Self-Improvement audiobooks

The $100 Startup

By: Chris Guillebeau

Narrated by: Chris Guillebeau & Thomas Vincent Kelly

Length: 8 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Lead a life of adventure, meaning and purpose—and earn a good living.
 
“Thoughtful, funny, and compulsively readable, this guide shows how ordinary people can build solid livings, with independence and purpose, on their own terms.”—Gretchen Rubin, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Happiness Project
 
Still in his early thirties, Chris... Read more

Decisive

By: Chip Heath & Dan Heath

Narrated by: Kaleo Griffith

Length: 9 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Chip and Dan Heath, the bestselling authors of Switch and Made to Stick, tackle one of the most critical topics in our work and personal lives: how to make better decisions.
　
   Research in psychology has revealed that our decisions are disrupted by an array of biases and irrationalities: We’re overconfident. We seek out information that supports... Read more

Unstoppable

By: Nick Vujicic

Narrated by: Nick Vujicic

Length: 8 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

New York Times bestseller

Being unstoppable is about believing and achieving. It’s about having faith in yourself, your talents and your purpose and, most of all, in God’s great love and His divine plan for your life.
 
Millions around the world recognize the smiling face and inspirational message of Nick Vujicic. Despite being born without arms or... Read more

Smarter Faster Better

By: Charles Duhigg

Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain

Length: 10 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The author of The Power of Habit and Supercommunicators and “master of the life hack” (GQ) explores the fascinating science of productivity and offers real-world takeaways to apply your life, whether you’re chasing peak productivity or simply trying to get back on track.

“Duhigg melds cutting-edge science, deep... Read more

The End of Your Life Book Club

By: Will Schwalbe

Narrated by: Jeff Harding

Length: 9 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

“What are you reading?”

That’s the question Will Schwalbe asks his mother, Mary Anne, as they sit in the waiting room of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. In 2007, Mary Anne returned from a humanitarian trip to Pakistan and Afghanistan suffering from what her doctors believed was a rare type of hepatitis. Months later she was diagnosed... Read more

How We Learn

By: Benedict Carey

Narrated by: Steve Kramer

Length: 7 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

In the tradition of The Power of Habit and Thinking, Fast and Slow comes a practical, playful, and endlessly fascinating guide to what we really know about learning and memory today—and how we can apply it to our own lives.

From an early age, it is drilled into our heads: Restlessness, distraction, and ignorance are the enemies of success. We’re... Read more

The Last Pirate

By: Tony Dokoupil

Narrated by: MacLeod Andrews

Length: 9 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

In the tradition of Blow and Another Bullshit Night in Suck City, The Last Pirate is a vivid, haunting and often hilarious memoir recounting the life of Big Tony, a family man who joined the biggest pot ring of the Reagan era and exploded his life in the process. Three decades later, his son came back to put together the pieces.

As he relates his... Read more

Hands of Light

By: Barbara Ann Brennan

Narrated by: Susan Denaker

Length: 16 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

With the clarity of a physicist and the compassion of a gifted healer with fifteen years of professional experience observing 5,000 clients and students, Barbara Ann Brennan presents the first in-depth study of the human energy field for people who seek happiness, health and their full potential.

Our physical bodies exist within a larger "body,"... Read more

Light Emerging

By: Barbara Ann Brennan

Narrated by: Susan Denaker

Length: 25 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Barbara Ann Brennan's bestselling first book, Hands of Light, established her as one of the world's most gifted healers and teachers. Now, she continues her ground-breaking exploration of the human energy field, or aura -- the source of our experience of health or illness. Drawing on many new developments in her teaching and practice, she shows... Read more

How to Be Parisian Wherever You Are

By: Anne Berest, Audrey Diwan, Caroline De Maigret ...

Narrated by: Carrington MacDuffie

Length: 3 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

From four stunning and accomplished French women—a charming bestseller about how to slip into your inner cool and be a Parisienne.

In short, frisky sections, these Parisian women give you their very original views on style, beauty, culture, attitude and men. The authors—Anne Berest, Audrey Diwan, Caroline de Maigret, and Sophie Mas—unmarried but... Read more

Stirring the Pot

By: Jenny McCarthy

Narrated by: Jenny McCarthy

Length: 3 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

The View host and New York Times bestselling author Jenny McCarthy is like your favorite friend: honest, open, and oh-so-funny. She also speaks her mind and says what the rest of us are thinking, a characteristic that has won her millions of fans no matter how much she “stirs the pot.” Combining the secrets of her... Read more

How to Fly a Horse

By: Kevin Ashton

Narrated by: Kevin Ashton

Length: 10 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

As a technology pioneer at MIT and as the leader of three successful start-ups, Kevin Ashton experienced firsthand the all-consuming challenge of creating something new. Now, in a tour-de-force narrative twenty years in the making, Ashton leads us on a journey through humanity’s greatest creations to uncover the surprising truth behind who... Read more

Love Without Limits

By: Nick Vujicic & Kanae Vujicic

Narrated by: David Franklin, Tara Sands & Nick Vujicic

Length: 7 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

It Doesn’t Take a Perfect Person to Find a Perfect Love
 
 Even though he was born without arms or legs, Nick Vujicic created a “ridiculously good life.” But after dating disappointments and a failed relationship, he reached his mid-twenties worried that he would never find a woman to love him and share his life. 
 
Then Nick met Kanae and... Read more

Life Makeovers

By: Cheryl Richardson

Narrated by: Cheryl Richardson

Length: 3 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Take Time for Your Life now shows you how to reclaim your life one week at a time

Cheryl Richardson, bestselling author and one of the most sought-after lecturers in the country, knows firsthand how tough it can be to juggle the daily demands of living in a fast-paced world, and how easily you can... Read more

Discovering Your Soul Signature

By: Panache Desai

Narrated by: Panache Desai

Length: 6 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

An invitation to change the energy that surrounds you, find the harmony that comes with self-acceptance, and, in the process, discover your life’s purpose and the boundless possibilities that await you.
 
Your soul signature is your spiritual DNA—it is who you are at your core, the most authentic part of you, your singular contribution to this... Read more

Performing Under Pressure

By: Hendrie Weisinger & J. P. Pawliw-Fry

Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray

Length: 10 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Nobody performs better under pressure. Regardless of the task, pressure ruthlessly diminishes our judgment, decision-making, attention, dexterity, and performance in every professional and personal arena. In Performing Under Pressure, Drs. Hendrie Weisinger and J.P. Pawliw-Fry introduce us to the concept of pressure management, offering... Read more

Collaborative Intelligence

By: Dawna Markova & Angie McArthur

Narrated by: Ellen Archer

Length: 8 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

A breakthrough book on the transformative power of collaborative thinking.

Includes a PDF of charts and graphs to help determine your personality type as well as tips on how to work better with other personalities.
 
Collaborative intelligence, or CQ, is a measure of our ability to think with others on behalf of what matters to us all. It is... Read more

Little Victories

By: Jason Gay

Narrated by: Jason Gay

Length: 5 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

The Wall Street Journal's popular columnist Jason Gay delivers a hilarious and heartfelt guide to modern living.

“The book you hold in your hand is a rule book. There have been rule books before—stacks upon stacks of them—but this book is unlike any other rule book you have ever read. It will not make you rich in twenty-four hours, or even... Read more

Better Than Before

By: Gretchen Rubin

Narrated by: Gretchen Rubin

Length: 9 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

New York Times Bestseller
Washington Post Bestseller
 
The author of the blockbuster New York Times bestsellers, The Happiness Project and Happier at Home, tackles the critical question: How do we change? 
 
Gretchen Rubin's answer: through habits. Habits are the invisible architecture of everyday life. It takes work to make a habit, but once... Read more

The Road to Character

By: David Brooks

Narrated by: Arthur Morey & David Brooks

Length: 12 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • David Brooks challenges us to rebalance the scales between the focus on external success—“résumé virtues”—and our core principles.
 
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE ECONOMIST
 
With the wisdom, humor, curiosity, and sharp insights that have brought millions of readers to his New York Times column... Read more

The Deeper Wound

By: Deepak Chopra, M.D.

Narrated by: Deepak Chopra, M.D.

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

The author of How to Know God provides help for healing deep trauma—whenever it arises—so we may find peace in ourselves and in our world.


Terror came from the sky, and afterward the world would never be the same. September, 11, 2001, defined tragedy for a generation. On that day Deepak Chopra found himself driving from city to city, meeting... Read more

I'm Good Enough, I'm Smart Enough, and Doggone It, People Like Me!

By: Al Franken

Narrated by: Al Franken

Length: 48 minutes

Abridged: No

The ultimate meditation book, not to be grandiose...

Take a hilarious, healing journey with Stuart Smalley as he careens down the road to Recovery.  For one entire year Stuart recorded an affirmation a day...except when he had taken to his bed (but that's Okay)...and the result is the most entertaining and indispensable meditation book ever.

From... Read more

The Courage to Be Rich

By: Suze Orman

Narrated by: Suze Orman

Length: 14 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Bestselling author and financial expert Suze Orman helped millions of Americans turn toward their money and embark on a true path to wealth with her #1 bestseller The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom and her national bestseller You've Earned It, Don't Lose It.  Now she returns, with a book that goes beyond the fundamentals of her earlier work in... Read more

If Success is a Game, These are the Rules

By: Cherie Carter-Scott

Narrated by: Cherie Carter-Scott

Length: 6 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Chérie Carter-Scott learned the rules of success firsthand: she built her management consulting firm to serve hundreds of clients worldwide, including IBM and GTE. Her bestselling books touch hundreds of thousands of readers. And despite a calendar that shuttles her through dozens of time zones annually, she keeps her family close and... Read more