Biography & Memoir audiobooks

Ali in Wonderland

By: Ali Wentworth

Narrated by: Ali Wentworth

Length: 5 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Mix 1 oz. Chelsea Handler, 1.5 oz. Nora Ephron, finish with a twist of Tina Fey, and you get Ali in Wonderland, the uproarious, revealing, and heartfelt memoir from acclaimed actress and comedian Ali Wentworth. Whether spilling secrets about her quintessentially WASPy upbringing (and her delicious rebellion against it), reminiscing about her... Read more

All There Is

By: David Isay

Narrated by: Various

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

StoryCorps travels America, collecting and preserving the stories of our lives. Each conversation is housed in the Library of Congress, and many are broadcast on NPR’s Morning Edition, heard by millions of listeners each week. Told from the hearts, souls, and lives of individual Americans, these stories make us laugh, cry, think, feel, and know... Read more

Hitler: History in an Hour

By: Rupert Colley

Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble

Length: 1 hour 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour. What made a failed Austrian artist into the most reviled and destructive personality of the twentieth century? Where did the seeds of his rabid anti-Semitism lie? How did a marginalized loner become such a moving force in Germany? How could a nation have fallen for such... Read more

Good in a Crisis

By: Margaret Overton

Narrated by: Margaret Overton

Length: 7 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

During the four years of physician Margaret Overton's acrimonious divorce, she dated widely and indiscriminately, determined to find her soul mate and live happily ever after. But then she discovered she had a brain aneurysm. She discovered it at a particularly awkward moment on a date with one of many Mr. Wrongs. Good in a Crisis is Overton's... Read more

Miles

By: Miles Davis

Narrated by: Dion Graham

Length: 16 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Universally acclaimed as a musical genius, Miles Davis was one of the most important and influential musicians in the world. Here, Miles speaks out about his extraordinary life.Miles: The Autobiography, like Miles himself, holds nothing back. For the first time Miles talks about his five-year silence, he speaks frankly and openly about his drug... Read more

Stephen Fry In His Own Words

By: Stephen Fry

Narrated by: Stephen Fry

Length: 44 minutes

Abridged: No

In a fascinating collection of archive interviews with the celebrated writer, presenter and polymath, you can hear - in his own words - the beliefs and aspirations that have shaped him. He talks about his upbringing, a time when Stephen admits he was a rebellious schoolboy and behaved outrageously in order to survive school, and discusses his... Read more

The Red Leather Diary

By: Lily Koppel

Narrated by: Johanna Parker

Length: 6 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

“A world straight from the pages of an F. Scott Fitzgerald novel. . . . An extraordinary story about coming of age, following your dreams and discovering (or rediscovering) who you are, were and want to be.” — ParadeRescued from a Dumpster on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, a discarded diary brings to life the glamorous, forgotten world of an... Read more

The Borgias and Their Enemies: 1431-1519

By: Christopher Hibbert

Narrated by: John Telfer

Length: 9 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

The first major biography of the Borgias in thirty years, Christopher Hibbert's latest history brings to life the family and the world they lived in: the glittering Rome of the Italian Renaissance.The name Borgia is synonymous with the corruption, nepotism, and greed that were rife in Renaissance Italy. The powerful, voracious Rodrigo Borgia,... Read more

Laurence Olivier In His Own Words

By: Laurence Olivier

Narrated by: Laurence Olivier

Length: 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Regarded by many as the greatest actor of the 20th Century, Laurence Olivier enjoyed a stellar career in film, theatre and television, winning multiple awards along the way from the 1920s to the 1980s.

In this absorbing collection of archive interviews he discusses his schooldays and early acting career; his drama training; his spells as... Read more

Don't Leave Me This Way

By: Julia Fox Garrison

Narrated by: Joyce Bean

Length: 8 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Julia Fox Garrison refused to listen to the professionals she called Dr. Jerk and Dr. Panic, who—after she suffered a massive, debilitating stroke at age thirty-seven—told her she'd probably die, or to Nurse Doom, who ignored her emergency call button. Instead she heeded the advice of kind, gifted Dr. Neuro, who promised her he would "treat your... Read more

How to Be Black

By: Baratunde Thurston

Narrated by: Baratunde Thurston

Length: 6 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

The Onion’s Baratunde Thurston shares his 30-plus years of expertise in being black, with helpful essays like “How to Be the Black Friend,” “How to Speak for All Black People,” “How To Celebrate Black History Month,” and more, in this satirical guide to race issues—written for black people and those who love them. Audacious, cunning, and... Read more

The Real Romney

By: Michael Kranish & Scott Helman

Narrated by: Dan Woren

Length: 12 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

“Absorbing and fair-minded.”
—New York Times“Romney’s story in full and clear detail…fascinating in-depth stuff.”
—Los Angeles Times“A fascinating story [that] sheds next light on an elusive subject.”
—Boston GlobeDespite his political prominence, Mitt Romney remains an enigma to many in America. Who is the man behind that sweep of dark hair and... Read more

Sister Queens

By: Julia Fox

Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor

Length: 14 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

The history books have cast Katherine of Aragon, the first queen of King Henry VIII of England, as the ultimate symbol of the Betrayed Woman, cruelly tossed aside in favor of her husband’s seductive mistress, Anne Boleyn. Katherine’s sister, Juana of Castile, wife of Philip of Burgundy and mother of the Holy Roman... Read more

The First Elizabeth

By: Carolly Erickson

Narrated by: Nelson Runger

Length: 18 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Elizabeth was not just Queen, she was ruler. In an age of male supremacy she, by sheer force of character, became not only the unchallenged leader of the English but also the first leader of an empire upon which the sun never set. Erickson's biography tells the truth about this extraordinary woman and profiles some amazing people-their... Read more

Finding My Voice

By: Diane Rehm

Narrated by: Diane Rehm

Length: 9 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Diane Rehm has hosted a show on WAMU in Washington, D.C. since 1979. Newsweek calls The Diane Rehm Show one of the most interesting talk programs in the country. In Finding My Voice, this nationally acclaimed public radio personality shares the fascinating story of her life. Diane grows up with rigid Christian Arab parents who give her little... Read more

Walter Isaacson on Steve Jobs

By: Walter Isaacson

Narrated by: Rick Stengel

Length: 1 hour 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Walter Isaacson, author of a new biography of Steve Jobs, discusses the significance of Jobs’s contributions to the business world and explains his drive as it revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing and digital publishing.

Jobs stands as the ultimate icon of inventiveness and applied... Read more

Sophie

By: Emma Pearse

Narrated by: Anna-Lisa Horton

Length: 6 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

The story that became a global sensation: Sophie, the Australian cattle dog who was lost at sea and swam six miles through shark-infested waters to a remote island where she survived in the wild for five months. It was just another day in paradise as Jan and Dave Griffith, along with their blue cattle dog, Sophie, motored out of Mackay Marina... Read more

All In

By: Paula Broadwell & Vernon Loeb

Narrated by: James Lurie

Length: 14 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

General David Petraeus is the most transformative leader the American military has seen since the generation of Marshall. In the New York Times bestseller All In, military expert Paula Broadwell examines Petraeus's career, his intellectual development as a military officer, and his impact on the U.S. military.Afforded extensive access by General... Read more

Fairy Tale Interrupted

By: RoseMarie Terenzio

Narrated by: RoseMarie Terenzio

Length: 5 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

To everyone else, John F. Kennedy, Jr., may have been American royalty, but to RoseMarie Terenzio he was an entitled nuisance—and she wasn't afraid to let him know it. RoseMarie was his personal assistant, his publicist, and one of his closest confidantes during the last five years of his life. In this, her first memoir, she bravely recounts her... Read more

Dutch - Abridged

By: Edmund Morris

Narrated by: Edmund Morris

Length: 8 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: Yes

This book, the only biography ever authorized by a sitting President--yet written with complete interpretive freedom--is as revolutionary in method as it is formidable in scholarship. When Ronald Reagan moved into the White House in 1981, one of his first literary guests was Edmund Morris, the Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer of Theodore... Read more

The MAN Called CASH - Abridged

By: Steve Turner

Narrated by: Kris Kristofferson

Length: 3 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Johnny Cash is one of the most influential figures in music and American popular culture today. While he was an icon to people of all ages during his life, Cash's legacy continues after his death. His remarkable story is captured in this exclusive authorized biography, addressing the whole life of Johnny Cash-not just his unforgettable music but... Read more

Adventures in Darkness - Abridged

By: Tom Sullivan

Narrated by: Tom Sullivan

Length: 4 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In Adventures in Darkness, Tom Sullivan takes readers through the adventures of his monumental eleventh year. Blind since birth, Tom lived in a challenging world of isolation and special treatment. But he was driven to break out and live as sighted people do. This book is a hair-raising, heart-warming experience that culminates in Tom's reliance... Read more

With Grant at Fort Donelson, Shiloh and Vicksburg

By: Wilber F. Crummer

Narrated by: Andrew Mulcare

Length: 2 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Wilber F. Crummer was an acquaintance and neighbor of Ulysses S. Grant in Galena, Illinois. When civil war broke out, he became "one of the Boys in Blue" who followed General Grant in the Battles of Fort Donelson, Shiloh and Vicksburg. His stirring and vivid accounts of these significant civil war battles, covering the years 1862-63, are filled... Read more

In the Country of Brooklyn

By: Peter Golenbock

Narrated by: William Dufris

Length: 23 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

What is Brooklyn? A bedroom suburb of Manhattan? A crumbling relic of urban decay? A collection of gorgeous million dollar brownstones? A magnet for artists and writers and hipsters and yuppies and new immigrants and real estate developers? A hotbed of political activists? A breeding ground for mobsters? A place to achieve the American dream? A... Read more