Audio Nonfiction
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STRIPPED DOWN
🖋️ Bunnie Xo
🏢 Dey Street
The host of the “Dumb Blonde Podcast” shares how redemption was an important part of her journey toward reaching her goals. Read by the author. 8 hours, 25 minutes unabridged.
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NOBODY'S GIRL
🖋️ Virginia Roberts Giuffre
🏢 Random House Audio
The late activist and advocate for sex-trafficking survivors describes her time with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. Read by Thérèse Plummer and Gabra Zackman. 13 hours, 40 minutes unabridged.
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STRANGERS
🖋️ Belle Burden
🏢 Random House Audio
Burden retraces her marriage of 20 years in search of clues to help shape her understanding about its demise and to find a way forward. Read by the author. 7 hours, 4 minutes unabridged.
04
THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE
🖋️ Bessel van der Kolk
🏢 Penguin Audio
How trauma affects the body and mind, and innovative treatments for recovery. Read by Sean Pratt. 16 hours, 17 minutes unabridged.
05
A WORLD APPEARS
🖋️ Michael Pollan
🏢 Penguin Audio
The author of “This Is Your Mind on Plants” explores several perspectives on consciousness. Read by the author. 8 hours, 47 minutes unabridged.
06
THE ANXIOUS GENERATION
🖋️ Jonathan Haidt
🏢 Penguin Audio
A look at the mental health impacts that a phone-based life has on children. Read by Sean Pratt and the author. 10 hours, 33 minutes unabridged.
07
BLACK AF HISTORY
🖋️ Michael Harriot
🏢 HarperAudio
A columnist at TheGrio.com articulates moments in American history that center the perspectives and experiences of Black Americans. Read by the author. 15 hours, 42 minutes unabridged.
08
1929
🖋️ Andrew Ross Sorkin
🏢 Penguin Audio
The New York Times journalist and CNBC host looks at the fight between Washington and Wall Street that fueled a historic crash of the stock market. Read by the author. 13 hours, 31 minutes unabridged.
09
YOU BETTER BELIEVE I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT IT
🖋️ Lisa Rinna
🏢 Dey Street
The reality TV and soap opera star shares stories from her life and career. Read by the author. 6 hours, 50 minutes unabridged.
10
A HYMN TO LIFE
🖋️ Gisèle Pelicot with Judith Perrignon
🏢 Penguin Audio
Pelicot recounts her legal fight against her husband and dozens of men on the grounds of sexual assault; translated by Natasha Lehrer and Ruth Diver. Read by Emma Thompson. 7 hours, 24 minutes unabridged.
11
MANUFACTURING DELUSION
🖋️ Buck Sexton
🏢 Penguin Audio
A conservative radio host and former C.I.A. analyst argues that mass delusion has begun to take hold in America. Read by the author. 5 hours, 44 minutes unabridged.
12
I'M GLAD MY MOM DIED
🖋️ Jennette McCurdy
🏢 Simon & Schuster Audio
The actress and filmmaker describes her eating disorders and difficult relationship with her mother. Read by the author. 6 hours, 25 minutes unabridged.
13
EXTREME OWNERSHIP
🖋️ Jocko Willink and Leif Babin
🏢 Macmillan Audio
Applying the principles of Navy SEALs leadership training to any organization. Read by the authors. 8 hours, 15 minutes unabridged.
14
GREENLIGHTS
🖋️ Matthew McConaughey
🏢 Random House Audio
The Academy Award-winning actor shares snippets from the diaries he kept over 35 years. Read by the author. 6 hours, 42 minutes unabridged.
15
EVERYTHING IS TUBERCULOSIS
🖋️ John Green
🏢 Listening Library
The author of “The Anthropocene Reviewed” chronicles the fight against the deadly infectious disease tuberculosis. Read by the author. 5 hours, 36 minutes unabridged.