Business audiobooks

The Ritual Effect

By: Michael Norton

Narrated by: Michael Norton

Length: 5 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

In the bestselling tradition of Charles Duhigg’s The Power of Habit and Angela Duckworth’s Grit, a renowned social psychologist demonstrates how a subtle turning of habits into rituals can “clear a little space for everyday magic” (The Guardian) in our lives.

Our lives are filled with repetitive tasks meant to keep us on track—what we come to... Read more

Trump: The Art of the Deal

By: Donald J. Trump & Tony Schwartz

Narrated by: Kaleo Griffith & Donald J. Trump

Length: 9 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • President Donald J. Trump lays out his professional and personal worldview in this classic work—a firsthand account of the rise of America’s foremost businessman.

“Donald Trump is a deal maker. He is a deal maker the way lions are carnivores and water is wet.”—Chicago Tribune

“I like thinking big. I always have. To me... Read more

Never Split the Difference

By: Chris Voss & Tahl Raz

Narrated by: Michael Kramer

Length: 8 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

This international bestseller, with more than 3 million copies sold, offers a field-tested approach to high-stakes negotiations—whether in the boardroom, in your community, or at home.Life is a series of negotiations, and negotiation is at the heart of collaboration—whether you are a business executive, a salesperson, a parent , a community... Read more

Be Funny or Die

By: Joel Morris

Narrated by: Joel Morris

Length: 9 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Comedy can soothe our pain, vent our anger, make us feel less alone, and provide the answer to life’s most difficult questions, such as What do you call a man with a seagull on his head?* It’s a social glue, but it can also be divisive, and the joke is on us if we don’t understand how it works. So what are the rules? How does comedy do its... Read more

Never Play It Safe

By: Chase Jarvis

Narrated by: Chase Jarvis

Length: 7 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

What if your biggest risk in life is playing it safe?In Never Play It Safe, bestselling author, award-winning photographer, and founder of CreativeLive, Chase Jarvis, reveals that safety is an illusion—a comforting lie that’s holding you back from true fulfillment and extraordinary success.Discover the Bold Path to Your Most Authentic LifeChase... Read more

When McKinsey Comes to Town

By: Walt Bogdanich & Michael Forsythe

Narrated by: Ari Fliakos

Length: 10 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An explosive, deeply reported exposé of McKinsey & Company, the international consulting firm that advises corporations and governments, that highlights the often drastic impact of its work on employees and citizens around the world

"Meticulously reported, and ultimately devastating, this is an important... Read more

Burn Book

By: Kara Swisher

Narrated by: Kara Swisher

Length: 8 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Now including a new afterword!

An instant New York Times bestseller from award-winning journalist Kara Swisher, Burn Book is a “highly readable…bawdy, brash, and compulsively thought-provoking” (Booklist, starred review) account of the tech industry and its founders who wanted to change the world but broke it instead.

Part memoir, part history,... Read more

Blood, Sweat, and Pixels

By: Jason Schreier

Narrated by: Ray Chase

Length: 7 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Developing video games—hero's journey or fool's errand? The creative and technical logistics that go into building today's hottest games can be more harrowing and complex than the games themselves, often seeming like an endless maze or a bottomless abyss. In Blood, Sweat, and Pixels, Jason Schreier takes listeners on a fascinating odyssey behind... Read more

Slow Productivity

By: Cal Newport

Narrated by: Cal Newport

Length: 6 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

A New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, and IndieBound bestseller


"Brilliant and timely" — Oliver Burkeman


~ Do Fewer Things. Work at a Natural Pace. Obsess over Quality. ~

From the New York Times bestselling author of Digital Minimalism and Deep Work, a groundbreaking philosophy for pursuing meaningful accomplishment while avoiding... Read more

The PLAN

By: Kendra Adachi

Narrated by: Kendra Adachi

Length: 5 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

The New York Times bestselling author of The Lazy Genius Way brings her signature Kind Big Sister Energy to a practical time management book for people weary of productivity but eager to live a good life.

If productivity systems tend to let you down, reading The PLAN will be such a relief.

Most time-management books leave you feeling inadequate,... Read more

Grit

By: Angela Duckworth

Narrated by: Angela Duckworth

Length: 9 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

In this instant New York Times bestseller, Angela Duckworth shows anyone striving to succeed that the secret to outstanding achievement is not talent, but a special blend of passion and persistence she calls “grit.” “Inspiration for non-geniuses everywhere” (People).

The daughter of a scientist who frequently noted her lack of “genius,” Angela... Read more

The Lazy Genius Way

By: Kendra Adachi

Narrated by: Kendra Adachi & Emily P. Freeman

Length: 7 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Being a Lazy Genius isn't about doing more or doing less. It’s about doing what matters to you.
 
“I could not be more excited about this book.”—Jenna Fischer, actor and cohost of the Office Ladies podcast
 
The chorus of “shoulds” is loud. You should enjoy the moment, dream big, have it all, get up before the sun,... Read more

10 to 25

By: David Yeager

Narrated by: David Yeager

Length: 12 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Acclaimed developmental psychologist David Yeager reveals the new science of motivating young people ages ten through twenty-five in this groundbreaking book that is a must-read for managers, parents, educators, coaches, and mentors everywhere.

“Ambitious and revelatory...10 to 25 offers baffled adults new approaches—and... Read more

The Perfectionist's Guide to Losing Control

By: Katherine Morgan Schafler

Narrated by: Katherine Morgan Schafler

Length: 10 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Selected for USA Today's Best Books of 2023

Selected as Editor's Pick in Amazon's Best Books of 2023

From psychotherapist Katherine Morgan Schafler, an invitation to every “recovering perfectionist” to challenge the way they look at perfectionism, and the way they look at themselves.

We’ve been looking at perfectionism all wrong. As... Read more

Daring Greatly

By: Brené Brown

Narrated by: Brené Brown

Length: 6 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

The #1 New York Times bestseller. 1 million copies sold!

From thought leader Dr. Brené Brown, a transformative new vision for the way we lead, love, work, parent, and educate that teaches us the power of vulnerability.
 
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have... Read more

Extreme Ownership

By: Jocko Willink & Leif Babin

Narrated by: Jocko Willink & Leif Babin

Length: 8 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

"These guys are intense. And they bring that same fire to their narration in the audiobook. Listen to these insanely competent SEAL officers tell you exactly how to make a team successful through their firsthand experiences in business and combat." - The Hustle

An updated edition of the blockbuster bestselling leadership audiobook that took... Read more

Disrupting the Game

By: Reggie Fils-Aimé

Narrated by: Reggie Fils-Aimé

Length: 8 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLERIncludes an audiobook-exclusive conversation with video game journalist Geoff Keighley!Read by the author.LESSONS FROM A BOSS-LEVEL DISRUPTOR AND GAMING LEGENDReggie Fils-Aimé, retired President and Chief Operating Officer of Nintendo of America Inc., shares leadership lessons and inspiring stories from his unlikely... Read more

Rising Strong

By: Brené Brown

Narrated by: Brené Brown

Length: 8 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • When we deny our stories, they define us. When we own our stories, we get to write the ending.

Don’t miss the five-part HBO Max docuseries Brené Brown: Atlas of the Heart!

Social scientist Brené Brown has ignited a global conversation on courage, vulnerability, shame, and worthiness. Her pioneering work uncovered a... Read more

Good to Great

By: Jim Collins

Narrated by: Jim Collins

Length: 9 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Built To Last, the defining management study of the nineties, showed how great companies triumph over time and how long-term sustained performance can be engineered into the DNA of an enterprise from the very beginning. But what about companies that are not born with great DNA? How can good companies, mediocre companies, even bad companies... Read more

Reset

By: Dan Heath

Narrated by: Dan Heath

Length: 6 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A revolutionary guide to fixing what’s not working—in systems and processes, organizations and companies, and even in our daily lives—by identifying leverage points and concentrating resources to achieve our goals.

Changing how we work can feel overwhelming. Like trying to budge an enormous boulder. We’re stifled by... Read more

Ambition Monster

By: Jennifer Romolini

Narrated by: Jennifer Romolini

Length: 9 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

An “intimate, intensely resonant memoir about workaholism, unresolved trauma, and the ‘addictive nature of ambition’” (Harper’s Bazaar), this is an anti-girlboss tale for our times for readers of Drinking: A Love Story and Uncanny Valley.

After years of relentlessly racing up the professional ladder, Jennifer Romolini reached the kind of success... Read more

Chip War

By: Chris Miller

Narrated by: Stephen Graybill

Length: 12 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

The Financial Times Business Book of the Year, this epic account of the decades-long battle to control one of the world’s most critical resources—microchip technology—with the United States and China increasingly in fierce competition is “pulse quickening…a nonfiction thriller” (The New York Times).

You may be surprised to learn that microchips... Read more

Vulture Capitalism

By: Grace Blakeley

Narrated by: Grace Blakeley

Length: 11 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

In the vein of The Shock Doctrine and Evil Geniuses, this timely and “galvanizing” (Naomi Klein, New York Times bestselling author) manifesto illustrates how corporate and political power brokers have used capitalism to advance their own interests at the expense of the rest of us—and how we can take back our economy.

It’s easy to look at the... Read more

Bullshit Jobs

By: David Graeber

Narrated by: Christopher Ragland

Length: 12 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

From David Graeber, the bestselling author of The Dawn of Everything and Debt—“a master of opening up thought and stimulating debate” (Slate)—a powerful argument against the rise of meaningless, unfulfilling jobs…and their consequences.

Does your job make a meaningful contribution to the world? In the spring of 2013, David Graeber asked this... Read more