Psychology audiobooks

The Power of Meaning

By: Emily Esfahani Smith

Narrated by: Mozhan Marnò

Length: 7 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

In a culture obsessed with happiness, this wise, stirring book points the way toward a richer, more satisfying life.

Too many of us believe that the search for meaning is an esoteric pursuit—that you have to travel to a distant monastery or page through dusty volumes to discover life’s secrets. The truth is, there are untapped sources of meaning... Read more

The Mother Dance

By: Harriet Lerner

Narrated by: Suzanne Toren

Length: 9 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

From the celebrated author of The Dance of Anger comes an extraordinary book about mothering and how it transforms us -- and all our relationships -- inside and out. Written from her dual perspective as a psychologist and a mother, Lerner brings us deeply personal tales that run the gamut from the hilarious to the heart-wrenching. From birth or... Read more

Soul Mates

By: Thomas Moore

Narrated by: Nelson Runger

Length: 10 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

In Care of the Soul, Thomas Moore explored the importance of nurturing the soul and struck a chord nationwide—the book became a long-term bestseller, topping charts across the country.Building on that book’s wisdom, Soul Mates explores how relationships of all kinds enhance our lives and fulfill the needs of our souls. Moore emphasizes the... Read more

How Could You Do That?!

By: Dr. Laura Schlessinger

Narrated by: Barbara Caruso

Length: 8 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

How Could You Do That?! illustrates Dr. Laura Schlessinger's philosophy of personal responsibility through her usually provocative but always stimulating moral dialogues with callers about everyday ethical dilemmas.In her lively pull-no-punches style, Dr. Laura takes on the moral dilemmas of our time: from the mindless pursuit of pleasure and... Read more

Every Moment of a Fall

By: Carol E. Miller

Narrated by: Lisa Flanagan

Length: 6 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Carol E. Miller was sixteen when the private plane piloted by her father crashed, pinning her in the wreckage, critically injuring her parents, and killing her twelve-year-old sister. Compounding this traumatic event, her father told her he wished she had died instead of her sister. For the next twenty years, she labored under feelings of guilt... Read more

The Burn Journals

By: Brent Runyon

Narrated by: Christopher Evan Welch

Length: 7 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Brent Runyon's account of his attempted suicide has garnered critical accolades for its glimpse into adolescent depression and rare insight into the human condition. Fearing expulsion and parental disapproval after lighting a shirt on fire at his school, Brent goes home, soaks his bathrobe with gasoline, steps into his shower, and strikes a... Read more

The Late Bloomer

By: Ken Baker

Narrated by: Ken Baker

Length: 9 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Soon to be a feature film, The Late Bloomer is the revealing, harrowing and often funny memoir of a celebrity journalist and former hotshot hockey player who discovers that he has been biochemically infused with a female hormone.

On the surface, Ken Baker seemed a model man. He was a nationally ranked hockey goalie; a Hollywood correspondent for... Read more

Labyrinths

By: Catrine Clay

Narrated by: Karen Cass

Length: 11 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

 A sensational, eye-opening account of Emma Jung’s complex marriage to Carl Gustav Jung and the hitherto unknown role she played in the early years of the psychoanalytic movement.Clever and ambitious, Emma Jung yearned to study the natural sciences at the University of Zurich. But the strict rules of proper Swiss society at the beginning of the... Read more

Darkness Visible

By: William Styron

Narrated by: William Styron

Length: 2 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A literary tour de force that chronicles a prize-winning author's descent into an almost suicidal depression.

"Compelling ... Harrowing ... a vivid portrait of a debilitating disorder ... It offers the solace of a shared experience."—The New York Times

A work of great personal courage and a literary tour de force, this... Read more

All the Rage

By: Martin Moran

Narrated by: Martin Moran

Length: 5 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

A moving and surprisingly funny memoir about finding the right balance between anger and compassion

“Why aren’t you angry?” people often asked Martin Moran after he told his story of how he came to forgive the man who sexually abused him as a boy. At first, the question pissed him off. Then, it began to haunt him. Why didn’t he have more anger?... Read more

The Naughty Nineties

By: David Friend

Narrated by: David Friend

Length: 26 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

A sexual history of the 1990s when the Baby Boomers took over Washington, Hollywood, and Madison Avenue. A definitive look at the captains of the culture wars -- and an indispensable road map for understanding how we got to the Trump Teens.

The Naughty Nineties: The Triumph of the American Libido examines the scandal-strafed decade when our... Read more

He's Not That Interested, He's Just Passing Time: 40 Unmistakable Behaviors of Men Who Avoid Commitment and Play Games with Women

By: Bruce Bryans

Narrated by: Dan Culhane

Length: 2 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Men don't really have "commitment issues". At least, not in the way most women think men do. When a man tells you he has "commitment issues", there's a good chance that what he really means is he's not that interested in you and is just using you to pass time with until he meets someone "better".

But even though men don't really have commitment... Read more

The Knowledge Illusion

By: Steven Sloman & Philip Fernbach

Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain

Length: 9 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

“The Knowledge Illusion is filled with insights on how we should deal with our individual ignorance and collective wisdom.” —Steven Pinker

We all think we know more than we actually do.
 
Humans have built hugely complex societies and technologies, but most of us don’t even know how a pen or a toilet works. How have we achieved so much despite... Read more

Life as Sport

By: Jonathan Fader

Narrated by: Jonathan Fader

Length: 7 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Why do sports captivate people? They allow us to watch human beings achieve peak performance, but, beyond physical strength and skill, what's really impressive is an athlete's mental prowess -- their will to succeed, engagement with their environment, and self-confidence.

In Life as Sport, sport psychologist Dr. Jonathan Fader shares the skills... Read more

Stretch

By: Scott Sonenshein

Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain

Length: 7 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

A Rice University social scientist teaches you to rethink what you need to succeed, and do more with what you already have, in this counterintuitive, evidence-based guide to changing the way you work and live.Stretch identifies key ways for people and organizations to work beyond their resources to achieve higher performance. Based on in-depth... Read more

Stealing Fire

By: Steven Kotler & Jamie Wheal

Narrated by: Fred Sanders

Length: 8 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

The author of the bestselling Bold and The Rise of Superman explores altered states of consciousness and how they can ignite passion, fuel creativity, and accelerate problem solving, in this groundbreaking book in the vein of Daniel Pink’s Drive and Charles Duhigg’s Smarter Faster Better.Why has generating ""flow"" and getting ""into the zone""... Read more

Awkward

By: Ty Tashiro

Narrated by: George Newbern

Length: 6 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

In the vein of Quiet and The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth comes this illuminating look at what it means to be awkward—and how the same traits that make us socially anxious and cause embarrassing faux pas also provide the seeds for extraordinary success.As humans, we all need to belong. While modern social life can make even the best of us feel... Read more

Smart but Scattered Teens: The "Executive Skills" Program for Helping Teens Reach Their Potential

By: Richard Guare PhD, Peg Dawson EdD & Colin Guare

Narrated by: Abby Craden

Length: 11 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

"I told you, I'll do it later."

"I forgot to turn in the stupid application."

"Could you drive me to school? I missed the bus again."

"I can't walk the dog--I have too much homework!"

If you're the parent of a "smart but scattered" teen, trying to help him or her grow into a self-sufficient, responsible adult may feel like a never-ending battle. Now... Read more

Making Marriage Work

By: Rob Pascale

Narrated by: Stephen R. Thorne

Length: 9 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Staying happily married has become a difficult proposition in recent times. Although the institution is still firmly embedded in our culture, divorce rates have steadily climbed since the 1960s. While some marriages are truly divorce-worthy, many other broken marriages can be saved. Recent emphasis on personal needs and greater social acceptance... Read more

Frientimacy

By: Shasta Nelson

Narrated by: Robin Eller

Length: 8 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

With the constant connectivity of today’s world, it’s never been easier to meet people and make new friends—but it’s never been harder to form meaningful friendships. In Frientimacy, award-winning speaker Shasta Nelson shows how anyone can form stronger, more meaningful friendships, marked by a level of trust she calls “frientimacy.” Shasta... Read more

A Book About Love

By: Jonah Lehrer

Narrated by: Jacques Roy

Length: 7 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Number one bestselling science writer Jonah Lehrer explores the “only happiness that lasts”—love—in a book that “is interesting on nearly every page” (David Brooks, The New York Times Book Review).

Weaving together scientific studies from clinical psychologists, longitudinal studies of health and happiness, historical accounts and literary... Read more

Crazy Is My Superpower

By: A. J. Mendez

Narrated by: A. J. Mendez

Length: 8 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

The New York Times Bestseller

Recently retired WWE superstar AJ Mendez Brooks is a powerhouse—strong, quirky, and totally confident. But that wasn’t always the case. With humor and tremendous heart, she opens up for the first time about her harrowing struggle to understand her demons and the diagnosis that helped her gain control over her life.... Read more

The Inkblots

By: Damion Searls

Narrated by: Paul Boehmer

Length: 15 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

The captivating, untold story of Hermann Rorschach and his famous inkblot test
 
In 1917, working alone in a remote Swiss asylum, psychiatrist Hermann Rorschach devised an experiment to probe the human mind: a set of ten carefully designed inkblots. For years he had grappled with the theories of Freud and Jung while also absorbing the aesthetic... Read more

Irresistible

By: Adam Alter

Narrated by: Adam Alter

Length: 8 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

“Irresistible is a fascinating and much needed exploration of one of the most troubling phenomena of modern times.” —Malcolm Gladwell, author of New York Times bestsellers David and Goliath and Outliers

“One of the most mesmerizing and important books I’ve read in quite some time. Alter brilliantly illuminates the new obsessions that are... Read more