Language bestsellers

Cultish

The Language of Fanaticism

By: Amanda Montell
Narrated by: Ann Marie Gideon
Length: 8 hours 21 minutes

“The Manson family, Scientology, Crossfit, and Mary Kay all have something in common. They all use language and rhetoric found in cults. The world cult is tossed around so lightly and Cultish is here to show you why. This book defines and explains the power of emphatic language and how companies and cults use it at others detriment. It also has a... Read more

Wordslut

A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language

By: Amanda Montell
Narrated by: Amanda Montell
Length: 6 hours 56 minutes

“As funny as it is informative, this book will have you laughing out loud while you contemplate the revolutionary power of words.” —Camille Perri, author of The Assistants and When Katie Met CassidyA brash, enlightening, and wildly entertaining feminist look at gendered language and the way it shapes us.The word bitch conjures many images for... Read more

I Came All This Way to Meet You

Writing Myself Home

By: Jami Attenberg
Narrated by: Xe Sands
Length: 6 hours 44 minutes

Named a Best Book of the Year by: Time * New Yorker * Sunday Times (UK)From New York Times bestselling author Jami Attenberg comes a dazzling memoir about unlocking and embracing her creativity—and how it saved her life. In this brilliant, fierce, and funny memoir of transformation, Jami Attenberg—described as a “master of modern fiction”... Read more

The Science of Storytelling

By: Will Storr
Narrated by: James Clamp
Length: 6 hours 51 minutes

How do master storytellers compel us? There have been many attempts to understand what makes a good story, but few have used a scientific approach. In The Science of Storytelling, Will Storr applies dazzling psychological research and cutting-edge neuroscience to our myths and archetypes to show how we can tell better stories, revealing, among... Read more

Bird by Bird

Some Instructions on Writing and Life

By: Anne Lamott
Narrated by: Anne Lamott
Length: 6 hours 36 minutes

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An essential volume for generations of writers young and old. The twenty-fifth anniversary edition of this modern classic will continue to spark creative minds for years to come. Anne Lamott is "a warm, generous, and hilarious guide through the writer’s world and its treacherous swamps" (Los Angeles Times). 

“Superb... Read more

On Writing

A Memoir Of The Craft

By: Stephen King
Narrated by: Stephen King, Joe Hill & Owen King
Length: 9 hours 6 minutes

Twentieth Anniversary Edition with Contributions from Joe Hill and Owen King

ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE’S TOP 100 NONFICTION BOOKS OF ALL TIME

Immensely helpful and illuminating to any aspiring writer, this special edition of Stephen King’s critically lauded, million-copy bestseller shares the experiences, habits, and convictions that have shaped him... Read more

Learn Spanish with Paul Noble for Beginners – Complete Course

Spanish Made Easy with Your 1 million-best-selling Personal Language Coach

By: Paul Noble
Narrated by: Paul Noble
Length: 13 hours 20 minutes

No grammar tests. No memory drills. No chance of failure. Welcome to Learn with Paul Noble – a unique, tried and tested language learning method that has been used by almost a million people to speak fluently and confidently in no time at all. This course covers European and Latin American Spanish. Take a... Read more

Learn Spanish: Learn Latin American Spanish for Beginners

The Ultimate Spanish for Beginners Bundle, Book 1-3

Learn Spanish

By: Language Academy
Narrated by: HotGhost Productions
Length: 12 hours 9 minutes

Don’t Learn Spanish the Wrong Way!This Learn Spanish audiobook-series takes away the agony of learning, making it a fun and interactive experience.In this series, you will learn the most frequently used words, verbs, and phrases first, before proceeding to learn Spanish grammar.This easy and highly effective structure, will hijack your learning... Read more

Learn Mandarin Chinese with Paul Noble for Beginners – Complete Course

Mandarin Chinese Made Easy with Your 1 million-best-selling Personal Language Coach

By: Paul Noble & Kai-Ti Noble
Narrated by: Paul Noble & Kai-Ti Noble
Length: 15 hours

No grammar tests. No memory drills. No chance of failure. Welcome to Learn with Paul Noble – a unique, tried and tested language learning method that has been used by almost a million people to speak fluently and confidently in no time at all. Take a simple, relaxed approach to learning a language that has been... Read more

The Prodigal Tongue

The Love-Hate Relationship Between American and British English

By: Lynne Murphy
Narrated by: Pam Ward
Length: 11 hours 38 minutes

"If Shakespeare were alive today, he'd sound like an American."

"English accents are the sexiest."

"Americans have ruined the English language."

"Technology means everyone will have to speak the same English."

Such claims about the English language are often repeated but rarely examined. Professor Lynne Murphy is on the linguistic front... Read more

Learn Italian with Paul Noble for Beginners – Complete Course

Italian Made Easy with Your 1 million-best-selling Personal Language Coach

By: Paul Noble
Narrated by: Paul Noble
Length: 13 hours

An easy, enjoyable approach to learning Italian with Paul Noble – a unique, tried and tested language learning method used by almost a million people to speak fluently and confidently in no time at all. No grammar tests. No memory drills. No chance of failure. The accompanying booklet is available here: ... Read more

How Language Began

The Story of Humanity's Greatest Invention

By: Daniel L. Everett
Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
Length: 13 hours 10 minutes

Mankind has a distinct advantage over other terrestrial species: we talk to one another. But how did we acquire the most advanced form of communication on Earth? Daniel L. Everett, a "bombshell" linguist and "instant folk hero" (Tom Wolfe, Harper's), provides in this sweeping history a comprehensive examination of the evolutionary story of... Read more

I am learning Malay

"Listen, Repeat, Speak" language learning course

"Listen, Repeat, Speak" language learning course

By: JM Gardner
Narrated by: Katie Mercurius
Length: 3 hours 55 minutes

I am learning Malay : 300 essential words and phrases, 140 common expressions, the 100 most common verbs, the 1000 essential Malay words. Malay (Bahasa Melayu) is a major language of the Austronesian family spoken in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore. A language of the Malays, it is spoken by 290 million people. How to learn a language... Read more

LEARN SPANISH IN YOUR CAR

Learn Spanish in your Car: Language lessons Bundle contains Spanish for Beginners, Intermediate and Advanced. Spanish phrases and words, grammar and conversations, Everything you need to know about spanish.

LEARN SPANISH IN YOUR CAR

By: Michael Patrick Noble, Paul Jackson Anderson
Narrated by: John Fehskens
Length: 15 hours 1 minute

Get ready to Master the Spanish language on the go with the LEARN SPANISH IN YOUR CAR bundle!With 3 manuscripts tailored for Beginners, Intermediate, and Advanced learners, you'll have everything you need to succeed.The easy short lessons, common words, phrases, and conversations will help you speak Spanish like a native in no time.Make the most... Read more

Everyone Has What It Takes

A Writer's Guide to the End of Self-Doubt

By: William Kenower
Narrated by: William Kenower
Length: 6 hours 32 minutes

An insightful guide for any writer who's ever wondered if they're talented, creative, lovable, or worthy enough. Spoiler alert: You are.

As hard as the craft of writing is, the greatest challenges writers face are often within ourselves. Comparison, self-doubt, isolation, and other internal struggles can derail a writer's progress, at any stage... Read more

Learn Portuguese: Learning Portuguese for Beginners, 2

1000 Portuguese Phrases, Portuguese Questions and Portuguese Answers.

Learn Portuguese

By: Language Academy
Narrated by: Victor Barros
Length: 7 hours 49 minutes

Don’t Learn Portuguese The Wrong Way!This Learn Portuguese audiobook-series takes away the agony of learning, making it a fun and interactive experience. In this series, you will learn the most frequently used words, verbs, and phrases first, before proceeding to learn Portuguese grammar.This easy and highly effective structure, will hijack your... Read more

Learn Portuguese: Learning Portuguese for Beginners, 3

Learn Portuguese Grammar, Portuguese Verbs, Portuguese Nouns, and Portuguese Adjectives

By: Language Academy
Narrated by: Victor Barros
Length: 3 hours 48 minutes

Don’t Learn Portuguese The Wrong Way!This Learn Portuguese audiobook-series takes away the agony of learning, making it a fun and interactive experience. In this series, you will learn the most frequently used words, verbs, and phrases first, before proceeding to learn Portuguese grammar.This easy and highly effective structure, will hijack your... Read more

Learn Portuguese: Learning Portuguese for Beginners, 1

Effective Portuguese Learning With 1000 Portuguese Words and Portuguese Exercises

Learn Portuguese

By: Language Academy
Narrated by: Victor Barros
Length: 5 hours 56 minutes

Don’t Learn Portuguese The Wrong Way!This Learn Portuguese audiobook-series takes away the agony of learning, making it a fun and interactive experience. In this series, you will learn the most frequently used words, verbs, and phrases first, before proceeding to learn Portuguese grammar.This easy and highly effective structure, will hijack your... Read more

In Other Words

A Memoir

By: Jhumpa Lahiri
Narrated by: Jhumpa Lahiri
Length: 6 hours 52 minutes

“Lahiri traces the origins, tribulations, and tiny victories that have fueled her decades-long courtship with the Italian language in a bilingual memoir that reads more like an intimate diary. The chapters and short stories offer a vivid timeline of Lahiri's turbulent relationship with language, bouncing around from English to Bengali during her... Read more

Save the Cat! Writes a Novel

The Last Book On Novel Writing You'll Ever Need

By: Jessica Brody
Narrated by: Jessica Brody
Length: 10 hours 49 minutes

The first novel-writing guide from the best-selling Save the Cat! story-structure series, which reveals the 15 essential plot points needed to make any novel a success.

Novelist Jessica Brody presents a comprehensive story-structure guide for novelists that applies the famed Save the Cat! screenwriting methodology to the world of novel writing.... Read more

Say What You Mean

A Mindful Approach to Nonviolent Communication

Shambhala

By: Oren Jay Sofer
Narrated by: Oren Jay Sofer & Mark Bramhall
Length: 10 hours 59 minutes

Find your voice, speak your truth, listen deeply—a guide to more meaningful and mindful conversations.

We spend so much of our lives talking to each other, but how much are we simply running on automatic—relying on old habits and hoping for the best? Are we able to truly hear others and speak our mind in a clear and kind way, without needing to... Read more

How to Tell a Story

The Essential Guide to Memorable Storytelling from The Moth

By: The Moth, Meg Bowles, Catherine Burns, Jenifer Hixson, Sarah Austin Jenness & Kate Tellers
Narrated by: Meg Bowles, Catherine Burns, Jenifer Hixson, Sarah Austin Jenness, Suzanne Rust, Chloe Salmon & Kate Tellers
Length: 10 hours 8 minutes

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The definitive guide to telling an unforgettable story in any setting, drawing on twenty-five years of experience from the storytelling experts at The Moth

“From toasts to eulogies, from job interviews to social events, this book will help you with ideas, structure, delivery and more.”—CNN

LONGLISTED FOR THE PORCHLIGHT... Read more

Smart Brevity

The Power of Saying More with Less

By: Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen & Roy Schwartz
Narrated by: Mark Chamberlin
Length: 3 hours 1 minute

Brevity is confidence. Length is fear. This is the guiding principle of Smart Brevity, a communication formula built by Axios journalists to prioritize essential news and information, explain its impact and deliver it in a concise and visual format. Now, the co-founders of Axios have created an essential guide for communicating effectively and... Read more

Story Genius

How to Use Brain Science to Go Beyond Outlining and Write a Riveting Novel (Before You Waste Three Years Writing 327 Pages That Go Nowhere)

By: Lisa Cron
Narrated by: Brittany Pressley
Length: 9 hours 36 minutes

Following on the heels of Lisa Cron's breakout first book, Wired for Story, this writing guide reveals how to use cognitive storytelling strategies to build a scene-by-scene blueprint for a riveting story.

It’s every novelist’s greatest fear: pouring their blood, sweat, and tears into writing hundreds of pages only to realize that their story... Read more

Win Every Argument

The Art of Debating, Persuading, and Public Speaking

By: Mehdi Hasan
Narrated by: Mehdi Hasan
Length: 8 hours 11 minutes

This program is read by and contains archival audio of the author from MSNBC, BBC Question Time, Oxford Union, and other sources.

Win Every Argument shows how anyone can communicate with confidence, rise above the tit-for-tats on social media, and triumph in a successful and productive debate in the real world.

MSNBC’s Mehdi Hasan isn’t one to... Read more

The Perfect Story

How to Tell Stories that Inform, Influence, and Inspire

By: Karen Eber
Narrated by: Karen Eber, Ernie Russell & Lisa Larsen
Length: 7 hours 30 minutes

Read by the author."Come for the engrossing content, and stay for the lessons that might just change how you talk, write, and lead.”  —Adam GrantLearn how to take any story and make it perfect—from storytelling expert Karen Eber, whose popular TED Talk on the subject continues to be a source of inspiration for millions.What makes a story... Read more

1000 Words

A Guide to Staying Creative, Focused, and Productive All-Year Round

By: Jami Attenberg
Narrated by: Jami Attenberg, Kamali Minter, Joy Osmanski & André Santana
Length: 4 hours 55 minutes

“Are you an artist? Stop right here and pick up 1000 Words. Read or listen to a little each day to refresh your outlook and commitment to creating. It's positive and challenging and just perfect for helping you make progress on your art. Definitely a new favorite for me. Read more

How to Take Smart Notes

One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking – for Students, Academics and Nonfiction Book Writers

By: Sönke Ahrens
Narrated by: Nigel Fyfe
Length: 5 hours 52 minutes

The key to good and efficient writing lies in the intelligent organisation of ideas and notes. This book helps students, academics and nonfiction writers to get more done, write intelligent texts and learn for the long run. It teaches you how to take smart notes and ensure they bring you and your projects forward.The Take Smart Notes principle... Read more

The Heroine's Journey

For Writers, Readers, and Fans of Pop Culture

By: Gail Carriger
Narrated by: Starla Huchton
Length: 7 hours 32 minutes

Tired of the hero's journey?Frustrated that funny, romantic, and comforting stories aren't taken seriously?Sad that the books and movies you love never seem to be critically acclaimed, even when they sell like crazy?The heroine's journey is here to help. Multiple New York Times bestselling author Gail Carriger presents a clear concise analysis... Read more

Writing Unbound - Abridged

How Fiction Transforms Student Writers

By: Thomas Newkirk
Narrated by: Thomas Newkirk
Length: 6 hours 19 minutes

In Writing Unbound, Tom Newkirk argues that as a teaching profession, we shoot ourselves in the foot when it comes to writing. We fail to take advantage of a huge opportunity that is before us. That opportunity is fiction writing.

Consider this: Our deepest wish is for students to develop a love of books— particularly a love of fiction.  To... Read more

Writing for Busy Readers

Communicate More Effectively in the Real World

By: Todd Rogers & Jessica Lasky-Fink
Narrated by: Todd Rogers
Length: 4 hours 56 minutes

Writing well is for school. Writing effectively is for life.

Todd Rogers and Jessica Lasky-Fink offer the most valuable practical writing advice today. Building on their own research in behavioral science, they outline cognitive facts about how people actually read and distill them into six principles that will transform the power of your... Read more

Empire of Illusion

The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle

By: Chris Hedges
Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
Length: 9 hours 25 minutes

We now live in two Americas. One—now the minority—functions in a print-based, literate world that can cope with complexity and can separate illusion from truth. The other—the majority—is retreating from a reality-based world into one of false certainty and magic. To this majority—which crosses social class lines, though the poor are... Read more

101 Conversations in Simple French

Short Natural Dialogues to Boost Your Confidence & Improve Your Spoken French

101 Conversations: French Edition

By: Olly Richards
Narrated by: David McNeill & Sylvie Pardon
Length: 2 hours 27 minutes

Real French people don’t speak like your textbook… so it’s no wonder you feel unprepared when it’s your turn to speak! Try the StoryLearning Method, and dive into a real-world, gripping drama between six characters that helps you learn authentic spoken French in the process. Created by Olly Richards, internationally-renowned language teacher and... Read more

Short Stories in Spanish for Beginners

Read for pleasure at your level, expand your vocabulary and learn Spanish the fun way!

Readers

By: Olly Richards
Narrated by: Javier Marzan
Length: 4 hours 30 minutes

An unmissable collection of eight unconventional and captivating short stories for young and adult learners.

"I love Olly's work - and you will too!" - Barbara Oakley, PhD, Author of New York Times bestseller A Mind for Numbers

Short Stories in Spanish for Beginners has been written especially for students from beginner to intermediate level,... Read more

Dreyer's English

An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style

By: Benjamin Dreyer
Narrated by: Benjamin Dreyer & Alison Fraser
Length: 9 hours 38 minutes

“Listening to this is so much fun. Dreyer has a droll wit—occasionally smug, in a charming way—and he turns grammar and style into an entertaining puzzle. And this stuff really does matter! It’s a great listen. I’ve been snorting with laughter having to rewind to hear what I missed! Read more

How to Write an Autobiographical Novel

Essays

By: Alexander Chee
Narrated by: Daniel K. Isaac
Length: 8 hours 28 minutes

An essay collection exploring his education as a man, writer, and activist—and how we form our identities in life and in artAs a novelist, Alexander Chee has been described as “masterful” by Roxane Gay, “incendiary” by the New York Times, and “brilliant” by the Washington Post. With How to Write an Autobiographical Novel, his first collection of... Read more

When They Go Low, We Go High

By: Philip Collins
Narrated by: Philip Collins, Ben Onwukwe, Eric Meyers & Helen Keeley
Length: 16 hours 24 minutes

When First Lady Michelle Obama approached the podium at the 2016 Democratic National Convention, nobody could have predicted that her rousing and emotional “When they go low, we go high” speech would go on to become the motto for the political left and an anthem for opponents of oppression worldwide. It was a speech with the kind of emotional... Read more

Says Who?

A Kinder, Funner Usage Guide for Everyone Who Cares About Words

By: Anne Curzan
Narrated by: Anne Curzan
Length: 10 hours 48 minutes

A kinder, funner usage guide to the ever-changing English language and a useful tool for both the grammar stickler and the more colloquial user of English, from linguist and veteran professor Anne Curzan
 
“I was bowled over, page after page, by the author’s fine ear for our language and her openhearted erudition. I learned a lot, and I couldn’t... Read more

The Wordhord

Daily Life in Old English

By: Hana Videen
Narrated by: Sara Powell
Length: 8 hours 23 minutes

This audiobook narrated by Sara Powell takes listeners on an entertaining and illuminating tour of weird, wonderful, and downright baffling words from the origins of English

Old English is the language you think you know until you actually hear or see it. Unlike Shakespearean English or even Chaucer’s Middle English, Old English—the language of... Read more

Learn Turkish With Music

Learn With Music

By: Innovative Language Learning LLC
Narrated by: TurkishClass101.com
Length: 1 hour 55 minutes

Can learning Turkish be as simple as listening to music?
And as easy as remembering song lyrics?
Just think. You remember song lyrics because lyrics are catchy, repeated throughout the song, and go with the music, right? Now, if you stuck in Turkish, you'd easily learn Turkish words and phrases the same way!
So, yes, learning Turkish is as easy as... Read more

French

Proven Techniques to Learn and Speak French

The Passport to Fluency Series

By: Made for Success
Narrated by: Made for Success
Length: 7 hours

Do you really want to learn French?From Paris to Bordeaux, now you can join the conversation with this Passport to Fluency Audio! Begin to build a bilingual base with simple vocabulary and key phrases to help you navigate around, then easily make the transition to conversations with the help of this audio course created by top language... Read more

Learn French While You Sleep - Speak French in 30 Days with Beginner & Intermediate French Phrases, Sentences & Vocabulary!

By: French Hacking
Narrated by: Audrey V. Schoote
Length: 10 hours 8 minutes

Curious about unlocking the secrets of the French language while you rest? Fed up with endless flashcards and seeking a more innovative way to learn French? Fascinated by the idea of absorbing French effortlessly during your nightly slumber?
Embark on a unique journey that takes advantage of the scientifically proven method of sleep-assisted... Read more

Learn Japanese: Can Do Japanese

The comprehensive and practical language study method

Can Do Japanese

By: Innovative Language Learning LLC & JapanesePod101.com
Narrated by: JapanesePod101.com
Length: 5 hours 51 minutes

Why do most beginners struggle to speak real authentic Japanese?
The answer is simple.
While most language programs focus on “reading” or “listening” to the language, most of us learn best by “doing.” Consequently, when it comes time to speak, those who use those programs tend to struggle.
Can Do Japanese is different.
You learn to speak Japanese by... Read more

Learn French in Your Car: Master Your French Vocabulary with 2000 of the Most Commonly Used Words and Phrases in Everyday Conversation. Level 1 Language Learning Lessons for Beginners & Travelers

By: Zoom Language Audiobooks
Narrated by: Eric LaCord
Length: 3 hours 14 minutes

If you want to learn French without having to relocate to a French-speaking country for months or even years, then keep reading....
Learning a new language can seem difficult, if not impossible, at the very beginning. If you’re an adult, then it probably seems even scarier. Or You may have had a bad experience trying to learn a second language in... Read more

Learn Danish Bundle - Easy Introduction for Beginners

By: Innovative Language Learning LLC & DanishClass101.com
Narrated by: DanishClass101.com
Length: 8 hours 28 minutes

Brand new to Danish?
If you’re looking for the easiest way to start learning and speaking Danish…
You’ve made a smart choice. Why?
Because Danish can be EASY or HARD, depending on HOW you start. - Start the hard way (reading grammar and memorizing words), and you’ll quickly think, “Languages are just not my thing.”- Start easy, and you’ll be... Read more

The Children of the New Forest

Oxford Bookworms Library Level 2

By: Rowena Akinyemi & Captain Marryat
Narrated by: Multiple Narrators
Length: 1 hour 4 minutes

England in 1647: King Charles is in prison, and Cromwell's men are fighting the King's men. These are dangerous times for everybody. The four Beverley children have no parents; their mother is dead and their father died while fighting for the King. Now Cromwell's soldiers have come to burn the house - with the children in it. The four of them... Read more

The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

By: John Koenig
Narrated by: John Koenig
Length: 4 hours 42 minutes

“The best dictionary you'll ever had read to you. In fact, there's probably a word for that. Read more

A Sentimental Education

By: Hannah McGregor
Narrated by: Hannah McGregor
Length: 4 hours 35 minutes

How do you tell the story of a feminist education, when the work of feminism can never be perfected or completed? In A Sentimental Education, Hannah McGregor, the podcaster behind Witch, Please and Secret Feminist Agenda, explores what podcasting has taught her about doing feminist scholarship not as a methodology but as a way of life. Moving... Read more

How Yiddish Changed America and How America Changed Yiddish

By: Ilan Stavans & Josh Lambert
Narrated by: Steven Jay Cohen
Length: 15 hours 40 minutes

Is it possible to conceive of the American diet without bagels? Or Star Trek without Mr. Spock? Are the creatures in Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are based on Holocaust survivors? And how has Yiddish, a language without a country, influenced Hollywood? These and other questions are explored in this stunning and rich anthology of the... Read more

Permission to Speak

How to Change What Power Sounds Like, Starting with You

By: Samara Bay
Narrated by: Samara Bay
Length: 8 hours 59 minutes

Use your voice to lead us to a better future with this game-changing guide to redefining what power and authority sound like—from a speech expert who’s worked with Hollywood’s biggest stars, political powerhouses, and businesspeople shaking up the status quo.

“I love this book—funny, surprising, stirring, and so important! What a beautiful... Read more