Nonfiction audiobooks

The 5AM Club

By: Robin Sharma

Narrated by: Adam Verner

Length: 11 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Legendary leadership and elite performance expert Robin Sharma introduced The 5am Club concept over twenty years ago, based on a revolutionary morning routine that has helped his clients maximize their productivity, activate their best health and bulletproof their serenity in this age of overwhelming complexity.Now, in this life-changing guide,... Read more

Uncanny Valley

By: Anna Wiener

Narrated by: Suehyla El-Attar

Length: 8 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

"Narrator Suehyla El-Attar has a strong voice for this memoir of a woman's journey into the mostly male world of tech start-ups in Silicon Valley. She is energetic, funny, and swift while telling the story of Anna Wiener's acculturation from book publishing in Manhattan to the dot-com boom in San Francisco." —... Read more

The Autobiography of a Transgender Scientist

By: Ben Barres

Narrated by: Paul Boehmer

Length: 4 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Ben Barres was known for his groundbreaking scientific work and for his groundbreaking advocacy for gender equality in science. In this book, completed shortly before his death from pancreatic cancer in December 2017, Barres (born Barbara Barres in 1954) describes a life full of remarkable accomplishments—from his childhood as a precocious math... Read more

Frederick Douglass

By: David W. Blight

Narrated by: Prentice Onayemi

Length: 36 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

* Selected as One of the Best Books of the 21st Century by The New York Times * Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in History *

“Extraordinary…a great American biography” (The New Yorker) of the most important African American of the 19th century: Frederick Douglass, the escaped slave who became the greatest orator of his day and one of the leading... Read more

I Miss You When I Blink

By: Mary Laura Philpott

Narrated by: Mary Laura Philpott

Length: 6 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

NATIONAL BESTSELLER
One of Esquire’s Best Nonfiction Books of the Year
One of NPR’s Favorite Books of the Year
One of the Year’s Most Anticipated Books: BuzzFeed, Bustle, HelloGiggles, Literary Hub, She Reads

“I've spent my adult life prowling bookshelves for the modern-day reincarnation of my favorite authors—Nora Ephron, Erma Bombeck, Jean... Read more

Lafayette in the Somewhat United States

By: Sarah Vowell

Narrated by: Alexis Denisof, John Slattery, Sarah Vowell, Pa...

Length: 8 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

From the bestselling author of Assassination Vacation and Unfamiliar Fishes, a humorous account of the Revolutionary War hero Marquis de Lafayette—the one Frenchman we could all agree on—and an insightful portrait of a nation's idealism and its reality.

On August 16, 1824, an elderly French gentlemen sailed into New York Harbor and giddy... Read more

Bitch

By: Lucy Cooke

Narrated by: Lucy Cooke

Length: 11 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

A fierce, funny, and revolutionary look at the queens of the animal kingdom  Studying zoology made Lucy Cooke feel like a sad freak. Not because she loved spiders or would root around in animal feces: all her friends shared the same curious kinks. The problem was her sex. Being female meant she was, by nature, a loser.  Since Charles... Read more

How Y'all Doing?

By: Leslie Jordan

Narrated by: Leslie Jordan

Length: 4 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

New York Times and USA Today BestsellerAudie Award Winner, HumorViral sensation and Emmy Award-winner Leslie Jordan regales fans with entertaining stories about the odd, funny, and unforgettable events in his life in this unmissable essay collection that echoes his droll, irreverent voice.When actor Leslie Jordan learned he had “gone viral,” he... Read more

We Do This ‘Til We Free Us

By: Mariame Kaba

Narrated by: Diana Blue

Length: 9 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

"Organizing is both science and art. It is thinking through a vision, a strategy, and then figuring out who your targets are, always being concerned about power, always being concerned about how you're going to actually build power in order to be able to push your issues, in order to be able to get the target to actually move in the way that you... Read more

Glucose Revolution

By: Jessie Inchauspe

Narrated by: Jessie Inchauspe

Length: 6 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

OVER 2 MILLION COPIES SOLD * #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER * USA TODAY BESTSELLER * WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER * TRANSLATED INTO FORTY-ONE LANGUAGES

Improve all areas of your health from your sleep, cravings, mood, energy, skin, weight, and even slow down aging, with “simple and accessible science-based hacks” (Michael Mosley, MD, #1 New York... Read more

Professional Troublemaker

By: Luvvie Ajayi Jones

Narrated by: Luvvie Ajayi Jones

Length: 8 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
 
From the New York Times bestselling author of I'm Judging You, a hilarious and transformational book about how to tackle fear--that everlasting hater--and audaciously step into lives, careers, and legacies that go beyond even our wildest dreams

Luvvie Ajayi Jones is known for her trademark wit, warmth, and... Read more

Disney High

By: Ashley Spencer

Narrated by: Lalaine

Length: 10 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

This program is read by actor Lalaine, known for her roles in Disney’s Lizzie McGuire, The Disney Channel original movie You Wish, and her role as Kate in the 1999 remake of Annie. It features a foreword and an epilogue read by the author.

The first unauthorized look at the inner workings—and ultimate breakdown—of the Disney Channel machine

For... Read more

Arriving Today

By: Christopher Mims

Narrated by: James Fouhey

Length: 11 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

The Wall Street Journal technology columnist reveals the fascinating story behind the misleadingly simple phrase shoppers take for granted—“Arriving Today”—in this eye-opening investigation into the new rules of online commerce, transportation, and supply chain management.We are at a tipping point in retail history. While consumers are profiting... Read more

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

By: Caitlin Doughty

Narrated by: Caitlin Doughty

Length: 7 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Most people want to avoid thinking about death, but Caitlin Doughty - a twenty-something with a degree in medieval history and a flair for the macabre - took a job at a crematory, turning morbid curiosity into her life's work. With an original voice that combines fearless curiosity and mordant wit, Caitlin tells an unusual coming-of-age story... Read more

This Book Is Gay

By: Juno Dawson

Narrated by: Christopher Solimene

Length: 6 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Lesbian. Bisexual. Queer. Transgender. Straight. Curious. This book is for everyone, regardless of gender or sexual preference. This book is for anyone who's ever dared to wonder. This book is for you.



There's a long-running joke that, after "coming out," a lesbian, gay guy, bisexual, or trans person should receive a membership card and... Read more

Born to Run

By: Bruce Springsteen

Narrated by: Bruce Springsteen

Length: 18 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

The revelatory and wildly bestselling memoir by legendary rock star Bruce Springsteen: “Glorious…a philosophically rich ramble through a rock ’n roll life…It’s the lyric he was born to write” (USA TODAY, 4 out of 4 stars).

Over the past seven years, Bruce Springsteen has privately devoted himself to writing the story of his life. The result is... Read more

How to Be the Love You Seek

By: Dr. Nicole LePera

Narrated by: Courtney Patterson

Length: 10 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER""A practical, reader-friendly, and inspiring primer on how to extend true connection and love to others.” —Gabor Maté M.D., New York Times bestselling author of The Myth of NormalFrom the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller How to Do the Work comes this paradigm-shifting guide to healing your... Read more

Womb

By: Leah Hazard

Narrated by: Leah Hazard

Length: 10 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

“Page for page, I may not have ever learned more from a book.... Womb is a history book as well as a biology book but it’s also an adventure and a celebration.” —Rob Delaney, actor and author of A Heart That WorksA groundbreaking, triumphant investigation of the uterus—from birth to death, in sickness and in health, throughout history and into... Read more

What If? 2

By: Randall Munroe

Narrated by: Wil Wheaton

Length: 6 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of What If? and How To answers more of the weirdest questions you never thought to ask
 
The millions of people around the world who read and loved What If? still have questions, and those questions are getting stranger. Thank goodness xkcd creator Randall Munroe is here to help. Planning to ride a fire... Read more

Sand Talk

By: Tyson Yunkaporta

Narrated by: Tyson Yunkaporta

Length: 7 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

A paradigm-shifting book in the vein of Sapiens that brings a crucial Indigenous perspective to historical and cultural issues of history, education, money, power, and sustainability—and offers a new template for living.As an indigenous person, Tyson Yunkaporta looks at global systems from a unique perspective, one tied to the natural and... Read more

Outofshapeworthlessloser

By: Gracie Gold

Narrated by: Gracie Gold

Length: 9 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A “piercing account” (The Wall Street Journal) of surviving as a young woman in a society that rewards appearances more than anything and demands perfection at all costs—especially if you’re an Olympic figure skater.

“A riveting memoir, which details her experience with an eating disorder, depression and her... Read more

Chip War

By: Chris Miller

Narrated by: Stephen Graybill

Length: 12 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

One of Barack Obama’s Favorite Books of 2023

The Financial Times Business Book of the Year, this epic account of the decades-long battle to control one of the world’s most critical resources—microchip technology—with the United States and China increasingly in fierce competition is “pulse quickening…a nonfiction thriller” (The New York... Read more

Going There (read by Katie Couric)

By: Katie Couric

Narrated by: Katie Couric

Length: 15 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

This heartbreaking, hilarious, and brutally honest memoir shares the deeply personal life story of a girl next door and her transformation into a household name.

​For more than forty years, Katie Couric has been an iconic presence in the media world. In her brutally honest, hilarious, heartbreaking memoir, she reveals what was going on behind the... Read more

Against Technoableism

By: Ashley Shew

Narrated by: Maria Pendolino

Length: 4 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

When Ashley Shew became a self-described "hard-of-hearing chemobrained amputee with Crohn's disease and tinnitus," there was no returning to "normal." Suddenly well-meaning people called her an "inspiration" while grocery shopping or viewed her as a needy recipient of technological wizardry. Most disabled people don't want what the abled assume... Read more