In our monthly series, we share recommendations from the Audible staffers least likely to remove their headphones for elevator small talk.

The author talks about creating a sense of place that is both specific and universal, writing against stereotypes, and striving toward empathy.

It's a rare ability to hear oneself amid all the noise, but trusting in her unique, strong, and silly voice took Green all the way from stand-up to YouTube stardom, White House interviews, and a memoir.

Whether it's your first National Novel Writing Month or your seventeenth, we bet you'd love a coach in your corner right about now.

We spoke with the author, just before he was nominated, about his devastating novel "The Underground Railroad," the enduring psychology of slavery, and helping fledgling writers find their voice.

Great writing seems to jump off the page — but add the right performer and you have a recipe for timelessness.

These are the books that have helped memoirist and ultramarathoner Charlie Engle stay motivated and distracted on even his longest runs.

People are taking measures to record and preserve the voices that are most precious to them while they still can. Sometimes these voices are their own.

Fear of the unknown, contagious emotions, and an evolutionary fondness for flame are just a few of the reasons why scary stories are told best by the light of a fire.

The actor shares his experience performing sci-fi master John Scalzi's gripping new audio novella "The Dispatcher" for Audible.

The midcentury English author's dark stories have been making a comeback — and are ideal for fireside listening on dark nights.

"Presidents Are People Too!" hosts Alexis Coe and Elliott Kalan weren't born experts on the fascinating, complicated, and strange lives of U.S. presidents — they got there with the help of books like these.