History

Dawgs

by Diane Trull; read by Tiffany Morgan

How elementary-school teacher Diane Trull and her fourth graders started their own animal shelter is a story of dedication, commitment, and perseverance. In this eye-opening, deeply personal book, Trull describes the challenges they faced, from rescuing and caring for the animals to teaching children about compassion and responsibility, to facing local interests opposed to having a shelter in their town. Learn More

The Day I Die

by Dr. Anita Hannig; read by Linda Jones

An intimate investigation of assisted dying in America and what it means to determine the end of our lives. Learn More

Dead Blondes and Bad Mothers

by Sady Doyle; read by Chloe Cannon

Sady Doyle, hailed as "smart, funny, and fearless" by the Boston Globe, takes listeners on a tour of the female dark side, from the biblical Lilith to Dracula's Lucy Westenra, from the T-Rex in Jurassic Park to the teen witches of The Craft. Learn More

Dead Presidents

Brady Carlson; read by Tom Zingarelli

An entertaining exploration into the varied ways we remember and memorialize the American presidents. Learn More

Dear Mom and Dad

by Patti Davis; read by Emily Sutton-Smith

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A remarkably poignant writer for our troubled times, Patti Davis writes about love, loss, and the power of redemption in this poetic letter to her long-gone parents. Learn More

Dear Scott, Dearest Zelda

by F. Scott Fitzgerald & Zelda Fitzgerald; Edited by Jackson R. Bryer and Cathy W. Barks; read by Mike Chamberlain & Amy Landon

Through his alcoholism and her mental illness, his career lows and her institutional confinement, F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald's devotion to each other endured for over twenty-two years. Now, for the first time, we have the story of their love in the couple's own letters. Learn More

A Death in the Rainforest

by Don Kulick; read by Paul Woodson

Smart, engaging, and perceptive, A Death in the Rainforest takes listeners into a world that will soon disappear forever. Learn More

Death is Hard Work

by Khaled Khalifa; translated by Leri Price; read by Neil Shah

2019 National Book Award Finalist

Death Is Hard Work is the new novel from the greatest chronicler of Syria's ongoing and catastrophic civil war: a tale of three ordinary people facing down the stuff of nightmares armed with little more than simple determination. Learn More

The Debatable Land

by Graham Robb; read by Saul Reichlin

Bestselling author Graham Robb finds that the 2,000-year-old map of Ptolemy unlocks a central mystery of British history. Learn More

Democracy

by Jason Brennan; read by Jonathan Todd Ross

Democracy: A Guided Tour gives listeners a crash course on the evolution of the idea of democracy, how it has been and is currently practiced, and how we might think about it as we head into a new chapter in its story. Learn More

Democracy and Equality

by Geoffrey R. Stone and David A. Strauss; read by Tom Perkins

A powerfully argued evaluation of the Warren Court's legacy, in commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the end of the Warren Court. Learn More

Democracy Under Fire

by Lawrence R. Jacobs; read by Michael Butler Murray

In Democracy under Fire, Lawrence Jacobs provides a highly engaging history of political reforms since the late-eighteenth century that over time dangerously weakened democracy, widened political inequality as well as racial disparities, and rewarded toxic political polarization. Learn More

Denmark Vesey's Bible

by Jeremy Schipper; read by Sean Crisden

A timely and provocative account of the Bible's role in one of the most consequential episodes in the history of slavery. Learn More

Denmark Vesey's Garden

by Ethan J. Kytle and Blain Roberts; read by Tom Perkins

Denmark Vesey's Garden joins the small bookshelf of major, paradigm-shifting new interpretations of slavery's enduring legacy in the United States. Learn More

Detroit

Charlie LeDuff; read by Eric Martin

A New York Times Bestseller!
AudioFile Editors’ Pick
A Library Journal Best Audiobooks of the Year Selection
Huffington Post Best of Year Pick

An explosive exposé of Detroit, icon of America’s lost prosperity, from Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Charlie LeDuff. Learn More