In Celebration of International Women's Day

They Called Me a Lioness

A Palestinian Girl's Fight for Freedom

By: Ahed Tamimi & Dena Takruri
Narrated by: Dena Takruri
Length: 8 hours 11 minutes

A Palestinian activist jailed at sixteen after a confrontation with Israeli soldiers illuminates the daily struggles of life under occupation in this moving, deeply personal memoir.

“I cannot even begin to convey the clarity, the intensity, the power, the photographic storytelling of They Called Me a Lioness.”—Ibram X. Kendi, internationally... Read more

Looking for Palestine

Growing Up Confused in an Arab-American Family

By: Najla Said
Narrated by: Najla Said
Length: 6 hours 5 minutes

A frank and entertaining memoir, from the daughter of Edward Said, about growing up second-generation Arab American and struggling with that identity.

The daughter of a prominent Palestinian father and a sophisticated Lebanese mother, Najla Said grew up in New York City, confused and conflicted about her cultural background and identity. Said... Read more

I'm Glad My Mom Died

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

“This is such a heavy and wonderful story. A rollercoaster of emotions with a light at the end of a very long and windy tunnel. Jennette McCurdy is such a strong woman, and even without knowing her personally, her story has made me so proud of who she has become and how far she has gotten. Very personal stories that are quite tragic, to super... Read more

The Sisterhood

The Secret History of Women at the CIA

By: Liza Mundy
Narrated by: Liza Mundy
Length: 17 hours 59 minutes

“Very well researched account of being a woman in the CIA. A microcosm of society at large, it was very interesting to learn about the experiences of women working for our country. Read more

The Dressmakers of Auschwitz

The True Story of the Women Who Sewed to Survive

By: Lucy Adlington
Narrated by: Lucy Adlington
Length: 12 hours

A powerful chronicle of the women who used their sewing skills to survive the Holocaust, stitching beautiful clothes at an extraordinary fashion workshop created within one of the most notorious WWII death camps. 
At the height of the Holocaust twenty-five young inmates of the infamous Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp—mainly Jewish women and... Read more

Hood Feminism

Notes from the Women that a Movement Forgot

By: Mikki Kendall
Narrated by: Mikki Kendall
Length: 6 hours 57 minutes

“Hood Feminism touches on many subjects that mainstream feminists may not think of as feminist issues. Issues like food and housing insecurity, parenting, and disability rights, among others. Mikki Kendall calls out mainstream feminism as existing only for the advancement of white women, to the detriment of women of color. Some of my biggest... Read more

Witchcraft

A History in Thirteen Trials

By: Marion Gibson
Narrated by: Rose Akroyd
Length: 11 hours 2 minutes

“Gibson insightfully illuminates the social construct of the “witch” across several centuries. While ideas about magic have long abounded—and concern humans’ relationship with the surrounding world—the “witch” has more to do with control. Some of these trials are what you’d expect, but Gibson smartly expounds upon much lesser known incidents as... Read more

The Six

The Untold Story of America's First Women Astronauts

By: Loren Grush
Narrated by: Inés del Castillo
Length: 11 hours 41 minutes

“This book was like a mini-biography of each of America's first six women astronauts. It was really uplifting to read about their professional successes especially at a time where women were not seen as equals to men in a scientific realm. A great addition to the library of anyone wanting to familiarize themselves with six heroic and courageous... Read more

Notorious RBG

The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

By: Irin Carmon & Shana Knizhnik
Narrated by: Andi Arndt
Length: 5 hours 9 minutes

New York Times BestsellerFeatured in the critically acclaimed documentary RBG""It was beyond my wildest imagination that I would one day become the 'Notorious RBG."" — Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 2019She was a fierce dissenter with a serious collar game. A legendary, self-described “flaming feminist litigator” who made the world more equal. And an... Read more

Sure, I'll Join Your Cult

A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere

By: Maria Bamford
Narrated by: Maria Bamford
Length: 7 hours 40 minutes

“I laughed, cried, questioned my entire life, laughed again, gasped, realized I needed therapy, cried again (unrelated), and related hard to so much of Maria's experiences that I began to question my reality. 11/10 will read again Read more

Connie

A Memoir

By: Connie Chung
Narrated by: Connie Chung
Length: 11 hours 35 minutes

In a sharp, witty, and definitive memoir like no other, iconic trailblazer and legendary journalist Connie Chung delves into her storied career as the first Asian woman to break into an overwhelmingly white, male-dominated television news industry.
 
Connie Chung is a pioneer. In 1969 at the age of 23, this once-shy daughter of Chinese parents... Read more

Cactus Country

A Boyhood Memoir

By: Zoë Bossiere
Narrated by: Zoë Bossiere
Length: 8 hours 41 minutes

A STRIKING MEMOIR OF GENDERFLUIDITY, CLASS, AND THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST

Newly arrived in the Sonoran Desert, eleven-year-old Zoë enters a world of giant beetles, thundering javelinas, and gnarled palo verde trees. In Cactus Country RV Park, Zoë has been given a fresh start and a new, shorter haircut. Although Zoë doesn’t have the words to express... Read more

Rebel Girl

My Life as a Feminist Punk

By: Kathleen Hanna
Narrated by: Kathleen Hanna
Length: 9 hours 46 minutes

An electric, searing memoir by the original rebel girl and legendary front woman of Bikini Kill and Le Tigre.Hey girlfriend I got a proposition goes something like this: Dare ya to do what you want Kathleen Hanna’s band Bikini Kill embodied the punk scene of the 90s, and today her personal yet feminist lyrics on anthems like “Rebel Girl” and... Read more

Coming Home

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

“This was an amazing story about an amazing woman, by an amazing person. Brittney Griner tells the story of her false incarceration by Russia, with grace and dignity. It's clear she was so scared when she was first detained and that fear never went away, even once she came home. At the end of the book, Brittney reminds readers that there are... Read more

Red Paint

The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk

By: Sasha LaPointe
Narrated by: Sasha LaPointe
Length: 4 hours 42 minutes

“This memoir is narrated by the author Sasha taqʷšəblu LaPointe. It was especially powerful hearing her read the poem at the beginning in Lushootseed. She's had a hard life and I'm honored she’s shared some of her life experiences with us in this way. Read more

The Soul of an Octopus

A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness

By: Sy Montgomery
Length: 9 hours 10 minutes

In this astonishing book from the author of the best selling memoir The Good Good Pig, Sy Montgomery explores the emotional and physical world of the octopus—a surprisingly complex, intelligent, and spirited creature—and the remarkable connections it makes with humans. Read more

I Am Malala

The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban

By: Malala Yousafzai
Narrated by: Archie Panjabi
Length: 9 hours 54 minutes

“Malala is so well read in this book. It’s important to see this book as an example of culture/society taking a dramatic shift. It’s always dynamic and anything can happen. It’s important to speak out for any injustice and not what only pertains to one’s self - there may not be anyone to speak for you if you sit back and watch everyone else go... Read more

How Far the Light Reaches

A Life in Ten Sea Creatures

By: Sabrina Imbler
Narrated by: Sabrina Imbler
Length: 5 hours 40 minutes

“How Far the Light Reaches by Sabrina Imbler is badass. I never thought I'd walk away from a collection of essays about weird sea creatures with a more crystal-clear understanding of my own gender identity than I have had in years—but curious readers live to be surprised! In winding personal essay with science writing, Imbler gifts the reader... Read more

Alien Earths

The New Science of Planet Hunting in the Cosmos

By: Dr. Lisa Kaltenegger
Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell & Dr. Lisa Kaltenegger
Length: 8 hours 31 minutes

This program features an introduction and epilogue read by the author.

"In the grand tradition of Carl Sagan and Neil deGrasse Tyson, we now have a new tour guide to the cosmos."―Charles Cockell, Professor of Astrobiology, University of Edinburgh

"Absorbing, informative, and entertaining."―Kirkus (Starred Review)

“[Dr. Lisa] Kaltenegger's... Read more

Funeral for Flaca

Essays

By: Emilly G. Prado
Narrated by: Emilly G. Prado
Length: 5 hours 35 minutes

Funeral for Flaca is an exploration of things lost and found—love, identity, family—and the traumas that transcend bodies, borders, cultures, and generations.Emilly Prado retraces her experience coming of age as a prep-turned-chola-turned-punk in this collection that is one-part memoir-in-essays, and one-part playlist, zigzagging across genres... Read more