Audiobooks and The Big Read

Inspired by the NEA Big Read community reading initiative, we've created podcasts to showcase Big Read titles. Listen to and use our podcasts and print reviews of these classic Big Read titles for your community program, blog, library, or just for fun!


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TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Harper Lee UN
Read by Sissy Spacek
(Harper Audio)

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THE GREAT GATSBY
F. Scott Fitzgerald UN
Read by Anthony Heald
(Blackstone Audiobooks)

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THEIR EYES WERE
WATCHING GOD

Zora Neale Hurston UN
Read by Ruby Dee
(Harper Audio)

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FAHRENHEIT 451
Ray Bradbury UN
Read by Scott Brick
(Books on Tape)
Read by Ray Bradbury
(Harper Audio)

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A FAREWELL TO ARMS
Ernest Hemingway UN
Read by John Slattery
(Simon & Schuster Audio)

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BLESS ME ULTIMA
Rudolfo Anaya UN
Read by Robert Ramirez
(Recorded Books)

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THE HEART IS A
LONELY HUNTER

Carson McCullers UN
Read by Cherry Jones
(Harper Audio)

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THE AGE OF INNOCENCE
Edith Wharton UN
Read by Lorna Raver
(Blackstone Audiobooks)

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THE DEATH OF IVAN ILYCH
Leo Tolstoy UN
Read by Oliver Ford Davies
(Naxos AudioBooks)

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THE CALL OF THE WILD
Jack London UN
Read by John Lee
(Blackstone Audiobooks)

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MY ANTONIA
Willa Cather UN
Read by Jeff Cummings
(Blackstone Audiobooks)

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THE MALTESE FALCON
Dashiell Hammet UN
Read by William Dufris
(Audio Partners)

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THE GRAPES OF WRATH
John Steinbeck UN
Read by Dylan Baker
(Penguin Audiobooks)

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A LESSON BEFORE DYING
Ernest J. Gaines UN
Read by Jay Long
(Books on Tape)

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If you have any questions about the THE BIG READ, the project is sponsored by
the National Endowment for the Arts, http://www.neabigread.org/

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