Music bestsellers

The Woman in Me

By: Britney Spears
Narrated by: Michelle Williams
Length: 5 hours 31 minutes

“I have a feeling we all don't know as much about Britney Spears as we thought we did, and listening to The Woman in Me reframed her story for me. With a bit of Britney to start, the narration is handed to Michelle Williams who gives grounding, a bit of sass, and a balance of the strong and gentle woman Britney seems to be. The story is intense... Read more

Broken Horses

A Memoir

By: Brandi Carlile
Narrated by: Brandi Carlile
Length: 10 hours 3 minutes

“Brandi Carlile is a folk icon and her memoir showcases her talent to spin a story well. She will woo you with her honesty and break your heart before giving you hope again. A perfect memoir for moody days. Read more

The Creative Act

A Way of Being

By: Rick Rubin
Narrated by: Rick Rubin
Length: 5 hours 45 minutes

“The Creative Act by Rick Rubin is a wise and inspiring discussion of what it means to be an artist, a maker. He emphasizes that creativity is a way of being in the world - open, attentive, accepting of awe. And makes the case that each of us has a unique vantage onto the world and that expressing how life looks and feels to us is worth... Read more

Just Kids

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

“Settle into Smith's narration. Distinctive and, I found, soothing. Her early creative life was full of struggle and chance meetings. She talks about them as if she were simply going about her daily errands. But the art she and those in her world created was paradigm (I finally found a use for that word) shifting. Her biggest hit, arguably,... Read more

Bread of Angels

A Memoir

By: Patti Smith
Narrated by: Patti Smith
Length: 8 hours 42 minutes

“Of all Patti Smith's memoirs, Bread of Angels is in the running for my favorite. Here, she details the early stages of her music career, and shares tender, poetic details of the life and love she shared with late husband Fred 'Sonic' Smith. Though there are some difficult moments, this book has been a tremendous wellspring of inspiration during... Read more

They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us

By: Hanif Abdurraqib
Narrated by: Hanif Abdurraqib
Length: 8 hours 38 minutes

“For anyone who has ever felt our collective beating heart in the crowd of a concert. Read more

Ain't Nobody's Fool

The Life and Times of Dolly Parton

By: Martha Ackmann
Narrated by: Hannah Church
Length: 8 hours 15 minutes

“AIN’T NOBODY’S FOOL should be required reading for every Dolly Parton fan. Whether you only know “Jolene” and “9 to 5,” or you’re a full-on devotee with a Dollywood passport (is that a thing and where can I apply?), this biography pulls you in from page one. I’ve read plenty of books about Dolly, but this one stands out. The tone feels true to... Read more

Devout

Losing My Faith to Find Myself

By: David Archuleta
Narrated by: David Archuleta
Length: 8 hours 29 minutes

A raw and powerful coming-out story from the beloved American Idol finalist traces David Archuleta’s journey from closeted Mormon teen to global pop star to openly queer man, revealing the hidden pressures of fame, the weight of religious expectations, and the courage it takes to live authentically.

At just seventeen, David Archuleta rose to... Read more about Devout

A Little Devil in America

Notes in Praise of Black Performance

By: Hanif Abdurraqib
Narrated by: JD Jackson
Length: 9 hours 38 minutes

“I loved Hanif Abdurraqib’s A Little Devil in America. This essential book explores a handful of Black performers—some world-famous, others everyday people—across a wide variety of disciplines, seamlessly woven into snippets and stories from Hanif’s own life about Black culture and the performance of Blackness. JD Jackson’s low and easy narration... Read more

Born to Run

By: Bruce Springsteen
Narrated by: Bruce Springsteen
Length: 18 hours 12 minutes

The revealing, wildly entertaining, and bestselling memoir from the legendary Bruce Springsteen, one of the greatest songwriters and performers of any era. Born to Run is the greatest rock ‘n’ roll story ever told.

Essential reading for the 50th anniversary of Springsteen’s seminal album Born to Run, the long-awaited release of Nebraska ’82, and... Read more about Born to Run

Chronicles

Volume One

By: Bob Dylan
Narrated by: Sean Penn
Length: 8 hours 16 minutes

WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE

The celebrated first memoir from arguably the most influential singer-songwriter in the country, Bob Dylan.

“I’d come from a long ways off and had started a long ways down. But now destiny was about to manifest itself. I felt like it was looking right at me and nobody else.”

So writes Bob Dylan in... Read more about Chronicles

Rebel Girl

My Life as a Feminist Punk

By: Kathleen Hanna
Narrated by: Kathleen Hanna
Length: 9 hours 47 minutes

“I started this book having no idea who Kathleen Hanna was (embarrassing) and only kinda hearing about Bikini Kill in passing. Kathleen Hanna is now my best friend (in my head) and I see Bikini Kill references everywhere and I think to myself—"That's my best friend's band". Read more

The Dad Rock That Made Me A Woman

By: Niko Stratis
Narrated by: Niko Stratis
Length: 6 hours 21 minutes

A memoir-in-essays on transness, dad rock, and the music that saves us.



When Wilco's 2007 album Sky Blue Sky was infamously criticized as "dad rock," Niko Stratis was a twenty-five-year-old closeted trans woman working in her dad's glass shop in the Yukon Territory. As she sought escape from her hypermasculine environment, Stratis found an... Read more about The Dad Rock That Made Me A Woman

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

3 Shades of Blue

Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool

By: James Kaplan
Narrated by: Dion Graham
Length: 14 hours 7 minutes

“A compelling recounting of the life stories of three luminaries of jazz and their creation of what many consider the greatest jazz recording of all time, Miles Davis's Kind of Blue. Read more

Beastie Boys Book

By: Michael Diamond & Adam Horovitz
Narrated by: Michael Diamond, Adam Horovitz & Various
Length: 12 hours 41 minutes

“The Beastie Boys Book audiobook is a must-listen for any fan of the band—or simply anyone who loves music history. Ad-Rock and Mike D not only tell their own stories but bring in an incredible cast of friends, family members, and fellow artists who share anecdotes and insights. These guest appearances lend a candid, insider vibe to the... Read more

Heartbreaker

A Memoir

By: Mike Campbell
Narrated by: Mike Campbell
Length: 15 hours 37 minutes

“Mike Campbell, lead guitarist and longtime collaborator as part of Tom Petty’s band The Heartbreakers writes of the bands formation, the genesis of many of their hit songs, and an insight into how the band worked together. There’s much love and discussion here of guitars and late 1970’s- early 1980’s California music scene, including Campbell’s... Read more

Dolly Parton, Songteller

My Life in Lyrics

By: Dolly Parton
Narrated by: Dolly Parton
Length: 5 hours 18 minutes

“Dolly talks very conversationally in this audiobook, so I'm not quite sure how the physical book reads. I highly recommend the audio. I felt like I was sitting in Dolly's living room as she told me the history and background of so many of her songs and life (exactly what the title tells us). The audio plays clips of songs throughout as well. Read more

Every Valley

The Desperate Lives and Troubled Times That Made Handel's Messiah

By: Charles King
Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson
Length: 10 hours 46 minutes

“Like anyone who grew up around classical music, I am familiar with the Messiah. However, I wasn't familiar with the story around Handel's composing of it. This was a fascinating look at a particular point in time and the legendary oratorio that came out of it. Especially excellent on audio, as Stevenson does a fabulous job narrating. It's... Read more

Fahrenheit-182

A Memoir

By: Mark Hoppus & Dan Ozzi
Narrated by: Mark Hoppus
Length: 7 hours 13 minutes

“l love a musician memoir and this did not disappoint! I consumed the audio practically in one sitting. Hoppus wrote this with the dark humor you would expect from a Blink-182 member. I laughed out loud at several points, even when he was discussing darker moments in his life there was a sense of levity and self deprivation that made it easily... Read more

John & Paul

A Love Story in Songs

By: Ian Leslie
Narrated by: Chris Addison
Length: 14 hours 10 minutes

Instant New York Times bestseller * A New York Times Notable Book of 2025 * Named a Best Book of 2025 by NPR, Kirkus Reviews, The Economist, and The Financial Times

"We think we know everything, but author Ian Leslie proves otherwise. His new book, 'John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs,' is, astonishingly, one of the few to offer a detailed... Read more about John & Paul

Only God Can Judge Me

The Many Lives of Tupac Shakur

By: Jeff Pearlman
Narrated by: James Shippy
Length: 16 hours 48 minutes

“Jeff Pearlman breaks down Tupac’s life like a veteran sportswriter examining a dynasty. This detailed look at his life is the work of a writer who understands the ego of greatness.”—Chuck D“Pearlman delivers rich, engrossing, and fascinating new details about Shakur’s life and legacy—not just once or twice—but throughout each lively page...This... Read more about Only God Can Judge Me

The Storyteller: Expanded

...Because There's More to the Story

By: Dave Grohl
Narrated by: Dave Grohl
Length: 11 hours 38 minutes

Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller * Named one of Variety’s Best Music Books of 2021 * Included in Audible’s Best of The Year list * A Business Insider Best Memoirs of 2021 * One of NME's Best Music Books of 2021 * 2 Million Copies Sold WorldwideThe Remastered Edition…Because There’s Always More to... Read more about The Storyteller: Expanded

Rememberings

By: Sinéad O'Connor
Narrated by: Sinéad O'Connor
Length: 7 hours 15 minutes

From the acclaimed, controversial singer-songwriter Sinéad O’Connor comes a revelatory memoir of her fraught childhood, musical triumphs, fearless activism, and of the enduring power of song.
 
Blessed with a singular voice and a fiery temperament, Sinéad O’Connor rose to massive fame in the late 1980s and 1990s with a... Read more about Rememberings

Bad Fat Black Girl

Notes from a Trap Feminist

By: Sesali Bowen
Narrated by: Sesali Bowen
Length: 6 hours 32 minutes

“Sesali Bowen is poised to give Black feminism the rejuvenation it needs. Her trendsetting writing and commentary reaches across experiences and beyond respectability. I and so many Black girls still figuring out who they are in this world will gain so much from whatever she has to say.”—Charlene A. Carruthers, activist and author of... Read more about Bad Fat Black Girl

I Heard There Was a Secret Chord

Music as Medicine

By: Daniel J. Levitin
Narrated by: Daniel J. Levitin
Length: 12 hours 17 minutes

Music is one of humanity’s oldest medicines. From the Far East to the Ottoman Empire, Europe to Africa and the pre-colonial Americas, many cultures have developed their own rich traditions for using sound and rhythm to ease suffering, promote healing, and calm the mind.

In his latest work, neuroscientist and New York Times best-selling author... Read more about I Heard There Was a Secret Chord

Open Book

By: Jessica Simpson
Narrated by: Jessica Simpson
Length: 11 hours 22 minutes

The #1 New York Times BestsellerIncludes six new songs by Jessica Simpson, available exclusively in the Open Book audiobook.
Performed by the author featuring her music throughout.
Jessica reveals for the first time her inner monologue and most intimate struggles. Guided by the journals she's kept since age fifteen, and brimming with her unique... Read more about Open Book

Girl in a Band

A Memoir

By: Kim Gordon
Narrated by: Kim Gordon & Rachel Kushner
Length: 7 hours 14 minutes

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERKim Gordon, founding member of Sonic Youth, fashion icon, and role model for a generation of women, now tells her story—a memoir of life as an artist, of music, marriage, motherhood, independence, and as one of the first women of rock and roll, written with the lyricism and haunting beauty of Patti Smith's Just... Read more about Girl in a Band

Dilla Time

The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm

By: Dan Charnas
Narrated by: Dan Charnas
Length: 14 hours 52 minutes

This program contains examples of J Dilla's music performed in the studio by drummer Nate Smith and is accompanied by a bonus PDF of maps, photos, guides, and more.

"This book is a must for everyone interested in illuminating the idea of unexplainable genius.” —QUESTLOVE

Equal parts biography, musicology, and cultural history, Dilla Time... Read more about Dilla Time

Music Is History

By: Questlove & Ben Greenman
Narrated by: Questlove
Length: 11 hours

“The perfect gift for music lovers, history lovers, and story lovers, Music Is History covers it all. Questlove takes favorite and familiar songs, one essential track from each of the past 50 years, and illuminates them with his unique, personal connection to the music as well as to issues of race, gender, politics, and identity. This book made... Read more

Heart Life Music

By: Kenny Chesney & Holly Gleason
Narrated by: Kenny Chesney
Length: 8 hours 1 minute

*HEAR KENNY'S STORY IN HIS OWN VOICE AS HE READS THE AUDIOBOOK* INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER Heart Life Music is a love letter to the journey: all the places I’ve gone and how we got here. This book takes you on the ride. Knoxville. Moscow. Myrtle Beach. The Virgin Islands. Plentywood, Montana. Holmdel, New... Read more about Heart Life Music

The Philosophy of Modern Song

By: Bob Dylan
Narrated by: Bob Dylan
Length: 6 hours 38 minutes

The Philosophy of Modern Song is Bob Dylan’s first book of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One—and since winning the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016.

Dylan, who began working on the book in 2010, offers his extraordinary insight into the nature of popular music. He writes over sixty essays focusing on songs by other artists,... Read more about The Philosophy of Modern Song

Life

By: Keith Richards & James Fox
Narrated by: Johnny Depp, Joe Hurley & Keith Richards
Length: 23 hours 5 minutes

The long-awaited autobiography of Keith Richards, guitarist, songwriter, singer, and founding member of the Rolling Stones.

With The Rolling Stones, Keith Richards created the songs that roused the world, and he lived the original rock and roll life.

Now, at last, the man himself tells his story of life in the crossfire hurricane. Listening... Read more about Life

Uncommon People

Britpop and Beyond in 20 Songs

By: Miranda Sawyer
Narrated by: Miranda Sawyer
Length: 10 hours 3 minutes

When Miranda Sawyer interviewed Noel Gallagher in 1995, his gag wishing Damon Albarn would die of AIDS became front-page news. This fascinating pop history, exploring the mid-90s moment when British music suddenly meant everything, explains why. Picking out twenty key songs, delving into the surprising stories behind them and their unlikely... Read more about Uncommon People

Saved by a Song

The Art and Healing Power of Songwriting

By: Mary Gauthier
Narrated by: Mary Gauthier
Length: 7 hours 22 minutes

This program is read by the author and includes original music and a bonus conversation with Amy Ray of Indigo Girls.

From the Grammy nominated folk singer and songwriter, an inspiring exploration of creativity and the redemptive power of song

Mary Gauthier was twelve years old when she was given her Aunt Jenny’s old guitar and taught herself... Read more about Saved by a Song

The Half of It

A Memoir

By: Madison Beer
Narrated by: Madison Beer
Length: 3 hours 52 minutes

A memoir from singer-songwriter Madison Beer, chronicling the past decade of her life spent in the spotlight—the ups, the downs, and the in-betweens that you won’t see on social media.Discovered at twelve years old, Madison Beer was one of the first artists to have her entire life documented online. Over the past decade, she has navigated the... Read more about The Half of It

The Taylors

By: Jen Calonita
Narrated by: Delanie Nicole Gill
Length: 4 hours 24 minutes

Four girls . . . all named Taylor. Listen to New York Times bestseller Jen Calonita's origin story of an unforgettable friendship!Taylor (aka Teffy to her family) is terrified to start middle school.She wishes she could fade into the background, unnoticed. But on the first day of school, she finds herself in the spotlight when it's revealed that... Read more about The Taylors

Rememberings

By: Sinéad O'Connor
Narrated by: Sinéad O'Connor
Length: 7 hours 14 minutes

Brought to you by Penguin.

THE LANDMARK MEMOIR OF A GLOBAL MUSIC ICON
SHORTLISTED FOR THE IRISH BOOK AWARDS 2021

Sinéad O'Connor's voice and trademark shaved head made her famous by the age of twenty-one. Her recording of Prince's 'Nothing Compares 2 U' made her a global icon. She outraged millions when she tore up a photograph of Pope John Paul II... Read more about Rememberings

Words for My Comrades

A Political History of Tupac Shakur

By: Dean Van Nguyen
Narrated by: Landon Woodson
Length: 15 hours 24 minutes

From Pitchfork and Guardian contributor Dean Van Nguyen comes a revelatory history of Tupac beyond his musical legend, as a radical son of the Black Panther Party whose political legacy still resonates today.

“In a time in which having a rich relationship with the truth is especially vital, here comes Dean Van Nguyen. History is either a tool of... Read more about Words for My Comrades

The Beatles - Abridged

The Biography

By: Bob Spitz
Narrated by: Alfred Molina
Length: 10 hours 15 minutes

2007 Audie Award Winner for Non-Fiction, Abridged

Even before the Beatles hit the big time, a myth was created. This version of the Beatles legend smoothed the rough edges and filled in the fault lines, and for more than forty years this manicured version of the Beatles story has sustained as truth -- until now.
The product of almost a decade of... Read more about The Beatles - Abridged

Combat Love

A Story of Leaving, Longing, and Searching for Home

By: Alisyn Camerota
Narrated by: Alisyn Camerota
Length: 8 hours 31 minutes

CNN anchor Alisyn Camerota's memoir Combat Love is her story of growing up longing for stability and attachment as the foundation of her family crumbled. Set on the Jersey Shore in the free-range 1980s, Camerota finds the belonging she craves courtesy of a local punk rock band named Shrapnel and their diehard fans. Combat Love chronicles her... Read more about Combat Love

The Road Beneath My Feet

By: Frank Turner
Narrated by: Frank Turner
Length: 7 hours 55 minutes

*The Sunday Times Bestseller*

On 23 September, 2005, at the Joiners Arms in Southampton, Frank Turner played his last gig with his hardcore band, Million Dead. On the laminates that listed the tour dates, the entry for 24 September simply read: 'Get a job.'
Deflated, jaded and hungover, Frank returned to his hometown of Winchester without a plan... Read more about The Road Beneath My Feet

Love & Pain

The epic times and crooked lines of life inside and outside Silverchair

By: Ben Gillies & Chris Joannou
Narrated by: Ben Gillies & Chris Joannou
Length: 7 hours 56 minutes

SHORTLISTED FOR THE ABIA BIOGRAPHY BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2024

This is the powerful, untold story of two of the three members of Silverchair, Australia's most awarded musical act. From their beginnings in Ben Gillies' garage, this trio of high school kids from Newcastle, New South Wales, became famous with their smash-hit single 'Tomorrow',... Read more about Love & Pain

John Lennon: The Life - Abridged

By: Philip Norman
Narrated by: Graeme Malcolm
Length: 12 hours 52 minutes

For more than a quarter century, biographer Philip Norman's internationally bestselling Shout! has been unchallenged as the definitive biography of the Beatles. Now, at last, Norman turns his formidable talent to the Beatle for whom being a Beatle was never enough. Drawing on previously untapped sources, and with unprecedented access to all the... Read more about John Lennon: The Life - Abridged

The Hard Crowd

Essays 2000–2020

By: Rachel Kushner
Narrated by: Rachel Kushner
Length: 7 hours 52 minutes

Brought to you by Penguin.

A wildly original first essay collection from the bestselling, Booker Prize-shortlisted author of
The Mars Room

In her twenties Rachel Kushner went to Mexico in pursuit of her first love - motorbikes - to compete in the notorious and deadly race, Cabo 1000. As fellow racers died on the roadside, bikes were stolen and... Read more about The Hard Crowd

The Silver River

By: Jim Moginie
Narrated by: Jim Moginie
Length: 9 hours 7 minutes

A moving and inspiring memoir of families lost and rediscovered, by a founding member of legendary band Midnight Oil.
For fifty years, songwriter, guitarist and keyboard player Jim Moginie was a driving force behind one of Australia's most iconic rock bands, Midnight Oil. As they made their way through the nascent domestic punk scene and the... Read more about The Silver River

Tupac Shakur

The Authorized Biography

By: Staci Robinson
Narrated by: Jamal Joseph
Length: 14 hours 6 minutes

Brought to you by Penguin.


‘A superstar in every aspect of the word.’ Eminem ‘An incredible poet.’ Stevie Wonder

The first and only Estate-authorized biography of the legendary artist, Tupac Shakur, a moving exploration of his life and powerful legacy.

' A touching, empathetic portrait of a friend. Even familiar... Read more about Tupac Shakur

On the Record

Music That Changed America

By: Anna Harwell Celenza
Narrated by: Nan McNamara
Length: TBA

The surprising story of how iconic works of music sparked debate and action in the halls of Congress.In On the Record: Music That Changed America, Anna Harwell Celenza uncovers the sometimes–surprising influence of music on American politics and culture. From "The Star–Spangled Banner" and Billie Holiday's haunting "Strange Fruit" to Paul... Read more about On the Record

Uncharted Territory

What Numbers Tell Us about the Biggest Hit Songs and Ourselves

By: Chris Dalla Riva
Length: TBA

Popular music history collides with data analytics, charts, and numbers in this insightful and surprising look at the greatest hits and musicians, fads, forgotten artists, and much more. Data analyst and musician Chris Dalla Riva reframes everything you thought you knew about music.

Did you know that hit songs in the late 1950s were regularly... Read more about Uncharted Territory

P FKN R

How Bad Bunny Became the Global Voice of Puerto Rican Resistance

By: Vanessa Díaz & Petra R. Rivera-Rideau
Narrated by: Stacy Gonzalez
Length: 10 hours 23 minutes

"Aquí mataron gente por sacar la bandera/Por eso es que ahora yo la llevo donde quiera." (Here they killed people for taking out the flag/that's why I bring it anywhere I want now.)—LA MuDANZA

Global superstar Bad Bunny, born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, like many other Puerto Ricans, has lived a life marked by public crises—blackouts,... Read more about P FKN R