AkooBooks Audio: 10 Exercise Books to Read While you Workout
10 Audiobooks You Should Read While You Exercise, list compiled by Kelly McGonigal, Read it Forward
The Pursuit of Endurance
Harnessing the Record-Breaking Power of Strength and Resilience
By Jennifer Pharr Davis
Narrated by Jennifer Pharr Davis / 11 hours 38 minutes
National Geographic Adventurer of the Year Jennifer Pharr Davis unlocks the secret to maximizing perseverance--on and off the trail
Jennifer Pharr Davis, a record holder of the FKT (fastest known time) on the Appalachian Trail, reveals the secrets and habits behind endurance as she chronicles her incredible accomplishments in the world of... Read more »
Everything Is Figureoutable
By Marie Forleo
Narrated by Marie Forleo / 7 hours 54 minutes
INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
"This book will change lives."
--Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love
From the host of the award-winning MarieTV and The Marie Forleo Podcast, an indispensable handbook for becoming the creative force of your own life.
While most self-help books offer quick fixes, Everything is Figureoutable will retrain... Read more »
I Really Needed This Today
Words to Live By
By Hoda Kotb & Jane Lorenzini
Narrated by Hoda Kotb / 4 hours 26 minutes
AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
From New York Times bestselling author and beloved Today show co-host Hoda Kotb comes an inspiring collection of quotes--drawn from her own personal favorites featured on her enormously popular Instagram account--that offer wisdom, courage, and hope.
Several years ago, Today show co-host Hoda Kotb began... Read more »
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Almost Everything
Notes on Hope
By Anne Lamott
Narrated by Anne Lamott / 3 hours 39 minutes
Almost Everything
“How does she do it? How does Anne Lamott capture the tension of mystery and truth in a way that makes you want to follow her anywhere and believe everything? If you opened this book to any random page you’d find something you’d feel compelled to read aloud to the stranger at the next table. Her familiar writing style spreads a blanket in the sun, lays out trinkets for you to consider, then gathers up the corners, ties it to a stick, sets it on your shoulder, and nudges you to walk on with hope.”
Jenny, Bookshop Santa Cruz
The Poetry Remedy
Prescriptions for the Heart, Mind, and Soul
By William Sieghart
Narrated by William Sieghart / 4 hours 12 minutes
The US edition of the bestselling The Poetry Pharmacy
A beautiful collection of curated poems each individually selected to provide hope, comfort, and inspiration—for all of life's most difficult moments
Sometimes only a poem will do. These poetic prescriptions and wise words of advice are tailored to those moments in life when we need them... Read more »
The Joy of Movement
How exercise helps us find happiness, hope, connection, and courage
By Kelly McGonigal
Narrated by Kelly McGonigal / 7 hours 52 minutes
The bestselling author of The Willpower Instinct introduces a surprising science-based book that doesn't tell us why we should exercise but instead shows us how to fall in love with movement.
Exercise is health-enhancing and life-extending, yet many of us feel it's a chore. But as Kelly McGonigal reveals, it doesn't have to be. Movement can and... Read more »
Unashamed
Musings of a Fat, Black Muslim
By Leah Vernon
Narrated by Sisi Aisha Johnson / 7 hours 42 minutes
A searingly honest memoir of one young woman’s journey toward self-acceptance as she comes to see her body as a symbol of rebellion and hope and chooses to live her life unapologetically.
Ever since she was little, Leah Vernon was told what to believe and how to act. There wasn’t any room for imperfection. Good Muslim girls listened more than... Read more »
26 Marathons
What I Learned About Faith, Identity, Running, and Life from My Marathon Career
By Meb Keflezighi & Scott Douglas
Narrated by Holter Graham / 6 hours 49 minutes
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A world-class runner and four-time Olympian shares the life lessons he’s learned from each of the twenty-six marathons he’s run in his storied career.
“An athlete whose wisdom and lessons aren’t just for runners.”—The Washington Post
When Meb Keflezighi—the first person in history to win both the Boston and New York... Read more »