Essays audiobooks

I Hate Men

By: Pauline Harmange

Narrated by: Emily Lucienne

Length: 1 hour 14 minutes

Abridged: No

The feminist book they tried to ban in France ‘A delightful book’ Roxane Gay Women, especially feminists and lesbians, have long been accused of hating men. Our instinct is to deny it at all costs. (After all, women have been burnt at the stake for admitting to less.) But what if mistrusting men,... Read more

True Stories and Other Rarities: Backpacking in Asia

By: Mark Gowan

Narrated by: Mark Gowan

Length: 8 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

When the lamp hit the wall we knew we needed a change. And change things we did. Very shortly afterwards we sold almost everything we owned, bought backpacks and boots and two one-way tickets to Bangkok Thailand. We didn't know when we were coming back or even where we would go but Bangkok was a start and we needed a new start. Living a quiet... Read more

How to be Human: Life Lessons from Buddy Hirani

By: Manjeet Hirani

Narrated by: Aishwarya Singh

Length: 1 hour 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Manjeet Hirani was adamant that a dog would never enter her house, but that was before little Buddy arrived at her doorstep.

One day, the doorbell rang. Her husband, Rajkumar Hirani, who had just finished shooting for the film PK, had sent a parcel for their son. It was an adorable puppy, one that had played the role of a depressed dog... Read more

No One Asked For This

By: Cazzie David

Narrated by: Cazzie David, Gabra Zackman & James Langton

Length: 7 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. From writer/director Cazzie David comes a series of acerbic, darkly funny essays about anxiety, social media, misanthropy, and growing up in a wildly eccentric family.
For Cazzie David, the world is one big trap door leading to death and despair and social phobia. From shame spirals caused by hookups to panic attacks... Read more

Not Necessarily Rocket Science

By: Kellie Gerardi

Narrated by: Angie Kane

Length: 6 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Humanity is on an astronomical trajectory and according to aerospace professional and popular science communicator Kellie Gerardi, that future doesn’t rest solely on the shoulders of rocket scientists. Gerardi’s non-traditional path in the space industry shows us that humanity’s next giant leap will require the contributions of artists,... Read more

All Things Bright and Beautiful

By: James Herriot

Narrated by: Nicholas Ralph

Length: 13 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

**This program is read by Nicholas Ralph, star of the PBS Masterpiece series**

"Nicholas Ralph’s readings of Herriot’s stories are as comforting an experience as the show, and even more immersive." —The Houston Chronicle

A tie-in to the PBS Masterpiece series and Christmas special, available on streaming and home video.

The second volume in the... Read more

Under the Open Skies

By: Markus Torgeby & Frida Torgeby

Narrated by: Steven Jay Cohen

Length: 2 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERA guide for living outdoors and communing with the natural world—under the open skies.""I believe in sleeping outdoors, surrounded by tall fir trees, darkness and cold. Lying on my back and looking up at the stars, watching my breath form thin clouds.""Under the Open Skies is one man’s perspective-shifting, immersive... Read more

I Want to Be Where the Normal People Are

By: Rachel Bloom

Narrated by: Rachel Bloom

Length: 4 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

From the charming and wickedly funny co-creator and star of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, a collection of hilarious personal essays, poems and even amusement park maps on the subjects of insecurity, fame, anxiety, and much more.
Rachel Bloom has felt abnormal and out of place her whole life. In this exploration of what she thinks makes her "different,"... Read more

Don’t Go There

By: Adam Fletcher

Narrated by: Liam Gerrard

Length: 7 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

It was supposed to be a normal city break . . .



. . . it ended in the strangest places in the world.



They shouldn't have tear gassed bestselling (bald) author Adam Fletcher. It ruined his supposedly normal holiday in Istanbul, made him curious, and began a quest to visit places everyone else is trying to escape from, and tourists don't normally... Read more

Indigenous Writes

By: Chelsea Vowel

Narrated by: Brianne Tucker

Length: 16 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Delgamuukw. Sixties Scoop. Bill C-31. Blood quantum. Appropriation. Two-Spirit. Tsilhqot’in. Status. TRC. RCAP. FNPOA. Pass and permit. Numbered Treaties. Terra nullius. The Great Peace… Are you familiar with the terms listed above? In Indigenous Writes, Chelsea Vowel, legal scholar, teacher, and intellectual, opens an important dialogue... Read more

A Cat's Tale

By: Dr. Paul Koudounaris & Baba the Cat

Narrated by: Heather Pasternak

Length: 7 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

The first comprehensive history of felines—from the laps of pagan gods to present-day status as meme stars—as revealed by a very learned tabby with a knack for hunting down facts

Since the dawn of civilization, felines have prowled alongside mankind as they expanded their territory and spread the myth of human greatness. And today, cats are... Read more

Contra los hijos

By: Lina Meruane

Narrated by: Luciana Falcon

Length: 3 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Rudo e impío, y cargado de humor, Contra los hijos cuestiona los discursos culturales que promueven la preeminencia del hijo y lo llevan a ocupar un lugar despótico en el siglo XXI. Versión revisada y ampliada del publicado en 2014, este ensayo es una provocadora advertencia contra el retorno de un modelo conservador que pretende devolver a las... Read more

Be My Guest

By: Priya Basil

Narrated by: Priya Basil

Length: 3 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

A thought-provoking meditation on food, family, identity, immigration, and, most of all, hospitality--at the table and beyond--that's part food memoir, part appeal for more authentic decency in our daily worlds, and in the world at large.

Be My Guest is an utterly unique, deeply personal meditation on what it means to tend to others and to... Read more

Earth Keeper

By: N. Scott Momaday

Narrated by: N. Scott Momaday

Length: 51 minutes

Abridged: No

""Dazzling. . . . In glittering prose, Momaday recalls stories passed down through generations, illuminating the earth as a sacrosanct place of wonder and abundance. At once a celebration and a warning, Earth Keeper is an impassioned defense of all that our endangered planet stands to lose."" — EsquireA magnificent testament to the earth, from... Read more

The Best American Mystery Stories 2020

By: C. J. Box & Otto Penzler

Narrated by: Dan John Miller, Sarah Mollo-Christensen, Chris...

Length: 16 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

A collection of the year’s best mystery short fiction selected by New York Times best-selling and Edgar Award–winning author C. J. Box.

C. J. Box , #1 New York Times best-selling author of the hugely popular Joe Pickett series, selects the best short mystery and crime fiction of the year in this annual “treat for crime-fiction fans” (Library... Read more

The Best American Short Stories 2020

By: Curtis Sittenfeld & Heidi Pitlor

Narrated by: Curtis Sittenfeld, Soneela Nankani, Peter Ganim...

Length: 16 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

“To read their stories felt to me the way I suspect other people feel hearing jazz for the first time,” recalls Curtis Sittenfeld of her initial encounter with the Best American Short Stories series. “They were windows into emotions I had and hadn’t had, into other settings and circumstances and observations and relationships.” Decades later,... Read more

Baseball History: The History of Baseball Along With Fascinating Facts & Unbelievably True Stories

By: Ace McCloud

Narrated by: Joshua Mackey

Length: 1 hour 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Would you love to explore the incredible and exciting history of baseball?
Whether you want to (1) learn amazing and interesting facts about baseball history, (2) discover some of baseball’s greatest events and stories, or (3) be thoroughly entertained as you learn how baseball has evolved over the years, this audio book will give you everything... Read more

La mentira noble

By: Carlos Peña

Narrated by: Lucas Medina

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Carlos Peña aborda y polemiza en este breve ensayo el concepto de meritocracia
Hoy día uno de los debates más frecuentes, que ha dado origen a ríos de tinta, es el del lugar que le caben al mérito y a la suerte, es decir, al esfuerzo y a la fortuna, en la distribución de recursos y de oportunidades ¿Cuántos bienes han de correspondernos en... Read more

Jiboner Lokhkhyo ebong Anyanya Rochona

By: Pabitra Adhikary

Narrated by: Sanchaita Biswas & Ashish Hazra

Length: 1 hour 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Collection of esseys by Pabitra Adhikary Read more

Call the Vet

By: Bruce Fogle

Narrated by: Bruce Fogle

Length: 9 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Arriving in 1970s’ London as a fresh-faced Canadian, Bruce Fogle assumed that because he knew the language, he would understand the English. As a graduate of the world’s best veterinary school, he also thought his profession would come naturally to him. He quickly learned not to make assumptions… Bruce began his career at... Read more

The Gifts of Reading

By: Robert Macfarlane, William Boyd, Candice Carty-...

Narrated by: Damian Lynch, Frank Laverty, Gabrielle Glaister...

Length: 8 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

With contributions by: William Boyd, Candice Carty-Williams, Imtiaz Dharker, Roddy Doyle, Pico Iyer, Robert Macfarlane, Andy Miller, Jackie Morris, Jan Morris, Sisonke Msimang, Dina Nayeri, Chigozie Obioma, Michael Ondaatje, David Pilling, Max Porter, Philip Pullman, Alice Pung, Jancis Robinson, S.F.Said, Madeleine Thien, Salley Vickers, John... Read more

C'mere and I Tell Ya

By: Johnny McMahon & Johnny O'Brien

Narrated by: Johnny McMahon & Johnny O'Brien

Length: 4 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Penguin.

The 2 Johnnies' massive success has taken them as far afield as Sydney, Compton and Abu Dhabi. But for them nothing compares to living in Ireland. And in C'Mere and I Tell Ya they dig into the tastes, habits and rites of passage that have made them who they are.

Whether it's ...
- dressing for the debs ('I'd say my... Read more

Where I Come From

By: Rick Bragg

Narrated by: Rick Bragg

Length: 7 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

From the best-selling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of All Over but the Shoutin' and The Best Cook in the World, a collection of irresistible columns from Southern Living and Garden & Gun

Celebrated author and newspaper columnist Rick Bragg brings us an ode to the stories and history of the Deep South, filled with “eclectic nuggets about... Read more

Gods at Play

By: Tom Callahan

Narrated by: Danny Campbell

Length: 9 hours

Abridged: No

A beautifully observed narrative of American sport: character, grit, tragedy, unremarked heroism, and, always, the illuminating story behind the story.



As a columnist for Time magazine, among many other publications, Tom Callahan witnessed an extraordinary number of defining moments in American sport across four decades. He takes us from Roberto... Read more