Nonfiction audiobooks

Our Time Is Now

By: Stacey Abrams

Narrated by: Stacey Abrams

Length: 9 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

"This is a narrative that describes the urgency that compels me and millions more to push for a different American story than the one being told today. It's a story that is one part danger, one part action, and all true. It's a story about how and why we fight for our democracy and win."

This program is read by the author

Celebrated national... Read more

You Are Your Best Thing

By: Tarana Burke & Brené Brown

Narrated by: Tarana Burke, Brené Brown, the Contributors, Mi...

Length: 6 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Tarana Burke and Dr. Brené Brown bring together a dynamic group of Black writers, organizers, artists, academics, and cultural figures to discuss the topics the two have dedicated their lives to understanding and teaching: vulnerability and shame resilience.

Contributions by Kiese Laymon, Imani Perry, Laverne Cox,... Read more

All That She Carried

By: Tiya Miles

Narrated by: Janina Edwards

Length: 9 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A renowned historian traces the life of a single object handed down through three generations of Black women to craft a “deeply layered and insightful” (The Washington Post) testament to people who are left out of the archives.
 
WINNER: Frederick Douglass Book Prize, Harriet Tubman Prize,... Read more

The Boys in the Boat (Young Readers Adaptation)

By: Daniel James Brown

Narrated by: Mark Bramhall

Length: 5 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Soon to be a major motion picture directed by George Clooney

The #1 New York Times bestseller freshly adapted for the next generation.

Inspiration for the PBS American Experience Documentary 'The Boys of '36'
 
For readers of Unbroken, out of the depths of the Great Depression comes the astonishing tale of nine working-class boys from the American... Read more

Book and Dagger

By: Elyse Graham

Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld

Length: 10 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

The untold story of the academics who became OSS spies, invented modern spycraft, and helped turn the tide of the warAt the start of WWII, the U.S. found itself in desperate need of an intelligence agency. The Office of Strategic Services (OSS), a precursor to today’s CIA, was quickly formed—and, in an effort to fill its ranks with experts, the... Read more

Group

By: Christie Tate

Narrated by: Christie Tate

Length: 10 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

A REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK * NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

The refreshingly original and “startlingly hopeful” (Lisa Taddeo) debut memoir of an over-achieving young lawyer who reluctantly agrees to group therapy and gets psychologically and emotionally naked in a room of six complete strangers—and finds human connection, and herself.

Christie Tate had... Read more

Lab Girl

By: Hope Jahren

Narrated by: Hope Jahren

Length: 11 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

An illuminating debut memoir of a woman in science; a moving portrait of a longtime friendship; and a stunningly fresh look at plants that will forever change how you see the natural world
 
Acclaimed scientist Hope Jahren has built three laboratories in which she’s studied trees, flowers, seeds, and soil. Her first book is a revelatory treatise... Read more

First Gen

By: Alejandra Campoverdi

Narrated by: Alejandra Campoverdi

Length: 8 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

An unflinching memoir and "invaluable resource" (Kirkus) about navigating social mobility as a first gen Latina—offering both a riveting personal story and an examination of the unacknowledged emotional tolls of being a trailblazer. 

Alejandra Campoverdi has been a child on welfare, a White House aide to President Obama, a Harvard graduate, a... Read more

Leaving Isn't the Hardest Thing

By: Lauren Hough

Narrated by: Cate Blanchett & Lauren Hough

Length: 9 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • "A memoir in essays about so many things—growing up in an abusive cult, coming of age as a lesbian in the military, forced out by homophobia, living on the margins as a working class woman and what it’s like to grow into the person you are meant to be. Hough’s writing will break your heart." —Roxane Gay, author of... Read more

I'll Show Myself Out

By: Jessi Klein

Narrated by: Jessi Klein

Length: 6 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

An instant New York Times bestseller, I'll Show Myself Out is the eagerly anticipated second essay collection from Jessi Klein, author of the acclaimed debut You’ll Grow Out of It.Longlisted for the PEN Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay “Sometimes I think about how much bad news there is to tell my kid, the endlessly long,... Read more

Field Notes from an Unintentional Birder

By: Julia Zarankin

Narrated by: Nan McNamara

Length: 6 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

When Julia Zarankin saw her first red-winged blackbird at the age of thirty-five, she didn’t expect that it would change her life. Recently divorced and auditioning hobbies during a stressful career transition, she stumbled into birdwatching, initially out of curiosity for the strange breed of humans who wear multi-pocketed vests, carry spotting... Read more

When the Sea Came Alive

By: Garrett M. Graff

Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini & Garrett M. Graff

Length: 19 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Absolutely gripping.” —The Washington Post • “A masterpiece of oral history…stirring, surprising, grim, joyous, moving, and always riveting.” —Evan Thomas

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Only Plane in the Sky and Pulitzer Prize finalist for Watergate comes the most complete and up-to-date account... Read more

Not the End of the World

By: Hannah Ritchie

Narrated by: Hannah Ritchie

Length: 9 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

This "truly essential" audiobook will transform how you see our biggest environmental problems (Margaret Atwood)—and explains how we can solve them. It’s become common to tell kids that they’re going to die from climate change. We are constantly bombarded by doomsday headlines that tell us the soil won’t be able to support crops, fish will... Read more

Is this Anything?

By: Jerry Seinfeld

Narrated by: Jerry Seinfeld

Length: 6 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

The first book in twenty-five years from “one of our great comic minds” (The Washington Post) features Seinfeld’s best work across five decades in comedy.

Since his first performance at the legendary New York nightclub “Catch a Rising Star” as a twenty-one-year-old college student in fall of 1975, Jerry Seinfeld has written his own material and... Read more

Normal Women

By: Philippa Gregory

Narrated by: Philippa Gregory, Clare Corbett, Tania Rodrigue...

Length: 27 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

The #1 New York Times bestselling historical novelist delivers her magnum opus—a landmark work of feminist nonfiction that radically redefines our understanding of the extraordinary roles ordinary women played throughout British history and “should be included in every history lesson” (Glamour UK)“As author and lead narrator, Gregory’s passion... Read more

The Abyss

By: Max Hastings

Narrated by: Max Hastings & John Hopkins

Length: 19 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Bestselling author Max Hastings offers a welcome re-evaluation of one of the most gripping and tense international events in modern history—the Cuban Missile Crisis—providing a people-focused narrative that explores the attitudes and conduct of Russians, Cubans, Americans, and a terrified world that followed each moment as it unfolded.In The... Read more

Pirate Enlightenment, or the Real Libertalia

By: David Graeber

Narrated by: Roger Davis

Length: 5 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

"Narrator Roger Davis, who earned first-class honors in media and anthropology, puts his training to good use to lead listeners through 17th- and 18th-century Malagasy history." - Library Journal

The final posthumous work by the coauthor of the major New York Times bestseller The Dawn of Everything.

Pirates have long lived in the realm of romance... Read more

Briefly Perfectly Human

By: Alua Arthur

Narrated by: Alua Arthur

Length: 9 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA deeply transformative memoir that reframes how we think about death and how it can help us lead better, more fulfilling and authentic lives, from America’s most visible death doula.""A truly unique, inspiring perspective on the time we have, what we do with it, and how we let go of this world.... There is no one I'd... Read more

10 to 25

By: David Yeager

Narrated by: David Yeager

Length: 12 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Acclaimed developmental psychologist David Yeager reveals the new science of motivating young people ages ten through twenty-five in this groundbreaking book that is a must-read for managers, parents, educators, coaches, and mentors everywhere.

“Ambitious and revelatory...10 to 25 offers baffled adults new approaches—and... Read more

We Were Eight Years in Power

By: Ta-Nehisi Coates

Narrated by: Beresford Bennett

Length: 13 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

In this “urgently relevant”* collection featuring the landmark essay “The Case for Reparations,” the National Book Award–winning author of Between the World and Me “reflects on race, Barack Obama’s presidency and its jarring aftermath”*—including the election of Donald Trump.

New York Times Bestseller • Finalist for the PEN/Jean Stein Book... Read more

The Making of a Manager

By: Julie Zhuo

Narrated by: Karissa Vacker & Julie Zhuo

Length: 7 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Congratulations, you're a manager! After you pop the champagne, accept the shiny new title, and step into this thrilling next chapter of your career, the truth descends like a fog: you don't really know what you're doing.

That's exactly how Julie Zhuo felt when she became a rookie manager at the age of 25. She stared at a long list of... Read more

Happy People Are Annoying

By: Josh Peck

Narrated by: Josh Peck

Length: 6 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Narrated by Josh PeckA wonderfully candid memoir from one of the most recognizable faces of a generation, actor, writer, Youtuber, and television superstar, Josh Peck. In his warm and inspiring book, Josh reflects on the many stumbles and silver linings of his life and traces a zigzagging path to redemption. Written with such impressive detail... Read more

Platonic

By: Marisa G. Franco, PhD

Narrated by: Marisa G. Franco, PhD

Length: 10 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Instant New York Times bestseller

Is understanding the science of attachment the key to building lasting friendships and finding “your people” in an ever-more-fragmented world?

How do we make and keep friends in an era of distraction, burnout, and chaos, especially in a society that often prizes romantic love at the expense of other... Read more

The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry

By: John Mark Comer

Narrated by: John Mark Comer & Kris Koscheski

Length: 5 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

ECPA BESTSELLER • A compelling emotional and spiritual case against hurry and in favor of a slower, simpler way of life—from the New York Times bestselling author of Practicing the Way

“Prophetic, practical, and profoundly life giving . . . provides a way forward that creates hope, hunger, and a vision of a beautiful life. I consider this... Read more