Biography • Memoir
Share in the childhood tales of A Girl Named Zippy. Hear Kenneth Branagh read Samuel Pepys' exuberant 17th-century diary. Be transformed by the extraordinary women of Half the Sky. You'll find these and other remarkable life stories under biography and memoir.
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Let the People Rule
Geoffrey Cowan; read by Joe Barrett
The colorful, dramatic, and surprising story of four crucial months in Teddy Roosevelt's 1912 campaign that fundamentally altered the American political process. Learn More
Dead Presidents
Brady Carlson; read by Tom Zingarelli
An entertaining exploration into the varied ways we remember and memorialize the American presidents. Learn More
How to Be a Tudor
Ruth Goodman; read by Heather Wilds
From an historian who advised on the BBCs Wolf Hall, an erudite romp through the intimate details of life in Tudor England. Learn More
Charlotte Bronte
Claire Harman; read by Corrie James
On the 200th anniversary of Charlotte Bronte's birth, the definitive biography of this extraordinary novelist, by acclaimed literary biographer Claire Harman. Learn More
Save Room for Pie
Roy Blount Jr.; read by the author
Roy Blount, Jr., is one of America’s most cherished comic writers. He’s been compared to Mark Twain and James Thurber, and his books have been called "a work of art" (The New York Times Book Review). Now, in Save Room for Pie, he applies his much-praised wit and charm to a rich and fundamental topic: food. Learn More
Putin Country
Anne Garrels; read by the Author
In Putin Country, longtime NPR correspondent Anne Garrels crafts a necessary portrait of Russia's heartland. Learn More
Running
Jen A. Miller; read by Randye Kaye
Growing up, Jen Miller hated running. For her, running was only ever going to be conditioning for soccer or punishment for softball. It was never going to be done by choice and it was never going to be fun. Fast forward fifteen years, though, and you can't drag Jen off the road. Learn More
Casting Lots
Susan Silverman; read by Xe Sands
From activist, speaker, mother of five, and rabbi Susan Silverman (sister of comedian Sarah): a funny, moving, sparkling memoir about home, identity, family, and faith. Learn More
Love That Boy
Ron Fournier; read by Jonathan Yen
Love That Boy is a uniquely personal story about the causes and costs of outsized parental expectations. Learn More
The Genius of Birds
Jennifer Ackerman; read by Margaret Strom
IndieBound Bestseller
This elegant scientific investigation and travelogue weaves personal anecdotes with fascinating science. Ackerman delivers an extraordinary story that will both give readers a new appreciation for the exceptional talents of birds and let them discover what birds can reveal about our changing world. Learn More
Callings
Dave Isay; read by the author
2016 Voice Arts Award Nominee
Stories of passion, courage, and commitment, following individuals as they pursue the work they were born to do, from StoryCorps founder Dave Isay. Learn More
The Statesman and the Storyteller
Mark Zwonitzer; read by Joe Barrett
In the tradition of the bestselling historical works of David McCullough, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Stephen Ambrose, and Walter Isaacson, award-winning documentarian Mark Zwonitzer brings two extraordinary American figures—and friends—into the spotlight at a time when their country was taking center stage in the world. Learn More
The Auctioneer
Simon de Pury; read by Ralph Lister
2016 Voice Arts Award Nominee
In this eye-opening memoir, Simon de Pury, a distinguished auctioneer and art dealer, provides a lively account of his flashy career and today's soaring art market - revealing a jet-setting, powerful, and private club of elites who buy, sell, and collect the world’s most expensive art. Learn More
Missing Man
Barry Meier; read by Ray Porter
Missing Man is a fast-paced story set against the backdrop of the twilight war between the United States and Iran, one in which hostages are used as political pawns. Filled with stunning revelations, it chronicles a family's ongoing search for answers and one man's desperate struggle to keep his hand in the game. Learn More
The Song Poet
Kao Kalia Yang; read by Kao Kalia Yang
National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist
From the author of The Latehomecomer, a powerful memoir of her father, a Hmong song poet who sacrificed his gift for his children's future in America. Learn More
Dinner with Edward
Isabel Vincent; read by Elise Arsenault
Dinner with Edward is a book about sorrow and joy, love and nourishment, and about how dinner with a friend can, in the words of M. F. K. Fisher, "sustain us against the hungers of the world." Learn More
This Road I Ride
Juliana Buhring; read by Henrietta Meire
This Road I Ride is the remarkable story of one woman's solo journey around the world by bicycle. Learn More
Pumpkinflowers
Matti Friedman; read by Eric Summerer
The winner of the 2014 Sami Rohr Prize for The Aleppo Codex returns with the gripping true story of a band of young Israeli soldiers, including the author, who in the 1990s were charged with holding an outpost inside Lebanon known as the Pumpkin. Learn More
Unearthed
Alexandra Risen; read by Hillary Huber
In this moving memoir, a woman digs into a garden and into the past and finds secrets, beauty, and acceptance. Learn More
The Baseball Whisperer
Michael Tackett; read by Mike Chamberlain
From an award winning journalist, a real Field of Dreams story about a legendary coach and the professional caliber baseball program he built in America's heartland, where boys come summer after summer to be molded into ballplayers—and men. Learn More
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