Nonfiction bestsellers

Everything Is Tuberculosis

The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection

By: John Green
Narrated by: John Green
Length: 5 hours 35 minutes

“Interesting historical tidbits meet genuinely moving medical narrative in this unexpectedly timely book. John Green believes it’s better to live in a world where people work towards justice together, across cultural/ class/ international lines, rather than in a world where we don’t bother to try to take care of each other. By the end of this... Read more

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This

By: Omar El Akkad
Narrated by: Omar El Akkad
Length: 5 hours 21 minutes

“As someone who views politics as overwhelming, confusing, and generally anxiety-inducing, I feel seen, understood, called out, and informed all at the same time. You can absolutely feel the passion behind the facts of his narration. Read more

I'm Glad My Mom Died

By: Jennette McCurdy
Narrated by: Jennette McCurdy
Length: 6 hours 26 minutes

“From the eyes and experiences of a child-actress, Jennette McCurdy recounts her life with a heavy focus on how her mother developed, impacted, and controlled it. It’s a fascinating and heavy read, and the lasting effect it leaves will make you really think about how you view celebrities. They are just as human as everyone else and the lasting... Read more

Braiding Sweetgrass

Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants

By: Robin Wall Kimmerer
Narrated by: Robin Wall Kimmerer
Length: 16 hours 44 minutes

“This book is life-changing and world-changing. It is the type of book you borrow from your neighbor, you loan to your friend, you share with a parent. This book is a grassroots movement of ecological empathy and imagination. Robin Wall Kimmerer dares us to reexamine our relationships to science, reconsider our ideals of community, and revisit... Read more

Strangers

A Memoir of Marriage

By: Belle Burden
Narrated by: Belle Burden
Length: 7 hours 3 minutes

“This is a captivating, well-written memoir about marriage. She has written this book with grace and compassion. It is captivating, I didn't want to stop listening. I highly recommend. Read more

Enshittification

Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It

By: Cory Doctorow
Narrated by: Cory Doctorow
Length: 10 hours 17 minutes

“This book gave me insight into so many of the frustrations of modern life, and left me with so much to think about. Read more

A Marriage at Sea

A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck

By: Sophie Elmhirst
Narrated by: Marisa Calin
Length: 5 hours 50 minutes

“Wow, this is one of the best narrative nonfiction books I've ever read -- and in addition to running a bookstore and obsessively reading adventure and survival stories, I also received an MFA in Creative Nonfiction. The writing is so tight. The voice so authoritative -- an omniscient narrator in nonfiction! The story so nuanced and good, I read... Read more

The Anthropocene Reviewed

Essays on a Human-Centered Planet

By: John Green
Narrated by: John Green
Length: 10 hours 42 minutes

“I read this in hardcover but this is worth a listen just capture John Green's tone on all these subjects! Read more

Mother Mary Comes to Me

By: Arundhati Roy
Narrated by: Arundhati Roy
Length: 11 hours 29 minutes

“Sometimes memoirs are fascinating due solely to the life lived by their subject; sometimes the lyricism of the prose is what propels you through. But then, you get a book like this and are just slammed by the unbelievable writing, galvanized by the force of life. This memoir, grounded in Roy's relationship with her difficult mother, is a... Read more

A People's History of the United States

By: Howard Zinn
Narrated by: Jeff Zinn
Length: 34 hours 10 minutes

“What this classic, alternative, and, yes, overtly leftist history of the United States most impressed upon me is that the history of American protest is just as vital and as old a tradition as the stars and stripes. The American people have always protested, gone on strike, marched - for suffrage, abolition, labor rights, civil rights,... Read more

Careless People

A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism

By: Sarah Wynn-Williams
Narrated by: Sarah Wynn-Williams
Length: 13 hours 16 minutes

“The proof of this book is in the current injunction won against the author to prevent her from promoting it. If I were the Facebook higher ups (Mark Zuckerberg, Sheryl Sandburg & Joel Kaplan) I ALSO would do everything in my power to prevent this book from being read. My strong recommendation is to read it anyway. Read more

Black AF History

The Un-Whitewashed Story of America

By: Michael Harriot
Narrated by: Michael Harriot
Length: 15 hours 42 minutes

“Prepare for a history book unlike any other! Michael Harriot's Black AF is truly one of the best I've encountered in a long time. Don't let the humor and captivating storytelling fool you – this isn't just a dry recitation of dates and events. Instead, Harriot masterfully blends memoir, history, and sharp analysis of race, economics, and... Read more

A World Appears

A Journey into Consciousness

By: Michael Pollan
Narrated by: Michael Pollan
Length: 8 hours 46 minutes

Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2026 by The New York Times, TIME, and Oprah Daily

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of How to Change Your Mind, a panoptic exploration of consciousness—what it is, who has it, and why—and a meditation on the essence of our humanity

When it comes to the phenomenon that is consciousness, there is one... Read more about A World Appears

Nobody's Girl

A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice

By: Virginia Roberts Giuffre
Narrated by: Thérèse Plummer & Gabra Zackman
Length: 13 hours 39 minutes

“I felt a sense of obligation to hear Virginia’s story. She went through so much to try to bring her abusers to justice and to share her story. We need to listen. Read more

Atomic Habits

An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

By: James Clear
Narrated by: James Clear
Length: 5 hours 35 minutes

“Forget new years resolutions, build better systems for success! Read more

Kindred

By: Octavia E. Butler
Narrated by: Kim Staunton
Length: 10 hours 55 minutes

“The novel is narrated by Dana,  a Black writer  is transported from 1976 back to a slave plantation in the Antebellum South, where she meets two of her ancestors: the White son of the slave owner, and a young free Black woman, who is eventually trapped,  enslaved and made his concubine. Dana struggles to survive in this hostile... Read more

The Anxious Generation

How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness

By: Jonathan Haidt
Narrated by: Sean Pratt & Jonathan Haidt
Length: 10 hours 32 minutes

“Raising kids in the digital age is no easy feat. For current or aspiring parents, this book provides some absolutely essential information on the current crisis with kids and how to get out of it. Read more

All About Love

New Visions

Love Song to the Nation: Book #1

By: bell hooks
Narrated by: January LaVoy
Length: 6 hours 10 minutes

“There’s nothing I can say about bell hooks that hasn’t already been said. This book is excellent and did cause me to think about love in a different way. It’s beautifully-written and philosophically brilliant. Read more

The Art of Gathering

How We Meet and Why It Matters

By: Priya Parker
Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
Length: 9 hours 21 minutes

“Whether you're running a classroom, holding a meeting, or hosting a party, this book from Priya Parker offers a ton of insight on what makes a good gathering. Read more

Challenger

A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

By: Adam Higginbotham
Narrated by: Jacques Roy
Length: 17 hours 9 minutes

“Honestly, this was my nonfiction highlight of the year. An incredible feat of research paired with strong characterizations and a propulsive narrative made it a perfect audiobook. Read more

Abundance

By: Ezra Klein & Derek Thompson
Narrated by: Ezra Klein & Derek Thompson
Length: 7 hours 14 minutes

“This is THE next current issues book that every citizen should read—right before calling their state & local reps. There is enough to go around, as long as we embrace this plentiful ideology right away. Read more

Becoming

By: Michelle Obama
Narrated by: Michelle Obama
Length: 19 hours 3 minutes

“I adore our former president and I miss him. Yet I cannot help but be ecstatic that Michelle is coming out with a book about her own life so that I can learn more about this powerful, intelligent, and singularly awesome woman. Barack would be the first to say that his wife is a superstar, and I can’t wait to get my hands on Becoming to read... Read more

107 Days

By: Kamala Harris
Narrated by: Kamala Harris
Length: 9 hours 58 minutes

“This is the biggest "I told you so" in the history of "I told you so's" I had to stop listening every so often because knowing we could've had sanity in the White House, and we did not get it. She worked tirelessly for 107 days to make the US a place for EVERYONE. Read more

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

“The Art Thief tells the true story of the world's most prolific art thief, Stéphane Breitwieser. In this gripping portrait of obsession, love, and crime, you will read all about Stéphane's heists and how he amassed a collection of art in his mother's attic, worth an estimated two billion dollars. And no, that was not a mistype - an estimated two... Read more

1929

Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History--and How It Shattered a Nation

By: Andrew Ross Sorkin
Narrated by: Andrew Ross Sorkin
Length: 13 hours 30 minutes

“I was fortunate to hear this on my drive South to and from the Furniture Market. Andrew Ross Sorkin is the narrator and author of this behind-the-scenes account of the intersection of Politics, Financiers, and the common man startin in the mid-1920s. Andrew does a great job giving context to the Bank decisions, Politics and World events... Read more

Raising Hare

A Memoir

By: Chloe Dalton
Narrated by: Louise Brealey
Length: 6 hours 26 minutes

“This is a marvelous book. Due to COVID, the author was forced from her busy job in London to her home in the English countryside. She discovers a baby hare - a leveret in a roadway. Unlike rabbit babies who are taught to flee, leverets are taught not to move until their mother returns. At first, she leaves the leveret, but she checks on it later... Read more

A Promised Land

By: Barack Obama
Narrated by: Barack Obama
Length: 29 hours 10 minutes

“No one really needs my blurb to help sell this book, but I wanted to give it anyway, especially for the audiobook, narrated by Barack Obama himself. If you want to know his incredible knowledge and wisdom that guided him through major decisions, and also hear him drop a few F-bombs, you need to listen to this fantastically written book. Read more

To Catch a Fascist

The Fight to Expose the Radical Right

By: Christopher Mathias
Narrated by: Matt Godfrey
Length: 10 hours 50 minutes

A searing, provocative investigation into the rise of white nationalist and neo-Nazi movements in the United States, centered on the anti-fascist groups working to expose and stop these hateful factions.

Demonized as “extremist” by conservatives and liberals alike, “antifa” became a bogeyman during Donald Trump’s first term. But few Americans... Read more about To Catch a Fascist

The Serviceberry

By: Robin Wall Kimmerer
Narrated by: Robin Wall Kimmerer
Length: 1 hour 56 minutes

“SUCH a beautiful short read. A comforting one, but also a call to action. This book genuinely made me believe the world is going to be okay, and we'll be okay, and I'll be okay. Indigenous scientist and author Robin Wall Kimmerer harvest berries and ruminates over gifts from nature, as well as our current global crisis. Robin detaches from the... Read more

Solito

A Memoir

By: Javier Zamora
Narrated by: Javier Zamora
Length: 17 hours 8 minutes

“Solito follows the journey of nine-year-old Javier Zamora, a boy from El Salvador, as he attempts to cross into the United States on his own. Though Zamora is supported and loved by his family in El Salvador, they are unable to make the voyage with him, meaning that he must face the challenges and unfamiliar terrain with a group of strangers... Read more

Sapiens

A Brief History of Humankind

By: Yuval Noah Harari
Narrated by: Derek Perkins
Length: 15 hours 18 minutes

“Harari's brilliant cross-discipline synthesis of humanity's last 100,000 year story arc is sweeping and brilliant. I would almost use a phrase usually reserved for beach read thrillers-it's a page-turner. Rarely does a book stir up conversation in academic circles while still being so accessible to a general audience. That a history book has... Read more

The 1619 Project

A New Origin Story

By: Caitlin Roper, Ilena Silverman & Jake Silverstein
Narrated by: Nikole Hannah-Jones & Full Cast
Length: 18 hours 56 minutes

“This new landmark work of U.S. history, criticism, and art is forged of 18 essays that consider the relevance of slavery to contemporary America through the prism of such subjects as capitalism, music, and healthcare and poems and fiction that focus on key moments in the oppression, resistance, and liberation of Black people in America. Riveting... Read more

How to Keep House While Drowning

A Gentle Approach to Cleaning and Organizing

By: KC Davis
Narrated by: KC Davis & Dr. Raquel Martin
Length: 3 hours 15 minutes

“I absolutely loved the book and wanted to immediately listen to it again! I was also thrilled to be reading a book written by a Licensed Professional Counselor about cleaning of all things! This book's primary focus is mental health, and this is the lens in which cleaning is viewed from. Davis addresses trauma and how it can impact the... Read more

The Will to Change

Men, Masculinity, and Love

By: bell hooks
Narrated by: Janina Edwards
Length: 6 hours 24 minutes

“bell hooks explains too well the issues of patriarchy and gender norms. How men are not inherently toxic and that our culture has dictated this behavior of hyper-masculinity and adversity to love and sensitivity. You can’t blame people entirely for these issues, but accountability does need to be held. People all around need the proper tools to... Read more

Little Bosses Everywhere

How the Pyramid Scheme Shaped America

By: Bridget Read
Narrated by: Nikki Massoud
Length: 11 hours 1 minute

“I rarely read nonfiction. However, this book kept my attention the entire time. Bridget Read provides us with a deep dive into the history, politics and personal stories of MLMs. I thought I was well-versed on the MLM world, but I learned so many fascinating tidbits. I enjoyed the narrator and flew through the audiobook in two days! I can’t wait... Read more

Say Nothing

A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland

By: Patrick Radden Keefe
Narrated by: Matthew Blaney
Length: 14 hours 40 minutes

“This book is as good as everyone says. I knew I didn't know a ton about the troubles in Northern Ireland, but I didn't know HOW much I didn't know. This book turns a rather complex, sometimes dry (if you're not Irish or a war history person) subject into a story of intrigue, weaving the conflict's history with the stories of a few men and women... Read more

Be Ready When the Luck Happens

A Memoir

By: Ina Garten
Narrated by: Ina Garten
Length: 8 hours 47 minutes

“This was a deliciously satisfying romp through the life of a vibrant woman who followed her curiosity and passions to great acclaim. Ina Garten’s narration lends to the charm and strength of this memoir, and if it doesn’t make you even a titch hungry, you weren’t paying attention! Read more

The Body Keeps the Score

Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

By: Bessel van der Kolk, M.D.
Narrated by: Sean Pratt
Length: 16 hours 15 minutes

“A beautiful dissection of trauma and its effects on the brain. One of the world’s foremost experts on trauma uses recent studies to show how trauma reshapes parts of us. The author frames trauma in a whole new way and makes you really consider the true definition of it. This book outlines how the traumas people carry can impact their capacity to... Read more

Come As You Are: Revised and Updated

The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life

By: Emily Nagoski
Narrated by: Emily Nagoski
Length: 11 hours 30 minutes

“Without apology or stigma, Come As You Are puts women’s feelings (about their bodies, sexuality, and pleasure) at the forefront. Read more

The Age of Magical Overthinking

Notes on Modern Irrationality

By: Amanda Montell
Narrated by: Amanda Montell
Length: 6 hours 5 minutes

“Exploring our current culture of overthinking and the language surrounding it, these essays are fascinating and enlightening. Peppered with anecdotes and self-evaluation, this is the book Montell was meant to write. Read more

How the Word Is Passed

A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America

By: Clint Smith
Narrated by: Clint Smith
Length: 10 hours 6 minutes

“From plantation to Angola Prison. From Blandford Cemetery in Petersburg, VA to the African Burial Ground in New York City. From Île de Gorée to Whitney Plantation. From the Emancipation Proclamation to Juneteenth. Clint Smith takes us on an unforgettable journey through the history of slavery in the United States, revealing many truths we’ve... Read more

The Gales of November

The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald

By: John U. Bacon
Narrated by: Johnny Heller
Length: 10 hours 53 minutes

“This is a wonderfully written telling of the Fitz- well-paced and rich in details and context. Well written, well read. You’ll want to gift this one for Christmas! Read more

Wintering

The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times

By: Katherine May
Narrated by: Rebecca Lee
Length: 6 hours 54 minutes

“This was the perfect listen at the right time. Memoir, mythology, and meditations on an ever ignored fact that we must change our lifestyle in order to adapt to this sometimes brutal season. I will definitely come back to this one many times. Read more

The Message

By: Ta-Nehisi Coates
Narrated by: Ta-Nehisi Coates
Length: 5 hours 20 minutes

“This should be required reading. Either apartheid is wrong or it’s not. Read more

How to Be an Antiracist

By: Ibram X. Kendi
Narrated by: Ibram X. Kendi
Length: 10 hours 29 minutes

“Among the multi-faceted array of antiracist literature newly published in the last two years, Ibram X. Kendi’s How To Be an Antiracist stands alone as a definitive source of history and socio-political critique, while offering a new paradigm of thought aimed at paving the way for correcting centuries of social injustice. Hearing this visionary... Read more

The Secret History of the Rape Kit

A True Crime Story

By: Pagan Kennedy
Narrated by: Claire Danes
Length: 5 hours 21 minutes

“This book is as eye-opening as it is enraging. Pagan Kennedy delivers a deeply researched and compelling narrative about the creation of the rape kit—something that should have revolutionized how sexual assault cases are handled. Instead, we get a disturbing look at how bureaucracy, negligence, and systemic misogyny turned an essential forensic... Read more

Cultish

The Language of Fanaticism

By: Amanda Montell
Narrated by: Ann Marie Gideon
Length: 8 hours 21 minutes

“This book is incredible! Montell expertly explains the intricacies of rhetoric, its power, and its usage in society without losing her audience with a bunch of linguistic jargon. She pulls examples from the world of cults as well as other influential sectors of our daily lives to further demonstrate the need for navigating the world with honed... Read more

The Barn

The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi

By: Wright Thompson
Narrated by: Wright Thompson
Length: 11 hours 38 minutes

“One of the best books I read in 2024. Wright Thompson is a true poet and masterfully weaves his personal connection with Mississippi with the tragic legacy of Emmitt Till. Highly recommended. Plus, Wright Thompson is the PERFECT reader for the audiobook. Read more

Family of Spies

A World War II Story of Nazi Espionage, Betrayal, and the Secret History Behind Pearl Harbor

By: Christine Kuehn
Narrated by: Erin Bennett
Length: 8 hours 36 minutes

“A heartfelt and raw dive into family secrets. Well written and researched lots of aha moments, even though the story is well known. Read more

Actress of a Certain Age

My Twenty-Year Trail to Overnight Success

By: Jeff Hiller
Narrated by: Jeff Hiller
Length: 8 hours 9 minutes

“Jeff Hiller is an amazing comedian and storyteller. This book was incredible, and the audiobook was perfection. I found myself laughing out loud throughout. What a gift to have been able to hear these anecdotes in Jeff Hiller’s own voice with his trademark laugh sprinkled throughout! I could not recommend this book more — what a delight! I... Read more