Biography

Awop Bop Aloo Mop

by Tina Andrews; read by Sean Crisden

As much music history as biography, Awop Bop Aloo Mop celebrates "Little" Richard Wayne Penniman, who burst onto the American scene in 1955 with his mega-hit "Tutti Frutti." Learn More

Rebels at Sea

by Eric Jay Dolin; read by Eric Jason Martin

The bestselling author of Black Flags, Blue Waters reclaims the daring freelance sailors who proved essential to the winning of the Revolutionary War. Learn More

Red Paint

by Sasha LaPointe; read by Sasha LaPointe

NPR Best Books of 2022
A NYLON Must-Read Book of the Month
A Bustle Most Anticipated Book of the Month

An Indigenous artist blends the aesthetics of punk rock with the traditional spiritual practices of the women in her lineage in this bold, contemporary journey to reclaim her heritage and unleash her power and voice while searching for a permanent home. Learn More

Ice War Diplomat

by Gary Smith; read by Kyle Tait

Marking the fiftieth anniversary of the historic Summit Series, here is the incredible story of an unlikely political stage—the hockey rink—where a Cold War, and the threat of nuclear annihilation, is no less important than a power play in the final minute. Discover a diplomacy mission like no other: caught between capitalism and communism, Canada and the Soviet Union, young Canadian diplomat Gary J. Smith must navigate the rink, melting the ice between two nations skating a dangerous path. Learn More

The Road Bends

by Sami Yaffa with Tommi Liimatta; read by Sami Yaffa

Sami Yaffa is a bass guitar legend, an icon of the rock world, and an uncompromising walker of his own way, who rose to prominence as the bassist of the mythical Hanoi Rocks. This is his story. Learn More

Born in Blackness

by Howard W. French; read by James Fouhey

Revealing the central yet intentionally obliterated role of Africa in the creation of modernity, Born in Blackness vitally reframes our understanding of world history. Learn More

Sonny

by S.J. Peddie; read by Tanya Eby

Based on exclusive interviews before his death in 2020 at age 103, Sonny is the first and only authorized biography of legendary mob boss John "Sonny" Franzese, the head of the Colombo crime family and financier of the infamous film Deep Throat. Learn More

We Don't Know Ourselves

by Fintan O'Toole; read by Aidan Kelly

Winner 2021 An Post Irish Book Award

A celebrated Irish writer's magisterial, brilliantly insightful chronicle of the wrenching transformations that dragged his homeland into the modern world. Learn More

The Upstander

by Jori Epstein; foreword by Michael Berenbaum; read by Jori Epstein

Infused with raw emotion and vivid detail, this memoir relays holocaust survivor Max Glauben's powerful lifetime commitment to actively thwarting hate and galvanizing resilience. Max insists you, too, can transform your adversity into your greatest strength. Learn More

The Great Nowitzki

by Thomas Pletzinger; translated by Shane Anderson; read by Charles Constant

A journey into the mindset of a historic basketball superstar, and the importance of his landmark career. Learn More

Five Nickels

by Jim "Boots" Demarest; read by Tom Parks

Five Nickels is the true story of Captain Steve Phillis, a decorated Air Force A-10 fighter pilot killed under heroic circumstances while trying to save his downed wingman on their thirtieth Desert Storm combat mission. Learn More

Bird Brother

by Rodney Stotts with Kate Pipkin; read by James Fouhey

To escape the tough streets of Southeast Washington DC in the late 1980s, young Rodney Stotts would ride the metro to the Smithsonian National Zoo. There, the bald eagles and other birds of prey captured his imagination for the first time. In Bird Brother, Rodney shares his unlikely journey to becoming a conservationist and one of America's few Black master falconers. Learn More

The Quintessential Good Samaritan

by Thomas Huening; foreword by Congresswoman Jackie Speier; read by Mike Chamberlain

The authorized biography of John Joseph Kelly—the quintessential Good Samaritan—who changed the lives of thousands of people in need, first as a devoted Catholic priest; then as a champion of the poor and a father figure to troubled minority youth; and finally, as a one-on-one mentor offering hope and guidance to hardcore San Quentin inmates. Learn More

The First 50

by Natascia Tornetta-Mallin; read by Jean Ann Douglass

A proudly humanist portrayal of sexual impulse and impropriety in the City of Angels, The First 50 is a chronological recapitulation of fifty erotic encounters that take place between the ages of thirteen and thirty-three. Columbine, 9/11, The Iraq War, and The Great Recession set the stage as a young woman navigates the ambient decadence that has long defined Los Angeles. Learn More

High Yella

by Steve Majors; read by Terrence Kidd

In his remarkable and moving memoir, Steve Majors gathers the shards of a broken past to piece together a portrait of a man on an extraordinary journey toward Blackness, queerness, and parenthood. High Yella delivers its hard-won lessons on love, life, and family with exceptional grace. Learn More

Strong Ties

by Katharine Ogden Michaels; read by Janet Metzger

An in-depth look at the life of Oakland, California native, Barclay Simpson, Strong Ties focuses on the set of convictions and leadership qualities that allowed Simpson to build a successful business from nothing and to become one of the major philanthropists in the San Francisco Bay Area. Learn More

Fathers, Brothers, and Sons

by Frank Bello and Joel McIver; read by Frank Bello

Frank Bello, bassist with the legendary New York thrash metal band Anthrax, presents his long-awaited memoir. Learn More

Forever and Five Days

by Lowell Cauffiel; read by Chris Abernathy

Bestselling author Lowell Cauffiel's "auspicious debut in the true-crime genre . . . [a] sensitive and searching story of the murders of at least six nursing home patients" (Publishers Weekly). Learn More

The Centrist Solution

by Senator Joseph I. Lieberman; read by Rich Miller

Senator Joseph Lieberman offers a master class in effective government by probing his forty years in elective office—from the Vietnam War era to the Presidency of Barack Obama—and by shining a light on historic acts of centrism and compromise, extracting productive and problem-solving lessons and techniques we need now more than ever.
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Churchill's Shadow

by Geoffrey Wheatcroft; read by Jonathan Keeble

A New York Times Notable Book of the Year

A major reassessment of Winston Churchill that examines his lasting influence in politics and culture. Learn More

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