YA Nonfiction audiobooks

Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You

By: Jason Reynolds & Ibram X. Kendi

Narrated by: Jason Reynolds

Length: 4 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

The #1 New York Times bestseller and a USAToday bestseller!
A timely, crucial, and empowering exploration of racism--and antiracism--in America

This is NOT a history book.
This is a book about the here and now.
A book to help us better understand why we are where we are.
A book about race.

The construct of race has always been used to gain and keep... Read more

Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians but Were Afraid to Ask

By: Dr. Anton Treuer

Narrated by: Dr. Anton Treuer

Length: 8 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

From the acclaimed Ojibwe author and professor Anton Treuer comes an essential book of questions and answers for Native and non-Native young listeners alike. Ranging from "Why is there such a fuss about nonnative people wearing Indian costumes for Halloween?" to "Why is it called a 'traditional Indian fry bread taco'?," "What's it like for... Read more

Beyond the Gender Binary

By: Alok Vaid-Menon

Narrated by: Alok Vaid-Menon

Length: 1 hour 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Winner of the 2021 In The Margins Award
 
"When reading this book, all I feel is kindness."-- Sam Smith, Grammy and Oscar award-winning singer and songwriter
 
"Thank God we have Alok. And I'm learning a thing or two myself."--Billy Porter, Emmy award-winning actor, singer, and Broadway theater performer

"Beyond the Gender Binary will give readers... Read more

Jane Against the World

By: Karen Blumenthal

Narrated by: Maggi-Meg Reed

Length: 8 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

From award-winning author Karen Blumenthal, comes a deep and passionate look at the riveting history of the fight for reproductive rights in the United States.

Tracing the path to the landmark decision in Roe v. Wade and the continuing battle for women's rights, Blumenthal examines, in a straightforward tone, the root causes of the current debate... Read more

Queer Ducks (and Other Animals)

By: Eliot Schrefer

Narrated by: Joel Froomkin, Dustin Ballard, Hope Newhouse & ...

Length: 5 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

This groundbreaking YA nonfiction title from two-time National Book Award finalist and New York Times bestselling author Eliot Schrefer is a well-researched and teen-friendly exploration of the gamut of queer behaviors observed in animals.A quiet revolution has been underway in recent years, with study after study revealing substantial same-sex... Read more

Merciless Saviors

By: H.E. Edgmon

Narrated by: Avi Roque

Length: 11 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

The stunning conclusion to the Ouroboros series, a contemporary fantasy duology in which a teen, Gem, finds out they’re a reincarnated god from another world.

That day at the First Church of Gracie changed everything for Gem Echols, and not just because Marian and Poppy betrayed them. Forced to use the Ouroboros knife on Zephyr, who had... Read more

How Not to Fit In

By: Jess Joy & Charlotte Mia

Narrated by: Emily Essery

Length: 7 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

’The lack of information around how ADHD and autism shows up in adults means that many of us have been assuming we were anxious, not working hard enough, or just entirely failing altogether.’ – Jess Joy and Charlotte Mia Written by two late-diagnosed neurodivergent women... Read more

Abuela, Don't Forget Me

By: Rex Ogle

Narrated by: Ramón De Ocampo

Length: 3 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

I say, “Te amo siempre.”
And she says, “I love you more.”
And I say, “Impossible.”
Abuela, Don’t Forget Me is Rex Ogle’s portrait of his grandmother, the one adult he could count on when he was a child—and who is now forgetting him as dementia takes hold of her.
In his award-winning Free Lunch and Punching Bag, Rex charted a coming of age marked by... Read more

Diary of a Dying Girl

By: Mallory Smith

Narrated by: Mara Wilson

Length: 14 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

This collection of one girl's real, unflinching diary entries about slowly dying of a terminal illness is an unparalleled exploration of the human spirit and what it means to truly live.

Many of the feelings I write about are too difficult to share while I'm alive, so I'm keeping everything in my journal password-protected until the end.

Mallory... Read more

All Boys Aren't Blue

By: George M. Johnson

Narrated by: George M. Johnson

Length: 5 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

This program is read by the author.

In a series of personal essays, prominent journalist and LGBTQIA+ activist George M. Johnson's All Boys Aren't Blue explores their childhood, adolescence, and college years in New Jersey and Virginia.

A New York Times Bestseller!
Good Morning America, NBC Nightly News, Today Show, and MSNBC feature stories

From... Read more

Look What You Made Me Do

By: Kat McKenna

Narrated by: Jade Ewen

Length: 6 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

What does it mean to be a FAN?
If you're a Swiftie, you know that it takes commitment and dedication to be in a fandom. And there's nothing more rewarding than sourcing news and updates, anticipating new music and meeting fellow fans. But fan culture today is more intense than ever, from trolling to stalkers to online warfare.

So how did we get... Read more

SHOUT

By: Laurie Halse Anderson

Narrated by: Laurie Halse Anderson

Length: 3 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

A New York Times bestseller and one of 2019's best-reviewed books, a poetic memoir and call to action from the award-winning author of Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson!

Bestselling author Laurie Halse Anderson is known for the unflinching way she writes about, and advocates for, survivors of sexual assault. Now, inspired by her fans and enraged by... Read more

Don't Look Back

By: Achut Deng & Keely Hutton

Narrated by: Nedra Marie Taylor

Length: 9 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

In this propulsive memoir from Achut Deng and Keely Hutton, inspired by a harrowing New York Times article, Don't Look Back tells a powerful story showing both the ugliness and the beauty of humanity, and the power of not giving up.

I want life.

After a deadly attack in South Sudan left six-year-old Achut Deng without a family, she lived in... Read more

What the Fact?

By: Seema Yasmin

Narrated by: Seema Yasmin

Length: 9 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

From acclaimed writer, journalist, and physician Dr. Seema Yasmin comes a “savvy, accessible, and critical” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) book about the importance of media literacy, fact-based reporting, and the ability to discern truth from lies.

What is a fact? What are reliable sources? What is news? What is fake news? How can anyone make... Read more

The Redhead of Auschwitz

By: Nechama Birnbaum

Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert

Length: 8 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Rosie was always told her red hair was a curse, but she never believed it. She often dreamed what it would look like under a white veil with the man of her dreams by her side. However, her life takes a harrowing turn in 1944 when she is forced out of her home and sent to the most gruesome of places: Auschwitz.Upon arrival, Rosie’s head is shaved... Read more

Shift Happens: The History of Labor in the United States

By: J. Albert Mann

Narrated by: Sandy Rustin

Length: 9 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

For readers of Stamped and An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States for Young People, Albert J. Mann’s Shift Happens: The History of Labor in the United States is an accessible and comprehensive YA history of the way the labor movement has shaped America and how it intersects with many of the major issues facing modern teens.“Mann... Read more

How the Boogeyman Became a Poet

By: Tony Keith, Jr.

Narrated by: Tony Keith, Jr.

Length: 5 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Poet, writer, and hip-hop educator Tony Keith Jr. makes his debut with a powerful YA memoir in verse, tracing his journey from being a closeted gay Black teen battling poverty, racism, and homophobia to becoming an openly gay first-generation college student who finds freedom in poetry. Perfect for fans of Elizabeth Acevedo, George M. Johnson,... Read more

Sex - Mit nackten Tatsachen durch unsere Kulturgeschichte (ungekuerzt)

By: Elin Hägg

Narrated by: Lydia Herms, Beatrix Hermens & Thorsten Giese

Length: 2 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Hat deine Ur-Ur-Uroma eigentlich schon an Sex gedacht? Klar, denn sonst wärst du heute wahrscheinlich nicht hier! Sicher hat sie anders geflirtet als die heutige Jugend. Aber die Menschen waren früher längst nicht so prüde, wie wir manchmal denken. Liebe, Sex und nackte Körper gab es schon immer. Aber wie darüber gesprochen, gemalt und... Read more

Shackled

By: Candy J. Cooper

Narrated by: Beth Hicks

Length: 3 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Beginning in the early 2000s, Judges Mark Ciavarella and Michael Conahan exerted a mighty influence over the workings of the Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Under their guidance a stern warning aimed at young people spread throughout the county: follow the rules.

A simple misstep could result in severe... Read more

Las recaídas en AA

By: Oslos Molina

Narrated by: Oslos Molina

Length: 16 minutes

Abridged: No

La recaída consiste en volver a beber alcohol después de un periodo de abstinencia en un enfermo alcohólico.La abstinencia previa a la recaída puede haberse producido tras haber abandonado el consumo bien sea debido al tratamiento o haya sido por voluntad propia..La tasa de recaída es sumamente alta y se presenta frecuentemente durante el primer... Read more

Schätze sammeln im Himmel

By: Sebastian Rochlitzer

Narrated by: Sebastian Rochlitzer

Length: 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Sebastian und Ulfie unterhalten sich über ihr gemeinsames Abenteuer bei den Piraten und über das Schiff "Die reparierte Rita". Dabei schauen sie in die Bibel und stellen sich die Frage, was genau ein Schatz ist – und ob und wie sie Schätze im Himmel sammeln können. Die Bibel-Geschichte finden die beiden in Lukas Kapitel 12. Read more

Have and Have Not

By: Patrice M Foster

Narrated by: Stratton Meyer

Length: 3 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Do you wish to teach your children the concept of money in a manner that ensures they grasp it having tried many strategies that haven’t worked?And are you looking for a blueprint that will make the whole process seamless and less frustrating for all of you?If you have answered yes to the questions above, keep reading because…This book will... Read more

The Guide to Going Viral

By: Brendan Kane

Narrated by: Brendan Kane

Length: 7 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

In a digital realm where there are 4.8 billion people on social media sending billions of messages out into the world every day, standing out requires more than just luck—it demands the strategic finesse akin to crafting a blockbuster film.The Guide to Going Viral is like a director’s manual for social media. It provides a step-by-step approach... Read more

Stuff That Sucks

By: Ben Sedley

Narrated by: Zac Katz-Stein

Length: 2 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

If you struggle with negative thoughts and emotions, you should know that your pain is real. No one should try to diminish it. Sometimes stuff really does suck and we have to acknowledge it. Worry, sadness, loneliness, anger, and shame are big and important, but they can also get in the way of what really matters. What if, instead of fighting... Read more