Audiobooks narrated by Alix Dunmore

"Brought to you by Penguin. The brilliantly uplifting, page-turning novel from the multi-million bestselling author of Geek Girl and Reese's Book Club Pick Cassandra in Reverse. If you could see your future, how would you live now? Margot Wayward is in manically gleeful self-destruct mode. Following the implosion of a ten-year relationship, she’s wilfully derailing her successful career, joyfully taking down men on dating apps, and living in total chaos. Until one day, when Margot has a vision of herself with a man she’s never met before. She doesn’t believe in fate. But when Margot meets single-dad Henry, the vision comes true: exactly as she’d foreseen it. As her future continues to reveal itself, a glimpse at a time, Margot realises she knows exactly what’s going to happen, and when. And there’s nothing she can do to change any of it. So Margot has to decide how to live, how to love again, and how to be herself… Because if you can’t change your destiny, how on earth do you live your present? 'Everyone should read it and everyone will love it' Lindsey Kelk ‘A true delight from cover to cover' Charlotte Butterfield 'Irresistibly charming, heartbreakingly hopeful, and downright hilarious' Catherine Walsh 'Funny and tender, full of joy… a clever, surprising look at how our future selves can help us find out who we are.' Catriona Silvey 'Holly Smale never fails to make me laugh, and move me. I felt so happy when I was reading this book.' Daisy Buchanan © Holly Smale 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025"

Holly Smale (Author), Alix Dunmore (Narrator)

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High Season

"Brought to you by Penguin. In the heat of summer, the past can become hazy. . . For twenty years, Nina Drayton has told herself that she must have seen her sister, Tamara, being murdered by the family babysitter – Josie Jackson. That she doesn’t remember it because she was five, and amnesia is a normal trauma response. But now, with the anniversary of Tamara’s death approaching and true crime investigators revisiting the case, Nina finds it harder to suppress her doubts. Returning to her family’s sparkling villa on the Cote d’Azur for the first time since the murder, she wants to uncover more about the summer that changed so many lives. Because if she was wrong, then she sent an innocent woman to jail – and the real killer is still walking free. Lyrical, suspenseful and sultry, this dark examination of the fragile nature of memory is vivid and thought provoking, with all the tension and heat of a moody summer evening. Praise for Katie Bishop and High Season 'A beautiful, intricate mystery that tests the strength of memory and time . . . Complete with an exotic setting, flawed and complex characters, and spellbinding prose, High Season is an absolute masterpiece.' - Sara Ochs, author of The Resort 'I found myself devouring this tale of privilege, loss, and the slippery nature of memory. The setting is so perfectly rendered that you can almost taste the saltwater' - Ella Berman, author of Reese Witherspoon Book Club-pick Before We Were Innocent 'Beautifully written, transportive, and thought-provoking...sizzles with suspense.' - Lucy Clarke, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Castaways, on The Girls of Summer 'Startling...packs an incredible punch.' - The Times 'Lures you in then shakes you up.' - Nikki May, author of This Motherless Land © Katie Bishop 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025"

Katie Bishop (Author), Alix Dunmore (Narrator)

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Meet Me at Sunset

"Will her island escape change everything? The new captivating read from the bestselling author and beloved TV presenter ‘Glorious escapism!’ SANTA MONTEFIORE 'Utterly engaging, deliciously escapist' CATHY KELLY 'Wonderfully escapist – marvellous' ANTON DU BEKE Lies, seduction and secrets await under a Spanish sun… When Camille Fontaine arrives on the sun-drenched island of Majorca, she’s running from a shattered love affair. But even amongst the palm trees and the golden sands, she can’t forget her past. Surrounded by the glamorous and the guilty, Camille isn’t the only one with secrets to hide. Is one sunseeker hiding a dark revelation? Will a Hollywood actress risk her glittering career? Can a broken-hearted lover take a last chance at happiness? As the sun sets on their island paradise, can they escape a lifetime of secrets?"

Carol Kirkwood (Author), Alix Dunmore (Narrator)

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Me, You, Them: A Memoir of Modern Love

"Brought to you by Penguin. ‘The first time, I'm afraid: of things falling into place, of knowing deeply that this is right. That all along I've been fighting a tide that with one wave would wipe out ordinary life.’ Sheffield. 2019. Evie and her husband wait in a shopping centre coffee shop for a woman they have only ever spoken with online. When she arrives, they go to a motorway hotel together and have sex with the casual promise afterwards to meet again sometime. When they took their marriage vows, they had meant every word. So how had they drifted so far from the life they had imagined? In her lyrical meditations on the fluidity of desire, Evie offers an intimate and unfiltered look into the realities of an open marriage, challenging assumptions about love, commitment, and the societal rules that often confine us. Can you truly redefine your individual boundaries without destroying your partnership? And what does it mean to find empowerment in breaking the mould? Me, You, Them is a book about the power of the body to unlock the mind. It is about want and attraction and what defines them. It is a memoir that will dare you to reconsider the very definitions of love, desire, and the boundaries we so readily accept. ‘The rules we have lived inside are not real. I’m not sure it’s possible to go back, even if I wanted to.’ © Evie Sage 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025"

Evie Sage (Author), Alix Dunmore (Narrator)

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The Aloe

"Before she became one of the most celebrated short story writers of the 20th century, Katherine Mansfield poured her raw, unfiltered voice into The Aloe—a vivid, semi-autobiographical novella that later evolved into her renowned story, Prelude. Set in colonial New Zealand, The Aloe captures a moment of transition for the Burnell family as they move into a new home. At the heart of it all is Kezia, a perceptive young girl whose sharp eyes and quiet curiosity offer a child's view of adult tension, familial love, and the quiet dramas of everyday life. Through lush, lyrical prose, Mansfield explores the unspoken complexities of women's roles, family expectations, and inner longing—all from the inside out. This early work is not just a precursor to literary greatness; it's a quietly radical portrait of memory, growth, and the strange beauty of ordinary moments."

Katherine Mansfield (Author), Alix Dunmore (Narrator)

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The Eights

"Brought to you by Penguin. They knew they were changing history. They didn’t know they would change each other. Oxford, 1920. For the first time in its 1000-year history, the world’s most famous university has admitted female students. Giddy with dreams of equality, education and emancipation, four young women move into neighbouring rooms on Corridor Eight. They have come here from all walks of life, and they are thrown into an unlikely, life-affirming friendship. Dora was never meant to go to university, but, after losing both her brother and her fiancé on the battlefield, has arrived in their place. Beatrice, politically-minded daughter of a famous suffragette, sees Oxford as a chance to make her own way – and her own friends – for the first time. Socialite Otto fills her room with extravagant luxuries but fears they won’t be enough to distract her from her memories of the war years. And quiet, clever, Marianne, the daughter of a village vicar, arrives bearing a secret she must hide from everyone – even The Eights – if she is to succeed. But Oxford’s dreaming spires cast a dark shadow: in 1920, misogyny is still rife, influenza is still a threat, and the ghosts of the Great War are still very real indeed. And as the group navigate this tumultuous moment in time, their friendship will become more important than ever. The Eights is a captivating debut novel about sisterhood, self-determination, courage, and what it means to come of age in a world that is forever changed. ‘Entertaining and moving…I came to love these four women as though they were my sisters’ TRACY CHEVALIER ‘I ADORED it. What a fantastic read. My book of the year’ JILL MANSELL 'Beautifully captures the power of friendship ... A pleasure to read' PIP WILLIAMS, author of A Dictionary of Lost Words 'I so enjoyed The Eights' CLARE CHAMBERS, author of Small Pleasures © Joanna Miller 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025"

Joanna Miller (Author), Alix Dunmore (Narrator)

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Madame Matisse

"Brought to you by Penguin. This is the story of three women - one an orphan and refugee who finds a place in the studio of a famous French artist, the other a wife and mother who has stood by her husband for nearly forty years. The third is his daughter, caught in the crossfire between her mother and a father she adores. Amelie is first drawn to Henri Matisse as a way of escaping the conventional life expected of her. A free spirit, she sees in this budding young artist a glorious future for them both. Ambitious and driven, she gives everything for her husband's art, ploughing her own desires, her time, her money into sustaining them both, even through years of struggle and disappointment. Lydia Delectorskaya is a young Russian emigree, who fled her homeland following the death of her mother. After a fractured childhood, she is trying to make a place for herself on France's golden Riviera, amid the artists, film stars and dazzling elite. Eventually she finds employment with the Matisse family. From this point on, their lives are set on a collision course.... Marguerite is Matisse's eldest daughter. When the life of her family implodes, she must find her own way to make her mark and to navigate divided loyalties. Based on a true story, Madame Matisse is a stunning novel about drama and betrayal; emotion and sex; glamour and tragedy, all set in the hotbed of the 1930s art movement in France. In art, as in life, this a time when the rules were made to be broken... ©2024 Sophie Haydock (P)2024 Penguin Audio"

Sophie Haydock (Author), Alix Dunmore (Narrator)

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Rare Tongues: The Secret History of Hidden Languages

"An enthralling tour around the rarest languages in the world. From the whistling languages of La Gomera in the Canary Islands and the Hmong people in East and Southeast Asia, to the wars and clashes in Sri Lanka and the conservation efforts in Hawaii and New Zealand, Rare Tongues draws attention to how language and culture are becoming increasingly homogenous, and what we risk losing as a result. In Rare Tongues, linguist and writer Lorna Gibb explores the history of these languages, the cultures they belong to and the tales they tell. The languages, and the efforts being made to preserve them, offer us a glimpse into what we can learn from each of them, and what they teach us about our planet, about medicine, about indigenous culture and tradition, even the history of all mankind. At once entertaining and informative, Lorna Gibb makes a compelling case for the preservation of the rich linguistic diversity of our world, and expertly shows why it matters for us all."

Lorna Gibb (Author), Alix Dunmore (Narrator)

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Sweat

"Brought to you by Penguin. FROM THE MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF ELIZABETH IS MISSING All Liam ever wanted was to help Cassie reach her full potential; to push her body to new extremes. Exercise, determination, being the optimum versions of themselves together forever. And Liam always knew what was best. Nothing could break their intense love for one another, not Liam’s obsessive desire for physical perfection or his relentless control of every aspect of Cassie’s life. Until the day he pushes Cassie far beyond her limits, and she walks out of their flat and away from their toxic relationship for good. Two years on and Cassie is stronger, fitter, healthier than ever before. And then she sees him – Liam – those green eyes, those stirring muscles. Something inside her flips. But she holds the power now. It’s Liam’s turn to sweat. PRAISE FOR EMMA HEALEY'S ELIZABETH IS MISSING ‘Every bit as compelling as the frenzied hype suggests. Gripping, haunting’ OBSERVER ‘A riveting psychological thriller’ STYLIST ‘Utterly compelling’ ROSAMUND LUPTON ‘Will stir and shake you: the most likeably unreliable of narrators,real mystery at its compassionate core’ EMMA DONOGHUE ‘A thrillingly assured, haunting and unsettling novel, I read it at a gulp’ DEBORAH MOGGACH © Emma Healey 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025"

Emma Healey (Author), Alix Dunmore (Narrator)

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The Position of Spoons: And other intimacies

"Brought to you by Penguin. From twice Booker-shortlisted author Deborah Levy, a moving and revelatory collection exploring the muses that have shaped her life and work as a writer In The Position of Spoons, Deborah Levy invites the reader into the interiors of her world, sharing her most intimate thoughts and experiences, as she traces and measures her life against the backdrop of the literary and artistic muses that have shaped her. From Marguerite Duras to Colette and Ballard, and from Lee Miller to Francesca Woodman and Paula Rego, we can relish here the richness of their work and, in turn the richness of the author’s own. Each page draws upon Levy’s life in exalting ways, encapsulating the wonderful precision and astonishing depth of her writing, as she seamlessly shifts between and meditates on questions of mortality, language, suburbia, gender, consumerism and the poetics of every day living. From the child born in South Africa, to her teenage years in Britain, to her travels across the world as a young woman, each page is a beautiful, tender composition of the questioning self: a portrait of Deborah Levy’s writing life and intellectual vitality in all of its dimensions. © Deborah Levy 2024 (P) Penguin Audio 2024"

Deborah Levy (Author), Alix Dunmore (Narrator)

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The Group: THE NUMBER ONE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER

"A SEARING HOT SUMMER READ FOR FANS OF SALTBURN AND THE TALENTED MR RIPLEY. 'Addictive, evocative and effortlessly stylish' Culturefly | 'Very much for fans of The Secret History . . . glamorous' Pandora Sykes | 'A cool smart choice for the beach this summer' Daily Mail When Hanna moves to Spain for an internship at the prestigious Prado gallery, she finds herself spending her days buried in the museum's stifling archives, and her nights alone in a tiny rented flat. Then one day she sees them; Tom, Samuel, and Leah. Glamorous and elegant, they are also foreigners in the city. But unlike her they are fabulously wealthy, their lives an endless whirl of creativity and hedonism. And when Hanna discovers an uncatalogued 17th century etching in the archive, she makes a decision which changes everything . . . Taking us from the sultry streets of Madrid to the gleaming world of Mediterranean luxury villas and exclusive art world parties, The Group is a timeless story of hidden identity and obsession. (Translated by Rachel Willson-Broyles)."

Sigge Eklund (Author), Alix Dunmore (Narrator)

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Our Holiday

"A gripping, twisty bestseller, longlisted for the 2025 Theakston’s Crime Novel of the Year Award and a Richard & Judy Book Club pick Shortlisted for the 2025 New York Festivals Awards – Audiobooks Ensemble 'Riveting' THE TIMES ‘A stylish, sun-soaked thriller… Our Holiday is destined to be THE summer read’ Janice Hallett 'The perfect summer thriller' T.M. Logan ‘Brilliant and current…Louise Candlish at her best, a perfect read for the summer' B A Paris A Richard and Judy Book Club Pick: 'We both loved this sizzling summer scorcher of a book' Charlotte and Perry long for summers at Cliff View, their gorgeous holiday home overlooking the turquoise waters of Pine Ridge. And now that city friends Amy and Linus have bought a property nearby, they plan lazy weeks of sun, sea and sipping rosé on Charlotte’s summerhouse veranda. But there’s trouble in paradise… A rising tide of resentment towards second-home owners is heading their way and small acts of criminal damage are escalating into something more menacing. By the end of the summer, families and friendships will be torn apart and Pine Ridge will be known for more than its sun-drenched beaches. It will be known for murder… Praise for Our Holiday: 'A superstar of psychological thrillers' DAILY MAIL ‘Scorching’ THE SUN ‘An unmissable summer read’ HEAT ‘Smart, sharp and suspenseful’ Adele Parks, PLATINUM ‘Tense and gripping’ WOMAN’S OWN ‘This is psychological suspense at its finest’ WOMAN&HOME ‘Stands out for its wit, plotting and consideration of serious social issues… This is a novel that offers all kinds of pleasure – and a warning for anyone who thinks that family holidays will provide rest and relaxation’ LITERARY REVIEW ‘Nobody combines social tensions and murderous thrills quite like Louise Candlish' Abigail Dean ‘A taut, twisting psychological thriller that grabs hold of you and never lets go… Louise Candlish never disappoints’ Tim Weaver ‘Another slice of compelling, gripping escapism from Louise Candlish. Absolutely loved it’ Jane Fallon"

Louise Candlish (Author), Alix Dunmore, Dawn Murphy, George Naylor, Lily Anne Lefkow, Richard Attlee, Tom Babbage (Narrator)

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Audiobooks Narrated by Alix Dunmore