Science & Technology bestsellers

Braiding Sweetgrass

Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants

By: Robin Wall Kimmerer
Narrated by: Robin Wall Kimmerer
Length: 16 hours 44 minutes

“This book is life-changing and world-changing. It is the type of book you borrow from your neighbor, you loan to your friend, you share with a parent. This book is a grassroots movement of ecological empathy and imagination. Robin Wall Kimmerer dares us to reexamine our relationships to science, reconsider our ideals of community, and revisit... Read more

The Serviceberry

By: Robin Wall Kimmerer
Narrated by: Robin Wall Kimmerer
Length: 1 hour 56 minutes

“Fans of Braiding Sweetgrass, rejoice! Robin Wall Kimmerer has blessed us with a compulsively shareable contemplation of nature’s exquisite gift economy and how it can inspire us to imagine and act toward a saner, more sustainable, equitable, and joyful biophilic economy. As I was reading, I kept feeling that a new classic had arrived in the nick... Read more

Kid Scientists

True Tales of Childhood from Science Superstars

Kid Legends: Book #5

By: David Stabler
Narrated by: Pete Cross
Length: 2 hours 23 minutes

Before their experiments, inventions, and discoveries that changed the world, the world’s most celebrated scientists had regular-kid problems just like you. Stephen Hawking hated school and preferred to spend his free time building model airplanes, inventing board games, and even building his own computer. Jane Goodall got in trouble for... Read more

The Anxious Generation

How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness

By: Jonathan Haidt
Narrated by: Sean Pratt & Jonathan Haidt
Length: 10 hours 32 minutes

“Raising kids in the digital age is no easy feat. For current or aspiring parents, this book provides some absolutely essential information on the current crisis with kids and how to get out of it. Read more

Doppelganger

A Trip into the Mirror World

By: Naomi Klein
Narrated by: Naomi Klein
Length: 14 hours 47 minutes

“After constantly being mistaken for a right-wing extremist, the author takes a deep dive into the weird and frightening world of deep fakes,  conspiracy theories, anti vaxxers and more. Highly informative and occasionally deeply disturbing. This is a terrific book for anyone looking for a way out of the online jungle. Highly recommended Read more

The Body Keeps the Score

Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

By: Bessel van der Kolk, M.D.
Narrated by: Sean Pratt
Length: 16 hours 15 minutes

“A beautiful dissection of trauma and its effects on the brain. One of the world’s foremost experts on trauma uses recent studies to show how trauma reshapes parts of us. The author frames trauma in a whole new way and makes you really consider the true definition of it. This book outlines how the traumas people carry can impact their capacity to... Read more

Challenger

A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

By: Adam Higginbotham
Narrated by: Jacques Roy
Length: 17 hours 9 minutes

“This account of the Challenger disaster is thorough and absolutely fascinating! I have always been obsessed with the space program so I went into it thinking I knew the story pretty well. But Adam does a great job adding extra details and perspectives not normally shared! The narrator is fantastic and you will definitely find yourself binging... Read more

How to Keep House While Drowning

A Gentle Approach to Cleaning and Organizing

By: KC Davis
Narrated by: KC Davis & Dr. Raquel Martin
Length: 3 hours 3 minutes

“I absolutely loved the book and wanted to immediately listen to it again! I was also thrilled to be reading a book written by a Licensed Professional Counselor about cleaning of all things! This book's primary focus is mental health, and this is the lens in which cleaning is viewed from. Davis addresses trauma and how it can impact the... Read more

The Light Eaters

How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth

By: Zoë Schlanger
Narrated by: Zoë Schlanger
Length: 10 hours 56 minutes

“An award-winning science writer investigates the people and plants at the forefront of the new science of plant intelligence and sentience. Astonishing! Read more

Of Time and Turtles

Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell

By: Sy Montgomery
Narrated by: Sy Montgomery
Length: 10 hours 33 minutes

“Some indigenous people believe the earth is a turtle. It's also a totem for unity. Sy Montgomery tenderly invites us to learn more and "slip into turtle time" in one of the best new nature books of the year. Beautifully written and well researched! Read more

Four Thousand Weeks

Time Management for Mortals

By: Oliver Burkeman
Narrated by: Oliver Burkeman
Length: 6 hours 13 minutes

“This little philosophical gem is my top non-fiction recommendation for this holiday season. What a gift, to give up on getting everything done, and focus on the things that really matter. The audiobook is a joy to listen to; the words seemed to mean even more as I listened, inspired. Read more

The Dawn of Everything

A New History of Humanity

By: David Graeber & David Wengrow
Narrated by: Mark Williams
Length: 24 hours 19 minutes

“What do you do when a 700-page book about the entirety of human history has been sitting unopened on your desk for weeks, taunting you every time you pass it because you know you're going to love it but, man, it's intimidating? You download the audiobook. I've been listening to this radical, invigorating reexamination of the history of... Read more

How To Tell When We Will Die

On Pain, Disability, and Doom

By: Johanna Hedva
Narrated by: Johanna Hedva
Length: 15 hours 2 minutes

The long-awaited essay collection from one of the most influential voices in disability activism that detonates a bomb in our collective understanding of care and illness, showing us that sickness is a fact of life.   In the wake of the 2014 Ferguson riots, and sick with a chronic condition that rendered them housebound, Johanna Hedva turned to... Read more

The Hidden Life of Trees

What They Feel, How They Communicate

By: Peter Wohlleben
Narrated by: Mike Grady
Length: 7 hours 32 minutes

“I don’t know how I could ever look at trees the same way again after reading this book. Wohlleben writes with such warmth, sincerity, and enthusiasm, and it makes what would usually be a slow read for me a wonder, transportive. I feel like I live in a different world after finishing this - one with more wonder, mystery, and magic. I was hoping... Read more

Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century

Unabridged Selections

By: Alice Wong
Narrated by: Alejandra Ospina & Alice Wong
Length: 8 hours 1 minute

“Containing dozens of personal stories, this is an absolute must-read for anyone looking to learn about the breadth, diversity, and history of disabled experience(s) from disabled folks themselves. Read more

The Age of Magical Overthinking

Notes on Modern Irrationality

By: Amanda Montell
Narrated by: Amanda Montell
Length: 6 hours 5 minutes

“It's possible that Amanda Montell is the only sane and rational human being writing right now. Her voice is a balm for the ever-present existential burn of the present day, a cursed time filled with instant backlash feedback loops, bad-faith takes, constant content consumption and deep, deep loneliness. Montell's essays are insightful yet... Read more

Sapiens

A Brief History of Humankind

By: Yuval Noah Harari
Narrated by: Derek Perkins
Length: 15 hours 17 minutes

“Harari's brilliant cross-discipline synthesis of humanity's last 100,000 year story arc is sweeping and brilliant. I would almost use a phrase usually reserved for beach read thrillers-it's a page-turner. Rarely does a book stir up conversation in academic circles while still being so accessible to a general audience. That a history book has... Read more

All In a Drop

By: Lori Alexander
Narrated by: Kevin T. Collins
Length: 1 hour 19 minutes

By building his own microscope, Antony van Leeuwenhoek advanced humanity's understanding of the oft-invisible world around us. Microbes are everywhere: in the soil and oceans, in snow, and inside our bodies. But in Antony van Leeuwenhoek’s time, people believed that what they saw with their own eyes was all that existed in the world. How did a... Read more

Gathering Moss

A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses

By: Robin Wall Kimmerer
Narrated by: Robin Wall Kimmerer
Length: 7 hours 46 minutes

“Very helpful for the construction of my moss habitat! Read more

Nexus

A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI

By: Yuval Noah Harari
Narrated by: Vidish Athavale
Length: 17 hours 27 minutes

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of Sapiens comes the groundbreaking story of how information networks have made, and unmade, our world.

“Striking original . . . A historian whose arguments operate on the scale of millennia has managed to capture the zeitgeist perfectly.”—The Economist

“This deeply important book comes at a critical... Read more

Outlive

The Science and Art of Longevity

By: Peter Attia, MD
Narrated by: Peter Attia, MD
Length: 17 hours 7 minutes

“An important and readable book by longevity expert Dr. Peter Attia. He explains Medicine 3.0, the Four Horsemen, and how we can think about long-term health in a different way in order to create our best health path. This book could change your life. Read more

Sociopath

A Memoir

By: Patric Gagne
Narrated by: Patric Gagne
Length: 11 hours 6 minutes

“This is a fascinating story from Patric Gagne outlining a life as a sociopath. For anyone interested in mental health, family relationships, and hearing life stories of fascinating people. Read more

How to Be Perfect

The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question

By: Michael Schur
Narrated by: Michael Schur, Kristen Bell, D'Arcy Carden, Ted Danson, William Jackson Harper, Manny Jacinto, Marc Evan Jackson, Jameela Jamil & Todd May
Length: 9 hours 13 minutes

“Michael Schur (The Office, The Good Place) narrates his funny and heartfelt book of casual philosophy. And the cast of The Good Place helps out! Read more

The Art of Gathering

How We Meet and Why It Matters

By: Priya Parker
Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
Length: 9 hours 20 minutes

“Whether you're running a classroom, holding a meeting, or hosting a party, this book from Priya Parker offers a ton of insight on what makes a good gathering. Read more

How to Know a Person

The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen

By: David Brooks
Narrated by: David Brooks
Length: 7 hours 27 minutes

“Brooks went from zero to hero in my mind. His deep research and obvious self-reflection glows in this book. I not only have new terminology to grapple with people who don't listen, but also used his story telling inquiry for richer conversations with my family. Read more

All in Her Head

The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women’s Bodies and Why It Matters Today

By: Elizabeth Comen
Narrated by: Anna Caputo
Length: 13 hours 25 minutes

USA Today BestsellerA surprising, groundbreaking, and fiercely entertaining medical history that is both a collective narrative of women’s bodies and a call to action for a new conversation around women’s health.For as long as medicine has been a practice, women's bodies have been treated like objects to be practiced on: examined and ignored,... Read more

An Immense World

How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us

By: Ed Yong
Narrated by: Ed Yong
Length: 14 hours 17 minutes

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A “thrilling” (The New York Times), “dazzling” (The Wall Street Journal) tour of the radically different ways that animals perceive the world that will fill you with wonder and forever alter your perspective, by Pulitzer Prize–winning science journalist Ed Yong
 
“One of this year’s finest works of narrative... Read more

Entangled Life

How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures

By: Merlin Sheldrake
Narrated by: Merlin Sheldrake
Length: 9 hours 32 minutes

“An ecological, fungi-based restructuring of your world view given to us as only a brilliant biologist could offer. Sheldrake says, 'Without this fungal web my tree would not exist. Without [...] fungal webs no plant would exist anywhere. All life on land, including my own, depends on these networks.' Read more

ADHD is Awesome

A Guide to (Mostly) Thriving with ADHD

By: Penn Holderness & Kim Holderness
Narrated by: Penn Holderness, Kim Holderness, Nathan Rosborough, Ann Marie Taepke, Tyrrell Harrell & Lola Holderness
Length: 8 hours 48 minutes

“I was entertained, informed, startled and even brought to tears by ADHD is Awesome by Penn and Kim Holderness. This book had me aching for former school mates dubbed disruptive, lazy and worse, and laughing loudly at anecdotes and asides the authors related. The uncommonly personable and engaging Holdernesses usher the grossly under-recognized... Read more

The Myth of Normal

Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture

By: Gabor Maté, MD & Daniel Maté
Narrated by: Daniel Maté
Length: 18 hours 12 minutes

“A must read for fans of The Body Keeps the Scoreand anyone interested in the science and literature of trauma (should be us all!), The Myth of Normal is a moving, groundbreaking, and holistic exploration of just how sick 'normal' is, the connection between the mind, personality, experiences, culture and the body, and ways to move forward and... Read more

Play Nice

The Rise, Fall, and Future Of Blizzard Entertainment

By: Jason Schreier
Narrated by: Ray Chase
Length: 9 hours 16 minutes

From a New York Times bestselling author and investigative journalist comes The Social Network for the video game industry, a riveting examination of Blizzard Entertainment's rise and shocking downfall.

For video game fans, the name Blizzard Entertainment was once synonymous with perfection. The renowned company behind classics like Diablo and... Read more

Vanishing Treasures

A Bestiary of Extraordinary Endangered Creatures

By: Katherine Rundell
Narrated by: Lenny Henry & Katherine Rundell
Length: 3 hours 18 minutes

“This was like Planet Earth, but in book form and I’m obsessed. I genuinely learned so much and this book does a really good job at raising awareness for these endangered animals. (pretty sad but such a good read!!) Read more

The Ministry for the Future

A Novel

By: Kim Stanley Robinson
Narrated by: Jennifer Fitzgerald, Fajer Al-Kaisi, Ramon de Ocampo, Gary Bennett, Raphael Corkhill, Barrie Kreinik, Natasha Soudek, Nikki Massoud, Joniece Abbott Pratt, Inés del Castillo & Vikas Adam
Length: 20 hours 42 minutes

“This hearty work of hard science fiction has been the antidote to my climate change despair. As a novel, it is good. As a thought experiment in imagining a near future in which humanity averts complete disaster and begins the transformation into an ecologically humane civilization—it is a masterpiece. Is it possible that we’ll overcome the... Read more

The Boys of Riverside

A Deaf Football Team and a Quest for Glory

By: Thomas Fuller
Narrated by: Thomas Fuller
Length: 7 hours 35 minutes

The incredible story of an all-deaf high school football team’s triumphant climb from underdog to undefeated, their inspirational brotherhood, a fascinating portrait of deafness in America, and the indefatigable head coach who spearheaded the team, by New York Times reporter and San Francisco Bureau Chief, Thomas Fuller.

"The Boys of Riverside is... Read more

Everything Is Tuberculosis

The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection

By: John Green
Narrated by: John Green
Length: TBA

John Green, the #1 bestselling author of The Anthropocene Reviewed and a passionate advocate for global healthcare reform, tells a deeply human story illuminating the fight against the world’s deadliest disease.
 
Tuberculosis has been entwined with hu­manity for millennia. Once romanticized as a malady of poets, today tuberculosis is seen as a... Read more

The Soul of an Octopus

A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness

By: Sy Montgomery
Length: 9 hours 10 minutes

In this astonishing book from the author of the best selling memoir The Good Good Pig, Sy Montgomery explores the emotional and physical world of the octopus—a surprisingly complex, intelligent, and spirited creature—and the remarkable connections it makes with humans. Read more

Thinking, Fast and Slow

By: Daniel Kahneman
Narrated by: Patrick Egan
Length: 20 hours

The guru to the gurus at last shares his knowledge with the rest of us. Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman's seminal studies in behavioral psychology, behavioral economics, and happiness studies have influenced numerous other authors, including Steven Pinker and Malcolm Gladwell. In Thinking, Fast and Slow, Kahneman at last offers his own, first... Read more

Isaac the Alchemist

Secrets of Isaac Newton, Reveal'd

By: Mary Losure
Narrated by: Steven Crossley
Length: 2 hours 35 minutes

Before Isaac Newton became the father of physics, an accomplished mathematician, or a leader of the scientific revolution, he was a boy living in an apothecary's house, observing and experimenting, recording his observations of the world in a tiny notebook. As a young genius living in a time before science as we know it existed, Isaac studied... Read more

Divergent Mind

Thriving in a World That Wasn’t Designed For You

By: Jenara Nerenberg
Narrated by: Tegan Ashton Cohan
Length: 6 hours 37 minutes

A paradigm-shifting study of neurodivergent women—those with ADHD, autism, synesthesia, high sensitivity, and sensory processing disorder—exploring why these traits are overlooked in women and how society benefits from allowing their unique strengths to flourish.As a successful Harvard and Berkeley-educated writer, entrepreneur, and devoted... Read more

Unmasking Autism

Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity

By: Devon Price, PhD
Narrated by: Devon Price, PhD
Length: 9 hours 51 minutes

A deep dive into the spectrum of Autistic experience and the phenomenon of masked Autism, giving individuals the tools to safely uncover their true selves while broadening society’s narrow understanding of neurodiversity

“A remarkable work that will stand at the forefront of the neurodiversity movement.”—Barry M. Prizant, PhD, CCC-SLP, author of... Read more

Burn Book

A Tech Love Story

By: Kara Swisher
Narrated by: Kara Swisher
Length: 7 hours 40 minutes

“I was not familiar with Kara Swisher’s podcast or background; this book is a terrific and interesting summary of her 30 years of very critical but also insider reporting on the tech world. Really interesting and well written. Read more

Hidden Potential

The Science of Achieving Greater Things

By: Adam Grant
Narrated by: Adam Grant, Maurice Ashley, R.A. Dickey, Evelyn Glennie, Sara Maria Hasbun, Francis Idehen, Alison Levine, Benny Lewis, Kari Louhivuori, Nelli Louhivuori, Brandon Payne, Richard Pine, Gil Winch & Various
Length: 7 hours 21 minutes

“Hidden Potential is easily digestible and more compelling than your basic self-help book. His real world anecdotes yield practical everyday tips on how to live your best life. Here was just one helpful tip: 'Progress is not only reflected in the peaks you reach - it's also in the valleys you cross'. Read more

Why Fish Don't Exist

A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life

By: Lulu Miller
Narrated by: Lulu Miller
Length: 4 hours 55 minutes

“Despite having no general interest in ichthyology, taxonomy, or old white eugenicists, Why Fish Don't Exist was one of the most engaging stories I have ever read. The audio edition, read by the author, is ridiculously charming. It meanders between a biography and a memoir, and it's refreshing to read a narrative that isn't afraid to change its... Read more

How Far the Light Reaches

A Life in Ten Sea Creatures

By: Sabrina Imbler
Narrated by: Sabrina Imbler
Length: 5 hours 40 minutes

“How Far the Light Reaches by Sabrina Imbler is badass. I never thought I'd walk away from a collection of essays about weird sea creatures with a more crystal-clear understanding of my own gender identity than I have had in years—but curious readers live to be surprised! In winding personal essay with science writing, Imbler gifts the reader... Read more

What If We Get It Right?

Visions of Climate Futures

By: Ayana Elizabeth Johnson
Narrated by: Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, Ayisha Siddiqa, Jacqueline Woodson & Steve Connell
Length: 21 hours 54 minutes

Our climate future is not yet written. What if we act as if we love the future?

Sometimes the bravest thing we can do while facing an existential crisis is imagine life on the other side. This provocative and joyous book maps an inspiring landscape of possible climate futures.

Through clear-eyed essays and vibrant conversations, infused with data... Read more

I Heard There Was a Secret Chord

Music as Medicine

By: Daniel J. Levitin
Narrated by: Daniel J. Levitin
Length: 12 hours 16 minutes

Music is one of humanity’s oldest medicines. From the Far East to the Ottoman Empire, Europe to Africa and the pre-colonial Americas, many cultures have developed their own rich traditions for using sound and rhythm to ease suffering, promote healing, and calm the mind.In his latest work, neuroscientist and New York Times best-selling author... Read more

Between Two Kingdoms

A Memoir of a Life Interrupted

By: Suleika Jaouad
Narrated by: Suleika Jaouad
Length: 13 hours 2 minutes

“Wow, what a story. This was an extremely moving memoir about a devastating but successful fight with cancer and the toll it takes on your life and relationships. But more than that, it also bring you on a journey of moving on and re-learning how to live your life. Jaouad is a fabulous writer and really take the reader on the journey with her.... Read more

The Coming Wave

Technology, Power, and the Twenty-first Century's Greatest Dilemma

By: Mustafa Suleyman
Narrated by: Mustafa Suleyman
Length: 11 hours 48 minutes

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An urgent warning of the unprecedented risks that AI and other fast-developing technologies pose to global order, and how we might contain them while we have the chance—from a co-founder of the pioneering artificial intelligence company DeepMind and current CEO of Microsoft AI

“A fascinating, well-written, and... Read more

Hidden Valley Road

Inside the Mind of an American Family

By: Robert Kolker
Narrated by: Sean Pratt
Length: 13 hours 8 minutes

“Schizophrenia is among the most ruthless of diseases, suddenly erupting in a life, often in adolescence, and turning it inside out in ways few treatments have been able to solve. That's what happened to six of the twelve children in the Galvin family in Colorado in the '60s and '70s, creating a house of turmoil for the stricken and their family... Read more

Attached

The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find--and Keep-- Love

By: Amir Levine & Rachel Heller
Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
Length: 7 hours 4 minutes

"A groundbreaking book that redefines what it means to be in a relationship."
--John Gray, PhD., bestselling author of Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus

We already rely on science to tell us what to eat, when to exercise, and how long to sleep. Why not use science to help us improve our relationships? In this revolutionary book, psychiatrist... Read more