Popular Non Fiction

The Boys in the Boat

Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics

By: Daniel James Brown
Narrated by: Edward Herrmann
Length: 14 hours 24 minutes

“This is one of my favorite non-fiction reads of all time, containing everything that I love to find in a book: suspense, unbreakable friendships, insurmountable obstacles, and unlimited perseverance! As told to the readers at the beginning of the book, this story is not one of Brown’s own experience but one that he heard and shared with the... Read more

How to Protect Bookstores and Why

The Present and Future of Bookselling

By: Danny Caine
Narrated by: Danny Caine
Length: 6 hours 47 minutes

“I love bookshop origin stories so this was an absolute treat! Caine profiles 12 independent bookstores with obvious enthusiasm and adoration for his fellow bookstore owners and their varied causes and identities. Each case study ends with an action step on how to support and protect bookstores which looks beyond simply showing up and spending... Read more

The Art Thief

A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession

By: Michael Finkel
Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini & Michael Finkel
Length: 5 hours 39 minutes

“This true crime story seemed so much like a thrilling novel, it was difficult to believe that it is actually all true! If you appreciate bizarre, fast-paced nonfiction, this is a great one to pick up! Read more

What Happened to You?

Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing

By: Oprah Winfrey & Bruce D. Perry
Narrated by: Bruce D. Perry & Oprah Winfrey
Length: 8 hours 27 minutes

“In What Happened to You?, Oprah Winfrey and Dr. Bruce D Perry discuss the effects of trauma on the human brain, especially the young brain, and how our brain and minds are resilient, how these traumas affect each of us later in life, and how we heal from them. In a balanced back and forth between very personal stories from Oprah's life,... Read more

The Teachers

A Year Inside America's Most Vulnerable, Important Profession

By: Alexandra Robbins
Narrated by: Alexandra Robbins
Length: 10 hours 23 minutes

A National Bestseller

*Winner of the 2024 DKG International Educators Book Award*

A riveting, must-read, year-in-the-life account of three teachers, combined with reporting that reveals what’s really going on behind school doors, by New York Times bestselling author and education expert Alexandra Robbins.

Alexandra Robbins goes behind the scenes to... Read more

All Boys Aren't Blue

A Memoir-Manifesto

By: George M. Johnson
Narrated by: George M. Johnson
Length: 5 hours 11 minutes

“Both a primer for teens eager to be allies, as well as a reassuring testimony for young queer men of color, All Boys Aren’t Blue covers topics such as gender identity, toxic masculinity, brotherhood, family, structural marginalization, consent and black joy. Johnson’s writing weaves together the trials and triumphs faced by black queer boys. If... Read more

The 57 Bus

A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives

By: Dashka Slater
Narrated by: Robin Miles
Length: 5 hours 43 minutes

The riveting New York Times bestseller and Stonewall Book Award winner that will make you rethink all you know about race, class, gender, crime, and punishment. Artfully, compassionately, and expertly told, Dashka Slater's The 57 Bus is a must-read nonfiction book for teens that chronicles the true story of an agender teen who was set on fire by... Read more

Man Enough

Undefining My Masculinity

By: Justin Baldoni
Narrated by: Justin Baldoni
Length: 12 hours 36 minutes

From the director, executive producer, and star of IT ENDS WITH US Justin Baldoni, a gripping, deeply honest, fearless personal and societal exploration of masculinity and what it means to be a man.The effects of traditionally defined masculinity have become one of the most prevalent social issues of our time. In this engaging and provocative... Read more

The Book of Hope

A Survival Guide for Trying Times

Global Icons Series

By: Jane Goodall & Douglas Abrams
Narrated by: Douglas Abrams & Jane Goodall
Length: 6 hours 49 minutes

“Listening to this on audio has been a special experience simply due to the fact that Jane Goodall’s voice as she delivers her philosophies on hope in regards to the environment is both a balm to a troubled mind and spark of inspiration towards action. There is someone in your life that needs this book and it would make a great gift for them. Read more

Why Smart Kids Worry

And What Parents Can Do to Help

By: Allison Edwards
Narrated by: Allyson Ryan
Length: 6 hours 33 minutes

Being the parent of a smart child is great—until your son or daughter starts asking whether global warming is real, if you are going to die, and what will happen if they don't get into college. Kids who are advanced intellectually often let their imaginations run wild and experience fears beyond their years. So what can you do to help?



In Why... Read more

A Molecule Away from Madness

Tales of the Hijacked Brain

By: Sara Manning Peskin
Narrated by: Ann Richardson
Length: 5 hours 44 minutes

A neurologist regales readers with extraordinary stories of the brain under siege.Our brains are the most complex machines known to humankind, but they have an Achilles heel: the very molecules that allow us to exist can also sabotage our minds. Here are true accounts of unruly molecules and the diseases that form in their wake, from total loss... Read more

You Could Make This Place Beautiful

A Memoir

By: Maggie Smith
Narrated by: Maggie Smith
Length: 7 hours 46 minutes

“What a moving book about becoming yourself after a painful divorce. The quotes that are included, the questions asked, and the vignettes of a life lived both in duress and in triumph all come together for a bittersweet study of joy and grief. A wonderful read. Read more

The Wager

A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder

By: David Grann
Narrated by: Dion Graham & David Grann
Length: 8 hours 28 minutes

“I loved this nautical true story of mutiny on the high seas. The men lived by such a strict code. What IS to be done when the captain loses the confidence and respect of some of his crew? In a culture and atmosphere where your RANK determines whether your account of events is to be read, let alone believed, it makes for a very interesting... Read more

What We've Become

Living and Dying in a Country of Arms

By: Jonathan M. Metzl
Narrated by: Bob Johnson
Length: 10 hours 25 minutes

Long at the forefront of a movement advocating for gun reform as a matter of public health, Dr. Jonathan M. Metzl has been on constant media call in the aftermath of fatal shootings. But the 2018 Nashville killings led him on a path toward recognizing the limitations of biomedical frameworks for fully diagnosing or treating the impassioned... Read more

One Nation Under Guns

How Gun Culture Distorts Our History and Threatens Our Democracy

By: Dominic Erdozain
Narrated by: Dan Bittner
Length: 5 hours 37 minutes

This “brilliant and gut-wrenching” (The New York Times Book Review, Editors’ Choice) takedown of American gun culture argues that the nation’s founders did not intend the Second Amendment to guarantee an individual right to bear arms—and that this distortion of the record is an urgent threat to democracy.

“At once eye-opening and enraging, One... Read more

A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door

The Dismantling of Public Education and the Future of School

By: Jack Schneider & Jennifer Berkshire
Narrated by: Suzie Althens
Length: 7 hours 33 minutes

A trenchant analysis of how public education is being destroyed in overt and deceptive ways—and how to fight back.



If America's public schools don't survive the COVID-19 pandemic, it won't just be due to the virus. Opponents of public education have long sought to dismantle our system of free, universal, and taxpayer-funded schooling. But the... Read more

Invisible Women

Data Bias in a World Designed for Men

By: Caroline Criado-Perez
Narrated by: Caroline Criado-Perez
Length: 9 hours 24 minutes

“This book is as utterly fascinating as it is frustrating and eye-opening. I blew through it in a day and a half because I simply could not stop listening to it and appreciating with rising vexation Perez's breakdown of the data at every level of the world we live in today. This is a book I wish I could share with everyone and talk about to get... Read more

The Knowledge Gap

The Hidden Cause of America's Broken Education System--and How to Fix it

By: Natalie Wexler
Narrated by: Natalie Wexler
Length: 9 hours 15 minutes

“Essential reading for teachers, education administrators, and policymakers alike.” —STARRED Library Journal

The untold story of the root cause of America's education crisis

It was only after years within the education reform movement that Natalie Wexler stumbled across a hidden explanation for our country's frustrating lack of progress when it... Read more

The Woman in Me

By: Britney Spears
Narrated by: Michelle Williams
Length: 5 hours 31 minutes

“Britney fans will appreciate this candid memoir - her story is deeply personal and sad, and it's fascinating to peer inside her mind. (For a special treat, listen to the audiobook, masterfully read by Michelle Williams!) Read more

Momma Cusses

A Field Guide to Responsive Parenting & Trying Not to Be the Reason Your Kid Needs Therapy

By: Gwenna Laithland
Narrated by: Abbi Laithland & Gwenna Laithland
Length: 7 hours 54 minutes

With the same authentic and snarky style that her millions of TikTok fans love, "parenting unexpert" Gwenna Laithland narrates her way through hilarious real-life parenting scenarios.

This program is read by the author, with a foreword read by her daughter.

Join the millions of fans who love Momma Cusses, TikTok’s #1 Parenting Unexpert!

There are... Read more