Art bestsellers

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

“Once again, truth proves to be stranger than fiction. Who could have invented a kleptomaniac who stole hundreds of works of art from museums across Europe all before he turned 30? And by the end, you still aren’t sure whether to hate him or feel sorry for him. Read more

Scream With Me

Horror Films and the Rise of American Feminism (1968-1980)

By: Eleanor Johnson
Narrated by: Andi Arndt & Eleanor Johnson
Length: 8 hours 57 minutes

“This book, in fact, made me want to scream! Not from fear but from anger. Scream with Me may be focused on the select time frame of second-wave feminism, but as we are facing the same issues again today, this collection couldn’t be more urgent. Eleanor Johnson has a keen eye for detail, and she dissects the nuances of each film with cutthroat... Read more

Just Kids

By: Patti Smith
Narrated by: Patti Smith
Length: 9 hours 50 minutes

“Patti Smith's finest piece of nonfiction, brimming with love and dedication for Robert Mapplethorpe. Read more

All The Beauty in the World

The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me

By: Patrick Bringley
Narrated by: Patrick Bringley
Length: 6 hours 3 minutes

“A major life event causes Bringley to reevaluate his career and leave a job at The New Yorker to become a guard at The Met. There, he forms close bonds with co-workers on their own journeys, and comes to see a museum he grew up frequenting in a new way. Inspiring and thought provoking. Read more

Shit, Actually

The Definitive, 100% Objective Guide to Modern Cinema

By: Lindy West
Narrated by: Lindy West
Length: 7 hours 16 minutes

“I've read a few things by Lindy West, but they were all pretty serious subjects. This audiobook, narrated by West, had my cracking up at my desk. Of course it's perfect for movies you've already seen — I'll admit to liking Love Actually, but her scathing review was still enjoyable. Even movies I have never seen before and barely know the... Read more

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

By: Susanna Clarke
Narrated by: Neil Gaiman, Richard Armitage & V.E. Schwab
Length: 36 hours 35 minutes

“If you’d love listening to Thorin Oakenshield narrating a very long wonderful book on magic, this is just the book for you! I read this over 20 years ago, and love listening to it again, Richard Armitage is such a great narrator! It’s long, but very good…reading and listening. Read more

Vagabond

A Memoir

By: Tim Curry
Narrated by: Tim Curry
Length: 10 hours 40 minutes

This memoir is a celebration of Tim Curry's’s life’s work, and a testament to his profound impact on the entertainment industry as we know it today.

There are few stars in Hollywood today that can boast the kind of resume Tony award-nominated actor Tim Curry has built over the past five decades. From his breakout role as Dr. Frank-N-Furter in... Read more about Vagabond

As You Wish

Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride

By: Cary Elwes & Joe Layden
Narrated by: Cary Elwes, Carol Kane, Norman Lear, Rob Reiner, Chris Sarandon, Andy Scheinman, Wallace Shawn & Robin Wright
Length: 7 hours 1 minute

“An affectionate and engaging love letter to the movie-adaptation of The Princess Bride, and everyone who worked on the project. If you are a huge fan of the fairytale cult classic, this memoir is a must-read that will leave you feeling nostalgic, and ready to watch the film again with new eyes. With guest commentary from the cast and crew, this... Read more

Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing

A Memoir

By: Matthew Perry
Narrated by: Matthew Perry
Length: 8 hours 49 minutes

“I listened to Matthew Perry‘s voice in the audiobook, which felt quite haunting knowing how his life ended only a year after his memoir was published. He tells his life story through the lens of his addiction, including his time on Friends, his romantic relationships, and his family. I rooted for him the entire book dreading how his life... Read more

So Gay for You

Friendship, Found Family, and the Show That Started It All

By: Kate Moennig & Leisha Hailey
Narrated by: Kate Moennig & Leisha Hailey
Length: 7 hours 49 minutes

“🎶Talking, laughing, loving, breathing, fighting, fucking, crying, drinking, riding, winning, losing, cheating, kissing, thinking, dreaming!🎶 If you loved The L Word then So Gay For You is a must-read! Hear how The L Word started, how Leisha (Alice) and Kate (Shane) first met and see their lifelong friendship bloom. I love when actors talk about... Read more

The Memory Palace

True Short Stories of the Past

By: Nate DiMeo
Narrated by: Nate DiMeo, Jad Abumrad, Daniel Alarcón, Betsy Brandt, Carrie Coon, Hrishikesh Hirway, Dominic Hoffman, Rebecca Lowman, Roman Mars, Robin Miles, Ryan Reynolds, Kai Ryssdal, Lili Taylor & Full Cast
Length: 8 hours 41 minutes

“Podcaster and writer Nate DiMeo has a special talent for finding the most alive and human vein in any historical moment and bringing it to the front in his retellings. This collection of essays is broad in variety and narrow in focus—ranging from unknown farmers to presidents—and so delicately makes moments from the past feel vital and... Read more

Black in Blues

How a Color Tells the Story of My People

By: Imani Perry
Narrated by: Imani Perry
Length: 9 hours 4 minutes

NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK BY: Time, USA Today, People, AARP, Today.com, BookRiot, Bustle, LitHub, BookPage, Our Culture, and VultureA surprising and beautiful meditation on the color blue—and its fascinating role in Black history and culture—from National Book Award winner Imani PerryThroughout history, the concept of Blackness has been... Read more about Black in Blues

Shakespeare: The Complete Works

Argo Classics

By: William Shakespeare
Length: 100 hours 18 minutes

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic prose and verse read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly remastered stories are now available to download for the first time. For the first time, the... Read more about Shakespeare: The Complete Works

Immediacy

Or, The Style of Too Late Capitalism

By: Anna Kornbluh
Narrated by: Sara Sheckells
Length: 8 hours 50 minutes

Why speed, flow, and direct expression now dominate cultural style Contemporary cultural style boosts transparency and instantaneity. These are values absorbed from our current economic conditions of disintermediation: cutting out the middleman. Like Uber, but for art. Immediacy names this style to make sense of what we lose when the... Read more about Immediacy

Semi-Well-Adjusted Despite Literally Everything

A Memoir

By: Alyson Stoner
Narrated by: Alyson Stoner
Length: 11 hours 26 minutes

*AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER*

Actor-dancer Alyson Stoner narrates their revelatory and incisive memoir—from family violence and betrayal, to eating disorders and religious trauma—may begin in Hollywood, but its chilling relatability will resonate with anyone navigating identity, privacy, purpose, and mental health in a... Read more about Semi-Well-Adjusted Despite Literally Everything

You Wanna Be on Top?

A Memoir of Makeovers, Manipulation, and Not Becoming America's Next Top Model

By: Sarah Hartshorne
Narrated by: Sarah Hartshorne
Length: 7 hours 26 minutes

“As a millennial who grew up binging ANTM reruns and practicing my “smize” in the mirror for hours, I devoured this memoir. Sarah Hartshorne’s story and narration are authentic and vulnerable. She made me laugh out loud, but she also didn’t shy away from difficult subjects. I didn’t want this book to end! Even if you’ve never watched ANTM, you’ll... Read more

Ordinary Notes

By: Christina Sharpe
Narrated by: Christina Sharpe
Length: 7 hours 10 minutes

This program is read by the author.

The critically acclaimed author of In the Wake, "Christina Sharpe is a brilliant thinker who attends unflinchingly to the brutality of our current arrangements . . . and yet always finds a way to beauty and possibility" (Saidiya Hartman).

A singular achievement, Ordinary Notes explores profound questions about... Read more about Ordinary Notes

Catching the Big Fish

Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity

By: David Lynch
Narrated by: David Lynch
Length: 1 hour 47 minutes

In this “unexpected delight” (The Boston Globe), visionary filmmaker, musician, and actor David Lynch describes his personal methods of capturing and working with ideas, and the immense creative benefits he has experienced from the practice of meditation.

David Lynch’s Catching the Big Fish provides a rare window into the internationally... Read more about Catching the Big Fish

The Story of Film

By: Mark Cousins
Narrated by: Debra Micheals
Length: 20 hours 10 minutes

An updated edition – with completely new chapters – of the most accessible and compelling history of the cinema yet published, and complements Mark Cousins' fascinating 15-hour film documentary The Story of Film: An Odyssey. Filmmaker and author Mark Cousins shows how filmmakers are influenced both by... Read more about The Story of Film

I Was Feeling Epic

An Oral History of The Vampire Diaries

By: Samantha Highfill
Narrated by: Louisa Zhu, Ashley J. Hobbs, Katie Allsup, Vas Eli, Barton Caplan, Emily Marso, Dominique Salvacion & Full Cast
Length: 10 hours 37 minutes

“I'm a sucker (not a pun...or maybe it is) for most anything Vampire. I, of course, fell in love with The Vampire Diaries and remember crying during the series finale, having to go to class after, and the girl sitting next to me asking if I was okay. No, I wasn't. But of course, as I continue to watch the series over, each time I notice things... Read more

Ghosts of the British Museum

A True Story of Colonial Loot and Restless Objects

By: Noah Angell
Narrated by: Noah Angell
Length: 6 hours 54 minutes

“I cannot say I have had a burning desire to visit the British Museum prior to reading this book, for reasons around the colonial "acquisition" of many of the items. However, I feel drawn to the idea after listening to the instances of haunting and the history of the items those accounts center around. It is also fascinating how, as a society, we... Read more

Monsters

A Fan's Dilemma

By: Claire Dederer
Narrated by: Claire Dederer
Length: 8 hours 14 minutes

“What do we do with the art of monstrous men? Who is a monster? How do we experience art in the post- #MeToo era? Claire Dederer crafts a thoughtful, incisive examination of these difficult questions. Articulate, honest, and well worth the read! Read more

The Steal Like an Artist Audio Trilogy

How to Be Creative, Show Your Work, and Keep Going

By: Austin Kleon
Narrated by: Austin Kleon
Length: 4 hours 32 minutes

“Looking for some inspiration for keeping your chin up while you create your art? Austin Kleon does a fantastic job of giving you just that as he describes many processes and advice from major thinkers throughout our times. There are lots of great little tidbits about finding your tribe and sharing your work that were particularly poignant. Read more

The Art Spy

The Extraordinary Untold Tale of WWII Resistance Hero Rose Valland

By: Michelle Young
Narrated by: Erin Bennett
Length: 11 hours 51 minutes

Library Journal Best Books of 2025 * New York Public Library Best Books of 2025 * Hyperallergic Favorite Art Books of 2025 * Publishers Weekly Best Books of Summer 2025 * BookBub Best Non-Fiction Release of the Season * Newsday’s Top Must-Read Book for Summer * Christian Science Monitor Best Book of May 2025 * Longlisted for the 2025 American... Read more about The Art Spy

Every Man for Himself and God Against All

A Memoir

By: Werner Herzog
Narrated by: Werner Herzog
Length: 13 hours 42 minutes

Legendary filmmaker and celebrated author Werner Herzog tells in his inimitable voice the story of his epic artistic career in a long-awaited memoir that is as inventive and daring as anything he has done before

Werner Herzog was born in September 1942 in Munich, Germany, at a turning point in the Second World War. Soon... Read more about Every Man for Himself and God Against All

It Came from the Closet

Queer Reflections on Horror

By: Joe Vallese & various authors
Narrated by: various narrators, Graham Halstead, Aven Shore, Aida Reluzco, Mark Sanderlin, Tori Barron, Krystal Hammond, Daniel Henning, Ron Butler, Hope Newhouse, Lindsey Dorcus, André Santana, Joel Froomkin, Mike Cooper, Em Grosland & Vikas Adam
Length: 10 hours 59 minutes

“If, like me, you’re a huge fan of horror movies, you won’t want to miss It Came From the Closet. This collection of essays is broken down by sub-genre and then by movie, which I loved. My favorite essay is Carmen Maria Machado’s Both Ways, which explores the cult classic Jennifer’s Body and poses the question 'Is this queerbaiting or is it a... Read more

The Science of Storytelling

By: Will Storr
Narrated by: James Clamp
Length: 6 hours 51 minutes

How do master storytellers compel us? There have been many attempts to understand what makes a good story, but few have used a scientific approach. In The Science of Storytelling, Will Storr applies dazzling psychological research and cutting-edge neuroscience to our myths and archetypes to show how we can tell better stories, revealing, among... Read more about The Science of Storytelling

Cue the Sun!

The Invention of Reality TV

By: Emily Nussbaum
Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
Length: 15 hours 11 minutes

“Are you low-key fascinated by reality tv? This is the book for you! It follows unscripted television from its game-show-type origins all the way up to today. It's a big part of our culture so I think it's great someone is studying it with such detail. Read more

DisneyWar

By: James B. Stewart
Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
Length: 25 hours 40 minutes

The dramatic inside story of the downfall of Michael Eisner—Disney Chairman and CEO—and the scandals that drove America’s best-known entertainment company to civil war.

“When You Wish Upon a Star,” “Whistle While You Work,” “The Happiest Place on Earth”—these are lyrics indelibly linked to Disney, one of the most admired and best-known companies... Read more about DisneyWar

How to Build a Fashion Icon

Notes on Confidence from the World's Only Image Architect

By: Law Roach
Narrated by: Law Roach
Length: 5 hours 15 minutes

“If you follow fashion and are a lover of red-carpet style, you probably already know Law Roach and his work. Law Roach is the mastermind behind looks that have broken the Internet time and again—from Zendaya at the Met Gala to Anya Taylor-Joy at the Golden Globes, from Lewis Hamilton’s iconic streetwear to Céline Dion’s style renaissance. In... Read more

Ninth Street Women

Lee Krasner, Elaine de Kooning, Grace Hartigan, Joan Mitchell, and Helen Frankenthaler: Five Painters and the Movement That Changed Modern Art

By: Mary Gabriel
Narrated by: Lisa Stathoplos
Length: 39 hours 14 minutes

Five women revolutionize the modern art world in postwar America in this "gratifying, generous, and lush" true story from a National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize finalist (Jennifer Szalai, New York Times).

Set amid the most turbulent social and political period of modern times, Ninth Street Women is the impassioned, wild, sometimes tragic,... Read more about Ninth Street Women

Future Boy

Back to the Future and My Journey Through the Space-Time Continuum

By: Michael J. Fox & Nelle Fortenberry
Narrated by: Michael J. Fox
Length: 3 hours 30 minutes

A poignant, heartfelt, and funny memoir about how, in 1985, Michael J. Fox brought to life two iconic roles simultaneously—Alex P. Keaton in Family Ties and Marty McFly in Back to the Future. Read by Michael J. Fox, this program features renowned clips and music from Back to the Future, plus interviews with the cast and crew of these legendary... Read more about Future Boy

The Design of Everyday Things

Revised and Expanded Edition

By: Don Norman
Narrated by: Neil Hellegers
Length: 10 hours 39 minutes

Design doesn't have to complicated, which is why this guide to human-centered design shows that usability is just as important as aesthetics.
Even the smartest among us can feel inept as we fail to figure out which light switch or oven burner to turn on, or whether to push, pull, or slide a door.
The fault, argues this ingenious -- even... Read more about The Design of Everyday Things

Save the Cat!

Save the Cat! Series

By: Blake Snyder
Narrated by: George Newbern
Length: 5 hours 22 minutes

“Snyder's makes this candid look inside the movie business seem like second nature, and as a novel writer, much of this still holds true. Loved it. Can’t recommend it enough. Read more

Men Have Called Her Crazy

A Memoir

By: Anna Marie Tendler
Narrated by: Anna Marie Tendler
Length: 8 hours 39 minutes

“Tendler flays with loving care the scabs of our childhood & young adult years. Exposing the raw underbelly with a grace and poetry befitting an artist of her caliber, while maintaining a level of relatability many fail to achieve. Read more

John Candy

A Life in Comedy

By: Paul Myers
Narrated by: David Bendena
Length: 9 hours 34 minutes

From the bestselling author of Kids in the Hall: One Dumb Guy, the definitive biography of John Candy—a heartwarming portrait of one of comedy's most beloved and enduring stars.From his humble beginnings in sketch comedy with the Toronto branch of Second City, to his rise to fame in SCTV and Hollywood film classics like Planes, Trains... Read more about John Candy

Kid Artists

True Tales of Childhood From Creative Legends

Kid Legends: Book #3

By: David Stabler
Narrated by: Pete Cross
Length: 2 hours 27 minutes

Every great artist started out as a kid. Forget the awards, the sold-out museum exhibitions, and the timeless masterpieces. When the world’s most celebrated artists were growing up, they had regular-kid problems just like you. Jackson Pollock’s family moved constantly—he lived in eight different cities before he was sixteen years old. Georgia... Read more about Kid Artists

The Book of Sheen

A Memoir

By: Charlie Sheen
Narrated by: Charlie Sheen
Length: 8 hours 59 minutes

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

For the first time, Charlie Sheen, the star of Platoon, Wall Street, Major League, and Two and a Half Men, writes the story of his extraordinary life in an unfiltered memoir.

“We can live the stories or hear about them later from others. I choose the former.”

Charlie Sheen should not be alive to write this book.

But in... Read more about The Book of Sheen

All About Me!

My Remarkable Life in Show Business

By: Mel Brooks
Narrated by: Mel Brooks
Length: 15 hours 6 minutes

“I am an unabashed Mel Brooks fan, and this is everything that I wanted and more! Mel narrates his life in great and fantastic detail, from his earliest memories growing up in Brooklyn to all his Hollywood exploits and beyond. His wit and warmth exude throughout, and his stories encapsulate his long list of pranks, one of kind adventures, and... Read more

Joyful

The Surprising Power of Ordinary Things to Create Extraordinary Happiness

By: Ingrid Fetell Lee
Narrated by: Ingrid Fetell Lee
Length: 9 hours 29 minutes

Make small changes to your surroundings and create extraordinary happiness in your life with groundbreaking research from designer and TED star Ingrid Fetell Lee.

Next Big Idea Club selection—chosen by Malcolm Gladwell, Susan Cain, Dan Pink, and Adam Grant as one of the "two most groundbreaking new nonfiction reads of the season!"

"This book has... Read more about Joyful

I Love You, Byeee

Rambles on DIY TV, Rockstars, Kids and Mums

By: Adam Buxton
Narrated by: Adam Buxton
Length: 10 hours 13 minutes

A Sunday Times Bestseller ‘I Love You, Byeee is poignant and properly funny; a bracing dip into nostalgia, but self-aware, too.’ Observer The long-awaited new memoir and follow-up to the bestselling Ramble Book. Hey, how you doing,... Read more about I Love You, Byeee

The Secret Lives of Color

By: Kassia St. Clair
Narrated by: Kassia St. Clair
Length: 8 hours 6 minutes

A dazzling gift, the unforgettable, unknown history of colors and the vivid stories behind them in a beautiful multi-colored volume.

“Beautifully written . . . Full of anecdotes and fascinating research, this elegant compendium has all the answers.” —NPR, Best Books of 2017

The Secret Lives of Color tells the unusual stories of seventy-five... Read more about The Secret Lives of Color

A Little History of Art

Little Histories

By: Charlotte Mullins
Narrated by: Rachael Beresford
Length: 11 hours 35 minutes

Charlotte Mullins brings art to life through the stories of those who created it and, importantly, reframes who is included in the narrative to create a more diverse and exciting landscape of art. She shows how art can help us see the world differently and understand our place in it, how it helps us express ourselves, fuels our creativity, and... Read more about A Little History of Art

The Innocents of Florence

The Renaissance Discovery of Childhood

By: Joseph Luzzi
Narrated by: Joseph Luzzi
Length: 5 hours 33 minutes

How a Florentine orphanage rescued thousands of children and revolutionized childhood education amid the splendor of Renaissance art.

The story begins with the abandonment of the newborn Agata Smeralda on February 5, 1445, in Florence’s Hospital of the Innocents, the first—but certainly not the last—child to be left at its doors. In an era when... Read more about The Innocents of Florence

Daughter of Daring

The Trick-Riding, Train-Leaping, Road-Racing Life of Helen Gibson, Hollywood’s First Stuntwoman

By: Mallory O'Meara
Narrated by: Mallory O'Meara
Length: 9 hours 59 minutes

From LA Times bestselling author Mallory O'Meara, the story of America’s first professional stuntwoman, Helen Gibson, who rose to fame during a time when women ruled Hollywood.

Helen Gibson was a woman willing to do anything to give audiences a thrill. Advertised as "The Most Daring Actress in Pictures," Helen emerged in the early days of the... Read more about Daughter of Daring

Creativity, Inc. (The Expanded Edition)

Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration

By: Ed Catmull & Amy Wallace
Narrated by: Ed Catmull
Length: 17 hours 24 minutes

The co-founder and longtime president of Pixar updates and expands his 2014 New York Times bestseller on creative leadership, reflecting on the management principles that built Pixar’s singularly successful culture, and on all he learned during the past nine years that allowed Pixar to retain its creative culture while continuing to... Read more about Creativity, Inc. (The Expanded Edition)

The Hare with Amber Eyes

A Hidden Inheritance

By: Edmund de Waal
Narrated by: Micheal Maloney
Length: 10 hours 39 minutes

A New York Times Bestseller
An Economist Book of the Year
Costa Book Award Winner for Biography
Galaxy National Book Award Winner (New Writer of the Year Award)

Edmund de Waal is a world-famous ceramicist. Having spent thirty years making beautiful pots—which are then sold, collected, and handed on—he has a particular sense of the... Read more about The Hare with Amber Eyes

Screenplay

The Foundations of Screenwriting

By: Syd Field
Narrated by: Eric Michael Summerer
Length: 11 hours 7 minutes

Hollywood's script guru teaches you how to write a screenplay in "the 'bible' of screenwriting" (The New York Times)—now celebrating forty years of screenwriting success! Syd Field's books on the essential structure of emotionally satisfying screenplays have ignited lucrative careers in film and television since 1979. In this revised edition... Read more about Screenplay

Frida

A Biography of Frida Kahlo

By: Hayden Herrera
Narrated by: Timothy Andrés Pabon
Length: 19 hours 3 minutes

""Through her art, Herrera writes, Kahlo made of herself both performer and icon. Through this long overdue biography, Kahlo has also, finally, been made fully human."" — San Francisco ChronicleHailed by readers and critics across the country, this engrossing biography of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo reveals a woman of extreme magnetism... Read more about Frida

A Brief History of the Mediterranean

Indispensable for Travellers

By: Jeremy Black
Narrated by: Roger Davis
Length: 11 hours 4 minutes

A wonderfully concise and readable, yet comprehensive, history of the Mediterranean Sea, the perfect companion for any visitor -- or indeed, anyone compelled to stay at home.

'The grand object of travelling is to see the shores of the Mediterranean.'
Samuel Johnson, 1776

The Mediterranean has always been a leading stage for world history; it is... Read more about A Brief History of the Mediterranean