How an Underachieving Labrador Won Our Hearts and Brought Us Peace

By: Mel C. Miskimen / Narrated By: Pam Ward

Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins

Life after Loss… and plenty o’ Laughs?!

The True Story of How One Amazing Dog Changed His Owner's Life

By: John Tovey, Veronica Clark / Narrated by: Philip Ormond

Length: 7 hrs and 39 min

Went in worried about non-Brit narrator, but dang! the story just carried the day and made this magNIficent!

By: Elisabeth Tova Bailey / Narrated By: Renee Raudman

Length: 3 hrs and 10 mins

The beauty of life in The Microcosm

A Memoir in Thirteen Animals

Written and Narrated By: Sy Montgomery

Length: 3 hrs and 42 mins

“When the student is ready, the teacher will come”

Written and Narrated By: Mark Doty

Length: 6 hrs and 14 mins

On Death, On Grief, On Living the best Life possible

How a Blind Rescue Horse Helped Others Learn to See

By: Jennifer Marshall Bleakley / Narrated By: Emily Durante

Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins

And Joey’s not the only precious horse in this book; I was BAWLING my head off halfway through >Sniffle<

A Marine, a Dog, and a Long Road Trip Home

Written and Narrated By: Rob Kugler

Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins

Awwwww! One of the better memoirs of wonder dogs! Best. Dog. Dad. EVER!

A Memoir of a Joyful Dog Named Trixie

By: Dean Koontz / Narrated By: Christopher Lane

Length: 6 hrs and 37 mins

You want Life Lessons from a dear dog? Hear ya go!

What the World's Most Incorrigible Cat Taught Me About Life, Love, and Coming Clean

By: Jackson Galaxy, Joel Derfner / Narrated By: Jackson Galaxy

Length: 6 hrs and 24 mins

Okay, so, like, I stilllll liked it—even after having heard it 4x

Stories of Feline Affection, Mystery and Charm

By: Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen / Narrated By: Marcie Millard

Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins

Funny, uplifting, tho’ I must admit to a few tears

A Memoir in Eight [Acts] Pets

By: Dr. Nick Trout / Narrated By: Simon Vance

Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins

Often funny, always sweet, and Simon Vance narrates! ‘Nuff said…!

A Memoir

By: Martin McKenna / Narrated By: Aaron Abano

Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins

The Dirty Dog Gang raises a boy

How a Broken Horse Fixed a Broken Heart

By: Susan Richards / Narrated By: Lorna Raver

Length: 6 hrs and 25 mins

4th time I’ve listened to it—4th time I’ve cried

A Girl, A Bike, A Street Dog

By: Ishbel Rose Holmes (World Bike Girl) / Narrated By: Lucy Rayner

Length: 5 hrs and 56 mins

Two damaged souls—coming together. Not to be missed!

The True Story of an Irish Village, a Man Who Lost His Way, and the Rescue Donkeys That Led Him Home

By: Patrick Barrett, Susy Flory / Narrated By: Gary Furlong

Length: 6 hrs and 12 mins

Gonna have to say it: NOT what I’d been expecting -AND- coulda been edited better… so >SOB<!!!

My Unexpected Life with 600 Rescue Animals

By: Laurie Zaleski / Narrated By: Erin Moon

Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins

Oh a mighty HUZZAH for Moms and Animals!

My Adventures with the World's Most Misunderstood Mammals

By: Merlin Tuttle / Narrated By: Sean Runnette

Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins

Oh gosh, went into this with loooow expectations but hopeful…? Finished oh soooo enchanted!!!

The Extraordinary Journey of a Boy and His Comfort Rabbits, and How They’re Teaching Us About Hope and Kindness

By: Caleb Smith / Narrated By: Michael Gallagher, Caleb Smith

Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins

AbsoLUTEly ASTOUNDING…!

A Search for a Dog and the Discovery of Family

By: Melissa Armstrong / Narrated By: Ann Simmons

Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins

How do you know when a story is getting AWESOME? When you pause to Google the bejesus outta stuff…!!!

How a Dog That No One Wanted Inspired the World

By: Joal Derse Dauer, Elizabeth Ridley / Narrated By: Ann Richardson

Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins

Gosh, how I do haaaate it when I’m disappointed in an Animals Pick…

A True Story of Love and Friendship

Written and Narrated By: Martha Teichner

Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins

Jeez! Oh how I haaaate saying with this one: I Want My Hours Back…! Also, a tiiiiiiny bit of a Spoiler Alert within this, sooo…

Life and Love with a Hard-Luck Jay

Written and Narrated By: Julie Zickefoose

Length: 4 hrs and 59 mins

Oooooh! For all the baby birds I’ve loved before!!!

What Two Dogs Taught One Veterinarian About Hope, Humility, and Everyday Miracles

By: Dr. Nick Trout / Narrated By: Jonathan Cowley

Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins

Awesome—fielding the hard cases, paying the price, then paying it forward!

A Memoir

Written and Narrated By: Tia Torres

Length: 5 hrs and 50 mins

Never watched the show, but now I soooo wanna!

By: Alaa Aljaleel, Diana Darke / Narrated By: Peter Noble

Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins

Seriously! One person CAN make a difference!

How a Prickly Creature Softened a Prickly Heart

By: Massimo Vacchetta, Antonella Tomaselli / Translated By: Jamie Richards / Narrated By: James Anderson Foster / Introduction: Hillary Huber

Length: 4 hrs and 5 mins

Unfortunate, tho’ not fatal, narration does kinda sorta mar a PERFECTLY WONDERFUL story! Loved it!

The Donkey with the Heart of a Hero

Written and Narrated By: Christopher McDougall

Length: 12 hrs and 13 mins

What a great story! And what’s this? Did the song at the end leave a tear or two in my eye?

What a Handful of 'Unadoptables' Taught Me about Service, Hope, and Healing

Written and Narrated By: Susannah Charleson

Length: 11 hrs and 18 mins

AWEsome combo of Research and Heart!

Series: Family of Rescue Dogs, Book 4

By: Brian L. Porter / Narrated By: Verona Westbrook

Length: 2 hrs and 14 mins

Such sweet stories the deplorable narration almost grows on you

Daisy and the Olympic Animal Sanctuary Rescue

By: Laura Koerber / Narrated By: Kelly Libatique

Length: 3 hrs and 24 mins

When the rescuer becomes the perpetrator of cruelty

One Family and Fifty Foster Dogs

By: Cara Sue Achterberg / Narrated By: Xe Sands

Length: 7 hrs and 48 mins

The fear of an empty nest leads to the fullest heart possible!

The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World

By: Vicki Myron, Bret Witter / Narrated By: Susan McInerny

Length: 7 hrs and 58 mins

See?!? EVERY book hub neeeeeds a cat!!!

A Girl, A Bike, A Street Dog

By: Ishbel Rose Holmes (World Bike Girl) / Narrated By: Lucy Rayner

Length: 5 hrs and 56 mins

Two damaged souls—coming together. Not to be missed!

How One Dog and One Woman Rescued Each Other - And the Lives They Transformed Along the Way

By: Lisa Edwards / Narrated By: Meredith Mitchell

Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins

Sweet story about a bumbling, loving dog

How Ten Guys Saved Countless Dogs and Cats, Twelve Horses, Five Pigs, One Duck, and a Few Turtles

By: Rescue Ink and Denise Flaim / Narrated By: Tom Weiner

Length: 5 hrs and 51 mins

Not the best animal rescue book, but certainly different!

A Falconer's Journey and the Healing Power of Wildlife

By: Rodney Stotts, Kate Pipkin - contributor / Narrated By: James Fouhey

Length: 4 hrs and 23 mins

Listen to the Universe; Lean into the Dream…!

My Adventures with the World's Most Misunderstood Mammals

By: Merlin Tuttle / Narrated By: Sean Runnette

Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins

Oh gosh, went into this with loooow expectations but hopeful…? Finished oh soooo enchanted!!!

The Magic and Madness of a Life for the Birds

Written and Narrated By: Eric Dempsey

Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins

Yeh yeh yeh—like watching paint dry… BUT if you’re NUTTY about birds? AWESOME!!!

By: Nick Jans / Narrated By: Tom Perkins

Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins

A long, and at times drawn out, account of one wolf’s Journey…

Life Among the Emperors

Written and Narrated By: Lindsay McCrae

Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins

Okay okay writing’s not the best okay! -BUT- It has freaking penguins!!!

Birth, Life, and Death in the World of the Giants

By: Hannah Mumby / Narrated By: Gemma Lawrence

Length: 7 hrs and 50 mins

Unwieldy wordsmithing, a LOT of time hopping, odd segues, leave this a very near miss

Life and Love with a Hard-Luck Jay

Written and Narrated By: Julie Zickefoose

Length: 4 hrs and 59 mins

Oooooh! For all the baby birds I’ve loved before!!!

By: John Muir / Narrated By: Andre Stojka

Length: 1 hr and 4 mins

Sweet li’l story that’s almost over before ya know it!

A Master Falconer's Extraordinary Life with Birds of Prey

By: Nancy Cowan / Narrated By: Janet Metzger

Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins

A life spent so close to Nature—oh how lovely!

A Memoir in Thirteen Animals

Written and Narrated By: Sy Montgomery

Length: 3 hrs and 42 mins

“When the student is ready, the teacher will come”

A Neuroscientist’s Unconventional Life Among the Baboons

By: Robert M. Sapolsky / Narrated By: Mike Chamberlain

Length: 14 hrs and 35 mins

I felt so sorry for myself that Sapolsky didn’t narrate this, but then I got over it and had a really good time!

My True Story of a Remarkable Friendship

By: Jeff Guidry / Narrated By: John Pruden

Length: 5 hrs and 12 mins

So astounding, and some things so moving, I Googled the heck outta Freedom!

What I Learned from a Remarkable Bird

By: Tom Michell / Narrated By: Bill Nighy

Length: 6 hrs and 2 mins

One I’ll listen to again and again. And again.

Series: All Creatures Great and Small, Book 1

By: James Herriot / Narrated By: Christopher Timothy

Length: 15 hrs and 41 mins

How did it take me so long to get around to listening to this?

Adventures of an Unlikely Farmer

Written and Narrated By: Antonia Murphy

Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins

7 hrs and 20 mins in the head of a really funny woman—oh, to look at the world that way!

A Memoir

By: Martin McKenna / Narrated By: Aaron Abano

Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins

The Dirty Dog Gang raises a boy

By: Gerald Durrell / Narrated By: Rupert Degas

Length: 5 hrs and 23 mins

Charming account with funny animal stories—if you can get past animals being ripped from their homes/habitats

Written and Narrated By: Tom Ryan

Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins

More than just man’s best friend!

Calving Season on a Family Farm

By: John Connell / Narrated By: Alan Smyth

Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins

When living and working on a farm makes you more loving and NOT callous!

The Dog Who Saved My Life

Written and Narrated By: Eric O'Grey, Featuring: Mark Dagostino

Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins

Plenty o’ Peety—but—plenty o’ dieting advice as well…

How a Herd of Miniature Horses Provides Comfort and Healing

By: Debbie Garcia-Bengochea, Peggy Frezon / Narrated By: Angie Hickman

Length: 5 hrs and 18 mins

I DIDN’T CRY! I SWEAR IT…!!! …sniffle sniffle wah…!!!

The True Story of an Irish Village, a Man Who Lost His Way, and the Rescue Donkeys That Led Him Home

By: Patrick Barrett, Susy Flory / Narrated By: Gary Furlong

Length: 6 hrs and 12 mins

Gonna have to say it: NOT what I’d been expecting -AND- coulda been edited better… so >SOB<!!!

The True Story of How One Amazing Dog Changed His Owner's Life

By: John Tovey, Veronica Clark / Narrated by: Philip Ormond

Length: 7 hrs and 39 min

Went in worried about non-Brit narrator, but dang! the story just carried the day and made this magNIficent!

My Life in Seven Dogs

By: Jennifer Finney Boylan / Narrated By: Kelsey Navarro, Jennifer Finney Boylan

Length: 7 hrs and 42 mins

Okay, so where are the dogs?! Other than that, heartwarming

What Two Dogs Taught One Veterinarian About Hope, Humility, and Everyday Miracles

By: Dr. Nick Trout / Narrated By: Jonathan Cowley

Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins

Awesome—fielding the hard cases, paying the price, then paying it forward!

The One

Series: The One collection

Written and Narrated By: Jess Walter

Length: 49 mins

Can you really pack that much into just 49 minutes? …Yesssss…!!!

A Memoir

Written and Narrated By: Tia Torres

Length: 5 hrs and 50 mins

Never watched the show, but now I soooo wanna!

The Heart-Warming Tale of a Life-Saving Friendship

By: Kerry Irving / Narrated By: Marston York

Length: 6 hrs and 23 mins

Huzzah! A Feel-Good story with many layers and a whole lotta heart!

A Man, A Dog, and the Friendship of a Lifetime

Written and Narrated By: Ben Moon

Length: 7 hrs and 7 mins

Fearless sharing with love given, love received

By: Elisabeth Tova Bailey / Narrated By: Renee Raudman

Length: 3 hrs and 10 mins

The beauty of life in The Microcosm

The Donkey with the Heart of a Hero

Written and Narrated By: Christopher McDougall

Length: 12 hrs and 13 mins

What a great story! And what’s this? Did the song at the end leave a tear or two in my eye?

How One Little Dog Brought Us Hope, Happiness & Closure

By: Michael Morse / Narrated By: Kevin Young

Length: 6 hrs and 12 mins

Liked it, but every now and then Morse shocked the bejesus outta me

Written and Narrated By: Luis Carlos Montalvan

Length: 8 hrs and 3 mins

Iraq, PTSD, physical disabilities, and Tuesday

Written and Narrated By: Mark Doty

Length: 6 hrs and 14 mins

On Death, On Grief, On Living the best Life possible

How a Pack of Rescues, Rejects, and Strays Became America's Greatest Disaster-Search Partners

By: Wilma Melville, Paul Lobo / Narrated By: Will Damron, Xe Sands

Length: 6 hrs and 29 mins

Stories of sadness; stories of triumph

On the Love of Cats and Persons

By: Peter Trachtenberg / Narrated By: Joe Geoffrey

Length: 7 hrs and 1 min

Love. Life. Cats. Very good, but Peter is, quite possibly, a jerk…

How a Blind Rescue Horse Helped Others Learn to See

By: Jennifer Marshall Bleakley / Narrated By: Emily Durante

Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins

And Joey’s not the only precious horse in this book; I was BAWLING my head off halfway through >Sniffle<

A Marine, a Dog, and a Long Road Trip Home

Written and Narrated By: Rob Kugler

Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins

Awwwww! One of the better memoirs of wonder dogs! Best. Dog. Dad. EVER!

A Poet’s Journey with an Exceptional Labrador

By: Stephen Kuusisto / Narrated By: Fred Sanders

Length: 5 hrs and 24 hrs

Very good, but I must admit that I have my reservations

The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World

By: Vicki Myron, Bret Witter / Narrated By: Susan McInerny

Length: 7 hrs and 58 mins

See?!? EVERY book hub neeeeeds a cat!!!

What the World's Most Incorrigible Cat Taught Me About Life, Love, and Coming Clean

By: Jackson Galaxy, Joel Derfner / Narrated By: Jackson Galaxy

Length: 6 hrs and 24 mins

Okay, so, like, I stilllll liked it—even after having heard it 4x

Stories of Feline Affection, Mystery and Charm

By: Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen / Narrated By: Marcie Millard

Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins

Funny, uplifting, tho’ I must admit to a few tears

A Memoir in Eight [Acts] Pets

By: Dr. Nick Trout / Narrated By: Simon Vance

Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins

Often funny, always sweet, and Simon Vance narrates! ‘Nuff said…!

A Memoir

By: Martin McKenna / Narrated By: Aaron Abano

Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins

The Dirty Dog Gang raises a boy

The Rescue Cat Who Helped Me Find My Way Home

By: Helen Brown / Narrated By: Heather Bolton

Length: 7 hrs and 7 mins

A feel-good listen, even if I spent the first 1/3 wanting to throttle her

A Lost Cat, a Homeless Man, and Their Journey Across America

By: Britt Collins / Foreward By: Jeffrey Moussaleff-Masson / Narrated By: George Newbern

Length: 6 hrs and 44 mins

How caring for the less fortunate can open the heart

My Life with the Ravens at the Tower of London

Written and Narrated By: Christopher Skaife

Length: 6 hrs and 39 mins

Ravens definitely don’t care that you have dinner reservations!

How an Underachieving Labrador Won Our Hearts and Brought Us Peace

By: Mel C. Miskimen / Narrated By: Pam Ward

Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins

Life after Loss… and plenty o’ Laughs?!

My Unexpected Life with 600 Rescue Animals

By: Laurie Zaleski / Narrated By: Erin Moon

Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins

Oh a mighty HUZZAH for Moms and Animals!

How a Dog That No One Wanted Inspired the World

By: Joal Derse Dauer, Elizabeth Ridley / Narrated By: Ann Richardson

Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins

Gosh, how I do haaaate it when I’m disappointed in an Animals Pick…

One Woman, Ten Thousand Miles, and a Journey into the Heart of Shelters and Rescues

Written and Narrated By: Cara Sue Achterberg

Length: 8 hrs and 52 mins

From fostering, to “pulling” from kill-shelters; Cara’s journey continues…

A True Story of Love and Friendship

Written and Narrated By: Martha Teichner

Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins

Jeez! Oh how I haaaate saying with this one: I Want My Hours Back…! Also, a tiiiiiiny bit of a Spoiler Alert within this, sooo…

Riding the World's Loneliest Horse Race

By: Lara Prior-Palmer / Narrated By: Henrietta Meire

Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins

Yes, Lara is a TOTAL ditz, self-absorbed, ill-prepared, you name it. But (So sue me)? She had me giggling!

By: Elisabeth Tova Bailey / Narrated By: Renee Raudman

Length: 3 hrs and 10 mins

The beauty of life in The Microcosm

How a Blind Rescue Horse Helped Others Learn to See

By: Jennifer Marshall Bleakley / Narrated By: Emily Durante

Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins

And Joey’s not the only precious horse in this book; I was BAWLING my head off halfway through >Sniffle<

Adventures of an Unlikely Farmer

Written and Narrated By: Antonia Murphy

Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins

7 hrs and 20 mins in the head of a really funny woman—oh, to look at the world that way!

The Story of Marine Hero Lucca

By: Maria Goodavage / Narrated By: Neil Shah

Length: 7 hrs and 58 mins

A heroine for Women’s History Month! Er, yeh, she has four legs, so what?

The Rescue Cat Who Helped Me Find My Way Home

By: Helen Brown / Narrated By: Heather Bolton

Length: 7 hrs and 7 mins

A feel-good listen, even if I spent the first 1/3 wanting to throttle her

How a Broken Horse Fixed a Broken Heart

By: Susan Richards / Narrated By: Lorna Raver

Length: 6 hrs and 25 mins

4th time I’ve listened to it—4th time I’ve cried

A Girl, A Bike, A Street Dog

By: Ishbel Rose Holmes (World Bike Girl) / Narrated By: Lucy Rayner

Length: 5 hrs and 56 mins

Two damaged souls—coming together. Not to be missed!