Nonfiction Audiobooks

by Malcolm Gladwell

Malcolm Gladwell follows up The Tipping Point by revisiting the subject matter with a modern lens, dissecting what it is that pushes society over the edge, and what role we play in it.

by Jonathan Eig

This monumental and enlightening biography is supremely enhanced by Dion Graham. Here, Graham is at the height of his powers portraying America’s recognized single greatest orator, as well as the many people who surround and inform King’s legacy. This isn’t just an audiobook—it’s a revelation, not only of the many facets of King but also of how a sensitive and intelligent audio interpretation can add meaning and understanding to an author’s words.

by Peter McIndoe, Connor Gaydos

Are you ready for the truth? [Insert laugh track here.] Birds are nothing more than a Deep State conspiracy. This hilarious trip down a wormhole of alternate facts will have you falling over laughing (or might just blow your mind).

by Questlove, Ben Greenman

An expansive history of hip-hop from its kick-off party in the Bronx to its 50th year, celebrated on a global scale — told by a musical pioneer turned book publisher.

by Matthew Desmond

Matthew Desmond’s Poverty, By America, asks profoundly serious questions: Why does the United States, the richest country on earth, have more poverty than any other advanced democracy? And what can we do to change this? The answers are complex, dealing with policies and ideologies that are not everyday parlance for most readers, but nonfiction narrator guru Dion Graham brings clarity and understanding to Desmond’s analysis and intensity and urgency to the book’s key takeaway, which is that we should all become “poverty abolitionists.”

by Ray Kurzweil

From one of the most renowned futurists alive today, this meticulous dig into the future of humanity weaves in new technologies like AI and expands on how it could be the cornerstone of a whole new era.