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Mark Twain’s Letters from Hawaii

by Mark Twain ...

Narrated by McAvoy Layne ...

Unabridged

3 hours 8 min

The Huck Finn of foreign correspondents provides a colorful account of old Honolulu, the island nobility, the City of Refuge on the Kona coast, and the active volcano of Kilauea. These selections of Mark Twain's newspaper dispatches are both charming and informative. The light touch of the great humorist is seldom missing as he reveals the "loveliest fleet of islands that lie anchored in any ocean ... Read more

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The Huck Finn of foreign correspondents provides a colorful account of old Honolulu, the island nobility, the City of Refuge on the Kona coast, and the active volcano of Kilauea. These selections of Mark Twain's newspaper dispatches are both charming and informative. The light touch of the great humorist is seldom missing as he reveals the "loveliest fleet of islands that lie anchored in any ocean
... Read more
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How to Lose Your Mother

A Daughter's Memoir

by Molly Jong-Fast ...

Narrated by Molly Jong-Fast ...

Unabridged

6 hours 55 min

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER · A Washington Post Notable Nonfiction Book of 2025“With propulsive humor and perspective on her annus horribilis, Jong-Fast achieves the memoir’s transformative work of alchemy, arming us all with lines so good you won’t just want to underline them, you will want to cut them out to share.” —The Washington Post“This raw, intimate memoir is a stunning portrait of ... Read more

$20.00 USD

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER · A Washington Post Notable Nonfiction Book of 2025“With propulsive humor and perspective on her annus horribilis, Jong-Fast achieves the memoir’s transformative work of alchemy, arming us all with lines so good you won’t just want to underline them, you will want to cut them out to share.” —The Washington Post“This raw, intimate memoir is a stunning portrait of
... Read more
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A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again

Essays and Arguments

by David Foster Wallace ...

Narrated by Paul Garcia ...

Unabridged

17 hours 46 min

These widely acclaimed essays from the besteselling author of Infinite Jest — on television, tennis, cruise ships, and more — established David Foster Wallace as one of the preeminent essayists of his generation.In this exuberantly praised book — a collection of seven pieces on subjects ranging from television to tennis, from the Illinois State Fair to the films of David Lynch, from postmodern ... Read more

$38.99 USD

These widely acclaimed essays from the besteselling author of Infinite Jest — on television, tennis, cruise ships, and more — established David Foster Wallace as one of the preeminent essayists of his generation.In this exuberantly praised book — a collection of seven pieces on subjects ranging from television to tennis, from the Illinois State Fair to the films of David Lynch, from postmodern
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La librera de Tokio

El año en que me encontré con setenta desconocidos y les recomendé los libros que cambiarían sus vidas

by Nanako Hanada ...

Narrated by Aneta Fernández ...

Unabridged

4 hours 56 min

LA LIBRERA DE TOKIO ES UNA HISTORIA DE AMOR, UNA HISTORIA DE AMOR POR LOS LIBROS.La vida de Nanako Hanada no solo se ha estancado, sino que ha tocado fondo... Recientemente separada de su marido, vive entre albergues cápsula y cibercafés de mala muerte. Su trabajo va igual de mal: las ventas en la excéntrica librería Village Vanguard de Tokio, que Nanako regenta, son cada vez menores. Desenamorada ... Read more

$8.95 USD

LA LIBRERA DE TOKIO ES UNA HISTORIA DE AMOR, UNA HISTORIA DE AMOR POR LOS LIBROS.La vida de Nanako Hanada no solo se ha estancado, sino que ha tocado fondo... Recientemente separada de su marido, vive entre albergues cápsula y cibercafés de mala muerte. Su trabajo va igual de mal: las ventas en la excéntrica librería Village Vanguard de Tokio, que Nanako regenta, son cada vez menores. Desenamorada
... Read more
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The Real Osamu Dazai

A Life in Twenty Stories

by Osamu Dazai ...

Narrated by Craig Abbott ...

Unabridged

12 hours 10 min

Discover the many faces of Japan's most enigmatic literary icon in this powerful collection of short stories.The Real Osamu Dazai features twenty unforgettable tales—some autobiographical, others fictional—that chart the inner life of one of modern Japan's most brilliant and tormented writers. From darkly comic meditations on fashion and identity to heartrending accounts of childhood, love, and ... Read more

$16.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Discover the many faces of Japan's most enigmatic literary icon in this powerful collection of short stories.The Real Osamu Dazai features twenty unforgettable tales—some autobiographical, others fictional—that chart the inner life of one of modern Japan's most brilliant and tormented writers. From darkly comic meditations on fashion and identity to heartrending accounts of childhood, love, and
... Read more
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What Remains

A Memoir of Fate, Friendship, and Love

by Carole Radziwill ...

Narrated by Carole Radziwill ...

Abridged

5 hours 56 min

A stunning, tragic memoir about John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy**, and his cousin Anthony Radziwill, by Radziwill’s widow.**What Remains is a vivid and haunting memoir about a girl from a working-class town who becomes an award-winning television producer and marries a prince, Anthony Radziwill. Carole grew up in a small suburb with a large, eccentric cast of characters. At ... Read more

$19.99 USD

A stunning, tragic memoir about John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy**, and his cousin Anthony Radziwill, by Radziwill’s widow.**What Remains is a vivid and haunting memoir about a girl from a working-class town who becomes an award-winning television producer and marries a prince, Anthony Radziwill. Carole grew up in a small suburb with a large, eccentric cast of characters. At
... Read more
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Act One

An Autobiography

by Moss Hart ...

Narrated by Jim Meskimen ...

Unabridged

17 hours 47 min

Moss Hart’s Act One, which Lincoln Center Theater presented in 2014 as a play written and directed by James Lapine, is one of the greatest American memoirs—a glorious memorial to a bygone age filled with all the wonder, drama, and heartbreak that surrounded Broadway in the early twentieth century.Hart’s story inspired a generation of theatergoers, dramatists, and readers everywhere as he ... Read more

$24.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Moss Hart’s Act One, which Lincoln Center Theater presented in 2014 as a play written and directed by James Lapine, is one of the greatest American memoirs—a glorious memorial to a bygone age filled with all the wonder, drama, and heartbreak that surrounded Broadway in the early twentieth century.Hart’s story inspired a generation of theatergoers, dramatists, and readers everywhere as he
... Read more
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Deliberate Cruelty

Truman Capote, the Millionaire's Wife, and the Murder of the Century

by Roseanne Montillo ...

Narrated by Mia Barron ...

Unabridged

8 hours 22 min

This glittering, “wild romp of a story, boldly and beautifully told” (Neal Thompson, author of The First Kennedys) explores the intertwined fates of literary icon Truman Capote and infamous socialite Ann Woodward—featured in the hit TV series Feud: Truman Capote vs. The Swans—sweeping us to the upper echelons of Manhattan’s high society, where falls from grace are all the more shocking.When Ann ... Read more

$24.99 USD

This glittering, “wild romp of a story, boldly and beautifully told” (Neal Thompson, author of The First Kennedys) explores the intertwined fates of literary icon Truman Capote and infamous socialite Ann Woodward—featured in the hit TV series Feud: Truman Capote vs. The Swans—sweeping us to the upper echelons of Manhattan’s high society, where falls from grace are all the more shocking.When Ann
... Read more
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Teacher Man

A Memoir

by Frank McCourt ...

Narrated by Frank McCourt ...

Abridged

5 hours 26 min

Winner of the 2007 Audie Award for Biography/Memoir and Finalist for Narration by the AuthorFrom the Pulitzer Prize–winning, mega-bestselling author of Angela’s Ashes comes a magnificently appealing memoir about teaching and about how one great storyteller found his voice.Frank McCourt became an unlikely star when, at the age of sixty-six, he burst onto the literary scene with Angela's Ashes, the ... Read more

$18.99 USD

Winner of the 2007 Audie Award for Biography/Memoir and Finalist for Narration by the AuthorFrom the Pulitzer Prize–winning, mega-bestselling author of Angela’s Ashes comes a magnificently appealing memoir about teaching and about how one great storyteller found his voice.Frank McCourt became an unlikely star when, at the age of sixty-six, he burst onto the literary scene with Angela's Ashes, the
... Read more
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Defying Hitler

A Memoir

by Sebastian Haffner ...

Narrated by Simon Vance ...

Unabridged

8 hours 19 min

When the famous German author Sebastian Haffner died at age ninety-one in 1999, a manuscript was discovered among his unpublished papers that offers a compelling eyewitness account of the rise of Hitler and Nazism. He describes the country's inflation and the political climate that contributed to Hitler's rise to power and also examines the pervasive influence of such groups as the Free Corps and ... Read more

$16.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

When the famous German author Sebastian Haffner died at age ninety-one in 1999, a manuscript was discovered among his unpublished papers that offers a compelling eyewitness account of the rise of Hitler and Nazism. He describes the country's inflation and the political climate that contributed to Hitler's rise to power and also examines the pervasive influence of such groups as the Free Corps and
... Read more
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Dust Tracks on a Road

An Autobiography

by Zora Neale Hurston ...

Narrated by Bahni Turpin ...

Unabridged

11 hours 22 min

“Warm, witty, imaginative.... This is a rich and winning book.”—The New YorkerDust Tracks on a Road is the bold, poignant, and funny autobiography of novelist, folklorist, and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston, one of American literature’s most compelling and influential authors. Hurston’s powerful novels of the South—including Jonah’s Gourd Vine and, most famously, Their Eyes Were Watching God ... Read more

$28.99 USD

“Warm, witty, imaginative.... This is a rich and winning book.”—The New YorkerDust Tracks on a Road is the bold, poignant, and funny autobiography of novelist, folklorist, and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston, one of American literature’s most compelling and influential authors. Hurston’s powerful novels of the South—including Jonah’s Gourd Vine and, most famously, Their Eyes Were Watching God
... Read more
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Unmask Alice

LSD, Satanic Panic, and the Imposter Behind the World's Most Notorious Diaries

by Rick Emerson ...

Narrated by Gabra Zackman ...

Unabridged

9 hours 50 min

Two teens. Two diaries. Two social panics. One incredible fraud.In 1971, Go Ask Alice reinvented the young adult genre with a blistering portrayal of sex, psychosis, and teenage self-destruction. The supposed diary of a middle-class addict, Go Ask Alice terrified adults and cemented LSD's fearsome reputation, fueling support for the War on Drugs. Five million copies later, Go Ask Alice remains a ... Read more

$26.99 USD

Two teens. Two diaries. Two social panics. One incredible fraud.In 1971, Go Ask Alice reinvented the young adult genre with a blistering portrayal of sex, psychosis, and teenage self-destruction. The supposed diary of a middle-class addict, Go Ask Alice terrified adults and cemented LSD's fearsome reputation, fueling support for the War on Drugs. Five million copies later, Go Ask Alice remains a
... Read more
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The Distance Between Us

A Memoir

by Reyna Grande ...

Narrated by Yareli Arizmendi ...

Unabridged

11 hours 36 min

In this inspirational and unflinchingly honest memoir, acclaimed author Reyna Grande describes her childhood torn between the United States and Mexico, and shines a light on the experiences, fears, and hopes of those who choose to make the harrowing journey across the border.Reyna Grande vividly brings to life her tumultuous early years in this “compelling...unvarnished, resonant” (BookPage) story ... Read more

$26.99 USD

In this inspirational and unflinchingly honest memoir, acclaimed author Reyna Grande describes her childhood torn between the United States and Mexico, and shines a light on the experiences, fears, and hopes of those who choose to make the harrowing journey across the border.Reyna Grande vividly brings to life her tumultuous early years in this “compelling...unvarnished, resonant” (BookPage) story
... Read more
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Dear Leader

Poet, Spy, Escapee--A Look Inside North Korea

by Jang Jin-sung ...

Narrated by Daniel York ...

Unabridged

11 hours 43 min

THE STORY THEY COULDN'T HACK: In this international bestseller, a high-ranking counterintelligence agent describes his life as a former poet laureate to Kim Jong-il and his breathtaking escape to freedom.As North Korea’s State Poet Laureate, Jang Jin-sung led a charmed life. With food provisions (even as the country suffered through its great famine), a travel pass, access to strictly censored ... Read more

$26.99 USD

THE STORY THEY COULDN'T HACK: In this international bestseller, a high-ranking counterintelligence agent describes his life as a former poet laureate to Kim Jong-il and his breathtaking escape to freedom.As North Korea’s State Poet Laureate, Jang Jin-sung led a charmed life. With food provisions (even as the country suffered through its great famine), a travel pass, access to strictly censored
... Read more
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The Glass Castle

A Memoir

by Jeannette Walls ...

Narrated by Jeannette Walls ...

Unabridged

10 hours 25 min

Now a major motion picture from Lionsgate starring Brie Larson, Woody Harrelson, and Naomi Watts. MORE THAN SEVEN YEARS ON THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LIST The perennially bestselling, extraordinary, one-of-a-kind, “nothing short of spectacular” (Entertainment Weekly) memoir from one of the world’s most gifted storytellers. The Glass Castle is a remarkable memoir of resilience and redemption, ... Read more

$25.99 USD

Now a major motion picture from Lionsgate starring Brie Larson, Woody Harrelson, and Naomi Watts. MORE THAN SEVEN YEARS ON THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LIST The perennially bestselling, extraordinary, one-of-a-kind, “nothing short of spectacular” (Entertainment Weekly) memoir from one of the world’s most gifted storytellers. The Glass Castle is a remarkable memoir of resilience and redemption,
... Read more
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

by Maya Angelou ...

Narrated by Maya Angelou ...

Unabridged

10 hours 11 min

Maya Angelou’s memoir is a modern American classic, capturing the longing of lonely children, the brute insult of bigotry, and the wonder of words that can make the world right.“I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings liberates the reader into life simply because Maya Angelou confronts her own life with such a moving wonder, such a luminous dignity.”—James BaldwinSent by their mother to live with their ... Read more

$20.00 USD

Maya Angelou’s memoir is a modern American classic, capturing the longing of lonely children, the brute insult of bigotry, and the wonder of words that can make the world right.“I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings liberates the reader into life simply because Maya Angelou confronts her own life with such a moving wonder, such a luminous dignity.”—James BaldwinSent by their mother to live with their
... Read more
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The Library Book

by Susan Orlean ...

Narrated by Susan Orlean ...

Unabridged

12 hours 9 min

Susan Orlean’s bestseller, New York Times Notable Book, and Reese’s Book Club Pick is “a sheer delight…as rich in insight and as varied as the treasures contained on the shelves in any local library” (USA TODAY)—a dazzling love letter to a beloved institution and an investigation into one of its greatest mysteries. “Everybody who loves books should check out The Library Book” (The Washington Post) ... Read more

$26.99 USD

Susan Orlean’s bestseller, New York Times Notable Book, and Reese’s Book Club Pick is “a sheer delight…as rich in insight and as varied as the treasures contained on the shelves in any local library” (USA TODAY)—a dazzling love letter to a beloved institution and an investigation into one of its greatest mysteries. “Everybody who loves books should check out The Library Book” (The Washington Post)
... Read more
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Me Talk Pretty One Day

by David Sedaris ...

Narrated by David Sedaris ...

Unabridged

5 hours 51 min

A new collection from David Sedaris is cause for jubilation. His recent move to Paris has inspired hilarious pieces, including Me Talk Pretty One Day, about his attempts to learn French. His family is another inspiration. You Cant Kill the Rooster is a portrait of his brother who talks incessant hip-hop slang to his bewildered father. And no one hones a finer fury in response to such modern ... Read more

$18.99 USD

A new collection from David Sedaris is cause for jubilation. His recent move to Paris has inspired hilarious pieces, including Me Talk Pretty One Day, about his attempts to learn French. His family is another inspiration. You Cant Kill the Rooster is a portrait of his brother who talks incessant hip-hop slang to his bewildered father. And no one hones a finer fury in response to such modern
... Read more
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Angela's Ashes

by Frank McCourt ...

Narrated by Frank McCourt ...

Unabridged

15 hours 8 min

A Pulitzer Prize–winning, #1 New York Times bestseller, Angela’s Ashes is Frank McCourt’s masterful memoir of his childhood in Ireland—now with a new introduction by Patrick Radden Keefe.“When I look back on my childhood I wonder how I managed to survive at all. It was, of course, a miserable childhood: the happy childhood is hardly worth your while. Worse than the ordinary miserable childhood is ... Read more

$29.99 USD

A Pulitzer Prize–winning, #1 New York Times bestseller, Angela’s Ashes is Frank McCourt’s masterful memoir of his childhood in Ireland—now with a new introduction by Patrick Radden Keefe.“When I look back on my childhood I wonder how I managed to survive at all. It was, of course, a miserable childhood: the happy childhood is hardly worth your while. Worse than the ordinary miserable childhood is
... Read more
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The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober

Discovering a happy, healthy, wealthy alcohol-free life

by Catherine Gray ...

Narrated by Catherine Gray ...

Unabridged

10 hours 14 min

'Truthful, modern and real' - Stylist'Brave, witty and brilliantly written' - Marie Claire'Hilarious, sharp, spitfire writing' - Sacha Z. Scoblic, Senior Editor at The Atlantic and author of Unwasted: My Lush SobrietyEver sworn off alcohol for a month and found yourself drinking by the 7th? ... ... Read more

$24.99 USD

'Truthful, modern and real' - Stylist'Brave, witty and brilliantly written' - Marie Claire'Hilarious, sharp, spitfire writing' - Sacha Z. Scoblic, Senior Editor at The Atlantic and author of Unwasted: My Lush SobrietyEver sworn off alcohol for a month and found yourself drinking by the 7th? ...
... Read more
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Into Thin Air

A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster

by Jon Krakauer ...

Narrated by Philip Franklin ...

Unabridged

9 hours 7 min

When Jon Krakauer reached the summit of Mt. Everest in the early afternoon of May 10, 1996, he hadn't slept in fifty-seven hours and was reeling from the brain-altering effects of oxygen depletion. As he turned to begin his long, dangerous descent from 29,028 feet, twenty other climbers were still pushing doggedly toward the top. No one had noticed that the sky had begun to fill with clouds. Six ... Read more

$15.95 USD

When Jon Krakauer reached the summit of Mt. Everest in the early afternoon of May 10, 1996, he hadn't slept in fifty-seven hours and was reeling from the brain-altering effects of oxygen depletion. As he turned to begin his long, dangerous descent from 29,028 feet, twenty other climbers were still pushing doggedly toward the top. No one had noticed that the sky had begun to fill with clouds. Six
... Read more
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The Argonauts

by Maggie Nelson ...

Narrated by Maggie Nelson ...

Unabridged

4 hours 48 min

An intrepid voyage out to the frontiers of the latest thinking about love, language, and familyMaggie Nelson’s The Argonauts is a genre-bending memoir, a work of “autotheory” offering fresh, fierce, and timely thinking about desire, identity, and the limitations and possibilities of love and language. At its center is a romance: the story of the author’s relationship with the artist Harry Dodge. ... Read more

$13.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

An intrepid voyage out to the frontiers of the latest thinking about love, language, and familyMaggie Nelson’s The Argonauts is a genre-bending memoir, a work of “autotheory” offering fresh, fierce, and timely thinking about desire, identity, and the limitations and possibilities of love and language. At its center is a romance: the story of the author’s relationship with the artist Harry Dodge.
... Read more
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Inheritance

A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love

by Dani Shapiro ...

Narrated by Dani Shapiro ...

Unabridged

6 hours 44 min

**An Instant NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA LOS ANGELES TIMES, BOSTON GLOBE, WALL STREET JOURNAL, and NATIONAL INDIE BESTSELLERA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR according to Elle, Real Simple, and Kirkus Reviews****“Memoir gold: a profound and exquisitely rendered exploration of identity and the true meaning of family.” —People Magazine“Beautifully written and deeply moving—it brought me to tears more than once ... Read more

$17.50 USD

**An Instant NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA LOS ANGELES TIMES, BOSTON GLOBE, WALL STREET JOURNAL, and NATIONAL INDIE BESTSELLERA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR according to Elle, Real Simple, and Kirkus Reviews****“Memoir gold: a profound and exquisitely rendered exploration of identity and the true meaning of family.” —People Magazine“Beautifully written and deeply moving—it brought me to tears more than once
... Read more
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Going There (read by Katie Couric)

by Katie Couric ...

Narrated by Katie Couric ...

Unabridged

15 hours 27 min

This heartbreaking, hilarious, and brutally honest memoir shares the deeply personal life story of a girl next door and her transformation into a household name.For more than forty years, Katie Couric has been an iconic presence in the media world. In her brutally honest, hilarious, heartbreaking memoir, she reveals what was going on behind the scenes of her sometimes tumultuous personal and ... Read more

$31.99 USD

This heartbreaking, hilarious, and brutally honest memoir shares the deeply personal life story of a girl next door and her transformation into a household name.For more than forty years, Katie Couric has been an iconic presence in the media world. In her brutally honest, hilarious, heartbreaking memoir, she reveals what was going on behind the scenes of her sometimes tumultuous personal and
... Read more

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