Law bestsellers

The Age of Extraction

How Tech Platforms Conquered the Economy and Threaten Our Future Prosperity

By: Tim Wu
Narrated by: Frits Zernike
Length: 6 hours

A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF 2025 • Tech platforms manipulate attention, extract wealth, and deepen inequality. In this new book, Tim Wu (The Attention Merchants) explains how we can reclaim control and create a balanced economy that works for everyone.

“The magic of Tim Wu’s The Age of Extraction is its simplicity. Wu deftly breaks down one of the... Read more about The Age of Extraction

The End of Policing

By: Alex S. Vitale
Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray
Length: 8 hours 17 minutes

Recent years have seen an explosion of protest against police brutality and repression. Among activists, journalists, and politicians, the conversation about how to respond and improve policing has focused on accountability, diversity, training, and community relations. Unfortunately, these reforms will not produce results, either alone or in... Read more about The End of Policing

We the People

A History of the U.S. Constitution

By: Jill Lepore
Narrated by: Jill Lepore
Length: 24 hours 2 minutes

“On the eve of the 250th anniversary of the first state constitutional congress, Pulitzer Prize–finalist Jill Lepore (These Truths) unpacks the promise and peril of our nation’s most important document. Arguing that the constitution was envisioned as a living document to be amended, Lepore outlines the impact on democracy when only 27 amendments... Read more

Perversion of Justice

The Jeffrey Epstein Story

By: Julie K. Brown
Narrated by: Julie K. Brown & Julia Whelan
Length: 13 hours 42 minutes

The New York Times Bestseller“A gripping journalistic procedural… Spotlight meets Erin Brockovich.” —Michelle Goldberg, The New York Times“Julie K. Brown's important book offers not just a definitive account of the Epstein case, but a compelling window into her own experiences as a dogged reporter at a regional newspaper, facing off against... Read more about Perversion of Justice

Giving Up Is Unforgivable

A Manual for Keeping a Democracy

By: Joyce Vance
Narrated by: Joyce Vance
Length: 4 hours 53 minutes

Instant New York Times bestseller

A political manifesto for our present moment—part history lesson, part call to save the Republic

"Brilliant, galvanizing, and inspirational. A road map to help us find our way out of the darkness." —Mary L. Trump

We’re in this together.

For the past several years, Joyce Vance has signed off posts on her... Read more about Giving Up Is Unforgivable

Lawless

How the Supreme Court Runs on Conservative Grievance, Fringe Theories, and Bad Vibes

By: Leah Litman
Narrated by: Leah Litman
Length: 7 hours 53 minutes

An instant New York Times bestseller!
NATIONAL BESTSELLER

Something is deeply rotten at the Supreme Court. How did we get here and what can we do about it? Crooked Media podcast host Leah Litman shines a light on the unabashed lawlessness embraced by conservative Supreme Court justices and shows us how to fight back.

With the gravitas of Joan... Read more about Lawless

Just Mercy

A Story of Justice and Redemption

By: Bryan Stevenson
Narrated by: Bryan Stevenson
Length: 11 hours 11 minutes

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING MICHAEL B. JORDAN AND JAMIE FOXX • A powerful true story about the potential for mercy to redeem us, and a clarion call to fix our broken system of justice—from one of the most brilliant and influential lawyers of our time.

“[Bryan Stevenson’s] dedication to fighting for justice... Read more about Just Mercy

38 Londres Street

On Impunity, Pinochet in England, and a Nazi in Patagonia

By: Philippe Sands
Narrated by: Philippe Sands
Length: 15 hours 17 minutes

In this intimate legal and historical detective story, the world-renowned lawyer and acclaimed author of East West Street traces the footsteps of two of the twentieth century’s most merciless criminals—accused of genocide and crimes against humanity—testing the limits of immunity and impunity after Nuremberg.

“Though nearly a decade in the... Read more about 38 Londres Street

"Prisons Make Us Safer"

And 20 Other Myths about Mass Incarceration

Myths Made in America: Book #9

By: Victoria Law
Narrated by: Melissa Moran
Length: 5 hours 31 minutes

“An immediately accessible guide for those who are interested in just how broken the criminal-legal system is, how the prison industrial complex oppresses individuals and harms community, and how much there is still to learn with prison reform. Leading with empathy, Law breaks down the commonly held ideas we have about the prison systems with... Read more

Devil in the Grove

Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America

By: Gilbert King
Narrated by: Peter Francis James
Length: 17 hours 53 minutes

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize“A must-read, cannot-put-down history.” — Thomas Friedman, New York TimesArguably the most important American lawyer of the twentieth century, Thurgood Marshall was on the verge of bringing the landmark suit Brown v. Board of Education before the U.S. Supreme Court when he became embroiled in a... Read more about Devil in the Grove

A History of America in Ten Strikes

By: Erik Loomis
Narrated by: Brian Troxell
Length: 9 hours 17 minutes

A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2018Named one of the “5 Books About Famous Strikes That Demonstrated the Historical Importance of Civil Disobedience” by Bustle“Loomis refuses to romanticize this period or the labor movement it produced. . . . What Loomis’s book perhaps does best is remind us that the promise of the labor movement, despite its many... Read more about A History of America in Ten Strikes

The Water Remembers

My Indigenous Family's Fight to Save a River and a Way of Life

By: Amy Bowers Cordalis
Narrated by: Amy Bowers Cordalis, Geneva Mattz & Lavina Bowers
Length: 10 hours 23 minutes

The Yurok Tribe and an Indigenous family share a moving multigenerational story of their fight to undam the Klamath river—the largest river restoration project in history—and save the planet. Includes exclusive audio content!

The Water Remembers is the story of Indigenous resistance and an American family’s fight to preserve its legacy. For... Read more about The Water Remembers

Five Bullets

The Story of Bernie Goetz, New York's Explosive '80s, and the Subway Vigilante Trial That Divided the Nation

By: Elliot Williams
Narrated by: Elliot Williams
Length: 10 hours 7 minutes

Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2026 by The New York Times and The Washington Post

"Read this book to understand human nature." (Preet Bharara) • "An amazing story, well told.” (Anderson Cooper) • "A masterful telling." (Dahlia Lithwick)

From CNN legal analyst Elliot Williams, a revelatory account of how one man, four teenagers, and a struggling... Read more about Five Bullets

Captain's Dinner

A Shipwreck, An Act of Cannibalism, and a Murder Trial That Changed Legal History

By: Adam Cohen
Narrated by: George Newbern
Length: 7 hours 53 minutes

A Barnes & Noble Best History Book of 2025

Four men in a lifeboat. Two weeks without food. One impossible choice that would reshape the boundaries between survival and murder. “A perfect enunciation of the classic philosophical conundrum: can you sacrifice one innocent life to save many?" (Yann Martel, author of Life of Pi)

On May 19, 1884,... Read more about Captain's Dinner

The U.S. Constitution

A Comprehensive and Annotated Guide for the Modern Reader

By: Melissa Murray
Length: TBA

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Trump Indictments comes a beautiful, accessible guide on how to read the US Constitution.

Think of this as the US Constitution explained by America’s favorite law professor, Melissa Murray. On her podcast, Strict Scrutiny, Murray and her cohosts, Kate Shaw and Leah Litman, provide in-depth,... Read more about The U.S. Constitution

Truth and Repair

How Trauma Survivors Envision Justice

By: Judith Lewis Herman
Narrated by: Stacey Glemboski
Length: 7 hours 8 minutes

From one of America’s most influential psychiatrists, a powerful manifesto for reimagining justice, based on the testimony of trauma survivors
 
The #MeToo movement brought worldwide attention to sexual violence, but while the media focused on the fates of a few notorious predators who were put on trial, we heard far less about the outcomes... Read more about Truth and Repair

The Book of Trespass

Crossing the Lines that Divide Us

By: Nick Hayes
Narrated by: Nick Hayes
Length: 12 hours 18 minutes

Bloomsbury presents The Book of Trespass written and read by Nick Hayes.

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
A GUARDIAN, I AND SPECTATOR BOOK OF THE YEAR
SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION 2021

‘Brilliant, passionate and political . . . The Book of Trespass will make you see landscapes differently' Robert Macfarlane

'A remarkable and truly... Read more about The Book of Trespass

Supreme Inequality

The Supreme Court's Fifty-Year Battle for a More Unjust America

By: Adam Cohen
Narrated by: Dan Woren
Length: 14 hours 16 minutes

“With Supreme Inequality, Adam Cohen has built, brick by brick, an airtight case against the Supreme Court of the last half-century...Cohen’s book is a closing statement in the case against an institution tasked with protecting the vulnerable, which has emboldened the rich and powerful instead.” —Dahlia Lithwick, senior editor, Slate

A... Read more about Supreme Inequality

My Fourth Time, We Drowned

Seeking Refuge on the World's Deadliest Migration Route

By: Sally Hayden
Narrated by: Aoife McMahon
Length: 13 hours 58 minutes

The Western world has turned its back on migrants, leaving them to cope with one of the most devastating humanitarian crises in history.Reporter Sally Hayden was at home in London when she received a message on Facebook: “Hi sister Sally, we need your help.” The sender identified himself as an Eritrean refugee who had been held in a Libyan... Read more about My Fourth Time, We Drowned

The Words That Made Us

America's Constitutional Conversation, 1760-1840

By: Akhil Reed Amar
Narrated by: Fajer Al-Kaisi
Length: 27 hours 6 minutes

From a preeminent legal scholar, a “fascinating” and “masterful” (Wall Street Journal) history of the American Constitution's formative decades
  When the US Constitution won popular approval in 1788, it was the culmination of thirty years of passionate argument over the nature of government. But ratification hardly ended the conversation.... Read more about The Words That Made Us

The Little Book of Circle Processes

A New/Old Approach to Peacemaking

Conflict Communication Series

By: Kay Pranis
Narrated by: Karen Chilton
Length: 3 hours 3 minutes

Our ancestors gathered around a fire in a circle, families gather around their kitchen tables in circles, and now we are gathering in circles as communities to solve problems. This peacemaking practice draws on the ancient Native American tradition of a talking piece and combines that with concepts of democracy and inclusivity. Peacemaking... Read more about The Little Book of Circle Processes

Perversion of Justice

The Jeffrey Epstein Story

By: Julie K. Brown
Narrated by: Julia Whelan
Length: 13 hours 42 minutes

Dauntless journalist Julie K. Brown recounts her uncompromising and risky investigation of Jeffrey Epstein's underage sex trafficking operation, and the explosive reporting for the Miami Herald that finally brought him to justice while exposing the powerful people and broken system that protected him. For many years,... Read more about Perversion of Justice

So Ordered

An Originalist’s View of the Constitution, the Court, and Our Country

By: Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr.
Length: TBA

Justice Samuel A. Alito elaborates on his judicial philosophy and reflects on the roles of the law, the Constitution, and the courts in preserving America’s spirit of liberty

Samuel A. Alito has quietly become one of the most influential Supreme Court justices in recent history. In this surprisingly personal book, he vigorously defends his... Read more about So Ordered

In Her Defence

The NEW Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick, February 2026. A dark and gripping courtroom drama for fans of Gillian Flynn and Ripley

By: Philippa Malicka
Narrated by: Anna Popplewell
Length: 11 hours 31 minutes

***A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK 2026***
THE STUNNING DEBUT NOVEL FROM A NEW STAR OF PSYCHOLOGICAL SUSPENSE

'So, so, so good! You don't know what's real and you don't know who to trust. I couldn't put it down . . . you're going to lose your mind over it' REESE WITHERSPOON

'A gripping courtroom drama I absolutely inhaled' GRAZIA

'A courtroom drama with... Read more about In Her Defence

The Declaration of Independence

By: Peter Roop
Narrated by: Pat Grimes
Length: 57 minutes

Many kids have heard of the Declaration of Independence, but few know the story behind the people and events that helped forge it. They may know about Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin, but do they know the roles that Patrick Henry and Thomas Gage played in setting fire to a revolution? This is the story of how the men and women of thirteen... Read more about The Declaration of Independence

Murder the Truth

Fear, the First Amendment, and a Secret Campaign to Protect the Powerful

By: David Enrich
Narrated by: Michael David Axtell
Length: 10 hours 43 minutes

New York Times Bestseller""Authoritarian governments abroad have long used legal threats and lawsuits against journalists to cover up their disinformation, corruption, and violence. Now, as master investigative journalist David Enrich reveals, those tactics have arrived in America.” — Ruth Ben-Ghiat, author of StrongmenDavid Enrich,... Read more about Murder the Truth

When a Killer Calls

A Haunting Story of Murder, Criminal Profiling, and Justice in a Small Town

Cases of the FBI’s Original Mindhunter

By: John E. Douglas & Mark Olshaker
Narrated by: Keith Sellon-Wright
Length: 9 hours 1 minute

From John Douglas—the legendary FBI criminal profiler, #1 New York Times bestselling author, and inspiration for the Netflix show Mindhunter—comes a chilling journey inside the mind and crimes of Larry Gene Bell, one of the most dangerous serial killers Douglas confronted, and the desperate effort to identify and catch him.
On... Read more about When a Killer Calls

Dopesick

Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America

By: Beth Macy
Narrated by: Beth Macy
Length: 10 hours 16 minutes

“A heartfelt narrative filled personal anecdotes and horrifying statistics, Macy gives the reader an encompassing view of the opioid epidemic. Macy is a terrific writer and her reading of the book for audio conveys the sense of devastation for the addicts and their families. Read more

Listening to the Law

Reflections on the Court and Constitution

By: Amy Coney Barrett
Narrated by: January LaVoy & Amy Coney Barrett
Length: 8 hours 46 minutes

From Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett, a glimpse of her journey to the Court and an account of her approach to the Constitution

Since her confirmation hearing, Americans have peppered Justice Amy Coney Barrett with questions. How has she adjusted to the Court? What is it like to be a Supreme Court justice with school-age children? Do the... Read more about Listening to the Law

The Monster of Florence

By: Douglas Preston
Narrated by: Dennis Boutsikaris
Length: 9 hours 47 minutes

In the nonfiction tradition of John Berendt and Erik Larson, the author of the #1 NYT bestseller The Lost City of the Monkey God presents a gripping account of crime and punishment in the lush hills surrounding Florence as he seeks to uncover one of the most infamous figures in Italian history.
In 2000, Douglas Preston fulfilled a dream to move... Read more about The Monster of Florence

Abolitionist Intimacies

By: El Jones
Narrated by: Aiza Ntibarikure
Length: 9 hours 26 minutes

“A look at prisons that is as thorough as it is poetic. Beautiful, necessary, a must-read for anyone looking towards abolition Read more

The Originalism Trap

How Extremists Stole the Constitution and How We the People Can Take It Back

By: Madiba K. Dennie
Narrated by: Madiba K. Dennie
Length: 7 hours 21 minutes

A rallying cry for a more just approach to the law that bolsters social justice movements by throwing out originalism—the theory that judges should interpret the Constitution exactly as conservatives say the Founders meant it

“The greatest trick conservatives ever pulled was convincing the world that originalism exists. This book is vital for... Read more about The Originalism Trap

Is a River Alive?

By: Robert Macfarlane
Narrated by: Robert Macfarlane
Length: 10 hours 41 minutes

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Finalist for the Banff Mountain Book Competition in Environmental Literature
Longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction
A Hill Times Top 100 Best Book of 2025


From the celebrated writer, observer and naturalist Robert Macfarlane comes a brilliant, perspective-shifting new book, which... Read more about Is a River Alive?

Becoming Abolitionists

Police, Protests, and the Pursuit of Freedom

By: Derecka Purnell
Narrated by: Karen Chilton
Length: 14 hours 23 minutes

“Derecka Purnell, human rights lawyer and community organizer, knows exactly how challenging the concept of abolition can be. Her powerful activist memoir and abolitionist text charts her own lived experiences tracing her personal evolution toward abolition, alongside historical context and hard numbers on poverty, crime, militarization, and... Read more

The Second Estate

How the Tax Code Made an American Aristocracy

By: Ray D. Madoff
Narrated by: Katherine Fenton
Length: 5 hours 38 minutes

This is an audiobook version of this book.

A revelatory book that lifts the curtain on America’s most consequential public deception: how the rich get richer using tools the government gave them.

Amid conflicting narratives about the drivers of wealth and inequality in the United States, one constant hovers in the background: the US tax code.... Read more about The Second Estate

We Were Once a Family

A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America

By: Roxanna Asgarian
Narrated by: Suehyla El-Attar
Length: 7 hours 34 minutes

One of Literary Hub's most anticipated books of 2023

"Narrator Suehyla El-Attar gives an impassioned performance that enhances the touching, terrifying tale of social injustice and systemic failure. Her delivery is compelling and clear, evoking a captivating listening experience from this true-crime tragedy."- Library Journal

The shocking, deeply... Read more about We Were Once a Family

Lady Killers

Deadly Women Throughout History

By: Tori Telfer
Narrated by: Jaime Lamchick
Length: 8 hours 24 minutes

Inspired by author Tori Telfer's Jezebel column “Lady Killers,” this thrilling and entertaining compendium investigates female serial killers and their crimes through the ages.When you think of serial killers throughout history, the names that come to mind are ones like Jack the Ripper, John Wayne Gacy, and Ted Bundy. But what about Tillie... Read more about Lady Killers

The Killer Across the Table

Unlocking the Secrets of Serial Killers and Predators with the FBI's Original Mindhunter

By: John E. Douglas & Mark Olshaker
Narrated by: Jonathan Groff
Length: 11 hours 7 minutes

Performed by Jonathan Groff, star of the hit Netflix show Mindhunter, and featuring an exclusive conversation between John E. Douglas and Jonathan Groff at the end of the audiobookIn The Killer Across the Table, John E. Douglas, the legendary FBI criminal profiler, number-one New York Times bestselling author, and inspiration... Read more about The Killer Across the Table

The Whiteness of Wealth

How the Tax System Impoverishes Black Americans--and How We Can Fix It

By: Dorothy A. Brown
Narrated by: Karen Murray
Length: 7 hours 15 minutes

A groundbreaking exposé of racism in the American taxation system from a law professor and expert on tax policy

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR AND FORTUNE • “Important reading for those who want to understand how inequality is built into the bedrock of American society, and what a more equitable future might look like.”—Ibram X.... Read more about The Whiteness of Wealth

The Jailhouse Lawyer

By: Calvin Duncan & Sophie Cull
Narrated by: Aaron Goodson & Calvin Duncan
Length: 9 hours 16 minutes

A USA TODAY Bestseller!

Named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Public Library

“Duncan’s story is so incredible it strains belief. It is so heartwarming and hopeful that it will stay with you for a long time.” —John Grisham

"This brilliantly told story—at once maddening and miraculous—is among the most powerful indictments of our criminal... Read more about The Jailhouse Lawyer

We Own This City

A True Story of Crime, Cops, and Corruption

By: Justin Fenton
Narrated by: Dion Graham
Length: 9 hours 41 minutes

NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • The astonishing true story of “one of the most startling police corruption scandals in a generation” (The New York Times), from the Pulitzer Prize–nominated reporter who exposed a gang of criminal cops and their yearslong plunder of an American city

NOW AN HBO SERIES FROM THE WIRE CREATOR DAVID SIMON AND GEORGE... Read more about We Own This City

Delay Deny Defend

Why insurance companies don't pay claims and what you can do about it

By: Jay M. Feinman
Narrated by: Pat Grimes
Length: 8 hours 59 minutes

“Delay Deny Defend is a must for anyone that uses any type of insurance. Feinman explains in depth the tactics used by insurers to manipulate the process. After listening, I walked away with knowledge to influence any future insurance claims I may have difficulty with. Read more

Impossible Subjects

Illegal Aliens and the Making of Modern America

By: Mae M. Ngai
Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
Length: 14 hours 32 minutes

This book traces the origins of the "illegal alien" in American law and society, explaining why and how illegal migration became the central problem in U.S. immigration policy—a process that profoundly shaped ideas and practices about citizenship, race, and state authority in the twentieth century.



Mae Ngai offers a close reading of the legal... Read more about Impossible Subjects

The Shadow Docket

How the Supreme Court Uses Stealth Rulings to Amass Power and Undermine the Republic

By: Stephen Vladeck
Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross
Length: 11 hours 17 minutes

An acclaimed legal scholar exposes the Supreme Court’s increasing use of unsigned, unexplained orders to change the law—all behind closed doors  The Supreme Court has always had the authority to issue emergency rulings in exceptional circumstances. But since 2017, the Court has dramatically expanded its use of the behind-the-scenes “shadow... Read more about The Shadow Docket

Lady Justice

Women, the Law, and the Battle to Save America

By: Dahlia Lithwick
Narrated by: Dahlia Lithwick
Length: 10 hours 49 minutes

Winner of the LA Times Book Prize in Current Interest

An instant New York Times Bestseller!

“Stirring . . . Lithwick’s approach, interweaving interviews with legal commentary, allows her subjects to shine...Inspiring.” —New York Times Book Review

“In Dahlia Lithwick’s urgent, engaging Lady Justice, Dobbs serves as a devastating bookend to a story... Read more about Lady Justice

The Other Dr. Gilmer

Two Men, a Murder, and an Unlikely Fight for Justice

By: Benjamin Gilmer
Narrated by: Benjamin Gilmer
Length: 9 hours 54 minutes

“Fear, bewilderment, disbelief, appall, outrage, despair - I experienced all of these emotions and more as I followed Dr. Gilmer on his quest to understand how his predecessor at the Appalachian health clinic came to be a convicted murderer. What Benjamin Gilmer did not expect was to expose the abysmal, and arguably criminal, failings of the... Read more

The AI Mirror

How to Reclaim Our Humanity in an Age of Machine Thinking

By: Shannon Vallor
Narrated by: Kim Niemi
Length: 9 hours 5 minutes

For many, technology offers hope for the future—that promise of shared human flourishing and liberation that always seems to elude our species. Artificial intelligence (AI) technologies spark this hope in a particular way. They promise a future in which human limits and frailties are finally overcome—not by us, but by our machines. Yet rather... Read more about The AI Mirror

Sister in Law

Fighting for Justice in a System Designed by Men

By: Harriet Wistrich
Narrated by: Catherine Bailey
Length: 11 hours 4 minutes

Brought to you by Penguin.

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2025 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION

Discover the essential, must-read book about how the UK legal system is failing women, as told by one of Britain’s foremost lawyers.

For more than quarter of a century, Harriet Wistrich has fought the corner of people from all walks of life let down by our justice... Read more about Sister in Law

The Constitution of the United States and The Declaration of Independence

By: Delegates of The Constitutional Convention
Narrated by: Jason McCoy
Length: 45 minutes

Experience the founding ideals of America brought to life in The Constitution of the United States and The Declaration of Independence, narrated by Jason McCoy. This audiobook presents the full texts of the U.S. Constitution, the Bill of Rights, all amendments, and the Declaration of Independence, delivered with clarity and respect for their... Read more about The Constitution of the United States and The Declaration of Independence

The Killer's Shadow

The FBI's Hunt for a White Supremacist Serial Killer

Cases of the FBI’s Original Mindhunter: Book #1

By: John E. Douglas & Mark Olshaker
Narrated by: Holt McCallany
Length: 8 hours 6 minutes

The legendary FBI criminal profiler and international bestselling author of Mindhunter and The Killer Across the Table returns with this timely, relevant book that goes to the heart of extremism and domestic terrorism, examining in-depth his chilling pursuit of, and eventual prison confrontation with Joseph Paul Franklin, a White Nationalist... Read more about The Killer's Shadow