Biography & Memoir audiobooks

The Captured

By: Scott Zesch

Narrated by: Grover Gardner

Length: 10 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

In 1870, ten-year-old Adolph Korn was kidnapped by Indians. He thrived in the Comanches’ rough, nomadic existence, quickly becoming one of the tribe’s fiercest warriors. Forcibly returned to his parents after three years, Korn never adjusted to life in white society. He spent his last years living in a cave, all but forgotten by his family.Then... Read more

Frank Lloyd Wright

By: Ada Louise Huxtable

Narrated by: Carrington MacDuffie

Length: 6 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Ada Louise Huxtable's biography of America's greatest architect

Renowned architecture critic Ada Louise Huxtable's biography Frank Lloyd Wright looks at the architect and the man, from his tumultuous personal life to his long career as a master builder. Along the way she introduces Wright's masterpieces--from the... Read more

The Last Season

By: Phil Jackson

Narrated by: Stephen Hoye

Length: 8 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

For the countless basketball fans who were spellbound by the Los Angeles Lakers’ 2003–2004 high-wire act, this book is a rare and phenomenal treat. In The Last Season, Lakers coach Phil Jackson draws on his trademark honesty and insight to tell the whole story of the season that proved to be the final ride of a truly great dynasty. From the... Read more

In Every Pew Sits a Broken Heart - Abridged

By: Ruth Graham

Narrated by: Ruth Graham

Length: 4 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Ruth Graham - daughter of beloved evangelist Billy Graham - offers a guide for those who are hurting or those who love them. She illustrates through personal stories and Scripture how nothing can keep you from experiencing the fullness of God's grace. Run with Ruth to the arms of the God you can trust, the Father God who embraces, sustains, and... Read more

Edward R. Murrow and the Birth of Broadcast Journalism

By: Bob Edwards

Narrated by: Bob Edwards

Length: 4 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

"Most Americans living today never heard Ed Murrow in a live broadcast. This book is for them. I want them to know that broadcast journalism was established by someone with the highest standards. Tabloid crime stories, so much a part of the lust for ratings by today's news broadcasters, held no interest for Murrow. He did like Hollywood... Read more

Twice Adopted

By: Michael Reagan

Narrated by: Chris Fabry

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Michael Reagan’s life is much more than just an interesting story. It is a testimony of how Christ allowed him to find healing from many of the issues that confront our culture today, such as sexual abuse, divorce, loneliness, the feeling of rejection, and the belief that God does not care about us. Michael Reagan’s first adoption gave him an... Read more

The Autobiography of a Supertramp

By: W.H. Davies

Narrated by: Peter Joyce

Length: 17 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

At the end of the 19th Century W.H.Davies hustled his way across America, working when he could, begging and stealing when he couldn't. He saw life on the breadline. He was beaten up in New Orleans, thrown into prison in Michigan and was present at lynchings in Tennessee, truly a diarist of the nether side of the American dream. After travelling... Read more

Fresh Air: Writers Speak

By: Terry Gross

Length: 3 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Conducted by Fresh Air host Terry Gross in her signature, award-winning style, this is a collection of thought-provoking interviews with writers. Includes David Sedaris, Stephen King, Maurice Sendak, Philip Roth, Norman Mailer, James Baldwin, John Updike, Joyce Johnson, Fran Lebowitz, Billy Collins, Richard Price, and David Rakoff. Read more

Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith

By: Anne Lamott

Narrated by: Anne Lamott

Length: 5 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

With the trademark wisdom, humor, and honesty that made Anne Lamott's book on faith, Traveling Mercies, a runaway bestseller, Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith is a spiritual antidote to anxiety and despair in increasingly fraught times.

The world is a more dangerous place than it was when Lamott's Traveling Mercies was published five years ago.... Read more

Alexander Hamilton - Abridged

By: Ron Chernow

Narrated by: Grover Gardner

Length: 11 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The #1 New York Times bestseller, and the inspiration for the hit Broadway musical Hamilton!

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ron Chernow presents a landmark biography of Alexander Hamilton, the Founding Father who galvanized, inspired, scandalized, and shaped the newborn nation.

"Grand-scale biography at its best—thorough, insightful, consistently... Read more

Toast

By: Nigel Slater

Narrated by: Nigel Slater

Length: 6 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

A deliciously evocative story of childhood in 1960s suburban England from one of theUnited Kingdom's best-loved writers, Nigel Slater

Toast is the truly extraordinary story of a childhood remembered through food. In each chapter, as Nigel Slater takes us on a tour of the contents of his family's pantry—rice pudding, tinned ham, cream soda,... Read more

The Pontiff in Winter - Abridged

By: John Cornwell

Narrated by: Graeme Malcolm

Length: 5 hours

Abridged: Yes

Over more than a quarter of a century, John Paul II has firmly set his stamp on the billion-member strong Catholic Church for future generations and he has become one of the most influential political figures in the world. His key role in the downfall of communism in Europe, as well as his apologies for the Catholic Church’s treatment of Jews... Read more

Chronicles - Abridged

By: Bob Dylan

Narrated by: Sean Penn

Length: 5 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: Yes

WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE

The celebrated first memoir from arguably the most influential singer-songwriter in the country, Bob Dylan.

“I’d come from a long ways off and had started a long ways down. But now destiny was about to manifest itself. I felt like it was looking right at me and nobody else.”

So writes Bob Dylan in... Read more

Ask Not - Abridged

By: Thurston Clarke

Narrated by: Edward Herrmann

Length: 5 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A close-up on one of American history's most splendid events, JFK's inaugural week, and the creation of the speech that inspired a generation and brought hope to a nation
"Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country." On the January morning when John F. Kennedy assumed the presidency and stood to speak those... Read more

Against All Odds - Abridged

By: Chuck Norris & Ken Abraham

Narrated by: Michael Norris

Length: 7 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Fans of Chuck Norris may see him as an action hero in the John Wayne mold, but his autobiography presents a different image of the "Walker, Texas Ranger" star. Norris describes himself as a shy youth who finally blossomed while studying martial arts as a soldier in South Korea. His self-deprecating humor shows through anecdotes about karate... Read more

My Kind of Place - Abridged

By: Susan Orlean

Narrated by: Susan Orlean

Length: 4 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: Yes

New Yorker writer and author of The Library Book takes readers on a series of remarkable journeys in this uniquely witty, sophisticated, and far-flung travel book.

In this irresistible collection of adventures far and near, Orlean conducts a tour of the world via its subcultures, from the heart of the African music scene in Paris to the... Read more

The Know-It-All

By: A.J. Jacobs

Narrated by: Geoffrey Cantor

Length: 15 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Part memoir and part education (or lack thereof), The Know-It-All chronicles NPR contributor A. J. Jacobs's hilarious, enlightening, and seemingly impossible quest to read the Encyclopaedia Britannica from A to Z.



To fill the ever-widening gaps in his Ivy League education, A. J. Jacobs sets for himself the daunting task of reading all thirty-two... Read more

The Family

By: Kitty Kelley

Narrated by: Susan Denaker

Length: 29 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

They have wielded enormous financial power and dominated world politics for more than half a century. They have been appointed to positions of great power and have been elected as governors, congressmen, senators and presidents. They have shaped our past and, with our country at war under the leadership of their number one son, they are, more... Read more

The Wisdom of Forgiveness

By: H. H. Dalai Lama & Victor Chan

Narrated by: Shishir Kurup

Length: 5 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

The extraordinary documentation of the evolving friendship between the Dalai Lama and the man who followed him across Ireland and Eastern Europe, on a pilgrimage to India's holy sites, and through the Dalai Lama's near fatal illness. 

On this remarkable journey Victor Chan was awarded an insight into His Holiness-his life, his fears, his faith,... Read more

Best of Bryson City Tales

By: Walt Larimore, MD

Narrated by: Walt Larimore

Length: 5 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

"We walked out onto a side porch, with woven-seat rocking chairs strewn across it, to look out at the hills that were literally ablaze with color--reds and yellows were painted across the promontories, with amber and orange hues specked the bluffs. The spectacular view all the way to the peak of the distant Frye Mountain reminded us of why so... Read more

Hallelujah! The Welcome Table

By: Maya Angelou

Narrated by: Maya Angelou

Length: 3 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Throughout Maya Angelou’s life, from her childhood in Stamps, Arkansas, to her world travels as a bestselling writer, good food has played a central role. Preparing and enjoying homemade meals provides a sense of purpose and calm, accomplishment and connection. Now in Hallelujah! The Welcome Table, Angelou shares memories pithy and ... Read more

The Family - Abridged

By: Kitty Kelley

Narrated by: Kitty Kelley

Length: 10 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: Yes

They have wielded enormous financial power and dominated world politics for more than half a century. They have been appointed to positions of great power and have been elected as governors, congressmen, senators and presidents. They have shaped our past and, with our country at war under the leadership of their number one son, they are, more... Read more

The Wendy Williams Experience - Abridged

By: Wendy Williams

Narrated by: Wendy Williams

Length: 5 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In the dishiest book of the year, the top-rated and controversial radio host delivers the good, the bad, and the ugly on the industry’s biggest stars. But we’ll let her speak for herself:
 
Whitney Houston: “We have watched her go from our princess . . . to what looks like one step above a crackhead.”
 
Lil’ Kim: “[She] started out as a black girl... Read more

Cary Grant: A Biography

By: Marc Eliot

Narrated by: Marc Eliot

Length: 15 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Bringing up Baby. The Philadelphia Story. North by Northwest. An Affair to Remember. When Cary Grant passed away at age 82, fans from every generation mourned. Nearly 20 years later his star shines just as brightly from television and revival-house screens; his name remains synonymous with effortless charm. But perhaps the most remarkable fact... Read more