Family & Relationships bestsellers

All About Love

New Visions

By: bell hooks
Narrated by: January LaVoy
Length: 6 hours 9 minutes

“There’s nothing I can say about bell hooks that hasn’t already been said. This book is excellent and did cause me to think about love in a different way. It’s beautifully-written and philosophically brilliant. Read more

I'm Glad My Mom Died

By: Jennette McCurdy
Narrated by: Jennette McCurdy
Length: 6 hours 25 minutes

“I genuinely enjoyed this book, though it wasn't an easy read. The writing was superb, and the infusion of humor into a challenging narrative added a poignant layer. My heart goes out to Jeanette, and while her story is difficult, it provides a profound understanding of her journey and personal evolution. Despite the heaviness, I found the book... Read more

Love in a F*cked-Up World

How to Build Relationships, Hook Up, and Raise Hell, Together

By: Dean Spade
Narrated by: Dean Spade
Length: 7 hours 15 minutes

“This is narrated wonderfully by the author, Dean Spade. There's a lot of great stuff in here. I loved the mix of information from different professionals, personal stories, and made-up couples/scenarios to better illustrate a point. There are a few worksheets and tables in this book and they are described well in the audiobook. Libro.fm also... Read more

The Anxious Generation

How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness

By: Jonathan Haidt
Narrated by: Sean Pratt & Jonathan Haidt
Length: 10 hours 32 minutes

“This is a brilliant analysis of how unsupervised access to smartphones and social media has led to unintended negative consequences for young people, and what we can do to safeguard our kids. Read more

Matriarch: Oprah's Book Club

A Memoir

By: Tina Knowles
Narrated by: Tina Knowles, Beyoncé, Solange, Kelly Rowland & Angie Beyincé
Length: 17 hours 14 minutes

OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • A revealing personal life story like no other—enlightening, entertaining, surprising, empowering—and a testament to the world-making power of Black motherhood

“A fascinating memoir of Tina Knowles’s journey to become the global figure she is today.”—Oprah Winfrey

“You are Celestine,” she said. She squatted to push the hair... Read more

ADHD is Awesome

A Guide to (Mostly) Thriving with ADHD

By: Penn Holderness & Kim Holderness
Narrated by: Penn Holderness, Kim Holderness, Nathan Rosborough, Ann Marie Taepke, Tyrrell Harrell & Lola Holderness
Length: 8 hours 48 minutes

“If you know someone, love someone, or are someone with ADHD, this book is for YOU. This text provides approachable, honest, and realistic advice to those in any of the aforementioned categories. Readers are taken into the mind of an ADHD-er husband and his wife, who have spent years formulating how to talk about what it's REALLY like to live... Read more

Crying in H Mart

A Memoir

By: Michelle Zauner
Narrated by: Michelle Zauner
Length: 7 hours 22 minutes

“Growing up in Eugene, Oregon, Michelle felt embarrassed and harassed by her Korean mother's expectations. She takes the first opportunity to move away from their strained relationship and develop her music career in Philadelphia. But she's called back when her mother is diagnosed with late stage cancer. Crying in H Mart dives into Asian-American... Read more

Come Together

The Science (and Art!) of Creating Lasting Sexual Connections

By: Emily Nagoski, PhD
Narrated by: Emily Nagoski, PhD
Length: 12 hours 1 minute

From the New York Times bestselling author of Come as You Are and co-author of Burnout comes an illuminating exploration of how to maintain a happy sex life in a long-term relationship.

“Emily Nagoski is a national treasure—helping us all understand how to finally build true, joyful, confident sex lives.”—Glennon Doyle, author of Untamed

In Come... Read more

In the Weeds

Lovelight Farms: Book #2

By: B.K. Borison
Narrated by: Pippa Jayne & Dane Anderson
Length: 10 hours 46 minutes

One incredible weekend in Maine, and Beckett Porter is officially a distracted man. He’s not unfamiliar with hot and heavy flings. He knows how it goes. But Evie wove some sort of magic over him during their tumble in the sheets. He can’t stop thinking about her laugh, her hand pressed flat against his chest, her smiling mouth at his neck, her... Read more

Men Who Hate Women

From Incels to Pickup Artists: The Truth About Extreme Misogyny and How It Affects Us All

By: Laura Bates
Narrated by: Tanya Eby
Length: 12 hours 37 minutes

“Warning: this is a must read, but it is very challenging to do so. Laura Bates does not hold back from revealing what she has learned through undercover research in male dominated networks that are focused on targeting women for violence and abuse. This is such an important piece of knowledge for women to know, and for men who care for the... Read more

Unmasking Autism

Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity

By: Devon Price, PhD
Narrated by: Devon Price, PhD
Length: 9 hours 51 minutes

A deep dive into the spectrum of Autistic experience and the phenomenon of masked Autism, giving individuals the tools to safely uncover their true selves while broadening society’s narrow understanding of neurodiversity

“A remarkable work that will stand at the forefront of the neurodiversity movement.”—Barry M. Prizant, PhD, CCC-SLP, author of... Read more

Happy-Go-Lucky

By: David Sedaris
Narrated by: David Sedaris
Length: 7 hours 30 minutes

“Happy-Go-Lucky is another bang up group of essays of Sedaris' hilarious life, including family and partner stories deliciously presented. His Oberlin Commencement Speech, alone, is worth the book price! An upper for anyone down or ailing! Read more

Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents

How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents

By: Lindsay C. Gibson, PsyD
Narrated by: Marguerite Gavin
Length: 6 hours 50 minutes

In this breakthrough book, clinical psychologist Lindsay Gibson exposes the destructive nature of parents who are emotionally immature or unavailable. You will see how these parents create a sense of neglect, and discover ways to heal from the pain and confusion caused by your childhood. By freeing yourself from your parents' emotional... Read more

The Many Lives of Mama Love (Oprah's Book Club)

A Memoir of Lying, Stealing, Writing, and Healing

By: Lara Love Hardin
Narrated by: Lara Love Hardin
Length: 9 hours 26 minutes

“Fascinating how a life can quickly spiral out of control and uplifting to hear the story of how the author climbed out of the hole she was in to turn her life around. Suffice to say, it was not an easy path out. A very compelling read. Read more

You Could Make This Place Beautiful

A Memoir

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

“The story of Maggie Smith's divorce (the American poet, not the British actress) is absolutely breathtaking. I sent it immediately to my best friend, labeled 'Required Reading Drop Everything'! If you like Glennon Doyle's books and podcast, if you liked Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert, you will love this. I can not recommend more highly. Read more

Polysecure

Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy

By: Jessica Fern
Narrated by: Jessica Fern, Eve Rickert & Nora Samaran
Length: 7 hours 51 minutes

“Ethical non-monogamy presents unique emotional opportunities and challenges. In this fascinating and very readable book, Jessica Fern looks at how polyamory and different attachment styles interact. Far from arguing that people are intractably locked into one style or another and all of its pitfalls, she shows how we can grow into more secure... Read more

White Fragility

Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism

By: Dr. Robin DiAngelo
Narrated by: Amy Landon
Length: 6 hours 20 minutes

The New York Times best-selling book exploring the counterproductive reactions white people have when their assumptions about race are challenged, and how these reactions maintain racial inequality.

In this “vital, necessary, and beautiful book” (Michael Eric Dyson), antiracist educator Robin DiAngelo deftly illuminates the phenomenon of white... Read more

Attached

The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find--and Keep-- Love

By: Amir Levine, M.D. & Rachel Heller
Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
Length: 7 hours 4 minutes

"A groundbreaking book that redefines what it means to be in a relationship."
--John Gray, PhD., bestselling author of Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus

We already rely on science to tell us what to eat, when to exercise, and how long to sleep. Why not use science to help us improve our relationships? In this revolutionary book, psychiatrist... Read more

Matrescence

On Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Motherhood

By: Lucy Jones
Narrated by: Lucy Jones
Length: 9 hours 48 minutes

A New Statesman and Daily Mail BOOK OF THE YEAR


'The best book I've ever read about motherhood' Jude Rogers, Observer
'I kept scribbling in the margins: 'We need to know this stuff!'' Joanna Pocock, Spectator

A radical new examination of the transition into motherhood and how it affects the mind, brain and body

During pregnancy, childbirth, and... Read more

Calypso

By: David Sedaris
Narrated by: David Sedaris
Length: 6 hours 38 minutes

“Calypso by David Sedaris is laugh out loud hysterical in true Sedaris fashion. Listening to him read and deliver his stories is like listening to a stand-up comedian. This collection is fairly personal and many stories involve his family and their adventures in his North Carolinian beach house, aptly name the “Sea Section”. Sedaris manages to... Read more

Ace

What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex

By: Angela Chen
Narrated by: Natalie Naudus
Length: 7 hours 43 minutes

“This book is an eye-opening collection of personal testimonies, research, and history about asexuality, and to a lesser extent, aromanticism. Whether you are new to learning about asexuality or are asexual yourself, by the end of the book you will have a richer and multifaceted understanding of ace identity and experience. Read more

The Transgender Child: Revised & Updated Edition

A Handbook for Parents and Professionals Supporting Transgender and Nonbinary Children

By: Stephanie A. Brill & Rachel Pepper
Narrated by: Coleen Marlo
Length: 12 hours 54 minutes

“Highly recommandable guide with lots of examples and tips! With an introduction to the topic, tips on behavior towards the child, acquaintances and the public. Includes (smaller) sections on medical and legal options. Read more

Who Deserves Your Love

How to Create Boundaries to Start, Strengthen, or End Any Relationship

By: KC Davis
Narrated by: KC Davis
Length: 5 hours 44 minutes

A gentle approach to hard relationships, this is a new, practical approach to relationships from celebrated therapist KC Davis. She will help you determine which relationships are right for you—and which are not—and what to do about them.

Is love conditional? What do you do about a relationship where someone’s best efforts are hurting you? When... Read more

Set Boundaries, Find Peace

A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself

By: Nedra Glover Tawwab
Narrated by: Nedra Glover Tawwab
Length: 8 hours

“Enjoyed listening to these tips and tricks to setting boundaries within family and work relationships. Learning about all the ways I could be taking better care of myself is always a welcome experience. Read more

The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work

A Practical Guide from the Country’s Foremost Relationship Expert, Revised and Updated

By: John M. Gottman, PhD & Nan Silver
Narrated by: Eric Michael Summerer
Length: 10 hours 17 minutes

Just as Masters and Johnson were pioneers in the study of human sexuality, so Dr. John Gottman has revolutionized the study of marriage. As a professor of psychology at the University of Washington and the founder and director of the Seattle Marital and Family Institute, he has studied the habits of married couples in unprecedented detail over... Read more

Internal Family Systems Therapy

Second Edition

By: Richard C. Schwartz & Martha Sweezy
Narrated by: Brian Arens
Length: 12 hours 40 minutes

Now significantly revised with over 70 percent new material, this is the authoritative audio presentation of Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy, which is taught and practiced around the world.

IFS reveals how the subpersonalities or parts of each individual's psyche relate to each other like members of a family, and how - just as in a family -... Read more

A Little Less Broken

How an Autism Diagnosis Finally Made Me Whole

By: Marian Schembari
Narrated by: Marian Schembari
Length: 7 hours 51 minutes

“I really loved Marian's story. I related to so many aspects of her childhood and how misunderstood she felt. And you don't need to be diagnosed with Autism (or even suspect you have it) to find your own gems among A Little Less Broken. We all feel so broken compared to what society tells us we should be, want, or think. I can't count how many... Read more

Lifeform

By: Jenny Slate
Narrated by: Jenny Slate, George Saunders, Vanessa Bayer & Will Forte
Length: 4 hours 57 minutes

“Perhaps not surprisingly from the author of Little Weirds and creator of Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, Jenny Slate’s Lifeform is wild, funny, and just a little weird. In these pages you’ll find fantasies of revenge and power, the beloved dead, true love, pregnancy and birth, and drunken nights, witches, the weirdness of bodies, imposter... Read more

Unfit Parent

A Disabled Mother Challenges an Inaccessible World

By: Jessica Slice
Narrated by: Finlay Stevenson
Length: 8 hours 25 minutes

“A glorious, revelatory book.”—Ed Yong, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and author of An Immense World

“A beautiful, transformative book about being a parent in a world that rejects frailty and weakness.”—Rachel Aviv, staff writer at the New Yorker

A paradigm shifting look at the landscape of disabled parenting—the joys, stigma, and... Read more

How to Talk So Little Kids Will Listen

A Survival Guide to Life with Children Ages 2-7

By: Joanna Faber & Julie King
Narrated by: Heather Alicia Simms, Michele Pawk, Candace Thaxton, January LaVoy, Rebekkah Ross, Gibson Frazier & Molly Pope
Length: 10 hours 7 minutes

OVER HALF A MILLION COPIES SOLD

A must-have resource for anyone who lives or works with young kids, with an introduction by Adele Faber, coauthor of How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk, the international mega-bestseller The Boston Globe dubbed “The Parenting Bible.”

For nearly forty years, parents have turned to How to... Read more

Sink

A Memoir

By: Joseph Earl Thomas
Narrated by: Joseph Earl Thomas
Length: 6 hours 18 minutes

“Joseph Earl Thomas's coming of age memoir captures a child trying to make sense of the adults in his life and the world around him. Growing up in a house ruled by his grandfather, who resents having to care for his daughter's children because she was addicted to crack, Thomas struggles with hunger and the other symptoms of poverty. Sensitive and... Read more

From Here to the Great Unknown: Oprah's Book Club

A Memoir

By: Lisa Marie Presley & Riley Keough
Narrated by: Riley Keough & Julia Roberts
Length: 5 hours 42 minutes

“An absolute masterclass in how to honour someone’s life after their death. The audio is read by Julia Roberts and Riley Keough with short sections narrated by Lisa Marie Presley herself. It’s short and just very sad. Read more

I'm Laughing Because I'm Crying

A Memoir

By: Youngmi Mayer
Narrated by: Youngmi Mayer
Length: 8 hours 10 minutes

From standup comedian Youngmi Mayer, an unforgettable memoir written with “raw, enviable freedom that simply floors you,” interrogating whiteness, gender, and sexuality in America, navigating a tumultuous childhood in Korea and Saipan, and coming to terms with her parents’ shortcomings (Michelle Zauner).

“Do you know what happens if you laugh... Read more

All Down Darkness Wide

A Memoir

By: Seán Hewitt
Narrated by: Seán Hewitt
Length: 7 hours 40 minutes

“Hewitt writes about queerness, depression, poetry and spirituality in the most beautiful and captivating way. A sad read to be sure, but one that has affected me, and that I'll carry with me, better for having read it. It's been a long while since I've read something that made such an impact on me - one that's so difficult to put into words. Read more

BoyMom

Reimagining Boyhood in the Age of Impossible Masculinity

By: Ruth Whippman
Narrated by: Ruth Whippman
Length: 10 hours 22 minutes

Combining painfully honest memoir, cultural analysis, and reporting, BoyMom is a humorous and heartbreaking deep dive into the complexities of raising boys in our fraught political moment.

“Rapist, school-shooter, incel, man-child, interrupter, mansplainer, boob-starer, birthday forgetter, frat boy, dude-bro, homophobe, self-important stoner,... Read more

Here Be Dragons

Treading the Deep Waters of Motherhood, Mean Girls, and Generational Trauma

By: Melanie Shankle
Narrated by: Melanie Shankle
Length: 5 hours 36 minutes

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of Nobody’s Cuter than You comes a poignant, deeply personal story about trusting God to heal generational wounds so you can be a strong, loving presence for your teenage daughter.

In medieval times, uncharted waters were marked on maps as Here Be Dragons to signify that no one knew what dangers might... Read more

Fight Right

How Successful Couples Turn Conflict Into Connection

By: Julie Schwartz Gottman, PhD & John Gottman, PhD
Narrated by: Roy Worley & Kiiri Sandy
Length: 10 hours 21 minutes

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • LEARN THE 5 SECRETS OF SUCCESSFUL COUPLES

Conflict is the top reason couples seek help—but it's also an opportunity for greater intimacy, deeper connection, and lasting love according to this essential guide from the world’s leading relationship scientists and authors of The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work and... Read more

Hunt, Gather, Parent

What Ancient Cultures Can Teach Us About the Lost Art of Raising Happy, Helpful Little Humans

By: Michaeleen Doucleff
Narrated by: Michaeleen Doucleff
Length: 11 hours 11 minutes

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

The oldest cultures in the world have mastered the art of raising happy, well-adjusted children. What can we learn from them?

“Hunt, Gather, Parent is full of smart ideas that I immediately wanted to force on my own kids.” —Pamela Druckerman, The New York Times Book Review

When Dr. Michaeleen Doucleff becomes a mother,... Read more

The Motherload

By: Sarah Hoover
Narrated by: Sarah Hoover
Length: 11 hours 31 minutes

NATIONAL BESTSELLER
An unflinching motherhood memoir that dares to ask what happens when “what to expect when you’re expecting” turns out to be months of rage, anguish, brain fog, and a total surrender of sex, career, and identity.

“A long overdue reality check.” —Oprah Daily
“Honest, unapologetic, and brutally funny.” —Stephanie Danler, New... Read more

Complex PTSD

From Surviving to Thriving

By: Pete Walker
Narrated by: Paul Brion
Length: 10 hours 28 minutes

The causes of Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder range from severe neglect to monstrous abuse. Many survivors grew up in houses that were not homes—in families that were as loveless as orphanages and sometimes as dangerous.



If you felt unwanted, unliked, rejected, hated, and/or despised for a lengthy portion of your childhood, trauma may be... Read more

How to Love Someone Without Losing Your Mind

Forget the Fairy Tale and Get Real

By: Todd Baratz, LMHC
Narrated by: Vikas Adam
Length: 6 hours 55 minutes

A sanity-saving guide that cuts through the sky-high expectations of modern love and helps you build healthier and more fulfilling relationships, from the creator of viral Instagram account YourDiagnonsense

“Witty, practical, fun, and deeply honest.”—Terrence Real, New York Times bestselling author of Us

You’re not crazy. You’re human.

Modern love... Read more

What in the World?!

A Southern Woman's Guide to Laughing at Life's Unexpected Curveballs and Beautiful Blessings

By: Leanne Morgan
Narrated by: Leanne Morgan
Length: 6 hours 7 minutes

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “This book is the inspirational story that we all need. No one makes me laugh harder than Leanne Morgan!”—Reese Witherspoon

The beloved comedy sensation packs a hilarious punch with real talk about what it’s like to be a woman today—from rebelling against the latest diet trends to dealing with perimenopausal mean girls... Read more

The Best of Me

By: David Sedaris
Narrated by: David Sedaris
Length: 13 hours 8 minutes

“As if there is anything greater than a new David Sedaris, it's listening to David Sedaris read the new David Sedaris. This self-edited collection of essays from his prolific 25-year career is exactly what we need to boost the morale of 2020 and remind ourselves what a crazy world we've always lived in when viewed through Sedaris's keen... Read more

Trauma and Recovery

The Aftermath of Violence--From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror

By: Judith Lewis Herman
Narrated by: Alison Mathews & Xe Sands
Length: 11 hours 33 minutes

The groundbreaking work on trauma that remains a “classic for our generation” (Bessel van der Kolk, MD, author of The Body Keeps the Score)

Trauma and Recovery is the foundational text on understanding trauma survivors. By placing individual experience in a political frame, psychiatrist Judith L. Herman argues that psychological trauma is... Read more

Beautiful Country

A Memoir

By: Qian Julie Wang
Narrated by: Qian Julie Wang
Length: 9 hours 38 minutes

“Qian Julie Wang’s memoir is transportive, immersive, her childhood rendered with such a natural hand that each particular pain and joy feels as intimate as one’s own memory. This acuity is strangely healing—Wang pulls no punches when recalling moments of shame—even as the remoteness of her position as an undocumented immigrant, isolated further... Read more

Dinners with Ruth

A Memoir of Friendship

By: Nina Totenberg
Narrated by: Nina Totenberg
Length: 9 hours 29 minutes

“Delightfully narrated by the author, these descriptions of lifelong friendships among famous groundbreaking career women are a treat and a balm. Read more

Polywise

A Deeper Dive Into Navigating Open Relationships

By: Jessica Fern & David Cooley
Narrated by: Jessica Fern & David Cooley
Length: 11 hours 31 minutes

As polyamory continues to make its way into the mainstream, more and more people are exploring consensual nonmonogamy in the hope of experiencing more love, connection, sex, freedom and support. While for many, the move expands personal horizons, for others, the transition can be challenging, leaving them blindsided and overwhelmed. Beyond the... Read more

Tías and Primas

On Knowing and Loving the Women Who Raise Us

By: Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez
Narrated by: Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez
Length: 7 hours 51 minutes

From the author of For Brown Girls with Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts, a celebration of the women at the heart of Latine families  

Born into a large, close-knit family in Nicaragua, Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez grew up surrounded by strong, kind, funny, sensitive, resilient, judgmental, messy, beautiful women. Whether blood relatives or... Read more

Low-Demand Parenting

Dropping Demands, Restoring Calm, and Finding Connection with your Uniquely Wired Child

By: Amanda Diekman
Narrated by: Lauryn Allman
Length: 4 hours 34 minutes

Short, easy-read guide for parents on how to reduce family conflict by dropping unnecessary demands from daily life to help neurodivergent families to thrive.

"Low-demand parenting requires radical acceptance. It says to the kid right in front of you, I see you, just as you are. - You are ok here. I love you right here."

Parent to neurodivergent... Read more

Fair Play: Reese's Book Club

A Game-Changing Solution for When You Have Too Much to Do (and More Life to Live)

By: Eve Rodsky
Narrated by: Eve Rodsky
Length: 7 hours 54 minutes

A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK 

"A hands-on, real talk guide for navigating the hot-button issues that so many families struggle with."--Reese Witherspoon

Tired, stressed, and in need of more help from your partner? Imagine running your household (and life!) in a new way...

It started with the Sh*t I Do List. Tired of being the "shefault" parent... Read more