Best Audiobooks of 2022

Happy-Go-Lucky

By: David Sedaris
Narrated by: David Sedaris
Length: 7 hours 30 minutes

“This was my first experience listening to David Sedaris. It was great. His stories are always smart and funny, sometimes disturbing, but always make me think. Wonderful to hear him tell them authentically. Read more

Why We Did It

A Travelogue from the Republican Road to Hell

By: Tim Miller
Narrated by: Josh Bloomberg
Length: 8 hours 14 minutes

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFormer Republican political operative Tim Miller answers the question no one else has fully grappled with: Why did normal people go along with the worst of Trumpism? As one of the strategists behind the famous 2012 RNC “autopsy,” Miller conducts his own forensic study on the pungent carcass of the party he used to... Read more

A Prayer for the Crown-Shy

A Monk and Robot Book

Monk & Robot: Book #2

By: Becky Chambers
Narrated by: Em Grosland
Length: 3 hours 53 minutes

“Just as wonderful and as tender as A Psalm for the Wild-Built. A sweet and earthy cup of tea to warm the soul. New and old characters to giggle with, cry with, and just flat out fall in love with. A book that I will return to again and again. Read more

Sugar Street

A Novel

By: Jonathan Dee
Narrated by: Chris Andrew Ciulla
Length: 5 hours 19 minutes

In Jonathan Dee’s elegant and explosive novel, Sugar Street, an unnamed male narrator has hit the road. Rid of any possible identifiers, his possessions amount to $168,548 in cash stashed in an envelope under his car seat.Vigilantly avoiding security cameras, he drives until he hits a city where his past is unlikely to track him down and finds a... Read more

Elizabeth Finch

By: Julian Barnes
Narrated by: Justin Avoth
Length: 5 hours 17 minutes

From the award-winning novelist, a magnetic tale that centers on the presence of a vivid and particular woman, whose loss becomes the occasion for a man’s deeper examination of love, friendship and biographyThis beautiful, spare novel of platonic unrequited love springs into being around the singular character of the stoic, exacting Professor... Read more

I'm Glad My Mom Died

By: Jennette McCurdy
Narrated by: Jennette McCurdy
Length: 6 hours 25 minutes

“The audiobook is narrated by Jennette, which I think made the experience of reading this even more special. I went through just about every emotion while reading this book. Jennette goes into great detail on her experience as a child actor…and based on the title of this book, I think you can guess how that experience was. This gripping,... Read more

The Hero of This Book

A Novel

By: Elizabeth McCracken
Narrated by: Elizabeth McCracken
Length: 4 hours 32 minutes

“This is a quiet book – and I say this as someone who lacks patience for quiet books – but I loved this one anyway. In The Hero of This Book, an American woman, a writer, spends a Sunday wandering the streets of London, and as she does, she thinks about her mother who recently died. To quote the unnamed writer/narrator, 'I kept walking. It's not... Read more

Either/Or

By: Elif Batuman
Narrated by: Elif Batuman
Length: 10 hours 54 minutes

An instant New York Times bestseller!

A New York Times Notable Book of 2022

“Batuman has a gift for making the universe seem, somehow, like the benevolent and witty literary seminar you wish it were . . .This novel wins you over in a million micro-observations.” —The New York Times

 “Batuman is a genius, rendering human folly at its most colorful... Read more

Dilla Time

The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm

By: Dan Charnas
Narrated by: Dan Charnas
Length: 14 hours 52 minutes

This program contains examples of J Dilla's music performed in the studio by drummer Nate Smith and is accompanied by a bonus PDF of maps, photos, guides, and more.

"This book is a must for everyone interested in illuminating the idea of unexplainable genius.” —QUESTLOVE

Equal parts biography, musicology, and cultural history, Dilla Time... Read more

All the Women in My Brain

And Other Concerns

By: Betty Gilpin
Narrated by: Betty Gilpin
Length: 8 hours 12 minutes

This program is read by the author.

A lightning-strike dispatch of hilarious, intimate, luminous essays from the brain (and voice!) of Emmy Award-nominated actress and writer Betty Gilpin.

Oh. Hi. *takes six long gulps of water during which you’re like, may I help you?*

My name is Betty. I have depression. I have passion. I have tits the size of... Read more