Nonfiction audiobooks

The Myth of Normal

By: Gabor Maté, MD & Daniel Maté

Narrated by: Daniel Maté

Length: 18 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

The instant New York Times bestseller

By the acclaimed author of In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, a groundbreaking investigation into the causes of illness, a bracing critique of how our society breeds disease, and a pathway to health and healing.

In this revolutionary book, renowned physician Gabor Maté eloquently dissects how in Western countries... Read more

What Happened to You?

By: Oprah Winfrey & Bruce D. Perry

Narrated by: Bruce D. Perry & Oprah Winfrey

Length: 8 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

"[Oprah Winfrey and Bruce D. Perry] are both capable, likable narrators who are sincerely engaged with their subject matter...The performances of these two humanitarians make this a must-hear for anyone recovering from their traumatic past." —AudioFile

This program is read by the authors.

Our earliest experiences shape our lives far down the... Read more

Between the World and Me

By: Ta-Nehisi Coates

Narrated by: Ta-Nehisi Coates

Length: 3 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • NAMED ONE OF TIME’S TEN BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE • PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST • ONE OF OPRAH’S “BOOKS THAT HELP ME THROUGH” • NOW AN HBO ORIGINAL SPECIAL EVENT

Hailed by Toni Morrison as “required reading,” a bold and personal... Read more

There's Always This Year

By: Hanif Abdurraqib

Narrated by: Hanif Abdurraqib

Length: 8 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD • #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A “powerful” (The Guardian) reflection on basketball, life, and home—from the author of the National Book Award finalist A Little Devil in America

“Mesmerizing . . . not only the most original sports book I’ve ever read but one of the most moving books I’ve ever read,... Read more

Care Work

By: Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

Narrated by: Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

Length: 8 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

In this collection of essays, Lambda Literary Award–winning writer and longtime activist and performance artist Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha explores the politics and realities of disability justice, a movement that centers the lives and leadership of sick and disabled queer, trans, Black, and brown people, with knowledge and gifts for... Read more

Defectors

By: Paola Ramos

Narrated by: Victoria Villarreal

Length: 9 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

An award-winning journalist's exploration of how race, identity and political trauma have influenced the rise in far-right sentiment among Latinos, and how this group can shape American politics

“A deeply reported, surprisingly personal exploration of a phenomenon that is little understood in our politics: the affiliation of Latino voters with... Read more

White Tears/Brown Scars

By: Ruby Hamad

Narrated by: Mozhan Marnò

Length: 7 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Called "powerful and provocative" by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, author of the New York Times bestselling How to be an Antiracist, this explosive book of history and cultural criticism reveals how white feminism has been used as a weapon of white supremacy and patriarchy deployed against Black and Indigenous women, and women of color.

Taking us from the... Read more

How to Be Perfect

By: Michael Schur

Narrated by: Michael Schur, Kristen Bell, D'Arcy Carden, Ted...

Length: 9 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

From the creator of The Good Place and the cocreator of Parks and Recreation, a hilarious, thought-provoking guide to living an ethical life, drawing on 2,500 years of deep thinking from around the world. Read by the author, this one-of-a-kind audio production features guest appearances by members of the cast of The Good Place.

Most people think... Read more

The Devil in the White City

By: Erik Larson

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Length: 14 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The true tale of the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago and the cunning serial killer who used the magic and majesty of the fair to lure his victims to their death.

Two men, each handsome and unusually adept at his chosen work, embodied an element of the great dynamic that characterized America’s rush toward the twentieth... 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

A Walk in the Park

By: Kevin Fedarko

Narrated by: Kevin Fedarko

Length: 14 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Winner of the 2024 National Outdoor Book Award in Outdoor Literature
Shortlisted for the 2025 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction

“A triumph. Fedarko doesn’t describe awe; he induces it.” —The New York Times Book Review * “Passionate…memorable…life-affirming.” —The Wall Street Journal

From the author of the beloved bestseller The... Read more

Better Living Through Birding

By: Christian Cooper

Narrated by: Christian Cooper

Length: 10 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Central Park birder Christian Cooper takes us beyond the viral video that shocked a nation and into a world of avian adventures, global excursions, and the unexpected lessons you can learn from a life spent looking up.

"Wondrous . . . captivating.”—Ed Yong, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of An Immense World

Christian Cooper is a self-described... Read more

On Freedom

By: Timothy Snyder

Narrated by: Timothy Snyder

Length: 10 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A brilliant exploration of freedom—what it is, how it’s been misunderstood, and why it’s our only chance for survival—by the acclaimed Yale historian and author of the #1 New York Times bestseller On Tyranny

“A rigorous and visionary argument . . . Buy or borrow this book, read it, take it to heart.”—The... Read more

Empire of Pain

By: Patrick Radden Keefe

Narrated by: Patrick Radden Keefe

Length: 18 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE NOMINEE • A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR • NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • A grand, devastating portrait of three generations of the Sackler family, famed for their philanthropy, whose fortune was built by Valium and whose reputation was destroyed by OxyContin. From the prize-winning and bestselling author of... Read more

Entangled Life

By: Merlin Sheldrake

Narrated by: Merlin Sheldrake

Length: 9 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A “brilliant [and] entrancing” (The Guardian) journey into the hidden lives of fungi—the great connectors of the living world—and their astonishing and intimate roles in human life, with the power to heal our bodies, expand our minds, and help us address our most urgent environmental problems.

“Grand and dizzying in... Read more

What My Bones Know

By: Stephanie Foo

Narrated by: Stephanie Foo

Length: 10 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A searing memoir of reckoning and healing by acclaimed journalist Stephanie Foo, investigating the little-understood science behind complex PTSD and how it has shaped her life

“Achingly exquisite . . . providing real hope for those who long to heal.”—Lori Gottlieb, New York Times bestselling author of Maybe You Should... Read more

Beyond the Wand

By: Tom Felton

Narrated by: Tom Felton

Length: 6 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

From the magical moments on set as Draco Malfoy to the challenges of growing up in the spotlight, get a backstage pass into Tom Felton’s life on and off the big screen in this #1 New York Times bestseller.   Tom Felton’s adolescence was anything but ordinary. His early rise to fame in beloved films like The Borrowers catapulted him into the... Read more

Attached

By: Amir Levine & Rachel Heller

Narrated by: Robert Petkoff

Length: 7 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

"A groundbreaking book that redefines what it means to be in a relationship."
--John Gray, PhD., bestselling author of Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus

We already rely on science to tell us what to eat, when to exercise, and how long to sleep. Why not use science to help us improve our relationships? In this revolutionary book, psychiatrist... Read more

Wordslut

By: Amanda Montell

Narrated by: Amanda Montell

Length: 6 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

“As funny as it is informative, this book will have you laughing out loud while you contemplate the revolutionary power of words.” —Camille Perri, author of The Assistants and When Katie Met CassidyA brash, enlightening, and wildly entertaining feminist look at gendered language and the way it shapes us.The word bitch conjures many images for... Read more

An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States

By: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

Narrated by: Shaun Taylor-Corbett

Length: 9 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

New York Times Bestseller

This American Book Award winning title about Native American struggle and resistance radically reframes more than 400 years of US history
 
A New York Times Bestseller and the basis for the HBO docu-series Exterminate All the Brutes, directed by Raoul Peck, this 10th anniversary edition of An Indigenous Peoples’ History... Read more

Unmasking Autism

By: Devon Price, PhD

Narrated by: Devon Price, PhD

Length: 9 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

A deep dive into the spectrum of Autistic experience and the phenomenon of masked Autism, giving individuals the tools to safely uncover their true selves while broadening society’s narrow understanding of neurodiversity

“A remarkable work that will stand at the forefront of the neurodiversity movement.”—Barry M. Prizant, PhD, CCC-SLP, author of... Read more

Challenger

By: Adam Higginbotham

Narrated by: Jacques Roy

Length: 17 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Winner of the 2024 Kirkus Nonfiction Prize • Shortlisted for the 2025 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Stunning…A heart-pounding thriller…Challenger is a remarkable book.” —The Atlantic • “Devastating…A universal story that transcends time.” —The New York Times • “Dramatic…a moving narrative.” —The... Read more

Nuclear War

By: Annie Jacobsen

Narrated by: Annie Jacobsen

Length: 11 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

The INSTANT New York Times bestseller

Instant Los Angeles Times bestseller

Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize

“In Nuclear War: A Scenario, Annie Jacobsen gives us a vivid picture of what could happen if our nuclear guardians fail…Terrifying.”—Wall Street Journal

There is only one scenario other than an asteroid strike that could end the... Read more

I Haven’t Been Entirely Honest with You

By: Miranda Hart

Narrated by: Miranda Hart

Length: 10 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Penguin.

A Sunday Times bestseller

Packed with hard-won wisdoms and gentle revelations, this is Miranda's honest exploration of the lessons that have helped her.

Hello to you, I am with news. I have a new book: I Haven’t Been Entirely Honest With You. I know – what an intriguing title!

Basically, I have had an unexpectedly... Read more