LibriVox Audio Books
Candide
Read by Ted Delorme
Voltaire
Candide is a relentless, brutal assault on government, society, religion, education, and, above all, optimism. Dr. Pangloss teaches his youn…
The Three Musketeers
Read by John Van Stan
Alexandre Dumas
The d'Artagnan Romances are six volumes that intertwine exciting events (real and fictionalized) from 17th-century Europe and the life of th…
Laotzu's Tao and Wu Wei
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Laozi 老子 and Lao Tzu
The classic of the Way and of High Virtue is the Tao Teh Ching. Its author is generally held as a contemporary of Confucius, Lao Tzu, or Lao…
The Peterkin Papers
Read by entada
Lucretia P. Hale
The Peterkins were a lovable but comically inept family that possess ingenuity, logic, resourcefulness, and energy--but not common sense. Th…
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol
Read by David Wales
William John Locke
This 1912 collection of short stories is of lighthearted adventures of an irresponsible -- and irrepressible -- Frenchman in England and Par…
Ezekiel
Read by J L Raimundo
King James Version
The book of Ezekiel follows the southern kingdom of Israel, Judah, into captivity by the Babylonians. Ezekiel cries judgement on the Israeli…
Mother West Wind's Children
Read by Laurie Anne Walden
Thornton W. Burgess
"You can't fool old Mother Nature. No, Sir, you can't fool old Mother Nature, and it's of no use to try." The animals of the Gree…
Quiet Talks on Prayer
Read by David Barnes
S. D. Gordon
An open life, an open hand, open upward, is the pipe line of communication between the heart of God and this poor befooled old world. Our pr…
The Birds' Christmas Carol
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Kate Douglas Wiggin
Carol Bird was born on Christmas Day. She has spent all of her 11 years putting others above herself, always finding ways to make their live…
Nature
Read by Jesse Zuba
Ralph Waldo Emerson
First published anonymously in 1836, Nature marks the beginning both of Emerson’s literary career and the Transcendentalist movement. Asking…
Bullets & Billets
Read by DrPGould
Bruce Bairnsfather
A front-line view of life in the trenches of the Western Front in the early part of 1914-1915. Told by Lieutenant (later Captain) Bruce Bair…
Rose Mather
Read by Celine Major
Mary Jane Holmes
Fiction merges with history in this novel taking place during the turbulent times of the civil war and the horrors it entailed. Holme's sill…
Persuasion
Read by Moira Fogarty
Jane Austen
"All the privilege I claim for my own sex ... is that of loving longest, when existence or when hope is gone." In persuasion, her …
The Wealth of Nations
Read by Stephen Escalera
Adam Smith
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations is the magnum opus of the Scottish economist Adam Smith, published on March 9…
My Father's Dragon
Read by as101
Ruth Stiles Gannett
A short story about a boy who befriends a cat and then sets off on an adventure to rescue a dragon.
Self Help
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Samuel Smiles
Self-Help is the book that gave its name to the whole genre of literature known by that name. It is full of profiles of individuals who, thr…
My Cousin Rachel
Daphne Du Maurier
My Cousin Rachel is an adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's romantic thriller, dramatised by Bryony Lavery, featuring Francesca Annis and Adam …
Parochial and Plain Sermons
Read by Russ Hobbs
John Henry Newman
John Henry Newman's sermons enter the human heart easily and with transformative power. Lucid thinking, beautiful English prose, an integra…
Jimmie Dale and the Phantom Clue
Read by Anna Simon
Frank L. Packard
Jimmie Dale, alias The Gray Seal, alias Smarlinghue, is back in the criminal underworld of New York. He is desperately trying to find the cr…