Audiobooks by Anne Tyler

"Brought to you by Penguin. The happily ever after is only part of the story… A funny, touching, hopeful gem about love, marriage and second chances It’s the day before her daughter’s wedding and things are not going well for Gail Baines. First thing, she loses her job – or quits, depending who you ask. Then her ex-husband Max turns up at her door expecting to stay for the festivities. He doesn’t even have a suit. Instead, he’s brought memories, a shared sense of humour – and a cat looking for a new home. Just as Gail is wondering what’s next, their daughter Debbie discovers her groom has been keeping a secret… As the big day dawns, the exes just can’t agree on what’s best for Debbie. Gail is seriously worried, while Max seems more concerned with whether to opt for the salmon or prime rib at the reception, if they make it that far. The day after the wedding, Gail and Max prepare to go their separate ways again. But all the questions about the future of the happy couple have stirred up the past for Gail. Because ‘happy’ takes many forms, and sometimes the younger generation has much to teach the older about secrets, acceptance and taking the rough with the smooth. ‘A joy to read in a single relaxing afternoon’ JACQUELINE WILSON 'Razor sharp on family, love and marriage' DAVID NICHOLLS 'Sublimely written and beautifully observed' - JOANNE FINNEY, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING © Anne Tyler 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025"

Anne Tyler (Author), J. Smith Cameron (Narrator)

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[German] - Die Reisen des Mr Leary (Ungekürzte Lesung)

"Der etwas seltsame, aber durchaus charmante Mr Leary schreibt Reiseführer für Leute, die geschäftlich unterwegs sein müssen, das Reisen aber hassen - ganz wie er selbst! Sein höchstes Ziel ist es, Tipps zu geben, dank derer man sich möglichst wie zu Hause fühlt. Als seine Frau Sarah beschließt, sich nach zwanzig Jahren Ehe von ihm zu trennen, gerät sein höchst organisiertes Leben ins Wanken, und er wird gezwungen, die gewohnten Wege zu verlassen."

Anne Tyler (Author), Rainer Strecker (Narrator)

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French Braid: From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Redhead by the Side of the Road

"Brought to you by Penguin. The major new novel from the beloved prize-winning author -- a brilliantly perceptive, painfully true and funny journey deep into one family's foibles, from the 1950s right up to the changed world of today When the kids are grown and Mercy Garrett gradually moves herself out of the family home, everyone determines not to notice. Over at her studio, she wants space and silence. She won't allow any family clutter. Not even their cat, Desmond. Yet it is a clutter of untidy moments that forms the Garretts' family life over the decades, from giving a child a ride to a painstaking Easter lunch, a fateful train journey to an unexpected homecoming. And it all begins in 1959, with a family holiday to a cabin by a lake. It's the only one the Garretts will ever take, but its effects will ripple through the generations. 'If Anne Tyler isn't the best writer in the world, who is?' BBC RADIO 4 WOMAN'S HOUR © Anne Tyler 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022"

Anne Tyler (Author), Kimberly Farr (Narrator)

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[German] - Eine gemeinsame Sache (Ungekürzte Lesung)

"Die unauflöslichen Fäden, die unsere Familie um uns spinnt Anne Tyler erzählt die Geschichte der Familie Garrett von den 1950er Jahren bis heute. Sie schildert meisterhaft, wie wir alle die subtilen Äußerungen von Liebe, Enttäuschung, Stolz und Ablehnung von denen, die uns so nahe sind, verinnerlichen und wie das Handeln eines Familienmitglieds über Generationen hinweg Auswirkungen haben kann."

Anne Tyler (Author), Dagmar Bittner (Narrator)

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[Spanish] - El turista accidental

"Con su estilo único y sensibilidad inconfundible, Anne Tyler (Pulitzer 1989) nos brinda una intensa historia ganadora del National Book Critics Circle Award en 1986, y que dio origen y título a la aclamada película protagonizada por Geena Davis y William Hurt en 1988. Tras la pérdida de su hijo, un aburrido escritor de guías de viaje para hombres de negocios se sumerge en una crisis de tristeza y melancolía que desemboca en la ruptura de su matrimonio. Justo entonces, conoce a una adiestradora de perros dicharachera y jovial, y con ella entabla una relación que lo llevará a recuperar el optimismo y las ganas de vivir en un mundo que ahora, tras tantos golpes y sinsabores, parece ofrecerle una segunda oportunidad. Reseñas: «Una obra preciosa, incandescente, emotiva, estimulante... Llena de magia.» The Washington Post «Brillante, conmovedora, divertida. Una de las mejores novelas de su autora.» The New York Times"

Anne Tyler (Author), Luis Carlos De La Lombana (Narrator)

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[Spanish] - Una sala llena de corazones rotos

"Una historia de amor contemporánea, por la ganadora de los premios Pulitzer, National Book Critics Circle y PEN/Faulkner UNO DE LOS MEJORES LIBROS DE 2021 SEGÚN EL CULTURAL, EL CONFIDENCIAL Y GQ «Tan felices de haber vuelto a leer a Anne Tyler, quien siempre supo y sabe y sabrá qué hacer. Sepan ahora ustedes que no leerla equivale a no saber nada. Así que de ustedes depende arrancar el año comenzando a sentirse felices.» Rodrigo Fresán, ABC Cultural «Una nueva joya de Anne Tyler. [...] No hay otro escritor capaz de crear a hombres tan interesantes y polifacéticos. [...] Su mejor novela en mucho tiempo.» The Guardian Es inevitable preguntarse qué le pasa por la cabeza a un hombre como Micah Mortimer. Vive solo, es reservado, su rutina está grabada en piedra. Todas las mañanas a las siete y cuarto se le ve salir a correr. Alrededor de las diez o las diez y media pega el cartel magnético de TECNOERMITAÑO en el techo de su Kia. Pero esta vida plácida vuela por los aires cuando Cassia, su pareja —Micah se niega a llamar «novia» a alguien de treinta y muchos—, le anuncia que van a echarla de su casa y un adolescente se planta ante su puerta alegando ser su hijo. La nueva novela de Anne Tyler ofrece una mirada íntima al corazón y la mente de un hombre que se ve obligado a ver el mundo con nuevos ojos. La crítica ha dicho... «La más delicada de las experimentadoras a partir de la en verdad siempre imprevisible y transgresora textura de lo cotidiano. [...] Felices de haber vuelto a leer a Anne Tyler quien siempre supo y sabe y sabrá qué hacer [...]. Así que de ustedes depende arrancar el año comenzando a sentirse felices.» Rodrigo Fresán, ABCultural «Anne Tyler sabe retratar como nadie a personas y vidas a través de palabras y tinta, con todas las emociones necesarias, sin que sobre nada en una cotidianeidad tan ordinaria como imperfecta.» Belén Martín, Actualidad Literaria «Una autora que ha alcanzado la excelencia y que, [...] en su larga trayectoria, se ha dedicado a examinar los sentimientos y sus implicaciones -y complicaciones- a través de personajes como Micah Mortimer.» Xesús Fraga, La Voz de Galicia «Qué fantásticos los outsiders de Anne Tyler. [...] Un relato adecuado y profundo [de la mano de una] observadora nata de la ternura infinita.» Anna Carreras, Ara «Tyler mantiene el pulso de su genio [y] vuelve a demostrar que es uno de los verdaderos tesoros de la literatura actual y que sus virtudes de retratista emocional de sus personajes excéntricos aportan una visión irónica y benevolente.» Francisco Millet Alcoba, La Opinión de Málaga «Tyler exhibe maestría.» Mey Zamora, La Vanguardia «Una Jane Austen contemporánea en Baltimore. [...] Hay autores que nunca fallan. Volver a ellos es como volver a casa o reencontrarse con un viejo amigo.» Público «En esta novela de Anne Tyler, no hay complicaciones de trama, de estructura o de escritura. Todo es tan normal como la vida que aparece por ella. Personajes sencillos que lidian con el mundo interior común a todos. Sentimientos que desencadenan la soledad, las relaciones con los demás, con el pasado, con lo inesperado, pero todo ello con una finura en una prosa sencilla.» Pedro Antonio López Gayarre, El Español"

Anne Tyler (Author), Jorge Durán (Narrator)

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Redhead by the Side of the Road: A BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOKER PRIZE GEM

"Brought to you by Penguin. From the bestselling author of A Spool of Blue Thread: an offbeat love story about mis-steps, second chances and the elusive art of human connection Micah Mortimer isn’t the most polished person you’ll ever meet. His numerous sisters and in-laws regard him oddly but very fondly, but he has his ways and means of navigating the world. He measures out his days running errands for work – his TECH HERMIT sign cheerily displayed on the roof of his car – maintaining an impeccable cleaning regime and going for runs (7:15, every morning). He is content with the steady balance of his life. But then the order of things starts to tilt. His woman friend Cassia (he refuses to call anyone in her late thirties a ‘girlfriend’) tells him she’s facing eviction because of a cat. And when a teenager shows up at Micah’s door claiming to be his son, Micah is confronted with another surprise he seems poorly equipped to handle. Redhead by the Side of the Road is an intimate look into the heart and mind of a man who sometimes finds those around him just out of reach – and a love story about the differences that make us all unique. © Anne Tyler 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020"

Anne Tyler (Author), Macleod Andrews (Narrator)

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The Clock Winder

"Brought to you by Penguin. The audio edition of The Clock Winder by Anne Tyler. 'Her brilliance in capturing the ripples on the surface of family life gives her a claim to be the Jane Austen of our age' - Allison Pearson, Daily Mail Having sacked her handyman, newly-widowed Mrs Emerson finds a replacement in Elizabeth, a lanky, awkward girl. The Emersons - there are seven grown-up children - have a reputation for craziness and Elizabeth finds herself drawn into their disorderly lives against her will. But in the end it is hard to tell whether she is a victim of the needy Emersons, or the de facto ruler of the family. OVER A MILLION ANNE TYLER BOOKS SOLD ‘She’s changed my perception on life’ Anna Chancellor ‘One of my favourite authors ’ Liane Moriarty ‘She spins gold' Elizabeth Buchan ‘Anne Tyler has no peer’ Anita Shreve ‘My favourite writer, and the best line-and-length novelist in the world’ Nick Hornby ‘A masterly author’ Sebastian Faulks ‘Tyler is not merely good, she is wickedly good’ John Updike ‘I love Anne Tyler’ Anita Brookner ‘Her fiction has strength of vision, originality, freshness, unconquerable humour’ Eudora Welty"

Anne Tyler (Author), Suzanne Pirret (Narrator)

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Searching For Caleb

"Brought to you by Penguin. The audio edition of Searching for Caleb by Anne Tyler. Ranging from the ragtime era to small-town America in the seventies, Searching for Caleb is a moving quest for a family's deepest roots - and a haunting story of growing up and breaking away, acceptance and rebellion. OVER A MILLION ANNE TYLER BOOKS SOLD ‘She’s changed my perception on life’ Anna Chancellor ‘One of my favourite authors ’ Liane Moriarty ‘She spins gold' Elizabeth Buchan ‘Anne Tyler has no peer’ Anita Shreve ‘My favourite writer, and the best line-and-length novelist in the world’ Nick Hornby ‘A masterly author’ Sebastian Faulks ‘Tyler is not merely good, she is wickedly good’ John Updike ‘I love Anne Tyler’ Anita Brookner ‘Her fiction has strength of vision, originality, freshness, unconquerable humour’ Eudora Welty"

Anne Tyler (Author), Amy Finegan (Narrator)

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Morgan's Passing

"Brought to you by Penguin. The audio edition of Morgan's Passing by Anne Tyler. Morgan Gower has an outsize hairy beard, an array of peculiar costumes and fantastic headwear, and a serious smoking habit. He likes to pretend to be other people - a jockey, a shipping magnate, a foreign art dealer - and he likes to do this more and more since his massive brood of daughters are all growing up, getting married and finding him embarrassing. Then comes his first dramatic encounter with Emily and Leon Meredith, and the start of an extraordinary obsession. OVER A MILLION ANNE TYLER BOOKS SOLD ‘She’s changed my perception on life’ Anna Chancellor ‘One of my favourite authors ’ Liane Moriarty ‘She spins gold' Elizabeth Buchan ‘Anne Tyler has no peer’ Anita Shreve ‘My favourite writer, and the best line-and-length novelist in the world’ Nick Hornby ‘A masterly author’ Sebastian Faulks ‘Tyler is not merely good, she is wickedly good’ John Updike ‘I love Anne Tyler’ Anita Brookner ‘Her fiction has strength of vision, originality, freshness, unconquerable humour’ Eudora Welty"

Anne Tyler (Author), Nathan Osgood (Narrator)

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Celestial Navigation

"Brought to you by Penguin. Jeremy is a child-like, painfully shy batchelor who has never left home. He lives on the third floor of his mother's boarding house and spends his days cutting up coloured paper to make mosaic sculptures - until the day his mother dies and the beautiful Mary Tell arrives to turn his world upside down. From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Amateur Marriage and Digging to America. OVER A MILLION ANNE TYLER BOOKS SOLD ‘She’s changed my perception on life’ Anna Chancellor ‘One of my favourite authors ’ Liane Moriarty ‘She spins gold' Elizabeth Buchan ‘Anne Tyler has no peer’ Anita Shreve ‘My favourite writer, and the best line-and-length novelist in the world’ Nick Hornby ‘A masterly author’ Sebastian Faulks ‘Tyler is not merely good, she is wickedly good’ John Updike ‘I love Anne Tyler’ Anita Brookner ‘Her fiction has strength of vision, originality, freshness, unconquerable humour’ Eudora Welty"

Anne Tyler (Author), Amy Finegan, Barbara Barnes, Francine Brody, Julie Rogers, Tara Ward (Narrator)

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Earthly Possessions

"Brought to you by Penguin. For thirty-five year old Charlotte Emory, leaving her husband seems to offer the only way out from the mundaneness of every day life's earthly possessions and emotional complications. In the bank, she withdraws enough money to escape a life and a marriage gone sour. But Charlotte is about to escape in a way she never expected, as a young bank robber takes her hostage, and they head south for Florida in a stolen car. OVER A MILLION ANNE TYLER BOOKS SOLD ‘She’s changed my perception on life’ Anna Chancellor ‘One of my favourite authors ’ Liane Moriarty ‘She spins gold' Elizabeth Buchan ‘Anne Tyler has no peer’ Anita Shreve ‘My favourite writer, and the best line-and-length novelist in the world’ Nick Hornby ‘A masterly author’ Sebastian Faulks ‘Tyler is not merely good, she is wickedly good’ John Updike ‘I love Anne Tyler’ Anita Brookner ‘Her fiction has strength of vision, originality, freshness, unconquerable humour’ Eudora Welty"

Anne Tyler (Author), Kate Handford (Narrator)

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