• Fifty Shades of Grey

  • Book One of the Fifty Shades Trilogy
  • By: E. L. James
  • Narrated by: Becca Battoe
  • Length: 19 hrs and 48 mins
  • 3.9 out of 5 stars (37,743 ratings)

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Fifty Shades of Grey

By: E. L. James
Narrated by: Becca Battoe
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Publisher's summary

More than 150 million copies sold worldwide.

When literature student Anastasia Steele goes to interview young entrepreneur Christian Grey, she encounters a man who is beautiful, brilliant, and intimidating. The unworldly, innocent Ana is startled to realize she wants this man and, despite his enigmatic reserve, finds she is desperate to get close to him. Unable to resist Ana’s quiet beauty, wit, and independent spirit, Grey admits he wants her, too - but on his own terms.

Shocked yet thrilled by Grey’s singular erotic tastes, Ana hesitates. For all the trappings of success - his multinational businesses, his vast wealth, his loving family - Grey is a man tormented by demons and consumed by the need to control. When the couple embarks on a daring, passionately physical affair, Ana discovers Christian Grey’s secrets and explores her own dark desires.

This audiobook is intended for mature audiences.

Look for E L James’ passionate new love story, The Mister, coming April 16, 2019.

©2011 E L James (P)2012 Random House

Critic reviews

  • Finalist, GoodReads Choice Awards, Best Romance

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another 50 shades fan, I've finally finished book

I've finally finished book 1. 1 car accident later due to blurred vision I counted on audio books...... thanks. now on to book 2

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wonderful

I love fifty shades of grey. I've read it myself and saw the movie but I wanted to read the series again before seeing the second movie but don't really have time to so audible is great to listen to while at work.

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Crazy!!!!

If I had not seen the movie, I would have been totally surprised by this book. The book is unbelievable.

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Loved it.

I read after i saw the film. Much better than than the movie! Would recommend to any woman.

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Can't stop

You have to read this book alone or at home. It's keeps you excited the entire time. The movie doesn't do it justice.

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this book was wonderful

this book was wonderful every minute letting you want more breath taking by every chapter.

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Absolutely love it!

It's my first time using this app. Love using this app. I absolutely love the book. It has so much detail. And I love the narrator's voice it fits perfectly!

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Preffer different voices for different characters

It''s distracting when a female voice is attempting to immitate a male voice. It would be significantly better to have different speakers for different characters.

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MUST BE MARKED AS ADULT MATERIAL on the label

This book wasn’t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?

not sure..someone who is abusive

What was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!)

no real ending ..maybe the next book??

Would you listen to another book narrated by Becca Battoe?

Narrator was fine

You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?

Everything was very descriptive. I am not sure if that was good or bad??

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I did not sense the direction this book took from the description of the story. It clearly defines and acknowledges abuse. My ending, which is most likely not the point of the author, would be to put on a resource for people who are in similar situations, allowing them to get help. I am glad that the ending did not include killing her. It just wasnt 'my kind of book' although I did listen to the end hoping for a turn around.

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Intriguing ...

Somewhat monotonous. I didn't understand why the audio editor found it important to the storyline effect to repeat the details of the emails sent and received between Christian and Anna. At times I found the 2 characters dialogue very common, boring and generic; making their personalities seem non-dimentional which contrasts the author's storyline of the 2 characters in the 1st place. However, intriguing insight into a world I knew nothing about.

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