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Spare
By:
Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex
Narrated by:
Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex
Length:
15 hours 39 minutes
Abridged:
No
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Discover the global phenomenon that tells an unforgettable story of love, loss, courage, and healing.“Compellingly artful . . . [a] blockbuster memoir.”—The New Yorker (Best Books of the Year)It was one of the most searing images of the twentieth century: two young boys, two princes, walking behind their... Read more about Spare
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The Fort Bragg Cartel
By:
Seth Harp
Narrated by:
Dan John Miller
Length:
10 hours 45 minutes
Abridged:
No
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A New Yorker Best Book of 2025A Forbes Best True Crime Book of 2025 “Probably the most gripping, memorable, eye-opening book I’ve read in months.” —David Wallace-Wells, The New York Times “Propulsive.” —The Washington Post “Engrossing. . . . Truly shocking.” —The New Republic “The Fort Bragg Cartel opens... Read more about The Fort Bragg Cartel
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No More Tears
By:
Gardiner Harris
Narrated by:
Gardiner Harris
Length:
14 hours 23 minutes
Abridged:
No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An explosive, deeply reported exposé of Johnson & Johnson, one of America’s oldest and most trusted pharmaceutical companies—from an award-winning investigative journalist“A damning portrait.”—Associated Press“A page-turning drama that raises life-or-death questions about the world’s largest healthcare... Read more about No More Tears
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The Small and the Mighty
By:
Sharon McMahon
Narrated by:
Sharon McMahon
Length:
10 hours 13 minutes
Abridged:
No
A #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom America’s favorite government teacher, a “fascinating and fun” (Adam Grant) portrait of twelve ordinary Americans whose courage formed the character of our country.In The Small and the Mighty, Sharon McMahon proves that the most remarkable Americans are often ordinary people who didn’t make it into the... Read more about The Small and the Mighty
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South to America
By:
Imani Perry
Narrated by:
Imani Perry
Length:
16 hours 32 minutes
Abridged:
No
“An elegant meditation on the complexities of the American South—and thus of America—by an esteemed daughter of the South and one of the great intellectuals of our time. An inspiration.” —Isabel Wilkerson, New York Times bestselling author of The Warmth of Other Suns and Caste: The Origins of Our DiscontentsAn essential, surprising journey... Read more about South to America
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The Devil in the White City
By:
Erik Larson
Narrated by:
Scott Brick
Length:
15 hours
Abridged:
No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The true tale of the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago and the cunning serial killer who used the magic and majesty of the fair to lure his victims to their death.A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the CenturyTwo men, each handsome and unusually adept at his chosen work, embodied an element of the great dynamic that... Read more about The Devil in the White City
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Book and Dagger
By:
Elyse Graham
Narrated by:
Saskia Maarleveld
Length:
10 hours 54 minutes
Abridged:
No
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The untold story of the academics who became OSS spies, invented modern spycraft, and helped turn the tide of the warAt the start of WWII, the U.S. found itself in desperate need of an intelligence agency. The Office of Strategic Services (OSS), a precursor to today’s CIA, was quickly formed—and, in an effort... Read more about Book and Dagger
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Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
By:
Jason Reynolds & Ibram X. Kendi
Narrated by:
Jason Reynolds
Length:
4 hours 11 minutes
Abridged:
No
The #1 New York Times bestseller and a USAToday bestseller!A timely, crucial, and empowering exploration of racism--and antiracism--in AmericaThis is NOT a history book.This is a book about the here and now. A book to help us better understand why we are where we are.A book about race. The construct of race has always been used to gain and keep... Read more about Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
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Nuclear War
By:
Annie Jacobsen
Narrated by:
Annie Jacobsen
Length:
11 hours 19 minutes
Abridged:
No
The INSTANT New York Times bestseller Instant Los Angeles Times bestsellerFinalist, Dayton Literary Peace PrizeOne of NPR's Books We LoveOne of Newsweek Staffers' Favorite Books of the YearShortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize“In Nuclear War: A Scenario, Annie Jacobsen gives us a vivid picture of what could happen if our nuclear guardians... Read more about Nuclear War
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Mark Twain
By:
Ron Chernow
Narrated by:
Jason Culp
Length:
44 hours 35 minutes
Abridged:
No
The #1 New York Times Bestseller • One of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of 2025• A Washington Post and New York Times Notable Book • Named a Best Book of 2025 by TIME, The Guardian, Bloomberg, The Christian Science Monitor, and Kirkus Reviews“Comprehensive, enthralling . . . Mark Twain flows like the Mississippi River, its prose propelled by... Read more about Mark Twain
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Autocracy, Inc.
By:
Anne Applebaum
Narrated by:
Anne Applebaum
Length:
4 hours 48 minutes
Abridged:
No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the Pulitzer-prize winning author, an alarming account of how autocracies work together to undermine the democratic world, and how we should organize to defeat them A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: Economist, Financial Times, Foreign Affairs, The Times "A masterful guide to the new age of... Read more about Autocracy, Inc.
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Freedom Lost, Freedom Won
By:
Eugene Robinson
Narrated by:
Eugene Robinson
Length:
11 hours 39 minutes
Abridged:
No
Pulitzer Prize–winning former Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson tells our nation’s torturous racial history through his own family’s story, starting with his great-grandfather’s freedom from slavery and threading his way to his own narrative and reaching today’s Black Lives Matter movement, asking whether this time will be different.On... Read more about Freedom Lost, Freedom Won
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An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States
By:
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
Narrated by:
Shaun Taylor-Corbett
Length:
9 hours 48 minutes
Abridged:
No
New York Times BestsellerThis American Book Award winning title about Native American struggle and resistance radically reframes more than 400 years of US history A New York Times Bestseller and the basis for the HBO docu-series Exterminate All the Brutes, directed by Raoul Peck, this 10th anniversary edition of An Indigenous Peoples’... Read more about An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States
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Scream With Me
By:
Eleanor Johnson
Narrated by:
Andi Arndt & Eleanor Johnson
Length:
8 hours 57 minutes
Abridged:
No
A SHELF AWARENESS BEST BOOK OF 2025 A LOS ANGELES TIMES MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2025 AN ELLE BEST BOOK OF FALL 2025 “Convincing and illuminating.” —The Atlantic A compelling, intelligent, and timely exploration of the horror genre from one of Columbia University’s most popular professors, shedding light on how classic horror films demonstrate... Read more about Scream With Me
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The Splendid and the Vile
By:
Erik Larson
Narrated by:
John Lee & Erik Larson
Length:
17 hours 49 minutes
Abridged:
No
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Devil in the White City and Dead Wake delivers a fresh and compelling portrait of Winston Churchill and London during the BlitzNAMED ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2020 BY The Washington Post • HuffPost • The Seattle Times • Lit Hub • The Week • PopSugarOn... Read more about The Splendid and the Vile
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Joyride
By:
Susan Orlean
Narrated by:
Susan Orlean
Length:
14 hours 45 minutes
Abridged:
No
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY NPR, TIME, OPRAH DAILY, KIRKUS REVIEWS, GOODREADS, AND MORE “Brilliant…A high-spirited, exhilarating memoir.” —The Wall Street Journal • “In Joyride, the takeaway often has as much to do with the art of living as the art of writing.” —Elle • “Wise and exuberant…It’s funny, as well. Just... Read more about Joyride
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Democracy Awakening
By:
Heather Cox Richardson
Narrated by:
Heather Cox Richardson
Length:
8 hours 51 minutes
Abridged:
No
A New York Times BestsellerA vital and urgent call to action about the precarious state of American democracy, charting its historical challenges and current threats, from one of our era’s most important and insightful historians, with a new afterword by the author.“Magisterial.” –The Washington Post“An excellent primer for anyone who... Read more about Democracy Awakening
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The Demon of Unrest
By:
Erik Larson
Narrated by:
Will Patton & Erik Larson
Length:
17 hours 18 minutes
Abridged:
No
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal five months between the election of Abraham Lincoln and the start of the Civil War in this “riveting reexamination of a nation in tumult” (Los Angeles Times). “A feast of historical insight and narrative verve . . . This is Erik Larson at his best,... Read more about The Demon of Unrest
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Let This Radicalize You
By:
Kelly Hayes & Mariame Kaba
Narrated by:
Diana Blue
Length:
10 hours 42 minutes
Abridged:
No
What fuels and sustains activism and organizing when it feels like our worlds are collapsing? Let This Radicalize You is a practical and imaginative resource for activists and organizers building power in an era of destabilization and catastrophe.Longtime organizers and movement educators Mariame Kaba and Kelly Hayes examine some of the... Read more about Let This Radicalize You
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The Shock Doctrine - Abridged
By:
Naomi Klein
Narrated by:
Jennifer Wiltsie
Length:
9 hours 1 minute
Abridged:
Yes
The bestselling author of No Logo shows how the global "free market" has exploited crises and shock for three decades, from Chile to IraqIn her groundbreaking reporting, Naomi Klein introduced the term "disaster capitalism." Whether covering Baghdad after the U.S. occupation, Sri Lanka in the wake of the tsunami, or New Orleans post-Katrina, she... Read more about The Shock Doctrine - Abridged
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Murderland
By:
Caroline Fraser
Narrated by:
Patty Nieman
Length:
16 hours 11 minutes
Abridged:
No
“A provocative and page-turning work of true crime.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)“A provocative, eerily lyrical study of the heyday of American serial killers . . . A true-crime story written with compassion, fury, and scientific sense.” —Kirkus (starred review)Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2025 by LitHubFrom the Pulitzer Prize–winning... Read more about Murderland
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The Hundred Years' War on Palestine
By:
Rashid Khalidi
Narrated by:
Fajer Al-Kaisi & Rashid Khalidi
Length:
10 hours 30 minutes
Abridged:
No
This program includes an introduction read by the author.A landmark history of one hundred years of war waged against the Palestinians from the foremost US historian of the Middle East, told through pivotal events and family history.In 1899, Yusuf Diya al-Khalidi, mayor of Jerusalem, alarmed by the Zionist call to create a Jewish national home... Read more about The Hundred Years' War on Palestine
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Fear and Fury
By:
Heather Ann Thompson
Narrated by:
Erin Bennett
Length:
18 hours 2 minutes
Abridged:
No
In this masterful, groundbreaking work, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Heather Ann Thompson shines surprising new light on an infamous 1984 New York subway shooting that would unveil simmering racial resentments and would lead, in unexpected ways, to a fractured future and a new era of rage and violence."A gripping and powerful account of one of... Read more about Fear and Fury
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The Only Plane in the Sky
By:
Garrett M. Graff
Narrated by:
A Full 45-Person Cast
Length:
15 hours 55 minutes
Abridged:
No
2020 AUDIOBOOK OF THE YEAR AUDIE AWARD WINNER! 2020 MULTI-VOICED PERFORMANCE AUDIE AWARD WINNER! Audio bonus! The audio edition includes an exclusive interview with Garrett Graff and Holter Graham as well as archival audio from United States Presidential addresses, In-Flight Communications, and Air Traffic Control.NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “This... Read more about The Only Plane in the Sky
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