Travel audiobooks
A Walk in the Park
By: Kevin Fedarko
Narrated by: Kevin Fedarko
Length: 14 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: No
A New York Times Bestseller * Winner of the 2024 National Outdoor Book Award in Outdoor Literature * Shortlisted for the 2025 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction * Named a Best Book of the Year by the New York Times, Air Mail, Smithsonian Magazine, and Financial Times
“A triumph. Fedarko doesn’t describe awe; he induces it.” —The... Read more
Unreasonable Hospitality
By: Will Guidara
Narrated by: Will Guidara
Length: 8 hours 36 minutes
Abridged: No
The must-read New York Times bestseller that's redefining hospitality and inspiring readers in every industry.
- Featured in FX's The Bear and Showtime's Billions
- JP Morgan NextList Pick
Will Guidara was twenty-six when he took the helm of Eleven Madison Park, a struggling two-star brasserie that had never quite lived up to its majestic room.... Read more
Kitchen Confidential
By: Anthony Bourdain
Narrated by: Anthony Bourdain
Length: 8 hours 18 minutes
Abridged: No
When Chef Anthony Bourdain wrote "Don't Eat Before You Read This" in The New Yorker, he spared no one's appetite, revealing what goes on behind the kitchen door. In Kitchen Confidential, he expanded the appetizer into a deliciously funny, delectably shocking banquet that lays out his twenty-five years of sex, drugs, and haute cuisine.
From his... Read more
World Travel
By: Anthony Bourdain & Laurie Woolever
Narrated by: Laurie Woolever, Shep Gordon, Christopher Bourd...
Length: 12 hours 11 minutes
Abridged: No
A guide to some of the world’s most fascinating places, as seen and experienced by writer, television host, and relentlessly curious traveler Anthony BourdainAnthony Bourdain saw more of the world than nearly anyone. His travels took him from the hidden pockets of his hometown of New York to a tribal longhouse in Borneo, from cosmopolitan Buenos... Read more
View audiobookI'm Mostly Here to Enjoy Myself
By: Glynnis MacNicol
Narrated by: Glynnis MacNicol
Length: 7 hours 15 minutes
Abridged: No
“A delight, the literary equivalent of a long catch-up with a brilliant friend.” —New York Times
“One of the most talked-about books of the year.” —Gayle King
When you’re a woman of a certain age, you are only promised that everything will get worse. But what if everything you’ve been told is a lie?
Come to Paris, August 2021, when the City of... Read more
In the Weeds
By: B.K. Borison
Narrated by: Pippa Jayne & Dane Anderson
Length: 10 hours 46 minutes
Abridged: No
One incredible weekend in Maine, and Beckett Porter is officially a distracted man. He’s not unfamiliar with hot and heavy flings. He knows how it goes. But Evie wove some sort of magic over him during their tumble in the sheets. He can’t stop thinking about her laugh, her hand pressed flat against his chest, her smiling mouth at his neck, her... Read more
View audiobookMoby Dyke
By: Krista Burton
Narrated by: Sarah Beth Pfeifer
Length: 12 hours 13 minutes
Abridged: No
A former Rookie contributor and creator of the popular blog Effing Dykes investigates the disappearance of America’s lesbian bars by visiting the last few in existence.
Lesbian bars have always been treasured safe spaces for their customers, providing not only a good time but a shelter from societal alienation and outright persecution. In 1987,... Read more
The Feather Thief
By: Kirk Wallace Johnson
Narrated by: MacLeod Andrews
Length: 8 hours 4 minutes
Abridged: No
As heard on NPR's This American Life
“Absorbing . . . Though it's non-fiction, The Feather Thief contains many of the elements of a classic thriller.” —Maureen Corrigan, NPR’s Fresh Air
“One of the most peculiar and memorable true-crime books ever.” —Christian Science Monitor
A rollicking true-crime adventure and a captivating journey into an... Read more
Raw Dog
By: Jamie Loftus
Narrated by: Jamie Loftus
Length: 9 hours 38 minutes
Abridged: No
One of BookPage's Best Audiobooks of 2023
"Loftus is a charming narrator...goofy, engaging, and always game to do a silly voice." —The New York Times
"There’s something terribly irresistible about her narration, which is often incredibly funny." —BookPage
Part travelogue, part culinary history, all capitalist critique—comedian Jamie Loftus's debut,... Read more
A Walk in the Woods
By: Bill Bryson
Narrated by: Rob McQuay
Length: 9 hours 43 minutes
Abridged: No
The Appalachian Trail trail stretches from Georgia to Maine and covers some of the most breathtaking terrain in America–majestic mountains, silent forests, sparking lakes. If you’re going to take a hike, it’s probably the place to go. And Bill Bryson is surely the most entertaining guide you’ll find. He introduces us to the history and... Read more
View audiobookA Thousand Feasts
By: Nigel Slater
Narrated by: Nigel Slater
Length: 8 hours 24 minutes
Abridged: No
THE INSTANT #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER From award-winning writer Nigel Slater, comes a new and exquisitely written collection of notes, memoir, stories and small moments of joy. 'Nigel Slater’s prose is the rarest delicacy of all: exquisite yet effortless, filled with... Read more
View audiobookYour Table Is Ready
By: Michael Cecchi-Azzolina
Narrated by: Michael Cecchi-Azzolina
Length: 9 hours 20 minutes
Abridged: No
"Trained in acting and a lifer in the restaurant business, Michael Cecchi-Azzolina doles out opinions in the tone of an authentic New Yorker. He narrates with a good pace and rhythm. The inner workings of the restaurant world as revealed are exhilarating but often sordid and salacious....this is an entertaining and insightful audiobook."-... Read more
View audiobookThe Stranger in the Woods
By: Michael Finkel
Narrated by: Mark Bramhall
Length: 6 hours 18 minutes
Abridged: No
Many people dream of escaping modern life, but most will never act on it. This is the remarkable true story of a man who lived alone in the woods of Maine for 27 years, making this dream a reality—not out of anger at the world, but simply because he preferred to live on his own.
A New York Times bestseller
In 1986, a shy and intelligent... Read more
The Oregon Trail
By: Rinker Buck
Narrated by: Rinker Buck
Length: 16 hours 41 minutes
Abridged: No
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • #1 Indie Next Pick • Winner of the PEN New England Award
“Enchanting…A book filled with so much love…Long before Oregon, Rinker Buck has convinced us that the best way to see America is from the seat of a covered wagon.” —The Wall Street Journal
“Amazing…A real nonfiction thriller.” —Ian Frazier, The New York... Read more
Chasing the Thrill
By: Daniel Barbarisi
Narrated by: Daniel Barbarisi
Length: 11 hours
Abridged: No
“Daniel Barbarisi plunges into an adventure from another era when he goes in search of buried treasure, guided only by a cryptic poem, a mischievous art collector, and the footsteps another pursuer who died on the quest… Every page draws you deeper into this no-man’s-land where fortune—or tragedy—awaits.” —Christopher McDougall, author of Born... Read more
View audiobookLove Is an Ex-Country
By: Randa Jarrar
Narrated by: Randa Jarrar
Length: 5 hours 46 minutes
Abridged: No
Queer. Muslim. Arab American. A proudly Fat woman. Randa Jarrar is all of these things. In this provocative memoir of a cross-country road trip, she explores how to claim joy in an unraveling and hostile America.
Randa Jarrar is a fearless voice of dissent who has been called "politically incorrect" (Michelle Goldberg, The New York Times). As an... Read more
The Salt Path
By: Raynor Winn
Narrated by: Raynor Winn
Length: 9 hours
Abridged: No
NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING GILLIAN ANDERSON AND JASON ISAACS
"Polished, poignant... an inspiring story of true love."—Entertainment Weekly
A BEST BOOK OF 2019, NPR's Book Concierge
SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BOOK AWARD
OVER 400,000 COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE
The true story of a couple who lost everything and embarked on a transformative journey... Read more
The Comfort Crisis
By: Michael Easter
Narrated by: Michael Easter
Length: 8 hours 52 minutes
Abridged: No
Discover the evolutionary mind and body benefits of living at the edges of your comfort zone and reconnecting with the wild—from the New York Times bestselling author of Scarcity Brain.
“If you’ve been looking for something different to level up your health, fitness, and personal growth, this is it.”—Melissa Urban, Whole30 CEO and author of The... Read more
Into the Wild
By: Jon Krakauer
Narrated by: Philip Franklin
Length: 7 hours 3 minutes
Abridged: No
In April 1992 a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. His name was Christopher Johnson McCandless. He had given $25,000 in savings to charity, abandoned his car and most of his possessions, burned all the cash in his wallet, and invented a new life for... Read more
View audiobookAirplane Mode
By: Shahnaz Habib
Narrated by: Deepa Samuel
Length: 8 hours 46 minutes
Abridged: No
Longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medals of Excellence
The conditions of travel have long been dictated by the color of passports and the color of skin.
The color of one's skin and passport have long dictated the conditions of travel. For Shahnaz Habib, travel and travel writing have always been complicated pleasures. Habib threads the history... Read more
On the Hippie Trail
By: Rick Steves
Narrated by: Rick Steves
Length: 4 hours 16 minutes
Abridged: No
Stow away with Rick Steves for a glimpse into the unforgettable moments, misadventures, and memories of his 1978 journey on the legendary Hippie Trail.
In the 1970s, the ultimate trip for any backpacker was the storied “Hippie Trail” from Istanbul to Kathmandu. A 23-year old Rick Steves made the trek, and like a travel writer in training, he... Read more
In a Sunburned Country
By: Bill Bryson
Narrated by: Bill Bryson
Length: 11 hours 53 minutes
Abridged: No
Every time Bill Bryson walks out the door, memorable travel literature threatens to break out. This time in Australia.
His previous excursion along the Appalachian Trail resulted in the sublime national bestseller A Walk in the Woods. In A Sunburned Country is his report on what he found in an entirely different place: Australia, the country that... Read more
Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance®
By: Robert M. Pirsig & Peter Flannery
Narrated by: James Purefoy & Full Cast
Length: 1 hour 40 minutes
Abridged: No
An odyssey into life’s challenging questions during an unforgettable summer motorcycle trip
Acclaimed as one of the most exciting books in the history of American letters, Robert M. Pirsig’s Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance became an instant bestseller upon its publication in 1974. A powerful examination of how we live, as well as a... Read more
Into Thin Air
By: Jon Krakauer
Narrated by: Philip Franklin
Length: 9 hours 9 minutes
Abridged: No
When Jon Krakauer reached the summit of Mt. Everest in the early afternoon of May 10, 1996, he hadn't slept in fifty-seven hours and was reeling from the brain-altering effects of oxygen depletion. As he turned to begin his long, dangerous descent from 29,028 feet, twenty other climbers were still pushing doggedly toward the top. No one had... Read more
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