YA Nonfiction audiobooks
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Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
By:
Jason Reynolds & Ibram X. Kendi
Narrated by:
Jason Reynolds
Length:
4 hours 11 minutes
Abridged:
No
The #1 New York Times bestseller and a USAToday bestseller!A timely, crucial, and empowering exploration of racism--and antiracism--in AmericaThis is NOT a history book.This is a book about the here and now. A book to help us better understand why we are where we are.A book about race. The construct of race has always been used to gain and keep... Read more about Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
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Gender Queer
By:
Maia Kobabe
Narrated by:
Maia Kobabe, Trini Alvarado, Stephen Graybill, ...
Length:
1 hour 58 minutes
Abridged:
No
2020 ALA Alex Award Winner 2020 Stonewall — Israel Fishman Non-fiction Award Honor BookThe ground-breaking, bestselling graphic novel is now available on audio. In 2014, Maia Kobabe, who uses e/em/eir pronouns, thought that a comic of reading statistics would be the last autobiographical comic e would ever write. At the time, it was the only... Read more about Gender Queer
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All Boys Aren't Blue
By:
George M. Johnson
Narrated by:
George M. Johnson
Length:
5 hours 12 minutes
Abridged:
No
This program is read by the author.In a series of personal essays, prominent journalist and LGBTQIA+ activist George M. Johnson's All Boys Aren't Blue explores their childhood, adolescence, and college years in New Jersey and Virginia.A New York Times Bestseller!Good Morning America, NBC Nightly News, Today Show, and MSNBC feature stories From... Read more about All Boys Aren't Blue
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The Lady and the Octopus
By:
Danna Staaf
Narrated by:
Suzie Althens
Length:
4 hours 32 minutes
Abridged:
No
"Jeanne Villepreux-Power was never expected to be a scientist. Born in 1794 in a French village more than 100 miles from the ocean, she pursued an improbable path that brought her to the island of Sicily. There, she took up natural history and solved the two-thousand-year-old mystery of how the argonaut octopus gets its shell. In an era when... Read more about The Lady and the Octopus
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Bless the Blood
By:
Walela Nehanda
Narrated by:
Walela Nehanda
Length:
6 hours 18 minutes
Abridged:
No
A searing debut YA poetry and essay collection about a Black cancer patient who faces medical racism after being diagnosed with leukemia in their early twenties, for fans of Audre Lorde's The Cancer Journals and Laurie Halse Anderson's Shout.When Walela is diagnosed at twenty-three with advanced stage blood cancer, they're suddenly... Read more about Bless the Blood
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The Lost Rainforests of Britain
By:
Guy Shrubsole
Narrated by:
Guy Shrubsole
Length:
9 hours 3 minutes
Abridged:
No
WINNER OF THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR CONSERVATION 2023 The Sunday Times Science Book of the Year As seen on Countryfile ‘If anyone was born to save Britain’s rainforests, it was Guy Shrubsole’... Read more about The Lost Rainforests of Britain
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Off The Map
By:
Meriwether Lewis
Narrated by:
Pat Grimes
Length:
57 minutes
Abridged:
No
Lewis and Clark's famous 1804 expedition was told with great detail by the explorers themselves in an eight-volume account. Now young historians have the opportunity to learn the thrills, challenges, and adventures in a version accessible for them. Two years' worth of entries are condensed into a flowing account that maintains the historical... Read more about Off The Map
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Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians but Were Afraid to Ask
By:
Dr. Anton Treuer
Narrated by:
Dr. Anton Treuer
Length:
8 hours 16 minutes
Abridged:
No
From the acclaimed Ojibwe author and professor Anton Treuer comes an essential book of questions and answers for Native and non-Native young listeners alike. Ranging from "Why is there such a fuss about nonnative people wearing Indian costumes for Halloween?" to "Why is it called a 'traditional Indian fry bread taco'?," "What's it like for... Read more about Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians but Were Afraid to Ask
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Unbroken (The Young Adult Adaptation)
By:
Laura Hillenbrand
Narrated by:
Edward Herrmann
Length:
8 hours 8 minutes
Abridged:
No
In this captivating and lavishly illustrated young adult edition of her award-winning #1 New York Times bestseller, Laura Hillenbrand tells the story of a former Olympian's courage, cunning, and fortitude following his plane crash in enemy territory. This adaptation of Unbroken introduces a new generation to one of history's most thrilling... Read more about Unbroken (The Young Adult Adaptation)
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Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults
By:
Robin Wall Kimmerer
Narrated by:
Monique Gray Smith
Length:
7 hours 44 minutes
Abridged:
No
Drawing from her experiences as an Indigenous scientist, botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer demonstrated how all living things—from strawberries and witch hazel to water lilies and lichen—provide us with gifts and lessons every day in her bestselling book Braiding Sweetgrass. Adapted for young adults by Monique Gray Smith, this new edition reinforces... Read more about Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults
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Death in the Jungle
By:
Candace Fleming
Narrated by:
Karen Murray
Length:
9 hours 47 minutes
Abridged:
No
How did Jim Jones, the leader of Peoples Temple, convince more than 900 of his followers to commit "revolutionary suicide" by drinking cyanide-laced punch? From a master of narrative nonfiction comes a chilling chronicle of one of the most notorious cults in American history.Using riveting first-person accounts, award-winning author Candace... Read more about Death in the Jungle
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How Not to Fit In
By:
Jess Joy & Charlotte Mia
Narrated by:
Emily Essery
Length:
7 hours 6 minutes
Abridged:
No
’The lack of information around how ADHD and autism shows up in adults means that many of us have been assuming we were anxious, not working hard enough, or just entirely failing altogether.’ – Jess Joy and Charlotte Mia Written by two late-diagnosed neurodivergent women... Read more about How Not to Fit In
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Beyond the Gender Binary
By:
Alok Vaid-Menon
Narrated by:
Alok Vaid-Menon
Length:
1 hour 7 minutes
Abridged:
No
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A short, compassionate, and deeply personal primer on gender’s expansive, multifaceted nature, from acclaimed author and gender non-conforming performance artist and speaker Alok Vaid-Menon.“When reading this book, all I feel is kindness.”—Sam Smith, Grammy and Oscar award-winning singer and songwriterIn Beyond the Gender... Read more about Beyond the Gender Binary
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What the Fact?
By:
Seema Yasmin
Narrated by:
Seema Yasmin
Length:
9 hours 25 minutes
Abridged:
No
From acclaimed writer, journalist, and physician Dr. Seema Yasmin comes a “savvy, accessible, and critical” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) book about the importance of media literacy, fact-based reporting, and the ability to discern truth from lies.What is a fact? What are reliable sources? What is news? What is fake news? How can anyone make... Read more about What the Fact?
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Loudmouth
By:
Deborah Heiligman
Narrated by:
Lipica Shah
Length:
10 hours 53 minutes
Abridged:
No
Both a love letter to America and a stirring rallying cry for the country to live up to the ideals on which it was founded, this propulsive biography from National Book Award Finalist and “nonfiction maestro (Horn Book)" Deborah Heiligman chronicles the extraordinary life and work of groundbreaking political activist Emma Goldman.“Narrator... Read more about Loudmouth
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Farewell to Manzanar
By:
Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston & James D. Houston
Narrated by:
Jennifer Ikeda
Length:
5 hours
Abridged:
No
The powerful true story of life in a Japanese American internment camp.During World War II the community called Manzanar was hastily created in the high mountain desert country of California, east of the Sierras. Its purpose was to house thousands of Japanese American internees. One of the first families to arrive was the Wakatsukis, who were... Read more about Farewell to Manzanar
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Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults)
By:
Bryan Stevenson
Narrated by:
Bryan Stevenson
Length:
6 hours 35 minutes
Abridged:
No
The young adult adaptation of the acclaimed, #1 New York Times bestseller Just Mercy--now a major motion picture starring Michael B. Jordan, Jaime Foxx, and Brie Larson and the subject of an HBO documentary feature!In this very personal work--adapted from the original #1 bestseller, which the New York Times calls "as compelling as To Kill a... Read more about Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults)
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Look What You Made Me Do
By:
Kat McKenna
Narrated by:
Jade Ewen
Length:
6 hours 6 minutes
Abridged:
No
What does it mean to be a FAN? If you're a Swiftie, you know that it takes commitment and dedication to be in a fandom. And there's nothing more rewarding than sourcing news and updates, anticipating new music and meeting fellow fans. But fan culture today is more intense than ever, from trolling to stalkers to online warfare.So how... Read more about Look What You Made Me Do
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Accountable
By:
Dashka Slater
Narrated by:
Ariel Blake
Length:
9 hours 12 minutes
Abridged:
No
"The audiobook brings to light the power of social dynamics, questions the role of personal responsibility, and examines the fallout that occurred long after the event, affecting all involved for years."- AudioFile From the New York Times-bestselling author of The 57 Bus comes Accountable, a propulsive and thought-provoking new young adult... Read more about Accountable
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The 57 Bus
By:
Dashka Slater
Narrated by:
Robin Miles
Length:
5 hours 44 minutes
Abridged:
No
The riveting New York Times bestseller and Stonewall Book Award winner that will make you rethink all you know about race, class, gender, crime, and punishment. Artfully, compassionately, and expertly told, Dashka Slater's The 57 Bus is a must-read nonfiction book for teens that chronicles the true story of an agender teen who was set on fire by... Read more about The 57 Bus
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Courage to Soar
By:
Simone Biles
Narrated by:
Imani Parks
Length:
6 hours 21 minutes
Abridged:
No
In Courage to Soar, the official autobiography from four-time Olympic gold-winning and record-setting American gymnast Simone Biles, Simone shares how her faith, family, passion, and perseverance has made her one of the top athletes and gymnasts in the world—and how you too can overcome challenges in your life.Simone Biles’ entrance into... Read more about Courage to Soar
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Shark
By:
Paul de Gelder
Narrated by:
Paul de Gelder
Length:
5 hours 51 minutes
Abridged:
No
From shark attack survivor to the shark’s biggest advocate, Paul de Gelder tells us just why these majestic diverse animals need our help as much as we need them. Something happens to you the first time you dive with sharks… We have a perennial fascination with... Read more about Shark
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Freedom!
By:
Jetta Grace Martin, Joshua Bloom & Waldo E. Mar...
Narrated by:
Dion Graham
Length:
6 hours 25 minutes
Abridged:
No
Booklist Editors’ ChoiceWINNER of the Russell Freedman Award for Non-Fiction for a Better WorldWINNER–International Literacy Association (ILA)–Young Adult NonfictionHONOR–2023 Malka Penn Award for Human RightsTop 10–In the Margins Book AwardThere is a saying: knowledge is power. The secret is this. Knowledge, applied at the right time and place,... Read more about Freedom!
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We Are Not Broken
By:
George M Johnson
Narrated by:
George M Johnson
Length:
4 hours 3 minutes
Abridged:
No
George M. Johnson, activist and bestselling author ofAll Boys Aren't Blue, returns with a striking memoir that celebrates Black boyhood and brotherhood in all its glory.This is the vibrant story of George, Garrett, Rall, and Rasul -- four children raised by Nanny, their fiercely devoted grandmother. The boys hold one another close through early... Read more about We Are Not Broken
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