Biography * Memoir: Women & Persons of Color

A Long, Long Way

by Greg Garrett; read by Tom Perkins

A Long, Long Way incorporates both cinematic and religious truth-telling to the subject of race and reconciliation. In acknowledging the racist history of America's national art form, Garrett offers the possibility of hope for the future. Learn More

Living I Was Your Plague

by Lyndal Roper; read by Michael Page

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From the author of the acclaimed biography Martin Luther: Renegade and Prophet, new perspectives on how Luther and others crafted his larger-than-life image. Learn More

Lima :: Limon

by Natalie Scenters-Zapico; read by Kyla Garcia

In her striking second collection, Natalie Scenters-Zapico sets her unflinching gaze once again on the borders of things. Learn More

Letter to a Young Female Physician

by Suzanne Koven; read by Suzanne Koven

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A poignant and funny exploration of authenticity in work and life by a woman doctor. 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

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

The Latehomecomer

Kao Kalia Yang; read by the author

A young Hmong woman tells the true story of her grandmother's struggles to bring her family out of war-torn Laos to a new homeland in America. Learn More

Ladysitting

by Lorene Cary; read by Lorene Cary

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In Ladysitting, Lorene Cary captures the ruptures, love, and, perhaps, forgiveness that can occur in a family as she bears witness to her grandmother's 101 vibrant years of life. Learn More

Keeping Hope Alive

by Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr.; edited by Grace Ji-Sun Kim; read by Ron Butler

These speeches and sermons, delivered both to the downtrodden and the powerful, from Senegal and Bangkok to Chicago, include the famous speeches Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr., delivered at the Democratic Party conventions of 1984 and 1988 following his historic campaigns for the presidential nomination. Learn More

The Journey of Crazy Horse

Joseph Marshall III; read by Joseph Marshall III

The Journey of Crazy Horse is a unique opportunity to hear legends of a great man as they have told for generations—and rarely shared outside the Native American community. Learn More

In the Dream House

by Carmen Maria Machado; read by Carmen Maria Machado

Lambda Literary Award Winner

A revolutionary memoir about domestic abuse by the award-winning author of Her Body and Other Parties. Learn More

In the Country of Women

by Susan Straight; read by Donna Postel

In the Country of Women is a valuable social history and a personal narrative that reads like a love song to America and indomitable women. Learn More

I Live a Life Like Yours

by Jan Grue; read by Graham Halstead

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A brilliantly rendered essayistic autobiography from an award-winning Norwegian author about life in a vulnerable body. Learn More

How to Treat People

by Molly Case; read by Henrietta Meire

A fascinating and poignant memoir of the body and its care, told through the experiences of a young nurse. Learn More

How to Be a Good Creature

by Sy Montgomery; read by Sy Montgomery

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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

The House of Erzulie

by Kirsten Imani Kasai; read by Adenrele Ojo, Ron Butler

The House of Erzulie tells the eerily intertwined stories of an ill-fated young couple in the 1850s and the troubled historian who discovers their writings in the present day. Learn More

Her: A Memoir

Christa Parravani; read by the author

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A Library Journal Best of the Year Selection

In this haunting memoir of identity and love, photographer Parravani deconstructs the intense bonds between identical twins, as she struggles with the trauma of her charismatic sister’s self-destruction, and an unexpectedly rising tide of similar self-destruction in herself. Learn More

Healing Wounds

by Diane Carlson Evans with Bob Welch; foreword by Joseph Galloway; read by Janet Metzger

What is the price of honor? It took ten years for Vietnam War nurse Diane Carlson Evans to answer that question—and the answer was a heavy one. Learn More

He Had It Coming

by Kori Rumore & Marianne Mather; read by Tanya Eby

Beulah Annan. Belva Gaertner. Kitty Malm. Sabella Nitti. These are the real women of Chicago. Learn More

Half the Sky

Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn; read by Cassandra Campbell

An AudioFile Best Audiobook of the Year
Winner-Washington Post Book World's 10 Best Books of the Year
A New York Times Bestseller!

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“Women hold up half the sky”—Chinese proverb

With Pulitzer Prize winners Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn as your guide, undertake a journey through Africa and Asia to meet an extraordinary array of women struggling under profoundly dire circumstances—and an equally extraordinary group that have triumphed. Learn More

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Women & Persons of Color

A Long, Long Way

Living I Was Your Plague

Lima :: Limon

Letter to a Young Female Physician

Let It Bang

Leap In

The Latehomecomer

Ladysitting

Keeping Hope Alive

The Journey of Crazy Horse

In the Dream House

In the Country of Women

I Live a Life Like Yours

How to Treat People

How to Be a Good Creature

The House of Erzulie

Her: A Memoir

Healing Wounds

He Had It Coming

Half the Sky