Top Free Biographies & Memoirs Audiobooks

Launching during the 30th anniversary year of Doggystyle, Snoop Dogg’s installment of Words + Music reflects on his coming-of-age journey from the streets of Long Beach to around the world and his decision to pursue love and life over death and destruction....

Hugh Quarshie reads the extraordinary autobiography of Solomon Northup....

I hate every wave of the ocean', the seasick Charles Darwin wrote to his family during his five-year voyage on the H.M.S. Beagle....

The compelling, authoritative account of one of the world’s most influential and fascinating novelists, told in her own words and inimitable style - and here in her own voice....

“When I become mayor, we become mayor.” Ras Baraka’s famous words speak to exactly who he is as a leader - a fiercely loyal member of his community....

Here at Audible, we know just how much of an impact a voice can have on a story - taking simple words and filling them with elation, wonderment, tragedy, or pure satisfaction....

Joining us in the Audible Studios to talk about her autobiography, In Pieces, is two-time Academy Award and three-time Emmy Award-winning actress Sally Field....

Joining us in the Audible Studios to discuss her series Where Should We Begin? is esteemed psychotherapist Esther Perel.... 

Joining us at Audible Studios is British Irish stand-up comedian and television presenter Jimmy Carr. Carr, best known for his dark one-liners and signature laugh, didn't begin life as a comedian....

Joining us in the Audible studios is Sam Heughan, the Scottish actor best known for his role as Jamie Fraser in Outlander....

Robbie Stamp, close friend of Douglas Adams and executive producer of the new The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy film, discusses Adams' life and legacy....

William Faulkner: a titan of American literature. You probably already know all about his life and work, right? No? Don’t sweat it! In five minutes, we’ll bring you up to speed on this national treasure....

From the birth of hip-hop in the 1970s to today, women have been just as integral to the growth and development of the rap game as their male counterparts....

The protagonist of Just Do It is Phil Knight, a reclusive billionaire who started a two-man operation importing Japanese running shoes and built it into a $4 billion company....

From podcasts and documentaries to online forums, true crime is booming. But as one Audible editor and self-professed crime obsessive observes, the genre is being pulled in new and different directions along with a changing social landscape....

This is perhaps one of the best-loved of all journals. William Wordsworth's sister began it in May 1800 and resolved to keep it for a short time. She continued it for nearly three years....

In August 2005, the New York City Fire Department released approximately 23 hours of radio dispatch audio recordings from the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks....

Audible Exclusive. Maggie O'Farrell joins us to talk about This Must Be the Place....

Deftly juxtaposing day-to-day family life with landmark public events, Home Fires creates a rich and revealing portrait of the second half of the 20th century in America....

K. L. Slater joins Claire O'Neill in the Audible Studios to discuss her latest book, Blink....