Psychology audiobooks

Gut Feelings

By: Gerd Gigerenzer

Narrated by: Dick Hill

Length: 7 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Gerd Gigerenzer is one of the researchers of behavioral intuition responsible for the science behind Malcolm Gladwell's bestseller Blink. Gladwell showed us how snap decisions often yield better results than careful analysis. Now, Gigerenzer explains why our intuition is such a powerful decision-making tool.



Drawing on a decade of research at... Read more

The Personality Code

By: Travis Bradberry

Narrated by: Lloyd James

Length: 4 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

The Personality Code clearly and persuasively demonstrates how personality determines why we do what we do and how we can maximize our strengths, work smarter with others, and profit from better relationships in our careers. Based on the IDISC(tm) Personality Profile—an updated and rigorously validated proprietary version of DISC, the world's... Read more

Sex on the Brain

By: Daniel G. Amen, MD

Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor

Length: 8 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

"The vast majority of love and sex occurs in the brain. Your brain decides who is attractive to you, how to get a date, how well you do on the date, what to do with the feelings that develop, how long those feelings last, when to commit, and how well you do as a partner and a parent. Your brain helps you be enthusiastic in the bedroom or drains... Read more

Till Death Do Us Part

By: Matt Birkbeck & Robi Ludwig

Narrated by: Ellen Archer

Length: 6 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Every day six people are murdered in the United States by a spouse or intimate partner. The stories of killer spouses capture the public's attention—we wonder how such normal and seemingly happy people can go over the edge. In every relationship there are "extreme moments" where scary feelings surface. But what happens when those feelings turn... Read more

Our Inner Ape

By: Frans de Waal

Narrated by: Alan Sklar

Length: 10 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

We have long attributed man's violent, aggressive, competitive nature to his animal ancestry. But what if we are just as given to cooperation, empathy, and morality by virtue of our genes? What if our behavior actually makes us apes? What kind of apes are we?



From a scientist and writer E. O. Wilson has called "the world authority on primate... Read more

The Murderer Next Door

By: David M. Buss

Narrated by: Michael Prichard

Length: 10 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

As acclaimed psychological researcher and author David Buss writes, "People are mesmerized by murder. It commands our attention like no other human phenomenon, and those touched by its ugly tendrils never forget." Though we may like to believe that murderers are pathological misfits and hardened criminals, the vast majority of murders are... Read more

On Edge

By: Andrea Petersen

Narrated by: Andrea Petersen

Length: 8 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

A celebrated science and health reporter offers a wry, bracingly honest account of living with anxiety.
 
A racing heart. Difficulty breathing. Overwhelming dread. Andrea Petersen was first diagnosed with an anxiety disorder at the age of twenty, but she later realized that she had been experiencing panic attacks since childhood. With time her... Read more

Playing Hurt

By: John Saunders & John U. Bacon

Narrated by: Dion Graham

Length: 8 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

For the first time ever, the popular late host of ESPN's The Sports Reporters and ABC's college football openly discusses a lifelong battle with depression.

During his three decades on ESPN and ABC, John Saunders became one of the nation's most respected and beloved sportscasters. In this moving, jarring, and ultimately inspiring memoir,... Read more

Mind

By: Patricia Daniels

Narrated by: Andrew Reilly

Length: 7 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Combining leading theories of psychology and behavior with case studies and practical advice, National Geographic’s Mind explores the question we all enjoy asking: Who am I? A companion to National Geographic’s Body and Brain, this reference explores today’s theories of personality, mixing scientific theory with an underlying message: by knowing... Read more

Pre-Suasion

By: Robert Cialdini

Narrated by: John Bedford Lloyd

Length: 9 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

The acclaimed New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller from Robert Cialdini—“the foremost expert on effective persuasion” (Harvard Business Review)—explains how it’s not necessarily the message itself that changes minds, but the key moment before you deliver that message.

What separates effective communicators from truly successful... Read more

ADHD Nation

By: Alan Schwarz

Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross

Length: 9 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

The groundbreaking account of the widespread misdiagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder—and how its unchecked growth has made ADHD one of the most controversial conditions in medicine, with serious effects on children, adults, and society. “ADHD Nation should be required reading” (The New York Times Book Review).

More than one in... Read more

Tinker Dabble Doodle Try

By: Srini Pillay, M.D.

Narrated by: Srini Pillay, M.D.

Length: 7 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Harness your mind’s innate tendency to wander, stall, rest, and unfocus and become more productive—in the boardroom, living room, or classroom.

Named one of Coastal Living’s Best Books for the Beach This Summer

To finish tasks and achieve goals, most people believe that more focus is the solution. We rely on to-do lists, calendar reminders,... Read more

The Captain Class

By: Sam Walker

Narrated by: Keith Szarabajka

Length: 9 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

A bold new theory of leadership drawn from elite captains throughout sports—named one of the best business books of the year by CNBC, The New York Times, Forbes, strategy+business, The Globe and Mail, and Sports Illustrated
 
“The book taught me that there’s no cookie-cutter way to lead. Leading is not just what Hollywood tells you. It’s not the... Read more

When Strangers Meet

By: Kio Stark

Narrated by: Kio Stark

Length: 2 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Discover the unexpected pleasures and exciting possibilities of talking to people you don’t know—how these beautiful interruptions can change you, and the world we share.

When Strangers Meet argues for the pleasures and transformative possibilities of talking to people you don’t know. Our lives are increasingly insular. We are in a hurry, our... Read more

Captivate

By: Vanessa Van Edwards

Narrated by: Vanessa Van Edwards

Length: 7 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Do you wish you could decode people? Do you want a formula for charisma? Do you want to know exactly what to say to your boss, your date or your networking partner? You need to know how people work.
 
As a human behavior investigator, Vanessa Van Edwards studies the hidden forces that drive our behavior patterns in her lab—and she’s cracked the... Read more

Attitude

By: Jay Wright, Michael Sheridan & Mark Dagostino

Narrated by: Michael Sheridan

Length: 10 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

In this behind-the-scenes look at the making of a champion, the coach of the Villanova University men’s basketball team shares his competitive and cooperative philosophy, along with lessons from his coaching career and the story of his personal road to success.

When Kris Jenkins sank a three-pointer at the buzzer to win the 2016 NCAA Tournament,... Read more

Knowing the Score

By: David Papineau

Narrated by: Matt Amendt

Length: 8 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

In Knowing the Score, philosopher David Papineau uses sports to illuminate some of modern philosophy's most perplexing questions. As Papineau demonstrates, the study of sports clarifies, challenges, and sometimes confuses crucial issues in philosophy. The tactics of road bicycle racing shed new light on questions of altruism, while sporting... Read more

My Teenage Zombie

By: David L. Henderson

Narrated by: George Newbern

Length: 6 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

This is a must-read guide for parents and grandparents who want to practically and successfully help their teenager navigate the ever-lengthening stage of adolescence, launching them into society with confidence, vision, and success.Zombies are not just found in horror books and movies. Sometimes they’re lying on your living room couch. These... Read more

SuperSense

By: Bruce M. Hood

Narrated by: Kerin McCue

Length: 11 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Director of the Bristol Cognitive Development Centre at the University of Bristol, Bruce M. Hood has been a research fellow at Cambridge, a visiting scientist at MIT and a professor at Harvard. SuperSense is a fascinating exploration of the forces that shape people's beliefs in the irrational-and also a compelling look at how these beliefs bind... Read more

Being a Dog

By: Alexandra Horowitz

Narrated by: Alexandra Horowitz

Length: 9 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

From the #1 bestselling author of Inside of a Dog and The Year of the Puppy—“an incredible journey into the olfactory world of man’s best friend” (O, The Oprah Magazine), Alexandra Horowitz’s follow-up to her New York Times bestseller explains how dogs experience the world through their most spectacular organ—the nose.

In her “fascinating... Read more

Blue Dreams

By: Lauren Slater

Narrated by: Betsy Foldes Meiman

Length: 13 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

The explosive story of the discovery and development of psychiatric medications, as well as the science and the people behind their invention, told by a riveting writer and psychologist who shares her own experience with the highs and lows of psychiatric drugs.

Although one in five Americans now takes at least one psychotropic drug, the fact... Read more

Careful

By: Steve Casner

Narrated by: Steve Casner

Length: 7 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

“Gripping, page-turning material . . . a new way of thinking about survival in a world filled with hazards and distractions.” —Charles Duhigg, author of Smarter Faster Better and The Power of Habit

A safety expert reveals why few of us are as careful as we think we are, and what we can do about it.

As doctors and medical researchers work busily... Read more

Manology

By: Tyrese Gibson & Rev Run

Narrated by: Cary Hite

Length: 8 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

In this New York Times bestseller, Tyrese Gibson, multiplatinum R&B singer and movie star, and Rev Run of Run-DMC and star of Run’s House, present a bold, honest, and uncensored look into the male mind.Tyrese and Rev are the unlikeliest of best friends—Rev is married with six kids, and Tyrese is a single dad still hesitant to settle down.... Read more

Her Best-Kept Secret

By: Gabrielle Glaser

Narrated by: Marguerite Gavin

Length: 5 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

What's the first thing many women do when they go home? Make a dash for the white wine in the refrigerator.In Her Best-Kept Secret, journalist Gabrielle Glaser uncovers this hidden-in-plain-sight drinking epidemic—but doesn't cause you to recoil in alarm. She is the first to document that American women are drinking more often than ever and in... Read more