Psychology audiobooks

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

The Brain Defense

By: Kevin Davis

Narrated by: Jim Frangione

Length: 9 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Called “the best kind of nonfiction” by Michael Connelly, this riveting new book combines true crime, brain science, and courtroom drama.

In 1991, the police were called to East 72nd St. in Manhattan, where a woman's body had fallen from a twelfth-story window. The woman’s husband, Herbert Weinstein, soon confessed to having hit and strangled his... Read more

In Praise of Slowness

By: Carl Honore

Narrated by: Carl Honore

Length: 7 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

We live in the age of speed. We strain to be more efficient, to cram more into each minute, each hour, each day. Since the Industrial Revolution shifted the world into high gear, the cult of speed has pushed us to a breaking point. Consider these facts: Americans on average spend seventy-two minutes of every day behind the wheel of a car, a... Read more

Raising Human Beings

By: Ross W. Greene

Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross

Length: 7 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Renowned child psychologist and New York Times bestselling author of Lost at School and The Explosive Child explains how to cultivate a better parent-child relationship while also nurturing empathy, honesty, resilience, and independence.

Parents have an important task: figure out who their child is—his or her skills, preferences, beliefs, values,... Read more

Insight

By: Tasha Eurich

Narrated by: Tasha Eurich

Length: 11 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Most people feel like they know themselves pretty well. But what if you could know yourself just a little bit better—and with this small improvement, get a big payoff…not just in your career, but in your life?
 
Research shows that self-awareness – knowing who we are and how others see us – is the foundation for high performance, smart choices,... Read more

Robert Lowell, Setting the River on Fire

By: Kay Redfield Jamison

Narrated by: Jefferson Mays

Length: 17 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • In this magisterial study of the relationship between illness and art, the best-selling author of An Unquiet Mind, Kay Redfield Jamison, brings an entirely fresh understanding to the work and life of Robert Lowell (1917-1977), whose intense, complex, and personal verse left a lasting mark on the English language and... Read more

Pets on the Couch

By: Nicholas Dodman

Narrated by: James Langton

Length: 8 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

The pioneering veterinarian and author of the New York Times bestseller The Dog Who Loved Too Much recounts his uniquely entertaining—and poignant—stories of treating animals for all-too-human problems as he reveals his amazing breakthroughs with the new science of One Medicine. The Oliver Sacks of animal brains, Dr. Nicholas Dodman is an... Read more

The Evil Hours

By: David J. Morris

Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain

Length: 12 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Just as polio loomed over the 1950s and AIDS stalked the 1980s and 1990s, post-traumatic stress disorder haunts us in the early years of the twenty-first century. Over a decade into the United States' "global war on terror," PTSD afflicts as many as 30 percent of the conflict's veterans. But the disorder's reach extends far beyond the armed... Read more

Worry

By: Edward M. Hallowell, MD

Narrated by: Pete Larkin

Length: 11 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Worry consumes time and energy, too often isolates us from friends and family, and prevents us from solving the real problems that are behind the act of worrying. Dr. Edward M. Hallowell makes clear the crucial distinctions among the various forms of worry, showing which are protective and productive, which handicap achievement and pleasure, and... Read more

The Worm at the Core

By: Sheldon Solomon, Jeff Greenberg & Tom Pyszczynski

Narrated by: John Pruden

Length: 8 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

More than one hundred years ago, the American philosopher William James wrote that the knowledge that we must die is "the worm at the core" of the human condition—a universally shared fear that informs all our thoughts and actions, from the great art we create to the devastating wars we wage.




Using data collected from human subjects, Sheldon... Read more

The Childhood Roots of Adult Happiness

By: Edward M. Hallowell, MD

Narrated by: Pete Larkin

Length: 8 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Edward M. Hallowell, MD, father of three and a clinical psychiatrist, has thought long and hard about what makes children feel good about themselves and the world they live in. Now, in The Childhood Roots of Adult Happiness, he shares his findings with all of us who care about children.


We don't need statistical studies or complicated expert... Read more

Tasty

By: John McQuaid

Narrated by: Tom Perkins

Length: 8 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Taste has long been considered the most basic of the five senses because its principal mission is a simple one: to discern food from everything else. Taste is a whole-body experience, and breakthroughs in genetics and microbiology are casting light not just on the experience of french fries and foie gras but the mysterious interplay of body and... Read more

A Friend Like Henry

By: Nuala Gardner

Narrated by: Susan Duerden

Length: 7 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Dale Gardner was still a baby when his parents realized that something wasn't right. Worried, his mother Nuala took him to see several doctors before finally hearing the word autism for the first time. Dale's autism was severe and violent, and family life was a daily battleground.




But the Gardners' lives were transformed when they welcomed a... Read more

Touch

By: David J. Linden

Narrated by: John Pruden

Length: 6 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

David J. Linden, a Johns Hopkins neuroscientist and the bestselling author of The Compass of Pleasure, presents an engaging and fascinating examination of how the interface between our sense of touch and our emotional responses affects our social interactions as well as our general health and development. Accessible in its wit and clarity, Touch... Read more

Never Go Back

By: Dr. Henry Cloud

Narrated by: Michael Prichard

Length: 6 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Everyone makes mistakes, big and small. Sometimes our mistakes take us down the wrong path and send us spiraling into destructive life patterns, and sometimes we learn a lesson and never make the same mistake again. But how? How do we recognize our destructive patterns, make new choices, and then follow through?



In Never Go Back, bestselling... Read more

The Champion's Mind

By: Jim Afremow, PhD

Narrated by: Eric Michael Summerer

Length: 7 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Sports participation—from the recreational to the collegiate Division I level—is at an all-time high. While the caliber of their game may differ, athletes at every level have one thing in common: they want to excel. In The Champion's Mind, sports psychologist Jim Afremow, PhD, LPC, now offers the same advice he uses with Olympians, Heisman... Read more

The Narcissism Epidemic

By: Jean M. Twenge, PhD & W. Keith Campbell, PhD

Narrated by: Randye Kaye

Length: 12 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Narcissism—an inflated view of the self—is everywhere. Public figures say it's what makes them stray from their wives. Parents teach it by dressing children in T-shirts that say "Princess." Teenagers and young adults hone it on Facebook, and celebrity newsmakers have elevated it to an art form. And it's what's making people depressed, lonely,... Read more

Demon Camp

By: Jennifer Percy

Narrated by: Kirsten Potter

Length: 7 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

In 2005 a Chinook helicopter carrying sixteen Special Ops soldiers crashed during a rescue mission in a remote part of Afghanistan, killing everyone on board.



In that instant, machine gunner Caleb Daniels lost his best friend, Kip Jacoby, and seven members of his unit. Back in the U.S., Caleb begins to see them everywhere—dead Kip, with his Alice... Read more

The Men on My Couch

By: Dr. Brandy Engler & David Rensin

Narrated by: Abby Craden

Length: 8 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

When Dr. Brandy Engler opened her sex therapy practice for women in Manhattan, she got a big surprise. Most of the calls were from men. They wanted to talk about womanizing, porn addiction, impotence, prostitutes—and most of all, love.



Her patients were everyday guys from all walks of life. Among them were David, the Wall Street hotshot and... Read more

Inside Rehab

By: Anne M. Fletcher

Narrated by: Marguerite Gavin

Length: 16 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Anne M. Fletcher is a trusted New York Times bestselling
health and medical writer who visited fifteen addiction treatment
centers—from outpatient programs for the indigent to famous celebrity
rehabs; from the sites of renowned twelve-step centers to several
unconventional programs—to find out what really happens. What she
reveals ranges from... Read more

The Depression Cure

By: Stephen S. Ilardi

Narrated by: Jeffrey Kafer

Length: 6 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

In the past decade, depression rates have skyrocketed, and one in four Americans will suffer from major depression at some point in their lives. Where have we gone wrong? Dr. Stephen S. Ilardi sheds light on our current predicament and reminds us that our bodies were never designed for the sleep-deprived, poorly nourished, frenzied pace of... Read more

WHY Do They Act That Way?

By: Nat Bennett & David Walsh, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Kaleo Griffith

Length: 9 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Even smart kids do stupid things. It's a simple fact of life. No one makes it through the teenage years unscathed—not the teens, not their parents. But now there's expert help for both generations in this groundbreaking new guide for surviving the drama of adolescence.

In WHY Do They Act That Way? nationally renowned, award-winning psychologist... Read more

Getting Past Your Past

By: Francine Shapiro, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Karen White

Length: 12 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Whether we've experienced small setbacks or major traumas, we are all influenced by memories and experiences we may not remember or don't fully understand. Getting Past Your Past offers practical procedures that demystify the human condition and empower listeners looking to achieve real change.

Francine Shapiro, the creator of EMDR (Eye Movement... Read more

The Mood Cure

By: Julia Ross, M.A.

Narrated by: Coleen Marlo

Length: 10 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Drawing on thirty years of experience as a psychotherapist, clinic director, and pioneer in the field of nutritional psychology, Julia Ross presents breakthrough solutions to many of the negative emotional states that are diminishing the quality of our lives. Her comprehensive, safe, and natural program is based on the use of four mood-building... Read more