National Mushroom Day 2024

Most Delicious Poison

The Story of Nature's Toxins―From Spices to Vices

By: Noah Whiteman
Narrated by: Noah Whiteman
Length: 11 hours 8 minutes

An evolutionary biologist tells the story of nature’s toxins and why we are attracted—and addicted—to them, in this “magisterial, fascinating, and gripping tour de force” (Neil Shubin).A deadly secret lurks within our spice racks, medicine cabinets, backyard gardens, and private stashes.Scratch beneath the surface of a coffee bean, a red pepper... Read more

This Is Your Mind on Plants

By: Michael Pollan
Narrated by: Michael Pollan
Length: 7 hours 36 minutes

“A fascinating dive into society's relationship with three distinct and ubiquitous substances that are harvested from plants and form parts of our everyday life: opioids, caffeine, and mescaline. Michael Pollan's work is part journalism, part memoir, and wholly engaging. Read more

Rosewater

The Wormwood Trilogy: Book #1

By: Tade Thompson
Narrated by: Bayo Gbadamosi
Length: 13 hours 37 minutes

“Want mystery? A vision of near-future, post-alien occupation Earth? Afro-centric? Psychics? A relatable protagonist with a criminal past who is the only hope for saving human kind? How about some zombies and angels? A love story? Rosewater has it all, and somehow it all weaves together into an irresistible, absorbing tale. And the best news?... Read more

What Moves the Dead

Sworn Soldier: Book #1

By: T. Kingfisher
Narrated by: Avi Roque
Length: 5 hours 25 minutes

“A wonderfully creepy, atmospheric horror that seeps into your bones for the short 5 hours. Filled with gruesome and unsettling fungal descriptions, Kingfisher masterfully creates a setting that you can't take your mental eye off of, yet makes you desperately want to take a shower. Also a surprisingly refreshing take on gender (the main... Read more

The Rebel’s Apothecary

A Practical Guide to the Healing Magic of Cannabis, CBD, and Mushrooms

By: Jenny Sansouci
Narrated by: Carlotta Brentan
Length: 7 hours 46 minutes

Learn how to improve mental health and general wellness with the medicinal magic of cannabis and mushrooms—from CBD oil to elixirs and gummies to THC dosing.When health coach and wellness blogger Jenny Sansouci learned that her father was diagnosed with stage four pancreatic cancer, her extensive knowledge of the latest alternative therapies was... Read more

Healing Mushrooms

A Practical and Culinary Guide to Using Mushrooms for Whole Body Health

By: Tero Isokauppila
Narrated by: Al Kessel
Length: 2 hours 33 minutes

The one and only resource on using adaptogenic mushrooms to boost immunity and promote whole body health the natural way.



Adaptogenic mushrooms are one of today's buzziest superfoods, known for their ability to restore skin's youthful glow, increase energy levels, reduce brain fog, keep your hormone levels in check, and so much more. In Healing... Read more

How to Change Your Mind

What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence

By: Michael Pollan
Narrated by: Michael Pollan
Length: 13 hours 34 minutes

“Pollan brings his humor, lyricism, and love for deep research to the admittedly taboo field of psychedelics. This book is an exhaustive exploration of these mysterious substances, in which he balances skepticism of the culture that surrounds them with optimism for their potential therapeutic use. Read more

Mexican Gothic

By: Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Narrated by: Frankie Corzo
Length: 10 hours 39 minutes

“Mexican Gothic is a fairytale turned nightmare, perhaps with a nod to Jordan Peele’s Get Out. In 1950’s Mexico, glamorous debutante Noemí receives a mysterious letter from her newlywed cousin Catalina. In frantic prose, she pleads for Noemí to visit her at High Place, the family residence of her husband, an English expat whom she has grown to... Read more

The Way Through the Woods

On Mushrooms and Mourning

By: Litt Woon Long
Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
Length: 7 hours 42 minutes

A grieving widow discovers a most unexpected form of healing—hunting for mushrooms.

“Moving . . .  Long tells the story of finding hope after despair lightly and artfully, with self-effacement and so much gentle good nature.”—The New York Times

Long Litt Woon met Eiolf a month after arriving in Norway from Malaysia as an exchange student. They... Read more

The Secret Life of Fungi

Discoveries from a Hidden World

By: Aliya Whiteley
Narrated by: Alison Larkin
Length: 3 hours 31 minutes

Fungi are unlike any other living thing—they’re almost magically unique. Welcome to this astonishing world …Fungi can appear anywhere, from desert dunes to frozen tundra. They can invade our bodies and live between our toes or our floorboards. They are unwelcome intruders or vastly expensive treats, and symbols of both death and eternal life.... Read more

The Hidden Kingdom of Fungi

Exploring the Microscopic World in Our Forests, Homes, and Bodies

By: Keith Seifert
Narrated by: Steven Marriott
Length: 6 hours 39 minutes

“Fans of Merlin Sheldrake’s Entangled Life and Suzanne Simard’s Finding the Mother Tree will enjoy Seifert’s latest... A perspective-shifting guide to our microfungal matrix.”—Kirkus

Even though we can’t always see them, fungi exist all around us. From forests and farms to food and medicine—and even our homes and bodies—fungal connections shape... Read more

The Magic of Mushrooms

Fungi in Folklore, Superstition and Traditional Medicine

By: Sandra Lawrence
Narrated by: Christina Delaine
Length: 5 hours 10 minutes

Explore the wonderful world of some of the most incredible natural forms on our planet—fungi.



At the center of countless superstitions, folkloric tales, and magical beliefs, as well as appearing in recipes and medicines both traditional and modern, mushrooms have incredible powers. The Magic of Mushrooms shows that from saving lives to expanding... Read more

Trippy

The Peril and Promise of Medicinal Psychedelics

By: Ernesto Londoño
Narrated by: Ernesto Londoño
Length: 11 hours 49 minutes

“Part memoir, history, and gonzo reporting, Ernest Londoño takes you on a wild tour of modern psychedelics, exploring personal treatment with ayahuasca rituals, 1% luxury retreats, veteran PTSD treatment, Indigenous people preserving traditional culture, newer religions, scientists, abusive “healers,” and desperate, regular people searching for... Read more

Entangled Life

How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures

By: Merlin Sheldrake
Narrated by: Merlin Sheldrake
Length: 9 hours 32 minutes

“This book does a great job of introducing you to the wonders of fungi. You learn a lot of info but it’s not written in a way that’s too scientific or textbook. The info is told alongside personal stories about the author’s own research journey. This book left me thoroughly amazed! The author Merlin Sheldrake also does a great job as the... Read more

The Mushroom at the End of the World

On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins

By: Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing
Narrated by: Susan Ericksen
Length: 11 hours 6 minutes

Matsutake is the most valuable mushroom in the world—and a weed that grows in human-disturbed forests across the northern hemisphere. Through its ability to nurture trees, matsutake helps forests to grow in daunting places. It is also an edible delicacy in Japan, where it sometimes commands astronomical prices. In all its contradictions,... Read more

Fruiting Bodies

Stories

By: Kathryn Harlan
Narrated by: Heather Masters
Length: 8 hours 28 minutes

Finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction - 2023
This genre-bending debut collection of stories constructs eight eerie worlds full of desire, wisdom, and magic blooming amidst decay.

In stories that beckon and haunt, Fruiting Bodies ranges confidently from the fantastical to the gothic to the uncanny as it follows characters—mostly queer,... Read more

Good Chemistry

The Science of Connection, from Soul to Psychedelics

By: Julie Holland
Narrated by: Jean Ann Douglass
Length: 9 hours 16 minutes

A psychiatrist and psychedelic researcher explores the science of connection—why we need it, how we’ve lost it, and how we might find it again.

We are suffering from an epidemic of disconnection that antidepressants and social media can’t fix. This state of isolation puts us in “fight or flight mode,” deranging sleep, metabolism and libido.... Read more