YA Nonfiction audiobooks

Chicken Soup for the Soul: Teens Talk Middle School

By: Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Madeline Cla...

Narrated by: Ellen Grafton & Tom Parks

Length: 9 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Middle school is hard. Your bodies are changing, your friends are changing, classes are harder, and tough things happen. This “support group in a book” is specifically geared to you. Listen to stories written by kids just like you, about their middle school years, and:• true friends and new friends
• mean girls…and boys
• embarrassing moments
•... Read more

Chicken Soup for the Soul: Christian Teen Talk

By: Jack Canfield & Mark Victor Hansen

Narrated by: Nick Podehl & Kate Rudd

Length: 9 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Chicken Soup for the Soul: Christian Teen Talk provides support to teens who care about their faith and are navigating their teenage years.This book will have fresh appeal to Christian teenage readers and their parents.Devout Christian teens care about their connection and relationship with God, but they are also experiencing all the normal ups... Read more

Master of Deceit

By: Marc Aronson

Narrated by: Luke Daniels

Length: 4 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

“King, there is only one thing left for you to do....Take it before your filthy, abnormal, fraudulent self is bared to the nation.”Dr. Martin Luther King received this demand in an anonymous letter in 1964. He believed that the letter was telling him to commit suicide. Who wrote this anonymous letter? Most likely William Sullivan, an assistant... Read more

Dear Teen Me

By: E. Kristin Anderson & Miranda Kenneally

Narrated by: Julia Whelan & MacLeod Andrews

Length: 6 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Growing pains are an essential part of teenage life, for better and for worse. Some “mistakes” turn into positive, life-changing experiences, and some apparent triumphs seem, in retrospect, like low points. Some first kisses leave you feeling on top of the world, and others can make you want to hide under a rock. In Dear Teen Me, your favorite... Read more

Open Mic

By: Mitali Perkins

Narrated by: Mitali Perkins, Todd Haberkorn, JD Jackson, Tom...

Length: 2 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Using humor as the common denominator, a multicultural cast of YA authors steps up to the mic to share stories touching on race.Listen in as ten YA authors—some familiar, some new—use their own brand of humor to share their stories about growing up between cultures. Henry Choi Lee discovers that pretending to be a tai chi master or a... Read more

Beyond Magenta

By: Susan Kuklin

Narrated by: Tanya Eby, Nick Podehl, Todd Haberkorn, Roxanne...

Length: 4 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

A 2015 Stonewall Honor BookA groundbreaking work of LGBT literature takes an honest look at the life, love, and struggles of transgender teens.Author and photographer Susan Kuklin met and interviewed six transgender or gender-neutral young adults and used her considerable skills to represent them thoughtfully and respectfully before, during, and... Read more

This Star Won't Go Out

By: Esther Earl, Lori Earl & Wayne Earl

Narrated by: Cristina Panfilio, Nick Podehl, John Green, Lor...

Length: 8 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

A collection of the journals, fiction, and letters of the late Esther Grace Earl, who passed away in 2010 at the age of 16. Essays by family and friends will help to tell Esther’s story along with an introduction by award-winning author John Green who dedicated his #1 bestselling novel The Fault in Our Stars to her. Read more

Eyes Wide Open

By: Paul Fleischman

Length: 3 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

What's really going on with the environment - in our own backyards and the wider world? Conflicting information is offered by websites, magazines, and documentaries that blur the line between news and opinion. Not every report is reliable; not every interest group is actually composed of concerned citizens. In this dynamic account, award-winning... Read more

On Two Feet and Wings

By: Abbas Kazerooni

Length: 4 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

He is in a foreign country, he is alone, and he is just a boy...Abbas Kazerooni is not yet ten, but he’s suddenly forced to leave his parents, his friends—his entire world—and flee Tehran. The Iran-Iraq war is at its bloodiest, and the Ayatollahs who rule Iran have reduced the recruitment age for the army. If Abbas doesn’t escape, it’s almost... Read more

Symphony for the City of the Dead

By: M. T. Anderson

Narrated by: M. T. Anderson

Length: 10 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

A 2016 YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults FinalistNational Book Award winner M. T. Anderson delivers a brilliant and riveting account of the Siege of Leningrad and the role played by Russian composer Shostakovich and his Leningrad Symphony.In September 1941, Adolf Hitler’s Wehrmacht surrounded Leningrad in what was to... Read more

World's Greatest Teacher

By: Brad Meltzer

Narrated by: Brad Meltzer

Length: 5 minutes

Abridged: No

The story of the teacher who changed Brad's life. Originally published in Parade Magazine. Read more

Earth Hates Me

By: Ruby Karp

Narrated by: Ruby Karp

Length: 4 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

"This book is filled with juicy young person wisdom." --Amy Poehler

The definitive guide to being a teen in the modern age, with sage advice from a modern teenager and appealing to fans of Rookie.

Earth Hates Me presents a look inside the mind of the modern teenager--from a modern teenager's perspective. Sixteen-year-old Ruby Karp addresses the... Read more

Three More Words

By: Ashley Rhodes-Courter

Narrated by: Ashley Rhodes-Courter

Length: 8 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Ashley Rhodes-Courter spent a harrowing nine years of her life in fourteen different foster homes. Her memoir, Three Little Words, captivated audiences everywhere and went on to become a New York Times bestseller. Now Ashley reveals the nuances of life after foster care: college and its assorted hijinks, including meeting “the one.” Marriage,... Read more

The Maddie Diaries

By: Maddie Ziegler

Narrated by: Maddie Ziegler

Length: 4 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

In this New York Times bestselling memoir, the incredibly talented breakout star of Dance Moms and judge on So You Think You Can Dance brings her uplifting coming-of-age story about following her dreams and working hard to achieve success in both the dance world and in life.

Maddie Ziegler knew one day she’d be a star—she just didn’t know how... Read more

Grace, Gold, and Glory

By: Gabrielle Douglas

Narrated by: Haleakala Wilson

Length: 4 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

The inspiring autobiography from Gabrielle Douglas—the first African-American gymnast in Olympic history to become the individual All-Around champion—revealing her journey from the time she first entered a gym to her gold-medal-winning performances.In the 2012 London Olympics, US gymnast Gabrielle Douglas stole hearts and flew high as the... Read more

Un monstruo viene a verme

By: Patrick Ness

Narrated by: Carlos Manuel Vesga

Length: 3 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Merecedora de numerosos premios y distinciones, Un monstruo viene a verme es la novela más aclamada de Patrick Ness. Escucha esta historia emocionante y extraordinaria sobre un niño, su madre enferma y el monstruo que viene a visitarle. Siete minutos después de la medianoche, Conor despierta y se encuentra un monstruo en la ventana. Pero no es... Read more

Hope Nation

By: Rose Brock

Narrated by: Various

Length: 7 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Hope is a decision, but it is a hard one to recognize in the face of oppression, belittlement, alienation, and defeat. To help embolden hope, here is a powerhouse collection of essays and personal stories that speak directly to teens and all YA readers. Featuring Angie Thomas, Marie Lu, Nicola Yoon, David Levithan, Libba Bray, Jason Reynolds,... Read more

Young and Beardless

By: John Luke Robertson

Narrated by: Will Lasley & Caleb Cooper

Length: 5 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

John Luke Robertson may be young and beardless, but he has a lot to say about growing up and discovering your purpose.John Luke Robertson, the oldest son of Willie and Korie Robertson and brother of Dancing with the Stars sensation Sadie Robertson, shares his story of what it’s like to grow up as a Robertson and all the fun and craziness that... Read more

Bernie Sanders Guide to Political Revolution

By: Bernie Sanders

Narrated by: Robert Petkoff

Length: 3 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

In The Bernie Sanders Guide to Political Revolution, Independent congressman, presidential candidate and activist Bernie Sanders continues his fight against the imbalances in the nation’s status quo, and shows you how to make a difference to effect the changes America—and the world—need to create a better tomorrow.

Throughout the Presidential... Read more

Claiming My Place: Coming of Age in the Shadow of the Holocaust

By: Planaria Price & Helen Reichmann West

Narrated by: Ilyana Kadushin

Length: 9 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

"[Narrator Ilyana Kadushin] presents a perfectly paced narration and crafts just the right tones for the emotions this serious and inspiring memoir requires." — Booklist

A Junior Library Guild selection

Claiming My Place is the true story of a young Jewish woman who survived the Holocaust by escaping to Nazi Germany and hiding in plain sight.

Meet... Read more

For Every One

By: Jason Reynolds

Narrated by: Jason Reynolds

Length: 25 minutes

Abridged: No

“A lyrical masterpiece.” —School Library Journal (starred review)

Originally performed at the Kennedy Center for the unveiling of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, and later as a tribute to Walter Dean Myers, this stirring and inspirational poem is New York Times bestselling author and National Book Award finalist Jason Reynolds’s rallying... Read more

I Have the Right To

By: Chessy Prout & Jenn Abelson

Narrated by: Chessy Prout

Length: 11 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

“A bold, new voice.” —People
“A nuanced addition to the #MeToo conversation.” —Vice

A young survivor tells her searing, visceral story of sexual assault, justice, and healing in this gutwrenching memoir.

The numbers are staggering: nearly one in five girls ages fourteen to seventeen have been the victim of a sexual assault or attempted sexual... Read more

Sex Plus: Learning, Loving, and Enjoying Your Body

By: Laci Green

Narrated by: Laci Green

Length: 13 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

This groundbreaking book from sex educator and YouTube phenomenon Laci Green has everything you’ve ever wanted to know about sex, sexuality, pleasure, and your body. Let’s be honest: most of us think about sex A LOT, and we have plenty of unanswered questions: What’s the best way to talk to my partner about what I want? How do I figure out my... Read more

Very, Very, Very Dreadful

By: Albert Marrin

Narrated by: Jim Frangione

Length: 5 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

From National Book Award finalist Albert Marrin comes a fascinating look at the history and science of the deadly 1918 flu pandemic--and its chilling and timely resemblance to the worldwide coronavirus outbreak.

In spring of 1918, World War I was underway, and troops at Fort Riley, Kansas, found themselves felled by influenza. By the summer of... Read more