Essays audiobooks

Touch the Future

By: John Lee Clark

Narrated by: Perry Daniels

Length: 5 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

A revelatory collection of essays on the DeafBlind experience, and a manifesto on the power and untapped potential of touch.



Born Deaf into an ASL-speaking family and blind by adolescence, John Lee Clark learned to embrace the possibilities of his tactile world. He is on the frontlines of the Protactile movement, which gave birth to an... Read more

Legitimate Kid

By: Aida Rodriguez

Narrated by: Aida Rodriguez

Length: 8 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

“Aida Rodriguez is part of the next wave of talented comedic storytellers that I dreamt about when I was trying to break down barriers in the industry. Besides being a fierce Latina powerhouse, she’s FUNNY AS HELL! So buy this book. No really, BUY THIS BOOK!!! I don’t want any problems, ya heard?!”—John Leguizamo, Emmy and Tony Award–winning... Read more

The Best American Food Writing 2023

By: Mark Bittman & Silvia Killingsworth

Narrated by: Elyse Dinh, Will Tulin, Carolina Hoyos, Dylan M...

Length: 8 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

""Excellent....Taken as a whole, the volume moves beyond food’s sensory pleasures to investigate it as a cultural vessel, a symbol of inequality, and more. It’s a standout addition to the series."" —Publisher's Weekly (starred review)A collection of the year’s top food writing, selected by prolific food writer and author of How to Cook... Read more

Food of the Cods

By: Daniel Gray

Narrated by: George Reid

Length: 5 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Shortlisted for Debut Food Book of the Year at the Fortnum and Mason Food and Drink Awards 2024 Guild of Food Writers 2024 Finalist, Food Book of the Year ‘A lyrical, amiable and educational celebration of what may be our greatest achievement: the chippy.’ Stuart Maconie Step inside and... Read more

Schambereich - Über Sex sprechen (ungekürzt)

By: Christine Koschmieder

Narrated by: Christine Koschmieder

Length: 5 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Exkursion ins Sumpfgebiet unserer Seele Nach dem Erfolg von "Dry" schreibt Christine Koschmieder über Sex und Intimität. Persönlich, mutig und lustig erkundet sie die Körpererfahrungen, die sie und andere Frauen im Lauf ihres Lebens gemacht haben. Gerade hat sie die Suchtklinik verlassen, da steht Christine Koschmieder vor einer neuen... Read more

Abroad in Japan

By: Chris Broad

Narrated by: Chris Broad

Length: 8 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Penguin.

When Englishman Chris Broad landed in a rural village in northern Japan he wondered if he'd made a huge mistake. With no knowledge of the language and zero teaching experience, was he was about to be the most quickly fired English teacher in Japan's history?

Abroad in Japan charts a decade of living in a foreign land and... Read more

In the Form of a Question

By: Amy Schneider

Narrated by: Amy Schneider

Length: 6 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

“Warm and funny.” —The New York Times * “Refreshingly no-holds-barred.” —USA TODAY * “Delightful.” —San Francisco Chronicle

An inspirational, witty, and bold memoir from the most successful woman ever to compete on Jeopardy!—an exploration of what it means to ask questions of the world and of yourself as well as a passionate “ode to learning”... Read more

You’re Gonna Die Alone (& Other Excellent News)

By: Devrie Brynn Donalson

Narrated by: Devrie Brynn Donalson

Length: 7 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

A refreshingly honest, wonderfully humorous, and entirely inspiring exploration of change, fear, and what it really means to be alone, from everyone’s favorite TikTok oracle, Devrie Donalson.Dear Reader Just Doing Your Best,Give me a minute, and I’ll tell you a story. I’ll tell you about my junior high soulmate, my haunted house, and running... Read more

Fräulein Draußens Gespür für Wildnis

By: Kathrin Heckmann

Narrated by: Henriette Schreurs

Length: 7 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

»Kathrin Heckmann ist es gelungen, abstrakte Vorstellungen von Wildnis durch persönliche und lebendige Schilderungen zu bereichern. Das macht Mut und inspiriert.« Thorsten Hoyer, Chefredakteur Wandermagazin Die Sehnsucht nach Wildnis zog Kathrin Heckmann alias Fräulein Draußen jahrelang raus in die Welt. Aber muss man wirklich weit reisen, um... Read more

Cocorico

By: Mickaël Bergeron

Narrated by: Mickaël Bergeron

Length: 4 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Mickaël Bergeron nous arrive avec un cri de ralliement pour ses semblables, dans lequel il plaide pour un véritable leadership au sein de la masculinité, qui contribuerait à remettre en question des normes, comportements et politiques sociales. Il estime que les féministes se tapent tout le boulot et que les hommes ne font pas leur part. Une... Read more

Cake

By: Andrew Baker

Narrated by: Andrew Baker

Length: 8 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

‘A delightful odyssey through the history, nostalgia, fascination and British love of cake. Quirky, charming, and fun.’ PRUE LEITH The British take cakes seriously. We hold strong opinions about how to bake a brownie with the perfect squidge, the correct proportions of icing to sponge, and whether it’s jam or cream first on... Read more

The View From Rat Lake

By: John Gierach

Narrated by: David Colacci

Length: 7 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Brilliant, witty, perceptive essays about fly-fishing, the natural world, and life in general by the acknowledged master of fishing writers.

"In the world of fishing there are magic phrases that are guaranteed to summon the demon. Among them are: 'remote trout lake,' 'fish up to thirteen pounds,' 'the place the guides fish on their days off,'"... Read more

Road to Nowhere

By: Chris Donnelly

Narrated by: Kyle Tait

Length: 14 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Road to Nowhere is the story of New York City baseball from 1990 to 1996, describing in intimate detail the collapse of both the Mets and the Yankees in the early nineties, the Yankees' then reclaiming of the city, and the Mets attempts to rebuild from the ashes. After the chaos of the 1980s, the New York Yankees finally bottomed out in 1990. It... Read more

Pleasure of Thinking

By: Wang Xiaobo

Narrated by: Brian Nishii

Length: 6 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

An essay collection on the importance of critical thought, from one of the foremost Chinese intellectuals of the 1990s.



Wang Xiaobo's Pleasure of Thinking is an essay collection as riotous as it is contemplative. Between rollicking anecdotes about living between the East and West and serious musings on the intellectual situations at home and... Read more

Subterráneo

By: Will Hunt

Narrated by: Santiago Gómez

Length: 6 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Una reflexión sobre nuestra atracción por la oscuridad, el poder del misterio y ese eterno deseo humano de conectar con lo que no podemos ver. Cuando Will Hunt tenía dieciséis años, descubrió un túnel abandonado que pasaba por debajo de su casa en Providence, Rhode Island. Sus primeras incursiones en él le inspiraron una incesante fascinación... Read more

ذئاب - Abridged

By: طلال الطويرقي

Narrated by: محمد نصر الله

Length: 25 minutes

Abridged: Yes

ذئاب شعر- طلال الطويرقي يتناول الشاعر الماضي وتفاصيله كما يتناول الحاضر وآلامه، مع الاهتمام بالصور الشعرية عبر ما تحتويه من دلالات تعطي النص قيمته العالية كما نرى في هذه الابيات: الان تتسع الغيوم لغينا والبحر للحدقات يا وله المسافر حين تكتمل العبارة دونما ذكرى و لذا سنترك كل شيء يافعاً للماء كيما يدرك الماضون وجهتنا و ننسى كل ماتركوا لنا. Read more

El Kybalion

By: Tres Iniciados

Narrated by: Elisabet Egea

Length: 3 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

El Kybalion es uno de los más importantes compendios de sabiduría de todos los tiempos, que explica los siete principios del hermetismo postulados por Hermes Trismegisto.
Mentalismo, correspondencia, vibración, polaridad, ritmo, causa efecto, y género.
La autoría se atrubuye a un grupo anónimo de personas autodenominado Los Tres Iniciados, y que... Read more

Deep Blue

By: Steve Backshall

Narrated by: Steve Backshall

Length: 11 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Penguin.

Take a deep breath

Steve Backshall was nine years old the first time he saw a shark, while on holiday with his family in Malaysia. It was the beginning of a life-long fascination with these 'lords of the sea', and the oceanic life around them. His career as one of the world's most popular naturalists and explorers has... Read more

Unreliable Narrator

By: Aparna Nancherla

Narrated by: Aparna Nancherla

Length: 9 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

The New Yorker Best Books of 2023

NPR's Books We Love 2023

“A deeply honest and funny look at how exhausting it can be to live a human life, Unreliable Narrator is a book for anyone who wants to laugh and feel less alone.”—Amy Poehler  

A hilarious and insightful collection of essays exploring impostor syndrome, from the inside and out, by the... Read more

For the Culture

By: Klancy Miller

Narrated by: Klancy Miller, Ariel Blake, Susan Dalian, Janin...

Length: 9 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

A must-have anthology of the leading Black women and femmes shaping today’s food and hospitality landscape—from farm to table and beyond—chronicling their passions and motivations, lessons learned and hard-won wisdom, personal recipes, and more.Chef and writer Klancy Miller found her own way by trial and error—as a pastry chef, recipe developer,... Read more

I'd Rather Not

By: Robert Skinner

Narrated by: Robert Skinner

Length: 2 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

"A decidedly skewed, hilarious collection of life reflections and colorful storytelling." — Kirkus Reviews

An endlessly entertaining collection of wayward autobiographical tales about a search for a richer life thwarted at every turn by beagles, bureaucrats, and ill-advised love affairs

The unlikely story of how a failed dishwasher, tour guide,... Read more

حلاوة القهوة في مرارتها - Abridged

By: عبد الله المغلوث

Narrated by: قصي حمود

Length: 2 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: Yes

حلاوة القهوة في المهرجان سألت رجلاً هندي الاصل: هل تريد يعضا من القهوة العربية؟ أجابني: بالطبع، فقد سمعت عنها كثيراً لكن للأسف لم يحالفني الحظ لأتذوقها، قلت: اليوم ستتذوقها من منبعها الأصلي، فهذه قهوة عربية خالصة، كنت متلهفا لمشاهدة رد فعله، لكنه فاجأني حينما قال: أريد بعض السكر، توقفت لبرهة لأستوعب و أنا أتسائل في نفسي، سكر وقهوة عربية!! قلت له... Read more

To Walk It Is To See It

By: Kathy Elkind

Narrated by: Kathy Elkind

Length: 8 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

In 2018, Kathy Elkind and her husband decided to take a grown-up “gap year” in Europe and walk the 1,400-mile Grande Randonnée Cinq (GR5) across The Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and France.At fifty-seven, Kathy has chosen comfort over hardship: she and Jim get to indulge in warm beds and delicious regional food every night and croissants in... Read more

How to Butter Toast

By: Tara Wigley

Narrated by: Tara Wigley & Yotam Ottolenghi

Length: 2 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

How to Butter Toast is the antidote to cookbook-overload. In this fun and entertaining recipe book without any recipes, Ottolenghi co-writer Tara Wigley equips you with rhymes and confidence to cook great food instinctively. Melted butter on hot toast and served up on a plate. ... Read more