Beautiful Country
A Memoir
By Qian Julie Wang
Narrated by: Qian Julie Wang
Length: 9 hours 38 minutes
Beautiful Country
“In this brutally honest coming-of-age memoir, Qian Julie Wang comes to terms with the deprivations and struggles of her undocumented Chinese upbringing in New York City in the 1990s.”
Kayleen Rohrer, InkLink Books
Fox & I
An Uncommon Friendship
By Catherine Raven
Narrated by: Stacey Glemboski
Length: 10 hours 22 minutes
"Mysterious and magical."
―Wall Street Journal
“[A] book everyone will be talking about… [A] real-life friendship that mirrors the one between Saint-Exupéry’s Little Prince and his fox, full of tenderness and understanding."
―The New York Times
“Entrancing…. Raven’s gorgeous account of her bond with a fox while living in a remote cabin... Read more »
Bring Your Baggage and Don't Pack Light
Essays
By Helen Ellis
Narrated by: Helen Ellis
Length: 2 hours 49 minutes
Bring Your Baggage and Don't Pack Light
“Helen is back with delightful stories full of heart, wit, and laugh-out-loud moments that make you feel like you are part of her inner circle. As delightful as a tall glass of Southern sweet tea.”
Mary, Skylark Bookshop
Here for It
Or, How to Save Your Soul in America; Essays
By R. Eric Thomas
Narrated by: R. Eric Thomas
Length: 7 hours 34 minutes
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Read with Jenna Book Club Pick as Featured on Today • From the creator of Elle’s “Eric Reads the News,” a heartfelt and hilarious memoir-in-essays about growing up seeing the world differently, finding unexpected hope, and experiencing every awkward, extraordinary stumble along the way.
“Pop culture–obsessed, Sedaris-level... Read more »
Unbound
My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Me Too Movement
By Tarana Burke
Narrated by: Tarana Burke
Length: 7 hours 9 minutes
"Tarana Burke, I just finished Unbound. Searing. Powerful. Needed!! Thank you." —Oprah
“Sometimes a single story can change the world. Unbound is one of those stories. Tarana’s words are a testimony to liberation and love.” —Brené Brown
One of BookPage's 10 Best Audiobooks of 2021
This program is read by the author.
From the founder and activist...
The Best of Me
By David Sedaris
Narrated by: David Sedaris
Length: 13 hours 8 minutes
The Best of Me
“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 observational eye and told with his unique & irreverent voice. The Best of Me is perfect for both long-time fans or those reading Sedaris for the first time and the audio read by the author means no nuance is left behind.”
Jessica, Literally Speaking
Crying in H Mart
A Memoir
By Michelle Zauner
Narrated by: Michelle Zauner
Length: 7 hours 22 minutes
Crying in H Mart
“I was struck by just how much I loved this book for how it walks through grief not as a way to leave it behind, but as a way to remember its exact shape. I’m grateful for its funny, self-deprecating, and wise observations, and for its difficult beauty.”
Steve Haruch, Parnassus Books
How Y'all Doing?
Misadventures and Mischief from a Life Well Lived
By Leslie Jordan
Narrated by: Leslie Jordan
Length: 4 hours 14 minutes
New York Times and USA Today Bestseller
Audie Award Winner, Humor
Viral sensation and Emmy Award-winner Leslie Jordan regales fans with entertaining stories about the odd, funny, and unforgettable events in his life in this unmissable essay collection that echoes his droll, irreverent voice.
When actor Leslie Jordan learned he had “gone viral,” he...
Read more »Fairest
A Memoir
By Meredith Talusan
Narrated by: Meredith Talusan
Length: 8 hours 46 minutes
Finalist for the 2021 Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Nonfiction
"Talusan sails past the conventions of trans and immigrant memoirs." --The New York Times Book Review
"A ball of light hurled into the dark undertow of migration and survival." --Ocean Vuong, author of On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
A love story with the heart of Austen... Read more »
Dear Girls
Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets & Advice for Living Your Best Life
By Ali Wong
Narrated by: Ali Wong & Justin Hakuta
Length: 6 hours 20 minutes
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Ali Wong’s heartfelt and hilarious letters to her daughters (the two she put to work while they were still in utero) cover everything they need to know in life, like the unpleasant details of dating, how to be a working mom in a male-dominated profession, and how she trapped their dad.
“Knife-sharp . . . a genuine... Read more »
A Very Punchable Face
A Memoir
By Colin Jost
Narrated by: Colin Jost
Length: 7 hours 40 minutes
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In these hilarious essays, the Saturday Night Live head writer and Weekend Update co-anchor learns how to take a beating.
“I always wanted to punch his face before I read this book. Now I just want to kick him in the balls.”—Larry David
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Cosmopolitan • Vulture • Parade
If there’s... Read more »
My Broken Language
A Memoir
By Quiara Alegría Hudes
Narrated by: Quiara Alegría Hudes
Length: 10 hours 44 minutes
GOOD MORNING AMERICA BUZZ PICK • The Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright and co-writer of In the Heights tells her lyrical story of coming of age against the backdrop of an ailing Philadelphia barrio, with her sprawling Puerto Rican family as a collective muse.
“Quiara Alegría Hudes is in her own league. Her sentences will take your breath away.... Read more »
Shrill
Notes from a Loud Woman
By Lindy West
Narrated by: Lindy West
Length: 6 hours 9 minutes
Shrill is an uproarious memoir, a feminist rallying cry in a world that thinks gender politics are tedious and that women, especially feminists, can't be funny.
Coming of age in a culture that demands women be as small, quiet, and compliant as possible -- like a porcelain dove that will also have sex with you -- writer and humoristLindy West... Read more »
We're Going to Need More Wine
Stories That Are Funny, Complicated, and True
By Gabrielle Union
Narrated by: Gabrielle Union
Length: 7 hours 48 minutes
We're Going to Need More Wine
“Gabrielle Union is smart, funny, articulate and honest. She's also an excellent reader.I loved hearing her takes on growing up in a mostly white town, her experiences in Hollywood, about being in the room where it happens (or not, as the case may be). And, about owning her faults. I would love to sit down and have a glass of wine (or two) with her.”
Audrey, Belmont Books
Educated
A Memoir
By Tara Westover
Narrated by: Julia Whelan
Length: 12 hours 9 minutes
Educated
“I loved this book! Tara Westover's memoir is the kind that sounds like it should be a novel—and this book reads like one in the best way—and I think I found myself gasping and covering my mouth about once per chapter. Westover describes her upbringing in a fundamentalist Mormon, survivalist, anti-government, anti-medicine family, enduring neglect and abuse and never attending school, in a way that still somehow manages to make her family members seem sympathetic despite their actions. She is honest about her early beliefs and conflicts and addresses her own lapses in memory throughout the book, and when she finally leaves home to go to college and beyond, you can't help but cheer for her. Julia Whelan does a fantastic job narrating the book, as well, giving each character a distinct personality, but in a way that isn't distracting to the story being told. Her voice is alternately innocent and chilling and gives an added depth to a fascinating story.”
Elissa, Bank Square Books
In the Dream House
A Memoir
By Carmen Maria Machado
Narrated by: Carmen Maria Machado
Length: 5 hours 28 minutes
In the Dream House
“Raw. Powerful. Emotive. In the Dream House demands your attention as Machado digs deep into the darkness and comes out shining. In decisive, yet incredibly lyrical prose, she pulls apart the complexities of abuse in queer relationships, chronicling the ups and downs and outs of her own experience, unfortunately shared by so many others. Broken into easily digestible vignettes, In the Dream House screams no for those who aren't seen, aren't believed, and claws at the silence of generations. A beautiful, haunting, undeniably important piece of literature that refuses to be silenced.”
Britt, Second Star to the Right
Aftershocks
By Nadia Owusu
Narrated by: Nadia Owusu
Length: 8 hours 32 minutes
In the tradition of The Glass Castle, this “gorgeous” (The New York Times, Editors’ Choice) and deeply felt memoir from Whiting Award winner Nadia Owusu tells the “incredible story” (Malala Yousafzai) about the push and pull of belonging, the seismic emotional toll of family secrets, and the heart it takes to pull through.
“In Aftershocks, Nadia... Read more »
We Have Always Been Here
A Queer Muslim Memoir
By Samra Habib
Narrated by: Parmida Vand
Length: 5 hours 14 minutes
CANADA READS 2020 WINNER
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2020 EDNA STAEBLER AWARD FOR CREATIVE NON-FICTION
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
2020 LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD WINNER
ONE OF BOOK RIOT'S 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL QUEER BOOKS OF ALL TIME
How do you find yourself when the world tells you that you don't exist?
Samra Habib has spent most of their life searching for the safety to... Read more »
Unprotected
A Memoir
By Billy Porter
Narrated by: Billy Porter
Length: 12 hours 22 minutes
“This is not a coming-out story. It’s not a down-low story either. I never could have passed for straight, even if I’d wanted to, and so I never had the dubious luxury of living a lie.” From the incomparable Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award winner, a powerful and revealing autobiography about race, sexuality, art, and healing It’s easy to be... Read more »
Maid
Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive
By Stephanie Land
Narrated by: Stephanie Land
Length: 8 hours 34 minutes
Maid
“Stephanie Land’s Maid is a must-read of the highest order, a memoir of a single mother struggling to survive while performing the household labor that many of us take for granted. While at once deeply personal — you’ll fall hard for Stephanie and her daughter, Mia — it is also essential social commentary about how we treat the myriad domestic laborers who toil in our homes, oftentimes unseen and unappreciated. Read it alongside Nickel and Dimed or Evicted for a stunning, unforgettable look at American poverty and determination.”
Emilie Sommer, East City Bookshop