Essays audiobooks
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By: Jenny Lawson
Narrated by: Jenny Lawson
Length: 8 hours 18 minutes
Abridged: No
"Jenny Lawson returns to narrate her third installment in a disheveled saga of finding the light at the end of a long, winding, ludicrous tunnel...Another treasure in the Lawson collection, this audiobook shines with a powerful message: Depression and anxiety suck, but we can rise above them." -- AudioFile Magazine, Earphones Award winner
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Want
By: Gillian Anderson
Narrated by: Gillian Anderson & Anonymous
Length: 11 hours 59 minutes
Abridged: No
A collection of sexual fantasies from women around the world, Want is a revelatory, sensational, and game-changing exploration of womenâs sexuality that asks, and answers: How do women feel about sex when they have the freedom to be totally anonymous?
âThe book you hold in your hands started as an invitation to women across the world, a call for... Read more
A Walk in the Woods
By: Bill Bryson
Narrated by: Rob McQuay
Length: 9 hours 43 minutes
Abridged: No
The Appalachian Trail trail stretches from Georgia to Maine and covers some of the most breathtaking terrain in Americaâmajestic mountains, silent forests, sparking lakes. If youâre going to take a hike, itâs probably the place to go. And Bill Bryson is surely the most entertaining guide youâll find. He introduces us to the history and... Read more
View audiobookShit, Actually
By: Lindy West
Narrated by: Lindy West
Length: 7 hours 16 minutes
Abridged: No
**Your Favorite Movies, Re-Watched**
New York Times opinion writer and bestselling author Lindy West was once the in-house movie critic for Seattle's alternative newsweekly The Stranger, where she covered film with brutal honesty and giddy irreverence. In Shit, Actually, Lindy returns to those roots, re-examining beloved and iconic movies from... Read more
Yearbook
By: Seth Rogen
Narrated by: Seth Rogen & Full Cast
Length: 6 hours 13 minutes
Abridged: No
A collection of funny personal essays from one of the writers of Superbad and Pineapple Express and one of the producers of The Disaster Artist, Neighbors, and The Boys. (All of these words have been added to help this book show up in peopleâs searches using the wonders of algorithmic technology. Thanks for bearing with us!) The... Read more
View audiobookLow-Hanging Fruit
By: Randy Rainbow
Narrated by: Randy Rainbow
Length: 6 hours 53 minutes
Abridged: No
This program is read by the author, with contributions from Pamela Adlon and Gwen Rainbow.
"Tart, sassy, and hilariously funny from start to finish, Rainbowâs book offers laughter as a tonic for troubled times." â Kirkus Reviews
A new essay collection by adored comedian and New York Times bestseller Randy Rainbow
Randy Rainbow has a few things on... Read more
On Being Jewish Now
By: Edited by Zibby Owens
Narrated by: Narrated by Zibby Owens and the Contributors
Length: 7 hours 42 minutes
Abridged: No
An intimate and hopeful collection of meaningful, smart, funny, sad, emotional, and inspiring essays from todayâs authors and advocates about what it means to be Jewish, how life has changed since the attacks on October 7th, 2023, and the unique culture that brings this group together. On October 7th, 2023, Jews in Israel were attacked in the... Read more
View audiobookQuietly Hostile
By: Samantha Irby
Narrated by: Samantha Irby
Length: 9 hours 31 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ⢠A GLAMOUR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR ⢠A hilarious new essay collection from Samantha Irby "engages readers with her characteristic combination of laugh-out-loud moments, heartfelt passages and plenty of awkward experiences.... Quietly Hostile will delight established fans and newcomers alike (Parade).
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âBrilliant and one... Read more
Finding Freedom
By: Erin French
Narrated by: Erin French
Length: 9 hours 35 minutes
Abridged: No
"[Erin French's] memoir treats listeners to a smooth ride through an anything-but-smooth life. French's engrossing narration delivers polished consistency, and her gentle tone ushers listeners through her story. She speaks with passion and grace, creating a compelling narrative--with plenty of mouthwatering food descriptions." -- AudioFile... Read more
View audiobookA Very Punchable Face
By: Colin Jost
Narrated by: Colin Jost
Length: 7 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ⢠In these hilarious essays, the Saturday Night Live head writer and Weekend Update co-anchor learns how to take a beating.
âI always wanted to punch his face before I read this book. Now I just want to kick him in the balls.ââLarry David
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Cosmopolitan ⢠Vulture ⢠Parade
If thereâs... Read more
Leslie F*cking Jones
By: Leslie Jones
Narrated by: Leslie Jones & Chris Rock
Length: 16 hours 32 minutes
Abridged: No
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER with 5+ hours of bonus material not found in the print version and read by Leslie Jones. AudioFile Magazine awarded the recording an âEarphones Awardâ, saying: âNo listener can leave this memoir unaffected as Jones laughs and sobs, sharing the highs and lows, joys and sorrows of her full life.â
Hey you guys, itâs... Read more
Bossypants
By: Tina Fey
Narrated by: Tina Fey
Length: 5 hours 31 minutes
Abridged: No
Spirited and whip-smart, these laugh-out-loud autobiographical essays are "a masterpiece" from the Emmy Award-winning actress and comedy writer known for 30 Rock, Mean Girls, and SNL" (Sunday Telegraph).
Before Liz Lemon, before "Weekend Update," before "Sarah Palin," Tina Fey was just a young girl with a dream: a recurring stress dream that she... Read more
All We Can Save
By: Ayana Elizabeth Johnson & Katharine K. Wilkinson
Narrated by: Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, Katharine K. Wilkinson...
Length: 15 hours 5 minutes
Abridged: No
Provocative and illuminating essays from women at the forefront of the climate movement who are harnessing truth, courage, and solutions to lead humanity forward.
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There is a renaissance blooming in the climate movement: leadership that is more characteristically feminine and more faithfully feminist, rooted in compassion, connection,... Read more
Something in the Woods Loves You
By: Jarod K. Anderson
Narrated by: Jarod K. Anderson
Length: 11 hours 30 minutes
Abridged: No
An inspiring blend of nature writing and memoir that explores natureâs crucial role in our emotional and mental health
Bats can hear shapes, plants can eat light, and bees can dance maps. When his life took him to a painfully dark place, the poet behind The CryptoNaturalist, Jarod K. Anderson, found comfort and redemption in these facts and the... Read more
You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey
By: Amber Ruffin & Lacey Lamar
Narrated by: Amber Ruffin & Lacey Lamar
Length: 5 hours 21 minutes
Abridged: No
Writer and performer on Late Night with Seth Meyers Amber Ruffin writes with her sister Lacey Lamar with humor and heart to share absurd anecdotes about everyday experiences of racism.
Now a writer and performer on Late Night with Seth Meyers and host of The Amber Ruffin Show, Amber Ruffin lives in New York, where she is no one's First Black... Read more
The Witches Are Coming
By: Lindy West
Narrated by: Lindy West
Length: 6 hours 27 minutes
Abridged: No
In this wickedly funny cultural critique, the author of the critically acclaimed memoir and Hulu series Shrill exposes misogyny in the #MeToo era.
This is a witch hunt. We're witches, and we're hunting you.
From the moment powerful men started falling to the #MeToo movement, the lamentations began: this is feminism gone too far, this is injustice,... Read more
We Are Never Meeting in Real Life
By: Samantha Irby
Narrated by: Samantha Irby
Length: 9 hours 16 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ⢠This essay collection from the âbitches gotta eatâ blogger, writer on Huluâs Shrill and HBO's And Just Like That, and âone of our countryâs most fierce and foulmouthed authorsâ (Amber Tamblyn, Vulture) is sure to make you alternately cackle with glee and cry real tears.
"A sidesplitting polemicist for the most awful... Read more
Eat Like a Fish
By: Bren Smith
Narrated by: Bren Smith
Length: 7 hours 43 minutes
Abridged: No
Part memoir, part manifesto, in Eat Like a Fish Bren Smithâa former commercial fisherman turned restorative ocean farmerâshares a bold new vision for the future of food: seaweed.
Through tales that span from his childhood in Newfoundland to his early years on the high seas aboard commercial fishing trawlers, from pioneering new forms of ocean... Read more
Dear Girls
By: Ali Wong
Narrated by: Ali Wong & Justin Hakuta
Length: 6 hours 20 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER â˘Â Heartfelt and hilarious essays from the Emmy and Golden Globe Awardâwinning actress, star of the Netflix original series Beef, and two-time member of Timeâs 100 Most Influential People of the Year list
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âA collection of letters to her baby girls that are barn-burning reflections on being a working mom, marriage, sex,... Read more
Meaty
By: Samantha Irby
Narrated by: Samantha Irby
Length: 7 hours 39 minutes
Abridged: No
Smart, edgy, hilarious, and unabashedly raunchy New York Times bestselling author Samantha Irby explodes off the printed page in her uproarious first collection of essays.Â
Irby laughs her way through tragicomic mishaps, neuroses, and taboos as she struggles through adulthood: chin hairs, depression, bad sex, failed relationships, masturbation,... Read more
Trick Mirror
By: Jia Tolentino
Narrated by: Jia Tolentino
Length: 9 hours 45 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ⢠âFrom The New Yorkerâs beloved cultural critic comes a bold, unflinching collection of essays about self-deception, examining everything from scammer culture to reality television.ââEsquire
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Book Club Pick for Now Read This, from PBS NewsHour and The New York Times â˘Â âA whip-smart, challenging book.ââZadie Smith ⢠âJia... Read more
H Is for Hawk
By: Helen Macdonald
Narrated by: Helen Macdonald
Length: 11 hours 6 minutes
Abridged: No
The instant New York Times bestseller and multiaward-winning sensation, Helen Macdonaldâs story of adopting and raising one of natureâs most vicious predators has soared into the hearts of millions of readers worldwide.When Helen Macdonaldâs father died suddenly on a London street, she was devastated. An experienced falconer captivated by hawks... Read more
View audiobookDisability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century
By: Alice Wong
Narrated by: Alejandra Ospina & Alice Wong
Length: 8 hours 1 minute
Abridged: No
One in five people in the United States lives with a disability. Some disabilities are visible, others less apparentâbut all are underrepresented in media and popular culture. Now, just in time for the thirtieth anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, activist Alice Wong brings together this urgent, galvanizing collection of... Read more
View audiobookTravels with Charley in Search of America
By: John Steinbeck
Narrated by: Gary Sinise
Length: 7 hours 58 minutes
Abridged: No
An intimate journey across America, as told by one of its most beloved writers
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To hear the speech of the real America, to smell the grass and the trees, to see the colors and the lightâthese were John Steinbeck's goals as he set out, at the age of fifty-eight, to rediscover the country he had been writing about for so many years.
With Charley,... Read more