Biography & Memoir audiobooks

Cast, Catch, Release

By: Marina Gibson

Narrated by: Marina Gibson

Length: 6 hours

Abridged: No

For fans of Cheryl Strayed’s Wild and Helen Macdonald’s H Is for Hawk, a lyrical memoir and “engaging, endearing, deeply felt” (David Coggins) ode to the art of fly fishing and how it can shape a life—by renowned female angler and conservationist Marina Gibson.

As her twenty-first birthday approached, Marina Gibson received a unique gift... Read more

Boyhood with Gurdjieff

By: Fritz Peters

Narrated by: Emile Hirsch

Length: 6 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

“On a par with Alice in Wonderland, a real treasure of our literature… Full of wisdom, the wisdom of life.” – Henry Miller, author of Tropic of Cancer
When Fritz first arrived at Gurdjieff’s Institute for the Harmonious Development of Man, the mystic asked the boy what he wanted to learn. Fritz replied, "I want to know everything. Everything... Read more

The Explorers

By: Amanda Bellows

Narrated by: Kirsten Potter & Leon Nixon

Length: 9 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

A fascinating new history of America, told through the stories of a diverse cast of ten extraordinary—and often overlooked—adventurers, from Sacagawea to Matthew Henson to Sally Ride, who pushed the boundaries of discovery and determined our national destiny.""Brilliantly imaginative, beautifully written."" —David Blight, Pulitzer Prize-winning... Read more

Endspiel 1974

By: Rüdiger von Fritsch

Narrated by: Oliver Dupont

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

7. Juli 1974: Die Welt schaut nach München, wo das Endspiel der Fußballweltmeisterschaft stattfindet. Dieser Zeitpunkt scheint Rüdiger von Fritsch und seinem Bruder Burkhard ideal, um ihrem Vetter Thomas und dessen Freunden zur Flucht aus der DDR zu verhelfen. Fast ein Jahr haben sie auf die Vorbereitungen verwandt. Doch im letzten Augenblick... Read more

Hiding for My Life

By: Karen Solt

Narrated by: Karen Solt

Length: 8 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Karen Solt, an eighteen-year-old nonconformist with an alcohol problem, is working at a gas station when a slick Navy recruiter railroads her into enlisting in the military. Before she knows it, she is on a ship in the Deep South, struggling to navigate not only a world much different from her small Northern Arizona hometown but also her new... Read more

Traveling Without Moving

By: Taiyon J. Coleman

Narrated by: Keyonni James

Length: 5 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Amid the White smiles of Minnesota Nice and the Minnesota Paradox—the insidious racism of an ostensibly inclusive place to live—what do you do? If you're Taiyon J. Coleman, you write.



In Traveling without Moving, Coleman shares intimate essays from her life: her childhood in Chicago—growing up in poverty with four siblings and a single mother—and... Read more

Polymath

By: Eric Laursen

Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray

Length: 31 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Alex Comfort was a British poet, novelist, biologist, cultural critic, activist, and anarchist, and the author of the international bestseller, The Joy of Sex. He played a vital role in making gerontology (the study of aging) a viable branch of modern science, energizing the direct-action movement for nuclear disarmament, revitalizing anarchism... Read more

The Most Human

By: Adam Nimoy

Narrated by: Adam Nimoy

Length: 9 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Living with Dad was like living with a stranger—as a kid I often had trouble connecting and relating to him. But I was always proud of him. Even before Star Trek, I’d see him popping up in bit roles on some of my favorite TV shows like Get Smart, Sea Hunt, and The Man From U.N.C.L.E. And then one night he brought home Polaroids of himself in... Read more

Safe Space

By: Alyssa Huynh

Narrated by: Alyssa Huynh

Length: 6 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

'A searingly honest and impassioned account of being an advocate in the social media era, Alyssa's voice is fierce, urgent and brave; and filled with deep familial love. This book burns with an urgency and clarion call to action.' Alice Pung, author of One Hundred Days

This is a book for anyone who believes that racism has no place in... Read more

Finding Fortunato

By: Adam Pearson

Narrated by: Adam Pearson

Length: 6 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Embark on an up-close and personal journey into the northern Peruvian jungle as last-chance entrepreneurs accidentally stumble upon a variety of cacao thought to be extinct, in this chocolate-rich business adventure memoir.

Take a front row seat to a family of entrepreneurs searching relentlessly for a sustainable competitive advantage in the... Read more

When Women Ran Fifth Avenue

By: Julie Satow

Narrated by: Karen Murray

Length: 10 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An Amazon Best Book of 2024 • A glittering portrait of the golden age of American department stores and of three visionary women who led them, from the award-winning author of The Plaza. • "Ms. Satow’s carefully researched book is compulsively readable: I found myself dashing through it like a novel. She portrays the... Read more

No pierdas la esperanza

By: Dora Reym

Narrated by: Lina Franco & Sergio Alberto Bustos de la Tijera

Length: 6 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Memorias de una madre en el Holocausto 1939. Tras su despiadada incursión en territorio polaco, el Ejército alemán no tardó en diseminarse hasta Bedzin, una pequeña población ubicada cerca de la frontera con Checoslovaquia. Con el tiempo los nazis decidieron confinar a los judíos en un gueto en la parte más pobre de la ciudad, para esclavizarlos... Read more

Dear Cisgender People

By: Kenny Ethan Jones

Narrated by: Kenny Ethan Jones

Length: 6 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Conversations on the transgender experience may be becoming more commonplace but the topic is still all too often the subject of fierce debate. But behind the shock headlines, what does it really mean to be trans?
In this powerful, extensively researched, and deeply personal memoir, Kenny Ethan Jones, trans activist and writer, offers an... Read more

The War on Warriors

By: Pete Hegseth

Narrated by: Pete Hegseth

Length: 8 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP'S NOMINEE FOR SECRETARY OF DEFENSEReal men fought for our freedoms. It’s time we fought for theirs.Pete Hegseth joined the Army to fight extremists. Then that same Army called him one. The military Pete joined twenty years ago was fiercely focused on lethality, competency, and color... Read more

Entrances and Exits

By: Michael Richards

Narrated by: Michael Richards

Length: 15 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

The man who brought the kavorka to the Seinfeld show through one of the most remarkable and belovedtelevision characters ever invented, Kramer, shares the extraordinary life of a comedy genius—the way hecame into himself as an artist, the ups and downs as a human being, the road he has traveled in search ofunderstanding.“The hair, so essential,... Read more

Everything and Nothing at Once

By: Joél Leon

Narrated by: Joél Leon

Length: 10 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

This program is read by the author and combines several original tracks from Joél Leon and his collaborators, Arthur Lewis and Trevon Squirewell, and a thought-provoking collection of essays. Everything and Nothing at Once is an all-encompassing audio experience.

For readers of Heavy, Punch Me Up to The Gods, and A Little Devil in America, a... Read more

The Other Olympians

By: Michael Waters

Narrated by: Jennifer Pickens

Length: 9 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

"Michael Waters performs an Olympian act of storytelling, using the stories of these extraordinary athletes to explore in brilliant detail the struggle for understanding and equality." —Jonathan Eig, author of King: A Life

“This riveting audiobook brings all the facts and showcases why we need to acknowledge true history in today’s social... Read more

I Have Your Back

By: Tom Sileo

Narrated by: Roger Wayne

Length: 7 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

The story of U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Michael Ollis, who became an international hero for his courage and selflessness.

Ever since he was a young boy growing up on the streets of Staten Island, New York, Michael Ollis wanted to be a soldier. Inspired by his father, who fought in Vietnam, Mike’s deep desire to serve was cemented on the day his beloved... Read more

La hermana del medio

By: Fabiola Hablützel

Narrated by: Belén Heredia

Length: 8 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Uno de los más preciosos libros acerca del significado de la palabra familia. Cerca de cumplir los cincuenta años, Fabiola Hablützel descubrió que era adoptada. Después de salir del estado de conmoción que esta noticia le produjo, pensó que aquel descubrimiento era la respuesta a la pregunta que se había hecho desde niña. En más de una ocasión,... Read more

12 Trips in 12 Months

By: Jen Ruiz

Narrated by: Jen Ruiz

Length: 6 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

A LibraryReads pick for Notable NonfictionOne of Book Riot’s 10 Best New Nonfiction Books for AdultsBestselling author Jen Ruiz takes readers on a trip around the globe in 12 Trips in 12 Months, defying societal expectations of what a woman is supposed to be—and empowering others to do the same.The year before her thirtieth birthday, Jen Ruiz... Read more

Willie, Waylon, and the Boys

By: Brian Fairbanks

Narrated by: Tyler Darby

Length: 13 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

The tragic and inspiring story of the leaders of Outlaw country and their influence on today’s Alt-County and Americana superstars, tracing a path from Waylon Jennings’ survival on the Day the Music Died through to the Highwaymen and on to the current creative and commercial explosion of Chris Stapleton, Brandi Carlile, Zach Bryan, Jason Isbell,... Read more

This Was Toscanini

By: Samuel Antek & Lucy Antek Johnson

Narrated by: David Garrison & Lucy Antek Johnson

Length: 4 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

This audio edition includes excerpts from NBC Symphony performances conducted by Maestro Toscanini! “Music lovers will find this book irresistible ... the writing is gorgeous, the characters are well-sculpted, the scenes are focused, and the author brings to life moments that music aficionados will savor for a long time. The book itself is a... Read more

Padre Pio

By: C. Bernard Ruffin

Narrated by: Mike Fraser

Length: 25 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

St. Pio of Pietrelcina, pray for us.

Before his death in 1968, Padre Pio was known throughout the world as a very holy man — many even called him a living saint. This humble Italian priest who bore the wounds of Christ received thousands of letters and visitors each year, seeking his spiritual counsel, healing, and prayer. Padre Pio’s intense... Read more

The Brave In-Between

By: Amy Low

Narrated by: Leanne Woodward

Length: 6 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

This honest and emotional memoir presents much needed lessons and advice for navigating uncertainty in the worst of times. 

Amy Low resides in a room that is her last—her medical team is clear-eyed with her: there is no cure for Stage IV metastatic colon cancer, and the odds of long-term survival are scant. Miraculously, she’s lived four years... Read more