LibGuides: Audiobooks: Most Popular Non-Fiction Titles: Autumn 2022

Top 10 Most Popular

Happy-Go-Lucky
by David Sedaris David Sedaris returns with his first new collection of personal essays since the best selling Calypso.
Call Number: CD 814.54 Sed
ISBN: 9781668604588
Publication Date: 2022
Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law
by Mary Roach Combining little-known forensic science and conservation genetics with a motley cast of laser scarecrows, langur impersonators, and mugging macaques, Roach offers hope for compassionate coexistence in an ever-expanding human habitat.
Call Number: CD 591.5 Roa
ISBN: 9781978680579
Publication Date: 2021
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
by Isabel Wilkerson Examines the unspoken caste system that has shaped America and shows how people's lives today are still defined by a hierarchy of human divisions.
Call Number: CD 305.512 Wil
ISBN: 9780593396698
Publication Date: 2020
The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West
by David McCullough David McCullough rediscovers the settling of the Northwest Territory by dauntless pioneers who overcame incredible hardships to build a community based on ideals that would come to define the country.
Call Number: CD 977 McC
ISBN: 9781508279082
Publication Date: 2019
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones
by James Clear James Clear, one of the world's leading experts on habit formation, reveals practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to master the tiny behaviors that lead to remarkable results.
Call Number: CD 155.24 Cle
ISBN: 9780593207093
Publication Date: 2019
The Best of Me
by David Sedaris From a spectacular career spanning almost three decades, these stories have become modern classics and are now for the first time collected in one volume.
Call Number: CD 814.54 Sed
ISBN: 9781549160752
Publication Date: 2020
Unbroken: A World War II Airman's Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
by Laura Hillenbrand In 1943, while World War II raged on in the Pacific Theater, Lieutenant Louis Zamperini was the only survivor of a deadly plane crash in the middle of the ocean.
Call Number: CD 940.54 Hil
ISBN: 9781101912621
Publication Date: 2014
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know
by Malcolm Gladwell A challenging and controversial excursion through history, psychology, and scandals taken straight from the news.
Call Number: CD 302 Gla
ISBN: 9781549150333
Publication Date: 2019
Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience
by Brené Brown Brené Brown takes us on a journey through eighty-seven of the emotions and experiences that define what it means to be human.
Call Number: CD 158.1 Bro
ISBN: 9781984844255
Publication Date: 2022
These Precious Days
by Ann Patchett Patchett plumbs the depths of her experiences to create gold: engaging and moving pieces that are both self-portrait and landscape, each vibrant with emotion and rich in insight.
Call Number: CD 808 Pat
ISBN: 9780063092839
Publication Date: 2021

Additional Titles

The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution
by Walter Isaacson This is the story of these pioneers, hackers, and entrepreneurs, how their minds worked and what made them so creative. It's also a narrative of how their ability to work as teams made them even more creative.
Call Number: CD 004.092 Isa
ISBN: 9781442376229
Publication Date: 2014
David and Goliath
by Malcolm Gladwell Uncovers the hidden rules that shape the balance between the weak and the mighty, the powerful and the dispossessed.
Call Number: CD 155.24 Gla
ISBN: 9781611137521
Publication Date: 2013
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
by Mark Manson A much needed moment of real talk, filled with entertaining stories and profane, ruthless humor, this is a refreshing slap for a generation to help them lead contented, grounded lives.
Call Number: CD 158.1 Man
ISBN: 9781441711366
Publication Date: 2016
Killing the Killers: The Secret War against Terrorists
by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard Narrates America's intense global war against extremists who planned and executed not only the 9/11 attacks, but hundreds of others in America and around the world, and who eventually destroyed entire nations in their relentless quest for power.
Call Number: CD 363.325 ORe
ISBN: 9781250829955
Publication Date: 2022
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
by Anthony Bourdain A New York City chef who is also a novelist recounts his experiences in the restaurant business, and exposes abuses of power, sexual promiscuity, drug use, and other secrets of life behind kitchen doors.
Call Number: CD 641.597 Bou
ISBN: 1596917245
Publication Date: 2008
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
by Daniel James Brown This is the remarkable story of the University of Washington's 1936 eight-oar crew and their epic quest for an Olympic gold medal.
Call Number: CD 797.123 Bro
ISBN: 9781611761696
Publication Date: 2013
Calypso
by David Sedaris This is beach reading for people who detest beaches, required reading for those who loathe small talk, and also Sedaris' darkest and warmest book yet.
Call Number: CD 814.54 Sed
ISBN: 9781478964179
Publication Date: 2018
Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization
by Neil deGrasse Tyson In a time when our political and cultural perspectives feel more polarized than ever, Neil deGrasse Tyson provides an antidote to so much of what divides us: a cosmic perspective and the rationality of science.
Call Number: CD 901 Tys
ISBN: 9781250867766
Publication Date: 2022
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
by Yuval Noah Harari Bold, wide-ranging, and provocative, Sapiens integrates history and science to challenge everything we thought we knew about being human: our thoughts, our actions, our heritage...and our future.
Call Number: CD 909 Har
ISBN: 9781494506902
Publication Date: 2015
The Road to Little Dribbling: Adventures of an American in Britain
by Bill Bryson The hilarious and loving sequel to a hilarious and loving classic of travel writing: Notes from a Small Island, Bill Bryson's valentine to his adopted country of England.
Call Number: CD 914.204 Bry
ISBN: 9780147526878
Publication Date: 2016

Additional Titles

The Boys: A Memoir of Hollywood and Family
by Ron Howard Join award-winning filmmaker Ron Howard and audience-favorite actor Clint Howard as they frankly and fondly share their unusual family story of navigating and surviving life as sibling child actors.
Call Number: CD 920 How
ISBN: 9780063065260
Publication Date: 2021
The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris
by David McCullough Chronicles the lives of American artists and scientists who studied in Paris between 1830 and 1900, and who, ultimately, changed America because of their experiences.
Call Number: CD 920 McC
ISBN: 9781442344181
Publication Date: 2011
Chasing History: A Kid in the Newsroom
by Carl Bernstein Bernstein recalls his formative years as a teenage newspaper reporter in JFK's Washington, a tale of adventures, scrapes, clever escapes, and the opportunity of a lifetime.
Call Number: CD B Bernstein
ISBN: 9781250804914
Publication Date: 2022
Finding Me
by Viola Davis Hers is a story of overcoming, a true hero's journey. Deeply personal, brutally honest, and riveting, this is a timeless and spellbinding memoir that will capture hearts and minds around the globe.
Call Number: CD B Davis
ISBN: 9798200900718
Publication Date: 2022
Back to the Prairie: A Home Remade, a Life Rediscovered
by Melissa Gilbert When her husband introduces her to the wilds of rural Michigan, Melissa begins to fall back in love with nature.
Call Number: CD B Gilbert
ISBN: 9781982177188
Publication Date: 2022
Greenlights
by Matthew McConaughey An unconventional memoir filled with raucous stories, outlaw wisdom, and lessons learned the hard way about living with greater satisfaction.
Call Number: CD B McConaughey
ISBN: 9780593416952
Publication Date: 2021
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
by Trevor Noah One of the comedy world's fastest-rising stars tells his wild coming of age story during the twilight of Apartheid in South Africa and the tumultuous days of freedom that followed.
Call Number: CD B Noah
ISBN: 9781531865030
Publication Date: 2016
A Promised Land
by Barack Obama In the stirring, highly anticipated first volume of his presidential memoirs, Barack Obama tells the story of his improbable odyssey from young man searching for his identity to leader of the free world.
Call Number: CD B Obama
ISBN: 9780525633716
Publication Date: 2020
Becoming
by Michelle Obama In a life filled with meaning and accomplishment, Michelle Obama has emerged as one of the most iconic and compelling women of our era.
Call Number: CD B Obama
ISBN: 9780525633679
Publication Date: 2018
Hello, Molly!: A Memoir
by Molly Shannon Held together by her tender and complicated relationship with her grieving father, Molly was raised in a permissive household where her gift for improvising and role-playing blossomed alongside the fearlessness that would lead her to become a celebrated actress.
Call Number: CD B Shannon
ISBN: 9780063056251
Publication Date: 2022