Essays audiobooks

How to Get Successful by F*cking Up Your Life

By: Anna David

Narrated by: Kellie Mitchell (Female Synthesized Voice)

Length: 3 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

This recording has been digitally produced, by DeepZen Limited, using a synthesized version of an audiobook narrator’s voice under license. DeepZen uses Emotive Speech Technology to create digital narrations that offer a similar listening experience to human narration.Anna David was, in every way, groomed for success. She grew up in an affluent... Read more

India: A Million Mutinies Now

By: V. S. Naipaul

Narrated by: Sam Dastor

Length: 24 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Arising out of Naipaul’s lifelong obsession and passion for a country that is at once his and totally alien, India: A Million Mutinies Now relates the stories of many of the people he met traveling there more than fifty years ago. He explores how they have been steered by the innumerable frictions present in Indian society—the contradictions and... Read more

The Last Resort

By: Douglas Rogers

Narrated by: Kevin Hanssen

Length: 12 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Born and raised in Zimbabwe, Douglas Rogers is the son of white farmers living through that country's long and tense transition from postcolonial rule. He escaped the dull future mapped out for him by his parents for one of adventure and excitement in Europe and the United States. But when Zimbabwe's president Robert Mugabe launched his violent... Read more

Sorry Not Sorry

By: Alyssa Milano

Narrated by: Alyssa Milano

Length: 7 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Alyssa Milano’s sharply observed, uproarious, and deeply intimate ode to the life she has lived and the issues that matter most.
 
Alyssa Milano, actress and activist, delivers here a collection of powerful personal essays that get to the heart of her life, career, and all-out humanitarianism. These essays are unvarnished and elegant, funny and... Read more

Baggage

By: Alan Cumming

Narrated by: Alan Cumming

Length: 8 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

""An intimate look at the making of a man, an actor, an advocate—and most importantly—a happy human being. A wonderful book that is funny, honest, fearless, and generous in its vulnerability."" —Douglas Stuart, Booker Prize-winning author of Shuggie BainThere is absolutely no logical reason why I am here. The life trajectory my nationality and... Read more

Mister Big ou la glorification des amours toxiques

By: India Desjardins

Narrated by: Marie-Claude Guérin

Length: 3 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

"La fiction pourrait-elle influencer notre perspective du monde, et plus particulièrement nos relations amoureuses? En décortiquant la relation entre Mister Big et Carrie, deux personnages centraux de la série Sex and the City, India Desjardins tente de démontrer, avec un regard bienveillant, que cette relation présentait tous les traits de la... Read more

Ofendiditos

By: Lucía Lijtmaer

Narrated by: Lucía Lijtmaer

Length: 1 hour 31 minutes

Abridged: No

¿Dónde están las verdaderas amenazas a la libertad de expresión? ¿Se está criminalizando la protesta?  En los últimos tiempos saltan a la prensa noticias como la censura del cartel de una exposición de Egon Schiele, se genera debate en torno a un cuadro de Balthus o a la Lolita de Nabokov... ¿Nos invade una oleada de neopuritanismo? ¿Se instaura... Read more

Fallen Idols

By: Alex von Tunzelmann

Narrated by: Kristin Atherton

Length: 9 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

An Economist Best Book of the YearIn this timely and lively look at the act of toppling monuments, the popular historian and author of Blood and Sand explores the vital question of how a society remembers—and confronts—the past.In 2020, history came tumbling down. From the US and the UK to Belgium, New Zealand, and Bangladesh, Black Lives Matter... Read more

Too Famous

By: Michael Wolff

Narrated by: Holter Graham

Length: 12 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

This program includes an introduction read by the author.

If you can judge an audiobook by its enemies, Too Famous could be an instant classic.

Bestselling author of Fire and Fury and chronicler of the Trump White House Michael Wolff dissects more of the major monsters, media whores, and vainglorious figures of our time. His scalpel opens their... Read more

La agonia de Francia

By: Manuel Chaves Nogales

Narrated by: Oscar Lopez

Length: 4 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

En noviembre de 1936, Manuel Chaves Nogales, descorazonado por el rumbo que está tomando la guerra civil, decide abandonar España e instalarse con su familia en París. Allí colaborará con la prensa francesa y latinoamericana e incluso pondrá en marcha una publicación semiartesanal sobre la actualidad española dirigida a los exiliados... Read more

El día que aprendí que no sé amar

By: Aura García-Junco

Narrated by: Marysol Cantú

Length: 5 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Seamos «progres», conservadores o quimeras, el peso otorgado a la idea de exclusividad en una relación amorosa es un tema que levanta pasiones. En el fondo se nos educa para aspirar a una utopía: al día en que finalmente descubramos el Amor Verdadero y encontremos a nuestra media naranja. Pero la fantasía del amor romántico, lejos de ser la... Read more

Top 10 Vaccine Objections

By: Alex Ramirez

Narrated by: Andy Stevenson

Length: 1 hour 46 minutes

Abridged: No

If you have ever thought any of the following, “Vaccines are not for me, I'm young and healthy and don't need them”; “I rather develop natural immunity to infections, without vaccination”; “Immunisation is a personal choice, it only affects me, so I'll take the risk” then this book is for you. You would also enjoy this book if you have ever... Read more

Poetry is Queer

By: Kirby

Narrated by: Kirby

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Poetry is Queer is a kaleidoscope of sexual outlaws, gay icons, Sapphic poets, and great lovers—real and imagined—conjured like gateway drugs to a queer world. Claiming the word “queer” for those “who self-proclaim the authority of their own bodies in defiance of church and state,” Kirby pays tribute to gay touchstones while embodying both their... Read more

Known and Strange Things

By: Teju Cole

Narrated by: Peter Jay Fernandez

Length: 12 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

A blazingly intelligent first book of essays from the award-winning author of Open City and Every Day Is for the Thief

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
Time • The Guardian • Harper's Bazaar • San Francisco Chronicle • The Atlantic • Financial Times • Kirkus

Finalist for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay and... Read more

The Best American Short Stories 2021

By: Jesmyn Ward & Heidi Pitlor

Narrated by: LIsa Flanagan, Robin Eller, Tre Hall, Katy Tang...

Length: 11 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

A collection of the year’s best stories selected by celebrated two-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn WardIn her introduction to The Best American Short Stories 2021, guest editor JesmynWard says that the best fiction offers the reader a “sense of repair.”The stories in this year’s collection accomplish just that, immersing the reader in... Read more

Words from the Window Seat

By: Taylor Tippett

Narrated by: Chloe Dolandis

Length: 3 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Flight attendant Taylor Tippett had just finished beverage service and was sitting in the back of a Boeing 737 when she had a revelation: How can I show kindness to these passengers if I can't show it to myself? She grabbed a tiny notepad and a Sharpie and wrote a simple message that would change her life: "Be kind to yourself."Before she had... Read more

Everyone You Hate Is Going to Die

By: Daniel Sloss

Narrated by: Daniel Sloss

Length: 6 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

One of this generation's hottest and boldest young comedians presents a transgressive and hilarious analysis of all of our dysfunctional relationships, and attempts to point us in the vague direction of sanity.

Daniel Sloss's stand-up comedy engages, enrages, offends, unsettles, educates, comforts, and gets audiences roaring with laughter—all at... Read more

Alien Nation

By: Sofija Stefanovic

Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller & Feodor Chin

Length: 7 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

A collection of 36 extraordinary stories originally told on stage, featuring work by writers, entertainers, thinkers, and community leaders. Spanning comedy and tragedy, Alien Nation brilliantly illuminates what it’s like to be an immigrant in America.
America would not be America without its immigrants. This anthology, adapted from storytelling... Read more

변기에 빠진 세계사

By: 이영숙

Narrated by: 이상운

Length: 3 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

"생활과 미용은 물론이고 예술과 산업까지 버려진 오물로 세계사를 읽다! 우리 생활과 밀접한 의식주를 주제로 한 『식탁 위의 세계사』 『옷장 속의 세계사』 『지붕 밑의 세계사』에서 세계사의 다양한 면모를 폭넓게 조망한 이영숙 저자가 이번에는 우리 주변에 존재하는 '지저분한 것들의 세계사'에 집중했다. 지저분하고 쓸모없게만 느껴지는 오물은 인류의 삶에 어떤 영향을 주었을까? 『변기에 빠진 세계사』는 똥, 오줌, 악취, 목욕, 전염병 등 온갖 지저분한 것들을 통해 세계사의 중요한 사건들 속으로 안내하는 유쾌한 청소년 교양서이다. 골치 아픈 시험 과목이나 고대사부터 시간 순서대로 흐르는 뻔한 연대기가 아닌 흥미로운... Read more

Tiny Yellow Hat

By: J Michael Chamberlain

Narrated by: J Michael Chamberlain

Length: 4 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

 This wildly entertaining book is laced with wicked concepts, cheap shots, and a few bright ideas; a feast of funny words and clever notions without once mentioning vampires, aliens, or zombies. J. M. Chamberlain created the perfect blend of madcap rants and true-life experiences regarding his years on the road as a stand-up comedian, actor, and... Read more

El poder corrompe

By: Gabriel Zaid

Narrated by: Noé Velázquez

Length: 3 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

La corrupción no fue una característica lamentable del llamado Sistema Político Mexicano: fue el Sistema Político Mexicano. La corrupción de los poderes públicos es una tradición universal y milenaria. En México, tuvo un papel histórico: apaciguar a los caudillos insurgentes del siglo XIX y revolucionarios del XX, entronizando al presidente como... Read more

In The Footsteps Of Rama

By: Vikrant Pande & Neelesh Kulkarni

Narrated by: Abhishek Sharma

Length: 9 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Vikrant Pande and Neelesh Kulkarni's quest to retrace the trail of Rama's fabled travels during his years in exile began with their trying to locate Chitrakoot on the map and realizing that they had little idea where it might be. Curious about the places mentioned in the Ramayana, they set off on a journey of their own, following Rama's route... Read more

Corps rebelle

By: Gabrielle Lisa Collard

Narrated by: Catherine Ethier

Length: 4 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Corps rebelle est tissé de textes ayant été publiés sur le populaire blogue militant anti-grossophobie Dix Octobre et de pièces inédites. Il traite avec aplomb, humour et vulnérabilité de la vie dans la peau d’une grosse et de la quête du bonheur de celles et ceux dont le corps, à la fois invisible et trop visible, est perçu comme l’ennemi... Read more

A Sailor, A Chicken, An Incredible Voyage

By: Guirec Soudée

Narrated by: Trevor Lawless

Length: 9 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

“Exciting, funny, and occasionally heart-stopping … readers can stay home and dry, but feel like they are on the high seas.”—BOOKLIST

A man and his chicken sail 45,000 nautical miles in this powerful story of following your dreams no matter what stands in your way.

When Guirec Soudée was 21 years old, he bought a 30-foot sailboat and set out... Read more