January 2024: New Year, New Audiobooks

Feel-Good Productivity

How to Do More of What Matters to You

By: Ali Abdaal
Narrated by: Ali Abdaal
Length: 5 hours 31 minutes

“I took a lot from this book when looking at productivity. The one thing I liked about it was the overarching idea that there are ways to make being productive fun. I highly recommend this to anyone looking for a relatively easy read that is engaging and educational. It's one of my top recommended self-improvement reads. Read more

A Royal Conundrum (The Misfits)

The Misfits: Book #1

By: Lisa Yee
Narrated by: Cindy Kay
Length: 6 hours 2 minutes

“Delightful. I enjoyed listening to this book and I think middle school age kids would be able to relate and enjoy this series. I look forward to the next installment. Read more

Coretta: The Autobiography of Mrs. Coretta Scott King

By: Coretta Scott King
Narrated by: January LaVoy
Length: 26 minutes

"Music and sound effects are beautifully paired with January LaVoy's inviting narration of this adaptation of Coretta Scott King's autobiography.—AudioFile

"Music and sound effects are beautifully paired with January LaVoy’s inviting narration of this adaptation of Coretta Scott King’s autobiography for adults."—The Children's Book Review... Read more

The Worst Class in the World

The Worst Class in the World

By: Joanna Nadin
Narrated by: Sam Newton
Length: 53 minutes

Bloomsbury presents The Worst Class in the World by Joanna Nadin, read by Sam Newton.

‘Deliciously silly, with hilarious catchphrases… a great cheer-up book’ The Guardian

‘HILARIOUS! Proper laughs!’ Pamela Butchart
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A laugh-out-loud young fiction series from bestselling author Joanna Nadin, perfect for fans of Horrid... Read more

How to Focus

A Monastic Guide for an Age of Distraction

Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers

By: John Cassian
Narrated by: Mike Cooper
Length: 2 hours 13 minutes

Distraction isn't a new problem. We're also not the first to complain about how hard it is to concentrate. Early Christian monks beat us to it. They had given up everything to focus on God, yet they still struggled to keep the demons of distraction at bay. But rather than surrender to the meandering of their minds, they developed powerful... Read more

Popular Crime

Reflections on the Celebration of Violence

By: Bill James
Narrated by: Kyle Tait
Length: 21 hours 32 minutes

From the one-of-kind mind of Bill James, famous for revolutionizing the way we think about baseball, comes a “thought-provoking meditation” (Seattle Times) and epic tour through American crime—now available in paperback.

The man who revolutionized the way we think about baseball examines our cultural obsession with murder—delivering a unique,... Read more

Of Greed and Glory

In Pursuit of Freedom for All

By: Deborah G. Plant
Narrated by: Desmond Manny & Emana Rachelle
Length: 7 hours 32 minutes

A ground-breaking, personal exploration of America’s obsession with continuing human bondage from the editor of the New York Times–bestselling Barracoon.Freedom and equality are the watchwords of American democracy. But like justice, freedom and equality are meaningless when there is no corresponding practical application of the ideals they... Read more

Drunk-ish

A Memoir of Loving and Leaving Alcohol

By: Stefanie Wilder-Taylor
Narrated by: Stefanie Wilder-Taylor
Length: 7 hours 19 minutes

This “perfect balance of bold honesty and riotous wit” (Shelf Awareness) from the author of Sippy Cups Are Not for Chardonnay explores Stefanie Wilder-Taylor’s journey to breaking up with alcohol for good.

For Stefanie Wilder-Taylor, alcohol was the seasoning that could give almost any activity more flavor—from liquor cabinet concoctions in high... Read more

Black Boys Like Me

On Race, Identity, and Belonging

By: Matthew R. Morris
Narrated by: Matthew R. Morris
Length: 7 hours 33 minutes

*INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER*
*LONGLISTED FOR THE TORONTO BOOK AWARD*

“Black Boys Like Me ignited parts of me I honestly didn't believe any book could ever know. . . . Seldom do incredibly titled books earn their titles. Matthew R. Morris earns this classic title with a classic book about our insides.” —Kiese Laymon, author of Heavy


Startlingly... Read more

The Weirdness of the World

By: Eric Schwitzgebel
Narrated by: Will Collyer
Length: 10 hours 24 minutes

This audiobook narrated by Will Collyer reveals why all philosophical explanations of human consciousness and the structure of the cosmos are bizarre—and why that's a good thing Do we live inside a simulated reality or a pocket universe embedded in a larger structure about which we know virtually nothing? Is consciousness a purely physical... Read more

The Holocaust

An Unfinished History

By: Dan Stone
Narrated by: John Sackville
Length: 9 hours 59 minutes

Published to acclaim in the UK, an authoritative, revelatory new history of the Holocaust that “shatters many myths about the Nazis’ genocide” (Sunday Times), from one of the leading scholars of his generation.“A stunning, original, concise analysis. … Masterful.” —Wendy Lower, author of Hitler’s FuriesThe Holocaust is much discussed, much... Read more

Come and Get It: A GMA Book Club Pick

By: Kiley Reid
Narrated by: Nicole Lewis
Length: 12 hours 52 minutes

“One of Kiley Reid's talents is creating extremely nuanced characters. By the end of Come and Get It, I felt like I could recognize Agatha and Mille's voices from across a crowded room, I knew them so well. A study of female relationships mostly set at the University of Arkansas in 2017, Reid's prose dissects each power imbalance carefully, and... Read more