Family & Relationships audiobooks

The Brave

By: Nicholas Evans

Narrated by: Michael Emerson

Length: 9 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

There's little love in eight-year-old Tom Bedford's life. His parents are old and remote and the boarding school they've sent him to bristles with bullies and sadistic staff. The only comfort he gets is from his fantasy world of Cowboys and Indians. But when his sister Diane, a rising star of stage and screen, falls in love with one of his... Read more

Rescue

By: Anita Shreve

Narrated by: Dennis Holland

Length: 7 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

A rookie paramedic pulls a young woman alive from her totaled car, a first rescue that begins a lifelong tangle of love and wreckage.

Peter Webster pulls a young woman out of a car wreck that should have killed her. Sheila Arsenault haunts his thoughts, and despite his misgivings Peter is soon embroiled in an intense love affair -- and in... Read more

The Letter

By: Marie Tillman

Narrated by: Marie Tillman

Length: 5 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

A love story and an inspirational tale of recovery and self-discovery, Marie Tillman opens up for the first time about her marriage to ex-NFL star Pat Tillman, and her journey to rebuild her life after his death.

In 2003, Pat Tillman, serving in the US Army, hastily wrote a "just in case" letter to his wife, Marie. When he returned on leave... Read more

Sealing the Deal

By: Diana Kirschner

Narrated by: Diana Kirschner

Length: 9 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Through her bestseller, Love in 90 Days, Dr. Diana Kirschner helped thousands of women find true love. Now she has written the perfect follow-up: a unique guide to deepen any love relationship, to move from casual to committed, and ultimately to go from the anxiety of not knowing where things are going...to the security of fulfilling and lasting... Read more

The Obamas

By: Jodi Kantor

Narrated by: Robin Miles

Length: 12 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Award-winning reporter Jodi Kantor takes readers deep inside the White House in an "insightful and evocative" portrait of Barack and Michelle Obama (Chicago Tribune) that will surprise even readers who thought they knew the two icons. 

When Barack Obama won the 2008 presidential election, he also won a long-running debate with his wife Michelle.... Read more

What the Bible Says about Love Marriage & Sex

By: Dr. David Jeremiah

Narrated by: Bob Walter

Length: 9 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

With roughly a third of all marriages ending in divorce, there's never been a better time for this refresher course in the true meaning of a successful union.

As New York Times bestselling author Dr. David Jeremiah reminds us, it's a biblical truth: Sex and passionate, romantic love are God's ideas!


Nothing rivals the beauty of the writing in the... Read more

No One Ever Told Us That

By: John D. Spooner

Narrated by: John D. Spooner

Length: 5 hours

Abridged: No

For decades, John D. Spooner has been one of America's leading financial advisers. Now, as his own grandchildren are on the frightening cusp of adulthood, Spooner has chosen to impart his wisdom to them—and to readers everywhere—in the form of old-fashioned letters.

This is the book that every grandparent (or parent) has always meant to write for... Read more

Riding the Bus with My Sister

By: Rachel Simon

Narrated by: Rachel Simon

Length: 9 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

In the ten years since Rachel Simon first invited the world to board the bus with her and her sister, Cool Beth, readers across the globe have been moved by their story. Now, in an updated edition with fifty pages of new content, Rachel Simon reflects on changes in her life, Beth's life, and the lives of individuals with intellectual and... Read more

Sexperiment

By: Ed Young & Lisa Young

Narrated by: Ed Young & Lisa Young

Length: 7 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

The predominant message in our culture is that it's okay to have sex whenever, wherever, and however we want. Sex has become just sex. But while society has taken sex too far, the church hasn't taken it far enough.

God wants couples to make love in marriage-with passion, with purpose, and with pleasure. Marriages aren't experiencing all the... Read more

The Holey Pants

By: Alphie McCourt

Narrated by: Alphie McCourt

Length: 6 minutes

Abridged: No

"From the lanes of Limerick to the bejeweled and glittering women of the Upper East Side; that's quite a stretch, but please, not too far. I had a hole in my pants. In New York, everything is possible." Read more

The Wedding

By: Alphie McCourt

Narrated by: Alphie McCourt

Length: 16 minutes

Abridged: No

"Jews and Irish Catholics did not often marry each other in the 1970s. Lynn and I did. A few mishaps, an AWOL rabbi, a long delay and a riotous reception, all combined for a hugely memorable day." Read more

Until We All Come Home

By: Kim de Blecourt

Narrated by: Kim de Blecourt

Length: 8 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

When Kim de Blecourt and her husband decided to adopt a child from Ukraine, they knew that the process might be challenging. Nothing, however, could have prepared de Blecourt for the twisted nightmare she would endure. During her year-long struggle to extricate her newly adopted little boy from that post-Soviet country's corrupt social service... Read more

The Real Purpose of Parenting

By: Phillip B Dembo

Narrated by: Phillip B Dembo

Length: 6 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

THE REAL PURPOSE OF PARENTING is a series of stories and life lessons from the world of a therapist, known as The Parent Coach. Very well-intentioned, well meaning parents are at the point of crisis with their kids because their own best parenting efforts are NOT producing the children they want them to be. And there, according to Dr. Phil... Read more

Swagger

By: Lisa Bloom

Narrated by: Lisa Bloom

Length: 8 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

“At this very moment, through no fault of their own, our boys are caught in the vortex of four powerful, insidious, often invisible forces which conspire to rob them of their future.” We medicate, discipline, suspend and expel our boys from school at quadruple the rate of girls. We let double the number of boys drop out of high school than... Read more

Not Your Mother's Rules

By: Ellen Fein & Sherrie Schneider

Narrated by: Ellen Fein & Sherrie Schneider

Length: 6 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

How long should I wait to respond to his text message? Can I friend him on Facebook? Why did he ask for my number but never call me?

When The Rules was published in 1995, its message was straightforward: be mysterious. But for women looking for love today, it's not quite so simple. In a world of instant messaging, location check-ins, and status... Read more

It Takes Balls

By: Josh Wolf

Narrated by: Josh Wolf

Length: 6 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Josh Wolf--one of the stars and writers of Chelsea Lately and After Lately--delivers a hilarious collection of essays that reminds us all what it takes to conquer fatherhood without sacrificing manhood.

Struggling to make it as a stand-up comic didn't always fit with being a single parent. But Josh figured out his own set of rules--through... Read more

It's Your Move

By: Nick Savoy

Narrated by: Fleet Cooper

Length: 7 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

In his popular Love Systems dating bootcamps, famed pickup artist and dating coach Nick Savoy has taught tens of thousands of men how to attract and seduce the women they desire. Now, after watching countless interactions between the sexes-and hearing what men really think about women, dating, and playing the game-Savoy is sharing his best-kept... Read more

The Gift of Nothing

By: Patrick McDonnell

Narrated by: Nick Sullivan

Length: 4 minutes

Abridged: No

What can Mooch the cat give Earl the dog when Earl has everything? The answer, of course, is nothing. This simple picture book story features characters from McDonnell's popular comic strip, "Mutts." Illustrations. Read more

The Little Way of Ruthie Leming

By: Rod Dreher

Narrated by: Rod Dreher

Length: 8 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

The Little Way of Ruthie Leming follows Rod Dreher, a Philadelphia journalist, back to his hometown of St. Francisville, Louisiana (pop. 1,700) in the wake of his younger sister Ruthie's death. When she was diagnosed at age 40 with a virulent form of cancer in 2010, Dreher was moved by the way the community he had left behind rallied around his... Read more

Heroes for My Son

By: Brad Meltzer

Narrated by: Steve Stratton

Length: 1 hour 43 minutes

Abridged: No

When Brad Meltzer's first son was born eight years ago, the bestselling writer and new father started compiling a list of heroes whose virtues and talents he wanted to share with his son: Abraham Lincoln, Rosa Parks, Jim Henson, Amelia Earhart, Muhammad Ali . . . and so many more, each one an ordinary person who was able to achieve the... Read more

Heroes for My Daughter

By: Brad Meltzer

Narrated by: Brad Meltzer

Length: 2 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Families can learn together what makes a fulfilling and impactful life from this inspiring collection of heroes.

In Heroes for MyDaughter, the New York Times bestselling author Brad Meltzer brings together the stories of fifty-five remarkable people, a diverse set of individuals from across time and from all walks of life: artists and inventors,... Read more

The Chemistry Between Us

By: Brian Alexander & Larry Young

Narrated by: Sean Pratt

Length: 11 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

How much control do we have over love? Much less than we like to think. All that mystery, all that poetry, all those complex behaviors surrounding human bonding leading to the most life-changing decisions we’ll ever make, are unconsciously driven by a few molecules in our brains.

How does love begin? How can two strangers come to the conclusion... Read more

30 Days to Understanding Other People

By: Beverly D Flexington

Narrated by: Beverly D Flexington & Mike Slemmer

Length: 2 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Commit 30 days and watch your relationships change.

If you are tired of struggling in your relationships with coworkers, bosses, family members or friends, this book is for you. In its pages, Gold Award-winning author Beverly Flaxington offers you a daily, step-by-step approach to uncovering those things about yourself and about others that could... Read more

I Only Want to Get Married Once

By: Chana Levitan

Narrated by: Cynthia Barrett

Length: 4 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

In this essential guide to long-lasting relationships, a respected marriage and dating counselor shares advice, anecdotes, and the most important questions to consider before walking down the aisle.

There is no rule that says heartbreak must be a prerequisite for good judgment. If you don't want to be a divorce statistic and are ready for a... Read more