Biography & Memoir audiobooks

Never Saw Me Coming

By: Tanya Smith

Narrated by: Robin Miles

Length: 12 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

A riveting true story of an unsuspecting woman who creates an ingeniously clever white-collar scheme that manipulates the Federal banking system out of millions—who eventually loses everything that is most important to her. In Never Saw Me Coming, Tanya Smith shares her deeply personal and remarkable story of how she went from a precocious young... Read more

Hitler's People

By: Richard J Evans

Narrated by: Leighton Pugh

Length: 21 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Named a Best Book of the Year by Kirkus Reviews

“A fascinating and instructive book . . . elegantly written and perceptive.” —Wall Street Journal

“Kaleidoscopic . . . A fascinating exploration of individual agency that never loses sight of the larger context . . . Just the kind of probing, nuanced and unsparing study to help us think things... Read more

Gray Matters

By: Theodore H. Schwartz

Narrated by: Sean Pratt

Length: 16 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

“If you are at all curious about the brain or the surgeons who operate on it, Gray Matters is a must read and Dr. Theodore Schwartz is the perfect guide, a master brain surgeon and superbly talented writer. I have not read a better biography of our shared profession, and in Schwartz's talented hands, the most enigmatic 3 1/2 pounds of tissue in... Read more

You're Embarrassing Yourself

By: Desiree Akhavan

Narrated by: Desiree Akhavan

Length: 5 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Writer, actor, and director Desiree Akhavan shares the stories she was told to shut up about—hilarious, horny, heartbreaking tales of a life in pursuit of art, love, and a better haircut.

“Hilariously raw, relatable, and—dare I even say—sexy.”—Jessi Klein

When it comes to shame, Desiree Akhavan knows what she’s talking about—whether it’s winning... Read more

My Father Milorad, a Life in Letters

By: Miloš Milorad Velimirović

Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki

Length: 6 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

A biography capturing the adult life of Dr. Milorad Velimirović, a Serb who studied and lived in Czarist Russia in the decades just before WWI and the Russian Revolution. His life is revealed through letters home which contain descriptions of concerts and plays, politics of the day, and his attendance at social events; all of this is in addition... Read more

A Wilder Shore

By: Camille Peri

Narrated by: Jeanette Illidge

Length: 16 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE PICK

“Engrossing . . . [A] richly researched and vivid double portrait.” —Phyllis Rose, The Atlantic

“A love story, an adventure story, two literary biographies in one; A Wilder Shore is these things and more—and it's very, very good.” —Roddy Doyle, Booker Prize-winning author of Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha... Read more

This Hill, This Valley

By: Hal Borland

Narrated by: Danny Campbell

Length: 10 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

A memoir of a year immersed in nature on a New England farm, by the national bestselling author of The Dog Who Came to Stay.



After a nearly fatal bout of appendicitis, Hal Borland decided to leave the city behind and move with his wife to a farmhouse in rural Connecticut. Their new home on one hundred acres inspired Borland to return to nature.... Read more

A Complicated Passion

By: Carrie Rickey

Narrated by: Christina Delaine

Length: 8 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Over the course of her sixty-five-year career, the longest of any female filmmaker, Agnès Varda (1928–2019) wrote and directed some of the most acclaimed films of her era, from her tour de force Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962), a classic of modernist cinema, to the beloved documentary The Gleaners and I (2000) four decades later. She helped to define... Read more

A Crown that Lasts

By: Demi-Leigh Tebow

Narrated by: Demi-Leigh Tebow & Tim Tebow

Length: 8 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Read by the author.In A Crown that Lasts, former Miss Universe and Miss South Africa Demi Tebow confesses the danger of tying our identities to our accomplishments. Discover the truth of who you were created to be and how to use your platform, no matter how big or small, for eternal impact.On this earth, a crown is what separates victors from... Read more

Shoe Dog

By: Phil Knight

Narrated by: Tonko Bossen

Length: 13 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Autobiografie van de grootste sportschoenenmaker ter wereld Phil Knight richtte in 1964 samen met hardloopcoach Bill Bowerman Blue Ribbon Sports op, in het begin als distributeur voor de Japanse schoenmaker Onitsuka Tiger. Ze begonnen met een startkapitaal van slechts $1200. In 1971 ging het bedrijf verder als Nike Inc. Knight wilde het... Read more

The Timothy Leary Project

By: Jennifer Ulrich

Narrated by: Leslie Howard

Length: 6 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

The life of Timothy Leary is examined through papers and correspondence preserved in his archive.



The first collection of Timothy Leary's (1920–1996) selected papers and correspondence opens a window on the ideas that inspired the counterculture of the 1960s and the fascination with LSD that continues to the present. The man who coined the phrase... Read more

Manboobs

By: Komail Aijazuddin

Narrated by: Komail Aijazuddin

Length: 7 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

A blazing new talent’s hilarious memoir about coming of age and coming out in Pakistan, moving to America, looking for love, and falling in love with himself along the wayWhat do you do when you’re too gay for Pakistan, too Pakistani to be gay in America, and ashamed of your body everywhere? How can you find happiness despite years of... Read more

Green World

By: Michelle Ephraim

Narrated by: Sharon Freedman

Length: 9 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

At twenty-three, Michelle Ephraim was failing at everything. The only child of reclusive Holocaust-survivor parents who were dismayed by her literary studies, she found herself dumped by her boyfriend and bombing out of graduate school. Then, one night, she crashed a Shakespeare recitation party. Loopy from vodka and never having read a single... Read more

The Amputee’s Guide to Jules Verne

By: Nick DiMartino

Narrated by: Tad Davis

Length: 21 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

The Amputee’s Guide to Jules Verne is a reader’s guide to every novel Verne wrote; in that respect alone, there is no other book like it on the market. But it’s more than that. Nick DiMartino has included several essays evaluating Verne’s overall approach as a writer and the values embodied in his work. He has included as well a number of deeply... Read more

Drawn Testimony

By: Jane Rosenberg

Narrated by: Gabra Zackman

Length: 6 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

From America’s top courtroom sketch artist, a penetrating, compulsively readable memoir about her dramatic four-decade career


“A mesmerizing look at this rarest of professions…”–Bookpage STARRED review
"Readers will be hard-pressed to put this down.”—Publishers Weekly STARRED review
"Rosenberg’s fascinating debut offers a front row seat to some of... Read more

A Mission Without Borders

By: Chad Robichaux

Narrated by: Chad Robichaux, Hunter Robichaux & James R. Che...

Length: 5 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

USA TODAY BESTSELLERRead by the author Chad Robichaux.Author, speaker, and former Force Recon Marine Chad Robichaux offers an honest, no-holds-barred account of what has really been happening in Ukraine and shares powerful stories that are soaked in resiliency and determination, faith and sacrifice in the face of overwhelming opposition.When... Read more

Freeing Teresa

By: Franke James, Teresa Heartchild & Billiam James

Narrated by: Jackie Blackmore, Lauren Potter, Dayleigh Nelso...

Length: 7 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

When an idealistic activist objects to her siblings’ plan to ship their disabled sister off to a nursing home, she’s forced to choose between family and her sister’s freedom.A riveting and inspiring true story brought to life by a cast of over a dozen actors, including Jackie Blackmore, Lauren Potter, and Dayleigh Nelson.TRIGGER WARNING: This... Read more

Nicolás Maquiavelo Su Historia

By: Onofre Quezada

Narrated by: Anonimo & Onofre Quezada

Length: 1 hour 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Nicolás Maquiavelo: Su Historia ofrece una exploración exhaustiva de la vida y el legado de uno de los pensadores más influyentes de la teoría política. En este libro, el lector se adentrará en el mundo de Nicolás Maquiavelo, desde su nacimiento en la vibrante Florencia del Renacimiento hasta el impacto duradero de sus obras en la política... Read more

Marco Aurelio Su Historia

By: Onofre Quezada

Narrated by: Anonimo & Onofre Quezada

Length: 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Marco Aurelio Su Historia ofrece una exploración exhaustiva de la vida y el legado de uno de los emperadores más enigmáticos y venerados de la antigua Roma. Conocido por su papel como el "Emperador Filósofo", Marco Aurelio gobernó durante una de las épocas más turbulentas de la historia romana, y su vida ha sido objeto de admiración y estudio... Read more

White Robes and Broken Badges

By: Joe Moore

Narrated by: Roger Wayne

Length: 8 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

In this shocking memoir, a former FBI informant reveals what he learned from successfully infiltrating the Ku Klux Klan in the backwoods of the Sunshine State, uncovering details about the hate group’s structure and its modern far-right spinoffs which are operating to achieve the same goal: inciting a second civil war by whatever violent means... Read more

We Will Not Cease

By: Archibald Baxter

Narrated by: Peter Hayden

Length: 7 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

We Will Not Cease is the unflinching account of New Zealander Archibald Baxter's brutal treatment as a conscientious objector during World War I.In 1915, when Baxter was 33, he was arrested, sent to prison, then shipped under guard to Europe where he was forced to the front line against his will. Punished to the limits of his physical and mental... Read more

Robert Oppenheimer Su Historia

By: Onofre Quezada

Narrated by: Anonimo & Onofre Quezada

Length: 1 hour 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Robert Oppenheimer: Su Historia es una exploración profunda y multifacética de una de las figuras más influyentes y controvertidas del siglo XX. Aclamado como el "padre de la bomba atómica", J. Robert Oppenheimer jugó un papel crucial en el desarrollo de la energía nuclear, un logro que cambió para siempre el curso de la historia mundial. Sin... Read more

Land Rich, Cash Poor

By: Brian Reisinger

Narrated by: Brian Reisinger

Length: 6 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

The hidden history of an economic and cultural catastrophe that is threatening our very food supply—the disappearance of the American farmer.

Taking on this story of heart and hardship, award-winning journalist Brian Reisinger weaves forgotten eras of American history with his own family’s four-generation fight for survival in Midwestern farm... Read more

The Golden Gang

By: Ian W. Shaw

Narrated by: Steve Shanahan

Length: 7 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

The first comprehensive biography of the godfather of Australian bushranging – Frank Gardiner – leader of the Lachlan gang and mastermind of the largest gold heist in Australian history.

Atop the hierarchy of Australian bushrangers sits Ned Kelly – the ultimate outlaw – and just below him, the tragic figure of Ben Hall, who joined a gang led by... Read more