Essays audiobooks

FoodWISE

By: Gigi Berardi

Narrated by: Julie Slater

Length: 6 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

The definitive guide for food lovers on how to make the right food choices amidst a sea of ever-changing information, and an invitation to return to the joys of garden and kitchen

We live in a culture awash with advice on nutrition and eating. Who do we believe? And what does it really mean to eat healthy? Food Wise is for anyone who has felt... Read more

Hitching for Hope

By: Ruairí McKiernan

Narrated by: Gary Furlong

Length: 6 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

A modern travel tale—part personal pilgrimage, part political quest—that captures the power of human resilience "McKiernan sticks his thumb out, and somehow a healthy dose of humanity manages to roll up alongside him. . . . This book is a paean to nuance, decency and possibility."—Colum McCann, National Book Award winner and New York Times... Read more

Lean Out

By: Tara Henley

Narrated by: Tara Henley

Length: 8 hours

Abridged: No

INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER

"Travel to the land of Couldn't Be More Timely."--Margaret Atwood on Lean Out, in the West End Phoenix

"What begins as one woman's critique of our culture of overwork and productivity ultimately becomes an investigation into our most urgent problems: vast inequality, loneliness, economic precarity, and isolation from... Read more

Constellations

By: Sinéad Gleeson

Narrated by: Sinéad Gleeson

Length: 5 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

The #1 Irish bestseller and winner of Non-Fiction Book of the Year at the 2019 An Post Irish Book Awards, winner of the 2020 Dalkey Literary Awards, named Best Book of the Year by the Guardian, Observer, Image, Irish Times, New Statesman, and Irish Independent, Sinéad Gleeson’s essays chronicle—in crystalline, tender, powerful prose—life in a... Read more

Your Life Is a Life of Hope!

By: Lord Birthday

Narrated by: Matthew Frow

Length: 2 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

What makes life worth living? If you ask Lord Birthday, the answer is visor hats. And lighthouses. And the stranger who gave him a half-eaten panini on the bus the other day.

In Your Life Is a Life of Hope!, the Internet’s favorite mustachioed king presents a series of short, illustrated essays in which he argues for hope by way of absurdity and... Read more

Lives of Houses

By: Hermione Lee & Kate Kennedy

Narrated by: Lisa Coleman, Phyllida Nash, Hermione Lee, Kate...

Length: 9 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

This audiobook narrated by Kate Kennedy and Hermione Lee celebrates our fascination with the houses of famous literary figures, artists, composers, and politicians of the past With additional narration by Lisa Coleman, Phyllida Nash, and Richard Pryal Features contributions by notable writers such as UK poet laureate Simon Armitage, Julian... Read more

One Hundred Daffodils

By: Rebecca Winn

Narrated by: Rebecca Winn

Length: 7 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

"When women share the truth about life and loss . . . hope is restored" in this enlightening and comforting memoir about purpose, personal growth, and nature's ability to heal (Sarah Ban Breathnach).
"There is so much life in the garden. That is why I come. Life that is gentle, self-supporting, and beautiful. Continuous in its cycles, grounded,... Read more

Had I Known

By: Barbara Ehrenreich

Narrated by: Suzanne Toren

Length: 10 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Winner of the 2021 PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay, HAD I KNOWN contains the most provocative, incendiary, and career-making pieces by bestselling author, essayist, political activist, and "veteran muckraker" Barbara Ehrenreich (The New Yorker).

A self-proclaimed "myth buster by trade," Barbara Ehrenreich has covered an... Read more

This Ain’t No Holiday Inn

By: James Lough

Narrated by: Paul Boehmer, Gabrielle de Cuir, Robertson Dean...

Length: 8 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

During its heyday, the Chelsea Hotel in New York City was a home and safe haven for Bohemian artists, poets, and musicians such as Bob Dylan, Gregory Corso, Allen Ginsberg, Janis Joplin, and Dee Dee Ramone.This oral history of the famed hotel peers behind the iconic façade and delves into the mayhem, madness, and brilliance that stemmed from the... Read more

Thailand - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture

By: Roger Jones

Narrated by: Charles Armstrong

Length: 2 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

For many outsiders, Thailand still conjures up images of the East at its most mysterious and enchanting—a view largely formed by Hollywood films like The King and I. Never conquered by foreigners, this proud and ancient land has been shaped by Buddhism, the monarchy, and the military. Today, it is a representative democracy with a populist... Read more

Infinite Variety

By: Amit Varma

Narrated by: Amit Varma

Length: 14 minutes

Abridged: No

India may seem sexually repressed and prudish – but in the past, we just been just the opposite. In episode 10 of The Book Club, Amit Varma discusses 'Infinite Variety', Madhavi Menon's eye-opening history of desire in India. Read more

Netherlands - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide To Customs & Culture

By: Sheryl Buckland

Narrated by: Charles Armstrong

Length: 3 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Taking listeners beyond the stereotypical images of windmills, clogs, and tulips, this pocket-sized guide helps visitors understand the complex layers of identity in this small, densely populated country on Europe's northwestern seaboard. With roots as a maritime nation that built a network for transportation, defense, and trade, the Netherlands... Read more

Romania - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture

By: Debbie Stowe

Narrated by: Charles Armstrong

Length: 3 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

A land of mountains, hills, and fertile plains, Romania is a tourist destination waiting to be discovered. It is a rich and complex country: a place whose cities are home to beautiful parks and vibrant cultural scenes and whose people welcome guests warmly into their homes, sharing the best of whatever they have and partying into the night,... Read more

Im Grunde gut - Eine neue Geschichte der Menschheit (Ungekürzte Lesung)

By: Rutger Bregman

Narrated by: Julian Mehne

Length: 13 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Der Historiker und Journalist Rutger Bregman setzt sich in seinem neuen Buch mit dem Wesen des Menschen auseinander. Anders als in der westlichen Denktradition angenommen ist der Mensch seinen Thesen nach nicht böse, sondern im Gegenteil: von Grund auf gut. Und geht man von dieser Prämisse aus, ist es möglich, die Welt und den Menschen in ihr... Read more

The Eye You See With

By: Robert Stone & Madison Smartt Bell

Narrated by: Robert Fass

Length: 11 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

The definitive collection of nonfiction—from war reporting to literary criticism to the sharpest political writing—from the “legend of American letters” (Vanity Fair)

Robert Stone was a singular American writer, a visionary whose award-winning novels—including Dog Soldiers, Outerbridge Reach, and Damascus Gate—earned him comparisons to literary... Read more

Pretty Bitches

By: Lizzie Skurnick

Narrated by: Andrea Lopez, Shayna Small, Carolyne Leys, Kase...

Length: 8 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

These empowering essays from leading women writers examine the power of the gendered language that is used to diminish women -- and imagine a more liberated world.

Words matter. They wound, they inflate, they define, they demean. They have nuance and power. "Effortless," "Sassy," "Ambitious," "Aggressive": What subtle digs and sneaky implications... Read more

Happísland

By: Cédric H. Roserens

Narrated by: Angus Freathy

Length: 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Un avant-goût d'Islande avec un arrière-goût de requin fermenté. Une petite introduction sans prétention à la psyché islandaise, centrée sur Reykjavík. L'espion helvétique Hans-Ueli Stauffacher est envoyé un an en Islande pour comprendre pourquoi les Islandais sont plus heureux que les Suisses... Read more

Fantasviss

By: Cédric H. Roserens

Narrated by: Angus Freathy

Length: 1 hour 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Un guide alternatif de la Suisse, avec un brin d'ironie et un soupçon de soude caustique. Un condensé d'Helvétie, un voyage initiatique dans la psyché helvétique. L'espion islandais Sigmundur Sig parcourt les 26 chefs-lieux des 26 cantons en un mois pour comprendre pourquoi les Islandais sont moins heureux que les Suisses. Read more

Animal Kind

By: Emma Lock

Narrated by: Justine Eyre

Length: 2 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

The Beauty of Animal Companionship



For hundreds of years, humans and animals have had special bonds with each other. We've lived side-by-side through thick and thin—these relationships are not just about raising pets and farm animals. Our animal companions offer inspiration, friendship, health, and real-life opportunities for recovery that we... Read more

Short Life in a Strange World

By: Toby Ferris

Narrated by: Jot Davies

Length: 9 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Sure to be hailed alongside H is for Hawk and The Hare with Amber Eyes, an exceptional work that is at once an astonishing journey across countries and continents, an immersive examination of a great artist’s work, and a moving and intimate memoir.In 2012, facing the death of his father and impending fatherhood, Toby Ferris set off on a... Read more

Too Much

By: Rachel Vorona Cote

Narrated by: Suehyla El-Attar & Rachel Vorona Cote

Length: 11 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Lacing cultural criticism, Victorian literature, and storytelling together, "TOO MUCH spills over: with intellect, with sparkling prose, and with the brainy arguments of Vorona Cote, who posits that women are all, in some way or another, still susceptible to being called too much." (Esmé Weijun Wang)

A weeping woman is a monster. So too is a fat... Read more

The Book of Spice

By: John O'Connell

Narrated by: Kyle Tait

Length: 8 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

A tasty compendium of spices and a fascinating history and wide array of uses of the world’s favorite flavors―The Book of Spice: From Anise to Zedoary reveals the amazing history of spices both familiar and esoteric. John O’Connell’s erudite chapters combine history with insights into art, religion, medicine, science, and they’re richly seasoned... Read more

Buy Yourself the F*cking Lilies

By: Tara Schuster

Narrated by: Tara Schuster

Length: 11 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Brutally honest, often hilarious, hard-won lessons in learning to love and care for yourself from a former vice president at Comedy Central who was called “ahead of her time” by Jordan Peele

“You’re going to want Tara Schuster to become your new best friend.”—Glennon Doyle, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Untamed

“Compelling, persuasive,... Read more

The Magicians

By: Marcus Chown

Narrated by: Marcus Chown

Length: 9 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

The spellbinding stories of the scientists whose eureka! breakthroughs in modern physics reveal science's astonishing predictive power. 'An excellent popular science book.' DARA Ó BRIAIN 'A thoroughly informative and entertaining read.' ANNA BURNS, Booker Prize-winning author of Milkman 'One of the best-written books about phsyics I have... Read more