Personal Memoirs

Educating Esmé

Esmé Raji Codell; read by Esmé Raji Codell

Codell's portrait of an inner-city elementary school is funny, poignant, and inspiring. Learn More

Complete with poignant anecdotes, The Education of a Coroner provides a firsthand and fascinating glimpse into the daily life of a public servant whose work is dark and mysterious yet necessary for society to function. Learn More

Elixir

by Kapka Kassabova; read by Natalie Pela

A search for a cure to what ails us in the Anthropocene by the award-winning author of Border. Learn More

The End of the World as We Know It

by Robert Goolrick; read by Peter Berkrot

Beautifully written, often humorous, sometimes sweet, ultimately shocking, The End of the World as We Know It is a son's story of looking back with both love and anger at the parents who gave him life and then robbed him of it, who created his world and then destroyed it. Contains mature themes. Learn More

The Envoy

by Gordon Sondland; read by Jonathan Todd Ross

This is a behind-the-scenes look at Trump, his cabinet, and an international diplomacy you've never seen before. Learn More

Fantasy Expert

by Ron Shandler; read by BJ Harrison

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An entertaining and incisive chronicle from one of the foremost authorities in fantasy baseball. Learn More

The Farmer's Son

by John Connell; read by Alyn Smyth

For fans of The Shepherd's Life, a poignant memoir—and #1 Irish bestseller—about a wayward son's return home to his family's farm, and how he found a new beginning in an age-old world. 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

Fire Road

by Kim Phuc Phan Thi, translated by Ashley Wiersma; read by Emily Woo Zeller

2018 Audie Winner
AudioFile Earphones Award Winner

Fire Road is a story of horror and hope, a harrowing tale of a life changed in an instant―and the power and resilience that can only be found in the power of God's mercy and love. Learn More

First Comes Marriage

by Huda Al-Marashi; read by Jeed Saddy

A candid, heartfelt love story set in contemporary California that challenges the idea of what it means to be American, liberated, and in love. Learn More

Flight of the Diamond Smugglers

by Matthew Gavin Frank; read by Jonathan Yen

Blending elements of reportage, memoir, and incantation, Flight of the Diamond Smugglers is a rare and remarkable portrait of exploitation and greed in one of the most dangerous areas of coastal South Africa. Learn More

Four Thousand Paws

by Lee Morgan; read by Danny Campbell

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An intimate account—the first from a trail veterinarian—of the canines who brave the challenges of the Iditarod. Learn More

From Junkie to Judge

by Mary Beth O'Connor; read by Nikki Zakocs

From a junkie addicted to methamphetamines to a federal judge, Mary Beth O'Connor's memoir shares her inspiring journey from rock bottom to resilience as she forged a personal path to recovery from trauma and addiction. Learn More

Furnishing Eternity

by David Giffels; read by Eric Michael Summerer

From the acclaimed author of The Hard Way on Purpose, a vibrant, heartfelt memoir about confronting mortality, surviving loss, finding resilience in one's Midwest roots and seeking a father's wisdom through an unusual woodworking project—constructing his own coffin. Learn More

The Gamesmaster

by Flint Dille; read by Eric Michael Summerer

Flint Dille's memoir is an entertaining blend of pop culture, social history, and reportage about the exciting, groundbreaking 1980s, and the parts he and his colleagues, collaborators, employers, and friends played in making it a genuine Golden Age. 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

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

A Ghost in the Throat

by Doireann Ní Ghríof; read by Siobhan McSweeney

National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist
Longlisted for the 2021 Republic of Consciousness Prize
A Buzzfeed Recommended Summer Read
A 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 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

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

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Educating Esmé

The Education of a Coroner

Elixir

The End of the World as We Know It

The Envoy

Fantasy Expert

The Farmer's Son

Fathers, Brothers, and Sons

Fire Road

First Comes Marriage

Flight of the Diamond Smugglers

Four Thousand Paws

From Junkie to Judge

Furnishing Eternity

The Gamesmaster

The Garden Against Time

Genealogy of a Murder

A Ghost in the Throat

The Girl From Human Street

A Girl Named Zippy