Personal Memoirs

Sounds Like Titanic

by Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman; read by Elizabeth Wiley

National Book Critics Circle Finalist
Goodreads Highly Anticipated Book of 2019

A young woman leaves Appalachia for life as a classical musician—or so she thinks. Learn More

Funny and deeply personal, Sorry Not Sorry recounts Glee star Naya Rivera's successes and missteps, urging young women to pursue their dreams and to refuse to let past mistakes define them. Learn More

Sonic Warrior

by Lou Brutus; introduction by Corey Taylor; read by Lou Brutus

Sonic Warrior is a collection of insane-but-true stories from the career of rock radio legend Lou Brutus. 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

Song in a Weary Throat

by Pauli Murray; read by Allyson Johnson

A prophetic memoir by the activist who "articulated the intellectual foundations" (The New Yorker) of the civil rights and women's rights movements. Learn More

Somewhere Out There

by Don Bluth; read by Don Bluth

After more than five decades in Hollywood, Don Bluth, the man behind some of the most iconic animated films ever made, tells his story. Learn More

Somehow Form a Family

Tony Earley; read by Tony Earley

In Somehow Form a Family, Earley writes about finding a place in a world without losing sight of where you came from. Learn More

Sideman

by Mark Rivera with Mike Poncy; foreword by Ringo Starr; read by Mark Rivera

A must-listen memoir from Mark Rivera, a multi-instrumentalist and vocalist who for the past fifty years has shared the stage with some of Rock 'n' Roll's greatest performers. Learn More

Sid Meier's Memoir!

by Sid Meier; read by Charles Constant

The life and career of the legendary developer celebrated as the "godfather of computer gaming," and creator of Civilization. Learn More

Sick on You

by Andrew Matheson; read by the author

In this startling, funny, and brilliantly entertaining period memoir, Andrew Matheson tells the story of The Hollywood Brats—the greatest band you've never heard of. Learn More

A Sick Life

by Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins

Hailed by Rolling Stone as "the most effervescent and soulful girl group anyone has seen since the Supremes," five-time Grammy Award winning supergroup TLC has seen phenomenal fame and success. But backstage, Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins has lived a dual life. Learn More

Shortest Way Home

by Pete Buttigieg; read by Pete Buttigieg

AudioFile Earphones Winner

A mayor's inspirational story of a Midwest city that has become nothing less than a blueprint for the future of American renewal. Learn More

Shifting into High Gear

by Kyle Bryant; read by Adam Verner

Shifting into High Gear charts the course of Kyle Bryant's transformation as he journeys on a recumbent tricycle across the United States in the throes of Friedreich's ataxia, a life-shortening and disabling disease. Full of humor and reflection, it's a heroic journey of a man driven to reframe the language of disease through action and service. Learn More

She Got Up Off the Couch

Haven Kimmel; read by Haven Kimmel

Picking up where A Girl Named Zippy left off, Haven Kimmel crafts a tender portrait of her mother, a modestly heroic woman who took the odds that life gave her and somehow managed to win. Learn More

Self-Portrait in Black and White

by Thomas Chatterton Williams; read by Thomas Chatterton Williams

A meditation on race and identity from one of our most provocative cultural critics. Learn More

Saving Tarboo Creek

by Scott Freeman; read by Mike Chamberlain

In the proud tradition of Aldo Leopold's A Sand County Almanac, Saving Tarboo Creek is both a timely tribute to our land and a bold challenge to protect it. Learn More

Russell Rules

Bill Russell with David Falkner; read by Rif Hutton

More than any other sports figure of the modern era, Bill Russell combined sheer athletic dominance with a depth of character that truly set him apart, both on and off the basketball court. 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

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

Rescuing Ladybugs

by Jennifer Skiff; read by Donna Postel

Countless times throughout our lives, we're presented with a choice to help another soul. Rescuing Ladybugs highlights the true stories of remarkable people who didn't look away from seemingly impossible-to-change situations and instead worked to save animals. Learn More

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