Science & Technology bestsellers

Everything Is Tuberculosis

The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection

By: John Green
Narrated by: John Green
Length: 5 hours 35 minutes

“Only John Green could infuse a book about tuberculosis with poignant observations on human nature and humor, all while humanizing those who suffer from the disease. This is a quick listen, yet you'll walk away with so much context for the ongoing fight against tuberculosis. Read more

Careless People

A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism

By: Sarah Wynn-Williams
Narrated by: Sarah Wynn-Williams
Length: 13 hours 15 minutes

“An explosive memoir charting one woman’s career at the heart of one of the most influential companies on the planet, Careless People gives you a front-row seat to Facebook, the decisions that have shaped world events in recent decades, and the people who made them. Publisher Flatiron Books says that Sarah Wynn-Williams’ Careless People sold... Read more

Braiding Sweetgrass

Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants

By: Robin Wall Kimmerer
Narrated by: Robin Wall Kimmerer
Length: 16 hours 44 minutes

“This is so inspirational and informative. A collection of essays that are wonderful to listen to. Read more

The Anxious Generation

How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness

By: Jonathan Haidt
Narrated by: Sean Pratt & Jonathan Haidt
Length: 10 hours 32 minutes

“Raising kids in the digital age is no easy feat. For current or aspiring parents, this book provides some absolutely essential information on the current crisis with kids and how to get out of it. Read more

The Serviceberry

By: Robin Wall Kimmerer
Narrated by: Robin Wall Kimmerer
Length: 1 hour 56 minutes

“Fans of Braiding Sweetgrass, rejoice! Robin Wall Kimmerer has blessed us with a compulsively shareable contemplation of nature’s exquisite gift economy and how it can inspire us to imagine and act toward a saner, more sustainable, equitable, and joyful biophilic economy. As I was reading, I kept feeling that a new classic had arrived in the nick... Read more

Lights On

How Understanding Consciousness Helps Us Understand the Universe

By: Annaka Harris
Narrated by: Annaka Harris
Length: 11 hours 9 minutes

“Consciousness might be the greatest mystery of the universe, and Annaka Harris is our best detective… You’ll never think about what happens between your ears in the same way again.” —Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again

“Follow along as Annaka Harris interviews (and graciously challenges) the world’s leading... Read more

The Age of Magical Overthinking

Notes on Modern Irrationality

By: Amanda Montell
Narrated by: Amanda Montell
Length: 6 hours 5 minutes

“Exploring our current culture of overthinking and the language surrounding it, these essays are fascinating and enlightening. Peppered with anecdotes and self-evaluation, this is the book Montell was meant to write. Read more

Unmasking for Life

The Autistic Person's Guide to Connecting, Loving, and Living Authentically

By: Devon Price, PhD
Narrated by: Devon Price, PhD
Length: 10 hours 1 minute

Live your best, unashamedly unmasked Autistic life with this invaluable resource featuring tools for navigating friendships, family, work, and love, from the author of Unmasking Autism.

“Unmasking for Life should be read by not only autistic people but their loved ones, to ensure they facilitate a truly fulfilling life.”—Eric Garcia, author of... Read more

Challenger

A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

By: Adam Higginbotham
Narrated by: Jacques Roy
Length: 17 hours 9 minutes

“Absolutely loved this one. Excellent deep dive into NASA, space, and hubris. Read more

Sociopath

A Memoir

By: Patric Gagne
Narrated by: Patric Gagne
Length: 11 hours 6 minutes

“I picked this audiobook on a whim, but I got so into it that the next day I was telling all my coworkers about Patric Gagne's life. She reads it herself and does a great job, which really makes the audiobook version special. If you're neurodivergent, this book will make you feel less alone. Otherwise, it's a captivating memoir that'll expand... Read more

The Body Keeps the Score

Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

By: Bessel van der Kolk, M.D.
Narrated by: Sean Pratt
Length: 16 hours 15 minutes

“A beautiful dissection of trauma and its effects on the brain. One of the world’s foremost experts on trauma uses recent studies to show how trauma reshapes parts of us. The author frames trauma in a whole new way and makes you really consider the true definition of it. This book outlines how the traumas people carry can impact their capacity to... Read more

How to Keep House While Drowning

A Gentle Approach to Cleaning and Organizing

By: KC Davis
Narrated by: KC Davis & Dr. Raquel Martin
Length: 3 hours 3 minutes

“Amazing book to help reframe how we "should" maintain the cleanliness of our lives to making our spaces work for us. Read more

How Fascism Works

The Politics of Us and Them

By: Jason Stanley
Narrated by: MacLeod Andrews
Length: 5 hours 44 minutes

“With unsettling insight and disturbing clarity, How Fascism Works is an essential guidebook to our current national dilemma of democracy vs. authoritarianism.”—Jelani Cobb, New Yorker staff writer

“No single book is as relevant to the present moment.”—Claudia Rankine, author of Citizen

NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS’ CHOICE • A Yale... Read more

Raising Hare

A Memoir

By: Chloe Dalton
Narrated by: Louise Brealey
Length: 6 hours 26 minutes

“Dalton’s prose is as light and quick-footed as the hare who lives with her. She captures everything I love about good nature writing: observations that leave you with a new sense of astonishment and appreciation for the small lives interwoven with our own. Read more

Nexus

A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI

By: Yuval Noah Harari
Narrated by: Vidish Athavale
Length: 17 hours 27 minutes

“Rich with history and analysis, yet always accessible, this “brief history of information networks,” is much more. Touching religion, ancient Rome and China, Stalinism, and current events, this is more accurately a “brief history” of how information networks create power. Pitting democracy against totalitarianism, Harari utilizes a global... Read more

You Didn't Hear This From Me

(Mostly) True Notes on Gossip

By: Kelsey McKinney
Narrated by: Kelsey McKinney
Length: 7 hours 14 minutes

“Brilliant! I have been a fan of the "Normal Gossip" podcast for a while now, but this book completely exceeded my expectations. McKinney offers nuance, research, and humor as she weaves an engaging sociological exposé on an often unjustly maligned habit. She covers everything from the communal aspect of gossip to "Mean Girls;" from parasociality... Read more

Four Thousand Weeks

Time Management for Mortals

By: Oliver Burkeman
Narrated by: Oliver Burkeman
Length: 6 hours 13 minutes

“Burkeman’s title emphasizes that if we make it to 80 years of age, we live roughly four thousand weeks. That intro alone sounds pretty sobering, but Burkeman takes us through philosophers’ and scientists’ wisdom across centuries with conclusions that are very optimistic. Burke reassures us with stories such as the American who in 1969 went... Read more

The Dawn of Everything

A New History of Humanity

By: David Graeber & David Wengrow
Narrated by: Mark Williams
Length: 24 hours 19 minutes

“What do you do when a 700-page book about the entirety of human history has been sitting unopened on your desk for weeks, taunting you every time you pass it because you know you're going to love it but, man, it's intimidating? You download the audiobook. I've been listening to this radical, invigorating reexamination of the history of... Read more

Outlive

The Science and Art of Longevity

By: Peter Attia, MD
Narrated by: Peter Attia, MD
Length: 17 hours 7 minutes

“An important and readable book by longevity expert Dr. Peter Attia. He explains Medicine 3.0, the Four Horsemen, and how we can think about long-term health in a different way in order to create our best health path. This book could change your life. Read more

Why Fish Don't Exist

A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life

By: Lulu Miller
Narrated by: Lulu Miller
Length: 4 hours 55 minutes

“In this masterful biography turned memoir, Lulu Miller explores the life of David Starr Jordan, a taxonomist responsible for naming most fish species worldwide. However, what is so brilliant about this title is how Miller takes us on this journey of scientific and self-discovery; she reckons with our collective past while discovering her own. It... Read more

How Far the Light Reaches

A Life in Ten Sea Creatures

By: Sabrina Imbler
Narrated by: Sabrina Imbler
Length: 5 hours 40 minutes

“Imbler’s full-length debut is as much about their personal evolution as a queer, mixed race writer as it is an exploration of the deep sea creatures whose eccentricities inspire them. Imbler's tender approach and tactile prose toggles between expansive aquatic research and personal experiences, expanding the portrait of our world as we know it... Read more

Unmasking Autism

Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity

By: Devon Price, PhD
Narrated by: Devon Price, PhD
Length: 9 hours 51 minutes

A deep dive into the spectrum of Autistic experience and the phenomenon of masked Autism, giving individuals the tools to safely uncover their true selves while broadening society’s narrow understanding of neurodiversity

“A remarkable work that will stand at the forefront of the neurodiversity movement.”—Barry M. Prizant, PhD, CCC-SLP, author of... Read more

Sapiens

A Brief History of Humankind

By: Yuval Noah Harari
Narrated by: Derek Perkins
Length: 15 hours 17 minutes

“Harari's brilliant cross-discipline synthesis of humanity's last 100,000 year story arc is sweeping and brilliant. I would almost use a phrase usually reserved for beach read thrillers-it's a page-turner. Rarely does a book stir up conversation in academic circles while still being so accessible to a general audience. That a history book has... Read more

How to Be Perfect

The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question

By: Michael Schur
Narrated by: Michael Schur, Kristen Bell, D'Arcy Carden, Ted Danson, William Jackson Harper, Manny Jacinto, Marc Evan Jackson, Jameela Jamil & Todd May
Length: 9 hours 13 minutes

“Who doesn’t need a little guidance on this topic, right? Michael Schur discusses what can be a weighty topic (that is often presented somewhat dryly) with wit and humor. I have to say, I prefer the audio version of this book. The tone and style are so engaging, and that aforementioned humor is highlighted in a way that I sometimes missed reading... Read more

Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party

How an Eccentric Group of Victorians Discovered Prehistoric Creatures and Accidentally Upended the World

By: Edward Dolnick
Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
Length: 8 hours 50 minutes

“A historical adventure about Victorian pioneers who uncovered dinosaur fossils and reshaped our understanding of Earth’s history. Focusing on eccentric figures like Mary Anning, William Buckland, and Richard Owen as they transform how we view the prehistoric world, this is an entertaining look at how the discovery of ancient fossils... Read more

On Animals

By: Susan Orlean
Narrated by: Susan Orlean
Length: 10 hours

“Listening to the audiobook was like listening to a podcast on animals, episodic and entertaining. New Yorker staff writer Susan Orlean writes about animals in such a loving way. The personalities of each creature shines through. Highly recommend if you love creatures big and small. Read more

Doppelganger

A Trip into the Mirror World

By: Naomi Klein
Narrated by: Naomi Klein
Length: 14 hours 47 minutes

“Born out of the author’s constantly being confused with the feminist-turned-conspiracy theorist Naomi Wolf, Doppelganger examines the concept of doubles and mirroring in art and in life, with special focus on disinformation and the MAGA movement. Klein illustrates how ideas throughout history have been co-opted by opposing factions to create... Read more

The Light Eaters

How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth

By: Zoë Schlanger
Narrated by: Zoë Schlanger
Length: 10 hours 56 minutes

“The botanists are beginning to think there may be a plant consciousness and I am simply overwhelmed by this information. Super fascinating and highly readable account of the massive shifts happening in plant science. Read more

Think Again

The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know

By: Adam Grant
Narrated by: Adam Grant
Length: 6 hours 40 minutes

“In an increasingly polarized world, open-mindedness and intellectual flexibility are so important. Learn how to unlearn and rethink. Stay curious! Read more

How to Know a Person

The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen

By: David Brooks
Narrated by: David Brooks
Length: 7 hours 27 minutes

“Brooks went from zero to hero in my mind. His deep research and obvious self-reflection glows in this book. I not only have new terminology to grapple with people who don't listen, but also used his story telling inquiry for richer conversations with my family. Read more

The Ministry for the Future

A Novel

By: Kim Stanley Robinson
Narrated by: Jennifer Fitzgerald, Fajer Al-Kaisi, Ramon de Ocampo, Gary Bennett, Raphael Corkhill, Barrie Kreinik, Natasha Soudek, Nikki Massoud, Joniece Abbott Pratt, Inés del Castillo & Vikas Adam
Length: 20 hours 42 minutes

“This hearty work of hard science fiction has been the antidote to my climate change despair. As a novel, it is good. As a thought experiment in imagining a near future in which humanity averts complete disaster and begins the transformation into an ecologically humane civilization—it is a masterpiece. Is it possible that we’ll overcome the... Read more

Together

The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World

By: Vivek H. Murthy
Narrated by: Vivek H. Murthy
Length: 10 hours 52 minutes

“Dramatic in both its scope and the frightening truths it reveals about loneliness and its effects, "Together" is a book that should be required reading for every teacher, community leader, healthcare practitioner, and mental health specialist. Dr. Murthy's introduction to the audiobook reveals that he did the research and writing well before the... Read more

The Will to Change

Men, Masculinity, and Love

By: bell hooks
Narrated by: Janina Edwards
Length: 6 hours 5 minutes

“A book which wonderfully articulates how contemporary perceptions and internalisations of unexamined masculinity are damaging men, how men are themselves victim of patriarchal structures too, and how the rest of society suffer because of it. A fantastic read for anyone who man exploring feelings of angst, anger, and isolation. Read more

Good Inside

A Guide to Becoming the Parent You Want to Be

By: Becky Kennedy
Narrated by: Becky Kennedy
Length: 9 hours 55 minutes

INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An Instant Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Indie Bestseller“This book is for any parent who has ever struggled under the substantial weight of caregiving—which is to say, all of us. Good Inside is not only a wise and practical guide to raising resilient, emotionally healthy kids, it’s also a supportive... Read more

Tiny Experiments

How to Live Freely in a Goal-Obsessed World

By: Anne-Laure Le Cunff
Narrated by: Anne-Laure Le Cunff
Length: 6 hours 25 minutes

"I loved this profound, practical, and generous book." —Oliver Burkeman

A transformative guide to rethinking our approach to goals, creativity, and life itself from a neuroscientist and entrepreneur, and the creator of the popular Ness Labs newsletter

Life isn’t linear, and yet we constantly try to mold it around linear goals: four-year college... Read more

The End of Everything

(Astrophysically Speaking)

By: Katie Mack
Narrated by: Gabra Zackman & Katie Mack
Length: 6 hours 21 minutes

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK * AN NPR SCIENCE FRIDAY BOOK CLUB SELECTION* NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST, THE ECONOMIST, NEW SCIENTIST, PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, and THE GUARDIAN

From the cohost of the podcast The Universe with John Green and one of the most dynamic stars in astrophysics, an “engrossing, elegant” (The New York... Read more

Breath

The New Science of a Lost Art

By: James Nestor
Narrated by: James Nestor
Length: 7 hours 18 minutes

“An important book for all to listen to or read. Something as simple as how we breathe, is so important to our overall health. This book breaks down the research of why the breath is important and gives you practice exercises at the end. Read more

The Backyard Bird Chronicles

By: Amy Tan
Narrated by: Amy Tan & Evan Sibley
Length: 6 hours 28 minutes

“As a bookseller, I often have customers ask me for something soothing - a calm book they can put on before bed or when they're trying to relax. This fits into that category perfectly. Amy lends her novelist eye to documenting her backyard bird dramas in this intimate, journal-like book. Great for anybody that is into nature, birds, art, etc.... Read more

The Art of Gathering

How We Meet and Why It Matters

By: Priya Parker
Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
Length: 9 hours 20 minutes

“Whether you're running a classroom, holding a meeting, or hosting a party, this book from Priya Parker offers a ton of insight on what makes a good gathering. Read more

The Myth of Normal

Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture

By: Gabor Maté, MD & Daniel Maté
Narrated by: Daniel Maté
Length: 18 hours 12 minutes

“A must read for fans of The Body Keeps the Scoreand anyone interested in the science and literature of trauma (should be us all!), The Myth of Normal is a moving, groundbreaking, and holistic exploration of just how sick 'normal' is, the connection between the mind, personality, experiences, culture and the body, and ways to move forward and... Read more

An Immense World

How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us

By: Ed Yong
Narrated by: Ed Yong
Length: 14 hours 17 minutes

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A “thrilling” (The New York Times), “dazzling” (The Wall Street Journal) tour of the radically different ways that animals perceive the world that will fill you with wonder and forever alter your perspective, by Pulitzer Prize–winning science journalist Ed Yong
 
“One of this year’s finest works of narrative... Read more

What If We Get It Right?

Visions of Climate Futures

By: Ayana Elizabeth Johnson
Narrated by: Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, Ayisha Siddiqa, Jacqueline Woodson & Steve Connell
Length: 21 hours 3 minutes

“An excellent book about various aspects of climate change: scientific, social, political. Author Ayana Elizabeth Johnson recorded all of her interviews, so each one is in the interviewee’s own voice. I learned a lot about the work different activists are doing around climate! Johnson also shares actionable advice to help the reader learn what... Read more

Stolen Focus

Why You Can't Pay Attention--and How to Think Deeply Again

By: Johann Hari
Narrated by: Johann Hari
Length: 10 hours 21 minutes

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Our ability to pay attention is collapsing. From the author of Chasing the Scream and Lost Connections comes a groundbreaking examination of why this is happening—and how to get our attention back.

“The book the world needs in order to win the war on distraction.”—Adam Grant, author of Think Again

“Read this book to... Read more

Sitting Pretty

The View from My Ordinary, Resilient, Disabled Body

By: Rebekah Taussig
Narrated by: Rebekah Taussig
Length: 7 hours 33 minutes

A memoir-in-essays from disability advocate and creator of the Instagram account @sitting_pretty Rebekah Taussig, processing a lifetime of memories to paint a beautiful, nuanced portrait of a body that looks and moves differently than most.Growing up as a paralyzed girl during the 90s and early 2000s, Rebekah Taussig only saw disability depicted... Read more

Why We Sleep

Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams

By: Matthew Walker
Narrated by: Steve West
Length: 13 hours 51 minutes

“If I told you scientists discovered a revolutionary new treatment that makes you live longer, enhances your memory, makes you more creative, protects you from cancer and dementia, wards off colds and the flu, lowers your risk of heart attacks and stroke, and makes you feel happier and less anxious, would you be interested? This striking... Read more

The Body

A Guide for Occupants

By: Bill Bryson
Narrated by: Bill Bryson
Length: 14 hours 4 minutes

“At home while peeling wallpaper or making diner—or just closing my eyes for a while—a non-fiction audio book is a perfect companion, especially if it’s teaching me something as well as being entertaining. The Body: A Guide For Occupants by Bill Bryson, narrated by Bill Bryson, is exactly that kind of book. Bryson’s voice is genial, sometimes... Read more

Dopamine Nation

Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence

By: Dr. Anna Lembke
Narrated by: Dr. Anna Lembke
Length: 6 hours 11 minutes

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES and LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER
“Brilliant . . . riveting, scary, cogent, and cleverly argued.”—Beth Macy, author of Dopesick,
as heard on Fresh Air

This book is about pleasure. It’s also about pain. Most important, it’s about how to find the delicate balance between the two, and why now more than ever finding balance is... Read more

The Singularity Is Nearer

When We Merge with AI

By: Ray Kurzweil
Narrated by: Adam Barr
Length: 10 hours 25 minutes

“A nuanced optimistic take on the overall benefits of technology of the past, present, and future. Read more

What Happened to You?

Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing

By: Oprah Winfrey & Bruce D. Perry
Narrated by: Bruce D. Perry & Oprah Winfrey
Length: 8 hours 27 minutes

“A must read. Even better as an audio book - but grab a physical copy to jot notes in! Read more

Gathering Moss

A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses

By: Robin Wall Kimmerer
Narrated by: Robin Wall Kimmerer
Length: 7 hours 46 minutes

“Very helpful for the construction of my moss habitat! Read more