Discover Top Full Audiobooks in Fiction, Coming of Age

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Title: [Spanish] - La chica

Author: Edna O'Brien

Narrator: Sol De La Barreda

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 5 hours 57 minutes

Release date: November 18, 2021

Genres: Coming of Age

Publisher's Summary:

UN ACONTECIMIENTO LITERARIO La última novela de la autora de Las chicas de campo, ganadora del premio Especial Femina Extranjero 2019 y el premio David Cohen 2019 por el conjunto de su obra: su novela más ambiciosa, comprometida y estremecedora. «Un libro valiente sobre un espíritu valiente.» J. M. Coetzee «La escritora de lengua inglesa con más talento de nuestros días.» Philip Roth «Tiempo atrás fui una niña, pero ya no». Así empieza la nueva y sorprendente novela de Edna O'Brien, quien con más de ochenta años ha encontrado la fuerza y la valentía para viajar a Nigeria y entrevistar a varias de las niñas que fueron víctimas de Boko Haram. Su estremecedor testimonio ha inspirado esta novela al tiempo desgarradora y luminosa: la historia de Maryam, que es secuestrada junto con sus compañeras del colegio, encarcelada, violada y obligada a casarse con un desconocido; que debe huir con su bebé y su amiga hasta llegar fi nalmente a reencontrarse con su madre en la aldea, donde la esperan nuevas desventuras aún más sinuosas. O'Brien nos lleva sin aliento por cada página: ansiamos, sufrimos y nos conmovemos con su heroína, y la prosa es deslumbrante e hipnótica como esa luna que mira Maryam desde su celda, símbolo de la esperanza y la redención a pesar de todo. Pues esta es una historia de superación, de amor, amistad y solidaridad, en la que de un modo u otro podemos ver refl ejadas nuestras propias luchas. La crítica ha dicho: «Una novela dura, escrita casi a latigazos y [...] difícil que conviene leer.» Lourdes Pérez (directora El Diario Vasco) «La mayoría de los buenos escritores prefieren ser considerados no por lo que son sino por lo que escriben. La chica, el asombroso tour de force que O'Brien escribió con ochenta y tantos años, es un salto audaz e imaginativo [...] y una experiencia que te transporta lejos, profundamente empática e iluminadora. ¡Léanla! [...] Es una pura maravilla.» Richard Ford «Sería una ofensa para O'Brien reducir la literatura a un mensaje. La chica es un ejemplo perfecto de lo que debería ser la ficción: un acto de imaginación empática.» Charles Taylor, LA Review of Books «Una nueva novela tan sólida como la carrera dorada de esta enorme autora irlandesa. [...] Con su pluma madura, precisa, hondamente literaria, limpia de sobras y adornos, O'Brien logra introducirnos en el infierno moral con un, sin embargo, suave cartel de bienvenida.» Berna González Harbour, Zenda «Una novela con grandes dosis de dureza, pero imprescindible y, sobre todo, con una mirada repleta de esperanza.» Harper's Bazaar «O'Brien logra inyectar suaves dosis de humanidad con una calidad literaria a prueba de terrorismo.» Berna González Harbour, El País «Un relato estremecedor. [...] Una aventura de amor y solidaridad, de una lucha permanente que busca otorgarle un sentido a la experiencia que les toca vivir.» Diego Gándara, La Razón «La habilidad de O'Brien para habitar mentes de sus personajes y elaborar frases virtuosas hace de esta una lectura inmensamente dolorosa. [...] Es la persona ideal para contarnos esta verdad desgarradora.» Francine Prose, The New York Times «No hay autocompasión en la escritura de O'Brien, solo la secuencia de hechos. Así, sus historias tienen el poder universal propio del mito». Florence Noiville, Le Monde

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Title: [German] - IMPERIAL - Wildest Dreams 1

Author: Maddie Sage

Narrator: Lisa J. Rauen

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 11 hours 27 minutes

Release date: November 10, 2021

Genres: Coming of Age

Publisher's Summary:

*Wem sollen wir in einer Welt voller Intrigen und Machtspielchen noch vertrauen? Lassen wir unsere Gefühle zu, stürzen wir alle um uns herum ins Verderben.*​Nach einer durchzechten Nacht reist Lauren gemeinsam mit ihrer feierwütigen Freundin Jane für ein Jahrespraktikum ins Schloss des Königs von Wittles Cay Island. Und das, obwohl ihr der Abschied von ihrer Familie alles andere als leichtfällt, denn diese ist ihr größter Halt, nachdem ihr Vater vor fast vier Jahren spurlos verschwunden ist.Am Hof sieht Lauren sich jedoch mit zahlreichen Problemen konfrontiert, allen voran mit Prinz Alexander, dessen Charme sie wider Willen in den Bann zieht. Dabei ist der Königssohn bereits der belvarischen Prinzessin versprochen worden, die vor nichts zurückschreckt, um ihren Anspruch auf Alexander und den Thron zu sichern. Dennoch kommen sich Lauren und der Prinz immer näher, ohne zu ahnen, in welche Gefahr sie einander dadurch bringen. Bis plötzlich Laurens verschollener Vater auftaucht und sie feststellen muss, dass die Folgen seines Verschwindens weiter reichen, als sie je für möglich gehalten hätte.-

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Title: Win Me Something

Author: Kyle Lucia Wu

Narrator: Natalie Naudus

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 6 hours 37 minutes

Release date: November 2, 2021

Genres: Coming of Age

Publisher's Summary:

A perceptive and powerful debut of identity and belonging―of a young woman determined to be seen. Willa Chen has never quite fit in. Growing up as a biracial Chinese American girl in New Jersey, Willa felt both hypervisible and unseen, too Asian to fit in at her mostly white school, and too white to speak to the few Asian kids around. After her parents’ early divorce, they both remarried and started new families, and Willa grew up feeling outside of their new lives, too. For years, Willa does her best to stifle her feelings of loneliness, drifting through high school and then college as she tries to quiet the unease inside her. But when she begins working for the Adriens―a wealthy white family in Tribeca―as a nanny for their daughter, Bijou, Willa is confronted with all of the things she never had. As she draws closer to the family and eventually moves in with them, Willa finds herself questioning who she is, and revisiting a childhood where she never felt fully at home. Self-examining and fraught with the emotions of a family who fails and loves in equal measure, Win Me Something is a nuanced coming-of-age debut about the irreparable fissures between people, and a young woman who asks what it really means to belong, and how she might begin to define her own life.

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Title: [German] - Diese Einsamkeit ohne Überfluss

Author: Sigrid Damm

Narrator: Sigrid Damm

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 2 hours 25 minutes

Release date: October 28, 2021

Genres: Coming of Age

Publisher's Summary:

Die Ich-Erzählerin begibt sich auf eine Reise nach Schottland und nimmt den Leser mit in ihre tiefste Gedankenwelt. Die Dozentin und Schriftstellerin lässt uns an ihrem Alltag teilhaben, doch immer wieder schweifen die Gedanken in vergangene Jahre zurück. Beschreibungen ihrer Kindheit und von verflossenen Liebschaften stellen die Frage, warum ein einziges Leben so viel Zeit braucht, um falsche Anfänge hinter sich zu lassen...-

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Title: Stitched

Author: Emma Mildon

Narrator: Skye Ally

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 6 hours 41 minutes

Release date: October 17, 2021

Genres: Coming of Age

Publisher's Summary:

★★★★★ 'Eat, Pray, Love, meets 13 Reasons Why. I’m officially hooked on this book.' Sophie is desperate to stitch her life back together. Quirky. De-railed. Unhinged. Untamed. Awkward. And ultimately hanging on by a thread, after a life changing car crash changes the direction of her life as she knew it. Navigating loosing love, death, and finding her place in the world she sets out on a journey to fall back in love, with life. Between sewing sarcastic cross-stitches, threads of sexual tension, and a rift of spiritual revelations Sophie finds herself new friendships, traveling new lands, and living in limbo between worlds. Foreign worlds. Haunted by her past. And stuck in her present. Ugh, life? What a dick sometimes, am I right? Enter Chris, the seductive Australian backpacker who just might help her come back to the reality of now. After a string of fateful meetings Sophie if forced to confront the fabric of her life. Stay tangled by the past? Or cut herself free for a future. Guilt. Lust. Grief. Longing. Welcome to Sophie’s awkward world, and how it unravelled. Aka one big fat knotted mess.

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Title: Crown of Cinders

Series: #2 of Wings of Fury

Author: Emily R. King

Narrator: Lauren Ezzo

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 8 hours 51 minutes

Release date: October 5, 2021

Genres: Coming of Age

Publisher's Summary:

Going to battle against a Titan in the war of all wars, one woman is making history in an epic novel of ancient Greece by Emily R. King, author of the Hundredth Queen series. May Gaea be with you… Althea Lambros is growing into her power, wrestling with a burdensome heritage, and unwilling to concede to Cronus, the redoubtable God of Gods. For that, Cronus is making good on his promise. Calling upon the elder Titans, he’s bringing down his wrath on the world. Suffering quakes, tempests, fire, and hail, mortals are paying in blood for the war of the gods. With the help of her friend Theo, Althea takes cover with her sisters, Bronte and Cleora. But they can’t hide forever. To mastermind the downfall of the evil king, Althea must recruit allies of her own before the aggrieved mortals surrender the sisters to Cronus in exchange for peace. Is Althea formidable enough to win? It’ll take the help of her sisters and those willing to fight for the cause of the just. As the gods pick sides, Althea must divide heaven and earth to defeat the enemy and write the true history of the war to end all wars.

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Title: Shadows of Olive Trees

Author: Susanne Gervay

Narrator: Erin Marie White, Andrew Smith

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 5 hours 58 minutes

Release date: October 5, 2021

Genres: Coming of Age

Publisher's Summary:

Before the #MeToo movement, there was the 1970s and three girls - Tessa, Athena, Jenny – looking for love, friendship and meaningful futures. In desiring to break traditional roles in gender and sexuality, they face challenges from family, church and society. With new freedoms, there are also dangers. This is a story of women's empowerment that has relevance today for women and men. For listeners aged 15+

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Title: The Historian's Daughter

Author: Rashida Murphy

Narrator: Sarah Bacaller

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 7 hours 7 minutes

Release date: September 17, 2021

Genres: Coming of Age

Publisher's Summary:

In an old house with 'too many windows and women', high in the Indian hills, young Hannah lives with her older sister Gloria; her two older brothers; her mother - the Magician; a colourful assortment of aunts, blow-ins and misfits; and her father - the Historian. It is a world of secrets, jealousies and lies, ruled by the Historian but smoothed over by the Magician, whose kindnesses and wisdom bring homely comfort and all-enveloping love to a ramshackle building that seems destined for chaos. And then one day the Magician is gone, Gloria is gone, and the Historian has spirited Hannah and her brothers away to a new and at first bewildering life in Perth. As Hannah grows and makes her own way through Australian life, an education and friendships, she begins to penetrate to the heart of one of the old house's greatest secrets - and to the meaning of her own existence.

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Title: The World Played Chess: A Novel

Author: Robert Dugoni

Narrator: Todd Haberkorn, Robert Dugoni

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 10 hours 3 minutes

Release date: September 14, 2021

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.73 of Total 11

Ratings of Narrator: 4.4 of Total 5

Genres: Coming of Age

Publisher's Summary:

“A fearless and sensitive coming-of-age story. I loved it.” —Mark Sullivan, bestselling author of Beneath a Scarlet Sky and The Last Green Valley. Bestselling author Robert Dugoni returns with an emotionally arresting follow-up to The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell. In 1979, Vincent Bianco has just graduated high school. His only desire: collect a little beer money and enjoy his final summer before college. So he lands a job as a laborer on a construction crew. Working alongside two Vietnam vets, one suffering from PTSD, Vincent gets the education of a lifetime. Now forty years later, with his own son leaving for college, the lessons of that summer—Vincent’s last taste of innocence and first taste of real life—dramatically unfold in a novel about breaking away, shaping a life, and seeking one’s own destiny.

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Title: The House on the Water's Edge: A gripping thriller packed with suspense

Author: Ce Rose

Narrator: Sarah Ovens

Format: Abridged Audiobook

Length: 10 hours 36 minutes

Release date: August 11, 2021

Genres: Coming of Age

Publisher's Summary:

'What an emotional, twisty, rollercoaster of a novel! It kept me guessing all the way through.' Alice Hunter, author of The Serial Killer's Wife Sometimes the past is best left buried Since the birth of baby Joe five weeks ago, Ali Baker has been struggling to cope. Starved of sleep and haunted by painful memories from the past, she's a million miles away from the polished, professional barrister she has worked so hard to become. Then her mother tragically and unexpectedly dies, leaving Ali an orphan. Haunted by her loss, Ali can't forget her mother's last words to her: There is something I really need to tell you… Heading back to the Norfolk Broads to sort her mother's things, Ali is plunged into memories of her family's picture-perfect summers on the river. But as she starts to uncover secrets hidden within the isolated house, Ali is drawn into a dark web that threatens to destroy everything she believed about her childhood – and her very sanity. Ali may finally discover her mother's secrets… but at what cost? A gripping, captivating psychological thriller, perfect for fans of Samantha Hayes and S.E. Lynes. Perfect for book group reading - includes discussion questions. Readers are loving The House on the Water's Edge: 'A novel that gradually creeps under your skin… suffocatingly claustrophobic with an 'oh my goodness' finale!' Carla Kovach, author of The Next Girl 'Absorbing from start to finish. The climax is incendiary. It set my day on fire.' Amanda Robson, author of Obsession 'The creeping sense of doom reached its crescendo and did not disappoint. The twists and revelations left me reeling!' Ruby Speechley, author of The Face at the Window 'As I finished the last page, I nearly dropped my eReader! WHAT?!?! Definitely a book you'll want to pick up!' ☆☆☆☆☆ Reader Review 'This gripping, twisty tale of family secrets and ancient lies coming home to roost is a real rollercoaster of emotion. I couldn't put it down… What a fantastic read!' Judi Daykin, author of Under Violent Skies 'A sharp, twisty thriller filled with secrets… fantastic.' Chris George, author of Guess Who 'A completely engrossing story, full of intrigue and mystery, and with a dash of romance too. Brilliant!' C.J. Cooper, author of The Book Club 'Loved how the secrets started to unfold…With one final unexpected revelation at the end, this left me open mouthed.' ☆☆☆☆☆ Reader Review 'Loved this one!… Lots of twists and turns along the way. Definitely one I recommend.' ☆☆☆☆☆ Reader Review 'This psychological thriller was a never-ending journey of twists and turns… the author had you hanging onto her every word.' 'A really exciting and thrilling read… with lots of twists and turns.' ☆☆☆☆☆ Reader Review 'I wasn't expecting the twist… I didn't see it coming at all.' ☆☆☆☆☆ Reader Review 'Hard to put down… filled with secrets, childhood drama, and a lot of tragedy.' Reader Review 'I am definitely going to be looking for more from this author, highly recommend.' Reader Review 'I loved it. Well-written, fun to read, quick to finish.' Reader Review 'This was such a fast paced read! The plot was fabulous and I had no idea what to expect next… Which kept me on my toes.' Reader Review 'Isolation, lonely and creepy! It really opened up the more I read.' Reader Review