Author Picks

Omar El Akkad

Omar El Akkad is an award-winning journalist and author who has traveled around the world to cover many of the most important news stories of the last decade. His reporting includes dispatches from the NATO-led war in Afghanistan, the military trials at Guantànamo Bay, the Arab Spring revolution in Egypt, and the Black Lives Matter movement in Ferguson, Missouri. Below, the Canada Reads-nominated author of American War recommends for Audible listeners some of his favorite nonfiction titles from recent years, as well as a few he considers "all-time greats."
Product List
  • Tomboy Survival Guide Audiobook By Ivan Coyote cover art

    • Tomboy Survival Guide

    • By: Ivan Coyote
    • Narrated by: Ivan Coyote
    • Length: 5 hrs and 12 mins
    • Release date: 08-02-17
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 153 ratings
    • "Perhaps my favourite nonfiction book of 2017. Coyote’s memoir is warm, honest, and frequently hilarious. I read it in one sitting."
  • The Morning They Came for Us Audiobook By Janine di Giovanni cover art

    • The Morning They Came for Us

    • Dispatches from Syria
    • By: Janine di Giovanni
    • Narrated by: Teri Schnaubelt
    • Length: 5 hrs and 21 mins
    • Release date: 10-25-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 63 ratings
    • "One of the most harrowing accounts I've ever read on the reality of the Syrian government's crimes against its own people. Not an easy listen."
  • Let Us Now Praise Famous Men Audiobook By James Agee cover art

    • Let Us Now Praise Famous Men

    • Three Tenant Families
    • By: James Agee
    • Narrated by: Lloyd James
    • Length: 15 hrs and 13 mins
    • Release date: 12-10-15
    • Language: English
    • 3.5 out of 5 stars 35 ratings
    • "Agee's masterwork on poverty-stricken tenant farmers during the Great Depression has influenced me more than almost any other book. It's absolutely timeless."
  • The New Odyssey Audiobook By Patrick Kingsley cover art

    • The New Odyssey

    • The Story of Europe's Refugee Crisis
    • By: Patrick Kingsley
    • Narrated by: Thomas Judd
    • Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins
    • Release date: 01-11-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 55 ratings
    • "A thorough and well-researched investigation of what the Mediterranean migration crisis really looks like. Excellent, on-the-ground journalism."
  • Wave Audiobook By Sonali Deraniyagala cover art

    • Wave

    • A Memoir
    • By: Sonali Deraniyagala
    • Narrated by: Hannah Curtis
    • Length: 5 hrs and 24 mins
    • Release date: 03-05-13
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 331 ratings
    • "Deraniyagala lost her family — and almost died herself — during the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami and earthquake. She writes about the tragedy with incredible fearlessness. A small, devastating book."
  • Just Kids Audiobook By Patti Smith cover art

    • Just Kids

    • By: Patti Smith
    • Narrated by: Patti Smith
    • Length: 9 hrs and 50 mins
    • Release date: 07-26-11
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 5,015 ratings
    • "Patti Smith is one of the finest artists alive, and her memoir is a piece of absolute magic."
  • Ernest Hemingway Audiobook By Mary V. Dearborn cover art

    • Ernest Hemingway

    • A Biography
    • By: Mary V. Dearborn
    • Narrated by: Tanya Eby
    • Length: 29 hrs and 40 mins
    • Release date: 05-16-17
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 221 ratings
    • "The best biography I read last year was Dearborn’s reexamination of an endlessly examined writer. I learned so many new details about Hemingway's life from this book."