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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Gandhi Before India
by Ramachandra Guha; read by Derek Perkins
Here is the first volume of a magisterial biography of Mohandas Gandhi that gives us the most illuminating portrait we have had of the life, the work and the historical context of one of the most abidingly influential—and controversial—men in modern history. Learn More
The Garden Against Time
by Olivia Laing; read by Olivia Laing
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Inspired by the restoration of her own garden, "imaginative and empathetic critic" (NPR) Olivia Laing embarks on an exhilarating investigation of paradise. Learn More
Gene Smith's Sink
by Sam Stephenson; read by Coleen Marlo
The result of twenty years of research, Gene Smith's Sink is an unprecedented look into the photographer's beguiling legacy and the subjects around him. Learn More
Genealogy of a Murder
by Lisa Belkin; read by Erin Bennett
The multigenerational tale of three families whose paths collide one summer night in 1960 with the murder of a police officer. 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
Gently Down This Dream
by Hugh Prather and Gayle Prather; read by Fred Sanders
A beautiful final note from the pioneering author of the classic Notes to Myself. Learn More
George Washington
by Kevin J. Hayes; read by David Colacci
This sharply written biography offers a fresh perspective on America's Father, uncovering the ideas that shaped his intellectual journey and, subsequently, the development of America. Learn More
Get Lost
by Erin Leider-Pariser; read by Erin Leider-Pariser
Grounded in Erin Leider-Pariser's extraordinary career leading women's adventure travel across seven continents, this guide to living life to the fullest shares real-life experiences of personal transformation powered by exploring the wilds of nature and the soul. Learn More
The Ghost
by Jefferson Morley; read by John Pruden
In The Ghost, investigative reporter Jefferson Morley tells CIA Spymaster James Jesus Angleton's dramatic story, from his friendship with the poet Ezra Pound through the underground gay milieu of mid-century Washington to the Kennedy assassination to the Watergate scandal. Learn More
A Ghost in the Throat
by Doireann Ní Ghríof; read by Siobhan McSweeney
National Book Critics Circle Award FinalistLonglisted for the 2021 Republic of Consciousness PrizeA Buzzfeed Recommended Summer ReadA Book Riot Best Book of 2022 An NPRBest Book of 2021
Moving fluidly between past and present, quest and elegy, poetry and those who make it, A Ghost in the Throat is a shapeshifting book: a record of literary obsession; a narrative about the erasure of a people, of a language, of women; a meditation on motherhood and on translation; and an unforgettable story about finding your voice by freeing another's. Learn More
The Ghost Tattoo
by Tony Bernard; read by Conrad Coleby
A powerful, profoundly moving Holocaust memoir from a rarely told perspective, this is the story of a family coming to terms with its long-hidden wartime secrets—and a son discovering the Faustian bargain his Jewish father made with the Nazis in order to survive. Learn More
Ghosted and Breadcrumbed
by Dr. Marni Feuerman; read by Devon Sorvari
The lure of the unavailable man is a mystery to many. Why is she wasting her time? But, for many others, it is a deep-seated pattern. With empathy and compassion, Dr. Marni Feuerman helps women see their situations clearly, understand the historical, emotional, and psychological reasons behind their actions, and, most importantly, make better choices for themselves. Learn More
The Girl and the Bombardier
by Susan Tate Ankeny; read by Karen White
A downed B-17 bombardier's unfinished World War II memoir and a box of letters from the French girl who saved him sets a veteran's daughter on a journey, sixty-five years later, to craft their intersecting stories—a true WWII tale of danger, courage, love, and escape. Learn More
The Girl Explorers
by Jayne Zanglein; read by Kirsten Potter
The Girl Explorers is an inspiring examination of forgotten women from history, perfect for fans of bestselling narrative history books like The Radium Girls, The Woman Who Smashed Codes, and Rise of the Rocket Girls. Learn More
The Girl From Human Street
Roger Cohen; read by Simon Vance
An expansive yet intimate memoir of modern Jewish identity, following the diaspora of the author’s own family, that assays the impact of memory, displacement, and a pervasive sense of separateness. Learn More
Girl in Black and White
by Jessie Morgan-Owens; read by Allyson Johnson
The riveting, little-known story of Mary Mildred Williams—a slave girl who looked "white"—whose photograph transformed the abolitionist movement. Learn More
A Girl Named Zippy
Haven Kimmel; read by Haven Kimmel
Laced with fine storytelling, sharp wit, dead-on observations, and moments of sheer joy, Haven Kimmel's straight-shooting portrait of her childhood gives us a heroine who is wonderfully sweet and sly as she navigates the quirky adult world that surrounds her. Learn More
Girlvert
by Oriana Small; read by Oriana Small
Proclaimed "girl-pervert" Oriana Small, AKA Ashley Blue, a veritable artist at heart, weaves through the intricacies of a decade in and out of the adult film industry, love, drugs, and her own firebrand of what it means to live ecstatically. From accolades to agony, Girlvert illuminates the surreality of a life lived beyond all comprehension. Contains mature themes. Learn More
The Glass Eye
by Jeannie Vanasco; read by Julie McKay
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The night before her father dies, eighteen-year-old Jeannie Vanasco promises she will write a book for him. But this isn't the book she imagined. A brilliant exploration of the human psyche, The Glass Eye deepens our definitions of love, sanity, grief, and recovery. Learn More
Go Further
edited by Paul Myers, S. W. Lauden; read by Keith Sellon-Wright, Christina Delaine
From its heyday in the '70s and '80s to its resurgence in the '90s and '00s, Power Pop has meant many things to many people. In Go Further, a new crop of writers go deep on what certain Power Pop bands and songs mean and have meant to them. Learn More
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