Music audiobooks

Fahrenheit-182

By: Mark Hoppus & Dan Ozzi

Narrated by: Mark Hoppus

Length: 7 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

A smart, funny, and refreshingly candid memoir from Mark Hoppus, the vocalist, bassist, and founding member of pop-punk band blink-182. Narrated in his own voice, the audiobook offers an intimate and immersive experience that fans won’t want to miss.This is the story of an angst-filled kid from the desert, navigating the chaos of his parents'... Read more

The Woman in Me

By: Britney Spears

Narrated by: Michelle Williams

Length: 5 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Named a Best Book of the Year by Elle, The Washington Post, Rolling Stone, NPR, Financial Times, Vanity Fair, and more!

“In Britney Spears’s memoir, she’s stronger than ever.” —The New York Times

Over 2 million copies sold of the “moving” (Time), “powerful” (Los Angeles Times), “radiant” (The New York Times), “poignant” (Vogue) #1 New York... Read more

The Creative Act

By: Rick Rubin

Narrated by: Rick Rubin

Length: 5 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

The #1 New York Times bestseller.

"A gorgeous and inspiring work of art on creation, creativity, the work of the artist. It will gladden the hearts of writers and artists everywhere, and get them working again with a new sense of meaning and direction. A stunning accomplishment.” —Anne Lamott

From the legendary music producer, a master at helping... Read more

Broken Horses

By: Brandi Carlile

Narrated by: Brandi Carlile

Length: 10 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Brandi Carlile was born into a musically gifted, impoverished family on the outskirts of Seattle and grew up in a constant state of change, moving from house to house, trailer to trailer, fourteen times in as many years. Though imperfect in every way, her dysfunctional childhood was as beautiful as it was strange, and as nurturing as it was... Read more

Heartbreak Is the National Anthem

By: Rob Sheffield

Narrated by: Rob Sheffield

Length: 5 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

***The Instant New York Times Bestseller!***An intimate look at the life and music of modern pop’s most legendary figure, Taylor Swift, from leading music journalist Rob Sheffield.A cultural phenomenon. A worldwide obsession. An agent of emotional chaos. There’s no parallel to Taylor Swift in history: a teenage girl who turns into the world’s... Read more

Just Kids

By: Patti Smith

Narrated by: Patti Smith

Length: 9 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

In Just Kids, Patti Smith’s first book of prose, the legendary American artist offers a never-before-seen glimpse of her remarkable relationship with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe in the epochal days of New York City and the Chelsea Hotel in the late sixties and seventies. An honest and moving story of youth and friendship, Smith brings the... Read more

Dolly Parton, Songteller

By: Dolly Parton

Narrated by: Dolly Parton

Length: 5 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

A Recorded Books Audio Original production of songs and stories performed by Dolly herself, Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics goes beyond the glitz, glamour, and rhinestones to the warmth, heart, and soul of a treasured pop-culture icon.

In this exclusive audio performance, the ten-time Grammy Award–winning artist weaves her words with... Read more

John & Paul

By: Ian Leslie

Narrated by: Chris Addison

Length: 14 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

*INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*

"We think we know everything, but author Ian Leslie proves otherwise. His new book, 'John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs,' is, astonishingly, one of the few to offer a detailed narrative of John Lennon and Paul McCartney’s partnership. And it’s a revelation." ―Los Angeles Times

"It is stunning to follow... Read more

Every Valley

By: Charles King

Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson

Length: 10 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE • From the bestselling historian and National Book Critics Circle Award finalist, the moving untold story of the eighteenth-century men and women behind the making of Handel’s Messiah.

"A delicious history of music, power, love, genius, royalty and adventure."—Simon Sebag... Read more

Mood Machine

By: Liz Pelly

Narrated by: Liz Pelly

Length: 11 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

NATIONAL BESTSELLER

An unsparing investigation into Spotify’s origins and influence on music, weaving unprecedented reporting with incisive cultural criticism, illuminating how streaming is reshaping music for listeners and artists alike.

Drawing on over one hundred interviews with industry insiders, former Spotify employees, and musicians, Mood... Read more

My Black Country

By: Alice Randall

Narrated by: Alice Randall

Length: 11 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Alice Randall, award-winning professor, songwriter, and author presents “a celebration of all things country music” (Ken Burns) as she reflects on her search for the first family of Black country music.

Country music had brought Alice Randall and her activist mother together and even gave Randall a singular distinction in American music history:... Read more

They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us

By: Hanif Abdurraqib

Narrated by: Hanif Abdurraqib

Length: 8 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

*2018 "12 best books to give this holiday season" TODAY Show*Best Books of 2018* Rolling Stone"A Best Book of 2017" NPR, Buzzfeed, Paste Magazine, Esquire, Chicago Tribune, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, CBC, Stereogum, National Post, Entropy, Heavy, Book Riot, Chicago Review of Books, The Los Angeles Review, Michigan Daily*American Booksellers Association... Read more

Me

By: Elton John

Narrated by: Elton John & Taron Egerton

Length: 11 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
NOW UPDATED WITH A NEW CHAPTER

In his first and only official autobiography, music icon Elton John reveals the truth about his extraordinary life, from his rollercoaster lifestyle as shown in the film Rocketman, to becoming a living legend.

Christened Reginald Dwight, he was a shy boy with Buddy Holly glasses... Read more

Earth to Moon

By: Moon Unit Zappa

Narrated by: Moon Unit Zappa

Length: 10 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

From Moon Unit Zappa, the daughter of musical visionary Frank Zappa, comes a memoir of growing up in her unconventional household in 1970s Los Angeles, coming of age in the Hollywood Hills in the 1980s as the “Valley Girl,” gaining momentum as an accidental VJ on a new network called MTV, and finding herself after losing her father, then her... Read more

Song of Spider-Man

By: Glen Berger

Narrated by: Glen Berger

Length: 10 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

“One of the best literary works of this year” (Miami Herald-Tribune): The true story of a theatrical dream—or nightmare—come true…the making of the Spider-Man musical.

As you might imagine, writing a Broadway musical has its challenges. But it turns out there are challenges one can’t begin to imagine when collaborating with two rock legends and a... Read more

Open Book

By: Jessica Simpson

Narrated by: Jessica Simpson

Length: 11 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

The #1 New York Times BestsellerIncludes six new songs by Jessica Simpson, available exclusively in the Open Book audiobook.
Performed by the author featuring her music throughout.
Jessica reveals for the first time her inner monologue and most intimate struggles. Guided by the journals she's kept since age fifteen, and brimming with her unique... Read more

How Music Works

By: David Byrne

Narrated by: Andrew Garman & David Byrne

Length: 13 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • David Byrne’s incisive and enthusiastic look at the musical art form, from its very inceptions to the influences that shape it, whether acoustical, economic, social, or technological—now updated with a new chapter on digital curation.

“How Music Works is a buoyant hybrid of social history, anthropological survey,... Read more

Rebel Girl

By: Kathleen Hanna

Narrated by: Kathleen Hanna

Length: 9 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

An electric, searing memoir by the original rebel girl and legendary front woman of Bikini Kill and Le Tigre.Hey girlfriend I got a proposition goes something like this: Dare ya to do what you want Kathleen Hanna’s band Bikini Kill embodied the punk scene of the 90s, and today her personal yet feminist lyrics on anthems like “Rebel Girl” and... Read more

The Chance to Fly

By: Ali Stroker & Stacy Davidowitz

Narrated by: Ali Stroker

Length: 6 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

A heartfelt middle-grade novel about a theater-loving girl who uses a wheelchair for mobility and her quest to defy expectations--and gravity--from Tony award-winning actress Ali Stroker and Stacy Davidowitz

Thirteen-year-old Nat Beacon loves a lot of things: her dog Warbucks, her best friend Chloe, and competing on her wheelchair racing team,... Read more

Beethoven Lives Upstairs

By: Classical Kids

Narrated by: Stephen Ouimette & Nathaniel Moreau

Length: 48 minutes

Abridged: No

An eccentric new boarder turns a young boy’s life upside-down. Ludwig van Beethoven has moved in upstairs! Young Christoph exchanges letters about the chaotic arrival of Mr. Beethoven and learns to appreciate and understand the great composer and his music. Over two dozen excerpts including Moonlight Sonata, Symphonies #5-9, Für Elise,... Read more

A Little Devil in America

By: Hanif Abdurraqib

Narrated by: JD Jackson

Length: 9 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • A sweeping, genre-bending “masterpiece” (Minneapolis Star Tribune) exploring Black art, music, and culture in all their glory and complexity—from Soul Train, Aretha Franklin, and James Brown to The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Whitney Houston, and Beyoncé

ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Chicago Tribune, The... Read more

Brothers

By: Alex van Halen

Narrated by: Alex van Halen

Length: 6 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Featuring an exclusive, never-before-heard piece of music, the last written together by the legendary Van Halen brothers!In this intimate and open account—nothing like any rock-and-roll memoir you’ve ever read—Alex Van Halen shares his personal story of family, friendship, music and brotherly love in a remarkable tribute to his beloved brother... Read more

Symphony for the City of the Dead

By: M. T. Anderson

Narrated by: M. T. Anderson

Length: 10 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

A 2016 YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults FinalistNational Book Award winner M. T. Anderson delivers a brilliant and riveting account of the Siege of Leningrad and the role played by Russian composer Shostakovich and his Leningrad Symphony.In September 1941, Adolf Hitler’s Wehrmacht surrounded Leningrad in what was to... Read more

How Women Made Music

By: National Public Radio, Inc & Alison Fensterstock

Narrated by: Alison Fensterstock, Ann Powers, Janina Edwards...

Length: 10 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

The audiobook edition of How Women Made Music: A Revolutionary History brings listeners closer than ever to their creative heroes. Featuring rare interview excerpts with Nina Simone, Sinead O’Connor, Lucinda Williams, Joni Mitchell, Taylor Swift, Solange, and many more.NPR’s launch of the multi-platform series Turning the Tables in 2017,... Read more