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1. | | Anthem by Ayn Rand Available on: Audio Download ($9.95)One of Rand's earliest novels, Set in a far off future, Anthem traces the story of one man's discovery of his own value in the midst of a world that has abolished all concept of the self. |
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2. | | The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne Available on: Audio Download | PodcastThe Scarlet Letter is a novel published in 1850 and written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Set in 17th-century Puritan Boston, it tells the story of Hester Prynne, who gives birth after committing adultery and struggles to create a new life of repentance and dignity. |
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3. | | The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe Available on: Audio DownloadPrince Prospero and his courtiers, locked safely away from the plague of the Red Death... |
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4. | | The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving Available on: Audio DownloadThe quiet Dutch community of Sleepy Hollow lay in the Adirondack mountains on the western shore of the mighty Hudson River in America’s colonial period. |
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5. | | To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Available on: Audio CD | Audio Cassette ($35.96)At once an intimate memoir of childhood, a complicated exploration of race and poverty in the South, and a moving portrayal of uncompromising conscience, "To Kill a Mockingbird" has been called the greatest American novel of the 20th century. |
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6. | | The Crucible by Arthur Miller Available on: Audio DownloadIn the rigid theocracy of Salem, Massachusetts, rumors that women are practicing witchcraft galvanize the town. |
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7. | | Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave by Frederick Douglass Available on: Audio DownloadFirst published in 1845, the Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass became Frederick Douglass's most well known work. It is as the name implies his autobiography. |
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8. | | Eleonora by Edgar Allan Poe Available on: Audio DownloadA short story penned by Edgar Allen Poe, an American poet, a master of the horror tale... |
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9. | | The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Available on: Audio Download ($7.99)When F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote THE GREAT GATSBY in the early 1920s, the American Dream was already on the skids. |
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10. | | Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Podcast by Mark Twain Available on: PodcastWritten by Mark Twain and performed by Marc Devine. This is an unabridged, 9-1/2 hour, literary, mp3 audiobook–that plays well for mature and young audiences. |
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11. | | Free Audiobook of the Month Podcast Available on: PodcastEach month LearnOutLoud.com releases a free classic audiobook. Sections of a given title are made available here on the Free Audiobook of the Month Podcast. |
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12. | | The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin Available on: Audio Download ($9.95)The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is a personal account of the life of the famous American statesman, businessman, philosopher, inventor and scientist. |
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13. | | Self Reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson Available on: Audio DownloadIn Self Reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson formulates his philosophy of self-reliance; an essential part of which is to trust in one's present thoughts and impressions rather than those of other people or of one's past self. |
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14. | | Introductions to World Literature by Peter Whitfield Available on: Audio DownloadWriter and cyclist Peter Whitfield discusses some of the gems of world literature. Do you want to know about Dante’s Divine Comedy or the novels of Jane Austen or Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick? |
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15. | | Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Available on: Audio Download ($13.95) | Audio CD ($17.96) | Audio Cassette ($17.96) | MP3 CD ($26.96)Fahrenheit 451 is Ray Bradbury's classic novel of censorship and defiance, as resonant today as it was when it was first published more than 50 years ago. |
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16. | | Audiobooks iPhone & iPod Touch Application Available on: iTunes ApplicationListen to over 1,800 audiobooks totally free. Audiobooks is a brand new way to access all your favorite audiobooks on your iPhone or iPod Touch. |
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17. | | The Mercury Theatre on the Air by Orson Welles Available on: Audio Download | Online AudioThe finest radio drama of the 1930’s was The Mercury Theatre on the Air, a show featuring the acclaimed New York drama company founded by Orson Welles and John Houseman. |
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18. | | The Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson Podcast by Ralph Waldo Emerson Available on: PodcastLearnOutLoud.com presents the Selected Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson Podcast. Born in 1803, Emerson was renowned during the mid 19th century as a philosopher, writer, public orator, naturalist, and spiritual trailblazer. |
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19. | | Selected Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson by Ralph Waldo Emerson Available on: Audio DownloadLearnOutLoud.com presents The Selected Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume 1. The 5 essays contained on this audio program have been hand selected and represent specifically Emerson's early career as a writer. |
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20. | | Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand Available on: Audio Download ($49.95) | Audio CD ($53.96) | MP3 CD ($62.96)Atlas Shrugged is the "second most influential book for Americans today" after the Bible, according to a joint survey conducted by the Library of Congress and the Book of the Month Club. |
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21. | | The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving Available on: Audio DownloadIchabod Crane, the schoolmaster of a quiet farming community, encounters something mysterious in the night. |
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22. | | Walden by Henry David Thoreau Available on: Audio DownloadWalden by Henry David Thoreau is one of the best-known non-fiction books written by an American. Published in 1854, it details Thoreau’s life for two years, two months, and two days around the shores of Walden Pond. |
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23. | | The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell Available on: Audio Download | Audio CDA boating accident leaves famed hunter Sanger Rainsford of New York City alone... |
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24. | | The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton Available on: Audio DownloadIn a world where "being things" was better than "doing things"; a world where heredity and family connections were the most important things of all; in an Age of Innocence, they broke all the rules. |
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25. | | The Go-Getter by Peter B. Kyne Available on: Audio Download ($9.95)Originally published by William Randolph Hearst in 1921, Peter Kyne's The Go Getter has become a continual source of inspiration for salesman, entrepreneurs and employers. |