Julian Barnes
Pulse
The Best Fiction Podcasts for Listeners Who Love a Good Story
You can’t beat a good story. Luckily, humans are great at storytelling, and the best fiction podcasts are all the proof that the modern listener requires. Get the popcorn ready; it’s storytime.
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A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters
- Written by: Julian Barnes
- Narrated by: Alex Jennings
- Length: 10 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 8
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 7
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7
An entertaining melange of stories starting with a contemporary account of the launch of Noah's Ark takes us into unexpected areas of human foibles, activities, and tendencies....
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A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters
- Narrated by: Alex Jennings
- Length: 10 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 2007-10-01
- Language: English
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The Sense of an Ending
- Written by: Julian Barnes
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 4 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 21
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 15
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 16
Tony and his clique first met Adrian at school. Sex-hungry and book-hungry, they would navigate the girl-less sixth form together, trading in affectations, in-jokes, rumour, and wit. Maybe Adrian was a little more serious than the others, but they all swore to stay friends for life....
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The Sense of an Ending
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 4 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 2020-03-16
- Language: English
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The Only Story
- A Novel
- Written by: Julian Barnes
- Narrated by: Guy Mott
- Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 16
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Story4 out of 5 stars 14
From the Man Booker Prize-winning author of The Sense of An Ending, a novel about a young man on the cusp of adulthood and a woman who has long been there, a love story shot through with sheer beauty, profound sadness, and deep truth....
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2 out of 5 stars
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Bad Choice !
- By Anonymous User on 2019-08-24
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The Only Story
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Guy Mott
- Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 2018-04-17
- Language: English
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Pulse
- Written by: Julian Barnes
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 6 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2
In these 14 brilliant stories, the Man Booker Prize-winning author of The Sense of an Ending examines longing and loss, friendship and love, the historical past and contemporary life - all with his trademark wit and sharply observant eye.
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Pulse
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 6 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 2021-06-01
- Language: English
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The Noise of Time
- Written by: Julian Barnes
- Narrated by: Daniel Philpott
- Length: 5 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 5
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 5
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Story4 out of 5 stars 5
In May 1937, a man in his early 30s waits by the lift of a Leningrad apartment block. He waits all through the night, expecting to be taken away to the Big House....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Captivating tale
- By Roger Perrault on 2018-12-21
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The Noise of Time
- Narrated by: Daniel Philpott
- Length: 5 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 2016-01-28
- Language: English
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Price: $15.03 or 1 Credit
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Arthur & George
- Written by: Julian Barnes
- Narrated by: Homer Todiwala
- Length: 17 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3
This novel is based on Arthur Conan Doyle's extraordinary real-life fight for justice. Arthur and George grow up worlds and miles apart in late 19th-century Britain: Arthur in shabby-genteel Edinburgh, George in the vicarage of a small Staffordshire village....
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Arthur & George
- Narrated by: Homer Todiwala
- Length: 17 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 2019-11-07
- Language: English
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England, England
- A Novel
- Written by: Julian Barnes
- Narrated by: Judy Geeson
- Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins
- Abridged
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Overall3 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance1.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 3
What would happen if a tycoon decided to turn England into a theme park? Before anyone can say "Windsor Castle," replicas of all of the kingdom's great landmarks—from the Tower of London and Westminster Abbey to the National Gallery and everything in between—all turn up in one place....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great book, but just read it!
- By Anonymous User on 2022-01-24
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England, England
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Judy Geeson
- Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 2023-02-22
- Language: English
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Nothing to Be Frightened Of
- Written by: Julian Barnes
- Narrated by: Julian Barnes
- Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3
Julian Barnes' new book is, among many things, a family memoir, an exchange with his brother (a philosopher), a meditation on morality and the fear of death, a celebration of art....
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Nothing to Be Frightened Of
- Narrated by: Julian Barnes
- Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 2009-03-19
- Language: English
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Levels of Life
- Written by: Julian Barnes
- Narrated by: Julian Barnes
- Length: 3 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 4
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Story4 out of 5 stars 4
"You put together two things that have not been put together before. And the world is changed"....
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Levels of Life
- Narrated by: Julian Barnes
- Length: 3 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 2013-04-04
- Language: English
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Price: $15.02 or 1 Credit
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Elizabeth Finch
- Written by: Julian Barnes
- Narrated by: Frank Arnold
- Length: 6 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance1 out of 5 stars 1
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Story1 out of 5 stars 1
Eine Hommage an die Philosophie. Neil, gescheiterter Schauspieler, Vater und Ehemann, besucht im Abendstudium eine Vorlesung zu Kultur und...
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Elizabeth Finch
- Narrated by: Frank Arnold
- Length: 6 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 2022-11-03
- Language: German
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The Man in the Red Coat
- Written by: Julian Barnes
- Narrated by: Saul Reichlin
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 11
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 11
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 10
From the Man Booker Prize-winning author of The Sense of an Ending - a rich, witty, revelatory tour of Belle Epoque Paris, via the remarkable life story of the pioneering surgeon, Samuel Pozzi....
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5 out of 5 stars
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incompetent readee
- By Ronald de Sousa on 2020-03-16
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The Man in the Red Coat
- Narrated by: Saul Reichlin
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 2020-02-18
- Language: English
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Flaubert's Parrot
- Written by: Julian Barnes
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
Julian Barnes pens a kind of detective story, relating a cranky amateur scholar’s search for the truth about Gustave Flaubert and the obsession of this detective, whose life seems to oddly mirror those of Flaubert’s characters....
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Flaubert's Parrot
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 2021-12-07
- Language: English
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The Lemon Table
- Written by: Julian Barnes
- Narrated by: Timothy West, Prunella Scales
- Length: 6 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 4
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Story5 out of 5 stars 4
A story collection that is wise, funny, clever and moving....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Another classic by Julian Barnes
- By Kate Rendham on 2020-12-27
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The Lemon Table
- Narrated by: Timothy West, Prunella Scales
- Length: 6 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 2011-01-13
- Language: English
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Something to Declare
- Written by: Julian Barnes
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 9 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
Anyone who loves France (or just feels strongly about it), or has succumbed to the spell of Julian Barnes’ previous books, will be enraptured by this collection of essays on the country and its culture....
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Something to Declare
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 9 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 2021-04-20
- Language: English
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Staring at the Sun
- Written by: Julian Barnes
- Narrated by: Polly Lee
- Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
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Story0 out of 5 stars 0
Jean Serjeant, the heroine of Julian Barnes’ wonderfully provocative novel, seems ordinary but has an extraordinary disdain for wisdom....
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Staring at the Sun
- Narrated by: Polly Lee
- Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 2020-05-18
- Language: English
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The Pedant in the Kitchen
- Written by: Julian Barnes
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 2 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2
The Pedant in the Kitchen is a perfect comfort for anyone who has ever been defeated by a cookbook....
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The Pedant in the Kitchen
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 2 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 2021-03-09
- Language: English
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Flaubert's Parrot
- Written by: Julian Barnes
- Narrated by: Julian Barnes
- Length: 2 hrs and 59 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 7
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 6
Geoffrey Braithwaite is a retired doctor haunted by an obsession with the great French literary genius, Gustave Flaubert....
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1 out of 5 stars
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Terrible Recording/great book
- By McNabb on 2022-03-01
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Flaubert's Parrot
- Narrated by: Julian Barnes
- Length: 2 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 2011-07-11
- Language: English
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Through the Window
- Written by: Julian Barnes
- Narrated by: Philip Franks
- Length: 7 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
In these 17 essays (and one short story) the 2011 Man Booker Prize winner examines British, French, and American writers who have meant most to him....
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Through the Window
- Narrated by: Philip Franks
- Length: 7 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 2013-04-04
- Language: English
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The Porcupine
- Written by: Julian Barnes
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 4 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Stoyo Petkanov, the deposed Party leader, is placed on trial for crimes that range from corruption to political murder. Petkanov's guilt - and the righteousness of his opponents - would seem to be self-evident....
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The Porcupine
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 4 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 2020-12-17
- Language: English
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Cross Channel
- Written by: Julian Barnes
- Narrated by: Polly Lee, Simon Vance
- Length: 6 hrs and 12 mins
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In his first collection of short stories, Barnes explores the narrow body of water containing the vast sea of prejudice and misapprehension which lies between England and France with acuity, humor, and compassion....
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Cross Channel
- Narrated by: Polly Lee, Simon Vance
- Length: 6 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 2020-12-18
- Language: English
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