Nonfiction audiobooks

The Echo Machine

By: David Pakman

Narrated by: David Pakman

Length: 7 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER

"For anyone who wants to stand up to disinformation and deepen their understanding of politics without getting lost in jargon, this book is essential reading.”
—Brian Tyler Cohen, YouTuber and bestselling author of Shameless

From the host of The David Pakman Show comes a vital exploration of how... Read more

Just Mercy

By: Bryan Stevenson

Narrated by: Bryan Stevenson

Length: 11 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING MICHAEL B. JORDAN AND JAMIE FOXX • A powerful true story about the potential for mercy to redeem us, and a clarion call to fix our broken system of justice—from one of the most brilliant and influential lawyers of our time.

“[Bryan Stevenson’s] dedication to fighting for justice... Read more

In the Dream House

By: Carmen Maria Machado

Narrated by: Carmen Maria Machado

Length: 5 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

In the Dream House is Carmen Maria Machado's engrossing and wildly innovative account of a relationship gone bad, and a bold dissection of the mechanisms and cultural representations of psychological abuse. Tracing the full arc of a harrowing relationship with a charismatic but volatile woman, Machado struggles to make sense of how what happened... Read more

Dinner for Vampires

By: Bethany Joy Lenz

Narrated by: Bethany Joy Lenz

Length: 8 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Includes exclusive audio cameos from One Tree Hill cast members Tyler Hilton, Paul Johansson, James Lafferty, and Chad Michael Murray!

An “incredible” (Alex Cooper, Call Her Daddy), “riveting” (People) New York Times bestselling memoir by One Tree Hill star Bethany Joy Lenz about her decade in a cult and her quest to break free.

In the early... Read more

Rich AF

By: Vivian Tu

Narrated by: Vivian Tu

Length: 8 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

From TikTok star and Your (favorite) Rich BFF Vivian Tu, the definitive book on personal finance for a new generation

When Vivian Tu started working on Wall Street fresh from undergrad, all she knew was that she was making more money than she had ever seen in her life. But it wasn’t until she found a mentor of her own on the trading floor that... Read more

They Knew

By: Sarah Kendzior

Narrated by: Sarah Kendzior

Length: 9 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

This program is read by the author.

FINALIST FOR THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE

“Every sentence delivered. The pathos of truth-seeking left me thinking of Herman Melville."
—Timothy Snyder, #1 New York Times bestselling author of On Tyranny

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING author Sarah Kendzior delves into the difference between conspiracy and... Read more

Debt - Updated and Expanded

By: David Graeber

Narrated by: Grover Gardner

Length: 17 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Now in audio, the updated and expanded edition : David Graeber’s “fresh . . . fascinating . . . thought-provoking . . . and exceedingly timely” (Financial Times) history of debt

Here anthropologist David Graeber presents a stunning reversal of conventional wisdom: he shows that before there was money, there was debt. For more than 5,000 years,... Read more

They Were Her Property

By: Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers

Narrated by: Allyson Johnson

Length: 10 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

A bold and searing investigation into the role of white women in the American slave economy.



Bridging women's history, the history of the South, and African American history, this book makes a bold argument about the role of white women in American slavery. Historian Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers draws on a variety of sources to show that... Read more

There Is No Place for Us

By: Brian Goldstone

Narrated by: Dion Graham & Brian Goldstone

Length: 13 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Through the “revelatory and gut-wrenching” (Associated Press) stories of five Atlanta families, this landmark work of journalism exposes a new and troubling trend—the dramatic rise of the working homeless in cities across America

“An exceptional feat of reporting, full of an immediacy that calls to mind Adrian Nicole LeBlanc’s Random Family and... Read more

How to Win Friends and Influence People

By: Dale Carnegie

Narrated by: Robert Petkoff

Length: 8 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Updated for today’s readers, Dale Carnegie’s timeless bestseller How to Win Friends and Influence People is a classic that has improved and transformed the professional and personal and lives of millions.

One of the best-known motivational guides in history, Dale Carnegie’s groundbreaking book has sold tens of millions of copies, been translated... Read more

How To Win Friends And Influence People

By: Dale Carnegie

Narrated by: Andrew Macmillan & Andrew Macmillian

Length: 7 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Updated for today’s readers, Dale Carnegie’s timeless bestseller How to Win Friends and Influence People is a classic that has improved and transformed the professional and personal and lives of millions.

One of the best-known motivational guides in history, Dale Carnegie’s groundbreaking book has sold tens of millions of copies, been translated... Read more

What If? 10th Anniversary Edition

By: Randall Munroe

Narrated by: Wil Wheaton

Length: 7 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

A special tenth anniversary edition of the million-copy bestseller What If? from the creator of the wildly popular webcomic xkcd—revised and annotated with answers to important questions you never thought to ask.Fans of xkcd ask Munroe a lot of strange questions: What if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at ninety percent the speed of light?... Read more

The Wide Wide Sea

By: Hampton Sides

Narrated by: Peter Noble

Length: 15 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A “thrilling and superbly crafted” (The Wall Street Journal) account of the most momentous voyage of the Age of Exploration, which culminated in Captain James Cook’s death in Hawaii, and left a complex and controversial legacy still debated to this day.

A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: THE NEW YORK TIMES, TIME, THE ECONOMIST,... Read more

Troy

By: Stephen Fry

Narrated by: Stephen Fry

Length: 11 hours

Abridged: No

In this brilliant conclusion to his bestselling Mythos trilogy, legendary author and actor Stephen Fry retells the tale of the Trojan War.

Full of tragic heroes, intoxicating love stories, and the unstoppable force of fate, there is no conflict more iconic than the Trojan War. Troy is the story of the epic battle retold by Fry with drama, humor,... Read more

I Shouldn't Be Telling You This

By: Chelsea Devantez

Narrated by: Chelsea Devantez

Length: 8 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

"It’s f*cking great!!! Raw, intimate, hilarious, actually inspiring.” –Jon Stewart

*A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK FROM BUSTLE, GOODREADS, GOODREADS, SHEREADS, BOOKRIOT, AND MORE*

A dynamic memoir-in-essays by comedian, screenwriter, and podcaster Chelsea Devantez, detailing her tumultuous upbringing and uproarious career path into Hollywood, featuring a... Read more

Good Game, No Rematch

By: Mike Drucker

Narrated by: Mike Drucker

Length: 7 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

"Funny, genuine and knowledgeable about something that meant so much to all of us." —Ben Schwartz 

A hilarious and nostalgic memoir about the video games that entertain and inspire us, and even hold the power to transform our lives, from an Emmy®-nominated television writer, stand-up comedian and former writer for Nintendo.

At the ripe age of... Read more

All We Can Save

By: Ayana Elizabeth Johnson & Katharine K. Wilkinson

Narrated by: Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, Katharine K. Wilkinson...

Length: 15 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Provocative and illuminating essays from women at the forefront of the climate movement who are harnessing truth, courage, and solutions to lead humanity forward.
 
There is a renaissance blooming in the climate movement: leadership that is more characteristically feminine and more faithfully feminist, rooted in compassion, connection,... Read more

Dare I Say It

By: Naomi Watts

Narrated by: Naomi Watts & Allyson Ryan

Length: 6 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A frank, funny and informative guide to menopause and aging by beloved actress Naomi Watts, one of the leading voices in menopause awareness—with a foreword by Mary Claire Haver, MD, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The New Menopause

At thirty-six, Naomi Watts had just completed filming King Kong and was trying... Read more

What's Left

By: Malcolm Harris

Narrated by: Patrick Harrison

Length: 10 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

A vital guide for collective political action against the climate apocalypse, from bestselling progressive intellectual Malcolm Harris—“a brilliant thinker and writer capable of making the intricacies of economic conditions supremely readable” (Vulture).

Climate change is the unifying crisis of our time. But the scale of the problem can be... Read more

Soil

By: Camille T Dungy

Narrated by: Camille T Dungy

Length: 10 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

A “heartfelt and thoroughly enriching” (Aimee Nezhukumatathil, New York Times bestselling author of World of Wonders) work that expands on how we talk about the natural world and the environment as National Book Critics Circle finalist Camille T. Dungy diversifies her garden to reflect her heritage.

In Soil: The Story of a Black Mother’s Garden... Read more

In the Weeds

By: B.K. Borison

Narrated by: Pippa Jayne & Dane Anderson

Length: 10 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

One incredible weekend in Maine, and Beckett Porter is officially a distracted man. He’s not unfamiliar with hot and heavy flings. He knows how it goes. But Evie wove some sort of magic over him during their tumble in the sheets. He can’t stop thinking about her laugh, her hand pressed flat against his chest, her smiling mouth at his neck, her... Read more

We Need Your Art

By: Amie McNee

Narrated by: Amie McNee

Length: 6 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

From Amie McNee, the voice behind Inspired to Write, a manifesto on the vital, human importance of creating, with guidance for all artists in all endeavors, whether they're starting their journey or seeking a fresh perspective.

In We Need Your Art, Amie McNee calls artists and aspiring artists of all kinds to do the work they’re meant to do:... Read more

The Pacific Circuit

By: Alexis Madrigal

Narrated by: Alexis Madrigal

Length: 12 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

This audiobook, written and read by Alexis Madrigal, reveals how understanding Oakland explains the modern world.

In The Pacific Circuit, the award-winning journalist Alexis Madrigal sculpts an intricate tableau of the city of Oakland that is at once a groundbreaking big-idea book, a deeply researched work of social and political history, and... Read more

So Good They Can't Ignore You

By: Cal Newport

Narrated by: Dave Mallow

Length: 6 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

In this book with unique perspective, professor Cal Newport debunks the long-held belief that "follow your passion" is good advice, and sets out to discover the reality of how people end up loving their careers.

A focus on passion over skill can be dangerous, leading to anxiety and chronic job hopping. Spending time with professionals who admit... Read more