Body, Mind, & Spirit bestsellers

The Book of Alchemy

A Creative Practice for an Inspired Life

By: Suleika Jaouad
Narrated by: Suleika Jaouad, Vidish Athavale, Fabian Cook Jr., Sean Patrick Hopkins, Emma Ladji, Karen Murray, Soneela Nankani, Nikki Patel, Maggi-Meg Reed & Gail Shalan
Length: 9 hours 18 minutes

“While this book will surely speak to those already on their creative journey, it is sure to be a force for good in anyone's life. Who couldn't benefit from fifteen to twenty minutes a day of reflection and journaling during these troubling times? Included within are essays from a truly incredible list of people, prompts to get the day's... Read more

The Next Day

Transitions, Change, and Moving Forward

By: Melinda French Gates
Narrated by: Melinda French Gates
Length: 3 hours 44 minutes

In a rare window into some of her life’s pivotal moments, Melinda French Gates draws from previously untold stories to offer a new perspective on encountering transitions.

This program is read by the author.

“You don’t get to be my age without navigating all kinds of transitions. Some you embraced and some you never expected. Some you hoped... Read more

Rediscovering Turtle Island

A First Peoples' Account of the Sacred Geography of America

By: Taylor Keen
Narrated by: Taylor Keen
Length: 6 hours 30 minutes

• Examines the complexities of Indigenous legends and creation myths and reveals common oral traditions across much of North America

• Explores the history of Cahokia, the Mississippian Mound Builder Empire of 1050-1300 CE, told through the voice of Honga, a Native leader of the time

• Presents an Indigenous revisionist history regarding Thomas... Read more

Greenlights

By: Matthew McConaughey
Narrated by: Matthew McConaughey
Length: 6 hours 51 minutes

“I listened to the audiobook and felt like I was in a deep conversation with Mr. McConaughey. This is a textbook example of fantastic storytelling. Matthew shares his deepest truths, and speaks candidly about some of his most pivotal moments in life. Read more

Wintering

The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times

By: Katherine May
Narrated by: Rebecca Lee
Length: 6 hours 53 minutes

“I listened to Wintering with one foot in November and the other in December, just as winter weather was arriving where I live, and arguably the best time of year to read this book. In my circle of mentally ill friends and family—myself included—it seems like people have been preparing for winter more than usual this year (2021), trying their... Read more

Emergent Strategy

Emergent Strategy: Book #0

By: adrienne maree brown
Narrated by: adrienne maree brown
Length: 8 hours 24 minutes

“Perfect intro to those looking to start organizing and facilitating activist spaces! Read more

Rest Is Resistance

A Manifesto

Rest Is Resistance: Book #1

By: Tricia Hersey
Narrated by: Tricia Hersey
Length: 5 hours 26 minutes

Disrupt and push back against capitalism and white supremacy by connecting to the liberating power of rest, daydreaming, and naps as a foundation for healing and justice. Tricia Hersey, aka The Nap Bishop, encourages us to elevate rest as a form of resistance and a divine human right.

What would it be like to live in a well-rested world? Far too... Read more

Big Magic

Creative Living Beyond Fear

By: Elizabeth Gilbert
Narrated by: Elizabeth Gilbert
Length: 5 hours 5 minutes

“I love Elizabeth Gilbert’s earnestness, sincerity, and enthusiasm. Gilbert speaks about inspiration as a magical, living being, and she also instructs us to be responsible adults, to not torture ourselves or others, and to play. I like the mix of pixie dust and house dust in this book, perfect for anyone who is in a rut, doubting their creative... Read more

The Creative Act

A Way of Being

By: Rick Rubin
Narrated by: Rick Rubin
Length: 5 hours 44 minutes

“One of the greatest books of inspiration for creatives of all kinds, not just "artists". An annual re-listen! Read more

Think Like a Monk

Train Your Mind for Peace and Purpose Every Day

By: Jay Shetty
Narrated by: Jay Shetty
Length: 11 hours

“An audiobook that I return to time and time again. If you have trouble silencing your thoughts (or your monkey mind!), this one is for you. Read more

We Can Do Hard Things

Answers to Life's 20 Questions

By: Glennon Doyle, Abby Wambach & Amanda Doyle
Narrated by: Glennon Doyle, Abby Wambach, Amanda Doyle & Full Cast
Length: 12 hours

The #1 New York Times bestselling authors and award-winning podcasters Glennon Doyle, Abby Wambach, and Amanda Doyle created We Can Do Hard Things—the guidebook for being alive—to help fellow travelers find their way through life.

When you travel through a new country, you need a guidebook.

When you travel through love, heartbreak, joy,... Read more

Good Soil

The Education of an Accidental Farmhand

By: Jeff Chu
Narrated by: Jeff Chu
Length: 9 hours 11 minutes

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A profound meditation on nature, heritage, and belonging, from an accomplished journalist who left New York City for life on a working farm

“I needed this book. I think you need it, too.”—Maggie Smith, New York Times bestselling author of You Could Make This Place Beautiful

In his late thirties, Jeff Chu left his job as a... Read more

You Could Make This Place Beautiful

A Memoir

By: Maggie Smith
Narrated by: Maggie Smith
Length: 7 hours 46 minutes

“What a beautiful memoir about a difficult time. Maggie Smith has such a gift for the written word, she has the ability to take the dark and difficult and can make it feel beautiful and calm. Inspirational and beautiful. Read more

How to Change Your Mind

What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence

By: Michael Pollan
Narrated by: Michael Pollan
Length: 13 hours 34 minutes

“Pollan didn’t create the local food movement, but his books brought our attention to it, catapulting the conversation to farmers markets and dinner tables everywhere. In How To Change Your Mind, Pollan has turned his eye to psychedelic drugs. What The Omnivore’s Dilemma and Food Rules did for food, this book is set to do in the fields of end of... Read more

Conscious

A Brief Guide to the Fundamental Mystery of the Mind

By: Annaka Harris
Narrated by: Annaka Harris
Length: 2 hours 22 minutes

2020 Audie Finalist As concise and enlightening as Seven Brief Lessons on Physics and Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, this mind-expanding dive into the mystery of consciousness is an illuminating meditation on the self, free will, and felt experience.What is consciousness? How does it arise? And why does it exist? We take our experience of... Read more

Beyond Anxiety

Curiosity, Creativity, and Finding Your Life's Purpose

By: Martha Beck
Narrated by: Martha Beck & Maria Shriver
Length: 11 hours 45 minutes

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
INDIE BESTSELLER
USA TODAY BESTSELLER

From bestselling author Martha Beck, a new path to overcoming anxiety by awakening the creativity within

We live in an epidemic of anxiety. Most of us assume that the key to overcoming it is to think our way out. And for a while it works. But there is always something that sends... Read more

The Alchemist

By: Paulo Coelho
Narrated by: Jeremy Irons
Length: 4 hours

AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • OVER 120 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE • PUBLISHED IN 89 LANGUAGES “Teaches us about dreams, destiny, and the reason we are all here.”—Oprah Daily, “Best Self-Help Books of a Generation”A spellbinding audio presentation of the extraordinary bestseller, narrated by Academy Award winner Jeremy Irons–Discover the true... Read more

Cunning Folk

Life in the Era of Practical Magic

By: Tabitha Stanmore
Narrated by: Anna Wilson-Jones
Length: 8 hours 15 minutes

Bloomsbury presents Cunning Folk by Tabitha Stanmore, read by Anna Wilson-Jones.

"Rich and lively."—New York Times Book Review

A vibrant look at an unsettled and strangely familiar time that overturns our assumptions about the history of magic.

Imagine: it’s the year 1600 and you’ve lost your precious silver spoons, or maybe they’ve been stolen.... Read more

The Let Them Theory - In 10 minutes

The Fast Track to Emotional Freedom and Personal Growth

By: M.Casanova
Narrated by: I.Langler
Length: 14 minutes

Stop Controlling, Start Living: Master this Life-Changing Concept in Just 10 Minutes!Are you tired of trying to control everything and everyone around you? Do you feel drained by the constant stress of micromanaging your relationships, work, and life? It’s time to let go and take back your power with The Let Them Theory.In this quick and... Read more

The Prism

Seven Steps to Heal Your Past and Transform Your Future

By: Laura Day
Narrated by: Laura Day
Length: 9 hours 6 minutes

A TRANSFORMATIONAL PROGRAM TO HEAL YOUR PAST, REMAKE YOUR PRESENT, AND CREATE THE FUTURE YOU DESERVE.
A consultant to billion-dollar companies and the brightest lights of Hollywood, Laura Day—in her bestselling, breakthrough book Practical Intuition—explained how anyone can train themselves to gain full access to the powers of their intuitive... Read more

On Our Best Behavior

The Seven Deadly Sins and the Price Women Pay to Be Good

By: Elise Loehnen
Narrated by: Elise Loehnen
Length: 11 hours 54 minutes

“Whether you identify as a Christian or not, you will be persuaded by Loehnen's argument that the centuries old Seven Deadly Sins continue to exert harmful power over the behavior and lives of women causing us to suppress our healthy desires for agency, autonomy and personal power. Read more

The Wild Edge of Sorrow

Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief

By: Francis Weller
Length: 6 hours 47 minutes

"It blew me away. I underlined things on nearly every page." —Anderson Cooper, All There Is

The Wild Edge of Sorrow offers hope and healing for a profoundly fractured world—and a pathway home to the brightness, pains, and gifts of being alive.

Introducing the 5 gates of grief, psychotherapist Francis Weller explores how we move through the waters... Read more

Sage Warrior

Wake to Oneness, Practice Pleasure, Choose Courage, Become Victory

The Revolutionary Love Project

By: Valarie Kaur
Narrated by: Valarie Kaur & Harjit "Dolly" Kaur Brar
Length: 14 hours 28 minutes

Profound inner wisdom for courageous action—from the author of See No Stranger and founder of the Revolutionary Love Project, a “prophetic voice of our generation” (America Ferrera)

How do we find the wisdom to envision a new world and the courage to fight for it?

How do we survive seemingly apocalyptic times?

In a world on fire, how do we find... Read more

Open Book

By: Jessica Simpson
Narrated by: Jessica Simpson
Length: 11 hours 21 minutes

The #1 New York Times BestsellerIncludes six new songs by Jessica Simpson, available exclusively in the Open Book audiobook.
Performed by the author featuring her music throughout.
Jessica reveals for the first time her inner monologue and most intimate struggles. Guided by the journals she's kept since age fifteen, and brimming with her unique... Read more

I Don't Believe in Astrology

A Therapist's Guide to the Life-Changing Wisdom of the Stars

By: Debra Silverman
Narrated by: Debra Silverman
Length: 8 hours 40 minutes

This accessible guide to the life-changing benefits of astrology is written and read by renowned psychotherapist and astrologer Debra Silverman.

In a chaotic, confusing, and divisive world, Debra Silverman introduces astrology as the medicine for accepting our human nature—its idiosyncrasies and dilemmas. Through an application of both therapy... Read more

Waking Up

A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion

By: Sam Harris
Narrated by: Sam Harris
Length: 5 hours 53 minutes

For the millions of Americans who want spirituality without religion, Sam Harris’s latest New York Times bestseller is a guide to meditation as a rational practice informed by neuroscience and psychology.

From Sam Harris, neuroscientist and author of numerous New York Times bestselling books, Waking Up is for the twenty percent of Americans who... Read more

The Flowering Wand

Rewilding the Sacred Masculine

By: Sophie Strand
Narrated by: Sophie Strand
Length: 5 hours 19 minutes

• Reveals the restorative fungi archetype of Osiris, the Orphic mysteries as an underground mycelium linking forests and people, how Dionysus teaches us about invasive species and playful sexuality, and the ecology of Jesus as depicted in his nature-focused parables

• Liberates Tristan, Merlin, and the Grail legends from the bounds of Campbell’s... Read more

After

A Doctor Explores What Near-Death Experiences Reveal about Life and Beyond

By: Bruce Greyson, M.D.
Narrated by: Sean Patrick Hopkins
Length: 9 hours 43 minutes

This program includes three bonus interviews with the author.

The world's leading expert on near-death experiences reveals his journey toward rethinking the nature of death, life, and the continuity of consciousness.

Cases of remarkable experiences on the threshold of death have been reported since ancient times, and are described today by 10% of... Read more

Wherever You Go, There You Are

Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life

By: Jon Kabat-Zinn
Narrated by: Jon Kabat-Zinn
Length: 9 hours 17 minutes

Find quiet reflective moments in your life—and reduce your stress levels drastically—with this classic bestselling guide updated and featuring a new introduction and afterword. When Wherever You Go, There You Are was first published in 1994, no one could have predicted that the book would launch itself onto bestseller lists nationwide and sell... Read more

The Paranormal Ranger

A Navajo Investigator’s Search for the Unexplained

By: Stanley Milford, Jr.
Narrated by: Stanley Milford, Jr. & Duane Minard
Length: 9 hours 48 minutes

“So much paranormal investigation is based on a white and christian perspective, and it is so refreshing to read a memoir rooted in another belief system. Milford Jr. blends his personal story with a retelling of the Navajo creation story, using it to demonstrate how his experiences with the paranormal are connected to his culture. While his... Read more

Inner Work

Using Dreams and Active Imagination for Personal Growth

By: Robert A. Johnson
Narrated by: Don Hagen
Length: 8 hours 16 minutes

From Robert A. Johnson, the bestselling author of Transformation, Owning Your Own Shadow, and the groundbreaking works He, She, and We, comes a practical four-step approach to using dreams and the imagination for a journey of inner transformation. In Inner Work, the renowned Jungian analyst offers a powerful and direct way to approach the inner... Read more

The Book of Joy

Lasting Happiness in a Changing World

By: Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu & Douglas Carlton Abrams
Narrated by: Douglas Carlton Abrams, Francois Chau & Peter Francis James
Length: 10 hours 11 minutes

Two great spiritual masters share their own hard-won wisdom about living with joy even in the face of adversity.
 
The occasion was a big birthday. And it inspired two close friends to get together in Dharamsala for a talk about something very important to them. The friends were His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu. The... Read more

The Universal One

By: Walter Russell
Narrated by: Luke Erlenbuch
Length: 12 hours 27 minutes

"The Universal One" by Walter Russell is an ambitious and comprehensive work that endeavors to blend the realms of science, philosophy, and spirituality into a singular, cohesive theory of the universe. Published in 1926, Russell's book presents a visionary perspective on the nature of matter, energy, and consciousness, proposing a universe... Read more

Enchantment

Awakening Wonder in an Anxious Age

By: Katherine May
Narrated by: Rebecca Lee
Length: 5 hours 7 minutes

“May writes with such magic; accurately capturing the collective feeling of grief and trauma while also sharing examples of moments of gratitude and wonder. I enjoyed every word of this book. Read more

The Way of Integrity

Finding the Path to Your True Self (Oprah's Book Club)

By: Martha Beck
Narrated by: Martha Beck & Maria Shriver
Length: 8 hours 53 minutes

OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

“A roadmap on the journey to truth and authenticity… [The Way of Integrity] is filled with aha moments and practical exercises that can guide us as we seek enlightenment.” –Oprah Winfrey

Bestselling author, life coach, and sociologist Martha Beck explains why “integrity”—needed now... Read more

This Is Your Mind on Plants

By: Michael Pollan
Narrated by: Michael Pollan
Length: 7 hours 36 minutes

“A fascinating dive into society's relationship with three distinct and ubiquitous substances that are harvested from plants and form parts of our everyday life: opioids, caffeine, and mescaline. Michael Pollan's work is part journalism, part memoir, and wholly engaging. Read more

On Muscle

The Stuff That Moves Us and Why It Matters

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

“Many of us have complicated relationships with our bodies and with exercising them - this book may change your perspective! Well-researched and highly readable, it is also a poignant memoir about bonds that we form when we move together. I enjoyed it tremendously! Read more

Milk and Honey

By: Rupi Kaur
Narrated by: Rupi Kaur
Length: 1 hour 19 minutes

“This is such a poetic/painful recollection of the female experience. Through early sexual abuse to navigating adult pair bonding, Kaur have compiled poems that feel like my own experiences. I’m sure others can relate to this as well - unifying her personal experiences with the readers. Read more

Mind Magic

The Neuroscience of Manifestation and How It Changes Everything

By: James R. Doty, MD
Narrated by: James R. Doty, MD
Length: 9 hours 32 minutes

A deep exploration of the neuroscience behind manifestation, with a six-part plan for realizing your dreams

For decades the practice of manifestation has been widely dismissed as self-involved, materialistic pseudoscience. But as neuroscientist and recognized compassion leader Dr. James Doty reveals, manifestation introduces us to different... Read more

Daring Greatly

How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead

By: Brené Brown
Narrated by: Brené Brown
Length: 6 hours 30 minutes

The #1 New York Times bestseller. 1 million copies sold!

From thought leader Dr. Brené Brown, a transformative new vision for the way we lead, love, work, parent, and educate that teaches us the power of vulnerability.
 
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have... Read more

Aflame

Learning from Silence

By: Pico Iyer
Narrated by: Pico Iyer
Length: 4 hours 48 minutes

NATIONAL BESTSELLER

“Reading Aflame may help many to lead lives of greater compassion and deeper peace of mind.” —His Holiness the Dalai Lama

From the bestselling author of The Art of Stillness, a revelatory exploration of the abiding clarity and calm to be found in quiet retreat

Pico Iyer has made more than one hundred retreats over the past three... Read more

Fierce Self-Compassion

How Women Can Harness Kindness to Speak Up, Claim Their Power, and Thrive

By: Kristin Neff
Narrated by: Jean Ann Douglass
Length: 12 hours 34 minutes

The author of Self-Compassion follows up her groundbreaking book with new ideas that expand our notion of self-kindness and its capacity to transform our lives, showing women how to balance tender self-acceptance with fierce action to claim their power and change the world.

Kristin Neff changed how we talk about self-care with her enormously... Read more

The Buddhist on Death Row

How One Man Found Light in the Darkest Place

By: David Sheff
Narrated by: Michael Boatman
Length: 7 hours 32 minutes

“A heart breaking and inspiring story of a man wrongfully sent to Death Row and how Buddhism changes his outlook. Although they are still fighting to free Jarvis Graves, Jarvis has spent his time on Death Row changing the lives of everyone he meets. Read more

Fatal Conveniences

The Toxic Products and Harmful Habits That Are Making You Sick—and the Simple Changes That Will Save Your Health

By: Darin Olien
Narrated by: Andrew Eiden
Length: 7 hours 51 minutes

“I loved reading this book and learning about the toxins in our world. Darin shares a very helpful list of clean brands and safe product replacements. This is a helpful reference I’ll return to again and again! Read more

The Places That Scare You

A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times

Shambhala

By: Pema Chödrön
Narrated by: Joanna Rotte
Length: 4 hours 27 minutes

We always have a choice, Pema Chödrön teaches: We can let the circumstances of our lives harden us and make us increasingly resentful and afraid, or we can let them soften us and make us kinder. Here Pema provides the tools to deal with the problems and difficulties that life throws our way. This wisdom is always available to us, she teaches,... Read more

Falling Back in Love with Being Human

Letters to Lost Souls

By: Kai Cheng Thom
Narrated by: Kai Cheng Thom
Length: 1 hour 34 minutes

“In this highly recommendable collection of poetic letters full of love, pain, sadness, anger, hope and forgiveness, Kai Cheng Tom speaks to her trans* feminine sisters, but also people who have hurt her or have been hostile towards her and others. Read more

The Once & Future Witch Hunt

A Descendant's Reckoning from Salem to the Present

By: Alice Markham-Cantor
Narrated by: Rebecca Gallagher
Length: 11 hours 25 minutes

“In 1692, Salem woman Martha Carrier was labeled the 'Queen of Hell' and hanged for witchcraft after she refused to confess. In this thoroughly-researched investigation, Martha's nine times great-granddaughter endeavors not only to learn about her ill-fated ancestor but to understand the convergence of social, religious, and economic factors that... Read more

Returning Home to Our Bodies

Reimagining the Relationship Between Our Bodies and the World--Practices for connecting somatics, nature, and social change

By: Abigail Rose Clarke
Narrated by: Abigail Rose Clarke
Length: 7 hours 56 minutes

For readers of adrienne maree brown, Staci K. Haines, and Robin Wall Kimmerer

A body-based healing model that interrogates what we’ve been wrongly taught about hierarchies of nature and the body—and pushes back against the white supremacy, colonialism, patriarchy, and capitalism embedded in modern embodiment practices.

Pushing back against a... Read more

Raising Good Humans

A Mindful Guide to Breaking the Cycle of Reactive Parenting and Raising Kind, Confident Kids

By: Hunter Clarke Fields & Carla Naumburg
Narrated by: Jennifer & Gilmour
Length: 5 hours 36 minutes

"A wise and fresh approach to mindful parenting.”—Tara Brach, author of Radical AcceptanceA kinder, more compassionate world starts with kind and compassionate kids. In Raising Good Humans, you’ll find powerful and practical strategies to break free from “reactive parenting” habits and raise kind, cooperative, and confident kids.Whether you’re... Read more

The Body Is a Doorway: A Memoir

A Journey Beyond Healing, Hope, and the Human

By: Sophie Strand
Narrated by: Sophie Strand
Length: 9 hours 34 minutes

In this lyrical, radically expansive self-portrait, celebrated poet, author, and lecturer Sophie Strand explores—with searing insight and honesty—the intersecting spaces of her own chronic illness, the complex ecology of a changing world, and the very nature of the stories we tell ourselves.  

At age sixteen Sophie Strand—bright, agile,... Read more