courtroom sparks, and the sly moral ambiguities of characters who look ordinary by day but conceal motives as murky as the weather. Perfect for listeners who love classic detective storytelling, Rain Magic delivers suspense, clever sleuthing, and a satisfying unraveling that feels both old-school and urgently immediate, making it an irresistible listen for anyone who enjoys a tightly wound mystery with character and bite. Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:09:05) Chapter 02 (00:21:17) Chapter 03 (00:38:50) Chapter 04 (00:55:25) Chapter 05 (01:06:55) Chapter 06 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

LAssommoir, Book Seven of Rougon-Macquart Cycle by Emile Zola audiobook. Genre: drama L'Assommoir, Book Seven of Émile Zola's Rougon-Macquart cycle, is a visceral, unflinching portrait of hope and ruin among the working poor of 19th-century Paris — a novel that crackles with the sounds, smells and small mercies of everyday life even as it traces a slow, inexorable descent. Follow Gervaise, a laundress whose fierce ambition to build a respectable life and a thriving business meets the grinding forces of poverty, fate and human weakness; Zola’s keen ear for gossip, his painterly eye for cramped rooms and factory yards, and his unsparing sympathy bring every character to vivid life. This audiobook invites you into the clatter of washhouses, the rattle of carts and the hush of dimly lit rooms where love, jealousy and drink determine futures. Naturalist and social critic, Zola exposes how environment and heredity conspire to crush individual striving, yet his prose remains intimate and humane — at once tender to its characters and ruthless in its realism. For listeners who crave emotional intensity, historical texture, and a masterful study of character and society, L'Assommoir offers a powerful, immersive experience that lingers long after the last page. Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:24:43) Chapter 02 (00:41:40) Chapter 03 (01:13:46) Chapter 04 (01:38:39) Chapter 05 (01:55:29) Chapter 06 (02:25:52) Chapter 07 (02:52:57) Chapter 08 (03:18:52) Chapter 09 (03:48:05) Chapter 10 (04:14:11) Chapter 11 (04:38:35) Chapter 12 (05:03:59) Chapter 13 (05:32:47) Chapter 14 (05:54:47) Chapter 15 (06:26:11) Chapter 16 (06:51:47) Chapter 17 (07:13:56) Chapter 18 (07:41:24) Chapter 19 (08:07:14) Chapter 20 (08:30:59) Chapter 21 (08:52:25) Chapter 22 (09:15:19) Chapter 23 (09:38:44) Chapter 24 (09:56:00) Chapter 25 (10:12:31) Chapter 26 (10:41:32) Chapter 27 (11:06:56) Chapter 28 (11:26:29) Chapter 29 (11:43:09) Chapter 30 (12:11:27) Chapter 31 (12:36:50) Chapter 32 (12:54:42) Chapter 33 (13:36:51) Chapter 34 (14:01:34) Chapter 35 (14:33:17) Chapter 36 (15:03:09) Chapter 37 (15:29:39) Chapter 38 (15:53:50) Chapter 39 (16:25:21) Chapter 40 (16:51:08) Chapter 41 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

His Excellency Eugene Rougon, Book Six of Rougon-Macquart Cycle by Emile Zola audiobook. Genre: drama Step into the smoky salons, marble halls and whispering corridors of the Second Empire with Émile Zola’s incisive portrait of power in His Excellency Eugène Rougon, Book Six of the Rougon–Macquart cycle. In this compelling auditory rendition, listeners follow Eugène Rougon, a brilliant, implacable political operator whose temperate exterior masks an iron will and an endless appetite for influence. Zola lays bare the machinery of government—ministerial rivalries, media manipulation, backroom deals and the corrosive pleasures of authority—rendered with the novelist’s uncompromising naturalism and sardonic wit. The novel is as much a study of a single dominant personality as it is a panorama of an era: families, fortunes and reputations are swept up in the tides Rougon steers, and every whispered secret or calculated compromise has consequences. Perfect for listeners who love character-driven narratives and historical realism, this audiobook brings Zola’s razor-sharp observations to life, making the suspense of political ascent and the moral cost of domination impossible to ignore. Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 00 (00:32:32) Chapter 01 (00:57:46) Chapter 02 (01:31:24) Chapter 03 (01:51:21) Chapter 04 (02:16:01) Chapter 05 (02:44:55) Chapter 06 (03:06:52) Chapter 07 (03:30:57) Chapter 08 (03:56:40) Chapter 09 (04:26:59) Chapter 10 (05:02:55) Chapter 11 (05:26:25) Chapter 12 (05:54:58) Chapter 13 (06:24:04) Chapter 14 (07:02:20) Chapter 15 (07:30:17) Chapter 16 (07:57:38) Chapter 17 (08:28:59) Chapter 18 (09:06:20) Chapter 19 (09:34:49) Chapter 20 (09:54:39) Chapter 21 (10:23:42) Chapter 22 (10:49:16) Chapter 23 (11:11:43) Chapter 24 (11:41:58) Chapter 25 (12:11:05) Chapter 26 (12:31:24) Chapter 27 (12:57:35) Chapter 28 (13:35:36) Chapter 29 (14:05:40) Chapter 30 (14:23:20) Chapter 31 (14:48:46) Chapter 32 (15:21:47) Chapter 33 (15:44:20) Chapter 34 (16:09:05) Chapter 35 (16:35:43) Chapter 36 (16:58:52) Chapter 37 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Abbe Mourets Transgression, Book Five of Rougon-Macquart Cycle by Emile Zola audiobook. Genre: tragedy Emile Zola’s La Faute de l'Abbé Mouret (Abbé Mouret’s Transgression) unfolds like a fever dream of faith and flesh — an intoxicating, tragic tale of a young priest undone by a tenderness he cannot name. When the devout but fragile Abbé Serge Mouret collapses into amnesia and is taken to a remote, overgrown priory, he awakens into an Eden of sunlight, vines and the simple, unquestioning love of Albine, a pastoral beauty raised among the servants. Zola’s prose luxuriates in the sensory world — the scent of damp earth, the hush of convent walls, the charged brush of skin — while probing the fierce conflict between inherited instinct and imposed piety. As memory and desire return, what begins as an innocent intimacy becomes a culpable betrayal of vows, and the novel ascends toward a heartbreaking moral reckon­ing. For the audiobook listener, this is an immersive experience: a lush, sensual drama driven by psychological intensity and fatal consequences, where nature itself seems complicit in the collapse of ideals. Zola’s unflinching naturalism turns a personal lapse into a broader meditation on heredity, religion, and the devastating cost of denying human longing. Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 00 (00:15:04) Chapter 01 (00:26:51) Chapter 02 (00:47:14) Chapter 03 (00:56:34) Chapter 04 (01:11:25) Chapter 05 (01:26:38) Chapter 06 (01:40:54) Chapter 07 (01:52:54) Chapter 08 (02:09:11) Chapter 09 (02:16:08) Chapter 10 (02:27:36) Chapter 11 (02:54:04) Chapter 12 (03:16:35) Chapter 13 (03:29:37) Chapter 14 (04:08:36) Chapter 15 (04:34:17) Chapter 16 (04:51:48) Chapter 17 (05:04:48) Chapter 18 (05:20:20) Chapter 19 (05:25:44) Chapter 20 (05:40:21) Chapter 21 (05:49:31) Chapter 22 (06:09:04) Chapter 23 (06:31:47) Chapter 24 (06:57:43) Chapter 25 (07:13:18) Chapter 26 (07:35:09) Chapter 27 (07:53:58) Chapter 28 (08:19:14) Chapter 29 (08:36:30) Chapter 30 (08:46:42) Chapter 31 (09:11:20) Chapter 32 (09:26:41) Chapter 33 (09:36:00) Chapter 34 (09:49:08) Chapter 35 (10:11:27) Chapter 36 (10:19:39) Chapter 37 (10:34:21) Chapter 38 (10:46:02) Chapter 39 (11:13:18) Chapter 40 (11:31:38) Chapter 41 (11:53:57) Chapter 42 (12:32:23) Chapter 43 (13:24:49) Chapter 44 (13:38:01) Chapter 45 (13:48:39) Chapter 46 (14:15:49) Chapter 47 (14:22:59) Chapter 48 (14:42:27) Chapter 49 (14:54:27) Chapter 50 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Conquest of Plassans, Book Four of Rougon-Macquart Cycle by Emile Zola audiobook. Genre: drama In The Conquest of Plassans, Émile Zola turns his unflinching gaze on a provincial town and the private collapse that mirrors a public takeover: when a determined cleric and his political allies insinuate themselves into the lives of a respectable household, the soft rot of ambition, superstition and social maneuvering spreads until family bonds and reason begin to fray. Zola renders every whispered bargain, petty vendetta and ritual gesture with forensic clarity, building a slow-burning atmosphere of claustrophobia and dread as alliances shift and goodwill is turned into a weapon. Listeners will be drawn into a vivid panorama of 19th-century provincial life — its gossip, its churches, its salons — while witnessing the intimate tragedies that result when ideology and ambition conquer ordinary human tenderness. Part political drama, part psychological tragedy, this installment of the Rougon-Macquart cycle is both a gripping study of power’s quiet invasions and a masterclass in naturalist storytelling, ideal for anyone who loves novels that unsettle as they illuminate. Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 00 (00:17:09) Chapter 01 (00:34:46) Chapter 02 (01:04:27) Chapter 03 (01:32:27) Chapter 04 (01:59:56) Chapter 05 (02:33:41) Chapter 06 (03:14:43) Chapter 07 (03:53:40) Chapter 08 (04:27:32) Chapter 09 (05:00:54) Chapter 10 (05:35:56) Chapter 11 (06:14:31) Chapter 12 (06:47:11) Chapter 13 (07:22:36) Chapter 14 (08:00:21) Chapter 15 (08:48:04) Chapter 16 (09:38:46) Chapter 17 (10:28:27) Chapter 18 (11:22:47) Chapter 19 (12:13:31) Chapter 20 (13:17:02) Chapter 21 (13:50:45) Chapter 22 (14:23:01) Chapter 23 (14:57:59) Chapter 24 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Fat and the Thin, Book Three of Rougon-Macquart Cycle by Emile Zola audiobook. Genre: family Part of Emile Zola’s monumental Rougon-Macquart cycle, The Fat and the Thin plunges the listener into the heady, pungent world of mid‑19th‑century Paris, where appetite and ambition shape the fate of families and the fortunes of a city. With hallucinatory sensory detail and uncompromising social observation, Zola paints the great market and its surrounding quarters as a living organism — overflowing with abundance for some, barely subsisting for others — and sets intimate human dramas against the grinding machinery of power and class. This audiobook invites you to wander through the stalls, overhear whispered betrayals, and feel the pressure of hunger and desire that drive characters to tenderness, cruelty, or desperate revolt. At once a vivid portrait of daily life and a searing satire of greed and complacency, The Fat and the Thin is storytelling that rewards attentive listening: the cadence of Zola’s sentences and the richness of his scene‑setting come alive in a performance that turns smell and sound into narrative force. Ideal for lovers of literary realism and historical social drama, this installment of the Rougon‑Macquart series reveals how personal appetites mirror wider political appetites — and how the fortunes of a family are folded into the fortunes of an era. Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 00 (00:26:42) Chapter 01 (01:20:04) Chapter 02 (02:16:04) Chapter 03 (03:17:57) Chapter 04 (04:09:20) Chapter 05 (05:07:11) Chapter 06 (06:06:11) Chapter 07 (07:08:24) Chapter 08 (08:21:02) Chapter 09 (09:30:53) Chapter 10 (10:29:31) Chapter 11 (11:29:18) Chapter 12 (12:26:28) Chapter 13 (13:27:41) Chapter 14 (14:00:51) Chapter 15 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Rush for the Spoil, Book Two of Rougon-Macquart Cycle by Emile Zola audiobook. Genre: drama Set against the roaring transformation of Second Empire Paris, The Rush for the Spoil is Émile Zola’s vivid, uncompromising portrait of money, desire, and moral collapse. As vast boulevards rise from the old neighborhoods and fortunes are made overnight by ruthless speculation, Aristide Saccard pursues a dazzling empire of real estate while his young wife Renée drifts into a gilded prison of luxury and forbidden passion. Zola’s narrator leads listeners through glittering salons, subterranean deals and decadent bedrooms with an unflinching ear for the social forces that drive people to ruin: ambition, vanity, greed and the intoxicating promise of quick wealth. Lushly atmospheric and sharply observed, this audiobook offers the grandeur of Haussmann’s Paris, the fever of a society remade by capitalism, and the tragic human cost beneath the surface glamour — a dramatic, immersive experience that makes the past feel urgent and disturbingly modern. Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 00 (00:15:00) Chapter 01 (01:09:21) Chapter 02 (02:07:59) Chapter 03 (03:17:18) Chapter 04 (04:20:03) Chapter 05 (05:02:37) Chapter 06 (06:05:54) Chapter 07 (07:07:45) Chapter 08 (08:22:11) Chapter 09 (09:12:58) Chapter 10 (09:59:20) Chapter 11 (10:37:10) Chapter 12 (11:34:38) Chapter 13 (12:37:00) Chapter 14 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Fortune of the Rougons, Book One of Rougon-Macquart Cycle by Emile Zola audiobook. Genre: family In The Fortune of the Rougons, Émile Zola opens his monumental Rougon-Macquart cycle with a vivid, unflinching portrait of a provincial French town and the birth of a family whose fortunes will come to define an era. Set against the turmoil of the 1851 coup and the rise of the Second Empire, the novel follows the descendants of Adélaïde Fouque—known as Tante Dide—as ambition, heredity, and circumstance split her brood into two distinct branches: the calculating, opportunistic Rougons and the ragged, rebellious Macquarts. Zola renders Plassans with surgical precision and rich, sensory detail: the whispering salons, the pulsing political meetings, the slow decay of old loyalties and the greedy mechanics of social advancement. Through sharp scenes of intrigue, persuasion, and small betrayals, The Fortune of the Rougons explores how power is seized and justified, how private motives become public consequence, and how a single family can mirror the larger forces shaping a nation. For listeners, this audiobook offers not only a gripping story of ambition and conflict but also the theater of Zola’s naturalist vision — vivid characters, moral complexity, and a historical atmosphere that crackles with unrest. It’s the compelling opening act of a vast saga: immersive, intellectually compelling, and impossible to forget. Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 00 (00:13:52) Chapter 01 (00:17:44) Chapter 02 (00:55:48) Chapter 03 (01:40:56) Chapter 04 (02:20:16) Chapter 05 (03:26:07) Chapter 06 (04:10:50) Chapter 07 (05:19:24) Chapter 08 (06:25:43) Chapter 09 (07:28:42) Chapter 10 (08:29:22) Chapter 11 (09:29:56) Chapter 12 (10:07:35) Chapter 13 (11:10:13) Chapter 14 (12:17:39) Chapter 15 (13:20:32) Chapter 16 (13:35:52) Chapter 17 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Caravaners by Elizabeth von Arnim audiobook. Genre: comedy Step into the sunlit, wryly observant world of Elizabeth von Arnim with The Caravaners, a delightful voyage of wit, weather and wandering hearts that makes for a supremely charming audiobook. As travelers set off in creaking caravans across variegated landscapes, von Arnim’s keen eye and gentle satire transform everyday moments — a misplaced hat, a quarrel over directions, a chance encounter in a village inn — into luminous, laugh-out-loud vignettes about friendship, freedom and the small absurdities of social life. Listeners will be carried along by the novel’s episodic pace, where travel itself becomes a mirror for the characters’ inner journeys: escapes from stifling routines, discoveries of unexpected camaraderie, and the slow, sly unravelling of pretensions. Perfectly suited to the audio format, the book’s dialogue sparkles and its pastoral details — the rattle of wheels, the hush of country lanes, the clink of teacups at roadside stops — come alive through a warm narration, making it easy to imagine sun on your face as the road unfolds. Funny, tender and quietly subversive, The Caravaners offers a restorative listen for anyone who loves comic social observation, early 20th-century charm, and stories about the liberating unpredictability of travel. Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:24:23) Chapter 02 (00:54:01) Chapter 03 (01:24:34) Chapter 04 (01:56:42) Chapter 05 (02:18:57) Chapter 06 (02:38:40) Chapter 07 (02:58:39) Chapter 08 (03:19:14) Chapter 09 (03:44:07) Chapter 10 (04:08:52) Chapter 11 (04:34:40) Chapter 12 (05:03:20) Chapter 13 (05:35:29) Chapter 14 (06:04:07) Chapter 15 (06:27:02) Chapter 16 (06:47:56) Chapter 17 (07:11:59) Chapter 18 (07:44:12) Chapter 19 (08:22:26) Chapter 20 (08:48:26) Chapter 21 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our Little Mexican Cousin by Edward Crompton Butler audiobook. Genre: family Edward Crompton Butler’s Our Little Mexican Cousin is a warm, old-fashioned portrait of childhood abroad that invites listeners into the daily life, festivals and family circle of a young Mexican child. Told with affectionate detail and a gentle, observant voice, the book follows simple scenes — sunlit kitchens, bustling mercados, schoolroom chatter, neighborhood games and the bright pageantry of local celebrations — that together create a vivid, human picture of a different culture. Butler’s vignettes highlight the smells, sounds and small adventures of growing up: the taste of homestyle food, the rattle of street vendors, the music and color of fiestas, and the steady bonds of kin and community that shape a child’s world. Educational without ever feeling preachy, this classic offers listeners both curiosity and comfort, making distant customs accessible through one child’s point of view. Perfect for family listening, classroom enrichment, or anyone who delights in gentle cultural travel, the audiobook brings these charming scenes to life and encourages empathy, wonder and a love of discovery. Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 00 (00:02:56) Chapter 01 (00:17:55) Chapter 02 (00:28:24) Chapter 03 (00:41:19) Chapter 04 (00:55:34) Chapter 05 (01:13:37) Chapter 06 (01:23:51) Chapter 07 (01:32:40) Chapter 08 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Four Hymns by Edmund Spenser audiobook. Genre: poetry Edmund Spenser’s Four Hymns gathers a small, luminous group of devotional lyrics that fuse the poet’s exquisite ear for sound with a profound spiritual intensity. In these hymnic miniatures Spenser casts lofty theological longing through images of light, seasons, and the living world, shaping language into a kind of prayerful music that rewards repeated hearing. The audiobook gives added life to his antique cadences and intricate rhyme—every alliteration, metrical rise, and hush of consonance becomes an invitation to slow down, listen, and be moved. Perfect for lovers of Elizabethan poetry, meditative verse, or anyone who delights in language that both consoles and kindles wonder, this recording transports you into a quiet, radiant realm where nature and the divine meet in unforgettable sound. Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:19:26) Chapter 02 (00:35:49) Chapter 03 (00:53:43) Chapter 04 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand audiobook. Genre: drama Edmond Rostand’s Cyrano de Bergerac is a breathtaking theatrical masterpiece that fuses swashbuckling action, lightning-fast wit, and heartrending romance into a single unforgettable listening experience. At its center is Cyrano — a brilliant poet, fearless duelist, and charmingly self‑deprecating soul whose outsized nose masks a tender, unspoken love for the radiant Roxane. When Cyrano lends his voice and verses to the handsome but inarticulate Christian, a tender and tragic love triangle unfolds through letters, duels, and dazzling monologues that celebrate language, honor, and the courage to love without claiming glory. The play moves from riotous comedy to poignant pathos with breathtaking lyricism, and as an audiobook it comes alive: you’ll feel the clash of steel, the sting of mockery, the warmth of secret devotion, and the quiet ache of longing in every line. For listeners who crave eloquent verse, heroic bravado, and a story that will make them laugh out loud and reach for a handkerchief in the same breath, Cyrano de Bergerac is a timeless journey into the power of words and the price of hidden love — press play and let Rostand’s poetry carry you. Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 0 (00:25:11) Chapter 1 (01:30:31) Chapter 2 (02:22:39) Chapter 3 (03:15:11) Chapter 4 (04:12:21) Chapter 5 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Battle for the Stars by Edmond Hamilton audiobook. Genre: scifi Ride the roaring tide of classic space opera in Edmond Hamilton’s Battle for the Stars, a breathless, high‑velocity adventure that captures the imagination and never lets go. From the first crack of starship engines to the last, universe‑shaking confrontation, this is a tale of daring captains, heroic crews, vast alien fleets and ancient powers that will decide the fate of whole worlds. Hamilton’s prose crackles with pulp energy and cinematic scope: desperate missions behind enemy lines, breathtaking dogfights among the planets, betrayals that twist loyalties, and heroic sacrifices whose echoes span the galaxy. Perfect for listeners who love old‑school science fiction that balances relentless action with grand ideas, Battle for the Stars delivers the escapist thrills and cosmic wonder that made Hamilton a founding voice of interstellar storytelling—an audio experience that feels like someone turned up the engines, set the stars ablaze, and invited you along for the ride. Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:16:13) Chapter 02 (00:31:20) Chapter 03 (00:49:02) Chapter 04 (01:06:38) Chapter 05 (01:22:21) Chapter 06 (01:35:11) Chapter 07 (01:51:01) Chapter 08 (02:03:05) Chapter 09 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Just Men of Cordova by Edgar Wallace audiobook. Genre: thriller A night-black thriller of justice taken into vigilante hands: in The Just Men of Cordova Edgar Wallace returns to the chilling world of the Four Just Men, a secretive band who believe the law is too weak to punish some crimes. When a sinister crime reverberates from England to the sunlit squares and shadowed alleys of Cordova, these shadowy arbiters set in motion a sequence of cunning plots, daring abductions and moral gambits designed to force the guilty to pay. Wallace propels the listener through tense cat-and-mouse encounters, sudden reversals and ingenious stratagems, all while probing the uneasy line between revenge and righteousness. Atmospheric and fast-moving, the novel pairs old-world settings with modern moral questions, delivering breathless suspense, vivid set pieces and a final reveal that forces you to decide where justice really belongs. This audiobook edition brings Wallace’s crisp prose and crackling plotting to life—perfect for fans of classic crime and anyone who enjoys a tightly wound, morally provocative thriller. Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:30:09) Chapter 02 (00:59:28) Chapter 03 (01:17:37) Chapter 04 (01:33:20) Chapter 05 (01:50:52) Chapter 06 (02:00:25) Chapter 07 (02:16:28) Chapter 08 (02:24:14) Chapter 09 (02:40:07) Chapter 10 (03:00:33) Chapter 11 (03:18:10) Chapter 12 (03:49:04) Chapter 13 (04:05:00) Chapter 14 (04:28:47) Chapter 15 (04:43:31) Chapter 16 (05:01:26) Chapter 17 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Double by Edgar Wallace audiobook. Genre: thriller Edgar Wallace’s The Double is a taut, fast-moving tale of identity, deception and sudden violence that keeps listeners hooked from the first ominous sentence to its breathless conclusion. When an ordinary life is rent apart by the discovery of a mysterious lookalike, a chain of blackmail, brick‑cold alibis and late‑night confrontations pulls a ragged cast of characters into a dangerous game where nothing — and no one — can be trusted. Wallace’s razor-sharp plotting and ear for dialogue make this audiobook a compulsive listen: city streets glow with shadowy menace, investigators trade wits with slippery suspects, and secrets buried beneath respectable façades are unearthed with relentless momentum. Perfect for fans of classic crime and high‑stakes suspense, The Double delivers twisty, propulsive storytelling and a voice that brings the fog of London and the urgency of its chase vividly to life. Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:19:16) Chapter 02 (00:32:14) Chapter 03 (00:54:34) Chapter 04 (01:13:49) Chapter 05 (01:39:56) Chapter 06 (01:56:49) Chapter 07 (02:16:52) Chapter 08 (02:32:32) Chapter 09 (02:39:42) Chapter 10 (02:48:51) Chapter 11 (03:02:35) Chapter 12 (03:15:31) Chapter 13 (03:37:49) Chapter 14 (03:48:02) Chapter 15 (04:10:48) Chapter 16 (04:25:15) Chapter 17 (04:46:13) Chapter 18 (05:11:35) Chapter 19 (05:23:03) Chapter 20 (05:37:42) Chapter 21 (05:53:15) Chapter 22 (06:09:54) Chapter 23 (06:22:27) Chapter 24 (06:35:48) Chapter 25 (06:46:06) Chapter 26 (07:08:31) Chapter 27 (07:19:46) Chapter 28 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Red Hawk by Edgar Rice Burroughs audiobook. Genre: adventure Edgar Rice Burroughs whisks listeners into a storm of swordplay, secret identities and breathless romance in The Red Hawk, a swashbuckling historical adventure that crackles with danger at every turn. Set against the vivid backdrop of turbulent courts, windswept coasts and shadowed alleys, Burroughs’ prose follows a daring protagonist whose fierce skill, cunning disguises and unshakable honor draw him into conspiracies that threaten crown and commoner alike. Duels spark under moonlit skies, narrow escapes ride the edge of disaster, and a passionate, complicated love tests loyalties and courage—all rendered with the pacing and theatrical flair that made Burroughs a master of popular storytelling. Perfect for listeners who crave old-fashioned adventure, romantic peril and larger-than-life heroes, this audiobook delivers rousing action and timeless intrigue that will keep you on the edge of your seat until the final, satisfying twist. Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:21:58) Chapter 02 (00:32:51) Chapter 03 (00:47:44) Chapter 04 (01:08:31) Chapter 05 (01:25:37) Chapter 06 (01:42:51) Chapter 07 (02:01:43) Chapter 08 (02:24:27) Chapter 09 (02:39:13) Chapter 10 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sin In Their Blood by Ed Lacy audiobook. Genre: mystery Sin in Their Blood, by Ed Lacy, is a lean, hardboiled ride through the seedy arteries of a city where violence, greed and buried secrets pulse just beneath the surface. Lacy’s spare prose and pitiless eye pull listeners into a world of smoke-filled rooms, crooked power brokers and ordinary people pushed to desperate acts; every scene crackles with tension and moral ambiguity. As loyalties splinter and truths are revealed, the story barrels forward with a relentless sense of urgency — a vérité portrait of crime that refuses to sentimentalize its victims or its perpetrators. For fans of classic noir, this audiobook promises a gripping, atmospheric experience: tough, unsparing storytelling delivered with cinematic pacing and a dark, unforgettable atmosphere that will keep you listening long after the last page is turned. Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:52:54) Chapter 02 (01:32:47) Chapter 03 (02:16:13) Chapter 04 (02:56:55) Chapter 05 (03:29:22) Chapter 06 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Second Stage Lensmen by E. E. Smith audiobook. Genre: scifi Second Stage Lensmen thrusts listeners into the thunderous heart of E. E. 'Doc' Smith's legendary space opera, where the stakes are cosmic and the powers are beyond imagining. As Kim Kinnison ascends to the fabled Second Stage of Lens mastery, his abilities and responsibilities soar: mental, physical, and moral limits are shattered as he and his allies wage a galaxy-spanning campaign against the ruthless Boskone and their puppetmasters, the sinister Eddorians. Packed with blistering starfighter battles, audacious super-science inventions, breathtaking telepathic duels, and larger-than-life heroes and villains, this installment expands the Lensman saga into epic new territory while delivering the relentless forward momentum and high adventure fans crave. For audiobook listeners, the novel's cinematic pacing and vivid set pieces translate beautifully to a narrated performance that makes each dramatic confrontation and strategic gambit feel immediate and enormous. Whether you hunger for classic Golden Age invention, towering good-versus-evil conflict, or a turbocharged speculative romp that helped define modern space opera, Second Stage Lensmen is an electrifying ride through the farthest reaches of imagination. Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:18:28) Chapter 02 (00:40:41) Chapter 03 (01:16:30) Chapter 04 (02:00:46) Chapter 05 (02:27:41) Chapter 06 (02:55:17) Chapter 07 (03:17:43) Chapter 08 (03:43:27) Chapter 09 (04:13:32) Chapter 10 (04:37:10) Chapter 11 (05:06:12) Chapter 12 (05:33:24) Chapter 13 (05:51:13) Chapter 14 (06:21:15) Chapter 15 (06:48:45) Chapter 16 (07:15:39) Chapter 17 (07:47:12) Chapter 18 (08:08:43) Chapter 19 (08:34:54) Chapter 20 (09:01:10) Chapter 21 (09:33:54) Chapter 22 (10:02:46) Chapter 23 (10:31:48) Chapter 24 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Galactic Patrol by E. E. Smith audiobook. Genre: scifi Galactic Patrol sweeps the listener into a thunderous, old-school space opera where heroism, mystery, and mind-bending technology collide on a galactic scale. Follow Kim Kinnison, a determined Lensman armed with the mysterious and powerful Lens, as he rises through the ranks of the Galactic Patrol to face the insidious Boskone conspiracy that threatens civilization itself. E.E. 'Doc' Smith mixes blistering starship battles, ingenious gadgets and alien intrigue with a detective’s hunt for a ruthless foe hidden among the stars; the result is relentless momentum, daring rescues, and moments of stark moral courage. You’ll hear vast fleets clash above exotic worlds, tense one-on-one confrontations where wills and telepathic powers test the limits of courage, and the slow, mind-expanding reveal of ancient forces shaping the fate of the galaxy. Perfect for listeners who crave sweeping adventure, heroic protagonists, and the grand, optimistic vision of classic science fiction, Galactic Patrol is an exhilarating audio experience that feels equal parts frontier drama, high-stakes spy thriller, and cosmic myth. Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:23:00) Chapter 02 (00:44:52) Chapter 03 (01:08:30) Chapter 04 (01:19:28) Chapter 05 (01:51:34) Chapter 06 (02:13:20) Chapter 07 (02:36:08) Chapter 08 (02:58:40) Chapter 09 (03:18:48) Chapter 10 (03:43:51) Chapter 11 (04:04:59) Chapter 12 (04:27:41) Chapter 13 (04:46:17) Chapter 14 (05:09:34) Chapter 15 (05:29:03) Chapter 16 (05:53:15) Chapter 17 (06:13:51) Chapter 18 (06:39:11) Chapter 19 (06:58:58) Chapter 20 (07:19:16) Chapter 21 (07:40:06) Chapter 22 (08:03:46) Chapter 23 (08:21:05) Chapter 24 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices