Personal Memoirs

Kill the Silence

Monika Korra; read by Carla Mercer-Meyer

A powerful, inspiring memoir by Olympic hopeful Monika Korra, detailing how running, therapy, and her own indomitable spirit aided her recovery after being raped. Learn More

Trumbo

Bruce Cook; read by Luke Daniels

An intimate, essential biography of the man who broke the Hollywood blacklist. Learn More

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

Callings

Dave Isay; read by the author

2016 Voice Arts Award Nominee

Stories of passion, courage, and commitment, following individuals as they pursue the work they were born to do, from StoryCorps founder Dave Isay. 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

Dinner with Edward

Isabel Vincent; read by Elise Arsenault

Dinner with Edward is a book about sorrow and joy, love and nourishment, and about how dinner with a friend can, in the words of M. F. K. Fisher, "sustain us against the hungers of the world." Learn More

This Road I Ride

Juliana Buhring; read by Henrietta Meire

This Road I Ride is the remarkable story of one woman's solo journey around the world by bicycle. Learn More

Pumpkinflowers

Matti Friedman; read by Eric Summerer

The winner of the 2014 Sami Rohr Prize for The Aleppo Codex returns with the gripping true story of a band of young Israeli soldiers, including the author, who in the 1990s were charged with holding an outpost inside Lebanon known as the Pumpkin. 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

Super Sushi Ramen Express

by Michael Booth; read by Ralph Lister

A fascinating and funny culinary journey through Japan . . . for readers of Bill Bryson and J. Maarten Troost. Learn More

The Art of Waiting

by Belle Boggs; read by C.S.E. Cooney

Publishers Weekly Best Book
Finalist PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay

A brilliant exploration of the natural, medical, psychological, and political facets of fertility. In The Art of Waiting, Belle Boggs deftly distills her time of waiting into an expansive contemplation of fertility, choice, and the many possible roads to making a life and making a family. Learn More

Sorry Not Sorry

by Naya Rivera; read by the author

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

All These Things That I've Done

by Matt Pinfield and Mitchell Cohen; read by Mike Chamberlain

"The most trusted opinion in rock music" (Billy Corgan, The Smashing Pumpkins), Matt Pinfield offers the ultimate music fan's memoir, a chronicle of the songs and artists that inspired his improbable career alongside some of the all-time greats, from The Beatles to KISS to U2 to The Killers. Learn More

Nobody's Son

by Mark Slouka; read by Tom Zingarelli

For readers of W. G. Sebald and Daniel Mendelsohn, by a writer whose storytelling is "devastatingly agile" (New York Times Book Review). Learn More

The New Old Me

by Meredith Maran; read by Christina Delaine

For readers of Anne Lamott, Abigail Thomas, and Ayelet Waldman, a post-divorce memoir, one woman’s story of starting over at 60—in youth-obsessed, beauty-obsessed Hollywood. Learn More

Guidebook to Relative Strangers

by Camille T. Dungy; read by Allyson Johnson

2018 National Book Critics Circle Awards

An award winning African American poet debuts in prose with a stunningly graceful and honest exploration of race, motherhood, and history. Learn More

Leap In

by Alexandra Heminsley; read by Alexandra Heminsley

At once inspiring, hilarious, and honest, Leap In chronicles Alexandra Heminsley's endeavor to tackle a whole new element, and the ensuing challenges and joys of open water swimming. Learn More

Dying

by Cory Taylor; read by Larissa Gallagher

Short-listed for the 2017 Stella Prize

Dying: A Memoir is a deeply affecting meditation on dying and a wise tribute to life. Learn More

Morningstar

by Ann Hood; read by Donna Postel

Morningstar is a memoir about the magic and inspiration of books from a beloved and bestselling author. Learn More

Notes on a Foreign Country

by Suzy Hansen; read by Kirsten Potter

Pulitzer Prize Finalist
New York Times Notable Book
Book Page Best of 2017

Blending memoir, journalism, and history, Notes on a Foreign Country is a moving reflection on America's place in the world. It is a powerful journey of self-discovery and revelation―a profound reckoning with what it means to be American in a moment of grave national and global turmoil. Learn More

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