Religion audiobooks

Approaching the Buddhist Path (The Library of Wisdom and Compassion)

By: His Holiness the Dalai Lama & Thubten Chodron

Narrated by: Peter Aronson

Length: 9 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

The first volume in a multi-volume collection presenting the Dalai Lama’s comprehensive explanation of the Buddhist path. His Holiness the Dalai Lama has been publicly teaching Buddhism for decades. This series collects his presentations of every step of the path to enlightenment, compiled and coauthored by one of his chief Western disciples,... Read more

Having A Mary Heart In A Martha World

By: Joanna Weaver

Narrated by: Jill Gajkowski

Length: 7 hours

Abridged: No

An invitation for every woman who's ever felt she isn't godly enough, isn't loving enough, isn't doing enough.  The life of a woman today isn't really all that different from that of Mary and Martha in the New Testament.  Like Mary, you long to sit at the Lord's feet... but the daily demands of a busy world just won't leave you alone.  Like... Read more

How to Stay Married

By: Harrison Scott Key

Narrated by: Harrison Scott Key & Lauren Key

Length: 8 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Harrison Scott Key, winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor, tells the shocking, “shot through with sharp humor” (The Washington Post), spiritually profound story of his journey through hell and back when infidelity threatens his marriage.

One gorgeous autumn day, Harrison discovers that his wife—the sweet, funny, loving mother of their... Read more

Conscious

By: Annaka Harris

Narrated by: Annaka Harris

Length: 2 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

2020 Audie Finalist As concise and enlightening as Seven Brief Lessons on Physics and Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, this mind-expanding dive into the mystery of consciousness is an illuminating meditation on the self, free will, and felt experience.What is consciousness? How does it arise? And why does it exist? We take our experience of... Read more

Wholehearted Faith

By: Rachel Held Evans & Jeff Chu

Narrated by: Daniel Jonce Evans, Jeff Chu, Jamie Wright, Sar...

Length: 5 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Discover the new collection of original writings by Rachel Held Evans, whose reflections on faith and life continue to encourage, challenge, and influence, lovingly performed by Daniel Jonce Evans, Jeff Chu, Jamie Wright, Sarah Bessey, Nadia Bolz-Weber, Kristen Howerton, Kaitlin Curtice, Amanda Held Opelt, Rev. Neichelle R. Guidry, Ph.D.,... Read more

Witchcraft

By: Marion Gibson

Narrated by: Rose Akroyd

Length: 11 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

National Bestseller
A New Yorker Best Book of 2024

A “thought-provoking and timely” (The Times, London) global history of witch trials across Europe, Africa, and the Americas, told through thirteen distinct trials that illuminate a pattern of demonization and conspiratorial thinking that has profoundly shaped human history.

This “inventive and... Read more

David Livingstone

By: Janet Benge & Geoff Benge

Narrated by: Tim Gregory

Length: 5 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

The lion's jaws gripped David Livingstone's arm. Razor-sharp teeth pierced his flesh as the lion savagely shook David in the air like a rag doll. A gunshot rang out. "God help us," David moaned, as the lion dropped him and turned to charge David's friend Mebalwe.

With the heart of an explorer and the passion of an evangelist, David Livingstone... Read more

Stone Yard Devotional

By: Charlotte Wood

Narrated by: Ailsa Piper

Length: 6 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

A woman abandons her city life and marriage to return to the place she grew up, finding solace in a small religious community hidden away on the stark plains of the Monaro.

She does not believe in God, doesn't know what prayer is, and finds herself living this strange, reclusive life almost by accident. As she gradually adjusts to the rhythms of... Read more

Catching the Big Fish

By: David Lynch

Narrated by: David Lynch

Length: 1 hour 47 minutes

Abridged: No

In this “unexpected delight” (The Boston Globe), visionary filmmaker, musician, and actor David Lynch describes his personal methods of capturing and working with ideas, and the immense creative benefits he has experienced from the practice of meditation.

David Lynch’s Catching the Big Fish provides a rare window into the internationally... Read more

Fierce Self-Compassion

By: Kristin Neff

Narrated by: Jean Ann Douglass

Length: 12 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

The author of Self-Compassion follows up her groundbreaking book with new ideas that expand our notion of self-kindness and its capacity to transform our lives, showing women how to balance tender self-acceptance with fierce action to claim their power and change the world.

Kristin Neff changed how we talk about self-care with her enormously... Read more

The Power of Ritual

By: Casper ter Kuile

Narrated by: Casper ter Kuile

Length: 5 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Casper ter Kuile, a Harvard Divinity School fellow and cohost of the popular Harry Potter and the Sacred Text podcast, explores how we can nourish our souls by transforming common, everyday practices—yoga, reading, walking the dog—into sacred rituals that can heal our crisis of social isolation and struggle to find purpose—a message we need more... Read more

Holidays on Ice

By: David Sedaris

Narrated by: David Sedaris, Ann Magnuson & Amy Sedaris

Length: 4 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

David Sedaris's beloved holiday collection is new again with six more pieces, including a never before published story. Along with such favoritesas the diaries of a Macy's elf and the annals of two very competitive families, are Sedaris's tales of tardy trick-or-treaters ("Us and Them"); the difficulties of explaining the Easter Bunny to the... Read more

Richard Wurmbrand

By: Janet Benge & Geoff Benge

Narrated by: Tim Gregory

Length: 5 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

"As he tried to think calmly about faith, Richard realized that he didn't want anything to do with Christianity, even if it did turn out to be true. He could only imagine life as a Christian Jew, and what he imagined was awful. No one in his or her right mind would choose such a path. At least, Richard was sure that he would not choose it."

... Read more

This Here Flesh

By: Cole Arthur Riley

Narrated by: Cole Arthur Riley

Length: 6 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In her stunning debut, the creator of Black Liturgies weaves stories from three generations of her family alongside contemplative reflections to discover the “necessary rituals” that connect us with our belonging, dignity, and liberation.

“This is the kind of book that makes you different when you’re done.”—Ashley C.... Read more

Dominion

By: Tom Holland

Narrated by: Tom Holland & Mark Meadows

Length: 22 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

A "marvelous" (Economist) account of how the Christian Revolution forged the Western imagination. Crucifixion, the Romans believed, was the worst fate imaginable, a punishment reserved for slaves. How astonishing it was, then, that people should have come to believe that one particular victim of crucifixion-an obscure provincial by the name of... Read more

Little Pilgrim's Progress

By: Helen L. Taylor

Length: 6 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Fifty-five years ago, Helen L. Taylor took John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress and simplified the vocabulary and concepts for young readers while keeping the storyline intact. The result was a classic in itself, which has now sold over 600,000 copies. It's both a simple adventure story and a profound allegory of the Christian journey through life,... Read more

The Holy Bible: The New Revised Standard Version - Updated Edition, with the Apocrypha

By: National Council of Churches

Narrated by: Michael Beck

Length: 111 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

This audio Bible is a great resource to help you stay focused while reading Scripture or great to listen to by itself!

The New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition (NRSVue) Audio Bible is now available on audio, ready for you to start listening to Scripture today. This audio Bible includes the entire Old Testament and New Testament, as well... Read more

Really Very Crunchy

By: Emily Morrow

Narrated by: Emily Morrow

Length: 4 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Read by the author and her husband, Jason Morrow.Find your Inner Crunchy without becoming that person with this helpful guide from social media star Really Very Crunchy. Are you tired of being bombarded by toxins at every turn? Do you want a more natural, "crunchy" approach to the world (with or without the beige aesthetic)? Well, grab your... Read more

Becoming the Pastor's Wife

By: Beth Allison Barr

Narrated by: Connie Shabshab

Length: 7 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

As a pastor's wife for twenty-five years, Beth Allison Barr has lived with assumptions about what she should do and who she should be.



In Becoming the Pastor's Wife, Barr draws on that experience and her expertise as a historian to trace the history of the role of the pastor's wife, showing how it both helped and hurt women in conservative... Read more

Lamb

By: Christopher Moore

Narrated by: Fisher Stevens

Length: 15 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

The birth of Jesus has been well chronicled, as have his glorious teachings, acts, and divine sacrifice after his thirtieth birthday. But no one knows about the early life of the Son of God, the missing years—except Biff, the Messiah’s best bud, who has been resurrected to tell the story in this divinely hilarious, yet heartfelt work... Read more

Raising Good Humans

By: Hunter Clarke Fields & Carla Naumburg

Narrated by: Jennifer & Gilmour

Length: 5 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

"A wise and fresh approach to mindful parenting.”—Tara Brach, author of Radical AcceptanceA kinder, more compassionate world starts with kind and compassionate kids. In Raising Good Humans, you’ll find powerful and practical strategies to break free from “reactive parenting” habits and raise kind, cooperative, and confident kids.Whether you’re... Read more

Buffering

By: Hannah Hart

Narrated by: Hannah Hart & Judy Young

Length: 5 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

The wildly popular YouTube personality and author of the New York Times bestseller My Drunk Kitchen is back! This time, she’s stirring up memories and tales from her past.By combing through the journals that Hannah has kept for much of her life, this collection of narrative essays deliver a fuller picture of her life, her experiences, and the... Read more

People Love Dead Jews

By: Dara Horn

Narrated by: Xe Sands

Length: 6 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

A startling and profound exploration of how Jewish history is exploited to appease the living.

Renowned and beloved as a prizewinning novelist, Dara Horn has also been publishing penetrating essays since she was a teenager. Often asked by major publications to write on subjects related to Jewish culture—and increasingly in response to a recent... Read more

God Didn't Make Us to Hate Us

By: Rev. Lizzie McManus-Dail

Narrated by: Rev. Lizzie McManus-Dail

Length: 7 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

A first-of-its-kind devotional for the disenchanted, disillusioned, and deconstructed

Countless Christians are deconstructing the fear-based faith they were handed, but many don’t want to give up on God—they want to love and be loved by Jesus without hateful or abusive theology. If you’re one of these believers, this feminist, anti-racist,... Read more