Art bestsellers

The Art Thief

A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession

By: Michael Finkel
Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini & Michael Finkel
Length: 5 hours 39 minutes

“Once again, truth proves to be stranger than fiction. Who could have invented a kleptomaniac who stole hundreds of works of art from museums across Europe all before he turned 30? And by the end, you still aren’t sure whether to hate him or feel sorry for him. Read more

When I Was Your Age

Life Lessons, Funny Stories & Questionable Parenting Advice From a Professional Clown

By: Kenan Thompson
Narrated by: Kenan Thompson
Length: 7 hours 58 minutes

“Kenan is a master storyteller with extraordinary stories to tell. I wouldn’t miss this for the world.”—Leslie JonesWhen I Was Your Age is a hilarious, heartwarming and surprising ode to growing up, getting older and wiser, and luck, life, and learning from the school of hard knocks, from SNL's longest-serving actor, Kenan ThompsonKenan Thompson... Read more

Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing

A Memoir

By: Matthew Perry
Narrated by: Matthew Perry
Length: 8 hours 49 minutes

"Going into his "why," Perry's audiobook is a fascinating listen."- AudioFile

This program is read by the author.

A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK BY TIME, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, GOODREADS, USA TODAY, AND MORE!

The beloved star of Friends takes us behind the scenes of the hit sitcom and his struggles with addiction in this candid, funny, and revelatory... 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

Hi Honey, I'm Homo!

Sitcoms, Specials, and the Queering of American Culture

By: Matt Baume
Narrated by: Matt Baume
Length: 6 hours 41 minutes

For decades, amidst the bright lights, studio-audience laughs, and absurdly large apartment sets, the real-life story of American LGBTQ+ liberation unfolded in plain sight in front of millions of viewers, most of whom were laughing too hard to mind. From flamboyant relatives on Bewitched to closely-guarded secrets on All in the Family, from... Read more

The Power Broker: Volume 2 of 3

Robert Moses and the Fall of New York: Volume 2

By: Robert A. Caro
Narrated by: Robertson Dean
Length: 23 hours 1 minute

PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • A modern American classic, this huge and galvanizing biography of Robert Moses reveals not only the saga of one man’s incredible accumulation of power but the story of his shaping (and mis-shaping of twentieth-century New York.  One of the Modern Library’s hundred greatest books of the twentieth century.

Robert Caro's... Read more

Monsters

A Fan's Dilemma

By: Claire Dederer
Narrated by: Claire Dederer
Length: 8 hours 14 minutes

“Woody Allen, Picasso, even Michael Jackson? What do you do when the artists you love turn out to be terrible people? Claire Dederer confronts her own conflicted emotions with wit and deep insight. There are no easy answers here. Read more

All About Me!

My Remarkable Life in Show Business

By: Mel Brooks
Narrated by: Mel Brooks
Length: 15 hours 5 minutes

“I am an unabashed Mel Brooks fan, and this is everything that I wanted and more! Mel narrates his life in great and fantastic detail, from his earliest memories growing up in Brooklyn to all his Hollywood exploits and beyond. His wit and warmth exude throughout, and his stories encapsulate his long list of pranks, one of kind adventures, and... Read more

Surely You Can't Be Serious

The True Story of Airplane!

By: David Zucker, Jim Abrahams & Jerry Zucker
Narrated by: "Weird Al" Yankovic, Arne Schmidt, Barry Diller, Beau Bridges, Bill Hader, Bob Weiss, David Zucker, Dick Chudnow, Hunt Lowry, James Murray, Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams, Jimmy Kimmel, Joe Praino, John Landis, Jon Davison, Joyce Bulifant, Julie Hagerty, Ken Collins, Laura Orrico, Lee Bryant, Lloyd Schwartz, Lorna Patterson, Marcy Goldman, Matt Stone, Michael Eisner, Molly Shannon, Pat Proft, Patton Oswalt, Peter Farrelly, Rich Markey, Robert Hays, Ross Harris, Sarah Silverman, Tom Parry & Trey Parker
Length: 7 hours 53 minutes

This program is read by the authors (David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker), Laura Orrico and Joe Praino, with special appearances by an all-star cast of comedy giants, including the film's stars, Julie Hagerty and Robert Hays, as well as Beau Bridges, Barry Diller, Michael Eisner, Peter Farrelly, Bill Hader, Jimmy Kimmel, John Landis,... Read more

Shit, Actually

The Definitive, 100% Objective Guide to Modern Cinema

By: Lindy West
Narrated by: Lindy West
Length: 7 hours 16 minutes

“Lindy West makes true observations about movies in ways that will make you laugh out loud, and cause you to re-think some of your 90s/00s favorite films! Her witty commentary is what we all NEED in this post 2020 world, even if you have not seen the films. It’s written by someone smart and hilarious who has strong opinions about things that... Read more

All The Beauty in the World

The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me

By: Patrick Bringley
Narrated by: Patrick Bringley
Length: 6 hours 3 minutes

A best book of the year from New York Public Library, NPR, the Financial Times, Book Riot, and the Sunday Times (London).

A fascinating, revelatory portrait of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and its treasures by a former New Yorker staffer who spent a decade as a museum guard.

Millions of people climb the grand marble staircase to visit the... Read more

1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows

A Memoir

By: Ai Weiwei
Narrated by: David Shih
Length: 13 hours 7 minutes

The “intimate and expansive” (Time) memoir of “one of the most important artists working in the world today” (Financial Times), telling a remarkable history of China over the last hundred years while also illuminating his artistic process
 
“Poignant . . . An illuminating through-line emerges in the many parallels Ai traces between his life and... Read more

Splinters

Another Kind of Love Story

By: Leslie Jamison
Narrated by: Leslie Jamison
Length: 8 hours 32 minutes

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Recovering and The Empathy Exams comes the riveting story of rebuilding a life after the end of a marriage—an exploration of motherhood, art, and new love.
 
Leslie Jamison has become one of our most beloved contemporary voices, a scribe of the real, the true, the complex. She has been compared... Read more

Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions

My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood

By: Ed Zwick
Narrated by: Ed Zwick
Length: 10 hours 23 minutes

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER * USA TODAY BESTSELLER

This heartfelt and wry career memoir from the director of Blood Diamond, The Last Samurai, Legends of the Fall, About Last Night, and Glory, creator of the show thirtysomething, and executive producer of My So-Called Life, gives a dishy, behind-the-scenes look at... Read more

Cinema Speculation

By: Quentin Tarantino
Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini & Quentin Tarantino
Length: 10 hours 9 minutes

Instant New York Times bestsellerThe long-awaited first work of nonfiction from the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Once Upon a Time in Hollywood: a deliriously entertaining, wickedly intelligent cinema book as unique and creative as anything by Quentin Tarantino.In addition to being among the most celebrated of contemporary... Read more

Frida

A Biography of Frida Kahlo

By: Hayden Herrera
Narrated by: Timothy Andrés Pabon
Length: 19 hours 2 minutes

""Through her art, Herrera writes, Kahlo made of herself both performer and icon. Through this long overdue biography, Kahlo has also, finally, been made fully human."" — San Francisco ChronicleHailed by readers and critics across the country, this engrossing biography of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo reveals a woman of extreme magnetism and... Read more

Hamlet

A BBC Radio Production

By: William Shakespeare
Narrated by: Ellie Beaven, Full Cast, Juliet Stevenson, Kenneth Cranham & Michael Sheen
Length: 3 hours 28 minutes

In this BBC full-cast production, the ghost of Hamlet's father orders him to kill the man who took his life, his throne and his wife: Claudius.

In a tale of caution, tragedy and revenge, Hamlet is driven to madness by his mission and his father's legacy.

Michael Sheen stars as Hamlet, with Kenneth Cranham as Claudius, Juliet Stevenson as... Read more

The Steal Like an Artist Audio Trilogy

How to Be Creative, Show Your Work, and Keep Going

By: Austin Kleon
Narrated by: Austin Kleon
Length: 4 hours 32 minutes

An audio compilation ofSteal Like an Artist, Show Your Workand Keep Going.  Read by the author, it’s the bestselling and transformative series on how to unlock your creativity, find community and an audience in the digital age, and stay focused, creative and true to yourself—for life.  Includes full text from:Steal Like an Artist: The New York... Read more

As You Wish

Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride

By: Cary Elwes & Joe Layden
Narrated by: Cary Elwes, Carol Kane, Norman Lear, Rob Reiner, Chris Sarandon, Andy Scheinman, Wallace Shawn & Robin Wright
Length: 7 hours 1 minute

“An affectionate and engaging love letter to the movie-adaptation of The Princess Bride, and everyone who worked on the project. If you are a huge fan of the fairytale cult classic, this memoir is a must-read that will leave you feeling nostalgic, and ready to watch the film again with new eyes. With guest commentary from the cast and crew, this... Read more

I Like to Watch

Arguing My Way Through the TV Revolution

By: Emily Nussbaum
Narrated by: Emily Nussbaum
Length: 13 hours 42 minutes

From The New Yorker’s fiercely original, Pulitzer Prize-winning culture critic, a provocative collection of new and previously published essays arguing that we are what we watch.

“Emily Nussbaum is the perfect critic—smart, engaging, funny, generous, and insightful.”—David Grann, author of Killers of the Flower Moon

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF... Read more

Subculture Vulture

A Memoir in Six Scenes

By: Moshe Kasher
Narrated by: Moshe Kasher & Larry Wilson
Length: 11 hours 14 minutes

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A “hilarious” (Dax Shepard), “surprisingly emotional trip” (The Chainsmokers) through deep American subcultures ranging from Burning Man to Alcoholics Anonymous, by the writer and comedian Moshe Kasher

“Part history lesson, part standup set and, often, part love letter . . . Kasher’s ability to blend humor with homework... Read more

Cabin Pressure: The Complete Series 1

A full-cast BBC Radio Comedy

By: John Finnemore
Narrated by: Benedict Cumberbatch, Full Cast, John Finnemore, Roger Allam & Stephanie Cole
Length: 2 hours 48 minutes

Cabin Pressure is set in the wing and a prayer world of a tiny, one-plane charter airline; staffed by two pilots, one on his way down, and one who was never up to start with. Whether flying actresses to Italy, cricketers to the Sahara, or a cat to Abu Dhabi, no job is too small, but many, many jobs are too difficult.

Carolyn Knapp-Shappey, MJN... Read more

Mike Nichols

A Life

By: Mark Harris
Narrated by: George Newbern
Length: 20 hours 34 minutes

One of The Hollywood Reporter’s 100 Greatest Film Books of All Time • A National Book Critics Circle finalist • One of People's top 10 books of 2021 • An instant New York Times bestseller • Named a best book of the year by NPR and Time

A magnificent biography of one of the most protean creative forces in American entertainment history, a life of... Read more

James Acaster's Guide to Quitting Social Media

By: James Acaster
Narrated by: James Acaster
Length: 6 hours 54 minutes

This is a self help book like no other. Because you are not helping yourself, James Acaster is helping you.

When James quit all forms of social media in 2019 he felt like he'd been born anew, but he was worried he'd suffer withdrawal and get lured back online to compete in a never ending popularity contest with only one possible winner (f*cking... Read more

The Last Action Heroes

The Triumphs, Flops, and Feuds of Hollywood's Kings of Carnage

By: Nick de Semlyen
Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot
Length: 9 hours 59 minutes

The behind-the-scenes story of the action heroes who ruled 1980s and ’90s Hollywood and the beloved films that made them stars, including Die Hard, First Blood, The Terminator, and more.

“Entertaining . . . This is a book that makes you ache for the days when the movie screen belonged not to men who dress in superhero capes but to those who lift... Read more

Hollywood: The Oral History

By: Jeanine Basinger & Sam Wasson
Narrated by: Timothy Andrés Pabon & Marni Penning
Length: 28 hours 49 minutes

The real story of Hollywood as told by such luminaries as Steven Spielberg, Frank Capra, Katharine Hepburn, Meryl Streep, Harold Lloyd, and nearly four hundred others, assembled from the American Film Institute’s treasure trove of interviews, reveals a fresh history of the American movie industry from its beginnings to today. From the archives... Read more

The Queens of Animation

The Untold Story of the Women Who Transformed the World of Disney and Made Cinematic History

By: Nathalia Holt
Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
Length: 11 hours 37 minutes

From the bestselling author of Rise of the Rocket Girls, the untold, "richly detailed" story of the women of Walt Disney Studios, who shaped the iconic films that have enthralled generations (Margot Lee Shetterly, New York Times bestselling author of Hidden Figures).

From Snow White to Moana, from Pinocchio to Frozen, the animated films of Walt... Read more

Men Have Called Her Crazy

A Memoir

By: Anna Marie Tendler
Length: TBA

A powerful memoir that reckons with mental health as well as the insidious ways men impact the lives of women.

In early 2021, popular artist Anna Marie Tendler checked herself into a psychiatric hospital following a year of crippling anxiety, depression and self-harm. Over two weeks, she underwent myriad psychological tests, participated in... Read more

Picasso's War

How Modern Art Came to America

By: Hugh Eakin
Narrated by: Mack Sanderson
Length: 15 hours 11 minutes

A riveting story of how dueling ambitions and the power of prodigy made America the cultural center of the world—and Picasso the most famous artist alive—in the shadow of World War II

“[Eakin] has mastered this material. . . . The book soars.”—The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice)

ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Vanity Fair, The New... 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

Seduction

Sex, Lies, and Stardom in Howard Hughes's Hollywood

By: Karina Longworth
Narrated by: Karina Longworth
Length: 20 hours 21 minutes

In this riveting popular history, the creator of You Must Remember This probes the inner workings of Hollywood’s glamorous golden age through the stories of some of the dozens of actresses pursued by Howard Hughes, to reveal how the millionaire mogul’s obsessions with sex, power and publicity trapped, abused, or benefitted women who dreamt of... Read more

Art & Fear

Observations On the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking

By: David Bayles & Ted Orland
Narrated by: Arthur Morey
Length: 3 hours 8 minutes

What is your art really about? Where is it going? What stands in the way of getting it there?

These are questions that matter, questions that recur at each stage of artistic development—and they are the source for this volume of wonderfully incisive commentary. Art & Fear explores the way art gets made, the reasons it often doesn't get made,... Read more

Black Roses

Odes Celebrating Powerful Black Women

By: Harold Green III
Narrated by: Harold Green III
Length: 1 hour 25 minutes

The poet and founder of the music collective Flowers for the Living pays tribute to all Black women by focusing on visionaries and leaders who are making history right now, including Ava DuVernay, Janelle Monae, Kamala Harris, Misty Copeland, Nikole Hannah-Jones, Robin Roberts, Roxane Gay, and Simone Biles—with this compilation of celebratory... Read more

Cabin Pressure: The Complete Series 2

A full-cast BBC Radio Comedy

By: John Finnemore
Narrated by: Benedict Cumberbatch, Full Cast, John Finnemore, Roger Allam & Stephanie Cole
Length: 2 hours 47 minutes

Cabin Pressure is set in the wing and a prayer world of a tiny, one-plane charter airline; staffed by two pilots, one on his way down, and one who was never up to start with. Whether flying a nervous bassoonist to Gdansk or a horrible sister to Helsinki, no job is too small, but many, many jobs are too difficult.

Carolyn Knapp-Shappey, MJN... Read more

Georgia O'Keeffe

A Life

By: Roxana Robinson
Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
Length: 29 hours 11 minutes

One of the greatest and most admired artists of the twentieth century, Georgia O’Keeffe led a life rich in intense relationships—with family, friends, and especially with fellow artist Alfred Stieglitz.Her extraordinary accomplishments, such as the often eroticized flowers, bones, stones, skulls, and pelvises that she painted with such command,... Read more

A Disturbance in the Force

How and Why the Star Wars Holiday Special Happened

By: Steve Kozak
Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
Length: 10 hours 15 minutes

Even by the standards of the 1970s, even compared to Jar-Jar Binks, the legendary 1978 Star Wars Holiday Special is a peerlessly cringeworthy pop-culture artifact. George Lucas, who completely disowned the production, reportedly has said, "If I had the time and a sledgehammer, I would track down every copy of that show and smash it." Just how on... Read more

Barnabas, Quentin and the Body Snatchers

Dark Shadows

By: Marilyn Ross
Narrated by: Kathryn Leigh Scott
Length: 5 hours 23 minutes

 Barnabas, Quentin and the Body Snatchers (February 1971)

In an alien spaceship hidden in a swamp near Collinwood, Roger Collins and his friend, space scientist Murdock Gray, lie bound and gagged—yet no one even knows they are missing! For their captors are able to change shapes at will, and two of them have “become” Roger and Murdock. Although... Read more

Didion and Babitz

By: Lili Anolik
Length: TBA

Joan Didion is revealed at last in this outrageously provocative and profoundly moving new work on the mutual attractions—and mutual antagonisms—of Didion and her fellow literary titan, Eve Babitz.

“Could you write what you write if you weren’t so tiny, Joan?” —Eve Babitz, in a letter to Joan Didion, 1972

Eve Babitz died on December 17, 2021.... Read more

As Time Goes By

By: Bob Larbey
Narrated by: Full Cast, Geoffrey Palmer & Judi Dench
Length: 2 hours 56 minutes

Dame Judi Dench and Geoffrey Palmer star as old flames Jean Pargetter and Lionel Hardcastle. Their love story was all set for a happy ending in the 1950s when Jean was a student nurse and Lionel, a young army officer. But he was posted abroad and they lost touch. Thirty-eight years later, Lionel has returned to London to publish his... Read more

Box Set: Fast, Cheap and Under Control ... and ... Fast, Cheap and Written That Way

Two Classic Filmmaking Books Together In One Box Set.

Fast, Cheap Filmmaking Books

By: John Gaspard
Narrated by: John Gaspard, Jim Cunningham, Andy Moratnz, Ash Steel, Chris Clyne, Josh Wallace, Lauren Gobes, Margaret Mikkelson & Nathan Taber
Length: 16 hours 22 minutes

Two classic filmmaking books in one box set: "Fast, Cheap and Under Control: Lessons Learned from the Greatest Low-Budget Movies of All Time" Learn the tricks and pitfalls of low-budget filmmaking from 33 successful independent films and the filmmakers who created them. Includes never before published interviews with low-budget mavericks such as... Read more

Bold Ventures

Thirteen Tales of Architectural Tragedy

By: Charlotte Van den Broeck
Narrated by: Gail Shalan
Length: 9 hours 8 minutes

A prize-winning Belgian poet explores the nature of creative endeavor—the godlike ambition, the crushing defeat of failure—through the stories of thirteen tragic architects.

In thirteen fascinating chapters, Charlotte Van den Broeck goes in search of buildings that were fatal to their architects—architects who either killed themselves or are... Read more

Celebrating Birds

An Interactive Field and Listening Guide Inspired by the Wingspan Game

By: Natalia Rojas & Ana Maria Martinez
Narrated by: Inés del Castillo, Timothy Andrés Pabon & Laura Jennings
Length: 6 hours 44 minutes

A gorgeously illustrated and interactive full-color guide to more than 181 birds of North America, featuring recorded vocalizations of each, based on the bestselling board game, Wingspan.

Praised for its gorgeous illustrations, accurate portrayal of bird habitats, and its gameplay, the bird-focused board game Wingspan has become an international... Read more

Get the Picture

A Mind-Bending Journey among the Inspired Artists and Obsessive Art Fiends Who Taught Me How to See

By: Bianca Bosker
Narrated by: Bianca Bosker
Length: 10 hours 14 minutes

“The art world is wack, and this book is a fascinating look at it. Bosker is a fantastic narrator; thoroughly engaging. Highly recommend this one! Read more

It Came from the Closet

Queer Reflections on Horror

By: Joe Vallese & various authors
Narrated by: various narrators, Graham Halstead, Aven Shore, Aida Reluzco, Mark Sanderlin, Tori Barron, Krystal Hammond, Daniel Henning, Ron Butler, Hope Newhouse, Lindsey Dorcus, André Santana, Joel Froomkin, Mike Cooper, Em Grosland & Vikas Adam
Length: 10 hours 58 minutes

Through the lens of horror—from Halloween to Hereditary—queer and trans writers consider the films that deepened, amplified, and illuminated their own experiences.Horror movies hold a complicated space in the hearts of the queer community: historically misogynist, and often homo- and transphobic, the genre has also been inadvertently feminist... Read more

Every Man for Himself and God Against All

A Memoir

By: Werner Herzog
Narrated by: Werner Herzog
Length: 13 hours 42 minutes

Legendary filmmaker and celebrated author Werner Herzog tells in his inimitable voice the story of his epic artistic career in a long-awaited memoir that is as inventive and daring as anything he has done before

Werner Herzog was born in September 1942 in Munich, Germany, at a turning point in the Second World War. Soon Germany would be defeated... Read more

Bossypants

By: Tina Fey
Narrated by: Tina Fey
Length: 5 hours 31 minutes

Spirited and whip-smart, these laugh-out-loud autobiographical essays are "a masterpiece" from the Emmy Award-winning actress and comedy writer known for 30 Rock, Mean Girls, and SNL" (Sunday Telegraph).

Before Liz Lemon, before "Weekend Update," before "Sarah Palin," Tina Fey was just a young girl with a dream: a recurring stress dream that she... Read more

Freaks, Gleeks, and Dawson's Creek

How Seven Teen Shows Transformed Television

By: Thea Glassman
Narrated by: Christine Lakin
Length: 9 hours 2 minutes

“If you watched and loved TV in the 90s and early 2000s, you will love this look into how seven shows changed how TV was made. When episodes came out weekly these shows were THE THING everyone talked about, and it's fascinating to read how they influenced each other and the culture. Even if you didn't watch every show Glassman covers, she gives... Read more

Being Henry

The Fonz . . . and Beyond

By: Henry Winkler
Narrated by: Henry Winkler
Length: 9 hours 22 minutes

“Ayyyyyyyyyy! - If you don't recognize that tag line, then you haven't watched TV for the last 50 years. Yes, I'm talking about 'the Fonz'. I (along with most of the rest of the world) loved that guy. Until recently, I never really considered the actor who created such a memorable character. The new autobiography by Henry Winkler, Being Henry... Read more

Is this Anything?

By: Jerry Seinfeld
Narrated by: Jerry Seinfeld
Length: 6 hours 15 minutes

“My husband and I have had the pleasure of seeing Jerry Seinfeld live on two occasions. Obviously, we are big fans. When I learned that Seinfeld was releasing his book at the same time as a cross-country road trip that we had planned, I was ecstatic. Jerry did not let us down. The miles flew by quickly as we laughed our way through Connecticut. I... Read more

Made Men

The Story of Goodfellas

By: Glenn Kenny
Narrated by: Stephen Graybill
Length: 11 hours 41 minutes

For the thirtieth anniversary of its premiere comes the vivid and immersive history behind Martin Scorsese’s signature film Goodfellas, hailed by critics as the greatest mob movie ever made.

When Goodfellas first hit the theatres in 1990, a classic was born. Few could anticipate the unparalleled influence it would have on pop culture, one that... Read more