The Rachel Papers

Released: September 29, 2026
Length: 8 hrs 22 mins
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Publisher: Macmillan Audio

Follow Martin Amis View on Audible amazon apple

In Martin Amis's debut novel, The Rachel Papers, we follow Charles Highway, a bright and self-absorbed Oxford student, as he navigates the complexities of love and desire on the cusp of adulthood. Set against the backdrop of his impending university life, Charles becomes infatuated with the enigmatic Rachel Noyes, prompting him to create detailed plans to win her over. This insightful and humorous tale captures the tumultuous experience of first love, revealing the passions and pitfalls of youth. With a new introduction by Paul Murray, this audiobook offers an unfiltered look at the awkwardness and intensity of adolescent romance.

bildungsroman humor satire literary fiction

RecentAudiobook tracks Martin Amis and over 144,000 other authors for new releases.

Follow the authors you love and hear about every new audiobook the day it lands.

Get started Browse authors

The Rachel Papers

Martin Amis

The Pregnant Widow

Martin Amis

Alex vs Axel: The Thief of Time

Sam Copeland, Dotty Sutton

Spontaneous Acts

Yoko Tawada

The Ultimate Classics Collection – Volume Five: 13 Novels from Twain, Austen, Proust, Dumas, Gaskell, Dickens, & More

Jules Verne, Charles Dickens, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Leo Tolstoy, Mark Twain, Marcel Proust, Elizabeth Gaskell, Horace Walpole, Émile Zola, Jane Austen, H. G. Wells, Charlotte Brontë, Alexandre Dumas, Jerome K. Jerome, H.G. Wells, Jerome K Jerome, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Herbert George Wells, Jules Scott Verne

The 19th Century Classics Collection: 13 Stories From Tolstoy, Brontë, Dickens, Dostoyevsky, Eliot, Verne, & Much More

Jules Verne, Charles Dickens, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Leo Tolstoy, Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, Thomas Hardy, George Eliot, H.G. Wells, Anne Brontë, Bram Stoker, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Herbert George Wells, Jules Scott Verne

Cover of The Ultimate Modern Classics Collection: Volume 2 - 23 Novels and Stories from E. M. Forster, William Faulkner, Thomas Mann, Dorothy L. Sayers, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Agatha Christie, Virginia Woolf, James Joyce, & Much More

The Ultimate Modern Classics Collection: Volume 2 - 23 Novels and Stories from E. M. Forster, William Faulkner, Thomas Mann, Dorothy L. Sayers, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Agatha Christie, Virginia Woolf, James Joyce, & Much More

James Joyce, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Virginia Woolf, E. M. Forster, Thomas Mann, Hermann Hesse, Agatha Christie, Ernest Hemingway, Henry James, Somerset Maughm, William Faulkner, Dorothy L. Sayers, Willa Cather, E. F. Benson, James Weldon Johnson, E.F. Benson, F Scott Fitzgerald, William Somerset Maugham

The Rachel Papers