Sports & Recreation bestsellers

There's Always This Year

On Basketball and Ascension

By: Hanif Abdurraqib
Narrated by: Hanif Abdurraqib
Length: 8 hours 40 minutes

“A native son of Columbus reflects on the era of Ohio basketball that produced legends like Lebron James but left countless others behind in this brilliant and beautiful book. Like most of Abdurraqib's writing, it is ostensibly about one thing--in this case, basketball--but truthfully is about so much more. It is a profound, lyrical, and... Read more

Breath

The New Science of a Lost Art

By: James Nestor
Narrated by: James Nestor
Length: 7 hours 18 minutes

“An important book for all to listen to or read. Something as simple as how we breathe, is so important to our overall health. This book breaks down the research of why the breath is important and gives you practice exercises at the end. Read more

The New Menopause

Navigating Your Path Through Hormonal Change with Purpose, Power, and Facts

By: Mary Claire Haver, MD
Narrated by: Mary Claire Haver, MD
Length: 9 hours 45 minutes

Filling a gaping hole in menopause care, everything a woman needs to know to thrive during her hormonal transition and beyond, as well as the tools to help her take charge of her health at this pivotal life stage—by the bestselling author of The Galveston Diet.

Menopause is inevitable, but suffering through it is not! This is the empowering... Read more

Nature's Best Hope

A New Approach to Conservation that Starts in Your Yard

By: Douglas W. Tallamy
Narrated by: Adam Barr
Length: 6 hours 30 minutes

Douglas W. Tallamy’s first book, Bringing Nature Home, awakened thousands of individuals to an urgent situation: wildlife populations are in decline because the native plants they depend on are fast disappearing. His solution? Plant more natives. In this new book, Tallamy takes the next step and outlines his vision for a grassroots approach to... Read more

The Nature of Oaks

The Rich Ecology of Our Most Essential Native Trees

By: Douglas W. Tallamy
Narrated by: Adam Barr
Length: 4 hours 16 minutes

Discover the complex and fascinating inner world of the mighty oak tree with this engaging nature book!

The Nature of Oaks reveals what is going on in oak trees month by month, highlighting the seasonal cycles of life, death, and renewal. From woodpeckers who collect and store hundreds of acorns for sustenance to the beauty of jewel caterpillars,... Read more

Soil

The Story of a Black Mother's Garden

By: Camille T Dungy
Narrated by: Camille T Dungy
Length: 10 hours 16 minutes

“A smart, beautiful, wide-ranging book about the author’s garden and her world. Observed with a poet’s eye and deeply concerned with social justice, history, and community. Even if you don’t think you’re interested in gardening, this book will draw you in and change how you look at the world around you. Read more

Just Add Water

My Swimming Life

By: Katie Ledecky
Narrated by: Katie Ledecky
Length: 7 hours 57 minutes

“I will never not be impressed with Katie Ledecky. A beast of an athlete and a gem of a human! I look forward to what this woman will accomplish in the rest of her swimming career and beyond. Do yourself a favor and listen to her book before, while, or after she continues her LEGACY at the 2024 Paris Olympics :) Read more

The Boys in the Boat

Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics

By: Daniel James Brown
Narrated by: Edward Herrmann
Length: 14 hours 24 minutes

“Set during the Dust Bowl, amidst the Great Depression, a dedicated group of basketball beauties, the Cardinals of Oklahoma Presbyterian College, are determined to challenge societal strictures and Babe Didrickson on their quest for the National Championship title. Faced with much criticism, judged less feminine for participating in a competitive... Read more

How Can I Help?

Saving Nature with Your Yard

By: Douglas W. Tallamy
Narrated by: Adam Barr
Length: 12 hours 42 minutes

From a New York Times bestselling author, a wildlife ecology expert and environmental advocate provides readers with the next step in their ecological journey.

In How Can I Help?, Tallamy tackles the questions commonly asked at his popular lectures and shares compelling and actionable answers that will help gardeners and homeowners take the next... Read more

The Hidden Life of Trees

What They Feel, How They Communicate

By: Peter Wohlleben
Narrated by: Mike Grady
Length: 7 hours 32 minutes

“Wow! This book enlightened and truly moved me. I can’t look at a tree without thinking about how amazing they are. It saddens me when they aren’t treated appropriately. This book inspired me to want to learn even more about these incredible beings! Read more

Homestand

Small Town Baseball and the Fight for the Soul of America

By: Will Bardenwerper
Narrated by: Dan Bittner
Length: 10 hours 45 minutes

A poignant memoir exploring small town baseball as a lens into what’s right and wrong with modern America—written by an acclaimed journalist and Army Ranger who, after returning from Iraq to a painfully divided country, rediscovered its core values in the bleachers of a minor league ballpark in Batavia, New York.

"Bardenwerper finds hope in the... Read more

The Well-Gardened Mind

The Restorative Power of Nature

By: Sue Stuart-Smith
Narrated by: Sue Stuart-Smith
Length: 11 hours 30 minutes

“As an amateur gardener and plant-lover, as well as an avid-reader of neuropsychology and mindfulness books, this book automatically made my list. A fascinating and compelling read about the power of nature and gardening to bring about restoration and healing in all aspects of the human body and society. Read more

Kid Athletes

True Tales of Childhood from Sports Legends

Kid Legends: Book #2

By: David Stabler
Narrated by: Pete Cross
Length: 2 hours 24 minutes

Forget the gold medals, the championships, and the undefeated seasons. When all-star athletes were growing up, they had regular-kid problems just like you. Baseball legend Babe Ruth was such a troublemaker that his family sent him to reform school. Race-car champion Danica Patrick fended off bullies who told her “girls can’t drive.” And football... Read more

The Balance

My Years Coaching Simone Biles

By: Aimee Boorman & Steve Cooper
Narrated by: Aimee Boorman
Length: 10 hours 6 minutes

From Paris Olympics star and legendary gymnast Simone Biles’s longtime coach, an insider’s look at the making of a champion With a Foreword by Simone Biles The Balance is coach Aimee Boorman’s inside account of the growth of a transcendent athlete and the tumultuous events—from the dictatorial coaching of Martha Karolyi to the sexual abuse by... Read more

ROAR, Revised Edition

Match Your Food and Fitness to Your Unique Female Physiology for Optimum Performance, Great Health, and a Strong Body for Life

By: Stacy T. Sims, PhD
Narrated by: Gina Daniels
Length: 12 hours 24 minutes

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

Born to Run

A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen

By: Christopher McDougall
Narrated by: Fred Sanders
Length: 11 hours 6 minutes

“This pasty nerd never thought she’d be hanging on to every word about long distance running! That’s how riveting, joyful, meaningful, and fun this book about racing, community, physiology, prehistory, and, greatest runners in the world, the indigenous Tarahumara, is. A modern classic published 15 years ago, the science here may be dated... Read more

Coming Home

By: Brittney Griner & Michelle Burford
Narrated by: Andia Winslow & Brittney Griner
Length: 10 hours 36 minutes

“Brittney Griner writes with honesty and bravery. The story of how a simple mistake turned into a nine-month-long fight for freedom is only a small piece of her larger story. Brittney talks in-depth about the people who kept her going while imprisoned, and what it was like to return to the country that fought so hard for her release. Her story... Read more

Path Lit By Lightning

By: David Maraniss
Narrated by: David Maraniss
Length: 23 hours 26 minutes

“This brilliant biography of Jim Thorpe, the Native American “greatest athlete who ever lived” is so much more than a sports story. Yes, we learn about the brilliant achievements of Thorpe, a member of the Sac and Fox Nation, who excelled on the football field, in track and field, and in the 1912 Olympics, earning gold medals in both the... Read more

Kid Olympians: Summer

True Tales of Childhood from Champions and Game Changers

Kid Legends: Book #9

By: Robin Stevenson
Narrated by: Pete Cross
Length: 3 hours 15 minutes

Athletes throughout history have dreamed of competing in the Olympics—and some were kids themselves when those dreams and plans began! In Kid Olympians: Summer, discover the childhood stories of legends such as -Usain Bolt, who used to skip practices to go to the arcade and play video games. -Serena Williams, who sometimes hit her tennis ball... 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

The Boys of Riverside

A Deaf Football Team and a Quest for Glory

By: Thomas Fuller
Narrated by: Thomas Fuller
Length: 7 hours 35 minutes

NAMED A BEST BOOK BY BOOK RIOT, AND MORE! • The incredible story of an all-deaf high school football team’s triumphant climb from underdog to undefeated, their inspirational brotherhood, a fascinating portrait of deafness in America, and the indefatigable head coach who spearheaded the team, by New York Times reporter and Page One Correspondent,... Read more

Burn

New Research Blows the Lid Off How We Really Burn Calories, Lose Weight, and Stay Healthy

By: Herman Pontzer PhD
Narrated by: P.J. Ochlan
Length: 11 hours 24 minutes

One of the foremost researchers in human metabolism reveals surprising new science behind food and exercise.

We burn 2,000 calories a day. And if we exercise and cut carbs, we'll lose more weight. Right? Wrong. In this paradigm-shifting book, Herman Pontzer reveals for the first time how human metabolism really works so that we can finally manage... Read more

Into the Ice

The Northwest Passage, the Polar Sun, and a 175-Year-Old Mystery

By: Mark Synnott
Narrated by: Mark Deakins
Length: 12 hours 33 minutes

New York Times bestselling author Mark Synnott has climbed with Alex Honnold. He’s scaled Mount Everest. He's pioneered big-wall first ascents, including the north-west face of the mile-high Great Trango Tower, and skied monster first descents. But in 2022, he realized there was a dream he’d yet to achieve: to sail the Northwest Passage in his... Read more

The Emerald Mile

The Epic Story of the Fastest Ride in History Through the Heart of the Grand Canyon

By: Kevin Fedarko
Narrated by: Kevin Fedarko
Length: 17 hours 40 minutes

From one of Outside magazine’s “Literary All-Stars” comes the thrilling true tale of the fastest boat ride ever through the Grand Canyon, atop the legendary Colorado River flood of 1983.

In the spring of 1983, massive flooding along the length of the Colorado River confronted a team of engineers at the Glen Canyon Dam with an unprecedented... Read more

Bringing Nature Home

How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants, Updated and Expanded

By: Douglas W. Tallamy
Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross
Length: 6 hours 40 minutes

As development and subsequent habitat destruction accelerate, there are increasing pressures on wildlife populations. But there is an important and simple step toward reversing this alarming trend: Everyone with access to a patch of earth can make a significant contribution toward sustaining biodiversity. There is an unbreakable link between... Read more

The Wonder Boy

Luka Doncic and the Curse of Greatness

By: Tim MacMahon
Narrated by: Tim MacMahon & Charles Constant
Length: 11 hours 30 minutes

ESPN’s Tim MacMahon goes behind the scenes of Luka Dončić’s years with the Dallas Mavericks—before his trade to the Lakers stunned the basketball world—telling the story of a franchise’s quest to build a championship team around a prodigy.

In 2018, the Dallas Mavericks landed the most hyped prospect in basketball history—teenaged Luka Doncic.... Read more

Better Faster Farther

How Running Changed Everything We Know About Women

By: Maggie Mertens
Narrated by: Maggie Mertens & Lauren Fleshman
Length: 9 hours 24 minutes

“From foot-binding to corsets, patriarchal societies have found ways to immobilize women, but now, marathoners and Olympians are proving that women can run like the wind!” —GLORIA STEINEM

"A look behind the curtain that all women who love running and sport should read.” —KARA GOUCHER, Olympic runner and New York Times-bestselling author of The... Read more

Hell in Boots

Clawing My Way Through Nine Lives

By: Saraya-Jade Bevis
Narrated by: Saraya-Jade Bevis
Length: 7 hours 30 minutes

**NATIONAL BESTSELLER**

An eye-opening memoir of family drama, stardom, despair, and resilience from the wildly popular wrestling superstar.

Saraya-Jade Bevis, formerly WWE’s Paige, is one of the biggest names in the wrestling world. She is the youngest two-time WWE Divas Champion and was inaugural NXT’s Women Champion. She ranked first in Pro... Read more

Bravey

Chasing Dreams, Befriending Pain, and Other Big Ideas

By: Alexi Pappas
Narrated by: Alexi Pappas & Maya Rudolph
Length: 9 hours 16 minutes

The Olympic runner, actress, filmmaker and writer Alexi Pappas shares what she’s learned about confidence, self-reliance, mental health, embracing pain, and achieving your dreams.

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY REAL SIMPLE • “Heartbreaking and hilarious.”—Mindy Kaling • “A beautiful read.”—Ruth Reichl • “Essential guidance to anyone... Read more

Why We Love Baseball

A History in 50 Moments

By: Joe Posnanski
Narrated by: Joe Posnanski & Ellen Adair
Length: 11 hours 52 minutes

NEW YORK TIMES bestseller

Winner of the CASEY Award for Best Baseball Book of the Year

National Sports Media Association Sports Book of the Year 

An NPR "Book of the Day"

#1 New York Times bestselling author Joe Posnanski is back with a masterful ode to the game: a countdown of 50 of the most memorable moments in baseball’s history, to make you fall... Read more

Northbound

Four seasons of solitude on Te Araroa

By: Naomi Arnold
Narrated by: Naomi Arnold
Length: 7 hours 21 minutes

Alone in the wilderness
Award-winning journalist Naomi Arnold spends nearly nine months walking the length of New Zealand on Te Araroa, fulfilling a 20-year dream. On her own, she traverses mountains, rivers, cities and plains from summer to spring, walking on through days of thick mud, blazing sun and lightning storms, and into cold, starlit... Read more

MOX

By: Jon Moxley
Narrated by: Jon Moxley
Length: 9 hours 5 minutes

A vivid trip through the mind of the top professional wrestler in the business—a nobody from nowhere who achieved his ambitions and walked away with the gold and the girl of his dreams.



Ride alongside Jon Moxley as he retraces some of the highways traveled on his remarkable journey. Revel in the never-before-told stories about his early life in... Read more

The New York Game

Baseball and the Rise of a New City

By: Kevin Baker
Narrated by: L.J. Ganser
Length: 19 hours 58 minutes

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • Sports Illustrated #1 Book of 2024 • A hugely entertaining history of baseball and New York City, bursting with larger-than-life figures and fascinating stories from the game’s beginnings to the end of World War II.

"You’re going to beg for extra innings. Without missing a scandal or a sensation, with an eye on how... Read more

Becoming Supernatural: How Common People Are Doing The Uncommon

By: Dr. Joe Dispenza
Narrated by: Adam Boyce
Length: 14 hours 6 minutes

The author of the New York Times bestseller You Are the Placebo, as well as Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself and Evolve Your Brain, draws on research conducted at his advanced workshops since 2012 to explore how common people are doing the uncommon to transform themselves and their lives. Becoming Supernatural marries the some of the most... Read more

Becky Lynch: The Man

Not Your Average Average Girl

By: Rebecca Quin
Narrated by: Rebecca Quin
Length: 9 hours 58 minutes

A New York Times bestseller! This “infectious and contagious” (“Stone Cold” Steve Austin) memoir from WWE superstar Rebecca Quin—a.k.a. The Man, a.k.a. Becky Lynch—delves into her earliest wrestling days, her scrappy beginnings, and her meteoric rise to fame.

Raised in Dublin, Ireland, in a devoutly Catholic family, Rebecca Quin constantly... Read more

Touching The Void

By: Joe Simpson
Narrated by: Andrew Wincott & Daniel Weyman
Length: 6 hours 52 minutes

Joe Simpson, with just his partner Simon Yates, tackled the unclimbed West Face of the remote 21,000 foot Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes in June 1995. But before they reached the summit, disaster struck. A few days later, Simon staggered into Base Camp, exhausted and frostbitten, to tell their non-climbing companion that Joe was dead. For... Read more

The Last Manager

How Earl Weaver Tricked, Tormented, and Reinvented Baseball

By: John W. Miller
Narrated by: Johnny Heller
Length: 8 hours 44 minutes

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

“Baseball books don’t get any better than this...Earl Weaver has at last been given his due.” —George F. Will

“Vivid...Most sports books are pop flies to the infield. Miller’s is a screaming triple into the left field corner.” —Dwight Garner, The New York Times

The first major biography of legendary Baltimore Orioles... Read more

A Wilder Way

How Gardens Grow Us

By: Poppy Okotcha
Narrated by: Poppy Okotcha
Length: 9 hours 2 minutes

Bloomsbury presents A Wilder Way, written and read by Poppy Okotcha.

'A wise, passionate, heartfelt book. An invaluable resource for those seeking greater attunement with the year's cycles' - Katherine May

'I learnt so much, about the alchemy of the living world and the possibilities of relationship. I finished the book newly awestruck by planet... Read more

Golf Is Not A Game Of Perfect - Abridged

By: Bob Rotella
Narrated by: Bob Rotella
Length: 1 hour 32 minutes

Filled with insightful stories about golf, Dr. Bob Rotella’s delightful book will improve the game of even the most casual weekend player.

Dr. Bob Rotella is one of the hottest performance consultants in America today. Among his many professional clients are Nick Price (last year's Player of the Year), Tom Kite, Davis Love III, Pat Bradley, Brad... Read more

Running to the Edge

A Band of Misfits and the Guru Who Unlocked the Secrets of Speed

By: Matthew Futterman
Narrated by: René Ruiz
Length: 11 hours 26 minutes

"Gripping . . . the narrative is smooth and immediate, almost effortless in its detail, if occasionally breathless, like a good fast run . . ." --The New York Times Book Review

Visionary American running coach Bob Larsen assembled a mismatched team of elite California runners . . . the start of his decades-long quest for championships, Olympic... Read more

Crossing the Line

A Fearless Team of Brothers and the Sport That Changed Their Lives Forever

By: Kareem Rosser
Narrated by: Landon Woodson
Length: 6 hours 51 minutes

"Narrator Landon Woodson delivers the story perfectly, bringing out its range of emotions...Woodson offers the right inflections at the right times for the author's words--the emotional swings range from grief at the loss of a loved one to the pride Rosser feels in his accomplishments on the field." -- AudioFile Magazine

An inspiring memoir of... Read more

The Wave

In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks and Giants of the Ocean

By: Susan Casey
Narrated by: Kirsten Potter
Length: 10 hours 25 minutes

From Susan Casey, bestselling author of The Devil’s Teeth, an astonishing book about colossal,  ship-swallowing rogue waves and the surfers who seek them out.

For centuries, mariners have spun tales of gargantuan waves, 100-feet high or taller. Until recently scientists dis­missed these stories—waves that high would seem to violate the laws of... Read more

What Is a Girl Worth?

My Story of Breaking the Silence and Exposing the Truth About Larry Nassar and USA Gymnastics

By: Rachael Denhollander
Narrated by: Rachael Denhollander
Length: 11 hours 11 minutes

Recipient of Sports Illustrated's Inspiration of the Year Award and one of Time's 100 Most Influential People (2018) "Who is going to tell these little girls that what was done to them matters? That they are seen and valued, that they are not alone and they are not unprotected?" Rachael Denhollander's voice was heard around the world when she... Read more

From Punk to Monk

A Memoir

By: Ray Raghunath Cappo & Foreword by Moby
Narrated by: Ray Raghunath Cappo
Length: 11 hours 38 minutes

The heartfelt memoir of Ray Raghunath Cappo, a legendary hardcore punk musician-turned-monk—and pioneer of the straight-edge movement—told with warmth, candor, and humor. Narrated by the author himself.
Ray Cappo was a hardcore punk singer and pioneer of the straight-edge movement living on the Lower East Side of New York City in the ’80s, where... Read more

The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

By: Sri Swami Satchidananda
Narrated by: M.A. Jayashree & Indunil Peiris
Length: 9 hours 28 minutes

Swami Satchidananda's popular translation and commentary of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali now in unabridged audiobook form, with additional features and bonus tracks included in this 9-1/2 hour program. Each sutra chanted in Sanskrit by Dr. M. A. Jayashree, renowned for her flawless pronunciation and classical articulation of the Sanskrit, which... Read more

The Watermen

The Birth of American Swimming and One Young Man's Fight to Capture Olympic Gold

By: Michael Loynd
Narrated by: Will Damron
Length: 12 hours 35 minutes

The feel-good underdog story of the first American swimmer to win Olympic gold, set against the turbulent rebirth of the modern Games, that “bring[s] to life an inspiring figure and illuminate[s] an overlooked chapter in America’s sports history” (The Wall Street Journal)

“Once or twice in a decade, one of these stories . . . like Laura... Read more

Legacy

By: James Kerr
Narrated by: James Kerr
Length: 4 hours 41 minutes

THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION

Champions do extra.
They sweep the sheds.
They follow the spearhead.
They keep a blue head.
They are good ancestors.

In Legacy, best-selling author James Kerr goes deep into the heart of the world's most successful sporting team, the legendary All Blacks of New Zealand, to reveal 15 powerful and practical lessons for... Read more

The Nature of Plants

An Introduction to How Plants Work

By: Craig N. Huegel
Narrated by: Tom Parks
Length: 8 hours 46 minutes

Plants play a critical role in how we experience our environment. They create calming green spaces, provide oxygen for us to breathe, and nourish our senses. In The Nature of Plants, ecologist and nursery owner Craig Huegel demystifies the complex lives of plants and provides listeners with an extensive tour into their workings.



Beginning with... Read more

The Coach’s Guide to Teaching

By: Doug Lemov
Narrated by: Doug Lemov
Length: 12 hours 42 minutes

The mark of a great coach is a constant desire to learn and grow. A hunger to use whatever can make them better.
The best-selling author of Teach Like a Champion and Reading Reconsidered brings his considerable knowledge about the science of classroom teaching to the sports coaching world to create championship caliber coaches on the court and... Read more

Comfort in Darkness

The Invisible Power of Jiu Jitsu

By: Rickson Gracie & Peter Maguire
Narrated by: Fred Sanders
Length: 5 hours 3 minutes

A masterwork about the art of combat and the invisible powers within us all from Rickson Gracie, the world’s greatest Jiu Jitsu fighter and New York Times bestselling author of Breathe A mythic figure in fighting and a legendary member of the “first family of martial arts,” Rickson Gracie is considered the godfather of what we recognize today as... Read more