Travel audiobooks

Will the Circle Be Unbroken?

By: Sean Dietrich

Narrated by: Sean Dietrich

Length: 7 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

From celebrated storyteller "Sean of the South" comes an unforgettable memoir of love, loss, the friction of family memories, and the unlikely hope that you're gonna be alright.Sean Dietrich was twelve years old when he scattered his father's ashes from the mountain range. His father was a man who lived for baseball, a steel worker with a ready... Read more

The Sun Is a Compass

By: Caroline Van Hemert

Narrated by: Xe Sands

Length: 9 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

This gripping true story follows a biologist's human-powered journey from the Pacific Northwest to the Arctic to rediscover her love of birds, nature, and adventure—perfect for fans of Cheryl Strayed.​ During graduate school, as she conducted experiments on the peculiarly misshapen beaks of chickadees, ornithologist Caroline Van Hemert began to... Read more

A Tomb With a View – The Stories & Glories of Graveyards

By: Peter Ross

Narrated by: Peter Ross

Length: 10 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

'In his absorbing book about the lost and the gone, Peter Ross takes us from Flanders Fields to Milltown to Kensal Green, to melancholy islands and surprisingly lively ossuaries . . . a considered and moving book on the timely subject of how the dead are remembered, and how they go on working below the surface of our lives.' - Hilary... Read more

Mariam Sharma Hits the Road

By: Sheba Karim

Narrated by: Soneela Nankani

Length: 7 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Three Pakistani-American teenagers, on a trip through the land of pork ribs, mechanical bulls, and Confederate flags. It’s going to be quite an adventure.The summer after her freshman year of college, Mariam is looking forward to working and hanging out with her best friends: irrepressible and beautiful Ghazala and religious but closeted... Read more

Rules for Rule Breaking

By: Talia Tucker

Narrated by: Shannon Tyo & Nick Martineau

Length: 7 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Booksmart meets Never Have I Ever in this debut YA rom-com about two Korean American teens forced into a shared college visit road trip where they discover that the reasons they’ve been rivals their entire lives might actually be signs they’re a perfect pair.

Winter Park and Bobby Bae are Korean American high school juniors whose families have... Read more

From Scratch

By: Tembi Locke

Narrated by: Tembi Locke

Length: 10 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

A 2020 Audie Award Finalist

One of AudioFile’s Best Audiobooks of 2019!

Now a limited Netflix series starring Zoe Saldana!

This Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick and New York Times bestseller is “a captivating story of love lost and found” (Kirkus Reviews) set in the lush Sicilian countryside, where one woman discovers the healing powers of food,... Read more

A Month in Siena

By: Hisham Matar

Narrated by: Hisham Matar

Length: 3 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Return comes a profoundly moving contemplation of the relationship between art and life.
 
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST AND EVENING STANDARD

After finishing his powerful memoir The Return, Hisham Matar, seeking solace and pleasure, traveled to Siena, Italy. Always... Read more

Born to Run

By: Christopher McDougall

Narrated by: Fred Sanders

Length: 11 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The astonishing and hugely entertaining story that completely changed the way we run. An epic adventure that began with one simple question: Why does my foot hurt?

“Equal parts quest, physiology treatise, and running history.... The climactic race reads like a sprint.... It simply makes you want to run.” —Outside... Read more

The Oregon Trail

By: Rinker Buck

Narrated by: Rinker Buck

Length: 16 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • #1 Indie Next Pick • Winner of the PEN New England Award

“Enchanting…A book filled with so much love…Long before Oregon, Rinker Buck has convinced us that the best way to see America is from the seat of a covered wagon.” —The Wall Street Journal

“Amazing…A real nonfiction thriller.” —Ian Frazier, The New York... Read more

Over the Edge of the World - Abridged

By: Laurence Bergreen

Narrated by: Laurence Bergreen

Length: 6 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A majestic tale of discovery thatchanged many long-held views about the world In 1519 Magellan and his fleet of five ships set sail from Seville, Spain, to discover a water route to the fabled Spice Islands in Indonesia, where the most sought-after commodities -- cloves, pepper, and nutmeg -- flourished. Three years later, a handful of survivors... Read more

America, You Sexy Bitch

By: Meghan McCain & Michael Ian Black

Narrated by: Meghan McCain & Michael Ian Black

Length: 10 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

In the summer of 2011, McCain and Black embarked on a balls-out, cross-country tour. Along the way, they spoke to politicians, gun lovers, abortion-rights advocates and opponents, gay parents, flag burners, Muslims, poker players, Tea Partiers, Minutemen, veterans, teen moms, bikers, fast food workers, and a hooker or two. They toured the White... Read more

Knossos

By: Josie Hertz

Narrated by: Angela Nandez

Length: 1 hour 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Knossos, often regarded as the heart of the Minoan civilization, stands as a testament to the ingenuity and cultural significance of ancient Crete. Situated near modern-day Heraklion, the site was first inhabited as early as 7000 BCE, during the Neolithic period. Over the millennia, it evolved into a sprawling palace complex that became the... Read more

Pamunkey Indian Museum

By: Patricia L Lawrence

Narrated by: JD Streeter

Length: 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Audio Journeys explore Pamunkey Indian Museum in King William, Virginia with basket weaver and curator, Joyce Palemoon Krigsvold. Pamunkey Indians now number one hundred people, of a once very large and powerful tribe on the east coast of USA since the Ice Age. Four hundred years of history across the Commonwealth of Virginia series. Read more

Hunting Fear - the adventure of a lifetime

By: Benji Brundin

Narrated by: Benji Brundin & Dave Stokes

Length: 5 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

In 2015 Benji had the picket-fence cottage in the quiet suburban street, a promising career and a loving wife. Three months later it was all gone. What do you do when the world crumbles around you? Where do you go when you have nothing to lose?Benji tells his story with brutal honesty, describing some of the wildest parts of Australia with a... Read more

Sweet Tea Secrets from the Deep-Fried South

By: Jane Jenkins Herlong

Narrated by: Jane Jenkins Herlong

Length: 4 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Southern humorist Jane Jenkins Herlong brings joy and humor with her fifty unusual-but-true faith-filled stories of growing up in the South Carolina low country. Whether you love Southern ways of life or find their ways strange and amusing, you'll be entertained and inspired with warm Southern-fried humor and tried-and-true tips for attaining... Read more

Going Abroad? Some Advice (Unabridged)

By: Robert Luce

Narrated by: John Sandoval, Cedric Plumb & Matthew Jones

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

In Going Abroad? Some Advice, Robert Luce shares his insights and experiences from a lifetime of international travel. Whether you're a seasoned globetrotter or planning your first trip overseas, this book is packed with practical tips and advice to help you make the most of your travels. From choosing the right destination to packing light,... Read more

In Putin's Footsteps

By: Nina Khrushcheva & Jeffrey Tayler

Narrated by: Kathleen Gati

Length: 10 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

In Putin’s Footsteps is Nina Khrushcheva and Jeffrey Tayler’s unique combination of travelogue, current affairs, and history, showing how Russia’s dimensions have shaped its identity and culture through the decades.With exclusive insider status as Nikita Khrushchev’s great grand-daughter, and an ex-pat living and reporting on Russia and the... Read more

Tracy Aviary

By: Patricia L Lawrence

Narrated by: Patricia L Lawrence

Length: 27 minutes

Abridged: No

The Tracy Aviary is a perfect place for visitors to get up close and learn about birds from the USA and around the world. Patricia Lawrence and Douglas Roycroft are exploring this world class private aviary, open to the public since 1938, with knowledgeable aviary staff. Read more

Dispatches from the Gilded Age

By: Julia Reed

Narrated by: Carol Monda

Length: 11 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Dispatches from the Gilded Age is a collection of essays by Julia Reed, one of America’s greatest chroniclers.In the middle of the night on March eleventh, 1980, the phone rang in Julia Reed’s Georgetown dorm. It was her boss at Newsweek, where she was an intern. He told her to get in her car and drive to her alma mater, the Madeira School. Her... Read more

How to be Nowhere

By: Tim MacGabhann

Narrated by: Aidan Kelly

Length: 6 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Life is finally on the right track for reporter and recovering addict Andrew: he is slowly coming to terms with the murder of his photographer boyfriend Carlos, pursuing sobriety and building a new home with a new partner.

Andrew has almost forgotten about the story that ruined his life - but that story hasn't forgotten about him, and a series... Read more

French Like Moi

By: Scott Dominic Carpenter

Narrated by: Scott Dominic Carpenter

Length: 4 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

FRENCH OR FAUX?When Scott Carpenter moves from Minnesota to Paris, little does he suspect the dramas that await: scheming neighbors, police denunciations, surly demonstrators, cooking disasters, medical mishaps—not to mention all those lectures about cheese! It turns out that nothing in the City of Light can be taken for granted, where even... Read more

Faery Lands of the South Seas

By: Charles Nordhoff & James Norman Hall

Narrated by: Mike Vendetti

Length: 10 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Finally returning from the horrors of World War I, James Hall and Charles Nordhoff follow their dream of touring the South Pacific. A fascinating non-fiction account of two americans' meeting with life in French Polynesia in the late 1910s, "Faery Lands of the South Seas" is classic adventure travel at its best. - Read more

Las damas de Oriente

By: Cristina Morató

Narrated by: Elisa Beuter

Length: 16 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Las apasionantes biografías de unas fascinantes mujeres que abandonaron el confort de sus mansiones por una vida nómada, y en ciudades como Bagdad, El Cairo, Damasco o Estambul aún se las recuerda. La lectura de Las mil y una noches despertó en un buen número de damas británicas, aristocráticas y aventureras, la fascinación por un Oriente de... Read more

250 Tips and Tricks for Walt Disney World Resort

By: Joe Dodridge

Narrated by: Joe Dodridge

Length: 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Why would you waste your money on a Disney World tips book that doesn't have that many tips? This book is all about tips - 250 of them! There's no philosophy of tips, no long stories about how magical a tip made my vacation, and never just one tip per page.

If you want tips, then this is your book. It's a short listen, but it is full of just... Read more