Religion audiobooks

Ordinary Time

By: Annie B. Jones

Narrated by: Annie B. Jones & Emily P. Freeman

Length: 6 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

In her first book, the popular From the Front Porch podcast host and independent bookstore owner challenges the idea that loud lives are the ones that matter most, reminding us that we don't have to leave the lives we have in order to have the lives of which we've always dreamed. Can life be an adventure, even when it’s just . . . ordinary?Annie... Read more

Blazing Eye Sees All

By: Leah Sottile

Narrated by: Leah Sottile

Length: 10 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

In this "unflinching and wildly entertaining" investigation of the modern New Age movement in America, a journalist aims to understand how women like Amy Carlson (the leader of Love Has Won) and others become devoutly invested in their beliefs (Talia Lavin, author of Culture Warlords).

Today, tarot cards, astrology and crystals are everywhere... Read more

Cherished Belonging

By: Gregory Boyle

Narrated by: Gregory Boyle

Length: 8 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

In a world increasingly marked by division and discord, beloved Jesuit priest Gregory Boyle offers a transformative vision of community and compassion—a perfect message for readers of Anne Lamott, Mary Oliver, and Richard Rohr.

Over the past thirty years, Gregory Boyle has transformed tens of thousands of lives through his work as the founder of... Read more

Heretic

By: Catherine Nixey

Narrated by: Lalla Ward

Length: 10 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

""A brilliant book...illuminates a forgotten world."" —The Times, Best of the Year""Heretic tells a moreish intellectual story and shakes up your understanding of Western history. At the same time, somewhat improbably, it supplies at least one good joke per paragraph; you have to keep turning back to enjoy them again."" ―The Economist, Best of... Read more

Mind Magic

By: James R. Doty, MD

Narrated by: James R. Doty, MD

Length: 9 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

A deep exploration of the neuroscience behind manifestation, with a six-part plan for realizing your dreams

For decades the practice of manifestation has been widely dismissed as self-involved, materialistic pseudoscience. But as neuroscientist and recognized compassion leader Dr. James Doty reveals, manifestation introduces us to different... Read more

Under the Banner of Heaven

By: Jon Krakauer

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Length: 12 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the author of Into the Wild and Into Thin Air, this extraordinary work of investigative journalism takes readers inside America’s isolated Mormon Fundamentalist communities. • Now an acclaimed FX limited series streaming on HULU.

“Fantastic.... Right up there with In Cold Blood and The Executioner’s Song.” —San... Read more

Mere Christianity

By: C. S. Lewis

Narrated by: Julian Rhind-Tutt

Length: 7 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

""C.S. Lewis is the ideal persuader for the half-convinced, for the good man who would like to be a Christian but finds his intellect getting in the way."" — Anthony Burgess, New York Times Book ReviewOur moral consciousness and moral judgements are proof to the human race that a moral being exists—God.Mere Christianity explores the core beliefs... Read more

The Lazy Genius Way

By: Kendra Adachi

Narrated by: Kendra Adachi & Emily P. Freeman

Length: 7 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Being a Lazy Genius isn't about doing more or doing less. It’s about doing what matters to you.
 
“I could not be more excited about this book.”—Jenna Fischer, actor and cohost of the Office Ladies podcast
 
The chorus of “shoulds” is loud. You should enjoy the moment, dream big, have it all, get up before the sun,... Read more

Think Like a Monk

By: Jay Shetty

Narrated by: Jay Shetty

Length: 11 hours

Abridged: No

Jay Shetty, social media superstar and host of the #1 podcast On Purpose, distills the timeless wisdom he learned as a monk into practical steps anyone can take every day to live a less anxious, more meaningful life.

When you think like a monk, you’ll understand:
-How to overcome negativity
-How to stop overthinking
-Why comparison kills love
... Read more

The Great Divorce

By: C. S. Lewis

Narrated by: Julian Rhind-Tutt

Length: 3 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

The Timeless Novel About a Bus Ride from Hell to HeavenIn The Great Divorce, C.S. Lewis again employs his formidable talent for fable and allegory. The writer finds himself in Hell boarding a bus bound for Heaven. The amazing opportunity is that anyone who wants to stay in Heaven, can. This is a starting point for an extraordinary meditation... Read more

Manhattan Cult Story

By: Spencer Schneider

Narrated by: Austin Rising

Length: 8 hours

Abridged: No

Right under the noses of neighbors, clients, spouses, children, and friends, a secret society, simply called School—a cult of snared Manhattan professionals—has been led by the charismatic, sociopathic, and dangerous leader Sharon Gans for decades. Spencer Schneider was recruited in the eighties, and he stayed for more than twenty-three years as... Read more

A Fearless Leader

By: Rachel Spier Weaver & Anna Haggard

Narrated by: Jane Oppenheimer

Length: 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Deborah is an imaginative and perceptive young girl who makes good decisions in the heat of the moment. When she sees her village is about to be invaded by King Jabin and his general, Sisera, she bravely warns the people of danger, and everyone flees. But that doesn't stop Jabin and Sisera's vicious attacks. As Deborah grows up, she becomes a... Read more

A Brave Big Sister

By: Rachel Spier Weaver & Anna Haggard

Narrated by: Andrea Emmes

Length: 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Growing up as a slave girl, Miriam learned how to be brave—and smart. When her baby brother, Moses, was in grave danger, Miriam and her mom saved his life. As Miriam matured, she became a gifted musician and discovered other God-given talents. And when God called Miriam—along with her siblings—to guide the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt, she... Read more

Money, Lies, and God

By: Katherine Stewart

Narrated by: Patricia Rodriguez

Length: 11 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents Money, Lies, and God by Katherine Stewart, read by Patricia Rodriguez.

"An indispensable citizen’s guide to the anti-democratic MAGA Right in America."–Congressman Jamie Raskin

"Meticulously researched, elegantly written, and hard-hitting."–Kristin Kobes Du Mez

The acclaimed author of The Power Worshippers exposes the inner... Read more

The Testament of Mary

By: Colm Toibin

Narrated by: Meryl Streep

Length: 3 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

2014 Audie Award Finalist for Audiobook of the Year, Literary Fiction, and Solo Narration—Female!

Shortlisted for the 2013 Man Booker Prize, Colm Tóibín's provocative, haunting, and indelible portrait of Mary presents her as a solitary older woman still seeking to understand the events that become the narrative of the New Testament and the... Read more

Cost of Discipleship

By: Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Length: 9 hours

Abridged: No

This book is quite simply, one of the most profound and important books of the 20th century. Dietrich Bonhoeffer lived a testimony of his thoughtful and engaging writers. Focusing on the most treasured part of Christ's teaching - the Sermon on the Mount with its call to discipleship, and on the grace of God and the sacrifice which that demands.... Read more

An Unexpected Hero

By: Rachel Spier Weaver & Anna Haggard

Narrated by: Marnye Young

Length: 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Rahab is an adventurous girl who enjoys playing with her siblings in the city of Jericho. Growing up, she makes a lot of bad choices, then desperately wants to change her life. When two Israelite spies come to Rahab's door, she bravely offers them a place to hide. Then God gives her a great idea to help them escape, and the spies agree to... Read more

Your Brain's Not Broken

By: Tamara Rosier, PhD

Narrated by: Suzie Althens

Length: 6 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

If you have ADHD, your brain doesn't work in the same way as a "normal" or neurotypical brain does because it's wired differently. You and others may see this difference in circuitry as somehow wrong or incomplete. It isn't. It does present you with significant challenges like time management, organization skills, forgetfulness, trouble... Read more

Summer of Fire and Blood

By: Lyndal Roper

Narrated by: Rose Akroyd

Length: 13 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

In this “extraordinary and brilliant book” (Helen Castor, author of She-Wolves), a prize-winning historian offers the definitive account   of the sixteenth-century uprising that revolutionized Europe

The German Peasants’ War was the greatest popular uprising in Western Europe before the French Revolution. In 1524 and 1525, it swept across... Read more

How Jesus Became God

By: Bart D. Ehrman

Narrated by: Walter Dixon

Length: 10 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

New York Times bestselling author and Bible expert Bart Ehrman reveals how Jesus’s divinity became dogma in the first few centuries of the early church.The claim at the heart of the Christian faith is that Jesus of Nazareth was, and is, God. But this is not what the original disciples believed during Jesus’s lifetime—and it is not what Jesus... Read more

An Extraordinary Teacher

By: Rachel Spier Weaver & Anna Haggard

Narrated by: Nikki Lu Lowe

Length: 16 minutes

Abridged: No

As a little girl, Priscilla loved to read, developing the gifts God will one day help her use to become a distinguished teacher in the early church. In adulthood, Priscilla and her husband, Aquila, accept the apostle Paul's invitation to join him on his daring missionary journeys. God's plans for her life are about to unfold: Priscilla pioneers... Read more

Cloistered

By: Catherine Coldstream

Narrated by: Catherine Coldstream

Length: 11 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

This program is read by the author.

"A profoundly moving memoir which gripped me . . . It’s about spirituality and asceticism and silence and sisterhood, but also about how flawed human beings can abuse power and how hermetically sealed communities, which should care for and protect their members, can be dangerously vulnerable to threats from... Read more

Widen the Window

By: Elizabeth A. Stanley, PhD

Narrated by: Elizabeth A. Stanley, PhD & Fred Sanders

Length: 19 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

"I don't think I've ever read a book that paints such a complex and accurate landscape of what it is like to live with the legacy of trauma as this book does, while offering a comprehensive approach to healing."
--from the foreword by Bessel van der Kolk

A pioneering researcher gives us a new understanding of stress and trauma, as well as the... Read more

After Jesus Before Christianity

By: Erin Vearncombe, Brandon Scott, Hal Taussig & W...

Narrated by: Cindy Kay

Length: 10 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

From the creative minds of the scholarly group behind the groundbreaking Jesus Seminar comes this provocative and eye-opening look at the roots of Christianity that offers a thoughtful reconsideration of the first two centuries of the Jesus movement, transforming our understanding of the religion and its early dissemination.Christianity has... Read more