Classic Audiobook Collection

Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand audiobook. Genre: dramaIn 17th-century Paris, Cyrano de Bergerac is a brilliant poet, fearless duelist, and sharp-tongued wit whose confidence in everything except his appearance keeps him at arm's length from the love he most wants. Secretly devoted to the intelligent and kind Roxane, Cyrano believes his prominent nose makes him unworthy of her affection, even as he dazzles crowds with improvised verse and swordplay. When Roxane confides that she has fallen for Christian, a handsome but inarticulate young cadet, Cyrano is caught between desire and loyalty. Determined to protect Roxane's happiness and Christian's safety, he offers an extraordinary bargain: he will lend Christian his words. As war, courtly rivalries, and social expectations tighten around them, the trio is drawn into a risky performance where letters and whispered speeches can change fates as surely as any blade. By turns romantic, humorous, and bittersweet, Rostand's classic explores pride, self-sacrifice, and the haunting gap between outward beauty and inner brilliance - and asks what it truly means to be loved for who you are. 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: scifiIn a far-future galaxy where humanity's original homeworld has become a distant symbol instead of a true seat of power, five rival Sectors rule the star lanes like competing empires. Commander Kirk of the Lyra Sector is sent on a high-risk solo probe into the Dragon's Throat, a lethal star cluster rumored to hide an Orion Sector secret base that could tip the balance toward open war. Aboard the cruiser Starsong, Kirk and his hard-bitten crew gamble everything on speed, stealth, and imperfect sensors as they thread through burning suns and violent gravitic tides. But the mission turns political as quickly as it turns dangerous: agents, traps, and double meanings wait on the ground, and the question behind every move is not just who controls a backwater world, but who will make the next claim on Earth itself. With a wife waiting far away and loyalties tested by ambition on all sides, Kirk must decide how much of himself he can afford to sacrifice to keep a fragile peace from collapsing into a galaxy-wide conflagration. 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: thrillerIn the sun-baked streets of Cordova, three notorious vigilantes slip through the crowds like ghosts. Georges Manfred, the cool strategist; the daring Poiccart; and the master of disguise, Gonsalez, have come to Spain for what looks like a holiday - but the Just Men never stop working. Across Europe their name is feared because they punish criminals the courts cannot touch, and they do it by their own ruthless code. This time, whispers lead them into an elegant world of aristocratic gambling, horse-racing, and high finance, where fortunes are made through blackmail and lives are ended with a smile. At the center of the danger is a mysterious English doctor and a powerful financier with grand ambitions, both tied to a lethal Cordovan poison said to evade detection. Hunted by police who consider them murderers, and stalked by enemies who want them dead, the Just Men must untangle a web of intrigue before a single vial can tip the balance of power. Edgar Wallace delivers a fast, atmospheric chase story that asks what justice costs when the law is too weak to act. 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: mysteryNewly promoted Detective Inspector Richard (Dick) Staines of Scotland Yard has built a reputation on patience, precision, and an uncanny feel for the small details other men miss. Then, on a storm-lashed night in fashionable Belgravia, one desperate decision pulls him into a case unlike any in his career: trapped outside an acquaintance's house, Staines forces his way in and stumbles upon a scene of quiet horror - a man bound and blindfolded while a woman in an evening gown calmly rifles his pockets. When she turns, Staines recognizes her as a gentle young nurse he met only hours earlier. Before he can make sense of what he is seeing, the darkness closes in. The next clues are even stranger: a single thumbprint that echoes an unsolved case from years ago, a series of crimes that feel planned with surgical care, and a shadowy scheme built on misdirection, impersonation, and the terror of being replaced. As Staines closes in, he must separate truth from performance and discover who is real, who is a decoy, and why someone is determined to make London doubt its own eyes. 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: scifiIn The Red Hawk, Edgar Rice Burroughs carries his Moon trilogy into a harsh, far-future America where the old world has collapsed into scattered, horse-borne tribes and the last remnants of alien rule still poison the land. Centuries after the Kalkars and their human collaborators shattered civilization, technology and history have faded into legend, and survival depends on courage, loyalty, and the strength of a chief who can unite rivals. Julian XX, known as the Red Hawk, has risen as Chief of Chiefs - a war leader marked by a single red feather and a dangerous inheritance: the responsibility to finish a fight that has lasted generations. With his brothers at his side and uneasy alliances forming among neighboring tribes, he prepares a final campaign against the Kalkars' last strongholds in the West, where every raid risks betrayal, and every victory demands a price. Part war tale, part post-apocalyptic adventure, The Red Hawk races through desert trails, tribal councils, rescues, and skirmishes as Julian tests what it means to lead free people who have almost forgotten the meaning of freedom. citeturn0search11turn0search3 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: mysteryMatt Ranzino has a reputation as the toughest private eye in town, but when he comes home from the Korean War, toughness is not what he feels. Worn down by what he has seen overseas and by months in hospitals, Matt wants a quiet life and a clean break from the city that still remembers every enemy he made as a fighter, a cop, and a PI. Then a blonde is found brutally dead, and Matt is in the wrong place at the wrong time. Suddenly he is taking punches he did not ask for, dodging gunfire he did not deserve, and realizing someone is determined to keep the truth buried. Pulled into the case by a cop who still trusts him and by a wealthy family desperate for answers, Matt follows the trail through backroom deals, seedy bars, and respectable offices that look spotless until you get close. Along the way, old loyalties rot, a dangerous blackmail scheme feeds on the era's fear and suspicion, and the one woman Matt cannot stop caring about becomes the next target. To survive, Matt has to do more than solve a murder, he has to decide who he is now. 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: scifiThe war between the Galactic Patrol and the hidden forces of Boskone is about to turn from skirmishes into something far larger. Kimball Kinnison, newly proven as a Lensman, carries a tool no ordinary agent can wield: the Lens itself, a living symbol of authority that amplifies his mind and binds him to the Patrol's highest purpose. But a badge of power is not enough. Boskone fights through proxies - smugglers, corrupt financiers, and criminal syndicates - and its influence reaches into worlds that appear civilized, even peaceful, on the surface. To strike at the enemy's heart, Kinnison must go beyond straightforward policing into deep-cover operations, impossible chases, and battles where thought can be as deadly as any weapon. Along the way he confronts the limits of his own training, the cost of escalation, and the unsettling idea that the Patrol may need a new kind of agent to match a foe that refuses to fight in the open. Bigger enemies, stronger minds, and higher stakes push the Lensmen program toward its next evolution - and Kinnison toward choices that will shape the fate of civilization. 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: scifiIn the far future, humanity has taken its first uneasy steps into a wider galactic community, only to find that interstellar space is already a battleground. When brilliant young engineer and newly commissioned officer Kimball Kinnison enters the Triplanetary Service, he expects patrol work and exploration, not a covert war against a ruthless criminal power known as Boskone. Assigned to the elite Galactic Patrol, Kinnison is drawn into a sweeping campaign of piracy, smuggling, and hidden influence that reaches from backwater planets to the highest corridors of power. His path changes forever when he is chosen for an ancient and mysterious artifact of mind and will - a Lens - and with it comes staggering responsibility, new allies, and enemies who will stop at nothing to seize control of entire worlds. As raids turn into full-scale operations and one discovery leads to another, Kinnison must learn what kind of leader he is willing to become, and how far the Patrol can go to protect civilization without losing its soul. 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

Children of the Lens by E. E. Smith audiobook. Genre: scifiIn the climactic final volume of E. E. Smith's Lensman saga, the war between Civilization and the shadowy power of Boskone enters a new and dangerous phase. Kimball Kinnison and Clarissa MacDougall Kinnison have helped shape the Galactic Patrol into a force capable of challenging interstellar crime-lords and hidden manipulators, but the enemy is older, subtler, and more deeply embedded than anyone suspects. Their children - a group of astonishingly gifted youngsters raised in secrecy and trained with ruthless care - begin to test the limits of what a Lensman can be. Possessing mental talents that surpass even the greatest adults, they are asked to do what the Patrol cannot: slip past defenses, uncover buried truths, and strike at the heart of an adversary who fights with deception as much as with fleets. As their powers grow and their mission expands from local battles to galaxy-spanning strategy, the Children must balance loyalty, discipline, and compassion against the cold necessities of total war. Vast space opera set pieces, escalating psychic conflict, and a sense of cosmic stakes drive this fast, ferocious conclusion - where the future of Civilization rests on minds that are barely old enough to be called human. Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 00(00:17:10) Chapter 01(00:41:50) Chapter 02(01:09:08) Chapter 03(01:31:44) Chapter 04(01:53:27) Chapter 05(02:15:41) Chapter 06(02:35:11) Chapter 07(02:56:38) Chapter 08(03:19:01) Chapter 09(03:43:52) Chapter 10(04:04:11) Chapter 11(04:26:36) Chapter 12(04:50:17) Chapter 13(05:20:49) Chapter 14(05:41:26) Chapter 15(06:01:44) Chapter 16(06:33:54) Chapter 17(06:54:37) Chapter 18(07:13:36) Chapter 19(07:32:15) Chapter 20(07:51:35) Chapter 21(08:15:36) Chapter 22(08:34:10) Chapter 23(09:04:20) Chapter 24(09:27:15) Chapter 25(09:50:38) Chapter 26(10:11:01) Chapter 27(10:31:54) Chapter 28(10:53:42) Chapter 29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Cat Saw Murder by Dolores Hitchens audiobook. Genre: mysteryWhen seventy-year-old Rachel Murdock and her quieter sister, Jennifer, get a desperate message from their beloved niece Lily in the seaside town of Breakers Beach, California, they board a train from Los Angeles at once, refusing to leave behind their sleek black cat, Samantha. But the trip turns ominous the moment they arrive: Samantha, newly the unlikely heir to a fortune, becomes the target of a chilling attack, and the sisters realize Lily's trouble runs deeper than she admitted. Soon Rachel is drugged and rendered helpless at the very worst moment, and Lily is found brutally killed. As Detective Lieutenant Stephen Mayhew tries to sort gambling debts, bridge-table grudges, and a growing list of suspects, another shocking discovery in the sand suggests a far more tangled scheme at work. Stubborn, sharp-eyed, and unimpressed by official theories, Rachel inserts herself into the investigation, piecing together small inconsistencies everyone else overlooks. With Samantha as the only witness to a crucial moment, Rachel must untangle motive from misdirection before the violence escalates again. Chapters (Approximate)(00:00:00) Chapter 01(00:24:39) Chapter 02(00:46:22) Chapter 03(01:09:57) Chapter 04(01:34:01) Chapter 05(01:54:40) Chapter 06(02:18:07) Chapter 07(02:38:54) Chapter 08(03:02:23) Chapter 09(03:25:06) Chapter 10(03:44:43) Chapter 11(04:07:14) Chapter 12(04:28:22) Chapter 13(04:47:17) Chapter 14(05:09:22) Chapter 15(05:28:34) Chapter 16(05:51:11) Chapter 17(06:12:17) Chapter 18(06:36:07) Chapter 19(06:55:50) Chapter 20 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices