Educated
By: Tara Westover
Narrated by: Julia Whelan
Length: 12 hours 9 minutes
Abridged: No
#1 NEW YORK TIMES, WALL STREET JOURNAL, AND BOSTON GLOBE BESTSELLER • One of the most acclaimed books of our time: an unforgettable memoir about a young woman who, kept out of school, leaves her survivalist family and goes on to earn a PhD from Cambridge University
“An amazing story, and truly inspiring. It’s even better than you’ve heard.”—Bill... Read more »
The Power of Ritual
By: Casper ter Kuile
Narrated by: Casper ter Kuile
Length: 5 hours 54 minutes
Abridged: No
Casper ter Kuile, a Harvard Divinity School fellow and cohost of the popular Harry Potter and the Sacred Text podcast, explores how we can nourish our souls by transforming common, everyday practices—yoga, reading, walking the dog—into sacred rituals that can heal our crisis of social isolation and struggle to find purpose—a message we need more... Read more »
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Love and Rage
By: Lama Rod Owens
Narrated by: Lama Rod Owens
Length: 9 hours
Abridged: No
In the face of systemic racism and state-sanctioned violence, how can we metabolize our anger into a force for liberation?
White supremacy in the United States has long necessitated that Black rage be suppressed, repressed, or denied, often as a means of survival, a literal matter of life and death. In Love and Rage, Lama Rod Owens, coauthor of... Read more »
Where Do We Go From Here
By: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Coretta Scott King & Vincent Harding
Narrated by: JD Jackson
Length: 8 hours 37 minutes
Abridged: No
The last book written by King his final reflections after a decade of civil rights struggles
In 1967, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., isolated himself from the demands of the civil rights movement, rented a house in Jamaica with no telephone, and labored over his final manuscript. In this significantly prophetic work, which has been unavailable for... Read more »
The Lazy Genius Way
By: Kendra Adachi & Emily P. Freeman
Narrated by: Kendra Adachi & Emily P. Freeman
Length: 7 hours 8 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Being a Lazy Genius isn't about doing more or doing less. It’s about doing what matters to you.
“I could not be more excited about this book.”—Jenna Fischer, actor and cohost of the Office Ladies podcast
The chorus of “shoulds” is loud. You should enjoy the moment, dream big, have it all, get up before the sun,... Read more »
Hallelujah Anyway
By: Anne Lamott
Narrated by: Anne Lamott
Length: 2 hours 53 minutes
Abridged: No
“Anne Lamott is my Oprah.” —Chicago Tribune
The New York Times bestseller from the author of Dusk, Night, Dawn, Almost Everything and Bird by Bird, a powerful exploration of mercy and how we can embrace it.
"Mercy is radical kindness," Anne Lamott writes in her enthralling and heartening book, Hallelujah Anyway. It's the permission you give... Read more »
The Color of Compromise
By: Jemar Tisby & Lecrae Moore
Narrated by: Jemar Tisby
Length: 8 hours 22 minutes
Abridged: No
An acclaimed, timely narrative of how people of faith have historically--up to the present day--worked against racial justice. And a call for urgent action by all Christians today in response.
The Color of Compromise is both enlightening and compelling, telling a history we either ignore or just don't know. Equal parts painful and inspirational,... Read more »
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Radical Compassion
By: Tara Brach
Narrated by: Tara Brach
Length: 8 hours 20 minutes
Abridged: No
One of the most beloved and trusted mindfulness teachers in America offers a lifeline for difficult times: the RAIN meditation, which awakens our courage and heart
Tara Brach is an in-the-trenches teacher whose work counters today's ever-increasing onslaught of news, conflict, demands, and anxieties--stresses that leave us rushing around on... Read more »
The 5 Love Languages
By: Gary Chapman
Narrated by: Gary Chapman
Length: 4 hours 46 minutes
Abridged: No
Simple ideas, lasting love.
Between busy schedules and long days, expressing love can fall by the wayside. We forget to compliment, to give gifts “just because,” to linger in an embrace. The things that say “I love you” seem to either not get said or not get through. This is an audio book about saying it — and hearing it — clearly. No gimmicks.... Read more »
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The Book of Joy
By: Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu & Douglas Carlton Abrams
Narrated by: Douglas Carlton Abrams, Francois Chau & Peter Francis James
Length: 10 hours 11 minutes
Abridged: No
Two great spiritual masters share their own hard-won wisdom about living with joy even in the face of adversity.
The occasion was a big birthday. And it inspired two close friends to get together in Dharamsala for a talk about something very important to them. The friends were His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu. The... Read more »
10% Happier
By: Dan Harris
Narrated by: Dan Harris
Length: 7 hours 50 minutes
Abridged: No
Nightline anchor Dan Harris embarks on an unexpected, hilarious, and deeply skeptical odyssey through the strange worlds of spirituality and self-help, and discovers a way to get happier that is truly achievable.
After having a nationally televised panic attack on Good Morning America, Dan Harris knew he had to make some changes. A lifelong... Read more »
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Start Where You Are
By: Pema Chödrön
Narrated by: Joanna Rotte
Length: 6 hours 19 minutes
Abridged: No
Start Where You Are is an indispensable handbook for cultivating fearlessness and awakening a compassionate heart. With insight and humor, Pema Chödrön presents down-to-earth guidance on how we can "start where we are"—embracing rather than denying the painful aspects of our lives. Pema Chödrön frames her teachings on compassion around... Read more »
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Buddhism 101
By: Arnie Kozak
Narrated by: Fred Sanders
Length: 7 hours 9 minutes
Abridged: No
Learn everything you need to know about Buddhism in this clear and straightforward new guide.
Buddhism was founded thousands of years ago, and has inspired millions of people with its peaceful teachings. Buddhism 101 highlights and explains the central concepts of Buddhism to the modern listener, with information on mindfulness, karma, The Four... Read more »
Learning to Pray
By: James Martin
Narrated by: James Martin
Length: 13 hours 24 minutes
Abridged: No
One of America’s most beloved spiritual leaders and the New York Times bestselling author of The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything and Jesus: A Pilgrimage teaches anyone to converse with God in this comprehensive guide to prayer.
In The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything, Father James Martin included a chapter on communicating with God. Now,... Read more »
Tiny Beautiful Things
By: Cheryl Strayed
Narrated by: Cheryl Strayed
Length: 9 hours 39 minutes
Abridged: No
This bestselling book from the author of Wild collects the best of The Rumpus's Dear Sugar advice columns plus never-before-published pieces.
"Wise and compassionate" (New York Times Book Review), and rich with humor and insight—and absolute honesty—this book is a balm for everything life throws our way.
Life can be hard: your lover cheats on... Read more »
First, We Make the Beast Beautiful
By: Sarah Wilson
Narrated by: Sarah Wilson
Length: 9 hours 5 minutes
Abridged: No
New York Times Bestseller
"Probably the best book on living with anxiety that I’ve ever read.” – Mark Manson, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
The Chinese believe that before you can conquer a beast, you must first make it beautiful.
Sarah Wilson first came across this Chinese proverb in psychiatrist Kay... Read more »
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You Belong
By: Sebene Selassie
Narrated by: Sebene Selassie
Length: 8 hours 34 minutes
Abridged: No
"A POWERFUL WORK OF SPIRITUALITY AND ANTI-RACISM"—Publishers Weekly
"IF YOU READ ONE BOOK IN 2020, MAKE IT THIS ONE."—Tricycle
From much-admired meditation expert Sebene Selassie, You Belong is a call to action, exploring our tangled relationship with belonging, connection, and each other
You are not separate. You never were. You never will be.
We... Read more »
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When Things Fall Apart
By: Pema Chödrön
Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
Length: 5 hours 44 minutes
Abridged: No
Pema Chödrön's perennially best-selling classic on overcoming life's difficulties cuts to the heart of spirituality and personal growth, and makes for a perfect addition to one's spiritual library.
How can we live our lives when everything seems to fall apart—when we are continually overcome by fear, anxiety, and pain? The answer, Pema Chödrön... Read more »
This One Wild and Precious Life
By: Sarah Wilson
Narrated by: Sarah Wilson
Length: 13 hours 45 minutes
Abridged: No
“Sarah Wilson is a force of nature – quite literally. She has taken her pain and grief about our sick and troubled world and alchemized it into action, advocacy, adventure, poetry, and true love.” — ELIZABETH GILBERT
Will you sleep through the revolution? Or do you want to wake up and reclaim your one, wild and precious life? From New York... Read more »
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Waking Up
By: Sam Harris
Narrated by: Sam Harris
Length: 5 hours 53 minutes
Abridged: No
For the millions of Americans who want spirituality without religion, Sam Harris’s latest New York Times bestseller is a guide to meditation as a rational practice informed by neuroscience and psychology.
From Sam Harris, neuroscientist and author of numerous New York Times bestselling books, Waking Up is for the twenty percent of Americans who... Read more »
The Universal Christ
By: Richard Rohr
Narrated by: Arthur Morey
Length: 8 hours 45 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From one of the world’s most influential spiritual thinkers, a long-awaited book exploring what it means that Jesus was called “Christ,” and how this forgotten truth can restore hope and meaning to our lives.
“Anyone who strives to put their faith into action will find encouragement and inspiration in the pages of this... Read more »
Forgiving What You Can't Forget
By: Lysa TerKeurst
Narrated by: Lysa TerKeurst & Gabe Wicks
Length: 8 hours 7 minutes
Abridged: No
*#1 New York Times Bestseller*
You deserve to stop suffering because of what other people have done to you.
Have you ever felt stuck in a cycle of unresolved pain, playing offenses over and over in your mind? You know you can't go on like this, but you don't know what to do next. Lysa TerKeurst has wrestled through this journey. But in surprising... Read more »
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How to Be an Adult in Relationships
By: David Richo
Narrated by: David Richo
Length: 9 hours 20 minutes
Abridged: No
"Most people think of love as a feeling," says David Richo, "but love is not so much a feeling as a way of being present." In this book, Richo offers a fresh perspective on love and relationships--one that focuses not on finding an ideal mate, but on becoming a more loving and realistic person. Drawing on the Buddhist concept of mindfulness, How... Read more »
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Radical Dharma
By: Rev. angel Kyodo williams, Lama Rod Owens & Jasmine Syedullah, Ph.D.
Narrated by: Rev. angel Kyodo williams & Lama Rod Owens
Length: 6 hours 2 minutes
Abridged: No
Igniting a long-overdue dialogue about how the legacy of racial injustice and white supremacy plays out in society at large and Buddhist communities in particular, this urgent call to action outlines a new dharma that takes into account the ways that racism and privilege prevent our collective awakening. The authors traveled around the country... Read more »
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