Essays audiobooks

All the Lives I Want

By: Alana Massey

Narrated by: Alana Massey

Length: 5 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

"Alana Massey's prose is to brutal honesty what a mandolin is to a butter knife: she's sharper; she slices thinner; she shows the cross-section of a truth so deftly--so powerfully and cannily--it's hard to look away, and hard not to feel that something has shifted in you for having read her." -- Leslie Jamison, New York Times bestselling author... Read more

When You Find Out the World is Against You

By: Kelly Oxford

Narrated by: Eva Kaminsky

Length: 8 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

The famed internet personality—named one of Rolling Stone’s Funniest People on Twitter and creator of the viral #notokay for women to share their stories of sexual assault—and bestselling author of Everything Is Perfect When You’re a Liar turns her laser-like wit to anxiety, parenthood (or ""the sheer insanity of being in charge of the safety... Read more

I'm Judging You

By: Luvvie Ajayi

Narrated by: Luvvie Ajayi

Length: 6 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

*Updated edition includes bonus chapter*

Winner of the 2017 Audie Award for Humor

"A truth-riot of a book!"—Shonda Rhimes

New York Times Bestseller
#1 Washington Post Bestseller
Redbook “20 Books By Women You Must Read this Fall”
GoodHousekeeping.com “17 New Best New Books to Read This Fall”
BookRiot “100 Must-Read Hilarious Books”
Goodreads Choice... Read more

The 1997 Masters

By: Tiger Woods

Narrated by: Scott Van Pelt

Length: 6 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

To mark the anniversary of his historic win at the 1997 Masters, Tiger Woods will for the first time reflect on the record-setting win both on and off the course.

In 1997, Tiger Woods was already among the most-watched and closely examined athletes in history. But it wasn't until the Masters Tournament that his career would definitively change... Read more

Pets on the Couch

By: Nicholas Dodman

Narrated by: James Langton

Length: 8 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

The pioneering veterinarian and author of the New York Times bestseller The Dog Who Loved Too Much recounts his uniquely entertaining—and poignant—stories of treating animals for all-too-human problems as he reveals his amazing breakthroughs with the new science of One Medicine. The Oliver Sacks of animal brains, Dr. Nicholas Dodman is an... Read more

Essays After Eighty

By: Donald Hall

Narrated by: Tom Perkins

Length: 4 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Donald Hall has lived a remarkable life of letters, a career capped by a National Medal of the Arts, awarded by the president. Now, in the "unknown, unanticipated galaxy" of very old age, he is writing searching essays that startle, move, and delight.



Hall paints his past: "Decades followed each other—thirty was terrifying, forty I never noticed... Read more

The Secret Knowledge

By: David Mamet

Narrated by: Johnny Heller

Length: 6 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

For the past thirty years, David Mamet has been a controversial and defining force in theater and film, championing the most cherished liberal values along the way. In some of the great movies and plays of our time, his characters have explored the ethics of the business world, embodied the struggles of the oppressed, and faced the flaws of the... Read more

What Would MacGyver Do?

By: Brendan Vaughan

Narrated by: Shelly Frasier & Patrick Lawlor

Length: 4 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

You're driving on a deserted road when your car dies. Your cell phone isn't getting service. All you have on hand are a gum wrapper and a wire hanger.


Or maybe you're living in a building without central air conditioning in July. You can't afford an AC; all you have access to are a fan and a bucket of water.



In such times of desperation, many... Read more

The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo

By: Amy Schumer

Narrated by: Amy Schumer

Length: 8 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

2017 Audie Award Finalist for Audiobook of the Year and Narration by the Author

#1 New York Times Bestseller

"Amy Schumer's book will make you love her even more. For a comedian of unbridled (and generally hilarious) causticity, Schumer has written a probing, confessional, unguarded, and, yes, majorly humanizing non-memoir, a book that trades... Read more

Cork Dork

By: Bianca Bosker

Narrated by: Bianca Bosker

Length: 12 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND A NEW YORK TIMES CRITICS' PICK

“Thrilling . . . [told] with gonzo élan . . . When the sommelier and blogger Madeline Puckette writes that this book is the Kitchen Confidential of the wine world, she’s not wrong, though Bill Buford’s Heat is probably a shade closer.” —Jennifer Senior, The New York... Read more

Are You Anybody?

By: Jeffrey Tambor

Narrated by: Jeffrey Tambor

Length: 7 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

You know him from his breakout role as Hank Kingsley on The Larry Sanders Show, his outrageous turn as George and Oscar Bluth on Arrested Development, and his Emmy Award-winning performance as Maura Pfefferman on Transparent. A Broadway star, a television legend, an accomplished screen actor whose singular wit and heartrending performances have... Read more

Wherever You Go, There They Are

By: Annabelle Gurwitch

Narrated by: Annabelle Gurwitch

Length: 10 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

A hysterically funny and slyly insightful new collection of essays from New York Times bestselling author Annabelle Gurwitch, about her own family of scam artists and hucksters, as well as the sisterhoods, temporary tribes, communities, and cults who have become surrogates along the way.

When Annabelle Gurwitch was a child, surrounded by a cast... Read more

Lasting Impact

By: Kostya Kennedy

Narrated by: Kevin Stillwell

Length: 9 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

New York Times bestselling author Kostya Kennedy sets this captivating, character-rich story against the back-drop of one of the most pressing questions in sports: should we let our sons play football? At the high end of America's most popular game is the glittering NFL, a fan-stoked money machine and also an opaque enterprise under scrutiny for... Read more

Writings on the Wall

By: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar & Raymond Obstfeld

Narrated by: Ben Adduchio

Length: 8 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Bestselling author, basketball legend and cultural commentator Kareem Abdul-Jabbar explores the heart of issues that affect Americans today.
Since retiring from professional basketball as the NBA's all-time leading scorer, six-time MVP, and Hall of Fame inductee, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has become a lauded observer of culture and society, a New York... Read more

Vanity Fair: August–September 2016 Issue

By: Vanity Fair

Narrated by: various narrators

Length: 8 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Vanity Fair is a cultural filter, sparking the global conversation about the people and ideas that matter most. With a dedication to journalistic excellence and powerful storytelling, Vanity Fair is the first choice—often the only choice—for the world’s most influential and important audience. From print to social media, the big screen to the... Read more

Aliens

By: Jim Al-Khalili

Narrated by: Nicholas Guy Smith, Bruce Mann, Katharine Lee M...

Length: 8 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

In these lively and fascinating essays, scientists from around the world weigh in on the latest advances in the search for intelligent life in the universe and discuss just what that might look like. Since 2000, science has seen a surge in data and interest on several fronts related to E.T. (extraterrestrials); A.I. (artificial intelligence);... Read more

The Phenomenon

By: Rick Ankiel

Narrated by: Rick Ankiel

Length: 6 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Rick Ankiel had the talent to be one of the best pitchers ever. Then, one day, he lost it.

The Phenomenon is the story of how St. Louis Cardinals prodigy Rick Ankiel lost his once-in-a-generation ability to pitch -- not due to an injury or a bolt of lightning, but a mysterious anxiety condition widely known as "the Yips." It came without warning,... Read more

Lessons from the Prairie

By: Melissa Francis

Narrated by: Melissa Francis

Length: 5 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

"Lessons from the Prairie delivers one belly laugh after another as Melissa tees up an easy-to-follow, step-by-step guide to tackling life's toughest challenges, and making your life happier." -- Megyn Kelly

For fans of the beloved TV show Little House on the Prairie, a self-help book by Melissa Francis, bestselling author of Diary of a Stage... Read more

I'm Keith Hernandez

By: Keith Hernandez

Narrated by: Keith Hernandez

Length: 9 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Legendary first baseman Keith Hernandez tells all in this gripping literary memoir and New York Times bestseller.

Keith Hernandez revolutionized the role of first baseman. During his illustrious career with the World Series-winning St. Louis Cardinals and New York Mets, he was a perennial fan favorite, earning eleven consecutive Gold Gloves, a... Read more

All Over the Place

By: Geraldine DeRuiter

Narrated by: Geraldine DeRuiter

Length: 8 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Some people are meant to travel the globe, to unwrap its secrets and share them with the world. And some people have no sense of direction, are terrified of pigeons, and get motion sickness from tying their shoes. These people are meant to stay home and eat nachos.

Geraldine DeRuiter is the latter. But she won't let that stop her.

Hilarious,... Read more

Between Them

By: Richard Ford

Narrated by: Christian Baskous

Length: 3 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

From American master Richard Ford, a memoir: his first work of nonfiction, a stirring narrative of memory and parental loveHow is it that we come to consider our parents as people with rich and intense lives that include but also exclude us? Richard Ford’s parents—Edna, a feisty, pretty Catholic-school girl with a difficult past; and Parker, a... Read more

Ten Restaurants That Changed America

By: Paul Freedman

Narrated by: Keith Szarabajka

Length: 13 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

From Delmonico’s to Sylvia’s to Chez Panisse, a daring and original history of dining out in America as told through ten legendary restaurantsCombining a historian’s rigor with a foodie’s palate, Ten Restaurants That Changed America reveals how the history of our restaurants reflects nothing less than the history of America itself.Whether... Read more

The Truth About Hillary

By: Edward Klein

Narrated by: Edward Klein

Length: 6 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

New York Times best-selling author Edward Klein is a former foreign editor for Newsweek and former editor-in-chief of The New York Times Magazine. In this illuminating exploration of Hillary Rodham Clinton, Klein draws on insider sources to reveal the many secrets she has managed to keep hidden despite the publication of more than a dozen... Read more

Uncommon Carriers

By: John McPhee

Narrated by: John McPhee

Length: 9 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

From Pulitzer Prize-winner John McPhee-author of The Founding Fish -comes the fascinating story of an often overlooked, yet vitally important part of America. This first-hand account of the transportation sector features evocative portraits of the men and women who deliver our consumer and industrial goods. McPhee begins his adventure riding... Read more