Bestsellers
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The Anthropocene Reviewed
- Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
- By: John Green
- Narrated by: John Green
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Number-one best-selling author John Green presents a deeply moving and insightful collection of personal essays adapted and expanded from his groundbreaking podcast....
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unexpected
- By E. Collins on 05-18-21
By: John Green
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Notes to John
- By: Joan Didion
- Narrated by: Julianne Moore
- Length: 6 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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An extraordinary work from the author of The Year of Magical Thinking and Blue Nights
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This autobiography discusses notes from therapy regarding Joan’s daughter’s addiction. Very insightful!
- By Laura Borealis on 04-24-25
By: Joan Didion
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Happy-Go-Lucky
- By: David Sedaris
- Narrated by: David Sedaris
- Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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David Sedaris once again captures what is most unexpected, hilarious, and poignant about these recent upheavals, personal and public, and expresses in precise language both the misanthropy and desire for connection that drive us all....
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Great except for an audio glitch
- By Rynnkins on 06-01-22
By: David Sedaris
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The Fire Next Time
- By: James Baldwin
- Narrated by: Jesse L. Martin
- Length: 2 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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James Baldwin galvanized the nation in the early days of the civil-rights movement with his eloquent manifesto....
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Sad and moving and powerful and beautiful
- By Darwin8u on 09-17-15
By: James Baldwin
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The Myth of Sisyphus
- By: Albert Camus
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 5 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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One of the most influential works of this century, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays is a crucial exposition of existentialist thought....
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Brilliant work, excellently narrated
- By Richard B. on 04-30-19
By: Albert Camus
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Calypso
- By: David Sedaris
- Narrated by: David Sedaris
- Length: 6 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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With Calypso, Sedaris sets his formidable powers of observation - and humor - toward middle age and mortality....
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Excellent, as always
- By Ruthie on 05-31-18
By: David Sedaris
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The Anthropocene Reviewed
- Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
- By: John Green
- Narrated by: John Green
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Number-one best-selling author John Green presents a deeply moving and insightful collection of personal essays adapted and expanded from his groundbreaking podcast....
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unexpected
- By E. Collins on 05-18-21
By: John Green
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Notes to John
- By: Joan Didion
- Narrated by: Julianne Moore
- Length: 6 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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An extraordinary work from the author of The Year of Magical Thinking and Blue Nights
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This autobiography discusses notes from therapy regarding Joan’s daughter’s addiction. Very insightful!
- By Laura Borealis on 04-24-25
By: Joan Didion
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Happy-Go-Lucky
- By: David Sedaris
- Narrated by: David Sedaris
- Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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David Sedaris once again captures what is most unexpected, hilarious, and poignant about these recent upheavals, personal and public, and expresses in precise language both the misanthropy and desire for connection that drive us all....
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Great except for an audio glitch
- By Rynnkins on 06-01-22
By: David Sedaris
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The Fire Next Time
- By: James Baldwin
- Narrated by: Jesse L. Martin
- Length: 2 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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James Baldwin galvanized the nation in the early days of the civil-rights movement with his eloquent manifesto....
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Sad and moving and powerful and beautiful
- By Darwin8u on 09-17-15
By: James Baldwin
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The Myth of Sisyphus
- By: Albert Camus
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 5 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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One of the most influential works of this century, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays is a crucial exposition of existentialist thought....
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Brilliant work, excellently narrated
- By Richard B. on 04-30-19
By: Albert Camus
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Calypso
- By: David Sedaris
- Narrated by: David Sedaris
- Length: 6 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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With Calypso, Sedaris sets his formidable powers of observation - and humor - toward middle age and mortality....
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Excellent, as always
- By Ruthie on 05-31-18
By: David Sedaris
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The Haves and Have-Yachts
- By: Evan Osnos
- Narrated by: Evan Osnos
- Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins
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From New York Times bestselling and National Book Award-winning author Evan Osnos comes a timely and provocative collection of essays exploring American oligarchy and the culture of excess, providing a wry, unfiltered look at how the ultrarich shape our social and political landscape.
By: Evan Osnos
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What the Dog Saw
- And Other Adventures
- By: Malcolm Gladwell
- Narrated by: Malcolm Gladwell
- Length: 12 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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The best-selling author of The Bomber Mafia focuses on "minor geniuses" and idiosyncratic behavior to illuminate the ways all of us organize experience in this "delightful" (Bloomberg News) collection of writings from The New Yorker....
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Not Gladwell's best - and a recording problem
- By Rudi on 11-26-09
By: Malcolm Gladwell
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The Disenlightenment
- Politics, Horror, and Entertainment
- By: David Mamet
- Narrated by: Jim Frangione
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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One of America's greatest living literary legends invites you think for yourself in this compelling narrative of manipulation, power, and the human condition.
By: David Mamet
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Want
- Sexual Fantasies by Anonymous
- By: Gillian Anderson
- Narrated by: Gillian Anderson, Anonymous
- Length: 11 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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A collection of confessions from women around the world, Want is a revelatory, sensational and game-changing exploration of women’s sexuality that asks, and answers: How do women feel about sex when they have the freedom to be totally anonymous?
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Gillian goes over the top
- By MRD on 10-24-24
By: Gillian Anderson
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Slouching Towards Bethlehem
- Picador Modern Classics
- By: Joan Didion
- Narrated by: Maya Hawke
- Length: 6 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Celebrated, iconic, and indispensable, Joan Didion’s first work of nonfiction, Slouching Towards Bethlehem, is considered a watershed moment in American writing. First published in 1968, the collection was critically praised as one of the “best prose written in this country.”
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The vivid imagery.
- By Anne on 03-20-25
By: Joan Didion
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The Best of Me
- By: David Sedaris
- Narrated by: David Sedaris
- Length: 13 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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David Sedaris’s best stories and essays, spanning his remarkable career - as selected and read by the author himself. Featuring fresh and classic recordings, including a new essay and an interview exclusive to the audiobook....
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Almost No New Material
- By Lizardectomy on 11-05-20
By: David Sedaris
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The Practicing Stoic
- By: Ward Farnsworth
- Narrated by: John Lescault
- Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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The great insights of the Stoics are spread over a wide range of ancient sources. This book brings them all together for the first time. It systematically presents what the various Stoic philosophers said on every important topic, accompanied by an eloquent commentary that is clear and concise....
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I would guess the book is better
- By Education Expert on 03-07-20
By: Ward Farnsworth
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Letters to a Young Contrarian
- By: Christopher Hitchens
- Narrated by: James Adams
- Length: 3 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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In the book that he was born to write, provocateur and best-selling author Christopher Hitchens inspires future generations of radicals, gadflies, mavericks, rebels, angry young (wo)men, and dissidents....
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Independent Thinkers & Those Seeking Truth
- By erin hawk on 12-07-20
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Ordinary Time
- Lessons Learned While Staying Put
- By: Annie B. Jones
- Narrated by: Annie B. Jones, Emily P. Freeman
- Length: 6 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Annie Jones always assumed adulthood would mean adventure: a high-powered career; life in a big, bustling city; and travels to far-flung places she’d longed to see. But her reality turned out differently....
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Great Book!
- By Anonymous User on 05-11-25
By: Annie B. Jones
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Little Weirds
- By: Jenny Slate
- Narrated by: Jenny Slate
- Length: 4 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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You may "know" Jenny Slate from her Netflix special, Stage Fright, as the creator of Marcel the Shell, or as the star of Obvious Child. But you don't really know Jenny Slate until you get bonked on the head by her absolutely singular writing style....
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softness is earned and it is wonderful
- By Van on 12-09-19
By: Jenny Slate
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Danse Macabre
- By: Stephen King
- Narrated by: Holter Graham
- Length: 18 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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In ten brilliantly written chapters, Stephen King delivers one colorful observation after another about the great stories, books, and films that comprise the horror genre—from Frankenstein and Dracula to The Exorcist, The Twilight Zone, and Earth vs. The Flying Saucers.
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loved it
- By sean on 10-18-24
By: Stephen King
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Dad Is Fat
- By: Jim Gaffigan
- Narrated by: Jim Gaffigan
- Length: 5 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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In Dad is Fat, stand-up comedian Jim Gaffigan, who’s best known for his legendary riffs on Hot Pockets, bacon, manatees, and McDonald's, expresses all the joys and horrors of life with five young children....
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Good for Gaffigan fans - better for expecting dads
- By Sean on 05-17-13
By: Jim Gaffigan
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These Precious Days
- Essays
- By: Ann Patchett
- Narrated by: Ann Patchett
- Length: 11 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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“Any story that starts will also end.” As a writer, Ann Patchett knows what the outcome of her fiction will be. Life, however, often takes turns we do not see coming. Patchett ponders this truth in these wise essays that afford a fresh and intimate look into her mind and heart....
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Heartfelt Essays, Beautifully Performed
- By Brent Holcomb on 11-23-21
By: Ann Patchett
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White Hot Light
- Twenty-Five Years in Emergency Medicine
- By: Frank Huyler
- Narrated by: Gary Bennett
- Length: 6 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Another “pitch-perfect book of short essays” (New York Times Book Review) from the acclaimed author of Blood of Strangers, this one exploring the contemporary practice of medicine from the perspective of a doctor with 25 years of experience in the ER....
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Even Better than The Blood of Strangers
- By Elizabeth Darcy on 10-14-20
By: Frank Huyler
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Tell Me How It Ends
- An Essay in 40 Questions
- By: Valeria Luiselli
- Narrated by: Laurence Bouvard
- Length: 2 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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A damning confrontation between the American dream and the reality of undocumented children seeking a new life in the US....
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educate yourself
- By keji kujjo on 10-04-18
By: Valeria Luiselli
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Love's Executioner
- By: Irvin D. Yalom
- Narrated by: C.M. Carlson
- Length: 10 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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The collection of 10 absorbing tales by master psychotherapist Irvin D. Yalom uncovers the mysteries, frustrations, pathos, and humor at the heart of the therapeutic encounter....
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You Can’t Make This Stuff Up
- By Espanolish on 11-02-16
By: Irvin D. Yalom
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The Conspiracy Against the Human Race
- A Contrivance of Horror
- By: Thomas Ligotti
- Narrated by: Jon Padgett
- Length: 11 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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In Thomas Ligotti's first nonfiction outing, an examination of the meaning (or meaninglessness) of life through an insightful, unsparing argument that proves the greatest horrors are not the products of our imagination but instead are found in reality.
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Reader Beware
- By Anonymous User on 04-11-25
By: Thomas Ligotti
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Walking in My Joy
- In These Streets
- By: Jenifer Lewis
- Narrated by: Jenifer Lewis
- Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Walking in My Joy is a collection of electric stories by the one and only, super hilarious Jenifer Lewis. Her commentary on what’s happening in the world today, told through her outrageous real-life adventures, will have you laughing out loud, while her insightful messages touch your soul....
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Another great work from Jenifer Mfkng Lewis
- By TonyaA6 on 09-20-22
By: Jenifer Lewis
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Democracy in America
- By: Alexis de Tocqueville
- Narrated by: John Pruden
- Length: 34 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1831, Alexis de Tocqueville, a young French aristocrat and civil servant, made a nine-month journey through the eastern United States....
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Most Listenable, if not the Best Translation
- By Michael Allen on 10-04-13
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Blue Nights
- A Memoir
- By: Joan Didion
- Narrated by: Kimberly Farr
- Length: 4 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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From one of our most powerful writers, a work of stunning frankness about losing a daughter....
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Twilights turn Long and Blue
- By Darwin8u on 01-02-17
By: Joan Didion
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The White Album
- Essays (FSG Classics)
- By: Joan Didion
- Narrated by: Susan Varon
- Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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First published in 1979, Joan Didion's The White Album records indelibly the upheavals and aftermaths of the 1960s. Examining key events, figures, and trends of the era—through the lens of her own spiritual confusion, Joan Didion helped to define mass culture as we now understand it.
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You Feel Like You Are There
- By Kelly Jo on 07-15-24
By: Joan Didion
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Things That Matter
- Three Decades of Passions, Pastimes and Politics
- By: Charles Krauthammer
- Narrated by: Charles Krauthammer, George Newbern
- Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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From America’s preeminent columnist, named by the Financial Times the most influential commentator in the nation, a must-have collection of Charles Krauthammer’s essential, timeless writings....
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Charles K, author and narrator ..... enuf said
- By Alan on 12-11-13
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Consider the Lobster
- And Other Essays
- By: David Foster Wallace
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff, David Foster Wallace
- Length: 15 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Do lobsters feel pain? Did Franz Kafka have a funny bone? David Foster Wallace answers these questions and more in essays that are also enthralling narrative adventures....
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How this differs from the other version
- By Jonathan Penley on 12-26-17
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The Book of Delights
- Essays
- By: Ross Gay
- Narrated by: Ross Gay
- Length: 5 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Ross Gay’s The Book of Delights is a genre-defying collection of essays that record the small joys that occurred in one year, from birthday to birthday, and that we often overlook in our busy lives....
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A True Delight!
- By Danielle C. Miller on 02-25-19
By: Ross Gay
New releases
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On James Baldwin
- By: Colm Toibin
- Narrated by: Gary Furlong
- Length: 3 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Acclaimed Irish novelist Colm Tóibín first read James Baldwin just after turning eighteen. He had completed his first year at an Irish university and was struggling to free himself from a religious upbringing. Inspired by the novel Go Tell It on the Mountain, Tóibín found a writer who would be a lifelong companion and exemplar.
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Favorite living writer speaking of favorite all time writer
- By JAH on 05-30-25
By: Colm Toibin
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Life and Art
- Essays
- By: Richard Russo
- Narrated by: Richard Russo
- Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Life and Art—these are the twin subjects considered in Richard Russo’s twelve masterful new essays—how they inform each other and how the stories we tell ourselves about both shape our understanding of the world around us. In “The Lives of Others,” he reflects on the implacable fact that writers use people, insisting that what matters, in the end, is how and for what purpose. How do you bridge the gap between what you know and what you don’t, and sometimes can’t, know?
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Phenomenal writing!
- By Boni Lamson on 05-15-25
By: Richard Russo
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The Buddhist Years
- Collected Writings
- By: Jack Kerouac, Charles Shuttleworth - editor
- Narrated by: T. Ryder Smith
- Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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From a young age Kerouac was a spiritual thinker and questioner, and he always considered himself a spiritual writer. Buddhism gave more meaning to Jack’s work as a writer: he was working not for personal accomplishment and glory but for human betterment. And Buddhism justified his lifestyle: with its vision of the material world as empty and illusory, he was free to do what he wanted.
By: Jack Kerouac, and others
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Aggregated Discontent
- Confessions of the Last Normal Woman
- By: Harron Walker
- Narrated by: Harron Walker
- Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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In sixteen wholly original essays that blend memoir, cultural criticism, investigative journalism, and a dash of fanfiction, Walker places her own experiences within the larger context of the pressing and underdiscussed aspects of contemporary American womanhood that make up daily life. She explores the allure and violence of assimilating into white womanhood in all its hegemonic glory, exposes the ways in which the truth of trans women's reproductive healthcare is erased in favor of reactionary narratives, and considers how our agency is stripped from us—purely on account of our bodies.
By: Harron Walker
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Surfer Stories
- 12 Untold Stories by 12 Writers About 12 of the World's Greatest Surfers
- By: Claudia Lebenthal -edited by
- Narrated by: Justis Bolding, Chris Henry Coffey, Robb Moreira, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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The sport of surfing has a mystique and allure that has transformed many of these icons into mythical figures. Surfer Stories brings them together in one definitive collection that will appeal to those who surf and those who don’t!
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What My Father and I Don't Talk About
- By: Michele Filgate
- Narrated by: Raquel Beattie, Cassandra Campbell, Krystal Hammond, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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What My Mother and I Don’t Talk About has become a rare gem in the literary world. Both a viral sensation online and chosen by Oprah Daily as one of the best nonfiction books of the past two decades, it is an essential collection that dives into the personal and poignant topics we often struggle to discuss with those who are meant to know and love us best. This captivating follow-up, edited by Michele Filgate, tackles the intricate and challenging relationships we have with our dads, breaking the silence around these vital connections.
By: Michele Filgate
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On James Baldwin
- By: Colm Toibin
- Narrated by: Gary Furlong
- Length: 3 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Acclaimed Irish novelist Colm Tóibín first read James Baldwin just after turning eighteen. He had completed his first year at an Irish university and was struggling to free himself from a religious upbringing. Inspired by the novel Go Tell It on the Mountain, Tóibín found a writer who would be a lifelong companion and exemplar.
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Favorite living writer speaking of favorite all time writer
- By JAH on 05-30-25
By: Colm Toibin
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Life and Art
- Essays
- By: Richard Russo
- Narrated by: Richard Russo
- Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Life and Art—these are the twin subjects considered in Richard Russo’s twelve masterful new essays—how they inform each other and how the stories we tell ourselves about both shape our understanding of the world around us. In “The Lives of Others,” he reflects on the implacable fact that writers use people, insisting that what matters, in the end, is how and for what purpose. How do you bridge the gap between what you know and what you don’t, and sometimes can’t, know?
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Phenomenal writing!
- By Boni Lamson on 05-15-25
By: Richard Russo
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The Buddhist Years
- Collected Writings
- By: Jack Kerouac, Charles Shuttleworth - editor
- Narrated by: T. Ryder Smith
- Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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From a young age Kerouac was a spiritual thinker and questioner, and he always considered himself a spiritual writer. Buddhism gave more meaning to Jack’s work as a writer: he was working not for personal accomplishment and glory but for human betterment. And Buddhism justified his lifestyle: with its vision of the material world as empty and illusory, he was free to do what he wanted.
By: Jack Kerouac, and others
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Aggregated Discontent
- Confessions of the Last Normal Woman
- By: Harron Walker
- Narrated by: Harron Walker
- Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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In sixteen wholly original essays that blend memoir, cultural criticism, investigative journalism, and a dash of fanfiction, Walker places her own experiences within the larger context of the pressing and underdiscussed aspects of contemporary American womanhood that make up daily life. She explores the allure and violence of assimilating into white womanhood in all its hegemonic glory, exposes the ways in which the truth of trans women's reproductive healthcare is erased in favor of reactionary narratives, and considers how our agency is stripped from us—purely on account of our bodies.
By: Harron Walker
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Surfer Stories
- 12 Untold Stories by 12 Writers About 12 of the World's Greatest Surfers
- By: Claudia Lebenthal -edited by
- Narrated by: Justis Bolding, Chris Henry Coffey, Robb Moreira, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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The sport of surfing has a mystique and allure that has transformed many of these icons into mythical figures. Surfer Stories brings them together in one definitive collection that will appeal to those who surf and those who don’t!
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What My Father and I Don't Talk About
- By: Michele Filgate
- Narrated by: Raquel Beattie, Cassandra Campbell, Krystal Hammond, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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What My Mother and I Don’t Talk About has become a rare gem in the literary world. Both a viral sensation online and chosen by Oprah Daily as one of the best nonfiction books of the past two decades, it is an essential collection that dives into the personal and poignant topics we often struggle to discuss with those who are meant to know and love us best. This captivating follow-up, edited by Michele Filgate, tackles the intricate and challenging relationships we have with our dads, breaking the silence around these vital connections.
By: Michele Filgate
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To the Person Sitting in Darkness
- By: Mark Twain
- Narrated by: Saethon Williams
- Length: 33 mins
- Unabridged
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The Person Sitting in Darkness by Mark Twain is a searing political satire that exposes the hypocrisy and brutality of imperialism at the turn of the 20th century. With his signature wit and razor-sharp critique, Twain challenges the moral justifications used by Western powers—especially the United States—in their global conquests.
By: Mark Twain
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Gathering Moss / Reserva de musgo (Spanish Edition)
- Una historia natural y cultural de los musgos
- By: Robin Wall Kimmerer
- Narrated by: Fabiola Stevenson
- Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Viviendo en los límites de nuestra percepción ordinaria, los musgos son un elemento común del mundo natural, que sin embargo suele pasar desapercibido. Reserva de musgo es una fascinante mezcla de ciencia y reflexión personal que invita a los lectores a explorar y aprender de la vida elegante y sencilla de los musgos.
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The day I return from the sea
- Nankichi Niimi's Essay
- By: Nankichi Niimi
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 6 mins
- Unabridged
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The Day I Return from the Sea is a rare and introspective essay by beloved Japanese children's author Nankichi Niimi, best known for his fairy tales. In this poetic and deeply personal reflection, Niimi explores his past's uncertainties and the present's quiet clarity. He writes of the unshakable truth that one's heart and life belong to oneself alone, beyond the reach of others, even emperors like Nero. He affirms a renewed sense of hope and personal determination through vivid imagery and gentle conviction. This essay offers readers a rare window into the inner world of a writer wrestling...
By: Nankichi Niimi
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Loss of Narrative in Fairy Tales
- Nankichi Niimi's Essay
- By: Nankichi Niimi
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 6 mins
- Unabridged
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This rare and insightful essay by renowned Japanese children's author Nankichi Niimi offers a thoughtful critique of the limitations placed on creative storytelling—particularly in broadcast media. In the essay, Niimi reflects on the rigid conditions imposed on writers when submitting radio plays: the story must be completed in 30 minutes, include a specific number of characters, be cheerful and wholesome, express national identity, and—though vaguely defined—must also be artistically excellent. Niimi questions how true inspiration can flourish under such constraints, touching on the ...
By: Nankichi Niimi
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Exhibitions
- Essays on Art and Atrocity
- By: Jehanne Dubrow
- Narrated by: Dina Pearlman
- Length: 5 hrs and 16 mins
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What happens when beauty intersects with horror? In her newest nonfiction collection, Jehanne Dubrow interrogates the ethical questions that arise when we aestheticize atrocity. The daughter of US diplomats, she weaves memories of growing up overseas among narratives centered on art objects created while working under oppressive regimes.
By: Jehanne Dubrow
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On the Pleasure of Hating
- By: William Hazlitt
- Narrated by: Malk Williams
- Length: 35 mins
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A deeply insightful take on how hate and insecurity can be intertwined, and an endearing love letter to the natural world, ‘On the Purpose of Hating’ is one of the most renowned essays from the brilliant mind of William Hazlitt. In ‘On the Purpose of Hating’, Hazlitt explores the complexities of hatred. He compellingly argues that hatred can have a self-destructive edge, and can do just as much harm to the person who harbours it as the subject of it. At its heart, hatred is merely a coping mechanism to manage our own shortcomings.
By: William Hazlitt
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Nos coeurs déracinés
- By: Marie Drucker
- Narrated by: Marie Drucker, Féodor Atkine
- Length: 2 hrs and 41 mins
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« Mes grands-parents ont grandi à l’Est de l’Europe, dans des pays de grands froids. Ils ont connu le chaos, les persécutions et l’exil. Plus qu’un désir, une fascination, la France fut pour eux une intuition. Même si tout cela m’est inconnu, cela ne m’est pas étranger. Je porte en moi leurs racines et aujourd’hui, sans que je les convoque, elles se rappellent à moi. ».
By: Marie Drucker
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俺の文章修行
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- By: 町田 康
- Narrated by: 纐纈 大輝
- Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
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ゴミカスみたいなおのれを命懸けで書いてきた。町田康の文体に宿るその精神と技巧。はじめての告白「お互い、ええ文章書こうで!」
By: 町田 康
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The Age of Unreality
- Essays on Literature & Tyranny
- By: Greg Olear
- Narrated by: Kevin O'Brien
- Length: 4 hrs and 53 mins
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In these 15 moving essays, LA Times bestselling author Greg Olear explores how the literary wisdom of George Orwell, Charles Dickens, Milan Kundera, Dorothy Thompson, and other poets, novelists, screenwriters, journalists, critics, and historians can help us live through the Trump Redux, without sacrificing joy or losing hope.
By: Greg Olear
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What Water Holds
- By: Tele Aadsen
- Narrated by: Tele Aadsen
- Length: 5 hrs and 25 mins
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In What Water Holds, a series of lyrical essays first shared at Oregon’s FisherPoets Gathering, Tele examines questions of equity, identity, community, the changing climate, and sustainability with loving, detailed attention, revealing the complexities within their many shades of gray.
By: Tele Aadsen
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Within Her Thoughts, Book One
- By: K. Vincent
- Narrated by: Sarah-Beth Diller
- Length: 40 mins
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Within Her Thoughts is a raw collection of K. Vincent’s deepest, darkest, and heartfelt thoughts and feelings. She uses symbolism to help portray everything that is trapped inside of her. K. Vincent hopes that with this collection, that they can touch others all around the world and know that they aren’t alone. She hopes that Within Her Thoughts can encourage others who are going through difficult times, to find courage and the will power to continue to move forward and to find an outlet like she has through her writings.
By: K. Vincent
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Controcorrente
- By: Gaia Rayneri
- Narrated by: Ilaria Latini
- Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins
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Dopo aver perso il padre una giovane donna decide di percorrere il «Camino de Santiago» al contrario, partendo dalla fine. Un viaggio meraviglioso, sul superamento del lutto, e la scoperta di sé, raccontato da un libro ispirato e capace di ispirare. “So che il cammino ti ha dato le risposte che cercavi. Adesso ti auguro di trovare tutte le domande”. Con queste parole di uno sciamano messicano con un piede rotto è iniziato a Santiago il mio cammino alla rovescia.
By: Gaia Rayneri