Sports & Recreation bestsellers

Breath

The New Science of a Lost Art

By: James Nestor
Narrated by: James Nestor
Length: 7 hours 55 minutes

“An important book for all to listen to or read. Something as simple as how we breathe, is so important to our overall health. This book breaks down the research of why the breath is important and gives you practice exercises at the end. Read more

Football

By: Chuck Klosterman
Narrated by: Chuck Klosterman
Length: 9 hours 42 minutes

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

“Could this be the best book on football ever?” —Tyler Cowen

"Another masterwork from one of our greatest minds.” —Esquire

“[An] essential playoff-season read.” —People

A hilarious but nonetheless groundbreaking contribution to the argument about which force shapes American life the most. For two kinds of... Read more about Football

There's Always This Year

On Basketball and Ascension

By: Hanif Abdurraqib
Narrated by: Hanif Abdurraqib
Length: 8 hours 40 minutes

“One of the best books I've ever read and I don't watch or play basketball. Original, authentic, precise, and passionate, There's Always This Year is an entire meal of gorgeous prose and big ideas, so filled with love it nearly breaks you apart. I listened to There's Always This Year training in winter for a half-marathon and Hanif Abdurraqib... Read more

On Muscle

The Stuff That Moves Us and Why It Matters

By: Bonnie Tsui
Narrated by: Bonnie Tsui
Length: 6 hours 14 minutes

“Fascinating! Combination of science, history, gender studies, biography and art. Read more

Kings and Pawns

Jackie Robinson and Paul Robeson in America

By: Howard Bryant
Narrated by: JD Jackson
Length: 10 hours 9 minutes

“I loved this book.... I looked forward to [it] more than any other in a long time, and Howard Bryant exceeded my great expectations. Kings and Pawns is brilliantly conceived and powerfully written.” — David Maraniss, author of Path Lit by LightningA path-breaking work of biography of two American giants, Jackie Robinson and Paul Robeson,... Read more about Kings and Pawns

Becoming Supernatural: How Common People Are Doing The Uncommon

By: Dr. Joe Dispenza
Narrated by: Adam Boyce
Length: 14 hours 6 minutes

The author of the New York Times bestseller You Are the Placebo, as well as Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself and Evolve Your Brain, draws on research conducted at his advanced workshops since 2012 to explore how common people are doing the uncommon to transform themselves and their lives. Becoming Supernatural marries the some of the most... Read more about Becoming Supernatural: How Common People Are Doing The Uncommon

Soil

The Story of a Black Mother's Garden

By: Camille T Dungy
Narrated by: Camille T Dungy
Length: 10 hours 16 minutes

“A smart, beautiful, wide-ranging book about the author’s garden and her world. Observed with a poet’s eye and deeply concerned with social justice, history, and community. Even if you don’t think you’re interested in gardening, this book will draw you in and change how you look at the world around you. Read more

The Hidden Life of Trees

What They Feel, How They Communicate

By: Peter Wohlleben
Narrated by: Mike Grady
Length: 7 hours 33 minutes

“Wow! This book enlightened and truly moved me. I can’t look at a tree without thinking about how amazing they are. It saddens me when they aren’t treated appropriately. This book inspired me to want to learn even more about these incredible beings! Read more

The Boys in the Boat

Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics

By: Daniel James Brown
Narrated by: Edward Herrmann
Length: 14 hours 24 minutes

“This is one of my favorite non-fiction reads of all time, containing everything that I love to find in a book: suspense, unbreakable friendships, insurmountable obstacles, and unlimited perseverance! As told to the readers at the beginning of the book, this story is not one of Brown’s own experience but one that he heard and shared with the... Read more

The New Menopause

Navigating Your Path Through Hormonal Change with Purpose, Power, and Facts

By: Mary Claire Haver, MD
Narrated by: Mary Claire Haver, MD
Length: 9 hours 45 minutes

Filling a gaping hole in menopause care, everything a woman needs to know to thrive during her hormonal transition and beyond, as well as the tools to help her take charge of her health at this pivotal life stage—by the bestselling author of The Galveston Diet.

Menopause is inevitable, but suffering through it is not! This is the empowering... Read more about The New Menopause

Everybody Loses

The Tumultuous Rise of American Sports Gambling

By: Danny Funt
Narrated by: Cary Hite
Length: 10 hours 8 minutes

This jaw-dropping book pulls back the curtain on the alluring yet perilous world of American sports gambling. Built around explosive interviews with the power players of the betting boom at FanDuel, DraftKings, and beyond, it reveals the troubling methods that are being used to bleed gamblers dry.

Everybody Loses is the first major investigation... Read more about Everybody Loses

The New Perimenopause

An Evidence-Based Guide to Surviving the Zone of Chaos and Feeling Like Yourself Again

By: Mary Claire Haver, MD
Narrated by: Devon Sovari
Length: TBA

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The New Menopause explains everything a woman needs to know to thrive during the often-misdiagnosed and medically ignored perimenopausal years

“Don’t tolerate shrugged shoulders from your doctor during your perimenopausal journey. Get ahead of the issues and your potential symptoms with this important,... Read more about The New Perimenopause

Unbreakable

A Woman's Guide to Aging with Power

By: Vonda Wright, MD
Narrated by: Vonda Wright, MD
Length: 9 hours 49 minutes

“This book is full of great information, not only for pre-/post-menopausal women but for EVERY woman. What we do in our 20s and 30s affects us later in life, and honestly, we do not really think about that when we are in our 20s and 30s. You are not doomed by your genetics, and you can have some control over how you age. Every woman, regardless... Read more

Enough

Climbing Toward a True Self on Mount Everest

By: Melissa Arnot Reid
Narrated by: Melissa Arnot Reid
Length: 9 hours 16 minutes

A searching, uplifting memoir by the celebrated, groundbreaking climber: a journey of overcoming where the mountain’s highest peaks can only be reached by traversing the dark crevasses of the soul

At twenty-seven, when Melissa Arnot Reid accepted a tank of oxygen just short of the summit of Mount Everest, she felt ravaged by defeat. Driven by a... Read more about Enough

Push

Unlock the Science of Fitness Motivation to Embrace Health and Longevity

By: Jordan D. Metzl, MD
Narrated by: Will Damron & Jordan D. Metzl, MD
Length: 6 hours 38 minutes

Top sports medicine physician Dr. Jordan Metzl illustrates the impact of fitness motivation on your long-term health—and delivers a mental and physical plan to help you push back against unhealthy motivation, create a sustainable exercise blueprint, and rekindle your love of movement.

We know now that low fitness is as big a health risk as... Read more about Push

Wait Til Next Year

By: Doris Kearns Goodwin
Narrated by: Suzanne Toren
Length: 7 hours 56 minutes

By the award-winning author of Team of Rivals and The Bully Pulpit, Wait Till Next Year is Doris Kearns Goodwin’s touching memoir of growing up in love with her family and baseball.

Set in the suburbs of New York in the 1950s, Wait Till Next Year re-creates the postwar era, when the corner store was a place to share stories and neighborhoods were... Read more about Wait Til Next Year

It's Only Drowning

A True Story of Learning to Surf and the Search for Common Ground

By: David Litt
Narrated by: David Litt
Length: 7 hours 15 minutes

““Yea, it’s pretty great.” Read more

Uncommon Favor

Basketball, North Philly, My Mother, and the Life Lessons I Learned From All Three

By: Dawn Staley
Narrated by: Dawn Staley
Length: 8 hours 18 minutes

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

For the first time, Dawn Staley shares powerful and inspiring stories that have shaped her journey on and off the court.

A three-time Olympic gold medalist, six-time WNBA All-Star, and the first person to win the Naismith College Player of the Year award as both a player and coach, Staley has shattered... Read more about Uncommon Favor

Kid Athletes

True Tales of Childhood from Sports Legends

Kid Legends: Book #2

By: David Stabler
Narrated by: Pete Cross
Length: 2 hours 24 minutes

Forget the gold medals, the championships, and the undefeated seasons. When all-star athletes were growing up, they had regular-kid problems just like you. Baseball legend Babe Ruth was such a troublemaker that his family sent him to reform school. Race-car champion Danica Patrick fended off bullies who told her “girls can’t drive.” And football... Read more about Kid Athletes

Certified Beauties

More of Hockey's Greatest Untold Stories

By: James Duthie
Narrated by: James Duthie
Length: 9 hours 18 minutes

“A unique, fun, and even heartbreaking account of NHL stories from players themselves. This felt like being in conversation with a buddy, regaling me of outlandish NHL tales. Stories like this that never really get shared with the general public are fascinating to me, and I listened to the whole book in a single day. I would read five more... Read more

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle

A Year of Food Life

By: Barbara Kingsolver, Camille Kingsolver & Steven L. Hopp
Narrated by: Barbara Kingsolver, Camille Kingsolver & Steven L. Hopp
Length: 14 hours 35 minutes

“A profound, graceful, and literary work of philosophy and economics, well tempered for our times, and yet timeless. . . . It will change the way you look at the food you put into your body. Which is to say, it can change who you are.” — Boston GlobeBarbara Kingsolver's New York Times bestselling book describing her family's adventure... Read more about Animal, Vegetable, Miracle

The Running Ground

A Father, a Son, and the Simplest of Sports

By: Nicholas Thompson
Narrated by: Nicholas Thompson
Length: 6 hours 27 minutes

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • A profound meditation on what running can teach us about our limits and our lives by a record-setting distance runner who is now the CEO of The Atlantic.

“This is not just an engaging memoir about running. It’s a meditation on what it takes to marshal and maintain motivation.”—ADAM... Read more about The Running Ground

Call Me Indian

From the Trauma of Residential School to Becoming the NHL's First Treaty Indigenous Player

By: Fred Sasakamoose
Narrated by: Wilton Littlechild
Length: 10 hours 9 minutes

NATIONAL BESTSELLER

"Fred Sasakamoose played in the NHL before First Nations people had the right to vote in Canada. This page turner will have you cheering for 'Fast Freddy' as he faces off against huge challenges both on and off the ice--a great gift to every proud hockey fan, Canadian, and Indigenous person."
--Wab Kinew, Leader of the Manitoba... Read more about Call Me Indian

The Other Olympians

Fascism, Queerness, and the Making of Modern Sports

By: Michael Waters
Narrated by: Jennifer Pickens
Length: 9 hours 31 minutes

"Michael Waters performs an Olympian act of storytelling, using the stories of these extraordinary athletes to explore in brilliant detail the struggle for understanding and equality." —Jonathan Eig, author of King: A Life

“This riveting audiobook brings all the facts and showcases why we need to acknowledge true history in today’s social... Read more about The Other Olympians

Expensive Basketball

By: Shea Serrano
Narrated by: Cary Hite
Length: 9 hours 57 minutes

“Shea Serrano is the coolest, funniest, nerdiest writer you will ever read. Ask about a subject he loves, and the result is always funny, passionate, unexpected, and insightful. If you know basketball or if you don’t, pick up Expensive Basketball to be absolutely entertained and gain a new appreciation for the sport from one of the most original... Read more

Hurts So Good

The Science and Culture of Pain on Purpose

By: Leigh Cowart
Narrated by: Leigh Cowart
Length: 11 hours 28 minutes

"A thoughtful, funny, and at times lyrical" (Wall Street Journal) exploration of why people all over the world love to engage in pain on purpose--from dominatrices, religious ascetics, and ultramarathoners to ballerinas, icy ocean bathers, and sideshow performers

Masochism is sexy, human, reviled, worshiped, and delightfully bizarre.... Read more about Hurts So Good

We Breed Lions

Confronting Canada's Troubled Hockey Culture

By: Rick Westhead
Narrated by: Rick Westhead & Stephen Brunt
Length: 12 hours 57 minutes

AN INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER

A hard-hitting and powerful look at hockey's moment of reckoning in Canada, and the ways in which a game that is so universally loved has been rocked in recent years by court cases involving sexual assault and startling incidents of hazing and abuse throughout junior hockey.

The allegations read like a scene out of a... Read more about We Breed Lions

MOX

By: Jon Moxley
Narrated by: Jon Moxley
Length: 9 hours 6 minutes

A vivid trip through the mind of the top professional wrestler in the business—a nobody from nowhere who achieved his ambitions and walked away with the gold and the girl of his dreams.



Ride alongside Jon Moxley as he retraces some of the highways traveled on his remarkable journey. Revel in the never-before-told stories about his early life in... Read more about MOX

The Way Out

A True Story of Survival in the Heart of the Rockies

By: Devon O'Neil
Narrated by: Roger Wayne
Length: 7 hours 23 minutes

“On par with Into the Wild... Fast-paced, yet thoughtful and empathetic, all the way to its devastating conclusion, this psychological thriller will haunt me whenever I step off the pavement into the woods. I couldn’t stop reading it, and I can’t stop thinking about it.” — Bill Gifford, #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of OutliveA... Read more about The Way Out

Why We Love Baseball

A History in 50 Moments

By: Joe Posnanski
Narrated by: Joe Posnanski & Ellen Adair
Length: 11 hours 52 minutes

NEW YORK TIMES bestseller

Winner of the CASEY Award for Best Baseball Book of the Year

National Sports Media Association Sports Book of the Year 

An NPR "Book of the Day"

#1 New York Times bestselling author Joe Posnanski is back with a masterful ode to the game: a countdown of 50 of the most memorable moments in baseball’s history, to make you... Read more about Why We Love Baseball

438 Days

An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea

By: Jonathan Franklin
Narrated by: George Newbern
Length: 7 hours 7 minutes

Declared “the best survival book in a decade” by Outside Magazine, 438 Days is the true story of the man who survived fourteen months in a small boat drifting seven thousand miles across the Pacific Ocean.

On November 17, 2012, two men left the coast of Mexico for a weekend fishing trip in the open Pacific. That night, a violent storm ambushed... Read more about 438 Days

Black Market

An Insider's Journey into the High-Stakes World of College Basketball

By: Merl Code
Narrated by: James Shippy
Length: 8 hours 10 minutes

From a former college basketball player and Executive at Nike, a "riveting" (Sports Illustrated) insider's account into the business of college basketball exposes the corrupt and racist systems that exploit young athletes and offers a new way forward

For Merl Code, basketball was life.

In college he played point guard for... Read more about Black Market

Outofshapeworthlessloser

A Memoir of Figure Skating, F*cking Up, and Figuring It Out

By: Gracie Gold
Narrated by: Gracie Gold
Length: 9 hours 39 minutes

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A “piercing account” (The Wall Street Journal) of surviving as a young woman in a society that rewards appearances more than anything and demands perfection at all costs—especially if you’re an Olympic figure skater.

“A riveting memoir, which details her experience with an eating disorder, depression and her... Read more about Outofshapeworthlessloser

Our Fight

A Memoir

By: Ronda Rousey
Narrated by: Ronda Rousey
Length: 8 hours 22 minutes

From New York Times bestselling author and trailblazing athlete Ronda Rousey, an unfiltered chronicle of her last decade, tackling her explosive career transition, parenthood, overcoming adversity, and finding meaning in life.

From the moment she burst onto the MMA scene, Ronda Rousey was unbeatable. She repeatedly strung together back-to-back... Read more about Our Fight

Move Your DNA

Restore Your Health Through Natural Movement

By: Katy Bowman
Narrated by: Katy Bowman
Length: 6 hours 37 minutes

“Move Your DNA is a landmark in explaining biomechanics.”—Dr. Joan Vernikos former director of NASA’s Life Sciences Division and author of Sitting Kills, Moving Heals. This expanded edition of the bestselling Move Your DNA includes an exercise glossary and three-level exercise program, available to audiobook listeners as a free PDF... Read more about Move Your DNA

Wild Witchcraft

Folk Herbalism, Garden Magic, and Foraging for Spells, Rituals, and Remedies

By: Rebecca Beyer
Narrated by: Candace Thaxton
Length: 6 hours 46 minutes

Learn how to cultivate your own magical garden, begin your journey with folk herbalism, and awaken to your place in nature through practical skills from an experienced Appalachian forager and witch.

Witchcraft is wild at heart, calling us into a relationship with the untamed world around us. Through the power of developing a relationship with... Read more about Wild Witchcraft

What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

By: Haruki Murakami
Narrated by: Ray Porter
Length: 4 hours 24 minutes

In 1982 Murakami began running to keep fit. Here, he reflects on his running experiences. Equal parts travelogue, training log, and reminiscence, this revealing memoir covers his preparation for the 2005 New York City Marathon. By turns funny and sobering, playful and philosophical, this is a must read for fans of this masterful writer, and for... Read more about What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

Shoe Dog

A Memoir by the Creator of Nike

By: Phil Knight
Narrated by: Norbert Leo Butz
Length: 13 hours 21 minutes

In this instant and tenacious New York Times bestseller, Nike founder and board chairman Phil Knight “offers a rare and revealing look at the notoriously media-shy man behind the swoosh” (Booklist, starred review), illuminating his company’s early days as an intrepid start-up and its evolution into one of the world’s most iconic, game-changing,... Read more about Shoe Dog

The Racket

On Tour with Tennis’s Golden Generation – and the other 99%

By: Conor Niland
Narrated by: Conor Niland
Length: 6 hours 53 minutes

Brought to you by Penguin.

When Conor Niland was 16, he got the chance to hit with Serena Williams at Nick Bollettieri's famed tennis academy. Conor, the Irish junior number one, was feeling a bit homesick. Serena, also 16, already owned her own house beside the academy.

Conor Niland knows what it's like when Roger Federer walks into the dressing... Read more about The Racket

Endure

How to Work Hard, Outlast, and Keep Hammering

By: Cameron Hanes
Narrated by: Cameron Hanes, David Goggins & Joe Rogan
Length: 7 hours 52 minutes

Bowhunter and ultramarathoner Cameron Hanes narrates his audiobook with guest appearances from Joe Rogan and David Goggins. Listen in to push beyond your physical limits and improve yourself by following Hanes's lifelong philosophies and disciplines.

“It’s all mental.”
I say this all the time, and it’s true.
If you believe you can do it, you... Read more about Endure

The Secret Life of Trees

By: Centre of Excellence
Narrated by: Kate Rowley
Length: 3 hours 4 minutes

Trees are a familiar feature of any landscape, yet we rarely think about them. They are necessary for maintaining the health of the global ecosystem and provide many material things but they are more of an integral part of our lives than we may at first consider. The Secret Life of Trees Audiobook aims to enlighten you on the importance of... Read more about The Secret Life of Trees

To the Gorge

Running, Grief, Resilience & 460 Miles on the Pacific Crest Trail

By: Emily Halnon
Narrated by: Emily Halnon
Length: 5 hours 47 minutes

When Emily Halnon lost her beloved mother to a rare uterine cancer at just sixty-six years old, she wanted to do something monumental to honor the person her mother had been. Emily's mom had taken up running in her late forties; she ran her first marathon at fifty. She even went skydiving to celebrate her sixtieth birthday.



Emily, already an... Read more about To the Gorge

The Drunken Botanist

The Plants That Create the World's Great Drinks

By: Amy Stewart
Narrated by: Coleen Marlo
Length: 10 hours 17 minutes

Every great drink starts with a plant. Sake began with a grain of rice. Scotch emerged from barley. Gin was born from a conifer shrub when medieval physicians boiled juniper berries with wine to treat stomach pain. The Drunken Botanist uncovers the surprising botanical history and fascinating science and chemistry of over 150 plants, flowers,... Read more about The Drunken Botanist

Let's Get Physical

How Women Discovered Exercise and Reshaped the World

By: Danielle Friedman
Narrated by: Danielle Friedman
Length: 9 hours 4 minutes

A captivating blend of reportage and personal narrative that explores the untold history of women’s exercise culture--from jogging and Jazzercise to Jane Fonda--and how women have parlayed physical strength into other forms of power.

For American women today, working out is as accepted as it is expected, fueling a multibillion-dollar fitness... Read more about Let's Get Physical

Natural Born Heroes

How a Daring Band of Misfits Mastered the Lost Secrets of Strength and Endurance

By: Christopher McDougall
Narrated by: Nicholas Guy Smith
Length: 13 hours 56 minutes

The best-selling author of Born to Run now travels to the Mediterranean, where he discovers that the secrets of ancient Greek heroes are still alive and well on the island of Crete, and ready to be unleashed in the muscles and minds of casual athletes and aspiring heroes everywhere. 

After running an ultramarathon through the... Read more about Natural Born Heroes

Never Stop

Life, Leadership, and What It Takes to Be Great

By: Dan Hurley & Ian O'Connor
Narrated by: Chris Andrew Ciulla & Dan Hurley
Length: 7 hours 51 minutes

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Dan Hurley is one of the most famous head coaches in America today—in any sport. He returned the UConn Huskies men’s basketball team to their rightful place among the nation’s elite, winning back-to-back NCAA Championships, and he did it with uncommon passion. His on-court eruptions, his face-offs with refs and even... Read more about Never Stop

Body Neutral

A Revolutionary Guide to Overcoming Body Image Issues

By: Jessi Kneeland
Narrated by: Jessi Kneeland
Length: 14 hours 49 minutes

“An incredible resource for those who are looking to find greater peace with their bodies in order to live a more empowered, joyful, and meaningful life.” —Matt McGorry

A life-changing guide to reclaiming your relationship with your body—and yourself

Have you ever thought that if only you could change the way you looked, your life would be better?... Read more about Body Neutral

Soil Science for Gardeners

Working with Nature to Build Soil Health

Mother Earth News Wiser Living Series

By: Robert Pavlis
Narrated by: David Skulski
Length: 6 hours 14 minutes

Build healthy soil and grow better plants Robert Pavlis, a gardener for over four decades, debunks common soil myths, explores the rhizosphere, and provides a personalized soil fertility improvement program in this three-part popular science guidebook. Healthy soil means thriving plants. Yet untangling the soil food web and optimizing your soil... Read more about Soil Science for Gardeners

Kid Olympians: Summer

True Tales of Childhood from Champions and Game Changers

Kid Legends: Book #9

By: Robin Stevenson
Narrated by: Pete Cross
Length: 3 hours 15 minutes

Athletes throughout history have dreamed of competing in the Olympics—and some were kids themselves when those dreams and plans began! In Kid Olympians: Summer, discover the childhood stories of legends such as -Usain Bolt, who used to skip practices to go to the arcade and play video games. -Serena Williams, who sometimes hit her tennis ball... Read more about Kid Olympians: Summer

The Master

The Long Run and Beautiful Game of Roger Federer

By: Christopher Clarey
Narrated by: Kiff VandenHeuvel
Length: 15 hours 33 minutes

This New York Times bestselling biography tells the life story of the most iconic men's tennis player of the modern era.

There have been other biographies of Roger Federer, but never one with this kind of access to the man himself, his support team, and the most prominent figures in the game, including such rivals as Rafael Nadal,... Read more about The Master