I remember the exact moment I fell in love with Audible.
I was driving on the highway in winter, listening to Patti Smith read her award-winning memoir, Just Kids, and I felt like she was right there in the car with me. I repeat: it’s like I was on a road trip with actual punk icon Patti Smith (!). There’s something so intimate and relatable about hearing someone tell you their own story in their own voice, and I’ve been totally hooked on audio memoirs ever since. These 100 unforgettable memoirs are all read by the writers themselves. Did I miss any of your favorites? Tweet me at @Rach_Smalls and let me know what I should listen to next. -- Rachel, Audible Editor-
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A Long Way Gone
- Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
- By: Ishmael Beah
- Narrated by: Ishmael Beah
- Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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In A Long Way Gone Ishmael Beah tells a riveting story in his own words: how, at the age of twelve, he fled attacking rebels and wandered a land rendered unrecognizable by violence....
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Author's voice
- By B. Bunt on 11-01-13
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A Long Way Gone
- Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
- Narrated by: Ishmael Beah
- Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 06-19-13
- Language: English
- A Former Child Soldier
- Once a child soldier in a war-torn country, Ishmael Beah shares his haunting first-person account of being picked up by a government army and trained to be a killer at just 13 years old, and how he eventually escaped that hell.
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Between the World and Me
- By: Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Narrated by: Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Length: 3 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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In a profound work that pivots from the biggest questions about American history and ideals to the most intimate concerns of a father for his son, Ta-Nehisi Coates offers a powerful new framework for understanding our nation’s history and current crisis....
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A Heartfelt Self-aware Literary Masterpiece
- By T Spencer on 07-30-15
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Between the World and Me
- Narrated by: Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Length: 3 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 07-14-15
- Language: English
- A Letter to His Son
- In a series of essays framed as a letter to his black son, Ta-Nehisi Coates weaves together personal stories and historical events to confront the brutal reality of race in America and all the black bodies it has cost.
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Being Jazz
- My Life as a (Transgender) Teen
- By: Jazz Jennings
- Narrated by: Jazz Jennings
- Length: 4 hrs
- Unabridged
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Jazz Jennings is one of the youngest and most prominent voices in the national discussion about gender identity....
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Powerful and Enlightening.
- By Skye on 06-21-16
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Being Jazz
- My Life as a (Transgender) Teen
- Narrated by: Jazz Jennings
- Length: 4 hrs
- Release date: 06-07-16
- Language: English
- A Teen Activist
- The teen activist shares how she discovered she was transgender at a young age and what life has been like in the public eye since her famous interview with Barbara Walters. You’ll love how she handles tough topics with insight, sensitivity, and strength.
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When We Rise
- My Life in the Movement
- By: Cleve Jones
- Narrated by: Cleve Jones
- Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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From longtime activist Cleve Jones, here is a sweeping, beautifully written memoir about a full and remarkable American life....
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It's a Blue Whale! Oh, Mary don"t ask!
- By Jimmy McBride on 12-12-16
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When We Rise
- My Life in the Movement
- Narrated by: Cleve Jones
- Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 11-29-16
- Language: English
- The Fight Against AIDS
- As a gay man born in 1954, Cleve Jones grew up wondering if there were others like himself. Drawn to the progressive freedom of San Francisco, he worked alongside Harvey Milk as an activist in the gay movement and in the fight against AIDS.
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Redefining Realness
- My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More
- By: Janet Mock
- Narrated by: Janet Mock
- Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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With unflinching honesty and moving prose, Janet Mock relays her experiences of growing up young, multiracial, poor, and trans in America....
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A Wonderful Memoir
- By Jo on 01-24-16
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Redefining Realness
- My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More
- Narrated by: Janet Mock
- Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 08-25-15
- Language: English
- Finding Strength Through Adversity
- In this candid and beautiful memoir by a pop culture icon, Janet Mock finds the strength to survive her tough childhood in Hawaii and come out as a transgender woman after years of going stealth.
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The Other Wes Moore
- One Name, Two Fates
- By: Wes Moore, Tavis Smiley - afterword
- Narrated by: Wes Moore
- Length: 6 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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From the governor of Maryland, the true story of two kids with the same name: One went on to be a Rhodes Scholar, decorated combat veteran, White House Fellow, and business leader. The other is serving a life sentence in prison.
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Insightful lesson in self-determination
- By Aneesah on 02-04-13
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The Other Wes Moore
- One Name, Two Fates
- Narrated by: Wes Moore
- Length: 6 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 04-27-10
- Language: English
- One Name, Two Lives
- Two kids with the same name lived in the same city. One became a Rhodes scholar, the other became a convicted murderer. Haunted by the coincidence, Wes Moore the scholar wrote a letter to the other Wes, and found out just how similar their lives could have been.
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Reading Lolita in Tehran
- A Memoir in Books
- By: Azar Nafisi
- Narrated by: Azar Nafisi
- Length: 17 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Every Thursday morning for two years in the Islamic Republic of Iran, a bold and inspired teacher named Azar Nafisi secretly gathered seven of her most committed female students to read....
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A literary critique of Russian lit.
- By Amazon Customer on 04-15-16
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Reading Lolita in Tehran
- A Memoir in Books
- Narrated by: Azar Nafisi
- Length: 17 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 03-22-16
- Language: English
- Risking Everything for Literature
- For two years, Azar Nafisi met secretly with a group of women in the Islamic Republic of Iran to read forbidden Western classics. In the midst of state sponsored censorship and arbitrary raids, they risked everything for literature.
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Binge
- By: Tyler Oakley
- Narrated by: Tyler Oakley
- Length: 7 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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For someone who made a career out of oversharing on the Internet, Tyler Oakley has a shocking number of personal mishaps and shenanigans to reveal in his first book....
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#BINGEBOOK
- By David on 10-22-15
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Binge
- Narrated by: Tyler Oakley
- Length: 7 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 10-20-15
- Language: English
- A YouTube Sensation
- With his signature silly charm, the YouTube sensation and social rights advocate discusses his slow rise to stardom after years of struggling with eating disorders, suicidal thoughts, abusive relationships, and coming out as gay to a religious parent.
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Look Me in the Eye
- My Life with Asperger's
- By: John Elder Robison
- Narrated by: Mark Deakins
- Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Ever since he was small, John Robison had longed to connect with other people, but by the time he was a teenager, his odd habits had earned him the label "social deviant"....
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Interesting autobiography; not autism-informative
- By Steener on 03-13-15
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Look Me in the Eye
- My Life with Asperger's
- Narrated by: Mark Deakins
- Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 09-13-07
- Language: English
- A Life With Asperger's
- John Elder Robison was labeled a “social deviant” with odd habits as a child. Taking to electronics, he started creating fire-breathing guitars for KISS. It wasn’t until he was 40 that a therapist told him he had Asperger’s syndrome and the pieces finally fell into place.
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The Kid
- What Happened After My Boyfriend and I Decided to Go Get Pregnant
- By: Dan Savage
- Narrated by: Dan Savage
- Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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The syndicated sex-advice columnist of "Savage Love" tells a no-holds-barred story of an ordinary American couple who want to have a baby, except that in this case, the couple happens to be Savage and his boyfriend....
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Funny and Fun
- By Stacy Lynne on 05-11-15
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The Kid
- What Happened After My Boyfriend and I Decided to Go Get Pregnant
- Narrated by: Dan Savage
- Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 07-11-13
- Language: English
- An Open Adoption
- The controversial sex columnist and founder of the It Gets Better Project talks frankly about navigating an open adoption with his then boyfriend as a gay couple living in Seattle in the '90s.
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Hillbilly Elegy
- A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
- By: J. D. Vance
- Narrated by: J. D. Vance
- Length: 6 hrs and 49 mins
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Hillbilly Elegy is a passionate and personal analysis of a culture in crisis - that of white working-class Americans....
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In Mamaw's Contradictions Lay Great Wisdom
- By Cynthia on 11-20-16
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Hillbilly Elegy
- A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
- Narrated by: J. D. Vance
- Length: 6 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 06-28-16
- Language: English
- The Disintegration of the American Dream
- The former Marine and Yale Law School alum discusses his childhood in a poor Appalachian town. Considering class, culture, and the hope of upward mobility, he explores the disintegration of the American dream for this deeply impoverished region of the country.
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Shrill
- Notes from a Loud Woman
- By: Lindy West
- Narrated by: Lindy West
- Length: 6 hrs and 9 mins
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Shrill is an uproarious memoir, a feminist rallying cry in a world that thinks gender politics are tedious and that women, especially feminists, can't be funny....
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Bookclub or no bookclub?
- By Dan Mulligan on 06-17-16
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Shrill
- Notes from a Loud Woman
- Narrated by: Lindy West
- Length: 6 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 05-17-16
- Language: English
- Raising Her Megaphone for Women
- The humorist and former band nerd raises her megaphone for women everywhere who want to be heard, discussing everything from the fat positive movement to how she became the accidental poster child for battling Internet trolls.
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Revolution for Dummies
- By: Bassem Youssef
- Narrated by: Bassem Youssef
- Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins
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"The Jon Stewart of the Arabic World" chronicles his transformation from heart surgeon to political satirist, and offers crucial insight into the Arab Spring, the Egyptian Revolution, and more....
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The Jon Stewart of the Middle East
- By Rachel on 10-17-17
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Revolution for Dummies
- Narrated by: Bassem Youssef
- Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 03-21-17
- Language: English
- The Jon Stewart of the Middle East
- Bassem Youssef earned the nickname “The Jon Stewart of the Middle East” with his popular satirical news show in Egypt. Political pressure ultimately forced him to flee his country, and here he finally tells the whole story with bleak humor.
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