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Audiobooks: Notable nonfiction

Well-reviewed titles as well as books that have won audiobook production awards such as the Audies from the Audio Publishers Association, Earphones from AudioFile Magazine, and The Listen List from the American Library Association. Selected by Anne P.

Hennepin County Library

17 items

  • All Creatures Great and Small

    the Warm and Joyful Memoirs of the World's Most Beloved Animal Doctor

    Herriot, James
    eAudiobook, 2020[New York] : Macmillan Audio, 2020. — Adult Audiobook Download
  • All the Living and the Dead

    a Personal Investigation Into the Death Trade

    Campbell, Hayley
    eAudiobook, 2022[New York] : Macmillan Audio, 2022. — Adult Audiobook Download
  • Platonic

    How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make--and Keep--friends

    Franco, Marisa G.
    eAudiobook, 2022[New York] : Penguin Audio, 2022. — Adult Audiobook Download
  • eAudiobook, 2022[New York, NY] : Simon & Schuster Audio, [2022] — Adult Audiobook Download
  • eAudiobook, 2022[New York] : Little, Brown Spark, 2022. — Adult Audiobook Download
  • Stamped From the Beginning

    the Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America

    Kendi, Ibram X.
    Also available as an eBook.
    eAudiobook, 2017[Buffalo] : Scribl, 2017. — Adult Audiobook Download
  • Born a Crime

    Stories From a South African Childhood

    Noah, Trevor, 1984-
    Also available as an eBook.
    Audiobook CD, 2016[Grand Haven, MI] : Brilliance Audio, Inc., 2016. — Adult Nonfiction Audiobook
  • Stolen Focus

    Why You Can't Pay Attention--and How to Think Deeply Again

    Hari, Johann
    Also available as an eBook.
    eAudiobook, 2022[New York] : Random House Audio, 2022. — Adult Audiobook Download
  • Also available as an eBook.
    eAudiobook, 2022[New York] : Penguin Audio, 2022. — Adult Audiobook Download
  • Also available as a downloadable audiobook and an eBook.
    Audiobook CD, 2021[New York] : Macmillan Audio, 2021. — Adult Nonfiction Audiobook
  • How Y'all Doing?

    Misadventures and Mischief From a Life Well Lived

    Jordan, Leslie, 1955-2022
    Also available as an eBook.
    eAudiobook, 2021[New York] : HarperAudio, 2021. — Adult Audiobook Download
  • Furious Hours

    Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee

    Cep, Casey N.
    Also available as a downloadable audiobook and an eBook.
    Audiobook CD, 2019New York, New York : Random House Audio, [2019] — Adult Nonfiction Audiobook
  • Also available as a downloadable audiobook and an eBook.
    Audiobook CD, 2019[New York, New York] : Simon & Schuster Audio, [2019] — Adult Nonfiction Audiobook
  • American Moonshot

    John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race

    Brinkley, Douglas
    Also available as a downloadable audiobook and an eBook.
    eAudiobook, 2019New York, NY : Harper Audio, [2019] — Adult Audiobook Download
  • His Truth Is Marching on

    John Lewis and the Power of Hope

    Meacham, Jon
    Also available as a downloadable audiobook and an eBook.
    Audiobook CD, 2020New York : Random House Audio, [2020] — Adult Nonfiction Audiobook
  • I'll Be Gone in the Dark

    One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer

    McNamara, Michelle, 1970-2016
    Also available as a downloadable audiobook and an eBook.
    Audiobook CD, 2018[New York] : HarperCollins, [2018] — Adult Nonfiction Audiobook