A Memoir of Love, AIDS, and Chosen Family in the American South

By: Ruth Coker Burks, Kevin Carr O'Leary / Narrated By: Ruth Coker Burks

Length: 13 hrs and 3 mins

Moving, heartfelt, emotionally evocative, and I could go on. Let’s leave it at simply stunning.

A Young Activist's Memoir of Race, Family, and the Mentors Who Made Him Whole

Written and Narrated By: Will Jawando

Length: 7 hrs and 35 mins

A moving testament to how our kids need aaaaallll of us

The Assassination of Alexander Litvinenko and Putin's War with the West

By: Luke Harding / Narrated By: Nicholas Guy Smith

Length: 13 hrs and 12 mins

Enlightened the first Listen morphs into, well, stunned for the second… Do give this a Listen

A Biography of George Washington

By: Alexis Coe / Narrated By: Brittany Pressley, Alexis Coe

Length: 6 hrs and 40 mins

Okay—Just cuz something sorely ticks ya off, does NOT mean it’s automatically Leftist-Cancel-Culture; not when most of it’s true

(Abridged)

By: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. / Editor: Clayborne Carson / Narrated By: Levar Burton

Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins

BeYONd inspiring; beYONd heartbreaking. Just truly excellent!

By: Sarah Vowell / Narrated By: Sarah Vowell, Conan O'Brien, Seth Green, Stephen Colbert

Length: 5 hrs and 16 mins

No finer essayist on All Things American—The Good, The Bad, The Ugly… The Hilarious…!

A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose

Written and Narrated By: Joe Biden

Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins

First Listen? I thought too much on politics. Second Listen? Thank GOD—a decent human being in politics

By: Sonia Sotomayor / Narrated By: Rita Moreno

Length: 12 hrs and 27 mins

Warm, rich with family. May I say that I’m now a fan…?

A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz

By: Erik Larson / Narrated By: John Lee / Epilogue By: Erik Larson

Length: 17 hrs and 49 mins

WOW! Can chaos and carnage and political machinations be good ol’ rollicking fun? YES!!!

The Prince of Wales and the Making of the Regency

By: Saul David / Narrated By: Sam Devereaux

Length: 16 hrs and 23 mins

From whence all my beloved Regency romances came… The debauched yet kindly “Prinny”

By: Sarah Vowell / Narrated By: Sarah Vowell, John Slattery, Nick Offerman, Fred Armisen, Bobby Cannavale, John Hodgman, Stephanie March, Alexis Denisof

Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins

The world’s unlikeliest narration had me ultimately enjoying the hell outta this one!

A Story of Race and Inheritance

Written and Narrated By: Barack Obama

Length: 7 hrs and 8 mins

The End Notes were the best part… >Heavy Sigh<

Written and Narrated By: Michelle Obama

Length: 19 hrs and 3 mins

A long and heartfelt journey

Reflections at Ninety

Written and Narrated By: Jimmy Carter

Length: 7 hrs and 45 mins

Changing times; unwavering values

Trump in the White House

By Bob Woodward / Narrated By: Robert Petkoff

Length: 12 hrs and 20 mins

Just can’t turn away from a train wreck

The Real Story of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Final Year

By: Tavis Smiley, David Ritz / Narrated By: Tavis Smiley

Length: 6 hrs and 15 mins

Fraught narration sometimes mars a good account