Charlie Gilmour’s remarkable memoir, Featherhood, explains in lively, compelling detail how caring for an abandoned baby bird prepared him to become a father.
Carl L. Hart makes a thoughtful and persuasive (if controversial) case that it’s high time we legalize all drugs and consider a more humane way forward.
Braiding Sweetgrass inspires courage to fight for the Earth amid climate urgency, reveals new ways of knowing and seeing while protecting Indigenous wisdom.
In Beginners, author Tom Vanderbilt demonstrates the importance of cultivating curiosity and trying new skills on for size.
For anyone looking for a moving tale of finding a way to give the love we don’t receive, American Daughter will resonate.
Aftershocks is an intimate work told in an imaginative style, with the events that shaped its author rippling throughout her nonlinear story.
Beloved author George Saunders teaches the masters in his new book, sharing invaluable insights into classic Russian short stories.
For Southern listeners, to hear Rick Bragg narrate his own missives from the Deep South is to be transported to a porch on a summer evening.
With deep affection and a frank yet gentle tone, Helen Macdonald shares her wide knowledge and unique perspective like the gifts that they are.
Maria Hinojosa tangles her personal story with the history of American immigration to offer one of the finest audiobooks of the year.
Lacy Crawford’s clear voice provides her younger self with a level of truth that has too long been withheld and offers moments of levity amid the darkness.
Natasha Trethewey’s Mississippi inflection is soothing as she lays out her tale, and listeners will feel totally at ease as they hear a master at work.
Funny woman and TV genius Rachel Bloom’s writing runneth over with personality, and her audiobook nearly explodes with it.
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