Health audiobooks

Why We Sleep

By: Matthew Walker

Narrated by: Steve West

Length: 13 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

“Why We Sleep is an important and fascinating book…Walker taught me a lot about this basic activity that every person on Earth needs. I suspect his book will do the same for you.” —Bill Gates

A New York Times bestseller and international sensation, this “stimulating and important book” (Financial Times) is a fascinating dive into the purpose and... Read more

In the FLO

By: Alisa Vitti

Narrated by: Alisa Vitti

Length: 9 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

The bestselling author of WomanCode presents a biohacking program for women, teaching them how to use their natural 28-day cycle to optimize their time, diet, fitness, work, and relationships.

Women have a important biological rhythm they experience every month that affects productivity, weight, sex drive, energy, and mood. It is essential to be... Read more

Invisible Labor

By: Rachel Somerstein

Narrated by: Xe Sands

Length: 10 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

An incisive yet personal look at the science and history of the most common surgery performed in America—the cesarean section—and an exposé on the disturbing state of maternal medical careWhen Rachel Somerstein had an unplanned C-section with her first child, the experience was anything but “routine.” A series of errors by her clinicians led to... Read more

The Vagina Bible

By: Jen Gunter, MD

Narrated by: Jen Gunter

Length: 12 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Does eating sugar cause yeast infections?

Does pubic hair have a function?

Should you have a vulvovaginal care regimen?

Will your vagina shrivel up if you go without sex?

What's the truth about the HPV vaccine?

So many important questions, so much confusing, contradictory misinformation! In this age of click bait, pseudoscience, and... Read more

Better Sex Through Mindfulness

By: Lori A. Brotto, PhD

Narrated by: Celeste Oliva

Length: 7 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

A groundbreaking look at improving desire, arousal, and sexual satisfaction through mindfulness



Studies show that approximately half of all women experience some kind of sexual difficulty at one point in their lives, with lack of interest in sex being by far the most common—and the most distressing. And when sex suffers, so do all other areas of... Read more

The T in LGBT

By: Jamie Raines

Narrated by: Jamie Raines & Shaaba Lotun

Length: 5 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Penguin.

Hey, I'm Jamie, a 29-year-old trans guy from the UK. I've been transitioning for 12 years now after realising I was trans (by accident!) at sixteen years old. I knew I was a boy since the age of four, but realised whilst growing up that I was different. It was only in my teens that I found the words to express who I was... Read more

Women with Attention Deficit Disorder

By: Sari Solden, MS

Narrated by: Sari Solden, MS

Length: 12 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Every year, millions of withdrawn little girls and chronically overwhelmed women go undiagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder because they don't fit the stereotypical profile: they're not fast-talking, hyperactive, or inattentive, and they are not male. Sari Solden's groundbreaking study reveals that ADHD affects just as many women as men, and... Read more

The Fourth Trimester

By: Kimberly Ann Johnson

Narrated by: Kimberly Ann Johnson

Length: 10 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

An audiobook guide to help support women through post-partum healing on the physical, emotional, relational, and spiritual levels.

This holistic audiobook guide offers practical advice to support women through postpartum healing on the physical, emotional, relational, and spiritual levels--and provides women with a roadmap to this very important... Read more

This Is Vegan Propaganda

By: Ed Winters

Narrated by: Ed Winters

Length: 8 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Penguin.

Every time we eat, we have the power to radically transform the world we live in.

Our choices can help alleviate the most pressing issues we face today: the climate crisis, infectious and chronic diseases, human exploitation and, of course, non-human exploitation. Undeniably, these issues can be uncomfortable to learn... Read more

Eating to Extinction

By: Dan Saladino

Narrated by: Dan Saladino

Length: 16 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

This audiobook is read by the author.

Dan Saladino's Eating to Extinction is the prominent broadcaster’s pathbreaking tour of the world’s vanishing foods and his argument for why they matter now more than ever

Over the past several decades, globalization has homogenized what we eat, and done so ruthlessly. The numbers are stark: Of the roughly six... Read more

Ladyparts

By: Deborah Copaken

Narrated by: Deborah Copaken

Length: 16 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

A frank, witty, and dazzlingly written memoir of one woman trying to keep it together while her body falls apart—from the “brilliant mind” (Michaela Coel, creator of I May Destroy You) behind Shutterbabe
 
“The most laugh-out-loud story of resilience you’ll ever read and an essential road map for the importance of narrative as a tool of... Read more

How to Do the Work

By: Dr. Nicole LePera

Narrated by: Courtney Patterson

Length: 9 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ·  INSTANT INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
From Dr. Nicole LePera, creator of ""the holistic psychologist""—the online phenomenon with more than two million Instagram followers—comes a revolutionary approach to healing that harnesses the power of the self to produce lasting change.

As a clinical psychologist, Dr. Nicole... Read more

We Are Electric

By: Sally Adee

Narrated by: Sally Adee

Length: 10 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Science journalist Sally Adee breaks open the field of bioelectricity—the electric currents that run through our bodies and every living thing—its misunderstood history, and why new discoveries will lead to new ways around antibiotic resistance, cleared arteries, and new ways to combat cancer.

You may be familiar with the idea of our body's... Read more

The Happiest Baby Guide to Great Sleep: Simple Solutions for Kids from Birth to 5 Years

By: Harvey Karp M.D.

Narrated by: Tim Fannon

Length: 9 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

America’s favorite pediatrician, Dr. Harvey Karp, now focuses his unparalleled knowledge, experience, and insight on solving the #1 concern of parents everywhere: sleep. With The Happiest Baby Guide to Great Sleep, Dr. Karp—arguably the world’s foremost parenting expert and bestselling author of The Happiest Baby on the Block and The Happiest... Read more

Women and Girls on the Autism Spectrum, Second Edition

By: Sarah Hendrickx & Jess Hendrickx

Narrated by: Lucie McNeil

Length: 12 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Comprehensive overview of autism in females with lived experience accounts and latest research.

The difference that being female makes to the diagnosis, life and experiences of an autistic person is hugely significant. In this widely expanded second edition, Sarah Hendrickx combines the latest research with personal stories from girls and women... Read more

ROAR, Revised Edition

By: Stacy T. Sims, PhD

Narrated by: Gina Daniels

Length: 12 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

The groundbreaking book that revolutionized exercise nutrition and performance for female athletes, now freshly updated

Women are not small men. Stop eating and training like one.

In ROAR, exercise physiologist and nutrition scientist Stacy T. Sims, PhD, teaches you everything you need to know to adapt your nutrition, hydration, and training... Read more

Body Neutral

By: Jessi Kneeland

Narrated by: Jessi Kneeland

Length: 14 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

“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

The Starch Solution

By: John McDougall & Mary McDougall

Narrated by: Stephen R. Thorne

Length: 6 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

From Atkins to Dukan, fear of the almighty carb has taken over the diet industry for the past few decades—even the mere mention of a starch-heavy food is enough to trigger an avalanche of shame and longing. But the truth is, carbs are not the enemy. Now, bestselling author John A. McDougall, MD, and his kitchen-savvy wife, Mary, prove that a... Read more

Natural Causes

By: Barbara Ehrenreich

Narrated by: Joyce Bean

Length: 6 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

From the celebrated author of Nickel and Dimed, Barbara Ehrenreich explores how we are killing ourselves to live longer, not better.

A razor-sharp polemic which offers an entirely new understanding of our bodies, ourselves, and our place in the universe, Natural Causes describes how we over-prepare and worry way too much about what is... Read more

Finding Flow

By: Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi & Sean Pratt

Narrated by: Sean Pratt

Length: 5 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Part psychological study, part self-help book, Finding Flow is a prescriptive guide that helps us reclaim ownership of our lives. Based on a far-reaching study of thousands of individuals, Finding Flow contends that we often walk through our days unaware and out of touch with our emotional lives. Our inattention makes us constantly bounce... Read more

Birthing Liberation

By: Sabia Wade

Narrated by: Tamika Katon-Donegal

Length: 7 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Black maternal mortality statistics have not shifted in the past thirty years.
The maternal mortality rate for Black patients is four to five times higher than it is for White patients. This is just one example of racism as a health and national crisis, but it is a particularly tragic one.
Birthing Liberation presents reproductive justice as the... Read more

The Connection Cure

By: Julia Hotz

Narrated by: Lessa Lamb

Length: 11 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

In this combination of diligent science reporting, moving patient success stories, and surprising self-discovery, journalist Julia Hotz helps us discover lasting and life-changing medicine in our own communities.

Traditionally, when we get sick, health care professionals ask, “What’s the matter with you?” But around the world, teams of doctors,... Read more

Whole Brain Living

By: Jill Bolte Taylor Ph.D

Narrated by: Jill Bolte Taylor Ph.D

Length: 11 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

The New York Times best-selling author of My Stroke of Insight blends neuroanatomy with psychology to show how we can short-circuit emotional reactivity and find our way to peace. For half a century we have been trained to believe that our right brain hemisphere is our emotional brain, while our left brain houses our rational thinking. Now... Read more

Brain Food

By: Lisa Mosconi, PhD

Narrated by: Norah Tocci

Length: 11 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Dr. Lisa Mosconi, whose research spans an extraordinary range of specialties including brain science, the microbiome, and nutritional genomics, notes that the dietary needs of the brain are substantially different from those of the other organs, yet few of us have any idea what they might be. Her innovative approach to cognitive health... Read more