Essays audiobooks

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

The Chapo Guide to Revolution

By: Chapo Trap House

Narrated by: Felix Biederman, Matt Christman, Brendan James,...

Length: 7 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Instant New York Times bestseller
“Howard Zinn on acid or some bullsh*t like that.” —Tim Heidecker

The creators of the cult-hit podcast Chapo Trap House deliver a manifesto for everyone who feels orphaned and alienated—politically, culturally, and economically—by the lanyard-wearing Wall Street centrism of the left and the lizard-brained... 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

Ruthless

By: Marie Brenner

Narrated by: Marie Brenner

Length: 46 minutes

Abridged: No

One of the most prolific and influential investigative journalists of her generation, Marie Brenner has brought countless fascinating people—politicians, activists, journalists, and private citizens—to life through her writing. Now, for the first time, her profile of the nefarious relationship between Donald Trump and Roy Cohn is available as an... Read more

Less Ketchup than Salsa

By: Joe Cawley

Narrated by: Nicholas Camm

Length: 5 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

How do you go from pulling pints one day, to travelling the world, all-expenses paid the next?For this author it involved a huge dollop of Ketchup, a little bit of growing up, and an extraordinary sequence of events that flings the author on a career path he’d never dreamed could happen.Throw in the patter of little feet, sharp teeth,... Read more

ATTENTION

By: Joshua Cohen

Narrated by: Jonathan Davis

Length: 21 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

A wide-ranging, rule-bending collection of nonfiction from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Netanyahus
 
“Attention reveals a fresh, vital literary voice as it covers seemingly every imaginable topic relating to modern life.”—Entertainment Weekly

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY WIRED

One of Granta’s Best of Young American... Read more

Dreaming of Jupiter

By: Ted Simon

Narrated by: Rupert Degas

Length: 16 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

When Ted Simon rode 64,000 miles round the world on his 500c Triumph Tiger, he inspired thousands of motorcyclists to begin their own adventures, including Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman, who chronicled their travels in Long Way Round. Nearly thirty years later, Ted Simon took to the road again to retrace the epic journey he made in his 40s.... Read more

Tree

By: David Suzuki

Narrated by: David Skulski

Length: 5 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

The story of a single tree, from the moment the seed is released from its cone until, more than five hundred years later, it lies on the forest floor as a nurse log, giving life to ferns, mosses, and hemlocks, even as its own life is ending.

In this unique biography, David Suzuki and Wayne Grady tell story that spans a millennium and includes a... Read more

Women in Clothes

By: Sheila Heti, Heidi Julavits, Leanne Shapton & o...

Narrated by: Gabra Zackman, Karen Sepulveda, Keisha Zollar, ...

Length: 19 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Women in Clothes is a book unlike any other. It is essentially a conversation among hundreds of women of all nationalities—famous, anonymous, religious, secular, married, single, young, old—on the subject of clothing, and how the garments we put on every day define and shape our lives.It began with a survey. The editors composed a list of more... Read more

Maeve in America

By: Maeve Higgins

Narrated by: Maeve Higgins

Length: 6 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

“If Tina Fey and David Sedaris had a daughter, she would be Maeve Higgins.” —Glamour

A startlingly hilarious essay collection about one woman’s messy path to finding her footing in New York City, from breakout comedy star and podcaster Maeve Higgins

Maeve Higgins was a bestselling author and comedian in her native Ireland when, at the grand old... Read more

Third Thoughts

By: Steven Weinberg

Narrated by: John Lescault

Length: 6 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

A wise, personal, and wide-ranging meditation on science and society by the Nobel Prize–winning author of To Explain the World.For more than four decades, one of the most captivating and celebrated science communicators of our time has challenged the public to think carefully about the foundations of nature and the inseparable entanglement of... Read more

Okay Fine Whatever

By: Courtenay Hameister

Narrated by: Courtenay Hameister

Length: 7 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

The "hilarious and poignant" story of one chronically anxious woman's quest to become braver by seeking out the kinds of experiences she's spent her life avoiding (Cheryl Strayed).

For most of her life (and even during her years as the host of a popular radio show), Courtenay Hameister lived in a state of near-constant dread and anxiety. She... Read more

South Toward Home

By: Julia Reed

Narrated by: Dan Bittner & Julia Reed

Length: 5 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

This program is read by the author.

South Toward Home is a wry and humorous audiobook about life and culture in the American South.

In thinking about her native land, Julia Reed quotes another Southern writer, Willie Morris, who said, “It’s the juxtapositions that get you down here.” These juxtapositions are, for Julia, the soul of the South and... Read more

The Anti-Cool Girl

By: Rosie Waterland

Narrated by: Caroline Lee

Length: 8 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Brutal, brave, hilarious -- a full-frontal memoir about surviving the very worst that life can throw at you.
Rosie Waterland has never been cool. Growing up in housing commission, Rosie was cursed with a near perfect, beautiful older sister who dressed like Mariah Carey on a Best & Less budget while Rosie was still struggling with various... Read more

I Can't Date Jesus

By: Michael Arceneaux

Narrated by: Michael Arceneaux

Length: 6 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Featured as One of Summer’s most anticipated reads by the Los Angeles Times, Vogue, Vulture, Entertainment Weekly, ELLE, Buzzfeed, and Bitch Media.

From the author of I Don’t Want to Die Poor and in the style of New York Times bestsellers You Can’t Touch My Hair, Bad Feminist, and I’m Judging You, a timely collection... Read more

I Was Told There'd Be Sexbots

By: J. Maarten Troost

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

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Killing It

By: Camas Davis

Narrated by: Camas Davis

Length: 8 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Camas Davis was at an unhappy crossroads. A longtime magazine editor, she had left New York City to pursue a simpler life in her home state of Oregon, with the man she wanted to marry, and taken an appealing job at a Portland magazine. But neither job nor man delivered on her dreams, and in the span of a year, Camas was unemployed, on her own,... Read more

The Wave in the Mind

By: Ursula K. Le Guin

Narrated by: Christina Moore

Length: 10 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Join Ursula K. Le Guin as she explores a broad array of subjects, ranging from Tolstoy, Twain, and Tolkien to women’s shoes, beauty, and family life. With her customary wit, intelligence, and literary craftsmanship, she offers a diverse and highly engaging set of readings. The Wave in the Mind includes some of Le Guin’s finest literary... Read more

Eat Cake. Be Brave.

By: Melissa Radke

Narrated by: Melissa Radke

Length: 6 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

From the star of USA reality show The Radkes and creator of the viral "Red Ribbon Week" video, this is a hilarious and inspiring story of finding self-confidence in a world of naysayers.

My name is Melissa Radke, and there is a very real chance you have no idea who I am or why I wrote a book. But admit it, you're curious!

Even though millions... Read more

RISK!

By: Kevin Allison

Narrated by: Kevin Allison, Sarah Mollo-Christensen & Robin ...

Length: 10 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

A "fascinating" (MetroSource) collection of uncensored, confessional, and at times outrageously funny essays about coming of age, coming out, and the wildest experiences that define us.

Collecting the most celebrated stories from the hit podcast RISK!, along with all-new true tales about explosive secrets and off-the-wall adventures, this book... Read more

The Death of Truth

By: Michiko Kakutani

Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert

Length: 3 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the Pulitzer Prize–winning critic comes an impassioned critique of America’s retreat from reason

We live in a time when the very idea of objective truth is mocked and discounted by the occupants of the White House. Discredited conspiracy theories and ideologies have resurfaced, proven science is once more up for... Read more

Happily Ever Esther

By: Steve Jenkins, Derek Walter & Caprice Crane

Narrated by: Steve Jenkins

Length: 5 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

From the New York Times bestselling authors and loving owners of Esther the Wonder Pig, comes a memoir about their new life on the Happily Ever Esther Farm Sanctuary, which is anything but boring.

Steve Jenkins and Derek Walter, had their lives turned upside down when they adopted their pig-daughter Esther--the so-called micro pig who turned out... Read more

I See Life Through Rosé-Colored Glasses

By: Lisa Scottoline & Francesca Serritella

Narrated by: Francesca Scottoline Serritella & Lisa Scottoline

Length: 6 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

"Are you and your mother as funny as Lisa Scottoline and Francesca Serritella? If not, these authors will keep you laughing as they share their meditations on life with vigor, energy, and pluck." — AudioFile Magazine

In I See Life Through Rosé-Colored Glasses, the bestselling mother/daughter pair is back with another hilarious and heartfelt... Read more

Amsterdam- Exposed

By: David Wienir

Narrated by: Jeremy Arthur

Length: 6 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Amsterdam Exposed tells the true one-of-a-kind story of an innocent exchange student who moves to Amsterdam hoping to write a book about the red light district and everything that follows. It's an American abroad story, and also a love story; it's an uplifting tragedy, full of humor from beginning to end; it's an Amsterdam survival guide; a... Read more