Sports & Recreation bestsellers

There's Always This Year

On Basketball and Ascension

By: Hanif Abdurraqib
Narrated by: Hanif Abdurraqib
Length: 8 hours 40 minutes

“Poet and critic Hanif Abdurraqib’s writing is magic. So of course this book, from the first line, is not about basketball, exploring enemies, community, gentrification, police brutality, and memories of love and hardship and love. And of course this book, to its last countdown, is about basketball, children’s play, school coaches, and LeBron... Read more

Breath

The New Science of a Lost Art

By: James Nestor
Narrated by: James Nestor
Length: 7 hours 18 minutes

“What a great book to help you learn how to breathe better to literally help your health. I especially liked listening and practicing the different techniques to help me learn. Read more

Running with Sherman

The Donkey with the Heart of a Hero

By: Christopher McDougall
Narrated by: Christopher McDougall
Length: 12 hours 12 minutes

“You will fall in love with this determined donkey and cheer for Sherman all along the way. Read more

The New Menopause

Navigating Your Path Through Hormonal Change with Purpose, Power, and Facts

By: Mary Claire Haver, MD
Narrated by: Mary Claire Haver, MD
Length: 9 hours 45 minutes

Filling a gaping hole in menopause care, everything a woman needs to know to thrive during her hormonal transition and beyond, as well as the tools to help her take charge of her health at this pivotal life stage—by the bestselling author of The Galveston Diet.

Menopause is inevitable, but suffering through it is not! This is the empowering... Read more

Kid Athletes

True Tales of Childhood from Sports Legends

Kid Legends: Book #2

By: David Stabler
Narrated by: Pete Cross
Length: 2 hours 24 minutes

Forget the gold medals, the championships, and the undefeated seasons. When all-star athletes were growing up, they had regular-kid problems just like you. Baseball legend Babe Ruth was such a troublemaker that his family sent him to reform school. Race-car champion Danica Patrick fended off bullies who told her “girls can’t drive.” And football... Read more

Nature's Best Hope

A New Approach to Conservation that Starts in Your Yard

By: Douglas W. Tallamy
Narrated by: Adam Barr
Length: 6 hours 30 minutes

Douglas W. Tallamy’s first book, Bringing Nature Home, awakened thousands of individuals to an urgent situation: wildlife populations are in decline because the native plants they depend on are fast disappearing. His solution? Plant more natives. In this new book, Tallamy takes the next step and outlines his vision for a grassroots approach to... Read more

The Nature of Oaks

The Rich Ecology of Our Most Essential Native Trees

By: Douglas W. Tallamy
Narrated by: Adam Barr
Length: 4 hours 16 minutes

Discover the complex and fascinating inner world of the mighty oak tree with this engaging nature book!

The Nature of Oaks reveals what is going on in oak trees month by month, highlighting the seasonal cycles of life, death, and renewal. From woodpeckers who collect and store hundreds of acorns for sustenance to the beauty of jewel caterpillars,... Read more

On Muscle

The Stuff That Moves Us and Why It Matters

By: Bonnie Tsui
Narrated by: Bonnie Tsui
Length: 6 hours 14 minutes

“Bonnie has such a flawless way of writing. Her beautiful blending of research and memoir kept me captivated. The factual stories have really motivated me to look at my own body and muscles in a positive view. Every story mentioned clear and entertaining that leaves readers seeing higher potential of achievement than just what society tells us.... Read more

The Emerald Mile

The Epic Story of the Fastest Ride in History Through the Heart of the Grand Canyon

By: Kevin Fedarko
Narrated by: Kevin Fedarko
Length: 17 hours 40 minutes

From one of Outside magazine’s “Literary All-Stars” comes the thrilling true tale of the fastest boat ride ever through the Grand Canyon, atop the legendary Colorado River flood of 1983.

In the spring of 1983, massive flooding along the length of the Colorado River confronted a team of engineers at the Glen Canyon Dam with an unprecedented... Read more

Next Level

Your Guide to Kicking Ass, Feeling Great, and Crushing Goals Through Menopause and Beyond

By: Stacy T. Sims, PhD & Selene Yeager
Narrated by: Gina Daniels
Length: 9 hours 26 minutes

A comprehensive, physiology-based guide to peak performance for active women approaching or experiencing menopause—from the author of Roar, renowned exercise and nutrition scientist Dr. Stacy Sims

For active women, menopause hits hard. Overnight, your body doesn’t feel like the one you know and love anymore—you’re battling new symptoms, might be... 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

Blood in the Garden

The Flagrant History of the 1990s New York Knicks

By: Chris Herring
Narrated by: Brian Hutchison
Length: 11 hours 3 minutes

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A SELECTION ON BARACK OBAMA’S SUMMER READING LIST

The definitive history of the 1990s New York Knicks, illustrating how Pat Riley, Patrick Ewing, John Starks, Charles Oakley, and Anthony Mason resurrected the iconic franchise through oppressive physicality and unmatched grit.

For nearly an entire generation, the... Read more

The Arm

Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports

By: Jeff Passan
Narrated by: Kevin Pierce
Length: 12 hours 2 minutes

Yahoo’s lead baseball columnist offers an in-depth look at the most valuable commodity in sports—the pitching arm—and how its vulnerability to injury is hurting players and the game, from Little League to the majors.Every year, Major League Baseball spends more than $1.5 billion on pitchers—five times more than the salary of every NFL... Read more

Slow AF Run Club

The Ultimate Guide for Anyone Who Wants to Run

By: Martinus Evans
Narrated by: Martinus Evans
Length: 5 hours 54 minutes

“I have always felt odd calling myself a runner, even though I have run for years, because of my plus-size body and my pace. But Martinus Evans is here to tell me, and to tell you, too: If you run, you are a runner! I wish I had known half the things he talks about in his book, and his focus on mental space is *chef’s kiss.* When thinking about... Read more

All In

An Autobiography

By: Billie Jean King, Johnette Howard & Maryanne Vollers
Narrated by: Billie Jean King
Length: 18 hours 6 minutes

“What an incredible memoir by tennis legend, feminist icon, and activist Billie Jean King. A trailblazer for women’s sports, she fought tooth & nail for her success and that of all women’s athletics, and has been a steadfast and outspoken ally to trans & BIPOC athletes. A must listen audiobook! Read more

The Boys in the Boat

Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics

By: Daniel James Brown
Narrated by: Edward Herrmann
Length: 14 hours 24 minutes

“Determined to beat the odds, nine working-class boys from the University of Washington's rowing team overcome a depressive beginning to defeat the world at Hitler's 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. Underdogs from day one, fighting poverty and privilege along the way, this crew shocks all with their unbelievable come-from-behind effort to become... Read more

Becoming Supernatural: How Common People Are Doing The Uncommon

By: Dr. Joe Dispenza
Narrated by: Adam Boyce
Length: 14 hours 6 minutes

The author of the New York Times bestseller You Are the Placebo, as well as Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself and Evolve Your Brain, draws on research conducted at his advanced workshops since 2012 to explore how common people are doing the uncommon to transform themselves and their lives. Becoming Supernatural marries the some of the most... Read more

Homestand

Small Town Baseball and the Fight for the Soul of America

By: Will Bardenwerper
Narrated by: Dan Bittner
Length: 10 hours 45 minutes

A poignant memoir exploring small town baseball as a lens into what’s right and wrong with modern America—written by an acclaimed journalist and Army Ranger who, after returning from Iraq to a painfully divided country, rediscovered its core values in the bleachers of a minor league ballpark in Batavia, New York.

"Bardenwerper finds hope in the... Read more

Just Add Water

My Swimming Life

By: Katie Ledecky
Narrated by: Katie Ledecky
Length: 7 hours 57 minutes

“I will never not be impressed with Katie Ledecky. A beast of an athlete and a gem of a human! I look forward to what this woman will accomplish in the rest of her swimming career and beyond. Do yourself a favor and listen to her book before, while, or after she continues her LEGACY at the 2024 Paris Olympics :) Read more

Kid Olympians: Summer

True Tales of Childhood from Champions and Game Changers

Kid Legends: Book #9

By: Robin Stevenson
Narrated by: Pete Cross
Length: 3 hours 15 minutes

Athletes throughout history have dreamed of competing in the Olympics—and some were kids themselves when those dreams and plans began! In Kid Olympians: Summer, discover the childhood stories of legends such as -Usain Bolt, who used to skip practices to go to the arcade and play video games. -Serena Williams, who sometimes hit her tennis ball... Read more

It's Only Drowning

A True Story of Learning to Surf and the Search for Common Ground

By: David Litt
Narrated by: David Litt
Length: TBA

“An absolute pleasure. So funny and thoughtful. Would highly recommend! Read more

Chesapeake Requiem

A Year with the Watermen of Vanishing Tangier Island

By: Earl Swift
Narrated by: Tom Parks
Length: 12 hours 50 minutes

“I was so impressed with this story of Tangier, an exploration of science, history, religion, and culture driven by emotionally salient commentary from people who live there today. I thought it was particularly interesting to learn that the community is conservative both religiously and politically, but their home is being swept away by rising... Read more

We Are the ARK

Returning Our Gardens to Their True Nature Through Acts of Restorative Kindness

By: Mary Reynolds
Narrated by: Jane Copland
Length: 4 hours 20 minutes

“Mary Reynolds is most well known for her dramatic outsider win at the 2002 Chelsea Flower Show (the olympics of the landscape design world), the story of which is immortalized in the 2016 film Dare To Be Wild. We Are The ARK is her manifesto, an inspiring call for us to transform our relationship to any land that may be in our care. Reynolds'... Read more

Good for a Girl

A Woman Running in a Man's World

By: Lauren Fleshman
Narrated by: Lauren Fleshman
Length: 7 hours 56 minutes

* A New York Times Bestseller
* Winner of the William Hill Sports Book Of The Year Award
* A Financial Times Best Sports Book of 2023

Fueled by her years as an elite runner and advocate for women in sports, Lauren Fleshman offers her inspiring personal story and a rallying cry for reform of a sports landscape that is failing young female... Read more

The Well-Gardened Mind

The Restorative Power of Nature

By: Sue Stuart-Smith
Narrated by: Sue Stuart-Smith
Length: 11 hours 30 minutes

“As an amateur gardener and plant-lover, as well as an avid-reader of neuropsychology and mindfulness books, this book automatically made my list. A fascinating and compelling read about the power of nature and gardening to bring about restoration and healing in all aspects of the human body and society. Read more

ROAR, Revised Edition

Match Your Food and Fitness to Your Unique Female Physiology for Optimum Performance, Great Health, and a Strong Body for Life

By: Stacy T. Sims, PhD
Narrated by: Gina Daniels
Length: 12 hours 24 minutes

The groundbreaking book that revolutionized exercise nutrition and performance for female athletes, now freshly updated

Women are not small men. Stop eating and training like one.

In ROAR, exercise physiologist and nutrition scientist Stacy T. Sims, PhD, teaches you everything you need to know to adapt your nutrition, hydration, and training... Read more

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle

By: Barbara Kingsolver, Camille Kingsolver & Steven L. Hopp
Narrated by: Barbara Kingsolver, Camille Kingsolver & Steven L. Hopp
Length: 14 hours 34 minutes

“A profound, graceful, and literary work of philosophy and economics, well tempered for our times, and yet timeless. . . . It will change the way you look at the food you put into your body. Which is to say, it can change who you are.” — Boston GlobeBarbara Kingsolver's New York Times bestselling book describing her family's adventure as they... Read more

Open

An Autobiography

By: Andre Agassi
Narrated by: Erik Davies
Length: 18 hours 3 minutes

From Andre Agassi, one of the most beloved athletes in history and one of the most gifted men ever to step onto a tennis court, a beautiful, haunting autobiography.

A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Century

Agassi’s incredibly rigorous training begins when he is just a child. By the age of thirteen, he is banished to a Florida tennis... Read more

Enough

Climbing Toward a True Self on Mount Everest

By: Melissa Arnot Reid
Narrated by: Melissa Arnot Reid
Length: 9 hours 16 minutes

A searching, uplifting memoir by the celebrated, groundbreaking climber: a journey of overcoming where the mountain’s highest peaks can only be reached by traversing the dark crevasses of the soul

At twenty-seven, when Melissa Arnot Reid accepted a tank of oxygen just short of the summit of Mount Everest, she felt ravaged by defeat. Driven by a... Read more

The Other Olympians

Fascism, Queerness, and the Making of Modern Sports

By: Michael Waters
Narrated by: Jennifer Pickens
Length: 9 hours 31 minutes

"Michael Waters performs an Olympian act of storytelling, using the stories of these extraordinary athletes to explore in brilliant detail the struggle for understanding and equality." —Jonathan Eig, author of King: A Life

“This riveting audiobook brings all the facts and showcases why we need to acknowledge true history in today’s social... Read more

A Thousand Feasts

Small Moments of Joy … A Memoir of Sorts

By: Nigel Slater
Narrated by: Nigel Slater
Length: 8 hours 24 minutes

THE INSTANT #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER From award-winning writer Nigel Slater, comes a new and exquisitely written collection of notes, memoir, stories and small moments of joy. 'Nigel Slater’s prose is the rarest delicacy of all: exquisite yet effortless, filled with... Read more

The Warrior

Rafael Nadal and His Kingdom of Clay

By: Christopher Clarey
Narrated by: Timothy Andrés Pabon
Length: 14 hours 21 minutes

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Master comes an intimate biography of tennis’s enduring champion Rafael Nadal. 

In The Warrior, Christopher Clarey,  Rafael Nadal's most mind-blowing achievement: 14 French Open titles. Nadal has won big  on tennis's many surfaces en route to becoming one of the greatest players of all time:... Read more

Undeniable

How to Reach the Top and Stay There

By: Cameron Hanes
Narrated by: Andrew D. Huberman Ph.D. & Cameron Hanes
Length: 8 hours 17 minutes

You become the best you can be by learning from others. That is how bowhunter and ultramarathoner Cameron Hanes approaches each day in his pursuit of greatness in this essential guide to finding success. The audiobook is read by the author and includes a foreword written and read by Andrew Huberman, host of the Huberman Lab podcast.

“I like... Read more

Soil

The Story of a Black Mother's Garden

By: Camille T Dungy
Narrated by: Camille T Dungy
Length: 10 hours 16 minutes

“Part nature writing, part exploration of the African diaspora and Black identity, part memoir, Dungy puts herself in conversation with all the white nature writers who've come before - Edward Abbey, Annie Dillard, Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson - and exposes how a monoculture in both cultivars and cultural backgrounds threatens us and... Read more

No Dig

Nurture Your Soil to Grow Better Veg with Less Effort

By: Charles Dowding
Narrated by: Charles Dowding
Length: 9 hours 33 minutes

Join the No Dig revolution to boost your soil's vitality and grow more veg with less effort.

Transform a weedy plot into a thriving vegetable garden by following simple steps achieved in a few hours and with plants in the ground from day one. The crucial factor is understanding that not only is there no need to dig over the soil, but by... Read more

How to Read Nature

An Expert's Guide to Discovering the Outdoors You've Never Noticed

By: Tristan Gooley
Narrated by: Qarie Marshall
Length: 3 hours 14 minutes

Nobody wakes up in the morning and decides to shut down their senses and stumble through each day in an oblivious bubble, and yet some people end up having much richer experiences than others. In this guidebook, natural navigator Tristan Gooley strives to reawaken our senses to help us understand and deepen our personal experience of nature. His... Read more

Be Water, My Friend

The Teachings of Bruce Lee

By: Shannon Lee
Narrated by: Shannon Lee
Length: 7 hours 20 minutes

This program is read by the author

Bruce Lee’s daughter illuminates her father’s most powerful life philosophies—demonstrating how martial arts are a perfect metaphor for personal growth, and how we can practice those teachings every day.

"Empty your mind; be formless, shapeless like water."

Bruce Lee is a cultural icon, renowned the world over for... Read more

The Color of Everything

A Journey to Quiet the Chaos Within

By: Cory Richards
Narrated by: Cory Richards
Length: 11 hours 19 minutes

A renowned climber and National Geographic photographer shares his incredible adventures—and the early trauma that drove him to seek such heights.

“An extraordinary memoir of mental illness that reads like a thriller.”—Amy Ellis Nutt, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and author of Becoming Nicole

“In order to escape madness, I will live madly. I... Read more

Wait Til Next Year

By: Doris Kearns Goodwin
Narrated by: Suzanne Toren
Length: 7 hours 56 minutes

By the award-winning author of Team of Rivals and The Bully Pulpit, Wait Till Next Year is Doris Kearns Goodwin’s touching memoir of growing up in love with her family and baseball.

Set in the suburbs of New York in the 1950s, Wait Till Next Year re-creates the postwar era, when the corner store was a place to share stories and neighborhoods were... Read more

The Baseball 100

By: Joe Posnanski
Narrated by: Cary Hite
Length: 30 hours 47 minutes

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Winner of the CASEY Award for Best Baseball Book of the Year

“An instant sports classic.” —New York Post * “Stellar.” —The Wall Street Journal * “A true masterwork…880 pages of sheer baseball bliss.” —BookPage (starred review) * “This is a remarkable achievement.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)

A magnum opus from... Read more

Becky Lynch: The Man

Not Your Average Average Girl

By: Rebecca Quin
Narrated by: Rebecca Quin
Length: 9 hours 58 minutes

A New York Times bestseller! This “infectious and contagious” (“Stone Cold” Steve Austin) memoir from WWE superstar Rebecca Quin—a.k.a. The Man, a.k.a. Becky Lynch—delves into her earliest wrestling days, her scrappy beginnings, and her meteoric rise to fame.

Raised in Dublin, Ireland, in a devoutly Catholic family, Rebecca Quin constantly... Read more

Teaming With Microbes

The Organic Gardener's Guide to the Soil Food Web

By: Jeff Lowenfels & Wayne Lewis
Narrated by: Chris Lutkin
Length: 8 hours 6 minutes

When we use chemical fertilizers, we injure the microbial life that sustains plants and then become increasingly dependent on an arsenal of toxic substances. Teaming with Microbes offers an alternative to this vicious circle and details how to garden in a way that strengthens, rather than destroys, the soil food web. You’ll discover that healthy... Read more

Lifting Heavy Things

Healing Trauma One Rep at a Time

By: Laura Khoudari
Narrated by: Siiri Scott
Length: 7 hours 15 minutes

In this innovative title, celebrated trainer and trauma practitioner Laura Khoudari brings a fresh approach to healing after trauma, using strength training as an embodied movement practice. Compassionate, witty, and fastidiously researched, Khoudari's debut, Lifting Heavy Things, is a breakthrough title that will empower and inspire you to... Read more

Unbreakable

A Woman's Guide to Aging with Power

By: Vonda Wright, MD
Narrated by: Vonda Wright, MD
Length: TBA

Stronger muscles and bones, increased mobility, lifelong independence, and a new mentality for aging with power—this cutting-edge guide to nutrition, training, and lifestyle will optimize a woman's body for longevity, through menopause and beyond.

Strong skeletal muscle drives healthy longevity yet too often women in particular neglect this... Read more

What Is a Girl Worth?

My Story of Breaking the Silence and Exposing the Truth About Larry Nassar and USA Gymnastics

By: Rachael Denhollander
Narrated by: Rachael Denhollander
Length: 11 hours 11 minutes

Recipient of Sports Illustrated's Inspiration of the Year Award and one of Time's 100 Most Influential People (2018) "Who is going to tell these little girls that what was done to them matters? That they are seen and valued, that they are not alone and they are not unprotected?" Rachael Denhollander's voice was heard around the world when she... Read more

Masters of Modern Soccer

How the World's Best Play the Twenty-First-Century Game

By: Grant Wahl
Narrated by: Grant Wahl
Length: 6 hours 59 minutes

How do some of soccer’s smartest and most accomplished figures master the craft of the game? This in-depth analysis of modern soccer reveals how elite players and coaches strategize on and off the field to execute in high-pressure situations.
 
“A worthy addition to any soccer fan’s shelf.”—The Wall Street Journal

In Masters of Modern Soccer,... Read more

Thirty Below

The Harrowing and Heroic Story of the First All-Women's Ascent of Denali

By: Cassidy Randall
Narrated by: Amanda Dolan
Length: 9 hours 37 minutes

The gripping story of a group of female adventurers and their treacherous pioneering ascent of Denali in 1970 Cassidy Randall draws on extensive archival research and original interviews to tell an engrossing, edge-of-the-seat adventure story about a forgotten group of climbers who had the audacity to believe that women could walk alone in... Read more

The Breaks of the Game

By: David Halberstam
Narrated by: Brian Troxell
Length: 17 hours 31 minutes

A New York Times bestseller, David Halberstam's The Breaks of the Game focuses on one grim season (1979-80) in the life of the Bill Walton-led Portland Trail Blazers, a team that only three years before had been NBA champions.
More than six years after his death David Halberstam remains one of this country's most respected journalists and revered... Read more

Brothers on Three

A True Story of Family, Resistance, and Hope on a Reservation in Montana

By: Abe Streep
Narrated by: Shaun Taylor-Corbett
Length: 10 hours 37 minutes

"A heart-stomping, heart-stopping read. Unsentimental. Unforgettable. Astonishing. Brothers on Three captures the roar of a community spirit powered by blood history, loyalty, and ferocious love."
—Debra Magpie Earling, author of Perma Red

From journalist Abe Streep, the story of coming of age on a reservation in the American West and a team... Read more

Sanando Con El Metodo Gerson

By: Charlotte Gerson & Beata Bishop
Narrated by: Luis Aponte
Length: 10 hours 39 minutes

Hay un quiebre en todo el medio de la medicina moderna; por un lado, es impulsada por una deslumbre tecnologia de punta, mostrando resultados brillantes en el manejo de situaciones agudas y emergencias. Por otro lado, su manejo de las enfermedades cronicas y degenerativas, en donde esta varios pasos atras, incapaz de ofrecer mas un tratamiento... Read more