Personal Memoirs
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Up The Down Escalator
by Lisa Doggett; read by Lisa Doggett
A memoir of triumph in the face of a terrifying diagnosis, Up the Down Escalator recounts Dr. Lisa Doggett's startling shift from doctor to patient, as she learns to live with multiple sclerosis while running a clinic for uninsured patients in central Austin. Recounting before and after the discovery of her MS, she chronicles vexing symptoms while trying to be an attentive mother, wife, and a caring family doctor. 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
Jews in the Garden
by Judy Rakowsky; read by Judy Rakowsky
A globe-trotting detective story set in Poland during the Holocaust. Learn More
Toy Fights
by Don Paterson; read by Don Paterson
For fans of Douglas Stuart and Nick Hornby comes an uproarious, tenderhearted memoir of growing up in working-class Dundee in the 1970s and 1980s. Learn More
Too Hot
by George Brown; read by Midnite Michael
In Too Hot, drummer, keyboardist, and primary songwriter George Brown describes life in and out of Kool & The Gang, including a raucous life on the road as the band's popularity grew. Learn More
Cougars on the Cliff
by Maurice Hornocker; with David Johnson; read by Joel Richards
Maurice Hornocker is recognized worldwide as the first scientist to unravel the secrets of America's most enigmatic predator—the mountain lion. A story of redemption, this book is a memoir about the never-before-told adventures, challenges, and controversies surrounding Hornocker's groundbreaking study of cougars in the remote reaches of the Idaho Primitive Area. 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
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
Women We Buried, Women We Burned
by Rachel Louise Snyder; read by Rachel Louise Snyder
From the author of the groundbreaking, award-winning No Visible Bruises, a riveting memoir of survival, self-discovery, and forgiveness sure to captivate those who loved Tara Westover's Educated and Jeanette Walls's Glass Castle. Learn More
Chronic
by Rebecca Dimyan; read by Devon Sorvari
In this powerful debut, Rebecca Dimyan details her experience with endometriosis, a chronic disease which effects one in ten women worldwide. Learn More
Reckoning
by V; read by V
The work of a lifetime from the Tony Award–winning, bestselling author of The Vagina Monologues—political, personal, profound, and more than forty years in the making. Learn More
Predator
by Ander Monson; read by Matt Godfrey
A searching memoir of a life lived in the flicker of an action film, by the author of I Will Take the Answer. Learn More
Dispatches From Puerto Nowhere
by Robert Lopez; read by Lee Osorio
In Dispatches From Puerto Nowhere: An American Story of Assimilation and Erasure, Robert Lopez paints a compassionate portrait of family that attempts to bridge the past to the present, and reclaim a heritage threatened by assimilation and erasure. Learn More
Jersey Breaks
by Robert Pinsky; read by Robert Pinsky
Robert Pinsky traces the roots of his work and reflects on how writing poetry helped him make sense of life's challenges, such as his mother's traumatic brain injury, and on his notable public presence, including an unprecedented three terms as United States poet laureate. Learn More
At the Helm
by John H. Dalton; read by Shawn Compton
John Dalton's life is an inspirational American success story. At the Helm traces his journey from modest beginnings in Louisiana to traveling the world and working across private and public sectors and four presidential appointments all culminating in his appointment as the 70th Secretary of the Navy. Learn More
Harder to Breathe
by Ryan Dusick; read by Ryan Dusick
Two decades after Songs About Jane, Maroon 5's original drummer presents an unflinching examination of fame, anxiety, mental health, and recovery. Learn More
Bang Bang Crash
by Nic Brown; read by Nic Brown
A rock and roll drummer abandons his successful music career to pursue his true passion and discovers a deeper understanding of artistic fulfillment in this episodic memoir of swapping one dream for another. Learn More
The Critic's Daughter
by Priscilla Gilman; read by Priscilla Gilman
AudioFile Earphone Award Winner
An exquisitely rendered portrait of a unique father-daughter relationship and a moving memoir of family and identity. Learn More
The View from My Foxhole
by William Swanson; read by Michael Butler Murray
The View from My Foxhole tells William Swanson's story of fighting in Bougainville, Guam, and Iwo Jima. Learn More
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