Winter '23 Narrative Nonfiction

Legitimate Kid

A Memoir

By: Aida Rodriguez
Narrated by: Aida Rodriguez
Length: 8 hours 15 minutes

“Legitimate Kid is an engrossing memoir. Aida Rodriguez candidly shares the story of her life, and its love and trauma are the source of much of her stand-up comedy. Rodriguez immerses you in her experiences, as the Latine daughter of a teenage single mom; as a smart, shy, kid burgeoning with talent; as a single mom herself, struggling to keep... Read more

Talking to My Angels

By: Melissa Etheridge
Narrated by: Melissa Etheridge
Length: 6 hours 36 minutes

Twenty years after the success of her first memoir, the New York Times bestseller The Truth Is . . ., the Grammy and Oscar award-winning rocker and trailblazing LGBTQAI icon takes stock of the intervening years, recounting the euphoric triumphs and the life-altering tragedies of her life.The audiobook is an exclusive musical experience, read and... Read more

The World According to Joan Didion

By: Evelyn McDonnell
Narrated by: Hillary Huber
Length: 7 hours 23 minutes

A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2023 by The Millions""A wonderfully fitting tribute to Joan Didion: one that avoids simple platitudes, approaching the great writer with a fierce, probing intelligence, flawless language, and the impulse, which drove Didion's finest work, to understand the dreams of another."" — Hua Hsu, Pulitzer-winning author of Stay... Read more

For the Culture

Phenomenal Black Women and Femmes in Food: Interviews, Inspiration, and Recipes

By: Klancy Miller
Narrated by: Klancy Miller, Ariel Blake, Susan Dalian, Janina Edwards, Sisi A. Johnson, Karen Malina White & Machelle Williams
Length: 9 hours 2 minutes

A must-have anthology of the leading Black women and femmes shaping today’s food and hospitality landscape—from farm to table and beyond—chronicling their passions and motivations, lessons learned and hard-won wisdom, personal recipes, and more.Chef and writer Klancy Miller found her own way by trial and error—as a pastry chef, recipe developer,... Read more

Opinions

A Decade of Arguments, Criticism, and Minding Other People’s Business

By: Roxane Gay
Narrated by: Roxane Gay
Length: 9 hours 58 minutes

From beloved and bestselling author Roxane Gay, “a strikingly fresh cultural critic” (Washington Post) comes an exhilarating collection of her essays on culture, politics, and everything in between. Since the publication of the groundbreaking Bad Feminist and Hunger, Roxane Gay has continued to tackle big issues embroiling... Read more

Mother, Nature

A 5,000-Mile Journey to Discover if a Mother and Son Can Survive Their Differences

By: Jedidiah Jenkins
Narrated by: Jedidiah Jenkins
Length: 6 hours 53 minutes

“Jedidah Jenkins and his mom have wildly different views, politically and religiously, and he hopes a 5,000-mile road trip - retracing the Walk Across America trek his parents took in the 70s - will provide him insight into her world and give her a glimpse into his, while allowing them the opportunity to find common ground. Read more

Falling Back in Love with Being Human

Letters to Lost Souls

By: Kai Cheng Thom
Narrated by: Kai Cheng Thom
Length: 1 hour 34 minutes

“In this highly recommendable collection of poetic letters full of love, pain, sadness, anger, hope and forgiveness, Kai Cheng Tom speaks to her trans* feminine sisters, but also people who have hurt her or have been hostile towards her and others. 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

“Over the course of eight years, master thief Stephane Breitwieser carried out over 200 brazen heists of fine art from museums and cathedrals across Europe! Amassing a private art collection with an estimated value of two billion dollars (in the top floor of his mother's home where he lived with his girlfriend and accomplice), Breitwieser saw... Read more

Why We Love Baseball

A History in 50 Moments

By: Joe Posnanski
Narrated by: Joe Posnanski & Ellen Adair
Length: 11 hours 52 minutes

NEW YORK TIMES bestseller

Winner of the CASEY Award for Best Baseball Book of the Year

National Sports Media Association Sports Book of the Year 

An NPR "Book of the Day"

#1 New York Times bestselling author Joe Posnanski is back with a masterful ode to the game: a countdown of 50 of the most memorable moments in baseball’s history, to make you fall... Read more

My Name Is Barbra

By: Barbra Streisand
Narrated by: Barbra Streisand
Length: 48 hours 7 minutes

“It must be said that I am a die-hard, life-long Barbra Streisand fan. I've always emulated her - her courageous choices in roles, her seemingly effortless ability to inhabit whatever role she is playing, her commitment to human rights and especially those of women, and of course, THE VOICE. To me, she is the greatest singer of this time and... Read more

The Dictionary People

The Unsung Heroes Who Created the Oxford English Dictionary

By: Sarah Ogilvie
Narrated by: Joan Walker & Sarah Ogilvie
Length: 11 hours 8 minutes

A WASHINGTON POST BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION FINALIST • The New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice • A history and celebration of the many far-flung volunteers who helped define the English language, word by word.

“Enthralling and exuberant, Sarah Ogilvie tells the surprising story of the making of the OED.... Read more

This Wheel of Rocks

An Unexpected Spiritual Journey

By: Sister Marya Grathwohl
Narrated by: Sister Marya Grathwohl
Length: 11 hours 31 minutes

The memoir of a Catholic nun’s spiritual journey that explores the deep connections between faith and the natural world

Growing up in the Midwest, Judy Grathwohl never felt she belonged. “I belong out west,” she remembers telling her father. After joining the Sisters of St. Francis in the early 1960s and becoming Sister Marya, she came to... Read more

Move Like Water

My Story of the Sea

By: Hannah Stowe
Narrated by: Anna Rust
Length: 6 hours 46 minutes

A book to sweep you away from the shore, into a wild world of water, whale, storm, and starlight ― to experience what it’s like to sail for weeks at a time with life set to a new rhythm.

As a young girl, Hannah Stowe was raised at the tide’s edge on the Pembrokeshire coast of Wales, falling asleep to the sweep of the lighthouse beam. Now in her... Read more

Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)

A Memoir

By: Sly Stone
Narrated by: Dion Graham
Length: 8 hours 10 minutes

Winner of the 2023 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Achievement in Audiobook Production.

"Throughout, narrator Dion Graham sustains an authentic cool. His voice subtly slows down, pauses, and cracks as Stone expounds upon his older years. It’s a kind of music unto itself." —AudioFile

Combining three never-before-heard songs, jingles from when Sly... Read more

The Sun Is a Compass

A 4,000-Mile Journey into the Alaskan Wilds

By: Caroline Van Hemert
Narrated by: Xe Sands
Length: 9 hours 1 minute

“The Sun is a Compass is a biologist’s candid journey of self discovery complete with aggressive bears, playful humpback whales, feisty hummingbirds and scolding chickadees. Heading into the most remote areas of Alaska and Canada, Caroline Van Hemert and her husband Pat rowed, rafted, hiked, skied and canoed 4000 miles from Bellingham, Washington... Read more

Call You When I Land

A Memoir

By: Nikki Vargas
Narrated by: Nikki Vargas
Length: 8 hours 5 minutes

"Colorful, vivid storytelling.... for anyone looking for a road to reinvention." —Kristin Newman

A soul-stirring memoir from Colombian immigrant and travel journalist Nikki Vargas, whisking us through the countries that brought her new love, self-discovery, and the inspiration to launch the first international feminist travel magazine, Unearth... Read more

Madonna

A Rebel Life

By: Mary Gabriel
Narrated by: Elise Arsenault
Length: 41 hours 43 minutes

“If you’re familiar with Mary Gabriel’s previous works (Ninth Street Women and Pulitzer Prize finalist Love and Capital, among others), you know this will be a comprehensive, singularly engrossing, beautifully written biography. Tracing the iconic rock star’s life from birth, Gabriel contextualizes her journey in history and pop culture, while... Read more

Leslie F*cking Jones

By: Leslie Jones
Narrated by: Leslie Jones & Chris Rock
Length: 16 hours 32 minutes

“If you loved watching Leslie Jones on Saturday Night Live, you’ll love her memoir. Her brazen and bold self is on full display, unapologetically, while she recalls her upbringing to making her breakthrough. She never shies away from discussing the toughest points in her life but always manages to lighten the mood soon after. Equal parts... Read more

The Big Time

How the 1970s Transformed Sports in America

By: Michael MacCambridge
Narrated by: Sean Runnette
Length: 17 hours 49 minutes

A captivating chronicle of the pivotal decade in American sports, when the games invaded prime time, and sports moved from the margins to the mainstream of American culture.

Every decade brings change, but as Michael MacCambridge chronicles in THE BIG TIME, no decade in American sports history featured such convulsive cultural shifts as the... Read more

Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant

A Memoir

By: Curtis Chin
Narrated by: Curtis Chin
Length: 8 hours 12 minutes

“I loved Curtis Chin's memoir. Chin grew up in 1980s Detroit with the center of his world being his family's restaurant, Chung’s Cantonese Cuisine. One of six children and the son of immigrants, Chin's tight-knit family and community weathered social injustice, racism, and violence by providing a welcoming environment, delicious food, and open... Read more