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The Haves and Have-Yachts Audiobook By Evan Osnos cover art
The Haves and Have-Yachts
  • The Haves and Have-Yachts

  • By: Evan Osnos
  • Narrated by: Evan Osnos
  • Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4.5 out of 5 stars 31
  • Performance
    4.5 out of 5 stars 29
  • Story
    4.5 out of 5 stars 29

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.

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • Excellent.

  • By Carl P. Kustell on 06-24-25

By: Evan Osnos

The Disenlightenment Audiobook By David Mamet cover art
The Disenlightenment
  • The Disenlightenment

  • Politics, Horror, and Entertainment
  • By: David Mamet
  • Narrated by: Jim Frangione
  • Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4.5 out of 5 stars 22
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars 21
  • Story
    4 out of 5 stars 21

One of America's greatest living literary legends invites you think for yourself in this compelling narrative of manipulation, power, and the human condition.

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • intelligent discourse on world society

  • By Jules on 06-05-25

By: David Mamet

The Anthropocene Reviewed Audiobook By John Green cover art
The Anthropocene Reviewed
  • The Anthropocene Reviewed

  • Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
  • By: John Green
  • Narrated by: John Green
  • Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars 7,859
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars 6,876
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars 6,836

Number-one best-selling author John Green presents a deeply moving and insightful collection of personal essays adapted and expanded from his groundbreaking podcast....

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • unexpected

  • By E. Collins on 05-18-21

By: John Green

The Conspiracy Against the Human Race Audiobook By Thomas Ligotti cover art
The Conspiracy Against the Human Race
  • The Conspiracy Against the Human Race

  • A Contrivance of Horror
  • By: Thomas Ligotti
  • Narrated by: Jon Padgett
  • Length: 11 hrs and 6 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars 16
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars 15
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars 15

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.

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • Reader Beware

  • By Anonymous User on 04-11-25

By: Thomas Ligotti

The Best of Me Audiobook By David Sedaris cover art
The Best of Me
  • The Best of Me

  • By: David Sedaris
  • Narrated by: David Sedaris
  • Length: 13 hrs and 8 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4.5 out of 5 stars 2,644
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars 2,181
  • Story
    4.5 out of 5 stars 2,151

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....

  • 2 out of 5 stars
  • Almost No New Material

  • By Lizardectomy on 11-05-20

By: David Sedaris

Happy-Go-Lucky Audiobook By David Sedaris cover art
Happy-Go-Lucky
  • Happy-Go-Lucky

  • By: David Sedaris
  • Narrated by: David Sedaris
  • Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars 5,680
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars 4,909
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars 4,877

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....

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • Great except for an audio glitch

  • By Rynnkins on 06-01-22

By: David Sedaris

The Haves and Have-Yachts Audiobook By Evan Osnos cover art
The Haves and Have-Yachts
  • The Haves and Have-Yachts

  • By: Evan Osnos
  • Narrated by: Evan Osnos
  • Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4.5 out of 5 stars 31
  • Performance
    4.5 out of 5 stars 29
  • Story
    4.5 out of 5 stars 29

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.

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • Excellent.

  • By Carl P. Kustell on 06-24-25

By: Evan Osnos

The Disenlightenment Audiobook By David Mamet cover art
The Disenlightenment
  • The Disenlightenment

  • Politics, Horror, and Entertainment
  • By: David Mamet
  • Narrated by: Jim Frangione
  • Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4.5 out of 5 stars 22
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars 21
  • Story
    4 out of 5 stars 21

One of America's greatest living literary legends invites you think for yourself in this compelling narrative of manipulation, power, and the human condition.

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • intelligent discourse on world society

  • By Jules on 06-05-25

By: David Mamet

The Anthropocene Reviewed Audiobook By John Green cover art
The Anthropocene Reviewed
  • The Anthropocene Reviewed

  • Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
  • By: John Green
  • Narrated by: John Green
  • Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars 7,859
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars 6,876
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars 6,836

Number-one best-selling author John Green presents a deeply moving and insightful collection of personal essays adapted and expanded from his groundbreaking podcast....

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • unexpected

  • By E. Collins on 05-18-21

By: John Green

The Conspiracy Against the Human Race Audiobook By Thomas Ligotti cover art
The Conspiracy Against the Human Race
  • The Conspiracy Against the Human Race

  • A Contrivance of Horror
  • By: Thomas Ligotti
  • Narrated by: Jon Padgett
  • Length: 11 hrs and 6 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars 16
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars 15
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars 15

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.

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • Reader Beware

  • By Anonymous User on 04-11-25

By: Thomas Ligotti

The Best of Me Audiobook By David Sedaris cover art
The Best of Me
  • The Best of Me

  • By: David Sedaris
  • Narrated by: David Sedaris
  • Length: 13 hrs and 8 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4.5 out of 5 stars 2,644
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars 2,181
  • Story
    4.5 out of 5 stars 2,151

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....

  • 2 out of 5 stars
  • Almost No New Material

  • By Lizardectomy on 11-05-20

By: David Sedaris

Happy-Go-Lucky Audiobook By David Sedaris cover art
Happy-Go-Lucky
  • Happy-Go-Lucky

  • By: David Sedaris
  • Narrated by: David Sedaris
  • Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars 5,680
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars 4,909
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars 4,877

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....

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • Great except for an audio glitch

  • By Rynnkins on 06-01-22

By: David Sedaris

The Fire Next Time Audiobook By James Baldwin cover art
The Fire Next Time
  • The Fire Next Time

  • By: James Baldwin
  • Narrated by: Jesse L. Martin
  • Length: 2 hrs and 25 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars 8,949
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars 7,704
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars 7,654

James Baldwin galvanized the nation in the early days of the civil-rights movement with his eloquent manifesto....

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • Sad and moving and powerful and beautiful

  • By Darwin8u on 09-17-15

By: James Baldwin

Calypso Audiobook By David Sedaris cover art
Calypso
  • Calypso

  • By: David Sedaris
  • Narrated by: David Sedaris
  • Length: 6 hrs and 39 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4.5 out of 5 stars 22,270
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars 19,658
  • Story
    4.5 out of 5 stars 19,529

With Calypso, Sedaris sets his formidable powers of observation - and humor - toward middle age and mortality....

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • Excellent, as always

  • By Ruthie on 05-31-18

By: David Sedaris

The Myth of Sisyphus Audiobook By Albert Camus cover art
The Myth of Sisyphus
  • The Myth of Sisyphus

  • By: Albert Camus
  • Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
  • Length: 5 hrs and 39 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars 996
  • Performance
    4.5 out of 5 stars 826
  • Story
    4 out of 5 stars 827

One of the most influential works of this century, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays is a crucial exposition of existentialist thought....

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • Brilliant work, excellently narrated

  • By Richard B. on 04-30-19

By: Albert Camus

What the Dog Saw Audiobook By Malcolm Gladwell cover art
What the Dog Saw
  • What the Dog Saw

  • And Other Adventures
  • By: Malcolm Gladwell
  • Narrated by: Malcolm Gladwell
  • Length: 12 hrs and 46 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4.5 out of 5 stars 7,044
  • Performance
    4.5 out of 5 stars 5,078
  • Story
    4.5 out of 5 stars 5,056

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....

  • 3 out of 5 stars
  • Not Gladwell's best - and a recording problem

  • By Rudi on 11-26-09

By: Malcolm Gladwell

The Practicing Stoic Audiobook By Ward Farnsworth cover art
The Practicing Stoic
  • The Practicing Stoic

  • By: Ward Farnsworth
  • Narrated by: John Lescault
  • Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4.5 out of 5 stars 4,027
  • Performance
    4.5 out of 5 stars 3,395
  • Story
    4.5 out of 5 stars 3,347

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....

  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • I would guess the book is better

  • By Education Expert on 03-07-20

By: Ward Farnsworth

Slouching Towards Bethlehem Audiobook By Joan Didion cover art
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
  • Slouching Towards Bethlehem

  • Picador Modern Classics
  • By: Joan Didion
  • Narrated by: Maya Hawke
  • Length: 6 hrs and 23 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4.5 out of 5 stars 49
  • Performance
    4.5 out of 5 stars 46
  • Story
    4.5 out of 5 stars 46

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.”

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • The vivid imagery.

  • By Anne on 03-20-25

By: Joan Didion

Want Audiobook By Gillian Anderson cover art
Want
  • Want

  • Sexual Fantasies by Anonymous
  • By: Gillian Anderson
  • Narrated by: Gillian Anderson, Anonymous
  • Length: 11 hrs and 59 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars 89
  • Performance
    4 out of 5 stars 77
  • Story
    4 out of 5 stars 77

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?

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • Gillian goes over the top

  • By MRD on 10-24-24

By: Gillian Anderson

The Braindead Megaphone Audiobook By George Saunders cover art
The Braindead Megaphone
  • The Braindead Megaphone

  • By: George Saunders
  • Narrated by: George Saunders
  • Length: 6 hrs and 32 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4.5 out of 5 stars 106
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars 95
  • Story
    4.5 out of 5 stars 92

From the number-one New York Times best-selling author of the Man Booker Prize-winning novel Lincoln in the Bardo and the story collection Tenth of December, a 2013 National Book Award Finalist for Fiction....

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • George Saunders is a genius!

  • By caitlyngarofolo on 05-31-20

By: George Saunders

Consider the Lobster Audiobook By David Foster Wallace cover art
Consider the Lobster
  • Consider the Lobster

  • And Other Essays
  • By: David Foster Wallace
  • Narrated by: Robert Petkoff, David Foster Wallace
  • Length: 15 hrs and 8 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4.5 out of 5 stars 599
  • Performance
    4.5 out of 5 stars 501
  • Story
    4.5 out of 5 stars 498

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....

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • How this differs from the other version

  • By Jonathan Penley on 12-26-17

By: David Foster Wallace

Dad Is Fat Audiobook By Jim Gaffigan cover art
Dad Is Fat
  • Dad Is Fat

  • By: Jim Gaffigan
  • Narrated by: Jim Gaffigan
  • Length: 5 hrs and 26 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4.5 out of 5 stars 10,628
  • Performance
    4.5 out of 5 stars 9,370
  • Story
    4.5 out of 5 stars 9,323

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....

  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • Good for Gaffigan fans - better for expecting dads

  • By Sean on 05-17-13

By: Jim Gaffigan

Ex Libris Audiobook By Michiko Kakutani cover art
Ex Libris
  • Ex Libris

  • 100+ Books to Read and Reread
  • By: Michiko Kakutani
  • Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert
  • Length: 8 hrs and 1 min
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars 18
  • Performance
    4.5 out of 5 stars 16
  • Story
    4 out of 5 stars 16

“Books can connect people across time zones and zip codes, across cultures, national boundaries, and historical eras”, Kakutani writes in her introduction to Ex Libris....

By: Michiko Kakutani

Walking in My Joy Audiobook By Jenifer Lewis cover art
Walking in My Joy
  • Walking in My Joy

  • In These Streets
  • By: Jenifer Lewis
  • Narrated by: Jenifer Lewis
  • Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars 1,774
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars 1,632
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars 1,623

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....

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • Another great work from Jenifer Mfkng Lewis

  • By TonyaA6 on 09-20-22

By: Jenifer Lewis

These Precious Days Audiobook By Ann Patchett cover art
These Precious Days
  • These Precious Days

  • Essays
  • By: Ann Patchett
  • Narrated by: Ann Patchett
  • Length: 11 hrs and 14 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars 1,923
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars 1,687
  • Story
    4.5 out of 5 stars 1,679

“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....

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • Heartfelt Essays, Beautifully Performed

  • By Brent Holcomb on 11-23-21

By: Ann Patchett

Danse Macabre Audiobook By Stephen King cover art
Danse Macabre
  • Danse Macabre

  • By: Stephen King
  • Narrated by: Holter Graham
  • Length: 18 hrs and 13 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars 79
  • Performance
    4 out of 5 stars 69
  • Story
    4 out of 5 stars 69

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.

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • loved it

  • By sean on 10-18-24

By: Stephen King

The White Album Audiobook By Joan Didion cover art
The White Album
  • The White Album

  • Essays (FSG Classics)
  • By: Joan Didion
  • Narrated by: Susan Varon
  • Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4.5 out of 5 stars 26
  • Performance
    4.5 out of 5 stars 21
  • Story
    4.5 out of 5 stars 21

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.

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • You Feel Like You Are There

  • By Kelly Jo on 07-15-24

By: Joan Didion

The Language of the Night Audiobook By Ursula K. Le Guin cover art
The Language of the Night
  • The Language of the Night

  • Essays on Writing, Science Fiction, and Fantasy
  • By: Ursula K. Le Guin
  • Narrated by: Alyssa Bresnahan, Michael Crouch
  • Length: 9 hrs and 54 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars 2
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars 1
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars 1

Featuring a new introduction by Ken Liu, this revised edition of Ursula K. Le Guin’s first full-length collection of essays covers her background as a writer and educator, her thoughts on writing, and her commentary on literary science fiction and fantasy and their future.

By: Ursula K. Le Guin

Love's Executioner Audiobook By Irvin D. Yalom cover art
Love's Executioner
  • Love's Executioner

  • By: Irvin D. Yalom
  • Narrated by: C.M. Carlson
  • Length: 10 hrs and 57 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars 1,150
  • Performance
    4.5 out of 5 stars 983
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars 983

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....

  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • You Can’t Make This Stuff Up

  • By Espanolish on 11-02-16

By: Irvin D. Yalom

Democracy in America Audiobook By Alexis de Tocqueville cover art
Democracy in America
  • Democracy in America

  • By: Alexis de Tocqueville
  • Narrated by: John Pruden
  • Length: 34 hrs and 4 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4.5 out of 5 stars 731
  • Performance
    4.5 out of 5 stars 601
  • Story
    4.5 out of 5 stars 609

In 1831, Alexis de Tocqueville, a young French aristocrat and civil servant, made a nine-month journey through the eastern United States....

  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • Most Listenable, if not the Best Translation

  • By Michael Allen on 10-04-13

By: Alexis de Tocqueville

Little Weirds Audiobook By Jenny Slate cover art
Little Weirds
  • Little Weirds

  • By: Jenny Slate
  • Narrated by: Jenny Slate
  • Length: 4 hrs and 19 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4.5 out of 5 stars 1,136
  • Performance
    4.5 out of 5 stars 986
  • Story
    4.5 out of 5 stars 979

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....

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • softness is earned and it is wonderful

  • By Van on 12-09-19

By: Jenny Slate

Ordinary Time Audiobook By Annie B. Jones cover art
Ordinary Time
  • 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
  • Overall
    4.5 out of 5 stars 27
  • Performance
    4.5 out of 5 stars 27
  • Story
    4.5 out of 5 stars 27

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....

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • Annie's love for here life.

  • By Janelle Hvidsten on 06-21-25

By: Annie B. Jones

Themes and Variations Audiobook By David Sedaris cover art
Themes and Variations
  • Themes and Variations

  • An Essay
  • By: David Sedaris
  • Narrated by: David Sedaris
  • Length: 30 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4.5 out of 5 stars 1,844
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars 1,514
  • Story
    4.5 out of 5 stars 1,495

In this surprising essay, international bestselling humor writer David Sedaris shares the rewards of a book tour and his devoted readers’ worst-kept secrets....

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • It’s true!

  • By N. Charest on 04-28-20

By: David Sedaris

Hijab Butch Blues Audiobook By Lamya H cover art
Hijab Butch Blues
  • Hijab Butch Blues

  • A Memoir
  • By: Lamya H
  • Narrated by: Ashraf Shirazi
  • Length: 7 hrs and 32 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4.5 out of 5 stars 250
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars 220
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars 221

When fourteen-year-old Lamya H realizes she has a crush on her teacher—her female teacher—she covers up her attraction, an attraction she can’t yet name, by playing up her roles as overachiever and class clown.

  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • Enlightening

  • By Lauretta on 01-31-24

By: Lamya H

The Book of Delights Audiobook By Ross Gay cover art
The Book of Delights
  • The Book of Delights

  • Essays
  • By: Ross Gay
  • Narrated by: Ross Gay
  • Length: 5 hrs and 1 min
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4.5 out of 5 stars 595
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars 513
  • Story
    4.5 out of 5 stars 506

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....

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • A True Delight!

  • By Danielle C. Miller on 02-25-19

By: Ross Gay

Blue Nights Audiobook By Joan Didion cover art
Blue Nights
  • Blue Nights

  • A Memoir
  • By: Joan Didion
  • Narrated by: Kimberly Farr
  • Length: 4 hrs and 21 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4.5 out of 5 stars 677
  • Performance
    4.5 out of 5 stars 581
  • Story
    4.5 out of 5 stars 581

From one of our most powerful writers, a work of stunning frankness about losing a daughter....

  • 3 out of 5 stars
  • Twilights turn Long and Blue

  • By Darwin8u on 01-02-17

By: Joan Didion

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The Disenlightenment Audiobook By David Mamet cover art
The Disenlightenment
  • The Disenlightenment

  • Politics, Horror, and Entertainment
  • By: David Mamet
  • Narrated by: Jim Frangione
  • Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4.5 out of 5 stars 22
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars 21
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    4 out of 5 stars 21

"Government, like Circe, turns men into swine," David Mamet writes in his latest political tour de force. Prepare to be challenged, enlightened, and entertained by The Disenlightenment as Mamet dissects the modern world with enthusiasm, wisdom, and lots of references to movies about the mafia. Once a stalwart of liberal thought, Mamet now turns his penetrating gaze on the cultural milieu that nurtured his artistic growth, revealing how America's elites have twisted our institutions into tools of manipulation.

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • intelligent discourse on world society

  • By Jules on 06-05-25

By: David Mamet

The Haves and Have-Yachts Audiobook By Evan Osnos cover art
The Haves and Have-Yachts
  • The Haves and Have-Yachts

  • By: Evan Osnos
  • Narrated by: Evan Osnos
  • Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4.5 out of 5 stars 31
  • Performance
    4.5 out of 5 stars 29
  • Story
    4.5 out of 5 stars 29

The ultrarich hold more of America’s wealth than they did in the heyday of the Carnegies and Rockefellers. Here, Evan Osnos’s incisive reportage yields an unforgettable portrait of the tactics and obsessions driving this new Gilded Age, in which superyachts, luxury bunkers, elite tax dodges, and a torrent of political donations bespeak staggering disparities of wealth and power. With deft storytelling and meticulous reporting, this is a book about the indulgences, incentives, and psychological distortions that define our economic age.

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • Excellent.

  • By Carl P. Kustell on 06-24-25

By: Evan Osnos

The Language of the Night Audiobook By Ursula K. Le Guin cover art
The Language of the Night
  • The Language of the Night

  • Essays on Writing, Science Fiction, and Fantasy
  • By: Ursula K. Le Guin
  • Narrated by: Alyssa Bresnahan, Michael Crouch
  • Length: 9 hrs and 54 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars 2
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars 1
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars 1

Le Guin’s sharp and witty voice is on full display in this collection of twenty-four essays, revised by the author a decade after its initial publication in 1979. The collection covers a wide range of topics and Le Guin’s origins as a writer, her advocacy for science fiction and fantasy as mediums for true literary exploration, the writing of her own major works such as A Wizard of Earthsea and The Left Hand of Darkness, and her role as a public intellectual and educator.

By: Ursula K. Le Guin

That's How They Get You Audiobook By Damon Young cover art
That's How They Get You
  • That's How They Get You

  • An Unruly Anthology of Black American Humor
  • By: Damon Young
  • Narrated by: Damon Young, André Santana, Cary Hite, and others
  • Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    0 out of 5 stars 0
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A critic explores the paradox of finding community in “the dozens” while grieving. A violent town ritual causes an all-too-familiar moral panic. An email thread between friends on why we need an updated Green Book but for public toilets. All across the nation, “Karens” become illegal overnight. These are just a few of the hilarious worlds contained in Damon Young’s groundbreaking anthology featuring the best, funniest, and Blackest essays, short stories, letters, and rants.

By: Damon Young

A Room of One's Own Audiobook By Virginia Woolf cover art
A Room of One's Own
  • A Room of One's Own

  • By: Virginia Woolf
  • Narrated by: Gabrielle de Cuir
  • Length: 5 hrs and 4 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
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In A Room of One’s Own, Virginia Woolf’s classic six-part essay, the iconic Modernist writer takes on the misogyny of writing, publishing, and creativity in her time. Through the imagined sister of William Shakespeare, who in her argument possesses the same talent and intellect as the famous playwright, Woolf lays out the fundamental truth that one requires room to express creativity and time to explore and see it through. Genius unexpressed is genius nonetheless, and had Shakespeare’s sister the means to make her own art, she would have had the same lasting legacy as her brother.

By: Virginia Woolf

もうあかんわ日記 Audiobook By 岸田 奈美 cover art
もうあかんわ日記
  • もうあかんわ日記

  • By: 岸田 奈美
  • Narrated by: 沢井 真知
  • Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
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もうあかんくなったら、読んでください 家族が終わりそうなので、あなたに頼みたいことがあります。母・ひろ実の大手術を機に、家族の日常が一変する。

By: 岸田 奈美

The Disenlightenment Audiobook By David Mamet cover art
The Disenlightenment
  • The Disenlightenment

  • Politics, Horror, and Entertainment
  • By: David Mamet
  • Narrated by: Jim Frangione
  • Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4.5 out of 5 stars 22
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars 21
  • Story
    4 out of 5 stars 21

"Government, like Circe, turns men into swine," David Mamet writes in his latest political tour de force. Prepare to be challenged, enlightened, and entertained by The Disenlightenment as Mamet dissects the modern world with enthusiasm, wisdom, and lots of references to movies about the mafia. Once a stalwart of liberal thought, Mamet now turns his penetrating gaze on the cultural milieu that nurtured his artistic growth, revealing how America's elites have twisted our institutions into tools of manipulation.

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • intelligent discourse on world society

  • By Jules on 06-05-25

By: David Mamet

The Haves and Have-Yachts Audiobook By Evan Osnos cover art
The Haves and Have-Yachts
  • The Haves and Have-Yachts

  • By: Evan Osnos
  • Narrated by: Evan Osnos
  • Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4.5 out of 5 stars 31
  • Performance
    4.5 out of 5 stars 29
  • Story
    4.5 out of 5 stars 29

The ultrarich hold more of America’s wealth than they did in the heyday of the Carnegies and Rockefellers. Here, Evan Osnos’s incisive reportage yields an unforgettable portrait of the tactics and obsessions driving this new Gilded Age, in which superyachts, luxury bunkers, elite tax dodges, and a torrent of political donations bespeak staggering disparities of wealth and power. With deft storytelling and meticulous reporting, this is a book about the indulgences, incentives, and psychological distortions that define our economic age.

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • Excellent.

  • By Carl P. Kustell on 06-24-25

By: Evan Osnos

The Language of the Night Audiobook By Ursula K. Le Guin cover art
The Language of the Night
  • The Language of the Night

  • Essays on Writing, Science Fiction, and Fantasy
  • By: Ursula K. Le Guin
  • Narrated by: Alyssa Bresnahan, Michael Crouch
  • Length: 9 hrs and 54 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars 2
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars 1
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars 1

Le Guin’s sharp and witty voice is on full display in this collection of twenty-four essays, revised by the author a decade after its initial publication in 1979. The collection covers a wide range of topics and Le Guin’s origins as a writer, her advocacy for science fiction and fantasy as mediums for true literary exploration, the writing of her own major works such as A Wizard of Earthsea and The Left Hand of Darkness, and her role as a public intellectual and educator.

By: Ursula K. Le Guin

That's How They Get You Audiobook By Damon Young cover art
That's How They Get You
  • That's How They Get You

  • An Unruly Anthology of Black American Humor
  • By: Damon Young
  • Narrated by: Damon Young, André Santana, Cary Hite, and others
  • Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    0 out of 5 stars 0
  • Performance
    0 out of 5 stars 0
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    0 out of 5 stars 0

A critic explores the paradox of finding community in “the dozens” while grieving. A violent town ritual causes an all-too-familiar moral panic. An email thread between friends on why we need an updated Green Book but for public toilets. All across the nation, “Karens” become illegal overnight. These are just a few of the hilarious worlds contained in Damon Young’s groundbreaking anthology featuring the best, funniest, and Blackest essays, short stories, letters, and rants.

By: Damon Young

A Room of One's Own Audiobook By Virginia Woolf cover art
A Room of One's Own
  • A Room of One's Own

  • By: Virginia Woolf
  • Narrated by: Gabrielle de Cuir
  • Length: 5 hrs and 4 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    0 out of 5 stars 0
  • Performance
    0 out of 5 stars 0
  • Story
    0 out of 5 stars 0

In A Room of One’s Own, Virginia Woolf’s classic six-part essay, the iconic Modernist writer takes on the misogyny of writing, publishing, and creativity in her time. Through the imagined sister of William Shakespeare, who in her argument possesses the same talent and intellect as the famous playwright, Woolf lays out the fundamental truth that one requires room to express creativity and time to explore and see it through. Genius unexpressed is genius nonetheless, and had Shakespeare’s sister the means to make her own art, she would have had the same lasting legacy as her brother.

By: Virginia Woolf

もうあかんわ日記 Audiobook By 岸田 奈美 cover art
もうあかんわ日記
  • もうあかんわ日記

  • By: 岸田 奈美
  • Narrated by: 沢井 真知
  • Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    0 out of 5 stars 0
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    0 out of 5 stars 0
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    0 out of 5 stars 0

もうあかんくなったら、読んでください 家族が終わりそうなので、あなたに頼みたいことがあります。母・ひろ実の大手術を機に、家族の日常が一変する。

By: 岸田 奈美

バルセロナで豆腐屋になった Audiobook By 清水 建宇 cover art
バルセロナで豆腐屋になった
  • バルセロナで豆腐屋になった

  • 定年後の「一身二生」奮闘記
  • By: 清水 建宇
  • Narrated by: 川勝 亮太郎
  • Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins
  • Unabridged
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元朝日新聞の記者が定年後,バルセロナで豆腐店を開業した.修業の日々,異国での苦労,新しい出会いと交流,ヨーロッパから見た日本の姿──ジャーナリストならではの洞察力で,「蛮勇」のカミさんと二人三脚の日々を綴った小気味よいエッセイ.

By: 清水 建宇

To the Person Sitting in Darkness Audiobook By Mark Twain cover art
To the Person Sitting in Darkness
  • 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

What Water Holds Audiobook By Tele Aadsen cover art
What Water Holds
  • What Water Holds

  • By: Tele Aadsen
  • Narrated by: Tele Aadsen
  • Length: 5 hrs and 25 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars 1
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    5 out of 5 stars 1
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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.

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • Heartfelt stories told with depth and elegant descriptions

  • By Amazon Customer on 06-10-25

By: Tele Aadsen

1000 Ideas for Writers Audiobook By Sam Raven cover art
1000 Ideas for Writers
  • 1000 Ideas for Writers

  • Spark your next story—one idea at a time
  • By: Sam Raven
  • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
  • Length: 1 hr and 27 mins
  • Unabridged
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1000 Ideas for Writers: Spark your next story—one idea at a time 🖋️ A massive collection of 1000 unique prompts to spark fresh stories in any genre. 🎭 Character concepts and personality quirks to build unforgettable protagonists and villains. 🌍 Worldbuilding jumpstarts to help you create immersive settings, cultures, and histories. 🧩 Plot twists and surprise endings that add tension, drama, and excitement to your narratives. 💬 Dialogue starters and scene openers to break writer’s block and get your characters talking. 🔮 Genre-specific sections for fantasy, sci-fi, ...

By: Sam Raven

¿Y los hombres qué? Audiobook By Caitlin Moran cover art
¿Y los hombres qué?
  • ¿Y los hombres qué?

  • By: Caitlin Moran
  • Narrated by: Irene Montalá
  • Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
  • Unabridged
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Un retrato perspicaz y atrevido de la masculinidad contemporánea. Cualquier feminista que haya dialogado ante el público sobre las frustraciones y los lastres innatos a la aventura de ser mujer habrá tenido que enfrentarse alguna vez a la pregunta: «¿Y los hombres qué?». Y si la feminista en cuestión lleva años intentando convencer a ese público de que las preocupaciones de ambos sexos son cosas muy distintas, su respuesta automática, muy probablemente, habrá sido algo como: «¿Por qué me sacan este tema? ¡Yo soy feminista! ¡Mi especialidad son las mujeres! No me ocupo de… los otros».

By: Caitlin Moran

On the Pleasure of Hating Audiobook By William Hazlitt cover art
On the Pleasure of Hating
  • On the Pleasure of Hating

  • By: William Hazlitt
  • Narrated by: Malk Williams
  • Length: 35 mins
  • Unabridged
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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

Así no era Audiobook By Meme Girl cover art
Así no era
  • Así no era

  • Errores de traducción que distorsionaron el mundo
  • By: Meme Girl
  • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
  • Length: 2 hrs and 4 mins
  • Unabridged
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Este libro está hecho de errores que no se corrigieron a tiempo. Errores reales, documentados, que empezaron con una palabra mal traducida y terminaron generando consecuencias inesperadas: una ciudad bombardeada, un diagnóstico devastador, un discurso presidencial incomprendido, una estatua que representa algo que el texto nunca dijo. En todos los casos, lo que falló fue la traducción. No el contenido, no la intención, sino la forma de decirlo en otro idioma. Cada capítulo reconstruye uno de esos errores con precisión y sin adornos. No hay dramatismo artificial ni moralejas. Solo ...

By: Meme Girl

Un instante eterno Audiobook By Pascal Bruckner, Jenaro Talens Carmona cover art
Un instante eterno
  • Un instante eterno

  • Filosofía de la longevidad
  • By: Pascal Bruckner, Jenaro Talens Carmona
  • Narrated by: Jordi Boixaderas
  • Length: 6 hrs and 9 mins
  • Unabridged
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Desde mediados del siglo XX, la esperanza de vida ha aumentado en occidente de veinte a treinta años, lo que equivale a toda una existencia en el siglo XVII. Así pues, al llegar a los cincuenta años, experimentamos una suerte de suspensión entre la madurez y la vejez, un intervalo en el que la brevedad de la vida realmente comienza, mientras nos planteamos las grandes cuestiones de nuestra condición.

By: Pascal Bruckner, and others

Chagrin d'un chant inachevé Audiobook By François-Henri Désérable cover art
Chagrin d'un chant inachevé
  • Chagrin d'un chant inachevé

  • Sur la route de Che Guevara
  • By: François-Henri Désérable
  • Narrated by: François-Henri Désérable
  • Length: 4 hrs and 42 mins
  • Unabridged
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De Buenos Aires à Caracas, François-Henri Désérable nous embarque dans une formidable traversée de l’Amérique du Sud. Cinq mois à moto, en stop, en bateau, avec une seule contrainte : emprunter l’itinéraire qui fut celui d’Alberto Granado et d’Ernesto « Che » Guevara, lors du fameux voyage à motocyclette, soixante-cinq ans plus tôt.

L'auteur interprète lui-même ce récit de voyage et nous en restitue toute sa saveur.

By: François-Henri Désérable

High School Homilies Audiobook By Gideon Rappaport cover art
High School Homilies
  • High School Homilies

  • By: Gideon Rappaport
  • Narrated by: Gideon Rappaport
  • Length: 4 hrs and 33 mins
  • Unabridged
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After a decade of teaching writing and literature at the college level, Gideon Rappaport taught high school English for thirty-two years, during which time he was also teaching adult education classes, working as a theatrical dramaturge, and writing. This volume collects in Part I the chapel talks and speeches he gave at the two high schools at which he taught, in Part II his book and movie reviews, and in Part III other writings, including letters to former students and weblog posts.

By: Gideon Rappaport

Nos coeurs déracinés Audiobook By Marie Drucker cover art
Nos coeurs déracinés
  • Nos coeurs déracinés

  • By: Marie Drucker
  • Narrated by: Marie Drucker, Féodor Atkine
  • Length: 2 hrs and 41 mins
  • Unabridged
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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

Rusia mea Audiobook By Mihail Șișkin, Adriana Dănilă - Traducător cover art
Rusia mea
  • Rusia mea

  • Perspectiva unui scriitor autoexilat în Occident
  • By: Mihail Șișkin, Adriana Dănilă - Traducător
  • Narrated by: Alexandru Mike Gheorghiu
  • Length: 7 hrs and 34 mins
  • Unabridged
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În acest eseu de o impresionantă luciditate, Mihail Șișkin demontează mitul conform căruia Rusia este o „enigmă învăluită într-un mister" și susține că pur și simplu nu știm suficiente lucruri despre ea. Așadar, care este adevărata poveste din spatele regimului autocratic al lui Putin și al invaziei sale în Ucraina? Șișkin urmărește rădăcinile problemelor Rusiei, pornind de la „Rutenia (Rusia Kieveană)", trecând prin Marele Ducat al Moscovei, imperiu, revoluție și Războiul Rece, până la Federația Rusă creată acum mai bine de treizeci de ani.

By: Mihail Șișkin, and others

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