Language bestsellers

Cultish

The Language of Fanaticism

By: Amanda Montell
Narrated by: Ann Marie Gideon
Length: 8 hours 21 minutes

“The linguistics of cults and 'culty' groups. Such a fascinating listen; the weaponization of language is an intriguing and timely discussion. Read more

Bird by Bird

Some Instructions on Writing and Life

By: Anne Lamott
Narrated by: Anne Lamott
Length: 6 hours 36 minutes

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An essential volume for generations of writers young and old. The twenty-fifth anniversary edition of this modern classic will continue to spark creative minds for years to come. Anne Lamott is "a warm, generous, and hilarious guide through the writer’s world and its treacherous swamps" (Los Angeles Times). 

“Superb... Read more

Wordslut

A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language

By: Amanda Montell
Narrated by: Amanda Montell
Length: 6 hours 56 minutes

“As funny as it is informative, this book will have you laughing out loud while you contemplate the revolutionary power of words.” —Camille Perri, author of The Assistants and When Katie Met CassidyA brash, enlightening, and wildly entertaining feminist look at gendered language and the way it shapes us.The word bitch conjures many images for... Read more

How to Tell a Story

The Essential Guide to Memorable Storytelling from The Moth

By: The Moth, Meg Bowles, Catherine Burns, Jenifer Hixson, Sarah Austin Jenness & Kate Tellers
Narrated by: Meg Bowles, Catherine Burns, Jenifer Hixson, Sarah Austin Jenness, Suzanne Rust, Chloe Salmon & Kate Tellers
Length: 10 hours 8 minutes

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The definitive guide to telling an unforgettable story in any setting, drawing on twenty-five years of experience from the storytelling experts at The Moth

“From toasts to eulogies, from job interviews to social events, this book will help you with ideas, structure, delivery and more.”—CNN

LONGLISTED FOR THE PORCHLIGHT... Read more

The Murder at the Vicarage - Abridged

B2+

Collins Agatha Christie ELT Readers

By: Agatha Christie
Narrated by: Roger May
Length: 3 hours 26 minutes

Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners. Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time and in any language. Now Collins has adapted her famous detective novels for English language learners. These carefully abridged versions are shorter with the language targeted at... Read more

Pity the Reader

On Writing With Style

By: Suzanne McConnell & Kurt Vonnegut
Narrated by: Karen White
Length: 12 hours 1 minute

The art and craft of writing by one of the few grandmasters of American literature, a bonanza for writers and readers written by Kurt Vonnegut's former student.

Here is an entirely new side of Kurt Vonnegut, Vonnegut as a teacher of writing. Of course he's given us glimpses before, with aphorisms and short essays and articles and in his... Read more

The Bonjour Effect

The Secret Codes of French Conversation Revealed

By: Julie Barlow & Jean-Benoit Nadeau
Narrated by: Teri Schnaubelt
Length: 8 hours 37 minutes

Jean-Benoît Nadeau and Julie Barlow spent a decade traveling back and forth to Paris as well as living there. Yet one important lesson never seemed to sink in: how to communicate comfortably with the French, even when you speak their language. In The Bonjour Effect Jean-Benoît and Julie chronicle the lessons they learned after they returned to... Read more

An Intermediate French Language Course

Conversational and Technical Vocabulary

By: Marcel Roux
Narrated by: Florian Duval
Length: 8 hours 48 minutes

If you know your French basics such as greetings, numbers and colors but want to take your French to the next level then this course is designed for you. The focus here is on building out your vocabulary. Depending on what you want or need to learn there are specific sections focused on topic areas: education, finance, management, IT, medicine... Read more

Conversational German Dialogues

Over 100 Conversations and Short Stories to Learn the German Language. Grow Your Vocabulary Whilst Having Fun with Daily Used Phrases and Language Learning Lessons!

Learning German

By: Language Mastery
Narrated by: Language Mastery
Length: 1 hour 45 minutes

IMPROVE YOUR GERMAN CONVERSATIONAL SKILLS IN NO TIME WITH THIS ENGAGING AND EASY METHOD!
Are you looking for a fully immersive German language book to help conquer any conversation?Would you like to use a proven method that will make you speak with a native German speaker in less than 4 weeks?Do you want to find an engaging yet fun way to improve... Read more

Māori Made Easy Pocket Guide

By: Scotty Morrison
Length: 5 hours 9 minutes

This pocket-sized book is your guide to using te reo Māori in everyday situations, from introductions to conversations, online and in person. Carry the essentials with you, and develop confidence in: * Basic pronunciation * Greetings * Dates and times * Meetings * Pepeha * Protocol * Whakataukī * Karakia * Iwi names * and much more! From... Read more

Learn French for Beginners

A Complete Audio Method for French Language Learning

By: Talk In French
Narrated by: Batoully Silla, Emmanuelle Solo & Francois Noble
Length: 6 hours 40 minutes

Speak French from Day One with this Beginner-level Audio-only Method for Learning French.
Inside Learn French for Beginners, you’ll find: Four weeks of daily lessons: Build a habit of learning French with easy-to-follow lessons you can listen to every day. 5+ hours of audio: With their emphasis on spoken communication, the lessons focus on... Read more

A Beginner's Irish Gaelic Course

Simple Words And Phrases In Irish Gaelic

By: Darragh Ryan
Narrated by: Shannagh Rowland
Length: 9 hours 35 minutes

This introduction to Irish Gaelic for complete beginners focusses on commonly used words and phrases such as greetings, numbers, colors, foods, common adjectives and nouns and basic introduction to grammatical structure in Irish Gaelic. As the course progresses more challenging assignments are included such as understanding an Irish weather... Read more

German Short Stories for Beginners

Over 100 Conversational Dialogues & Daily Used Phrases to Learn German. Have Fun & Grow Your Vocabulary with German Language Learning Lessons!

Learning German

By: Language Mastery
Narrated by: Language Mastery
Length: 1 hour 54 minutes

MASTER GERMAN CONVERSATIONS AND IMPROVE YOUR VOCABULARY WITH THIS REVOLUTIONARY AUDIOBOOK!
Would you love to learn German in order to develop international friendships, as well as to communicate on Internet?Do you have an upcoming trip to Germany, Austria or Belgium and want to fully immerse yourself in the experience?Or do you live in a... Read more

On Writing

A Memoir Of The Craft

By: Stephen King
Narrated by: Stephen King, Joe Hill & Owen King
Length: 9 hours 6 minutes

Twentieth Anniversary Edition with Contributions from Joe Hill and Owen King

ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE’S TOP 100 NONFICTION BOOKS OF ALL TIME

Immensely helpful and illuminating to any aspiring writer, this special edition of Stephen King’s critically lauded, million-copy bestseller shares the experiences, habits, and convictions that have shaped him... Read more

Story Genius

How to Use Brain Science to Go Beyond Outlining and Write a Riveting Novel (Before You Waste Three Years Writing 327 Pages That Go Nowhere)

By: Lisa Cron
Narrated by: Brittany Pressley
Length: 9 hours 36 minutes

Following on the heels of Lisa Cron's breakout first book, Wired for Story, this writing guide reveals how to use cognitive storytelling strategies to build a scene-by-scene blueprint for a riveting story.

It’s every novelist’s greatest fear: pouring their blood, sweat, and tears into writing hundreds of pages only to realize that their story... Read more

Say What You Mean

A Mindful Approach to Nonviolent Communication

Shambhala

By: Oren Jay Sofer
Narrated by: Oren Jay Sofer & Mark Bramhall
Length: 10 hours 59 minutes

Find your voice, speak your truth, listen deeply—a guide to more meaningful and mindful conversations.

We spend so much of our lives talking to each other, but how much are we simply running on automatic—relying on old habits and hoping for the best? Are we able to truly hear others and speak our mind in a clear and kind way, without needing to... Read more

French Short Stories for Beginners

Over 100 Conversational Dialogues & Daily Used Phrases to Learn French. Have Fun & Grow Your Vocabulary with French Language Learning Lessons!

Learning French

By: Language Mastery
Narrated by: Language Mastery
Length: 1 hour 51 minutes

MASTER THE ART OF FRENCH CONVERSATIONS WITH THIS REVOLUTIONARY METHOD!
Would you love to learn French in order to develop international friendships, as well as to communicate via the Internet?Do you have an upcoming trip to a French-speaking country and want to fully immerse yourself in the experience?Or do you live in a French-speaking country... Read more

The Science of Storytelling

By: Will Storr
Narrated by: James Clamp
Length: 6 hours 51 minutes

How do master storytellers compel us? There have been many attempts to understand what makes a good story, but few have used a scientific approach. In The Science of Storytelling, Will Storr applies dazzling psychological research and cutting-edge neuroscience to our myths and archetypes to show how we can tell better stories, revealing, among... Read more

I Came All This Way to Meet You

Writing Myself Home

By: Jami Attenberg
Narrated by: Xe Sands
Length: 6 hours 44 minutes

Named a Best Book of the Year by: Time * New Yorker * Sunday Times (UK)From New York Times bestselling author Jami Attenberg comes a dazzling memoir about unlocking and embracing her creativity—and how it saved her life. In this brilliant, fierce, and funny memoir of transformation, Jami Attenberg—described as a “master of modern fiction”... Read more

The Wordhord

Daily Life in Old English

By: Hana Videen
Narrated by: Sara Powell
Length: 8 hours 23 minutes

This audiobook narrated by Sara Powell takes listeners on an entertaining and illuminating tour of weird, wonderful, and downright baffling words from the origins of English

Old English is the language you think you know until you actually hear or see it. Unlike Shakespearean English or even Chaucer’s Middle English, Old English—the language of... Read more

Save the Cat! Writes a Novel

The Last Book On Novel Writing You'll Ever Need

By: Jessica Brody
Narrated by: Jessica Brody
Length: 10 hours 49 minutes

The first novel-writing guide from the best-selling Save the Cat! story-structure series, which reveals the 15 essential plot points needed to make any novel a success.

Novelist Jessica Brody presents a comprehensive story-structure guide for novelists that applies the famed Save the Cat! screenwriting methodology to the world of novel writing.... Read more

Learn Spanish with Paul Noble for Beginners – Complete Course

Spanish Made Easy with Your 1 million-best-selling Personal Language Coach

By: Paul Noble
Narrated by: Paul Noble
Length: 13 hours 20 minutes

No grammar tests. No memory drills. No chance of failure. Welcome to Learn with Paul Noble – a unique, tried and tested language learning method that has been used by almost a million people to speak fluently and confidently in no time at all. This course covers European and Latin American Spanish. Take a... Read more

Win Every Argument

The Art of Debating, Persuading, and Public Speaking

By: Mehdi Hasan
Narrated by: Mehdi Hasan
Length: 8 hours 11 minutes

This program is read by and contains archival audio of the author from MSNBC, BBC Question Time, Oxford Union, and other sources.

Win Every Argument shows how anyone can communicate with confidence, rise above the tit-for-tats on social media, and triumph in a successful and productive debate in the real world.

MSNBC’s Mehdi Hasan isn’t one to... Read more

1000 Words

A Guide to Staying Creative, Focused, and Productive All-Year Round

By: Jami Attenberg
Narrated by: Jami Attenberg, Kamali Minter, Joy Osmanski & André Santana
Length: 4 hours 55 minutes

“Are you an artist? Stop right here and pick up 1000 Words. Read or listen to a little each day to refresh your outlook and commitment to creating. It's positive and challenging and just perfect for helping you make progress on your art. Definitely a new favorite for me. Read more

Learn French with Paul Noble for Beginners – Complete Course

French Made Easy with Your 1 million-best-selling Personal Language Coach

By: Paul Noble
Narrated by: Paul Noble
Length: 12 hours 37 minutes

No grammar tests. No memory drills. No chance of failure. Welcome to Learn with Paul Noble – a unique, tried and tested language learning method that has been used by almost a million people to speak fluently and confidently in no time at all. Take a simple, relaxed approach to learning a language that has been... Read more

Meander, Spiral, Explode

Design and Pattern in Narrative

By: Jane Alison
Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
Length: 5 hours 50 minutes

“Doctors don’t imitate Galen. Why should writers follow Aristotle? Jane Alison in her fresh, original book about narrative is our new Aristotle.” ―Edmund White, author of The Unpunished Vice: A Life of ReadingAs Jane Alison writes in the introduction to her insightful and appealing book about the craft of writing: “For centuries there’s been one... Read more

What's Your Pronoun?

Beyond He and She

By: Dennis Baron
Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
Length: 6 hours 55 minutes

Contextualizing one of the most pressing cultural questions of our generation, Dennis Baron reveals the untold story of how we got from he and she to zie and hir and singular—they.

Like trigger warnings and gender-neutral bathrooms, pronouns are sparking a national debate, prompting new policies in schools, workplaces, even prisons, about what... Read more

Next Steps in Spanish with Paul Noble for Intermediate Learners – Complete Course

Spanish Made Easy with Your 1 million-best-selling Personal Language Coach

By: Paul Noble
Narrated by: Paul Noble
Length: 7 hours 40 minutes

No grammar tests. No memory drills. No chance of failure. Welcome to Learn with Paul Noble – a unique, tried and tested language learning method that has been used by almost a million people to speak fluently and confidently in no time at all. This course covers European and Latin American Spanish. Take... Read more

Save the Cat! Goes to the Movies

The Screenwriter's Guide to Every Story Ever Told

Save The Cat!: Book #2

By: Blake Snyder
Narrated by: George Newbern
Length: 8 hours 47 minutes

In the perfect companion piece to his first book, Blake Snyder delivers even more insider information gleaned from a twenty-year track record as one of Hollywood's most successful spec screenwriters. Designed for screenwriters, novelists, and movie fans, this book gives listeners key breakdowns of the fifty most instructional movies from the... Read more

Talk to Me

How to Ask Better Questions, Get Better Answers, and Interview Anyone Like a Pro

By: Dean Nelson
Narrated by: Michael David Axtell
Length: 10 hours 9 minutes

From respected journalist, professor, and founder of the Writer's Symposium by the Sea, a book that demystifies the art and science of interviewing, in the vein of On Writing Well or How to Read Literature Like a Professor.“Dean Nelson is one of the best interviewers around.”—Anne LamottInterviewing is the single most important way journalists... Read more

Dreyer's English

An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style

By: Benjamin Dreyer
Narrated by: Benjamin Dreyer & Alison Fraser
Length: 9 hours 38 minutes

“Listening to this is so much fun. Dreyer has a droll wit—occasionally smug, in a charming way—and he turns grammar and style into an entertaining puzzle. And this stuff really does matter! It’s a great listen. I’ve been snorting with laughter having to rewind to hear what I missed! Read more

Learn Japanese with Paul Noble for Beginners – Complete Course

Japanese Made Easy with Your 1 million-best-selling Personal Language Coach

By: Paul Noble
Narrated by: Paul Noble
Length: 12 hours 7 minutes

No books. No long lists of vocabulary. No chance of failure. Welcome to Learn with Paul Noble – a tried and tested language learning method that has been used by over 1 million people to speak fluently and confidently. With Paul Noble’s simple, relaxed approach you... Read more

My Teacher is a Martian

Mandarin Companion Graded Readers Breakthrough Level

Mandarin Companion Graded Readers

By: Jared Turner & John Pasden
Narrated by: Xiuye Zhang
Length: 39 minutes

Two students are fascinated by outer space, but when their new teacher seems to know more about Mars than anyone could possibly know, they start to suspect that something is unusual. As they encounter inexplicable events, they become convinced their teacher is actually from Mars. How can they prove it and who will believe them? They may be the... Read more

In Other Words

A Memoir

By: Jhumpa Lahiri
Narrated by: Jhumpa Lahiri
Length: 6 hours 52 minutes

“Lahiri traces the origins, tribulations, and tiny victories that have fueled her decades-long courtship with the Italian language in a bilingual memoir that reads more like an intimate diary. The chapters and short stories offer a vivid timeline of Lahiri's turbulent relationship with language, bouncing around from English to Bengali during her... Read more

How to Write an Autobiographical Novel

Essays

By: Alexander Chee
Narrated by: Daniel K. Isaac
Length: 8 hours 28 minutes

An essay collection exploring his education as a man, writer, and activist—and how we form our identities in life and in artAs a novelist, Alexander Chee has been described as “masterful” by Roxane Gay, “incendiary” by the New York Times, and “brilliant” by the Washington Post. With How to Write an Autobiographical Novel, his first collection of... Read more

Permission to Speak

How to Change What Power Sounds Like, Starting with You

By: Samara Bay
Narrated by: Samara Bay
Length: 8 hours 59 minutes

“I didn’t know I needed this book and I bet you need it too! Permission to Speak is an intersectional feminist guide to self-empowered speaking - publicly, professionally, from your unique perspective, and purposefully employing all your options. Speech coach Samara Bay writes like a friend who truly believes you have something important to say -... Read more

Writing on Empty

A Guide to Finding Your Voice

By: Natalie Goldberg
Narrated by: Natalie Goldberg
Length: 5 hours 18 minutes

"From the first moments of Natalie Goldberg's recording of Writing Down the Bones, her classic work on writing and life, listeners know they are hearing something wonderful" —AudioFile on Writing Down the Bones

This program is read by the author.

Bestselling author and teacher Natalie Goldberg shares her inspiring personal journey out of a... Read more

Spanish Short Stories: Level Up Your Vocabulary and Cultural Awareness from Beginner to Intermediate and Have Fun Along the Way

By: Lingo Publishing
Narrated by: Luis Trumper
Length: 10 hours 8 minutes

Two manuscripts in one audiobook: Spanish Short Stories for Beginners: Grow Your Vocabulary and Cultural Awareness While Having Fun Intermediate Spanish Short Stories: Take Your Vocabulary and Culture Awareness to the Next Level In the first part of this audiobook, you will: Learn the basic phrases for communicating in Spanish Get the tools you... Read more

Learn Polish Bundle - Easy Introduction for Beginners (Level 1)

Learn Polish Bundle

By: Innovative Language Learning LLC & PolishPod101.com
Narrated by: PolishPod101.com
Length: 8 hours 32 minutes

Brand new to Polish?
If you’re looking for the easiest way to start learning and speaking Polish…
You’ve made a smart choice. Why?
Because Polish can be EASY or HARD, depending on HOW you start. - Start the hard way (reading grammar and memorizing words), and you’ll quickly think, “Languages are just not my thing.”- Start easy, and you’ll be... Read more

Spanish Short Stories For Intermediate Level

20 Easy Spanish Short Stories For Intermediates. Learn Spanish the Natural Way

Spanish with stories

By: Acquire a Lot
Narrated by: Grecia Giannina
Length: 3 hours 5 minutes

If you want to acquire Spanish naturally, then keep reading...For several years, professors imposed traditional teaching techniques, teaching grammar, and endless pronunciation rules – and it's still a working method. Every effort is made to interpret the language correctly. But recent studies show that the average language student completely... Read more

Learn Polish While Sleeping

By: Innovative Language Learning LLC
Narrated by: PolishPod101.com
Length: 7 hours 7 minutes

Can you learn while sleeping? Studies* say thatÉ yes you can.

Listening to a language while asleep can help supercharge your vocabulary.

Learn Easily with the Power of Pleasant Repetition

With the Learn Polish While Sleeping Audiobook, youÕll absorb over 430 Polish words and phrases effortlessly.

You can use this Beginner-Level Audiobook to
¥... Read more

How Yiddish Changed America and How America Changed Yiddish

By: Ilan Stavans & Josh Lambert
Narrated by: Steven Jay Cohen
Length: 15 hours 40 minutes

Is it possible to conceive of the American diet without bagels? Or Star Trek without Mr. Spock? Are the creatures in Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are based on Holocaust survivors? And how has Yiddish, a language without a country, influenced Hollywood? These and other questions are explored in this stunning and rich anthology of the... Read more

Francés Parallel Audio – Aprende francés rápido con 501 frases usando Parallel Audio - Volumen 1

By: Lingo Jump
Narrated by: Lingo Jump
Length: 9 hours 15 minutes

"Hablemos
¡Te haremos hablar francés en muy poco tiempo! El método de aprendizaje de audio paralelo Lingo Jump facilita el aprendizaje del francés en tu tiempo libre. Ya sea que estés descansando o yendo de un lado a otro, nuestras lecciones de audio sencillas, claras y divertidas te ayudarán a aprender imitando a nuestros... Read more

Mark Twain - Abridged

By: Geoffrey C. Ward, Ken Burns & Dayton Duncan
Narrated by: Bill Meisle
Length: 8 hours 3 minutes

Ernest Hemingway called Huckleberry Finn “the best book we’ve ever had. There was nothing before. There’s been nothing as good since.” Critical opinion of this book hasn’t dimmed since Hemingway uttered these words; as author Russell Banks says in these pages, Twain “makes possible an American literature which would otherwise not have been... Read more

Novelist as a Vocation

By: Haruki Murakami
Narrated by: Kotaro Watanabe
Length: 7 hours 35 minutes

NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • An insightful look into the mind of a master storyteller—and a unique look at the craft of writing from the beloved and best-selling author of 1Q84, Norwegian Wood, and What I Talk About When I Talk About Running.

"Murakami is like a magician who explains what he's doing as he performs the trick and still makes you... Read more

Consider This

Moments in My Writing Life after Which Everything Was Different

By: Chuck Palahniuk
Narrated by: Chuck Palahniuk & Edoardo Ballerini
Length: 5 hours 51 minutes

“After listening to the audiobook recording of Consider This, I felt invigorated enough that I almost thought, "Should I write a book?" I'm not a writer, but Palahniuk's tapestry of stories and advice for the craft feels so vibrant and useful that it makes the reader (or listener, in my case) feel prepared to venture into the world of writing,... Read more

Smart Brevity

The Power of Saying More with Less

By: Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen & Roy Schwartz
Narrated by: Mark Chamberlin
Length: 3 hours 1 minute

Brevity is confidence. Length is fear. This is the guiding principle of Smart Brevity, a communication formula built by Axios journalists to prioritize essential news and information, explain its impact and deliver it in a concise and visual format. Now, the co-founders of Axios have created an essential guide for communicating effectively and... Read more

Working

By: Robert A. Caro
Narrated by: Robert A. Caro
Length: 7 hours 54 minutes

“One of the great reporters of our time and probably the greatest biographer.” —The Sunday Times (London)

From the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Power Broker and The Years of Lyndon Johnson: an unprecedented gathering of vivid, candid, deeply moving recollections about his experiences researching and writing his acclaimed... Read more

Translating Myself and Others

By: Jhumpa Lahiri
Narrated by: Sneha Mathan & Jhumpa Lahiri
Length: 5 hours 40 minutes

Sneha Mathan narrates these luminous essays on translation and self-translation by award-winning writer and literary translator Jhumpa Lahiri
With an introduction, afterword, and acknowledgements read by the author

Translating Myself and Others is a collection of candid and disarmingly personal essays by Pulitzer Prize–winning author Jhumpa... Read more

Kingdom of Characters (Pulitzer Prize Finalist)

The Language Revolution That Made China Modern

By: Jing Tsu
Narrated by: Jing Tsu
Length: 11 hours 18 minutes

What does it take to reinvent a language?

After a meteoric rise, China today is one of the world’s most powerful nations. Just a century ago, it was a crumbling empire with literacy reserved for the elite few, as the world underwent a massive technological transformation that threatened to leave them behind. In Kingdom of Characters, Jing Tsu... Read more