Education bestsellers
The top 50 Education audiobooks on Libro.fm based on sales from our 1,700+ partner bookstore locations.
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Grit
The Power of Passion and Perseverance
By Angela Duckworth
Narrated by: Angela Duckworth
Length: 9 hours 22 minutes
In this instant New York Times bestseller, Angela Duckworth shows anyone striving to succeed that the secret to outstanding achievement is not talent, but a special blend of passion and persistence she calls “grit.” “Inspiration for non-geniuses everywhere” (People).
The daughter of a scientist who frequently noted her lack of “genius,” Angela... Read more »
Bestseller #2
Pedagogy of the Oppressed
50th Anniversary Edition
By Paulo Freire
Narrated by: Dennis Kleinman
Length: 7 hours 41 minutes
First published in Portuguese in 1968, Pedagogy of the Oppressed was translated and published in English in 1970. Paulo Freire's work has helped to empower countless people throughout the world and has taken on special urgency in the United States and Western Europe, where the creation of a permanent underclass among the underprivileged and... Read more »
Bestseller #3
The Toni Morrison Book Club
By Juda Bennett
Narrated by: Daniel Henning
Length: 7 hours 7 minutes
The Toni Morrison Book Club
“Readers looking to further educate themselves on race should put this book at the top of their audio queue. Listening to this book had me feeling like I was sitting in on an intimate and powerful discussion on Toni Morrison's works and what we can all learn from them. Educational, informative, and powerful.”
Mary, Skylark Bookshop
Bestseller #4
Learning in Public
Lessons for a Racially Divided America from My Daughter's School
By Courtney E. Martin
Narrated by: Courtney E. Martin
Length: 10 hours 47 minutes
One mother’s story of enrolling her daughter in a local public school, and the surprising, necessary lessons she learned with her neighbors.
From the time Courtney E. Martin strapped her daughter, Maya, to her chest for long walks, she was curious about Emerson Elementary, a public school down the street from her Oakland home. She learned that... Read more »
Bestseller #5
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
A Leadership Fable
By Patrick Lencioni
Narrated by: Charles Stransky
Length: 3 hours 42 minutes
After her first two weeks observing the problems at DecisionTech, Kathryn Petersen, its new CEO, had more than a few moments when she wondered is she should have taken the job. But Kathryn knew there was little chance she would have turned it down. After all, retirement had made her antsy, and nothing excited her more than a challenge. What she... Read more »
Bestseller #6
Raising Antiracist Children
A Practical Parenting Guide
By Britt Hawthorne
Narrated by: Stephanie Keiko Kong
Length: TBA
A must-have guide to raising inclusive, antiracist children from educator and advocate, Britt Hawthorne.
Raising antiracist children is a noble goal for any parent, caregiver, or educator, but it can be hard to know where to start. Let Britt Hawthorne—a nationally recognized teacher and advocate—be your guide. Raising Antiracist Children acts as... Read more »
Bestseller #7
The Short Bus
A Journey Beyond Normal
By Jonathan Mooney
Narrated by: Jonathan Mooney
Length: 9 hours 21 minutes
"What makes this journey so inspiring is Mooney's transcendent humor; the self he has become does not turn away from old pain but can laugh at it, make fun of it, make it into something beautiful."—Los Angeles Times
This program is read by the author.
A young man once called unteachable journeys across America to investigate the lives of those,...
Bestseller #8
Middle School Makeover
Improving the Way You and Your Child Experience the Middle School Years
By Michelle Icard
Narrated by: Rose Itzcovitz
Length: 4 hours 57 minutes
Middle School Makeover is a guide for parents and educators to help the tweens in their lives navigate the socially fraught hallways, gyms, and cafeterias of middle school. The audiobook helps parents, teachers, and other adults in middle school settings to understand the social dilemmas and other issues that kids today face. Author Michelle... Read more »
Bestseller #9
The Good Neighbor
The Life and Work of Fred Rogers
By Maxwell King
Narrated by: LeVar Burton
Length: 14 hours 7 minutes
The Good Neighbor
“A wonderful biography of an American icon who seemed too good to be true. And yet, believe it or not, he was an even better, more caring man than he portrayed on television. If you are a fan of Fred Rogers and want to understand what drove him to create Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood, this is an essential read. Learning more about Rogers’ life through the words of his family and friends in this well-researched and comprehensive biography will give you even more reason to admire the man. And when’s the last time a biography made you cry tears of joy?”
James Wilson, Octavia Books
Bestseller #10
Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?
And Other Conversations About Race
By Beverly Daniel Tatum
Narrated by: Beverly Daniel Tatum
Length: 13 hours 27 minutes
The classic, New York Times-bestselling book on the psychology of racism that shows us how to talk about race in America.
Walk into any racially mixed high school and you will see Black, White, and Latino youth clustered in their own groups. Is this self-segregation a problem to address or a coping strategy? How can we get past our reluctance to... Read more »
Bestseller #11
Montessori for Every Family
A Practical Parenting Guide
By Tim Seldin & Lorna McGrath
Narrated by: Alana Maria
Length: 6 hours 7 minutes
The Montessori method is gaining popularity, and for good reason - it is eminently child-centred and is focused on laudable values such as curiosity, independence and respect. Research shows that Montessori-schooled children are calm, confident, and intelligent, and grow up to become responsible, community-minded, emotionally intelligent adults.... Read more »
Bestseller #12
The Appalachian Trail
A Biography
By Philip D'Anieri
Narrated by: Jason Culp
Length: 7 hours 51 minutes
The Appalachian Trail is America’s most beloved trek, with millions of hikers setting foot on it every year. Yet few are aware of the fascinating backstory of the dreamers and builders who helped bring it to life over the past century.
The conception and building of the Appalachian Trail is a story of unforgettable characters who explored it,... Read more »
Bestseller #13
The Coddling of the American Mind
How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure
By Greg Lukianoff & Jonathan Haidt
Narrated by: Jonathan Haidt
Length: 10 hours 5 minutes
Something has been going wrong on many college campuses in the last few years. Speakers are shouted down. Students and professors say they are walking on eggshells and are afraid to speak honestly. Rates of anxiety, depression, and suicide are rising—on campus as well as nationally. How did this happen?
First Amendment expert Greg Lukianoff and... Read more »
Bestseller #14
We Want to Do More Than Survive
Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom
By Bettina L. Love
Narrated by: Misty Monroe
Length: 7 hours 48 minutes
Winner of the 2020 Society of Professors of Education Outstanding Book Award
Drawing on personal stories, research, and historical events, an esteemed educator offers a vision of educational justice inspired by the rebellious spirit and methods of abolitionists.
Drawing on her life’s work of teaching and researching in urban schools, Bettina Love... Read more »
Bestseller #15
Finance for the People
Getting a Grip on Your Finances
By Paco de Leon
Narrated by: Paco de Leon
Length: 9 hours 45 minutes
An illustrated, practical guide to navigating your financial life, no matter your financial situation
We are all weird about money. Whether you have a lot or a little, your feelings and beliefs about money have been shaped by a combination of silence (or even shame) around talking about money, personal experiences, family and societal... Read more »
Bestseller #16
Permission to Feel
Unlocking the Power of Emotions to Help Our Kids, Ourselves, and Our Society Thrive
By Marc Brackett, Ph.D.
Narrated by: Marc Brackett, Ph.D.
Length: 7 hours 55 minutes
This program is read by the author.
The mental wellbeing of our children is shockingly poor. Marc Brackett, author of Permission to Feel, knows why. And he knows what we can do.
"We have a crisis on our hands, and its victims are our children."
Marc Brackett is a professor in Yale University’s Child Study Center and founding director of the Yale...
Bestseller #17
Pushout
The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools
By Monique W. Morris
Narrated by: Kristyl Dawn Tift
Length: 8 hours 54 minutes
Fifteen-year-old Diamond stopped going to school the day she was expelled for lashing out at peers who constantly harassed and teased her for something everyone on the staff had missed: she was being trafficked for sex. After months on the run, she was arrested and sent to a detention center for violating a court order to attend school.
Just... Read more »
Bestseller #18
Waking Up White: and Finding Myself in the Story of Race
By Debby Irving
Narrated by: Debby Irving
Length: 9 hours 23 minutes
Debby Irving is an emerging voice in the national racial justice community. Combining her organization development skills, classroom teaching experience, and understanding of systemic racism, Irving educates and consults with individuals and organizations seeking to create racial equity at both the personal and institutional level.
Irving grew up... Read more »
Bestseller #19
The Privileged Poor
How Elite Colleges Are Failing Disadvantaged Students
By Anthony Abraham Jack
Narrated by: Mirron Willis
Length: 7 hours 40 minutes
Getting in is only half the battle. The Privileged Poor reveals how—and why—disadvantaged students struggle at elite colleges, and explains what schools can do differently if these students are to thrive.
The Ivy League looks different than it used to. College presidents and deans of admission have opened their doors—and their coffers—to... Read more »
Bestseller #20
Boys Adrift
The Five Factors Driving the Growing Epidemic of Unmotivated Boys and Underachieving Young Men
By Leonard Sax
Narrated by: Allan Robertson
Length: 8 hours 18 minutes
Why America's sons are underachieving, and what we can do about it.
Something is happening to boys today. From kindergarten to college, American boys are, on average, less resilient and less ambitious than they were a mere twenty years ago. The gender gap in college attendance and graduation rates has widened dramatically. While Emily is working... Read more »
Bestseller #21
Equity-Centered Trauma-Informed Education
By Alex Shevrin Venet
Narrated by: Erin deWard
Length: 8 hours 16 minutes
Educators must both respond to the impact of trauma, and prevent trauma at school.
Trauma-informed initiatives tend to focus on the challenging behaviors of students and ascribe them to circumstances that students are facing outside of school. This approach ignores the reality that inequity itself causes trauma, and that schools often heighten... Read more »
Bestseller #22
Pimsleur Spanish Level 3 Lessons 16-20
Learn to Speak, Understand, and Read Spanish with Pimsleur Language Programs
Pimsleur Digital: Book #3
By Pimsleur
Narrated by: Pimsleur
Length: 2 hours 38 minutes
The Easiest and Fastest Way to Learn Spanish
With Pimsleur you’ll become conversational in Spanish — to understand and be understood — quickly and effectively. You’ll learn vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation together through conversation. And our scientifically proven program will help you remember what you’ve learned, so you can put it... Read more »
Bestseller #23
The First Five - Abridged
A Love Letter to Teachers
By Patrick Harris II
Narrated by: Patrick Harris II
Length: 5 hours 4 minutes
We all have stories. We all have experiences to share. A memoir with a call-to-action, The First Five affirms the humanity of all teachers. Patrick inspires you to dream big about what you want for yourself, our students, our schools, and our educational system.
In The First Five, Patrick brings to light the realities of teaching, especially in...
Read more »Bestseller #24
Lower Ed
The Troubling Rise of For-Profit Colleges in the New Economy
By Tressie McMillan Cottom
Narrated by: Lisa Reneé Pitts
Length: 8 hours 29 minutes
More than two million students are enrolled in for-profit colleges, from the small family-run operations to the behemoths brandished on billboards, subway ads, and late-night commercials. These schools have been around just as long as their bucolic not-for-profit counterparts, yet shockingly little is known about why they have expanded so... Read more »
Bestseller #25
The Importance of Being Little
What Preschoolers Really Need from Grownups
By Erika Christakis
Narrated by: Teri Schnaubelt
Length: 12 hours 4 minutes
A bold challenge to the conventional wisdom about early childhood, with a pragmatic program to encourage parents and teachers to rethink how and where young children learn best by taking the child’s eye view of the learning environment
Parents of young children today are embattled: Pick the “wrong” preschool and your child won’t get into the...
Read more »Bestseller #26
Learn Hebrew While Sleeping
By Innovative Language Learning
Narrated by: HebrewPod101.com
Length: 7 hours 38 minutes
Can you learn while sleeping? Studies* say that… yes you can.
Listening to a language while asleep can help supercharge your vocabulary.
Learn Easily with the Power of Pleasant Repetition
With the Learn Hebrew While Sleeping Audiobook, you’ll absorb over 430 Hebrew words and phrases effortlessly.
You can use this Beginner-Level Audiobook to
•... Read more »
Bestseller #27
Blind Spots
Why Students Fail and the Science That Can Save Them
By Kimberly Berens
Narrated by: Christina Regnault
Length: 6 hours 7 minutes
In the United States, a majority of students graduate below proficiency in all academic subjects. Parents of struggling students feel overwhelmed and confused about how to help their children simply survive school, let alone succeed. Various school reform efforts have been tried and all have failed. But all hope is not lost. A science exists...
Read more »Bestseller #28
College Admissions Cracked
Saving Your Kid (and Yourself) from the Madness
By Jill Margaret Shulman
Narrated by: Jill Margaret Shulman
Length: 10 hours 30 minutes
How to help your kid navigate the college admissions process -- from scheduling standardized tests to writing essays -- month by month, girlfriend's-guide style.
So, your child is a high school junior. You've heard other parents with kids older than yours whisper the word "college" like it was a terminal disease. You've seen their taut, maniacal... Read more »
Bestseller #29
How to Get People to Do Stuff
Master the Art and Science of Persuasion and Motivation
By Susan M. Weinschenk, PhD
Narrated by: Jo Anna Perrin
Length: 7 hours 17 minutes
We all want people to do stuff. Whether you want your customers to buy from you, vendors to give you a good deal, your employees to take more initiative, or your spouse to make dinner—a large amount of every day is about getting the people around you to do stuff. Instead of using your usual tactics that sometimes work and sometimes don't, what... Read more »
Bestseller #30
Ghosts in the Schoolyard
Racism and School Closings in Chicago’s South Side
By Eve L. Ewing
Narrated by: Lisa Reneé Pitts
Length: 6 hours 48 minutes
Eve L. Ewing knows Chicago Public Schools from the inside: as a student, then a teacher, and now a scholar who studies them. And that perspective has shown her that public schools are not buildings full of failures—they're an integral part of their neighborhoods, at the heart of their communities, storehouses of history and memory that bring... Read more »
Bestseller #31
The Debt Trap
How Student Loans Became a National Catastrophe
By Josh Mitchell
Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross
Length: 8 hours 5 minutes
An NPR Best Book of 2021
From acclaimed Wall Street Journal reporter Josh Mitchell, the “devastating account” (The Wall Street Journal) of student debt in America.
In 1981, a new executive at Sallie Mae took home the company’s financial documents to review. “You’ve got to be shitting me,” he later told the company’s CEO. “This place is a gold... Read more »
Bestseller #32
The Self-Driven Child
The Science and Sense of Giving Your Kids More Control Over Their Lives
By William Stixrud, PhD & Ned Johnson
Narrated by: Kaleo Griffith
Length: 11 hours 35 minutes
“Instead of trusting kids with choices . . . many parents insist on micromanaging everything from homework to friendships. For these parents, Stixrud and Johnson have a simple message: Stop.” —NPR
“This humane, thoughtful book turns the latest brain science into valuable practical advice for parents.” —Paul Tough, New York Times bestselling... Read more »
Bestseller #33
Rescuing Socrates
How the Great Books Changed My Life and Why They Matter for a New Generation
By Roosevelt Montás
Narrated by: Roosevelt Montás
Length: 6 hours 27 minutes
This audiobook narrated by Dominican-born scholar Roosevelt Montás tells the story of how the Great Books transformed his life—and why they have the power to speak to people of all backgrounds
What is the value of a liberal education? Traditionally characterized by a rigorous engagement with the classics of Western thought and literature, this...
Bestseller #34
Scattered
How Attention Deficit Disorder Originates and What You Can Do About It
By Gabor Maté, M. D
Narrated by: Barry Abrams
Length: 10 hours 58 minutes
Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) has quickly become a controversial topic in recent years. Whereas other books on the subject describe the condition as inherited, Dr. Gabor Maté believes that our social and emotional environments play a key role in both the cause of and cure for this condition. In Scattered, he describes the painful realities of... Read more »
Bestseller #35
Still Waters in a Storm
The One-Room School Where Everyone Listens to Everyone
By Stephen Haff
Narrated by: Stephen Haff
Length: 9 hours 50 minutes
Previously published as Kid Quixotes: A Group of Students, Their Teacher, and the One-Room School Where Everything Is Possible
“In my years of experience as a writer and as a college professor, I have never seen anything like this: the love for language, the passion for discussion, clarity of mind, and humility of heart. Stephen Haff invents...
Read more »Bestseller #36
A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door
The Dismantling of Public Education and the Future of School
By Jennifer Berkshire & Jack Schneider
Narrated by: Suzie Althens
Length: 7 hours 33 minutes
A trenchant analysis of how public education is being destroyed in overt and deceptive ways—and how to fight back.
If America's public schools don't survive the COVID-19 pandemic, it won't just be due to the virus. Opponents of public education have long sought to dismantle our system of free, universal, and taxpayer-funded schooling. But the... Read more »
Bestseller #37
The Joy of Reading - Abridged
By Donalyn Miller & Teri Lesesne
Narrated by: Donalyn Miller
Length: 7 hours 58 minutes
What reading experiences have entertained you, provoked you, taught you, inspired you, helped you to see your own life more clearly, or connected you with others? As teachers, librarians, school administrators, and caregivers who love reading, we know what it feels like to fall into a book and let the world fall away. We have joyous reading...
Read more »Bestseller #38
Ratchetdemic
Reimagining Academic Success
By Christopher Emdin
Narrated by: Christopher Emdin
Length: 9 hours 4 minutes
A revolutionary new educational model that encourages educators to provide spaces for students to display their academic brilliance without sacrificing their identities
Building on the ideas introduced in his New York Times best-selling book, For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood, Christopher Emdin introduces an alternative educational model that... Read more »
Bestseller #39
The Knowledge Gap
The hidden cause of America's broken education system--and how to fix it
By Natalie Wexler
Narrated by: Natalie Wexler
Length: 9 hours 15 minutes
The untold story of the root cause of America's education crisis--and the seemingly endless cycle of multigenerational poverty.
It was only after years within the education reform movement that Natalie Wexler stumbled across a hidden explanation for our country's frustrating lack of progress when it comes to providing every child with a quality... Read more »
Bestseller #40
What We Talk About When We Talk About Books
The History and Future of Reading
By Leah Price
Narrated by: Elisabeth Rodgers
Length: 5 hours 35 minutes
What We Talk About When We Talk About Books
“ What We Talk About When We Talk About Books healed some real cracks in my relationship with reading, and reinforced my love and optimism for the written word. Book historian Leah Price guides you through all the myths, melodrama, and baggage modern culture is carrying around about books. Through a humorous and curiosity-filled tour of book history, she unpacks why so many of us feel so much pressure to read the right things in the right way, and why we've come to feel like doing so would whip our brains into shape and make us into zen, hyper-focused superhumans. Price's measured take on things made me feel like it's all going to be okay. Elisabeth Rodgers' cool, clear voice was the perfect narration.”
Tova, Busboys and Poets Books
Bestseller #41
The Meritocracy Trap
How America's Foundational Myth Feeds Inequality, Dismantles the Middle Class, and Devours the Elite
By Daniel Markovits
Narrated by: Fred Sanders
Length: 14 hours 13 minutes
A revolutionary new argument from eminent Yale Law professor Daniel Markovits attacking the false promise of meritocracy
It is an axiom of American life that advantage should be earned through ability and effort. Even as the country divides itself at every turn, the meritocratic ideal – that social and economic rewards should follow achievement... Read more »
Bestseller #42
The Newcomers
Finding Refuge, Friendship, and Hope in an American Classroom
By Helen Thorpe
Narrated by: Kate Handford
Length: 15 hours 9 minutes
Offering a nuanced and transformative take on immigration, multiculturalism, and America's role on the global stage, The Newcomers follows and reflects on the lives of twenty-two immigrant teenagers throughout the course of their 2015-2016 school year at Denver's South High School. Unfamiliar with American culture or the English language, the...
Read more »Bestseller #43
Raising Free People
Unschooling as Liberation and Healing Work
By Akilah S. Richards
Narrated by: Akilah S. Richards
Length: 5 hours 21 minutes
No one is immune to the byproducts of compulsory schooling and standardized testing. And while reform may be a worthy cause for some, it is not enough for countless others still trying to navigate the tyranny of what schooling has always been. Raising Free People argues that we need to build and work within systems designed for any human to... Read more »
Bestseller #44
Who Gets In and Why
A Year Inside College Admissions
By Jeffrey Selingo
Narrated by: Sean Patrick Hopkins
Length: 10 hours 11 minutes
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2020
From award-winning higher education journalist and New York Times bestselling author Jeffrey Selingo comes a revealing look from inside the admissions office—one that identifies surprising strategies that will aid in the college search.
Getting into a top-ranked college has never seemed more impossible, with... Read more »
Bestseller #45
The Opposite of Spoiled
Raising Kids Who Are Grounded, Generous, and Smart About Money
By Ron Lieber
Narrated by: Ron Lieber
Length: 6 hours 42 minutes
New York Times Bestseller
“We all want to raise children with good values—children who are the opposite of spoiled—yet we often neglect to talk to our children about money. . . . From handling the tooth fairy, to tips on allowance, chores, charity, checking accounts, and part-time jobs, this engaging and important book is a must-read for...
Read more »Bestseller #46
From What Is to What If
Unleashing the Power of Imagination to Create the Future We Want
By Rob Hopkins
Narrated by: Rob Hopkins
Length: 7 hours 22 minutes
“Big ideas that just might save the world”—The Guardian
The founder of the international Transition Towns movement asks why true creative, positive thinking is in decline, asserts that it's more important now than ever, and suggests ways our communities can revive and reclaim it.
In these times of deep division and deeper despair, if there is...
Read more »Bestseller #47
Not Light, but Fire
How to Lead Meaningful Race Conversations in the Classroom
By Matthew R. Kay
Narrated by: David Sadzin
Length: 11 hours 29 minutes
Do you feel prepared to initiate and facilitate meaningful, productive dialogues about race in your classroom? Are you looking for practical strategies to engage with your students?
Inspired by Frederick Douglass's abolitionist call to action, "it is not light that is needed, but fire" Matthew Kay has spent his career learning how to lead... Read more »
Bestseller #48
The End of Bias: A Beginning
The Science and Practice of Overcoming Unconscious Bias
By Jessica Nordell
Narrated by: Jessica Nordell
Length: 11 hours 43 minutes
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM, AARP, GREATER GOOD, AND INC.
The End of Bias is a transformative, groundbreaking exploration into how we can eradicate unintentional bias and discrimination, the great challenge of our age.
Unconscious bias: persistent, unintentional prejudiced behavior that clashes with our consciously held...
Bestseller #49
Cynical Theories
How Activist Scholarship Made Everything about Race, Gender, and Identity―and Why This Harms Everybody
By Helen Pluckrose & James Lindsay
Narrated by: Helen Pluckrose
Length: 9 hours 32 minutes
Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly Bestseller!
Have you heard that language is violence and that science is sexist? Have you read that certain people shouldn’t practice yoga or cook Chinese food? Or been told that being obese is healthy, that there is no such thing as biological sex, or that only white people can be racist? Are...
Read more »Bestseller #50
Raising Human Beings
Creating a Collaborative Partnership with Your Child
By Ross W. Greene
Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross
Length: 7 hours 54 minutes
Renowned child psychologist and New York Times bestselling author of Lost at School and The Explosive Child explains how to cultivate a better parent-child relationship while also nurturing empathy, honesty, resilience, and independence.
Parents have an important task: figure out who their child is—his or her skills, preferences, beliefs, values,... Read more »