Kat Johnson

Could the answers to our 21st-century ennui be lurking in a convent—or in one of the many audiobooks that put sisters in the spotlight?

C. Thi Nguyen talks gaming, philosophy, metrics, and reclaiming the value that data can’t capture.

For those thinking about stopping or reducing their alcohol intake, the right audiobook—from candid recovery memoirs to tactical how-tos—can be a surprisingly powerful tool.

This year, give the very best as 20 tastemakers—authors and creators of some of the year’s buzziest audio—select their favorite listens for making spirits bright.

In a book three decades in the making, Paul Kingsnorth investigates how breakneck technological innovation may have cost us our souls—and how we might reclaim them.

New York Fashion Week has come and gone, but great listens are always in style.

With “All the Way to the River,” the mega-bestselling author opens up about her dazzling, devastating relationship with Rayya Elias, and finding the courage to tell the truth.

These wild-but-true tales loom large in the annals of maritime history and survival stories.

With “Death by Astonishment,” scientist and psychonaut Andrew R. Gallimore delivers a mind-bending history of DMT.

Pulitzer Prize winner Caroline Fraser probes the mysterious proliferation of murder in her native Pacific Northwest.

These well-loved listens speak to the timeless quest for enlightenment—and make a calming counterpoint to the relentless rush of the new.

When the acclaimed memoirist traded sex for solitude, she found the surprising joys and feminist roots of “The Dry Season.”