Essays audiobooks

American Like Me

By: America Ferrera

Narrated by: America Ferrera, Bambadjan Bamba, Joy Cho, Auli...

Length: 9 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

From Academy Award–nominated actress and 2023 SeeHer award recipient America Ferrera comes a vibrant and varied collection of first-person accounts from prominent figures about the experience of growing up between cultures.

America Ferrera has always felt wholly American, and yet, her identity is inextricably... Read more

Basketball

By: Jackie MacMullan, Rafe Bartholomew & Dan Klores

Narrated by: James Fouhey, Jim Frangione, Sullivan Jones, Pe...

Length: 16 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

A sweeping and revelatory history of basketball, drawing upon hundreds of hours of interviews with the greatest players, coaches, executives, and journalists in the history of the game.

In an effort to tell the complete story of basketball in all its fascinating dimensions, acclaimed authors Jackie Macmullan, Rafe Bartholomew and Dan Klores have... Read more

Dispatches from Planet 3

By: Marcia Bartusiak

Narrated by: Gabra Zackman

Length: 6 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

The galaxy, the multiverse, and the history of astronomy are explored in this engaging compilation of cosmological “tales” by multiple award-winning science writer Marcia Bartusiak. In thirty-two concise and engrossing essays, the author provides a deeper understanding of the nature of the universe and those who strive to uncover its... Read more

Penguins and Golden Calves

By: Madeleine L'Engle

Narrated by: Pamela Almand

Length: 7 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Despite protests and warnings from friends and family, author Madeleine L’Engle, at the age of seventy-four, embarked on a rafting trip to Antarctica. Her journey through the startling beauty of the continent led her to write Penguins and Golden Calves, a captivating discussion of how opening oneself up to icons, or everyday “windows to God,”... Read more

My Own Devices

By: Dessa

Narrated by: Dessa

Length: 7 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

“I love the way Dessa puts words together. In her songs, in her poetry, in her short stories, and now in this beautiful and candid memoir.  Wanna be an artist? Get this book.”
--Lin-Manuel Miranda

"Dessa writes beautifully about a wide range of topics, including science, music, and the pain that comes with being in love; it's a surprising and... Read more

Nobody Cares

By: Anne T. Donahue

Narrated by: Anne T. Donahue

Length: 4 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

“The internet’s best friend.” — Flare
From the author of the popular newsletter That’s What She Said, Nobody Cares is a frank, funny personal essay collection about work, failure, friendship, and the messy business of being alive in your twenties and thirties.
As she shares her hard-won insights from screwing up, growing up, and trying to find her... Read more

Bright Evening Star

By: Madeleine L'Engle

Narrated by: Pamela Almand

Length: 5 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

For over fifty years, L'Engle has been delighting and inspiring readers with her warm, eloquent prose, and inspirational poetry. She continues this tradition with Bright Evening Star, a personal reflection of the mystery and majesty of the Incarnation of Jesus Christ. Bright Evening Star provides a glimpse into the life stories of this prolific... Read more

This Is Portland, 2nd Edition

By: Alexander Barrett & Andrew Dickson

Narrated by: Alexander Barrett

Length: 1 hour 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Captures the emotional experience of Portland, OregonA first-hand look at a city that people can’t seem to stop talking about. It’s a guidebook of sorts, but not to restaurants and sightseeing. Instead, Alexander Barrett is your friendly guide to the quirky characters and atmosphere of Portland, Oregon, and how fun, beautiful, and ridiculous it... Read more

La démocratie hasardeuse: élections ou tirage au sort

By: Hugo Bonin

Narrated by: Pierre Corriveau

Length: 4 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Du "vrai monde" qui imposerait des "vraies affaires" constamment à la première chambre élue et au gouvernement. Je sais que ça n'arrivera pas. Mais juste d'y penser, ça nous permet de mieux comprendre certains défauts de nos démocraties. Et c'est ce que le livre d'Hugo Bonin nous permet de faire admirablement. ( Antoine Robitaille, Le Journal de... Read more

Shrewed

By: Elizabeth Renzetti

Narrated by: Elizabeth Renzetti

Length: 6 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Why are there so few women in politics? Why is public space, whether it’s the street or social media, still so inhospitable to women? What does Carrie Fisher have to do with Mary Wollstonecraft? And why is a wedding ceremony Satan’s playground?These are some of the questions that bestselling author and acclaimed journalist Elizabeth Renzetti... Read more

El ritmo de la cancha

By: Jacobo Rivero Rodríguez

Narrated by: Pau Ferrer

Length: 4 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Una colección de historias fascinantes -y reales- en torno a un deporte que levanta pasiones: El ritmo de la cancha es un viaje alrededor del mundo y a través de la historia Sam Balter se subió en 1936 a un barco en el puerto de Manhattan que le llevó al epicentro de la infamia. El rey Faruq I le robó un sable al Sha de Persia y el reloj a... Read more

He Held Radical Light

By: Christian Wiman

Narrated by: John Lescault

Length: 3 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

A moving meditation on memory, oblivion, and eternity by one of our most celebrated poetsWhat is it we want when we can’t stop wanting? And how do we make that hunger productive and vital rather than corrosive and destructive? These are the questions that animate Christian Wiman as he explores the relationships between art and faith, death and... Read more

This Land

By: Dan Barry

Narrated by: Allan Robertson, Janina Edwards & Dan Barry

Length: 12 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

A landmark collection by New York Times journalist Dan Barry, selected from a decade of his distinctive "This Land" columns and presenting a powerful but rarely seen portrait of America.

In the wake of Hurricane Katrina and on the eve of a national recession, New York Times writer Dan Barry launched a column about America: not the one populated... Read more

The Old Man and the Gun

By: David Grann

Narrated by: Mark Deakins

Length: 3 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon, a mesmerizing collection of true-crime stories that includes "The Old Man and the Gun"—the inspiration for the movie starring Robert Redford and Sissy Spacek, along with two other riveting tales.

"The Old Man and the Gun" is the incredible story of a bank robber and... Read more

Call Them By Their True Names

By: Rebecca Solnit

Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell

Length: 5 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

In this powerful and wide-ranging collection of essays, Rebecca Solnit turns her attention to the war at home. This is a war, she says, "with so many casualties that we should call it by its true name, this war with so many dead by police, by violent ex-husbands and partners and lovers, by people pursuing power and profit at the point of a gun... Read more

Dangerous Minds

By: S. Hussain Zaidi & Brijesh Singh

Narrated by: Rajiv Dadia

Length: 8 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Dangerous Minds will delve into the complex and intricate lives of some of the most talked-about terrorists of the country. Dr Jalees Ansari, a doctor from Malegaon involved in eighty blasts, including some on railway tracks, was supposed to be a quiet, peace-loving medical professional. Fahmida Ansari, a housewife and mother of two from the... Read more

Devlok 2

By: Devdutt Pattanaik

Narrated by: Suyash Mohan

Length: 7 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Are the illustrious clans of the Mahabharata from Surya Vansh or Chandra Vansh?

Which yuga does the Ramayana occur in, and does it occur only once?

What do haldi, kumkum, bhasm or chandan signify in a puja thali?

After the sensational response to Season 1 of EPIC Channel’s Devlok with Devdutt Pattanaik, Devdutt invited his viewers and... Read more

Inside Chanakya's Mind

By: Radhakrishnan Pillai

Narrated by: Suyash Mohan

Length: 5 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

The definitive new book from India’s no. 1 business writer
Chanakya was one of the best strategic thinkers of the world. In the fourth century BC, he wrote the Arthashastra, an unrivalled political treatise that has since been used by leaders across the globe. In Inside Chanakya’s Mind, for the first time, Radhakrishnan Pillai, the bestselling... Read more

The Dog's Last Walk

By: Howard Jacobson

Narrated by: Howard Jacobson

Length: 10 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Hilarious, heartbreaking, provocative and affecting, Howard Jacobson's irresistible journalism reveals the Man Booker Prize-winning novelist in all his humanity. From the tiniest absurdities to the most universal joys and desolations, Jacobson writes with a thunder, passion and wit unmatched. Just as did his previous volume, Whatever It Is I... Read more

In Defense of Nuance

By: Magnus Vinding

Narrated by: RJ Bayley

Length: 1 hour 18 minutes

Abridged: No

We appear to find ourselves in a crisis of polarization and failed communication. What can we do about it?This essay argues that part of the solution may be that we all make a deliberate effort to follow certain virtues that are quite straightforward, if difficult to practice. Simply put, we should strive to be charitable toward our adversaries,... Read more

Every Lie I've Ever Told

By: Rosie Waterland

Narrated by: Caroline Lee

Length: 8 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

'I'm okay!' The bestselling author of The Anti-Cool Girl returns with a devastating, heartbreaking, brilliant, brave and laugh-out-loud funny memoir of telling lies and being on the brink...
'I had made it! All my dreams had come true. I had an operating fridge, I was doing brilliantly, and I had written the memoir to prove it. I even had online... Read more

Avant je criais fort

By: Jérémie McEwen

Narrated by: Jérémie McEwen

Length: 3 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Jérémie est professeur de philosophie au Collège Montmorency, rappeur du duo La Brigade des Moeurs, et chroniqueur philo à Radio-Canada (C’est fou, On dira ce qu’on voudra…). Il a aussi écrit ponctuellement pour La Presse, dans le magazine Nouveau Projet ou sur le site Voir.ca. Jérémie en a marre d’entendre, partout dans les médias, du monde... Read more

Gross Anatomy

By: Mara Altman

Narrated by: Mara Altman

Length: 9 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

An honest, funny, neurotic, and totally gross love child of Mindy Kaling and Mary Roach.

Mara Altman's volatile and apprehensive relationship with her body has led her to wonder about a lot of stuff over the years. Like, who decided that women shouldn't have body hair? And how sweaty is too sweaty? Also, why is breast cleavage sexy but camel toe... Read more

Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson

By: Ralph Waldo Emerson

Narrated by: Phil Paonessa

Length: 8 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

In 1834, Ralph Waldo Emerson, formerly a Unitarian minister, began a new career as a public lecturer. Many of those lectures formed the source material for his essays. Nature (1836), his first published work, contained the essence of his transcendental philosophy, which involved viewing the world of natural phenomena as a symbol of the inner... Read more