Religion bestsellers

Educated

A Memoir

By: Tara Westover
Narrated by: Julia Whelan
Length: 12 hours 9 minutes

“How a young woman, raised without modern medicine, any schooling, or even a birth certificate, in a remote Mormon, survivalist household in Idaho, made it to college and ended up receiving a PhD from Cambridge is the incredible story of this memoir. Outstanding! This true story is a beautifully written and narrated, soulful, hilarious,... Read more

Norse Mythology

By: Neil Gaiman
Narrated by: Neil Gaiman
Length: 6 hours 29 minutes

“Just wow this audiobook! Neil Gaiman reading his special and slightly different versions of classic Norse stories is such a joy to listen to. His voice is mesmerizing and the stories are fantastic. 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

Courageous World Changers

50 True Stories of Daring Women of God

By: Shirley Raye Redmond
Narrated by: Sybil Johnson
Length: 1 hour 50 minutes

Children of all ages will be inspired by the stories of these women: -Corrie ten Boom—activist, author, and Holocaust survivor -Laurie Hernandez—gymnast who won both gold and silver medals in her sport -Florence Nightingale—health-care reformer -Madeline L’Engle—author of children’s literature -Mother Teresa—missionary and winner of the Nobel... Read more

Brave Heroes and Bold Defenders

50 True Stories of Daring Men of God

By: Shirley Raye Redmond
Narrated by: John Patrick Walsh
Length: 1 hour 46 minutes

Children of all ages will be inspired by the stories of these men: -C.S. Lewis—professor and author of the influential Chronicles of Narnia series -Zhang Boli—Chinese dissident, journalist, and Christian pastor -Richard Allen—former slave and founder of the African Methodist Episcopal Church -Tim Tebow—athlete, Heisman trophy winner, and... Read more

Jesus and John Wayne

How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation

By: Kristin Kobes du Mez
Narrated by: Suzie Althens
Length: 12 hours 3 minutes

“This 75-year-spanning study by a Christian historian traces American evangelicals’ takeover of the Republican Party and shows how their highest values - militarism and masculinity, patriarchy and patriotism - turned a modest Jesus Christ into a macho John Wayne, and made voting for Donald Trump not a necessary evil, but a natural conclusion. As... Read more

The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory

American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism

By: Tim Alberta
Narrated by: Tim Alberta
Length: 18 hours 15 minutes

Instant New York Times BestsellerOne of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of the YearAn Economist and Air Mail Best Book of the Year""Brave and absorbing."" -- New York Times“Alberta is not just a thorough and responsible reporter but a vibrant writer, capable of rendering a farcical scene in vivid hues.” -- Washington Post“An astonishingly... Read more

The Power of Ritual

Turning Everyday Activities into Soulful Practices

By: Casper ter Kuile
Narrated by: Casper ter Kuile
Length: 5 hours 54 minutes

Casper ter Kuile, a Harvard Divinity School fellow and cohost of the popular Harry Potter and the Sacred Text podcast, explores how we can nourish our souls by transforming common, everyday practices—yoga, reading, walking the dog—into sacred rituals that can heal our crisis of social isolation and struggle to find purpose—a message we need more... Read more

The Exvangelicals

Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church

By: Sarah McCammon
Narrated by: Sarah McCammon
Length: 8 hours 2 minutes

This program is read by the author.

"An intimate window into the world of American evangelicalism. Fellow exvangelicals will find McCammon’s story both startlingly familiar and immensely clarifying, while those looking in from the outside can find no better introduction to the subculture that has shaped the hopes and fears of millions of... Read more

Uncultured

A Memoir

By: Daniella Mestyanek Young
Narrated by: Daniella Mestyanek Young
Length: 13 hours 48 minutes

"It’s a dark story that forced me to think more expansively about what constitutes a cult." —The New York Times' Ernesto Londoño

"Although this is Mestyanek Young’s first time narrating, listeners will appreciate hearing this deeply personal story told by the author herself. Share with fans of Tara Westover’s Educated and Deborah Feldman’s... Read more

Feh

A Memoir

By: Shalom Auslander
Narrated by: Shalom Auslander
Length: 9 hours 37 minutes

From the acclaimed author of Foreskin’s Lament, a memoir of the author’s attempt to escape the biblical story he’d been raised on and his struggle to construct a new story for himself and his family

Shalom Auslander was raised like a veal in a dysfunctional family in the Orthodox community of Monsey, New York: the son of an alcoholic father; a... Read more

The Universal Christ

How a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope For, and Believe

By: Richard Rohr
Narrated by: Arthur Morey
Length: 8 hours 45 minutes

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From one of the world’s most influential spiritual thinkers, a long-awaited book exploring what it means that Jesus was called “Christ,” and how this forgotten truth can restore hope and meaning to our lives.

“Anyone who strives to put their faith into action will find encouragement and inspiration in the pages of this... Read more

Hypnobirthing

Practical Ways to Make Your Birth Better

By: Siobhan Miller
Narrated by: Siobhan Miller
Length: 7 hours 30 minutes

THIS BOOK WILL MAKE YOUR BIRTH BETTER. IT IS FOR EVERY WOMAN AND EVERY TYPE OF BIRTH.

AS FEATURED ON DRAGONS' DEN.

'Siobhan manages to completely demystify hypnobirthing, making it accessible and relevant to all women and all births. This book will be a complete game changer and I will be recommending it to mums-to-be from now on' Sarah Turner,... Read more

The Action Bible

God's Redemptive Story

Action Bible Series

By: Doug Mauss
Narrated by: Lance Smith, Michael Beck, Paul Michael, Sarah Zimmerman, Erin Bennett, Jesse Abeel & Preston Butler
Length: 13 hours 2 minutes

AWARD WINNER!! Christian Book Award - Best Audiobook 2022​!!!

The Action Bible presents more than 230 fast-paced narratives in chronological order, making it easy to follow the Bible’s historical flow and building up to the thrilling climax of God’s redemptive story.
 
Plus, these spectacular updates take the action to a whole new level:
   25... Read more

Counting the Cost

By: Jill Duggar
Narrated by: Jill Duggar
Length: 7 hours 6 minutes

“Read by Jill Dugger herself. Captivating story done respectfully and full of hope! Read more

In My Time of Dying

How I Came Face to Face With the Idea of an Afterlife

By: Sebastian Junger
Narrated by: Sebastian Junger
Length: 4 hours 34 minutes

A near-fatal health emergency leads to this powerful reflection on death—and what might follow—by the bestselling author of Tribe and The Perfect Storm.

For years as an award-winning war reporter, Sebastian Junger traveled to many front lines and frequently put his life at risk. And yet the closest he ever came to death was the summer of 2020... Read more

Sex Cult Nun

Breaking Away from the Children of God, a Wild, Radical Religious Cult

By: Faith Jones
Narrated by: Jaime Lamchick
Length: 13 hours 10 minutes

Educated meets The Vow in this story of liberation and self-empowerment—an inspiring and stranger-than-fiction memoir of growing up in and breaking free from the Children of God, an oppressive, extremist religious cult.Faith Jones was raised to be part a religious army preparing for the End Times. Growing up on an isolated farm in Macau, she... Read more

The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry

How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World

By: John Mark Comer
Narrated by: John Mark Comer & Kris Koscheski
Length: 5 hours 20 minutes

ECPA BESTSELLER • A compelling emotional and spiritual case against hurry and in favor of a slower, simpler way of life—from the New York Times bestselling author of Practicing the Way

“Prophetic, practical, and profoundly life giving . . . provides a way forward that creates hope, hunger, and a vision of a beautiful life. I consider this... Read more

Soul Boom

Why We Need a Spiritual Revolution

By: Rainn Wilson
Narrated by: Rainn Wilson
Length: 9 hours 3 minutes

In this New York Times bestseller, comedic actor, producer, and writer Rainn Wilson explores the problem-solving benefits that spirituality gives us to create solutions for an increasingly challenging world. The trauma that our world experienced in recent years—as result of both the pandemic and societal tensions that threaten to overwhelm... Read more

Somehow

Thoughts on Love

By: Anne Lamott
Narrated by: Anne Lamott
Length: 4 hours 16 minutes

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

“Anne Lamott is my Oprah.” —Chicago Tribune

From the bestselling author of Dusk, Night, Dawn and Help, Thanks, Wow, a joyful celebration of love

“Love is our only hope,” Anne Lamott writes in this perceptive new book. “It is not always the easiest choice, but it is always the right one, the noble path, the way home to... 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 Heart of the Buddha's Teaching

Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation

By: Thich Nhat Hanh
Narrated by: René Ruiz
Length: 9 hours 22 minutes

With poetry and clarity, Thich Nhat Hanh imparts comforting wisdom about the nature of suffering and its role in creating compassion, love, and joy – all qualities of enlightenment. 

“Thich Nhat Hanh shows us the connection between personal, inner peace, and peace on earth.”—His Holiness the Dalai Lama

In The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching, now... Read more

Say What You Mean

A Mindful Approach to Nonviolent Communication

Shambhala

By: Oren Jay Sofer
Narrated by: Oren Jay Sofer & Mark Bramhall
Length: 10 hours 59 minutes

Find your voice, speak your truth, listen deeply—a guide to more meaningful and mindful conversations.

We spend so much of our lives talking to each other, but how much are we simply running on automatic—relying on old habits and hoping for the best? Are we able to truly hear others and speak our mind in a clear and kind way, without needing to... Read more

Mere Christianity

By: C. S. Lewis
Narrated by: Julian Rhind-Tutt
Length: 7 hours 6 minutes

""C.S. Lewis is the ideal persuader for the half-convinced, for the good man who would like to be a Christian but finds his intellect getting in the way."" — Anthony Burgess, New York Times Book ReviewOur moral consciousness and moral judgements are proof to the human race that a moral being exists—God.Mere Christianity explores the core beliefs... Read more

I Shouldn't Feel This Way

Name What’s Hard, Tame Your Guilt, and Transform Self-Sabotage into Brave Action

By: Alison Cook, PhD
Narrated by: Alison Cook, PhD
Length: 5 hours 38 minutes

Read by the author.You can find emotional freedom. Learn to see through the haze of conflicted feelings and move forward in your life with confidence. Licensed therapist and bestselling author Dr. Alison Cook guides you through a groundbreaking 3-step process to find the freedom you crave.When you're tangled up inside, it's hard to find clarity.... Read more

I Won't Shut Up

Finding Your Voice When the World Tries to Silence You

By: Ally Henny
Narrated by: Ally Henny
Length: 6 hours 55 minutes

Being Black in a society developed by white men to benefit white men means constantly pushing back against systems that were not constructed for your flourishing. White privilege. White cultural norms. White beauty standards. White noise. You're made to feel that your life doesn't matter, your opinions aren't valid, and your entire existence is... Read more

The Devil's Best Trick

How the Face of Evil Disappeared

By: Randall Sullivan
Narrated by: Lane Hakel
Length: 13 hours 13 minutes

How we explain the evils of the world, and the darkest parts of ourselves, has preoccupied humans throughout history. A sweeping and comprehensive search for the origins of belief in a Satanic figure across the centuries, The Devil’s Best Trick is a keen investigation into the inescapable reality of evil and the myriad ways we attempt to... Read more

Kingdom of Rage

The Rise of Christian Extremism and the Path Back to Peace

By: Elizabeth Neumann
Narrated by: Erin Bennett
Length: 8 hours 38 minutes

A former counterterrorism official explores how modern evangelicalism and right-wing conservatism intermingled to form the combustible ideology that resulted in the January 6 attacks on the Capitol—and which threatens to destroy the American Church from within.   How did a Church that purports to follow the teachings of Jesus - the Prince of... Read more

The Red Tent - 20th Anniversary Edition

A Novel

By: Anita Diamant
Narrated by: Carol Bilger
Length: 12 hours 1 minute

In this modern classic interpretation of the biblical story of Dinah, Anita Diamant imagines the traditions and turmoils of ancient womanhood--the world of The Red Tent, a New York Times bestseller and the basis of the A&E/Lifetime mini-series.

Twentieth Anniversary Edition

In the Bible, Dinah's life is only hinted at in a brief and violent... Read more

I'm Still Here

Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness

By: Austin Channing Brown
Narrated by: Austin Channing Brown
Length: 3 hours 54 minutes

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK • From a leading voice on racial justice, an eye-opening account of growing up Black, Christian, and female that exposes how white America’s love affair with “diversity” so often falls short of its ideals.

“Austin Channing Brown introduces herself as a master memoirist. This book will break open... Read more

Jesus and the Disinherited

By: Howard Thurman
Narrated by: Leon Nixon
Length: 3 hours 33 minutes

Famously known as the text that Martin Luther King Jr. sought inspiration from in the days leading up to the Montgomery bus boycott, Howard Thurman’s Jesus and the Disinherited helped shape the civil rights movement and changed our nation’s history forever.

In this classic theological treatise, the acclaimed theologian and religious leader... Read more

Building a Life Worth Living

A Memoir

By: Marsha M. Linehan
Narrated by: Hillary Huber & Stephen Mendel
Length: 12 hours 19 minutes

Marsha Linehan tells the story of her journey from suicidal teenager to world-renowned developer of the life-saving behavioral therapy DBT, using her own struggle to develop life skills for others.

“This book is a victory on both sides of the page.”—Gloria Steinem

“Are you one of us?” a patient once asked Marsha Linehan, the world-renowned... Read more

You Are The Placebo

By: Dr. Joe Dispenza
Narrated by: Adam Boyce
Length: 12 hours 5 minutes

Is it possible to heal by thought alone—without drugs or surgery? The truth is that it happens more often than you might expect. In You Are the Placebo, Dr. Joe Dispenza shares numerous documented cases of those who reversed cancer, heart disease, depression, crippling arthritis, and even the tremors of Parkinson’s disease by believing in a... Read more

10% Happier Revised Edition

How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found Self-Help That Actually Works--A True Story

By: Dan Harris
Narrated by: Dan Harris
Length: 9 hours 5 minutes

#1 New York Times Bestseller Winner of the 2014 Living Now Book Award for Inspirational Memoir""An enormously smart, clear-eyed, brave-hearted, and quite personal look at the benefits of meditation.""—Elizabeth GilbertNightline anchor Dan Harrisembarks on an unexpected, hilarious, and deeply skeptical odyssey through the strange worlds of... Read more

Untangle Your Emotions

Naming What You Feel and Knowing What to Do About It

By: Jennie Allen
Narrated by: Jennie Allen
Length: 5 hours 31 minutes

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The author of Get Out of Your Head provides a revolutionary path to embracing a healthy relationship with your emotions, one that leads to life-giving connection with God and others as well as to a richer understanding of yourself.

“This book is worth thousands of dollars of counseling.”—Jonathan Pokluda, bestselling... Read more

The Wisdom of Your Body

Finding Healing, Wholeness, and Connection through Embodied Living

By: Hillary L. McBride, PhD
Narrated by: Emily Ellet
Length: 9 hours 14 minutes

Maybe you've been made to feel ashamed of your body or like it isn't good enough. Maybe your body is riddled with stress, pain, or the effects of trauma. Maybe you think of your body as an accessory to what you believe you really are—your mind. Whatever the reason, many of us don't feel at home in our bodies. But being disconnected from... Read more

Eric Liddell

Something Greater Than Gold

Christian Heroes: Then & Now

By: Janet Benge & Geoff Benge
Narrated by: Tim Gregory
Length: 4 hours 39 minutes

Eric's refusal earlier that week to run on Sunday in the Olympic 100-meter race had stunned the world. Now his incredible victory in the 400-meter race further strengthened his belief in God's promise, "He who honors Me, I will honor."
Years later, Eric Liddell would be tested far beyond mere physical ability as a missionary to China. His... Read more

I Think You're Wrong (But I'm Listening)

A Guide to Grace-Filled Political Conversations

By: Sarah Stewart Holland & Beth A. Silvers
Narrated by: Sarah Stewart Holland & Beth Silvers
Length: 5 hours 34 minutes

More than ever, politics seem to be driven by discord. People sitting together in pews every Sunday feel like strangers and loved ones at the dinner table feel like enemies. Toxic political dialogue, hate-filled rants on social media, and agenda-driven news stories have become the new norm. But it doesn't have to be this way.In I Think You're... Read more

The Road Less Traveled - Abridged

A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values, and Spritual Growth

By: M. Scott Peck
Narrated by: M. Scott Peck
Length: 4 hours 24 minutes

Now featuring a new introduction by Dr. M. Scott Peck, the twenty-fifth anniversary edition of the classic bestseller The Road Less Traveled, celebrated by The Washington Post as “not just a book but a spontaneous act of generosity.”

Perhaps no book in this generation has had a more profound impact on our intellectual and spiritual lives than The... Read more

The Dragon and the Stone (The Dream Keeper Saga Book 1)

The Dream Keeper Saga

By: Kathryn Butler
Narrated by: Shannon McManus
Length: 7 hours 28 minutes

Even though she's only 12 years old, Lily McKinley already feels the weight of the world's brokenness. She's seen it in her mother's exhaustion, her grandmother's illness, and the cruelty of Adam, the bully at her school. But most tragically, she experienced it two months ago when her father died in a terrible accident.  As an artistic... Read more

Drawing Down the Moon

Witches, Druids, Goddess-Worshippers, and Other Pagans in America

By: Margot Adler
Narrated by: Pam Ward
Length: 20 hours 47 minutes

Almost forty years since its original publication, Drawing Down the Moon continues to be the only detailed history of the burgeoning but still widely misunderstood Neo-Pagan subculture.



Margot Adler attended ritual gatherings and interviewed a diverse, colorful gallery of people across the United States, people who find inspiration in ancient... Read more

Help, Thanks, Wow

The Three Essential Prayers

By: Anne Lamott
Narrated by: Anne Lamott
Length: 1 hour 45 minutes

The New York Times bestseller from the author of Hallelujah Anyway, Bird by Bird, and Almost Everything

Author Anne Lamott writes about the three simple prayers essential to coming through tough times, difficult days and the hardships of daily life.

Listeners of all ages have followed and cherished Anne Lamott’s funny and perceptive writing about... Read more

The Witness Wore Red

The 19th Wife Who Brought Polygamous Cult Leaders to Justice

By: Rebecca Musser
Narrated by: Rebecca Musser
Length: 14 hours 5 minutes

You've watched Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey, the top 5 true-crime docuseries on Netflix. Now discover the revealing memoir of one woman featured in the series who was forced into polygamous marriage and her brave struggle to protect others from the same fate. 

Rebecca Musser grew up in fear, concealing her family's polygamous lifestyle from the... Read more

My Body Is Not a Prayer Request

Disability Justice in the Church

By: Amy Kenny
Narrated by: Nan McNamara
Length: 6 hours 47 minutes

Much of the church has forgotten that we worship a disabled God whose wounds survived resurrection, says Amy Kenny. It is time for the church to start treating disabled people as full members of the body of Christ who have much more to offer than a miraculous cure narrative and to learn from their embodied experiences.

Written by a disabled... Read more

Boy Mom

What Your Son Needs Most from You

By: Monica Swanson
Narrated by: Monica Swanson & Donna Allen
Length: 7 hours 20 minutes

This guidebook, packed with wisdom, practical advice, resources, and encouragement, explores how moms can equip their sons with what they most need to succeed in life.

Monica Swanson knew she'd tapped a heartfelt concern when nearly two million readers shared her blog post "What a Teenage Boy Needs Most from His Mom." In this helpful book, she... Read more

The Long Loneliness

The Autobiography of the Legendary Catholic Social Activist

By: Dorothy Day
Narrated by: Nancy Linari
Length: 12 hours 3 minutes

The compelling autobiography of a remarkable Catholic woman, sainted by many, who championed the rights of the poor in America’s inner cities. When Dorothy Day died in 1980, the New York Times eulogized her as “a nonviolent social radical of luminous personality . . . founder of the Catholic Worker Movement and leader for more than fifty years... Read more

You Are Here

Discovering the Magic of the Present Moment

Shambhala

By: Thich Nhat Hanh
Narrated by: Lloyd James
Length: 3 hours 54 minutes

This moment is the gateway to enlightenment. It is the only moment we have to be joyful, mindful, and awake. The key is to be there for yourself--to learn to be fully present in your life. This, Thich Nhat Hanh explains, is the heart of Buddhist practice.

In this introduction to the practice of presence, the beloved Buddhist teacher provides... Read more

Under the Banner of Heaven

A Story of Violent Faith

By: Jon Krakauer
Narrated by: Scott Brick
Length: 12 hours 31 minutes

“So often it seems that people approach events like these wondering how someone could possibly do something so terrible. Jon Krakauer bypasses the 'how' and goes immediately for the 'why.' With a keen eye for discrepancies and Scott Brick's intense narration for the audiobook, Krakauer leaves no stone unturned when it comes to detailing what led... Read more

The Story of Civilization Volume 1: The Ancient World

By: Phillip Campbell
Narrated by: Kevin Gallagher
Length: 8 hours 39 minutes

Talented voice actor and audiobook producer Kevin Gallagher returns to bring children the history of the world in this riveting reading of The Story of Civilization: The Ancient World. This follows his immensely popular reading of TAN Book’s The Story of the Bible. Your children will be transported back in time through the sound effects, music... Read more

Jesus Feminist

An Invitation to Revisit the Bible's View of Women

By: Sarah Bessey
Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
Length: 5 hours 18 minutes

For centuries, the role of women in the Church has been a subdued one, with many limitations. The time has come, argues Sarah Bessey—who has been called an "accidental grassroots voice for postmodern and progressive evangelical women"—to take a new look at Scripture and challenge old assumptions.



In Jesus Feminist, Bessey shares her spiritual... Read more