Personal Memoirs

This Is How I Save My Life

by Amy B. Scher; read by Amy B. Scher

This Is How I Save My Life is a powerful and uplifting story of sheer determination for anyone who believes in—or doubts—the existence of miracles and the infinite power of self-healing when it seems like all hope is lost. 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 Boy with the Perpetual Nervousness

by Graham Caveney; read by Jonathan Cowley

An enthralling, emotional memoir that recounts the ups and downs of coming-of-age, set against the music and literature of the 1970s. Learn More

Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot

by John Callahan; read by Joe Barrett

Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot recounts John Callahan's life story, from the harrowing to the hilarious. 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

The Cost of Living

by Deborah Levy; read by Henrietta Meire

AudioFile 2018 Best Audiobook
AudioFile Earphones Winner

A searching examination of all the dimensions of love, marriage, mourning, and kinship from two-time Booker Prize finalist Deborah Levy. Learn More

How to Be a Good Creature

by Sy Montgomery; read by Sy Montgomery

AudioFile Earphones Winner

National Book Award finalist Sy Montgomery reflects on the personalities and quirks of 13 animals—her friends—who have profoundly affected her in this stunning, poetic, and life-affirming memoir. Learn More

Vanishing Twins

by Leah Dieterich; read by Leah Dieterich

"It's like we're the same person. We finish each other's sentences. This is what we've been taught to desire and expect of love. But there's a question underneath that's never addressed: Once you find someone to finish your sentences, do you stop finishing them for yourself?" Learn More

The Autobiography of a Transgender Scientist

By Ben Barres; read by Paul Boehmer

A leading scientist describes his life, his gender transition, his scientific work, and his advocacy for gender equality in science. Learn More

All You Can Ever Know

by Nicole Chung; read by Janet Song

2019 PEN America Literary Awards Longlist
Indie Next List
NPR Best of 2018
Library Journal Best Book 2018
2019 National Book Critics Circle Award

What does it mean to lose your roots—within your culture, within your family—and what happens when you find them? Learn More

Overlooking the Border

By Dana Hercbergs; read by Christina Delaine

Overlooking the Border: Narratives of Divided Jerusalem by Dana Hercbergs continues the dialogue surrounding the social history of Jerusalem. Learn More

Let It Bang

by RJ Young; read by RJ Young

Let It Bang is an utterly original look at American gun culture from the inside, and from the other side—and, most movingly, the story of a young black man's hard-won nonviolent path to self-protection. 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

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

A Million Little Pieces

by James Frey; read by LJ Ganser

A searing and controversial story of drug and alcohol abuse and rehabilitation, told with the charismatic energy of Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and the revelatory power of Burroughs' Junky. Learn More

Struck

by Douglas Segal; read by Douglas Segal

Douglas Segal's compelling memoir is a profound example of how people show up for one another in times of crisis. Learn More

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

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

In My Mind's Eye

by Jan Morris; read by Jennifer M. Dixon

Riffing on cats and Brexit, the Royals and the annoyances of aging, the nonagenarian Jan Morris delights with her wickedly hilarious first-ever diary collection. Learn More

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