Music bestsellers

The Woman in Me

By: Britney Spears
Narrated by: Michelle Williams
Length: 5 hours 31 minutes

“Britney fans will appreciate this candid memoir - her story is deeply personal and sad, and it's fascinating to peer inside her mind. (For a special treat, listen to the audiobook, masterfully read by Michelle Williams!) Read more

The Creative Act

A Way of Being

By: Rick Rubin
Narrated by: Rick Rubin
Length: 5 hours 44 minutes

“The Creative Act by Rick Rubin is a wise and inspiring discussion of what it means to be an artist, a maker. He emphasizes that creativity is a way of being in the world - open, attentive, accepting of awe. And makes the case that each of us has a unique vantage onto the world and that expressing how life looks and feels to us is worth... Read more

Broken Horses

A Memoir

By: Brandi Carlile
Narrated by: Brandi Carlile
Length: 10 hours 2 minutes

“Allow Brandi Carlile's ducet tones to narrate her life story and the profound role of music within it. Getting a glimpse into the background of Carlile's career and the backstories of her songs has forever elevated my experience of her music. This book is extra special in audiobook form, as she serenades the listener with a song at the end of... Read more

The Name of This Band Is R.E.M.

A Biography

By: Peter Ames Carlin
Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
Length: 16 hours 3 minutes

An electrifying cultural biography of the greatest and last American rock band of the millennium, whose music ignited a generation—and reasserted the power of rock and roll

"[Carlin's] unique gift for capturing the sweep and tenor of a cultural moment...is here on brilliant display." —Michael Chabon

In the spring of 1980, an unexpected group of... Read more

Miracle and Wonder

Conversations with Paul Simon

By: Malcolm Gladwell & Bruce Headlam
Narrated by: Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam & Paul Simon
Length: 5 hours 6 minutes

Miracle and Wonder: Conversations with Paul Simon is unlike any artistic portrait you’ve ever heard before. Recorded over a series of 30 hours of conversation between Simon, Malcolm Gladwell, and Broken Record podcast co-host Bruce Headlam, the conversation flows from Simon’s music to his childhood in Queens, NY, his frequent collaborators... Read more

High and Rising

A Book About De La Soul

By: Marcus J. Moore
Narrated by: JD Jackson
Length: 7 hours 24 minutes

A stunning cultural biography of De La Soul, the era-defining hip-hop trio that touched millions of lives and changed rap forever.De La Soul burst onto the scene with the release of their groundbreaking 1989 album 3 Feet High & Rising, an “anything goes” hip-hop masterpiece hailed as a new masterwork from a bygone era of Black... Read more

Heartbreak Is the National Anthem

How Taylor Swift Reinvented Pop Music

By: Rob Sheffield
Narrated by: Rob Sheffield
Length: 5 hours 29 minutes

“Fantastic! 5 Stars! Music fans will enjoy Rob Sheffield's review of Taylor Swift's career, her impact on music, how she has stayed on top for 18 years, and how she keeps her fans wanting MORE! As a long time fan, it's great to learn so many new things about her, and his analysis of the lyrics is really interesting. Read more

A Little Devil in America

Notes in Praise of Black Performance

By: Hanif Abdurraqib
Narrated by: JD Jackson
Length: 9 hours 38 minutes

“Hanif Abdurraqib's exploration of Black performance in America is a cultural keystone that is chillingly relevant. Whether discussing the fact that a knowing look or advice on a route from a cashier is a form of a living Green Book that still exists because there are places Black people are not safe, to the origin of the card game spades or the... Read more

Every Valley

The Desperate Lives and Troubled Times That Made Handel's Messiah

By: Charles King
Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson
Length: 10 hours 46 minutes

“Like anyone who grew up around classical music, I am familiar with the Messiah. However, I wasn't familiar with the story around Handel's composing of it. This was a fascinating look at a particular point in time and the legendary oratorio that came out of it. Especially excellent on audio, as Stevenson does a fabulous job narrating. It's... Read more

They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us

By: Hanif Abdurraqib
Narrated by: Hanif Abdurraqib
Length: 8 hours 37 minutes

*2018 "12 best books to give this holiday season" TODAY Show*Best Books of 2018* Rolling Stone"A Best Book of 2017" NPR, Buzzfeed, Paste Magazine, Esquire, Chicago Tribune, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, CBC, Stereogum, National Post, Entropy, Heavy, Book Riot, Chicago Review of Books, The Los Angeles Review, Michigan Daily*American Booksellers Association... Read more

Behind the Seams

My Life in Rhinestones

By: Dolly Parton
Narrated by: Dolly Parton, Holly George-Warren & Rebecca Seaver
Length: 4 hours 21 minutes

“As a typically fiction-only reader this book was a true delight to listen to! With narration from Dolly Parton herself, as well as some of her designers, it really grabbed my attention. A great way to learn about Dolly's life as well as her style! Included you'll find a pdf so you can look some of the fashions discussed in the book. Read more

The Storyteller: Expanded

...Because There's More to the Story

By: Dave Grohl
Narrated by: Dave Grohl
Length: 11 hours 38 minutes

Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller * Named one of Variety’s Best Music Books of 2021 * Included in Audible’s Best of The Year list * A Business Insider Best Memoirs of 2021 * One of NME's Best Music Books of 2021 * 2 Million Copies Sold WorldwideThe Remastered Edition…Because There’s Always More to the StoryDave Grohl’s The Storyteller created... Read more

The Chronicles of DOOM

Unraveling Rap's Masked Iconoclast

By: S.H. Fernando, Jr.
Narrated by: Leon Nixon
Length: 14 hours

“MF DOOM was one of the best rappers of all-time, forever altering the genre while maintaining a shape-shifting air of mystery. The Chronicles of DOOM is a fascinating, in-depth, and highly entertaining guide to the man behind the music and the mask. For old fans and new alike, if you are a music fan of any sort; you owe it to yourself to read... Read more

Just Kids

By: Patti Smith
Narrated by: Patti Smith
Length: 9 hours 50 minutes

“Patti Smith's finest piece of nonfiction, brimming with love and dedication for Robert Mapplethorpe. Read more

My Effin' Life

By: Geddy Lee
Narrated by: Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson & Cliff Burnstein
Length: 16 hours 19 minutes

The long-awaited memoir from the iconic Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, Rush bassist, and bestselling author of Geddy Lee's Big Beautiful Book of Bass.Includes two new songs by Geddy Lee, available exclusively in the My Effin’ Life audiobook.Geddy Lee is one of rock and roll's most respected bassists. For nearly five decades, his playing and work... Read more

Down with the System

A Memoir (of Sorts)

By: Serj Tankian
Narrated by: Serj Tankian
Length: 9 hours 57 minutes

An exhilarating, thoughtful, and beautifully written memoir by musician, songwriter, and lead singer-lyricist of Grammy award-winning metal band, System Of A Down, Serj Tankian. 
 
Serj Tankian will be the first to admit that his band, System Of A Down, was “unlikely a chart-topper as had ever existed in modern music history: a band of... Read more

Over the Influence

A Memoir

By: Joanna "JoJo" Levesque
Narrated by: Joanna "JoJo" Levesque
Length: 9 hours 46 minutes

A breathtakingly candid memoir by Joanna "JoJo" Levesque, the chart-topping, multi-platinum recording artist behind hits like “Leave (Get Out),” “Too Little, Too Late”, and the Grammy Award-winning "Say So" Signed to a major recording deal at just 12 years old, JoJo catapulted to the top of the pop-and-R&B-infused charts in the mid 2000's.... Read more

Music and Mind

Harnessing the Arts for Health and Wellness

By: Renée Fleming
Narrated by: Gina Daniels, Carin Gilfry, Patty Nieman, Cary Hite, Vikas Adam & Renée Fleming
Length: 22 hours 19 minutes

"This book inspires us all to immerse ourselves in the vast potential of music and other creative arts to heal our wounds, sharpen our minds, enliven our bodies, and restore our broken connections.” —Bessel van der Kolk, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Body Keeps the Score

World-renowned soprano and arts/health advocate Renée Fleming... Read more

How Music Works

By: David Byrne
Narrated by: Andrew Garman & David Byrne
Length: 13 hours 9 minutes

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • David Byrne’s incisive and enthusiastic look at the musical art form, from its very inceptions to the influences that shape it, whether acoustical, economic, social, or technological—now updated with a new chapter on digital curation.

“How Music Works is a buoyant hybrid of social history, anthropological survey,... Read more

Open Book

By: Jessica Simpson
Narrated by: Jessica Simpson
Length: 11 hours 21 minutes

The #1 New York Times BestsellerIncludes six new songs by Jessica Simpson, available exclusively in the Open Book audiobook.
Performed by the author featuring her music throughout.
Jessica reveals for the first time her inner monologue and most intimate struggles. Guided by the journals she's kept since age fifteen, and brimming with her unique... Read more

Earth to Moon

A Memoir

By: Moon Unit Zappa
Narrated by: Moon Unit Zappa
Length: 10 hours 35 minutes

From Moon Unit Zappa, the daughter of musical visionary Frank Zappa, comes a memoir of growing up in her unconventional household in 1970s Los Angeles, coming of age in the Hollywood Hills in the 1980s as the “Valley Girl,” gaining momentum as an accidental VJ on a new network called MTV, and finding herself after losing her father, then her... Read more

Dilla Time

The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm

By: Dan Charnas
Narrated by: Dan Charnas
Length: 14 hours 52 minutes

This program contains examples of J Dilla's music performed in the studio by drummer Nate Smith and is accompanied by a bonus PDF of maps, photos, guides, and more.

"This book is a must for everyone interested in illuminating the idea of unexplainable genius.” —QUESTLOVE

Equal parts biography, musicology, and cultural history, Dilla Time... Read more

This Is What It Sounds Like

What the Music You Love Says About You

By: Ogi Ogas & Susan Rogers
Narrated by: Susan Rogers
Length: 8 hours 34 minutes

A legendary record producer–turned–brain scientist explains why you fall in love with music.This Is What It Sounds Like is a journey into the science and soul of music that reveals the secrets of why your favorite songs move you. But it’s also a story of a musical trailblazer who began as a humble audio tech in Los Angeles, rose to become... Read more

Girl in a Band

A Memoir

By: Kim Gordon
Narrated by: Kim Gordon
Length: 7 hours 13 minutes

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERKim Gordon, founding member of Sonic Youth, fashion icon, and role model for a generation of women, now tells her story—a memoir of life as an artist, of music, marriage, motherhood, independence, and as one of the first women of rock and roll, written with the lyricism and haunting beauty of Patti Smith's Just... Read more

The Spamalot Diaries

By: Eric Idle
Narrated by: Eric Idle & Alan Tudyk
Length: 4 hours 24 minutes

The inside story of what it took to bring Monty Python and the Holy Grail to Broadway as the unlikely theatrical hit Spamalot, told through actual diary entries from the legendary comic performer, founding member of Monty Python, and New York Times bestselling author

On March 17, 2005, Spamalot debuted on Broadway to rapturous reviews for its... Read more

Who's That Girl?

A Memoir

By: Eve
Length: 5 hours 38 minutes

The definitive autobiography from Eve, the multiplatinum, Grammy Award®–winning, Emmy®-nominated rapper, singer-songwriter, actor, mother, philanthropist, and entrepreneur.

In 1999, Eve Jihan Cooper made history with her solo debut album, Let There Be Eve…Ruff Ryders’ First Lady, reaching number one on the Billboard 200, marking her as the third... Read more

The Blues Brothers

An Epic Friendship, the Rise of Improv, and the Making of an American Film Classic

By: Daniel De Visé
Narrated by: Johnny Heller
Length: 11 hours 11 minutes

“They’re not going to catch us,” Dan Aykroyd, as Elwood Blues, tells his brother Jake, played by John Belushi. “We’re on a mission from God.” So opens the musical action comedy The Blues Brothers, which hit theaters on June 20, 1980. Their scripted mission was to save a local Chicago orphanage. But Aykroyd, who conceived and wrote much of the... Read more

Rebel Girl

My Life as a Feminist Punk

By: Kathleen Hanna
Narrated by: Kathleen Hanna
Length: 9 hours 46 minutes

An electric, searing memoir by the original rebel girl and legendary front woman of Bikini Kill and Le Tigre.Hey girlfriend I got a proposition goes something like this: Dare ya to do what you want Kathleen Hanna’s band Bikini Kill embodied the punk scene of the 90s, and today her personal yet feminist lyrics on anthems like “Rebel Girl” and... Read more

Brothers

By: Alex van Halen
Narrated by: Alex van Halen
Length: 6 hours 8 minutes

Featuring an exclusive, never-before-heard piece of music, the last written together by the legendary Van Halen brothers!In this intimate and open account—nothing like any rock-and-roll memoir you’ve ever read—Alex Van Halen shares his personal story of family, friendship, music and brotherly love in a remarkable tribute to his beloved brother... Read more

Jazz - Abridged

A History of America's Music

By: Geoffrey C. Ward & Ken Burns
Narrated by: LeVar Burton
Length: 8 hours 59 minutes

A masterpiece that brings to life the fascinating story of the quintessential American music—jazz. Visually stunning, with more than five hundred photographs, this companion volume to the acclaimed ten-part PBS TV series is an exploration of the music that celebrates all Americans at their best.

Here are the stories of the extraordinary men and... Read more

Ten Masterpieces of Music

By: Harvey Sachs
Narrated by: Paul Bellantoni
Length: 11 hours 40 minutes

In this magisterial volume, Harvey Sachs, author of the highly acclaimed biography Toscanini, takes listeners into the heart of ten great works of classical music?works that have endured because they were created by composers who had a genius for drawing music out of their deepest wellsprings. These masters?Mozart and Beethoven; Schubert,... Read more

The Beatles

From Liverpool to the World 

By: One World Media
Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
Length: 2 hours 26 minutes

Every Beatles fan, and indeed any music lover, should experience this in-depth journey into the legacy of the greatest band of all time. The Beatles didn’t just change music—they shaped a generation, leaving an indelible mark on our lives. This audiobook takes you on a captivating journey from the band’s early days in Liverpool to their global... Read more

Da Baddest

By: Trina
Narrated by: Trina
Length: 5 hours 17 minutes

The award-winning, platinum selling rapper, songwriter, and television personality shares her unforgettable story of coming of age in Miami, her inevitable rise to stardom, and her enduring legacy as a Hip-Hop Icon.

Growing up in the Liberty City area of Miami, Florida, Katrina “Trina” Taylor spent her childhood feeling relatively sheltered by... Read more

Nothing Like a Dame

Conversations with the Great Women of Musical Theater

By: Eddie Shapiro
Narrated by: Suzanne Toren, Jenny Sterlin, Alma Cuervo, Alyssa Bresnahan, Mia Barron, Eddie Shapiro & Lynnette R. Freeman
Length: 20 hours 8 minutes

In Nothing Like a Dame, theater journalist Eddie Shapiro opens a jewelry box full of glittering surprises, through in-depth conversations with twenty leading women of Broadway. He carefully selected Tony Award–winning stars who have spent the majority of their careers in theater, leaving aside those who have moved on or occasionally drop back... Read more

Rememberings

By: Sinéad O'Connor
Narrated by: Sinéad O'Connor
Length: 7 hours 14 minutes

From the acclaimed, controversial singer-songwriter Sinéad O’Connor comes a revelatory memoir of her fraught childhood, musical triumphs, fearless activism, and of the enduring power of song.
 
Blessed with a singular voice and a fiery temperament, Sinéad O’Connor rose to massive fame in the late 1980s and 1990s with a string of gold records. By... Read more

Talking to My Angels

By: Melissa Etheridge
Narrated by: Melissa Etheridge
Length: 6 hours 36 minutes

Twenty years after the success of her first memoir, the New York Times bestseller The Truth Is . . ., the Grammy and Oscar award-winning rocker and trailblazing LGBTQAI icon takes stock of the intervening years, recounting the euphoric triumphs and the life-altering tragedies of her life.The audiobook is an exclusive musical experience, read and... Read more

Me

Elton John Official Autobiography

By: Elton John
Narrated by: Elton John & Taron Egerton
Length: 11 hours 47 minutes

“This is highly entertaining, and Taron Egerton's narration is spot on. Libro.fm is the way to go on this one. Read more

Born to Run

By: Bruce Springsteen
Narrated by: Bruce Springsteen
Length: 18 hours 12 minutes

The revelatory and wildly bestselling memoir by legendary rock star Bruce Springsteen: “Glorious…a philosophically rich ramble through a rock ’n roll life…It’s the lyric he was born to write” (USA TODAY, 4 out of 4 stars).

Over the past seven years, Bruce Springsteen has privately devoted himself to writing the story of his life. The result is... Read more

Dolly Parton, Songteller

My Life in Lyrics

By: Dolly Parton
Narrated by: Dolly Parton
Length: 5 hours 17 minutes

A Recorded Books Audio Original production of songs and stories performed by Dolly herself, Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics goes beyond the glitz, glamour, and rhinestones to the warmth, heart, and soul of a treasured pop-culture icon.In this exclusive audio performance, the ten-time Grammy Award–winning artist weaves her words with... Read more

Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl

A Memoir

By: Carrie Brownstein
Narrated by: Carrie Brownstein
Length: 7 hours 4 minutes

“For music lovers, for fans of Sleater-Kinney or Portlandia, or for anyone who loves a great memoir. Brownstein dives into childhood, rebellion, dating, touring, and much more. She has a way of getting to the raw, hidden truth of each of these, exposing her heart to the reader in a way that will expose some of your own hidden truths. Also,... Read more

Music Is History

By: Ben Greenman & Questlove
Narrated by: Questlove
Length: 11 hours

A New York Times bestseller, Music Is History combines multi–Grammy Award winner Questlove’s deep musical expertise with his curiosity about history, examining America over the past fifty years.Focusing on the years 1971 to the present, Questlove finds the hidden connections in the American tapestry, whether investigating how the blaxploitation... Read more

More Myself

A Journey

By: Alicia Keys
Narrated by: Alicia Keys, America Ferrera, Bono, Clive Davis, Craig Cook, DJ Walton, Jay-Z, Krucial, Leigh Blake, Michelle Obama, Oprah Winfrey, Swizz Beats & Terri Augelo
Length: 9 hours 55 minutes

**Winner of the 2021 Audie Award for Narration by Author or Authors**
**An AudioFile Earphones Award-winning production**

This program is read by Alicia Keys, with special guest appearances by family and friends, including Oprah Winfrey, Jay-Z, and Michelle Obama.

An intimate, revealing look at one artist’s journey from self-censorship to full... Read more

Echo

By: Pam Muñoz Ryan
Narrated by: MacLeod Andrews, Mark Bramhall & David deVries
Length: 10 hours 30 minutes

“The best use of the audio medium bar none! Echo follows the notes of a harmonica through the lives of several people, showing how something even as small as this instrument acts as a catalyst for each of them. The audio is so magical because it plays the music described in the book! Read more

She Come By It Natural

Dolly Parton and the Women Who Lived Her Songs

By: Sarah Smarsh
Narrated by: Sarah Smarsh
Length: 4 hours 33 minutes

“Remember how we used to listen to albums? You'd place the needle on the first song then listen to the record all the way through in one sitting. That's how you'll want to approach "She Come By It Natural." Author Sarah Smarsh insightfully explores Dolly Parton's universal popularity and cultural importance while telling an engaging story of... Read more

Angels in America

A Gay Fantasia on National Themes

By: Tony Kushner
Narrated by: Andrew Garfield, Nathan Lane, Susan Brown, Denise Gough, Beth Malone, James McArdle, Lee Pace, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Bobby Cannavale & Edie Falco
Length: 6 hours 52 minutes

Presenting an original audiobook performance of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play, starring the cast of the National Theatre's 2018 Broadway revival.

In this production, adapted especially for the listening experience, Andrew Garfield, Nathan Lane, and the entire cast recreate their acclaimed performances from the 2018 Tony Award-winning National... Read more

Walking Disaster

My Life Through Heaven and Hell

By: Deryck Whibley
Narrated by: Deryck Whibley
Length: 8 hours 20 minutes

This candid memoir of music, fame, and endurance from Deryck Whibley, lead singer of Sum 41, follows his rise from a punk kid to an international star.

From his earliest days growing up in Canada, Deryck Whibley was a punk who loved music and couldn’t wait to achieve something bigger and better than the humble path that lay before him. Whibley... Read more

Hollywood Park

A Memoir

By: Mikel Jollett
Narrated by: Mikel Jollett
Length: 11 hours 44 minutes

“What I loved most about this books was Jollet's refusal to rely on any stereotypes about being raised in a family beset by addiction, mental illness, incarceration and violence. While he shares the full range of his painful, frightening, confusing childhood, (first in the infamous West Marin cult, Synanon, then in the care of his narcissistic... Read more

Hip-Hop Is History

By: Questlove
Narrated by: Questlove
Length: 11 hours 20 minutes

Recorded at the legendary Electric Lady Studios in New York City, the audiobook features narration and storytelling by Questlove, who expertly weaves together a rich sonic tapestry of hip-hop tales large and small, well-known and obscure. From hearing “Rapper’s Delight” for the first time in 1979 to directing and producing the 50th Anniversary... Read more

Musicophilia

Tales of Music and the Brain

By: Oliver Sacks
Narrated by: John Lee
Length: 11 hours 5 minutes

Music can move us to the heights or depths of emotion. It can persuade us to buy something, or remind us of our first date. It can lift us out of depression when nothing else can. It can get us dancing to its beat. But the power of music goes much, much further. Indeed, music occupies more areas of our brain than language does–humans are a... Read more

Symphony for a Broken Orchestra

How Philadelphia Collected Sounds to Save Music

By: Amy Ignatow
Narrated by: Tyla Collier & Robert Blackson
Length: 8 minutes

The schools of Philadelphia were filling up with broken violins, drums, pianos, and more, making it difficult for students to learn to play. This sparked an idea for a symphony, played entirely with the broken instruments, that would raise funds to repair the instruments themselves. Musicians young and old volunteered, and their captivating... Read more