Essays audiobooks

Memoria o caos

By: Valentí Puig

Narrated by: Arturo López

Length: 3 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

En un mundo en el que las modas son la esencia de todo, las costumbres quedan relegadas a convertirse en algo perecedero. El escritor y articulista Valentí Puig aborda en este ensayo una lúcida reflexión sobre cómo la aceleración del tiempo acorta nuestra memoria y, en consecuencia, nos desliga irremediablemente de las formas del pasado. «Sin... Read more

A Yorkshire Vet: The Next Chapter

By: Julian Norton

Narrated by: Simon Slater

Length: 7 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

The Yorkshire Vet embarks on this newest adventure treating the animals and their assorted owners across the Yorkshire Dales.

A Yorkshire Vet: The Next Chapter follows Julian's veterinary stories and amusing anecdotes through his work as a mixed practice vet in North Yorkshire.

Julian has spent over twenty years working in Thirsk, literally... Read more

Name Drop

By: Ross Mathews

Narrated by: Ross Mathews

Length: 6 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

From Ross Mathews, the nationally bestselling author of Man Up!, judge on RuPaul’s Drag Race, and alum of Chelsea Lately, comes “a delightful mix of sweet and sour celebrity experiences” (Shelf Awareness) in this hilarious and irreverent collection of essays.

Pretend it’s happy hour and you and I are sitting at the bar. I look amazing and, I... Read more

Destination Dachshund: A Travel Memoir

By: Lisa Fleetwood

Narrated by: Stephanie Macfie

Length: 6 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

With teenage children and in-laws in tow, the Fleetwood family embark on their 3 month family vacation just days after the tragic loss of their beloved dachshund, Coco. When two miniature dachshunds in smart winter coats are spotted in Moscow, it’s game on! A riotous, often hilarious dachshund spotting competition for the lovable, long-bodied... Read more

Don't Get Too Excited

By: Jen Epstein

Narrated by: Jen Epstein

Length: 4 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Jen Epstein was born a worrier. As a child she worried her uvula would break off and she would swallow it and choke to death. Then she worried high voltage wires would get her. Eventually she was diagnosed with learning disabilities and later, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Smart but challenged, Jen navigates two years in Israel as a high school... Read more

My Shorts

By: Brian Kagan

Narrated by: Brian Kagan

Length: 3 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

You don’t have to be Jewish to love My Shorts. But it doesn’t hurt!Think David Sedaris meets Nora Efron meets Ralph from The Christmas Story.An uproarious collection of true stories featuring a chubby Cheetos-loving Jewish middle child with overactive sweat glands and an abundant imagination. His tendency towards mischief and twisting the truth... Read more

Diarios, ensayos, crónicas: la cocina de la escritura

By: José Donoso

Narrated by: Ricardo Alanis

Length: 26 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Los diarios de José Donoso han sido, por años, fuente de especulaciones y comentarios acerca de su carácter polémico y controversial. Este libro rescata una importante sección de esos diarios olvidados, y nos enfrenta como lectores a algunos de los secretos y obsesiones más profundos del gran narrador chileno. Los recuerdos de la infancia, la... Read more

Underqualified Advice

By: Drew Hayes

Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne

Length: 11 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

My name is Drew Hayes, and for the past six years I've made my living as a writer. In that time, I've published twenty books, written hundreds of thousands of words, and made countless mistakes—most of which I like to think I've learned from.



Underqualified Advice (and Other Amusing Diversions) is my attempt to compile those lessons and share... Read more

Colonize This!

By: Bushra Rehman & Daisy Hernández

Narrated by: Ariana Delawari, Sharmila Devar, Kyla Garcia, A...

Length: 13 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Newly revised and updated, this landmark anthology offers gripping portraits of American life as seen through the eyes of young women of color
It has been decades since women of color first turned feminism upside down, exposing the feminist movement as exclusive, white, and unaware of the concerns and issues of women of color from around the... Read more

Gabby

By: Barby Keel

Narrated by: Esther Wane

Length: 5 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

A moving, heartfelt true story that celebrates the way animals and humans rescue one another . . .

Baby seagulls, mischievous ferrets, strutting peacocks . . . in the decades that Barby Keel has run her animal sanctuary in the English countryside, she has seen all manner of creatures. Thousands of cats and dogs have come through her doors and,... Read more

Wonderbook (Revised and Expanded)

By: Jeff VanderMeer

Narrated by: Ryan Burke, Tanya Eby & Adam Verner

Length: 13 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Wonderbook has become the definitive guide to writing science fiction and fantasy by offering an accessible, example-rich approach that emphasizes the importance of playfulness as well as pragmatism. The book features sidebars and essays from some of the biggest names working in the field today, including George R. R. Martin, Lev Grossman, Neil... Read more

Bluets

By: Maggie Nelson

Narrated by: Maggie Nelson

Length: 2 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Suppose I were to begin by saying that I had fallen in love with a color …Since 2009, when it first published, to today, Bluets has drawn scores of readers with its surprising insights into the emotional depths that make us most human—via 240 short pieces, at once lyrical and philosophical, on the color blue. This new edition celebrates Maggie... Read more

Cómo construir una barca

By: Jonathan Gornall

Narrated by: Oscar Barberán

Length: 11 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Una oda a la importancia de los trabajos artesanos en el siglo XXI, una celebración del mar, un emotivo relato sobre la relación padre-hija. Cómo construir una barca es la historia de un hombre moderno y sin ninguna habilidad destacable que, inspirado por su amor al mar y todo lo que éste le ha enseñado, se propone construir una barca de madera... Read more

The Frozen River

By: James Crowden

Narrated by: James Crowden

Length: 12 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

‘A tour de force of luminous writing.’ Mark Cocker, Spectator ‘In 1976 James Crowden left his career in the British army and travelled to Ladakh in the Northern Himalaya, one of the most remote parts of the world. The Frozen River is his extraordinary account of the time he spent there, living... Read more

Fight of the Century

By: Michael Chabon & Ayelet Waldman

Narrated by: an All Star Cast

Length: 11 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

The American Civil Liberties Union partners with award-winning authors Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman in this “forceful, beautifully written” (Associated Press) collection that brings together many of our greatest living writers, each contributing an original piece inspired by a historic ACLU case.

On January 19, 1920, a small group of... Read more

Papeles falsos

By: Valeria Luiselli

Narrated by: Elvira Liceaga

Length: 2 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Papeles falsos, primer libro de Valeria Luiselli, está compuesto por una serie de ensayos narrativos de temas diversos, donde la constante es el registro de la original mirada de la autora, siempre presta a encontrar detalles o conexiones entre ideas de muy diverso orden, ecos de un pensamiento que por fuerza obliga al lector a repensar. La... Read more

The Stars in Our Pockets

By: Howard Axelrod

Narrated by: Tom Taylorson

Length: 5 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

What shapes our sense of place, our sense of time, and our memory? How is technology changing the way we make sense of the world and of ourselves?

Our screens offer us connection, especially now in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, but there are certain depths of connection our screens can’t offer—to ourselves, to the natural world, and to each... Read more

Pound for Pound

By: Shannon Kopp

Narrated by: Tina Wolstencroft

Length: 8 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

"The dogs don't judge me or give me a motivational speech. They don't rush me to heal or grow. They sit in my lap and lick my face and make me feel chosen. And sometimes, it hits me hard that I'm doing the exact thing I say I cannot do. Changing."



Pound for Pound is an inspirational tale about one woman's journey back to herself, and a heartfelt... Read more

Denali

By: Ben Moon

Narrated by: Ben Moon

Length: 7 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

"....a very sweet dog story" -- Outside

The story of a dog, his human, and the friendship that saved both of their lives.

When Ben Moon moved from the Midwest to Oregon, he hadn’t planned on getting a dog. But when he first met the soulful gaze of a rescue pup in a shelter, Ben instantly felt a connection, and his friendship with Denali was born.... Read more

The Vindication of the Rights of Woman

By: Amit Varma

Narrated by: Amit Varma

Length: 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Published in 1792, The Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft is not just a pioneering work of feminism, but also a step forward for political philosophy in general. Amit Varma explains how it drove liberalism forward with its argument, radical at the time, that human rights extended to all humans, and not just to men. Read more

F*ck Your Diet

By: Chloé Hilliard

Narrated by: Chloé Hilliard

Length: 9 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

*A Goodreads Choice Awards Finalist
*Named Best Comedy Book by the African American Literary Awards Show

Fans of Issa Rae and Phoebe Robinson will love this collection of laugh-out-loud funny and insightful essays that explore race, feminism, pop culture, and how society reinforces the message that we are nothing without the perfect body.

By the... Read more

Fight for Liberty

By: Mark Lasswell

Narrated by: Aaron Abano, Ewan Chung, Nimo Gandhi, Susan Han...

Length: 9 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Anne Applebaum, Garry Kasparov, Richard North Patterson, and a constellation of other thinkers make the urgent case for liberal democracy -- reinvigorating its central values in an age of doubt and discord.

Liberal democracy is in crisis around the world, besieged by authoritarianism, nationalism, and other illiberal forces. Far-right parties... Read more

Fear of Falling

By: Barbara Ehrenreich

Narrated by: Carmela Marner & Molly Parker Myers

Length: 9 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

A brilliant and insightful exploration of the rise and fall of the American middle class by New York Times bestselling author, Barbara Ehrenreich.
One of Barbara Ehrenreich's most classic and prophetic works, Fear of Falling closely examines the insecurities of the American middle class in an attempt to explain its turn to the right during the... Read more

Europe on a Budget

By: Mark Pearson & Martin Westerman

Narrated by: Will Damron & Gabra Zachman

Length: 6 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

This collection of 42 first-person accounts about backpacking in Europe will awaken a taste for adventure in those who have yet to travel, and bring back memories for those who have. Romance, surprise, discovery and wisdom all bubble through these authors’ riveting pieces.

- Find a surprise romance in the fresh sea air of Cinque Terre
- Dance the... Read more