Biography & Memoir audiobooks

Cinderellas of West 53rd Street

By: TRC Charter Alums

Narrated by: TRC Union Professionals and Rising Stars

Length: 8 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

In keeping with The Rehearsal Club mission to “preserve its legacy,” a national network of former residents came together to tell their stories while living at The Rehearsal Club. Spanning four decades, 1940s – 1970s, The Rehearsal Club “Cinderellas” (coined by TV Guide in the 1950s) captures New York City and Broadway history while charting the... Read more

Driving Home Naked

By: Melinda G. McCall, D.V.M.

Narrated by: Amanda Ronconi

Length: 9 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Have you ever driven home from work wearing nothing but a pair of rubber boots? For Dr. Melinda McCall, a large animal veterinarian in rural Virginia, this is living the dream. Caring for cattle, goats, sheep, pigs, llamas, and the occasional alpaca, unusual mishaps and mind-blowing adventures abound. Getting caught driving home naked after a... Read more

But You Don't Look Arab

By: Hala Gorani

Narrated by: Hala Gorani

Length: 8 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Emmy Award-winning international journalist Hala Gorani weaves stories from her time as a globe-trotting anchor and correspondent with her own lifelong search for identity as the daughter of Syrian immigrants. What is it like to have no clear identity in a world full of labels? How can people find a sense of belonging when they have never felt... Read more

Slow Noodles

By: Chantha Nguon

Narrated by: Clara Kim

Length: 10 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

A haunting and beautiful memoir from a Cambodian refugee who lost her country and her family during Pol Pot's genocide in the 1970s but who finds hope by reclaiming the recipes she tasted in her mother's kitchen. 

Take a well-fed nine-year-old with a big family and a fancy education. Fold in 2 revolutions, 2 civil wars, and one wholesale... Read more

Sito

By: Laurence Ralph

Narrated by: Andre Santana

Length: 8 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

A "profound", heart-wrenching story of violence, grief, and the American justice system, explored through the story of one teenager (Matthew Desmond, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Evicted).

In September of 2019, Luis Alberto Quiñonez—known as Sito— was shot to death as he sat in his car in the Mission District of San Francisco. He was... Read more

Mostly What God Does

By: Savannah Guthrie

Narrated by: Savannah Guthrie

Length: 5 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Read by the author.#1 New York Times BestsellerGuthrie persuasively renders the evolution of a hard-won religious belief that makes room for imperfection and "does not require us to ignore... the sorrows we experience or the unjustness we see but to believe past it." This openhearted offering inspires. - Publishers WeeklyMostly what God does is... Read more

Clay and Bones

By: Lisa G. Bailey

Narrated by: Christina Delaine

Length: 8 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Lisa Bailey never considered a career working in death until she saw the FBI job posting for a forensic artist. The idea of using her artistic skill to help victims of crime was too compelling to pass up.



Soon she was documenting crime scenes, photographing charred corpses, and digitally retouching the disembodied heads of suicide bombers. But it... Read more

Human: Behind the Mask

By: Carly Reed

Narrated by: Carly Reed

Length: 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Discover the transformative journey within "Human: Behind the Mask," an audiobook skillfully crafted by the talented Carly Reed, both author and narrator. Immerse yourself in the profound exploration of human experiences through the captivating medium of poetry. This audiobook intricately delves into the intricate tapestry of recovery, offering... Read more

The Unit

By: Adam Gamal & Kelly Kennedy

Narrated by: Adam Gamal & Peter Ganim

Length: 7 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

This program features an introduction narrated by the author. It has been modified to maintain the author's anonymity.

The first and only audiobook by a member of America's most secret military unit―an explosive and unlikely story of immigration, service, and sacrifice.

Inside our military is a team of operators whose work is so secretive that the... Read more

The Great Wave

By: Michiko Kakutani

Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert

Length: 6 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

An urgent examination of how disruptive politics, technology, and art are capsizing old assumptions in a great wave of change breaking over today’s world, creating both opportunity and peril—from the Pulitzer Prize–winning critic and author of the New York Times bestseller The Death of Truth.
 
“In this dazzling and brilliant book, Michiko... Read more

Battle for the Bird

By: Kurt Wagner

Narrated by: Shaun Taylor-Corbett

Length: 9 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Now known as X, Twitter’s messy history—including Elon Musk’s takeover in 2022, its outsized cultural impact, and its significant role in shaping how the world gets its news—is thoroughly and entertainingly revealed in this “absolute triumph of reporting and storytelling” (Ashlee Vance, New York Times bestselling author).

Bloomberg journalist... Read more

I Never Did Like Politics

By: Terry Golway

Narrated by: Jon Vertullo

Length: 9 hours

Abridged: No

Fiorello LaGuardia was one of the twentieth century's most colorful politicians—on the New York and national stage. He was also quintessentially American: the son of Italian immigrants, who rose in society through sheer will and chutzpah. Almost one hundred years later, America is once again grappling with issues that would have been familiar to... Read more

Livin' Just to Find Emotion

By: David Hamilton Golland

Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray

Length: 13 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Since exploding on the scene in the late 1970s, Journey has inspired generations of fans with hit after hit. But hidden under this rock 'n' roll glory is a complex story of ambition, larger-than-life personalities, and clashes. David Hamilton Golland unearths the band's true and complete biography, based on over a decade of interviews and... Read more

Chinese Prodigal

By: David Shih

Narrated by: David Shih

Length: 8 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

After his father's passing, David Shih sought to unravel the underlying tensions that defined the complex relationship between him and his parents. Ultimately, this forced a reckoning with the expectations he encountered as the only son of Chinese immigrants, and with the realities of what it means to be Asian in a de facto segregated country.... Read more

Мой капітал

By: Станіслаў Багданкевіч

Narrated by: Станіслаў Багданкевіч

Length: 3 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Cучасныя мэмуары. Чытае аўтар. Упершыню гучалі на хвалях Радыё Свабода з 01.12.2004 па 03.01.2005. Read more

Trailer Park Parable

By: Tyler Zed

Narrated by: Tyler Zed

Length: 4 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

"Attempted murder victim told the Brainerd Dispatch she believes her sixteen-year-old son saved her."



This is the news article detailing the event that would drastically change Tyler Zed's life and that of his family forever.



Growing up in a small town in Minnesota, Tyler and his two brothers filled their days with chaotic fun, from playing hockey... Read more

Tent for Seven

By: Marty Ohlhaut

Narrated by: Brandon Pollock

Length: 7 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Marty Ohlhaut loved the great outdoors, and he loved his family, but this time, the combination proved disastrous.

Cooped up inside due to long work hours, Marty was excited about taking off with his wife and five children for the beautiful Canadian Rockies. Aware that this could be their last camping trip together, he wanted to make it extra... Read more

The Kings and Queens of Britain

By: Cath Senker

Narrated by: Gordon Griffin

Length: 5 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

For more than 1,000 years the British monarchy has dramatically shaped national and international history. Kings and queens have conquered territory, imposed religious change and extracted taxation, each with their own motivations and ambitions.
This fascinating audiobook delves into the extraordinary history of the British monarchy, from Alfred... Read more

The Hummingbird Kiss

By: Trish MacEnulty

Narrated by: Kerri Van Kirk

Length: 8 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Trish spends her time hustling and cheating to score. Heroin, Dilaudids, whatever she can get.Precisely plotting the slippery slope of a heroin addict's existence, The Hummingbird Kiss paints a bleak picture but still manages to offer a ray of hope. The '70s are young, and 18-year-old Trish is a newlywed. When a Florida judge sentences her... Read more

Na dúvida, escolha ser feliz - Abridged

By: Pequena Lô

Narrated by: Mari Haruno

Length: 1 hour 42 minutes

Abridged: Yes

O que a gente faz quando não sabe o que fazer? Na dúvida, escolha ser feliz. Este livro começa com a minha história e esbarra na sua. Na correria do dia a dia e nos detalhes da rotina, você vai perceber que somos mais parecidos do que imaginamos. O meu desejo é que as minhas vivências e histórias te façam enxergar que é possível encontrar graça... Read more

Our Brother Jim

By: Lloyd J. Stefanic

Narrated by: Edward Hermann

Length: 1 hour

Abridged: No

A touching and deeply personal memoir, Our Brother Jim recounts the author’s experience growing up with a brother with disabilities. Through his parents’ constant care and his family’s loving encouragement, Jim exceeded every doctor’s expectations, learning to do those “everyday” things that proved so difficult for him—like walking, counting,... Read more

Leonardo DaVinci

By: Sigmund Freud

Narrated by: Jason Smith (Male Synthesized Voice)

Length: 1 hour 42 minutes

Abridged: No

"Leonardo da Vinci" by Sigmund Freud is a seminal work exploring the life, art, and psyche of the renowned Italian Renaissance polymath, Leonardo da Vinci. In this book, Freud delves into da Vinci's personality, creativity, and inner conflicts, drawing on his psychoanalytic framework to analyze the complexities of the artist's mind. Freud... Read more

Motherland

By: Barbara Higgins

Narrated by: Barb Higgins

Length: 6 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

"Powerful, honest and gut-wrenching." - Paul Brogan, author
"Simultaneously heartbreaking and heartwarming." - Dave Cummings, former editor and columnist, The Concord Monitor
"Motherland is an insightful, searingly honest, and incisive exploration of child loss." - Margaret Porter, author
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Is it ever possible to recover from the loss of a... Read more

Regina geht ihren Weg: Ein Frauenschicksal

By: Eva Kreuzpaintner

Narrated by: Marko Müller

Length: 2 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Reginas Leben bleibt weiterhin turbulent: Sie versucht sich in diversen Berufen, liebt ihre Familie, ihre Freunde, gutes Essen und hin und wieder auch mal eine Zigarette oder ein Gläschen Prosecco oder Wein, obwohl sie wegen ihrer Medikamente eigentlich keinen Alkohol trinken sollte. Mit den Stimmen in ihrem Kopf kommt sie bis auf einen... Read more