Biography & Memoir audiobooks

Elizabeth

By: Lisa Hilton

Narrated by: Kelly Birch

Length: 14 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

“Game-changing . . . How history should be written.” — Andrew Roberts, author of Napoleon: A Life

[An] ambitious re-examination of the intersection of gender and monarchy.” — New York Times Book Review
 
Queen Elizabeth I was all too happy to play on courtly conventions of gender when it suited her “weak and feeble woman’s body” to do so for... Read more

Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions

By: Ed Zwick

Narrated by: Ed Zwick

Length: 10 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER * USA TODAY BESTSELLER

“This funny, insightful, and deliciously dishy memoir” (Town & Country) from the director of Blood Diamond, The Last Samurai, Legends of the Fall, and Glory, creator of thirtysomething, and executive producer of My So-Called Life, “takes its place alongside... Read more

What Have We Here?

By: Billy Dee Williams

Narrated by: Billy Dee Williams

Length: 11 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

A film legend recalls his remarkable life of nearly eight decades—a heralded actor who's played the roles he wanted, from Brian’s Song to Lando in the Star Wars universe—unchecked by the racism and typecasting so rife in the mostly all-white industry in which he triumphed.

Billy Dee Williams was born in Harlem in 1937 and grew up in a household... Read more

The Vanishing of Carolyn Wells

By: Rebecca Rego Barry

Narrated by: Laura Jennings

Length: 8 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

The Vanishing of Carolyn Wells is the first biography of one of the “lost ladies” of detective fiction who wrote more than eighty mysteries and hundreds of other works between the 1890s and the 1940s.

Carolyn Wells (1862–1942) excelled at writing country house and locked-room mysteries for a decade before Agatha Christie entered the scene. In... Read more

Bitter Crop

By: Paul Alexander

Narrated by: Maya Days

Length: 11 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

A revelatory look at the tumultuous life of a jazz legend and American cultural icon

“A book written as only one artist could view another, with insight and sincere compassion.” —Sandra Cisneros, best-selling author of Woman Without Shame

In the first biography of Billie Holiday in more than two decades, Paul Alexander—author of heralded lives of... Read more

Die Kinder des Ghettos Blackwood

By: Elias J. Connor

Narrated by: Elias J. Connor

Length: 4 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Kurz vor Weihnachten, Ende der achtziger Jahre in Irland. Gewalt, religiöser Terror, Anfeindungen und Ausgrenzungen bestimmen den Alltag in einem Stadtteil in der Nähe von Belfast. "Sandy ist das, was mich am Leben hält", sagt Laurina eines Tages zu ihrer Mutter. Es ist der Tag, an dem das elfjährige Mädchen beginnt zu kämpfen, gegen ein... Read more

I Heard Her Call My Name

By: Lucy Sante

Narrated by: Lucy Sante

Length: 5 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

A New York Times Notable Book • a Top 10 Best Book of the Year by the Washington Post • a Kirkus Best Book of the Year 

“Reading this book is a joy... much to say about the trans journey and will undoubtedly become a standard for those in need of guidance. ”
— The Washington Post

"Sante’s bold devotion to complexity and clarity makes this an... Read more

Eliot After The Waste Land

By: Robert Crawford

Narrated by: Roger Clark

Length: 29 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

After being kept from the public for more than fifty years, the letters between T. S. Eliot and his longtime love and muse Emily Hale were unsealed in 2020. Drawing on these intimate exchanges and on countless interviews and archives, the award-winning biographer Robert Crawford completes the narrative he began in Young Eliot. Eliot After "The... Read more

IF YOU SEE THEM

By: Vicki Sokolik

Narrated by: Yinka Ladeinde, Oscar Reyes & Anna Crowe

Length: 12 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

A moving exploration of the crisis of homeless youth—told through the inspiring stories of a woman on the frontlines and the kids themselves.
They hide in plain sight. They survive on free school breakfasts and lunches, join school sports teams in order to shower, sleep on friends’ couches, in parks, or on the streets. Their official designation... Read more

Once Broken

By: Tanasha Smith

Narrated by: Tanasha Smith

Length: 5 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Once Broken is intended for the young girl who struggles with Mental Health and has experienced traumatic life challenges and has yet to come into her full self. If you have lost sight of your self-worth and your dreams, this book will empower you to find the strength to master “self” and live your truth. Challenges such as Mental health are... Read more

A Murder in Hollywood

By: Casey Sherman

Narrated by: Casey Sherman

Length: 9 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

The dark story behind the bright lights of TinseltownFrom the outside, Hollywood starlet Lana Turner seemed to have it all—a thriving film career, a beautiful daughter, and the kind of fame and fortune that most people could only dream of. But when the famous femme fatale began dating mobster Johnny Stompanato, thug for the infamous West Coast... Read more

Icons of Rock

By: Jenny Boyd

Narrated by: Jenny Boyd

Length: 12 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

A glimpse into the creative power of music. Ever since the Beatles’ British Invasion, numerous rock bands and singers have created albums that still have many fans’ love and devotion today. Was it raw talent, or was there something below the surface that transformed these dreamers into Hollywood legends? Icons of Rock invites music lovers to... Read more

An American Dreamer

By: David Finkel

Narrated by: Rob Shapiro

Length: 6 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

A man navigates the deep divisions in America today and discovers that sometimes change can start by finding common ground with your neighbors in this immersive account by the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Thank You for Your Service and The Good Soldiers.

“A timely and compelling argument for tolerance and moral character in times of extreme... Read more

The Heart Is the Strongest Muscle

By: Tia Toomey

Narrated by: Tia Toomey

Length: 6 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

The legendary six-time CrossFit Games champion and Olympic athlete shares lessons from her inspiring story of leveling up her performance, embracing failure, and fiercely taking on impossible goals.
 
“Champions are built in the mind first, and Tia Toomey understands exactly how to do that.”—Andy Frisella, entrepreneur, creator of 75 Hard and Real... Read more

Life After Power

By: Jared Cohen

Narrated by: Kevin R. Free

Length: 14 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

New York Times Bestseller

New York Times bestselling author of Accidental Presidents explores what happens after the most powerful job in the world: President of the United States.

Former presidents have an unusual place in American life. King George III believed that George Washington’s departure after two terms made him “the greatest character... Read more

The Backwoods of Everywhere

By: R. E. Burrillo

Narrated by: Kyle Burrow

Length: 9 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Throughout personal essays spiked with humor and natural science, archaeologist R. E. Burrillo widens his range beyond his popular Behind the Bears Ears.

After an upstate New York childhood and a bartending stint in New Orleans's French Quarter, seasonal resort work led R. E. Burrillo to the desert Southwest, whose redrock landscapes were a... Read more

How to increase your magnetic feminine energy in today's world

By: Parshwika Bhandari

Narrated by: Parshwika Bhandari

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

I am Parshwika I published the feminine energy book few years back and many people listen to that audiobook and they liked it and got reviews from people so here I am publishing another feminine energy book based on my updated experience knowledge and more deep insights as I have grown alot in past couple of years being a female and as I am... Read more

Private Equity

By: Carrie Sun

Narrated by: Carrie Sun

Length: 8 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

One of TIME Magazine's Must-Read Books of the Year

"The joys of Sun’s memoir lie in the absurdity of her tasks: coaxing a famous athlete to a company party, sourcing Mitt Romney’s phone number on a deadline, coordinating private-jet departures… It’s [Sun’s] personal revelations that elevate the book above a typical tell-all.” —TIME Magazine

A... Read more

Sleepless

By: Annabel Abbs-Streets

Narrated by: Karen Cass

Length: 7 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Why women’s brains work differently at night—and how we can harness that altered state for greater creativity, insight, and courage.

In the winter of 2020, Annabel Abbs-Streets experienced a series of losses: her stepfather, then father, and finally her family’s puppy. Unmoored by grief, she couldn’t sleep. But she discovered something... Read more

On Locations

By: Mark Kamine

Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray

Length: 6 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

This must-listen account of starting at the lowest rung on the production ladder among enormously famous and outrageously demanding people will be devoured for its insights, gossip, humor, and storytelling. Married and with a child, the author takes unpaid gigs to get a foot in the door and eventually ends up working on all seasons of The... Read more

Drawn to the Garden

By: Caroline Quentin

Narrated by: Caroline Quentin

Length: 4 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Narrated by Caroline Quentin

Find solace in your outdoor space in this delightful horticultural journey with actress Caroline Quentin, as she draws on her life-long passion for gardening.

Throughout this audio book, Caroline shows how much joy she gets from spending time in her garden, whether it be grappling with the best way to grow plants and... Read more

For All of Us, One Today

By: Richard Blanco

Narrated by: Richard Blanco

Length: 2 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

For All of Us, One Today is a fluid, poetic story anchored by Richard Blanco’s experiences as the inaugural poet in 2013, and beyond. In this brief and evocative narrative, he shares for the first time his journey as a Latino immigrant and openly gay man discovering a new, emotional understanding of what it means to be an American. He tells the... Read more

Lieutenant Nun

By: Catalina De Erauso

Narrated by: Adriana Pascua

Length: 3 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

THE TRUE STORY OF A CROSSDRESSING, TRANSATLANTIC ADVENTURER WHO ESCAPED FROM A SPANISH CONVENT IN 1599 AND LIVED AS A MAN—GAMBLING,FIGHTING DUELS, AND LEADING SOLDIERS INTO BATTLE

Named a New York Times Book Review Notable Book

One of the earliest known autobiographies by a woman, this is the extraordinary tale of Catalina de Erauso, who in 1599... Read more

Extremely Hardcore

By: Zoë Schiffer

Narrated by: Jaime Lamchick

Length: 8 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

"Zoë Schiffer has written the definitive book on perhaps the weirdest business story of our time. A fast-paced and riveting account of a hilarious and tragic mess."
— Matt Levine, Bloomberg Opinion “Money Stuff” columnist

“the bird is freed”
- Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 27, 2022

When Elon Musk took over Twitter, commentators were rooting for... Read more