Nonfiction audiobooks

The Last Doctor

By: Jean Marmoreo & Johanna Schneller

Narrated by: Jean Marmoreo & Eve Crawford

Length: 8 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

NATIONAL BESTSELLER
*SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 WRITERS' TRUST BALSILLIE PRIZE FOR PUBLIC POLICY*

An urgently important exploration of the human stories behind Canada's evolving acceptance of Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD), from one of its first and most thoughtful practitioners.


Dr. Jean Marmoreo spent her career keeping people alive. But when... Read more

Cults

By: Max Cutler

Narrated by: Pete Simonelli, Raquel Beattie, Erin Ruth Walke...

Length: 15 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Mystery. Manipulation. Murder. Cults are associated with all of these. But what really goes on inside them? More specifically, what goes on inside the minds of cult leaders and the people who join them? Based on the hit podcast Cults, this is essential reading for any true crime fan.

Cults prey on the very attributes that make us human: our... Read more

Boy Friends

By: Michael Pedersen

Narrated by: Michael Pedersen

Length: 6 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

An intimate and original memoir of love, grief and male friendship by one of Scotland's brightest young talents. 'As perfect a portrait of friendship as I've ever read.' STEPHEN FRY 'Lucid, lyrical, loaded . . . A love letter to friendship.' JACKIE KAY 'A lovely book: bright and heartfelt, funny and refreshing.' ANDREW O'HAGAN 'A... Read more

Ways of Being

By: James Bridle

Narrated by: James Bridle

Length: 12 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

"There's joy in self-described "satellite nerd" James Bridle's British-accented voice as he narrates this audiobook about consciousness and the search for planetary intelligence." - AudioFile Magazine

This audiobook is read by the author.

Artist, technologist, and philosopher James Bridle’s Ways of Being is a brilliant, searching exploration of... Read more

Phasers on Stun!

By: Ryan Britt

Narrated by: Ryan Britt

Length: 10 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

An Esquire Best Book of 2022!

Written with inside access, comprehensive research, and a down-to-earth perspective, Phasers on Stun! chronicles the entire history of Star Trek, revealing that its enduring place in pop culture is all thanks to innovative pivots and radical change.
 
For over five decades, the heart of Star Trek’s pro-science,... Read more

Aquanaut

By: Rick Stanton

Narrated by: Rick Stanton & Don Gilet

Length: 12 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

The enthralling inside story of the Tham Luang cave rescue in Thailand—told by the leader of the daring underwater rescue missionIn July 2018, twelve boys and their soccer coach disappeared into the Tham Luang cave in Thailand.Trapped miles beneath the surface, not even the Thai Navy SEALs had the skills to bring them to safety. With the... Read more

All the White Friends I Couldn't Keep

By: Andre Henry

Narrated by: Andre Henry

Length: 6 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

A leading voice for social justice reveals how he stopped arguing with white people who deny the ongoing legacy of racism—and offers a proven path forward for Black people and people of color based on the history of nonviolent struggle.

“A moving personal journey that lends practical insight for expanding and strengthening the global antiracist... Read more

Body Work

By: Melissa Febos

Narrated by: Melissa Febos

Length: 3 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

In this bold and exhilarating mix of memoir and master class, Melissa Febos tackles the emotional, psychological, and physical work of writing intimately while offering an utterly fresh examination of the storyteller's life and the questions which run through it.



How might we go about capturing on the page the relationships that have formed us?... Read more

Burning Questions

By: Margaret Atwood

Narrated by: Margaret Atwood & Full Cast

Length: 18 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

In this brilliant selection of essays, the award-winning, best-selling author of The Handmaid's Tale and The Testaments offers her funny, erudite, endlessly curious, and uncannily prescient take on everything from whether or not The Handmaid’s Tale is a dystopia to the importance of how to define granola—and seeks answers to Burning Questions... Read more

Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head

By: Warsan Shire

Narrated by: Warsan Shire

Length: 1 hour 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Poems of migration, womanhood, trauma, and resilience from the celebrated collaborator on Beyoncé’s Lemonade and Black Is King, award-winning Somali British poet Warsan Shire

“The beautifully crafted poems in this collection are fiercely tender gifts.”—Roxane Gay, author of Bad Feminist

“Warsan Shire is our ultimate modern poet. . . . This is our... Read more

Find Your People

By: Jennie Allen

Narrated by: Jennie Allen

Length: 5 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • WINNER OF THE ECPA BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD • The author of Get Out of Your Head offers practical solutions for creating true community, the kind that’s crucial to our mental and spiritual health.

“My dear friend Jennie Allen shows us how to make true emotional connections with the right people so that our authentic... Read more

Cost of Living

By: Emily Maloney

Narrated by: Emily Maloney

Length: 5 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

This program is read by the author.

The searing intimacy of Girl, Interrupted combined with the uncomfortable truths of The Empathy Exams in a collection of essays chronicling one woman’s experiences as both patient and caregiver, giving a unique perspective from both sides of the hospital bed.

What does it cost to live?

When we fall ill, our lives... Read more

Black Love Matters

By: Jessica P. Pryde

Narrated by: Jessica P. Pryde, Gina Daniels, Julienne Irons,...

Length: 7 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

An incisive, intersectional essay anthology that celebrates and examines romance and romantic media through the lens of Black readers, writers, and cultural commentators, edited by Book Riot columnist and librarian Jessica Pryde.
 
Romantic love has been one of the most essential elements of storytelling for centuries. But for Black people in... Read more

Lost & Found

By: Kathryn Schulz

Narrated by: Kathryn Schulz

Length: 7 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • A “profound and beautiful” (Marilynne Robinson) account of joy and sorrow from one of the great writers of our time, The New Yorker’s Kathryn Schulz, winner of the Pulitzer Prize

“I will stake my reputation on you being blown away by Lost & Found.”—Anne Lamott, author of Dusk, Night, Dawn... Read more

Botanical Curses and Poisons

By: Fez Inkwright

Narrated by: Leslie Howard

Length: 7 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Discover the folklore and history of our most toxic plants.



"If you drink much from a bottle marked 'poison,' it is almost certain to disagree with you, sooner or later."—Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland



In both history and fiction, some of the most dramatic, notorious deaths have been through poisonings. Concealed and deliberate, it's a crime... Read more

Wholehearted Faith

By: Rachel Held Evans & Jeff Chu

Narrated by: Daniel Jonce Evans, Jeff Chu, Jamie Wright, Sar...

Length: 5 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Discover the new collection of original writings by Rachel Held Evans, whose reflections on faith and life continue to encourage, challenge, and influence, lovingly performed by Daniel Jonce Evans, Jeff Chu, Jamie Wright, Sarah Bessey, Nadia Bolz-Weber, Kristen Howerton, Kaitlin Curtice, Amanda Held Opelt, Rev. Neichelle R. Guidry, Ph.D.,... Read more

David Copperfield's History of Magic

By: David Copperfield, Richard Wiseman & David Brit...

Narrated by: Feodor Chin & David Copperfield

Length: 4 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

An illustrated, illuminating insight into the world of illusion from the world’s greatest and most successful magician, capturing its audacious and inventive practitioners, and showcasing the art form’s most famous artifacts housed at David Copperfield’s secret museum.

In this personal journey through a unique performing art, David Copperfield... Read more

Barakah Beats

By: Maleeha Siddiqui

Narrated by: Salena Qureshi

Length: 5 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

For fans of The First Rule of Punk and Save Me a Seat, Barakah Beats is a sweet, powerful, and joyous novel about a Muslim girl who finds her voice on her own terms... by joining her school's most popular boy band.Twelve-year-old Nimra Sharif has spent her whole life in Islamic school, but now it's time to go to "real school."Nimra's nervous,... Read more

On Freedom

By: Maggie Nelson

Narrated by: Gabra Zackman

Length: 10 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

An expansive, exhilarating work of criticism by one of the most significant writers of our day.

So often deployed as a jingoistic, even menacing rallying cry, or limited by a focus on passing moments of liberation, the rhetoric of freedom both rouses and repels. Does it remain key to our autonomy, justice, and well-being, or is freedom's long... Read more

Made in China

By: Anna Qu

Narrated by: Catherine Ho

Length: 5 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

A young girl forced to work in a Queens sweatshop calls child services on her mother in this powerful debut memoir about labor and self-worth that traces a Chinese immigrant’s journey to an American future.

As a teen, Anna Qu is sent by her mother to work in her family’s garment factory in Queens. At home, she is treated as a maid and suffers... Read more

A Farewell to Gabo and Mercedes

By: Rodrigo Garcia

Narrated by: Rodrigo Garcia

Length: 2 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

“(Garcia) now honors his parents in this brief yet profound memoir rendered all the more intimate in García's own voice.”—Booklist (starred review)“This is a beautiful farewell to two extraordinary people. It enthralled and moved me, and it will move and enthrall anyone who has ever entered the glorious literary world of Gabriel García... Read more

Care Of

By: Ivan Coyote

Narrated by: Ivan Coyote

Length: 6 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Beloved storyteller Ivan Coyote returns with their most intimate and moving book yet.
 

Writer and performer Ivan Coyote has spent decades on the road, telling stories around the world. For years, Ivan has kept a file of the most special communications received from readers and audience members—letters, Facebook messages, emails, soggy handwritten... Read more

Don't Call it a Cult

By: Sarah Berman

Narrated by: Ewa Wolniczek

Length: 10 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

As seen in Season Two of the HBO docuseries THE VOW

They draw you in with the promise of empowerment, self-discovery, women helping women. The more secretive those connections are, the more exclusive you feel. Little did you know, you just joined a cult.

Sex trafficking. Self-help coaching. Forced labor. Mentorship. Multi-level marketing.... Read more

My Broken Language

By: Quiara Alegría Hudes

Narrated by: Quiara Alegría Hudes

Length: 10 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

GOOD MORNING AMERICA BUZZ PICK • The Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright and co-writer of In the Heights tells her lyrical story of coming of age against the backdrop of an ailing Philadelphia barrio, with her sprawling Puerto Rican family as a collective muse.

“Quiara Alegría Hudes is in her own league. Her sentences will take your breath away.... Read more