Essays audiobooks

Impossible Owls

By: Brian Phillips

Narrated by: Steve Menasche

Length: 11 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

In his highly anticipated debut essay collection, Impossible Owls, Brian Phillips demonstrates why he's one of the most iconoclastic journalists of the digital age, beloved for his ambitious, off-kilter, meticulously reported essays that read like novels.



The eight essays assembled here—five from Phillips's Grantland and MTV days, and three new... Read more

Kamikaze Kangaroos!

By: Tony James Slater

Narrated by: Tim Campbell

Length: 11 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Tony James Slater knew nothing about Australia. Except for the fact that he’d just arrived there. The stage is set for an outrageous adventure: three people, one van, on an epic, 20,000 mile road trip around Australia. What could possibly go wrong?

Of course, the van—nicknamed "Rusty"—is a crumbling wreck, held together by the world’s most... Read more

Unsuitable Boy

By: Karan Johar

Narrated by: Gaurav Sajjanhar

Length: 8 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Karan Johar is synonymous with success, panache, quick wit, and outspokenness, which sometimes inadvertently creates controversy and makes headlines. KJo, as he is popularly called, has been a much-loved Bollywood film director, producer, actor, and discoverer of new talent. With his flagship Dharma Production, he has constantly challenged the... Read more

50 Cups Of Coffee

By: Khushnuma Daruwala

Narrated by: Aditi Thirani

Length: 4 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Dating is an undeniably daunting task, especially when you're done with casual flings and are looking for the real deal to settle down with. When a 30-something woman signs up on a dating website for people looking to get married, she realizes just how delightful, vexing, amusing and befuddling trying to find the perfect husband can be. Based... Read more

The Detox Diet

By: Shonali Sabherwal

Narrated by: Vanita Masquerenhas

Length: 7 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Shonali Sabherwal is a celebrity nutritionist who specializes in improving immunity, removing toxins, managing weight, reversing ‘leaky-gut’ syndrome and other autoimmune ailments by first altering the biodiversity of the gut. In her new book The Detox Diet, she sheds light on how the root of everything connected to our health lies in... Read more

Not a Nice Man To Know

By: Khushwant Singh

Narrated by: Dev Haldar J

Length: 17 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

The essential Khushwant Singh collection.
 
In an essay in this anthology, Khushwant Singh claims that he is not a nice man to know. Whatever the truth of that assertion, there is little question about his skill as a witty, eloquent and entertaining writer. This book collects the best of over three decades of the author’s prose—including... Read more

Red Lipstick: The Men In My Life

By: Laxmi

Narrated by: Benaifer Mirza

Length: 5 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

The world keeps taunting him as girlish but the fact is that, biologically, he is a boy. And, he is always attracted to guys. Is Laxmi both a man and a woman? Or, perhaps, neither a man nor a woman? The first inklings and stirrings of lust that Laxmi remembers came from noticing big, strong arms, the hint of a guy's moustache over his lips,... Read more

Fandango at the Wall

By: Kabir Sehgal

Narrated by: Kabir Sehgal & Douglas Brinkley

Length: 3 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Multi-Grammy-winning producer and New York Times bestselling author Kabir Sehgal examines the relationship between the US and Mexico, accompanied by music from Grammy-winning musician Arturo O'Farrill and special guests, an extended foreword from historian Douglas Brinkley, and afterword by Ambassador Andrew Young.

The US-Mexican relationship... Read more

American Like Me

By: America Ferrera

Narrated by: America Ferrera, Bambadjan Bamba, Joy Cho, Auli...

Length: 9 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

From Academy Award–nominated actress and 2023 SeeHer award recipient America Ferrera comes a vibrant and varied collection of first-person accounts from prominent figures about the experience of growing up between cultures.

America Ferrera has always felt wholly American, and yet, her identity is inextricably... Read more

Haltung zeigen! (Ungekürzt)

By: Anja Reschke

Narrated by: Anja Reschke

Length: 1 hour 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Haltung ist wieder ein öffentliches Thema, es wird danach gefragt, gar gerufen. Offenbar fehlt es daran. Menschen, die Haltung zeigen, Journalisten, Politiker, Whistleblower, werden dafür gelobt und geliked. Oder je nach dem auch angefeindet. Aber was ist das eigentlich: Haltung? Seit Anja Reschke immer wieder attestiert wird, Haltung zu zeigen,... Read more

Beautiful Country Burn Again

By: Ben Fountain

Narrated by: Ron Butler

Length: 14 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

In a sweeping work of reportage set over the course of 2016, New York Times bestselling author Ben Fountain recounts a surreal year of politics and an exploration of the third American existential crisis Twice before in its history, the United States has been faced with a crisis so severe it was forced to reinvent itself in order to survive:... Read more

Penguins and Golden Calves

By: Madeleine L'Engle

Narrated by: Pamela Almand

Length: 7 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Despite protests and warnings from friends and family, author Madeleine L’Engle, at the age of seventy-four, embarked on a rafting trip to Antarctica. Her journey through the startling beauty of the continent led her to write Penguins and Golden Calves, a captivating discussion of how opening oneself up to icons, or everyday “windows to God,”... Read more

Dispatches from Planet 3

By: Marcia Bartusiak

Narrated by: Gabra Zackman

Length: 6 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

The galaxy, the multiverse, and the history of astronomy are explored in this engaging compilation of cosmological “tales” by multiple award-winning science writer Marcia Bartusiak. In thirty-two concise and engrossing essays, the author provides a deeper understanding of the nature of the universe and those who strive to uncover its... Read more

Nobody Cares

By: Anne T. Donahue

Narrated by: Anne T. Donahue

Length: 4 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

“The internet’s best friend.” — Flare
From the author of the popular newsletter That’s What She Said, Nobody Cares is a frank, funny personal essay collection about work, failure, friendship, and the messy business of being alive in your twenties and thirties.
As she shares her hard-won insights from screwing up, growing up, and trying to find her... Read more

My Own Devices

By: Dessa

Narrated by: Dessa

Length: 7 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

“I love the way Dessa puts words together. In her songs, in her poetry, in her short stories, and now in this beautiful and candid memoir.  Wanna be an artist? Get this book.”
--Lin-Manuel Miranda

"Dessa writes beautifully about a wide range of topics, including science, music, and the pain that comes with being in love; it's a surprising and... Read more

Basketball

By: Jackie MacMullan, Rafe Bartholomew & Dan Klores

Narrated by: James Fouhey, Jim Frangione, Sullivan Jones, Pe...

Length: 16 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

A sweeping and revelatory history of basketball, drawing upon hundreds of hours of interviews with the greatest players, coaches, executives, and journalists in the history of the game.

In an effort to tell the complete story of basketball in all its fascinating dimensions, acclaimed authors Jackie Macmullan, Rafe Bartholomew and Dan Klores have... Read more

Bright Evening Star

By: Madeleine L'Engle

Narrated by: Pamela Almand

Length: 5 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

For over fifty years, L'Engle has been delighting and inspiring readers with her warm, eloquent prose, and inspirational poetry. She continues this tradition with Bright Evening Star, a personal reflection of the mystery and majesty of the Incarnation of Jesus Christ. Bright Evening Star provides a glimpse into the life stories of this prolific... Read more

This Is Portland, 2nd Edition

By: Alexander Barrett & Andrew Dickson

Narrated by: Alexander Barrett

Length: 1 hour 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Captures the emotional experience of Portland, OregonA first-hand look at a city that people can’t seem to stop talking about. It’s a guidebook of sorts, but not to restaurants and sightseeing. Instead, Alexander Barrett is your friendly guide to the quirky characters and atmosphere of Portland, Oregon, and how fun, beautiful, and ridiculous it... Read more

La démocratie hasardeuse: élections ou tirage au sort

By: Hugo Bonin

Narrated by: Pierre Corriveau

Length: 4 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Du "vrai monde" qui imposerait des "vraies affaires" constamment à la première chambre élue et au gouvernement. Je sais que ça n'arrivera pas. Mais juste d'y penser, ça nous permet de mieux comprendre certains défauts de nos démocraties. Et c'est ce que le livre d'Hugo Bonin nous permet de faire admirablement. ( Antoine Robitaille, Le Journal de... Read more

Shrewed

By: Elizabeth Renzetti

Narrated by: Elizabeth Renzetti

Length: 6 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Why are there so few women in politics? Why is public space, whether it’s the street or social media, still so inhospitable to women? What does Carrie Fisher have to do with Mary Wollstonecraft? And why is a wedding ceremony Satan’s playground?These are some of the questions that bestselling author and acclaimed journalist Elizabeth Renzetti... Read more

El ritmo de la cancha

By: Jacobo Rivero Rodríguez

Narrated by: Pau Ferrer

Length: 4 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Una colección de historias fascinantes -y reales- en torno a un deporte que levanta pasiones: El ritmo de la cancha es un viaje alrededor del mundo y a través de la historia Sam Balter se subió en 1936 a un barco en el puerto de Manhattan que le llevó al epicentro de la infamia. El rey Faruq I le robó un sable al Sha de Persia y el reloj a... Read more

He Held Radical Light

By: Christian Wiman

Narrated by: John Lescault

Length: 3 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

A moving meditation on memory, oblivion, and eternity by one of our most celebrated poetsWhat is it we want when we can’t stop wanting? And how do we make that hunger productive and vital rather than corrosive and destructive? These are the questions that animate Christian Wiman as he explores the relationships between art and faith, death and... Read more

This Land

By: Dan Barry

Narrated by: Allan Robertson, Janina Edwards & Dan Barry

Length: 12 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

A landmark collection by New York Times journalist Dan Barry, selected from a decade of his distinctive "This Land" columns and presenting a powerful but rarely seen portrait of America.

In the wake of Hurricane Katrina and on the eve of a national recession, New York Times writer Dan Barry launched a column about America: not the one populated... Read more

The Old Man and the Gun

By: David Grann

Narrated by: Mark Deakins

Length: 3 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon, a mesmerizing collection of true-crime stories that includes "The Old Man and the Gun"—the inspiration for the movie starring Robert Redford and Sissy Spacek, along with two other riveting tales.

"The Old Man and the Gun" is the incredible story of a bank robber and... Read more