Sports & Recreation bestsellers

Kid Athletes

True Tales of Childhood from Sports Legends

Kid Legends: Book #2

By: David Stabler
Narrated by: Pete Cross
Length: 2 hours 24 minutes

Forget the gold medals, the championships, and the undefeated seasons. When all-star athletes were growing up, they had regular-kid problems just like you. Baseball legend Babe Ruth was such a troublemaker that his family sent him to reform school. Race-car champion Danica Patrick fended off bullies who told her “girls can’t drive.” And football... Read more

Kid Olympians: Summer

True Tales of Childhood from Champions and Game Changers

Kid Legends: Book #9

By: Robin Stevenson
Narrated by: Pete Cross
Length: 3 hours 15 minutes

Athletes throughout history have dreamed of competing in the Olympics—and some were kids themselves when those dreams and plans began! In Kid Olympians: Summer, discover the childhood stories of legends such as -Usain Bolt, who used to skip practices to go to the arcade and play video games. -Serena Williams, who sometimes hit her tennis ball... Read more

There's Always This Year

On Basketball and Ascension

By: Hanif Abdurraqib
Narrated by: Hanif Abdurraqib
Length: 8 hours 40 minutes

“Using basketball as a vehicle for reflection of East Columbus history and personal memoir, There’s Always This Year is a triumph of contemplative, emotionally-rich writing that will have you wiping tears and on the edge of your seat. Read more

The Hidden Life of Trees

What They Feel, How They Communicate

By: Peter Wohlleben
Narrated by: Mike Grady
Length: 7 hours 32 minutes

“Wow! This book enlightened and truly moved me. I can’t look at a tree without thinking about how amazing they are. It saddens me when they aren’t treated appropriately. This book inspired me to want to learn even more about these incredible beings! Read more

Breath

The New Science of a Lost Art

By: James Nestor
Narrated by: James Nestor
Length: 7 hours 18 minutes

A New York Times Bestseller

A Washington Post Notable Nonfiction Book of 2020

Named a Best Book of 2020 by NPR
 
“A fascinating scientific, cultural, spiritual and evolutionary history of the way humans breathe—and how we’ve all been doing it wrong for a long, long time.” —Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Big Magic and Eat Pray Love

No matter what you... Read more

The Boys of Riverside

A Deaf Football Team and a Quest for Glory

By: Thomas Fuller
Narrated by: Thomas Fuller
Length: 7 hours 35 minutes

The incredible story of an all-deaf high school football team’s triumphant climb from underdog to undefeated, their inspirational brotherhood, a fascinating portrait of deafness in America, and the indefatigable head coach who spearheaded the team, by New York Times reporter and San Francisco Bureau Chief, Thomas Fuller.

"The Boys of Riverside is... Read more

The Boys in the Boat

Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics

By: Daniel James Brown
Narrated by: Edward Herrmann
Length: 14 hours 24 minutes

“This is one of my favorite non-fiction reads of all time, containing everything that I love to find in a book: suspense, unbreakable friendships, insurmountable obstacles, and unlimited perseverance! As told to the readers at the beginning of the book, this story is not one of Brown’s own experience but one that he heard and shared with the... Read more

Becoming Supernatural: How Common People Are Doing The Uncommon

By: Dr. Joe Dispenza
Narrated by: Adam Boyce
Length: 14 hours 6 minutes

The author of the New York Times bestseller You Are the Placebo, as well as Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself and Evolve Your Brain, draws on research conducted at his advanced workshops since 2012 to explore how common people are doing the uncommon to transform themselves and their lives. Becoming Supernatural marries the some of the most... Read more

The New Menopause

Navigating Your Path Through Hormonal Change with Purpose, Power, and Facts

By: Mary Claire Haver, MD
Narrated by: Mary Claire Haver, MD
Length: 9 hours 45 minutes

Filling a gaping hole in menopause care, everything a woman needs to know to thrive during her hormonal transition and beyond, as well as the tools to help her take charge of her health at this pivotal life stage—by the bestselling author of The Galveston Diet.

Menopause is inevitable, but suffering through it is not! This is the empowering... Read more

Shoe Dog

A Memoir by the Creator of Nike

By: Phil Knight
Narrated by: Norbert Leo Butz
Length: 13 hours 21 minutes

In this instant and tenacious New York Times bestseller, Nike founder and board chairman Phil Knight “offers a rare and revealing look at the notoriously media-shy man behind the swoosh” (Booklist, starred review), illuminating his company’s early days as an intrepid start-up and its evolution into one of the world’s most iconic, game-changing,... Read more

The New York Game

Baseball and the Rise of a New City

By: Kevin Baker
Narrated by: L.J. Ganser
Length: 19 hours 58 minutes

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • Sports Illustrated #1 Book of 2024 • A hugely entertaining history of baseball and New York City, bursting with larger-than-life figures and fascinating stories from the game’s beginnings to the end of World War II.

"You’re going to beg for extra innings. Without missing a scandal or a sensation, with an eye on how... Read more

All In

An Autobiography

By: Billie Jean King, Johnette Howard & Maryanne Vollers
Narrated by: Billie Jean King
Length: 18 hours 6 minutes

“Loved, loved, loved this book—a blend of science, history, and adventure that I could not put down. Inspirational, informative, and a joy to read. Read more

Unbroken

A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption

By: Laura Hillenbrand
Narrated by: Edward Herrmann
Length: 13 hours 55 minutes

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The incredible true story of survival and salvation that is the basis for two major motion pictures: Unbroken and Unbroken: Path to Redemption.

“Extraordinarily moving . . . a powerfully drawn survival epic.”—The Wall Street Journal

Hailed as the top nonfiction book of the year by Time magazine • Winner of the Los... Read more

The Tao of the Backup Catcher

Playing Baseball for the Love of the Game

By: Tim Brown
Narrated by: Justin Price & Tim Brown
Length: 9 hours 31 minutes

“Erik Kratz is a special man. His wife Sarah, is even more remarkable, because she helped Erik follow his dream, even when the dream kept evading him. The Tao of the Backup Catcher by Erik and NYT bestselling author Tim Brown, is the story of that dream. Erik played professional baseball for 19 years with 15 teams. He was always good enough to... Read more

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle

By: Barbara Kingsolver, Camille Kingsolver & Steven L. Hopp
Narrated by: Barbara Kingsolver, Camille Kingsolver & Steven L. Hopp
Length: 14 hours 34 minutes

“A profound, graceful, and literary work of philosophy and economics, well tempered for our times, and yet timeless. . . . It will change the way you look at the food you put into your body. Which is to say, it can change who you are.” — Boston GlobeBarbara Kingsolver's New York Times bestselling book describing her family's adventure as they... Read more

One Life

By: Megan Rapinoe & Emma Brockes
Narrated by: Megan Rapinoe
Length: 6 hours 39 minutes

An instant New York Times bestseller!

“Rapinoe's 'signature pose' from the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup is synonymous to the feeling we got when finishing this book: heart full, arms wide and ready to take up space in this world.”—USA Today 
 
Megan Rapinoe, Olympic gold medalist and two-time Women's World Cup champion, reveals for the first time... Read more

Nature's Best Hope

A New Approach to Conservation that Starts in Your Yard

By: Douglas W. Tallamy
Narrated by: Adam Barr
Length: 6 hours 30 minutes

Douglas W. Tallamy’s first book, Bringing Nature Home, awakened thousands of individuals to an urgent situation: wildlife populations are in decline because the native plants they depend on are fast disappearing. His solution? Plant more natives. In this new book, Tallamy takes the next step and outlines his vision for a grassroots approach to... Read more

The Formula

How Rogues, Geniuses, and Speed Freaks Reengineered F1 into the World's Fastest Growing Sport

By: Joshua Robinson & Jonathan Clegg
Narrated by: Qarie Marshall
Length: 10 hours 40 minutes

An NPR Best Book of 2024A Sports Illustrated Best Book of 2024NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERWall Street Journal reporters and authors of The Club, Joshua Robinson and Jonathan Clegg tell the riveting saga of how Formula 1 broke through in America, detailing the eclectic culture of racing obsessives, glamorous settings, gearheads, engineering... Read more

How to Win the Premier League

The Inside Story of Football’s Data Revolution

By: Ian Graham
Narrated by: Daniel Hawksford
Length: 9 hours 30 minutes

Brought to you by Penguin.

The insider account of the data revolution that has swept through the modern football world written by one of its key architects, Ian Graham.

Between 2012 and 2023, Ian Graham worked as Liverpool FC's Director of Research. His tenure coincided with the club’s greatest period of success since the 1980s, including winning... Read more

Out of the Darkness

The Mystery of Aaron Rodgers

By: Ian O'Connor
Narrated by: Charles Constant
Length: 13 hours 4 minutes

Instant New York Times Bestseller""A masterwork. ... O'Connor answers every question, deftly and deeply, that we've had about the most controversial person in America's biggest game."" —Peter KingFour-time New York Times bestselling sport biographer Ian O’Connor pulls back the curtain on four-time NFL MVP Aaron Rodgers, delivering the definitive... Read more

Coming Home

By: Brittney Griner & Michelle Burford
Narrated by: Andia Winslow & Brittney Griner
Length: 10 hours 36 minutes

“Wow. What a book and what a story. I listened to the audio book, was completely drawn in and have so much admiration for Brittney. Highly recommend. Read more

Outdoor Kids in an Inside World

Getting Your Family Out of the House and Radically Engaged with Nature

By: Steven Rinella
Narrated by: Steven Rinella
Length: 6 hours 2 minutes

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “An imperative call to action” (Nick Offerman) to get children off their screens and into nature, with tips for bonding activities that teach the importance of outside time and build tough, curious, competent kids—from the host of the Netflix series and podcast MeatEater

“A revelation for families struggling to get... Read more

The One-Straw Revolution

An Introduction to Natural Farming

By: Masanobu Fukuoka
Narrated by: David Shih
Length: 5 hours 6 minutes

Call it "Zen and the Art of Farming" or a "Little Green Book," Masanobu Fukuoka's manifesto about farming, eating, and the limits of human knowledge presents a radical challenge to the global systems we rely on for our food. At the same time, it is a spiritual memoir of a man whose innovative system of cultivating the earth reflects a deep faith... Read more

Soil

The Story of a Black Mother's Garden

By: Camille T Dungy
Narrated by: Camille T Dungy
Length: 10 hours 16 minutes

“Having had the honor of attending one of the release events and getting to listen author herself read, I can confidently say this audiobook comes as a close second. I’ve also read the print edition and enjoy the map and photography. Soil is a magnificent meditation on the interconnections of life all around us, starting from the beautiful and... Read more

Better Faster Farther

How Running Changed Everything We Know About Women

By: Maggie Mertens
Narrated by: Maggie Mertens & Lauren Fleshman
Length: 9 hours 24 minutes

“From foot-binding to corsets, patriarchal societies have found ways to immobilize women, but now, marathoners and Olympians are proving that women can run like the wind!” —GLORIA STEINEM

"A look behind the curtain that all women who love running and sport should read.” —KARA GOUCHER, Olympic runner and New York Times-bestselling author of The... Read more

Meat Eater

Adventures from the Life of an American Hunter

By: Steven Rinella
Narrated by: Steven Rinella
Length: 7 hours 1 minute

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author and host of Netflix’s MeatEater comes “a unique and valuable alternate view of where our food comes from” (Anthony Bourdain).

“Revelatory . . . With every chapter, you get a history lesson, a hunting lesson, a nature lesson, and a cooking lesson. . . . Meat Eater offers an overabundance to... Read more

I Came As a Shadow

An Autobiography

By: John Thompson
Narrated by: Jesse Washington
Length: 10 hours 57 minutes

"From his time growing up to his remarkable career at Georgetown University, contractual deals with Nike, and meaningful moments off the court--this is a fascinating audiobook. [Narrator Jesse] Washington brings the right level of emotion, doesn't imitate anyone, and gives Thompson's words the respect they deserve. A must-listen for anyone whose... Read more

These Fists Break Bricks

How Kung Fu Movies Swept America and Changed the World

By: Chris Poggiali & Grady Hendrix
Narrated by: Grady Hendrix
Length: 7 hours 26 minutes

EXPLODING FISTS … BREAKING BOUNDARIES … DEFYING ODDS …BONE-BLASTING … SPINE-SHATTERING … BOX-OFFICE-BUSTING …When a Hollywood studio released Five Fingers of Death to thrill-seeking Times Square moviegoers in 1973, only a handful of Black and Asian audience members knew the difference between an Iron Fist and an Eagle’s Claw. That changed... Read more

Commander in Cheat

How Golf Explains Trump

By: Rick Reilly
Narrated by: Rick Reilly
Length: 7 hours 2 minutes

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
"Reilly pokes more holes in Trump's claims than there are sand traps on all of his courses combined. It is by turns amusing and alarming."-- The New Yorker
"Golf is the spine of this shocking, wildly humorous book, but humanity is its flesh and spirit." -- Chicago Sun-Times

"Every one of Trump's most disgusting qualities... Read more

Sidelined

Sports, Culture, and Being a Woman in America

By: Julie DiCaro
Narrated by: Julie DiCaro
Length: 6 hours 46 minutes

“Sidelined is the feminist sports book we've all been waiting for.”
—Jessica Valenti

Shrill meets Brotopia in this personal and researched look at women's rights and issues through the lens of sports, from an award-winning sports journalist and women's advocate

In a society that is digging deep into the misogyny underlying our traditions and... Read more

Horse Crazy

By: Sarah Maslin Nir
Narrated by: Sarah Maslin Nir
Length: 8 hours 5 minutes

ONE OF USA TODAY'S “20 SUMMER BOOKS YOU WON'T WANT TO MISS”

In the bestselling tradition of works by such authors as Susan Orlean and Mary Roach, a New York Times reporter and Pulitzer Prize finalist explores why so many people—including herself—are obsessed with horses.

It may surprise you to learn that there are over seven million horses in... Read more

Loving Sports When They Don't Love You Back

Dilemmas of the Modern Fan

By: Jessica Luther & Kavitha A. Davidson
Narrated by: Machelle Williams
Length: 10 hours 39 minutes

Triumphant wins, gut-wrenching losses, last-second shots, underdogs, competition, and loyalty—it's fun to be a fan. But when a football player takes a hit to the head after yet another study has warned of the dangers of CTE, or when a team whose mascot was born in an era of racism and bigotry takes the field, or when a relief pitcher accused of... Read more

How Champions Think

By: Bob Rotella
Narrated by: Bob Rotella
Length: 8 hours 11 minutes

This New York Times bestselling, groundbreaking guide to success from America’s preeminent sports psychologist is “so good that this reviewer has recommended it to all, golfers and non-golfers alike” (Library Journal, starred review).

Acclaimed sports psychologist Bob Rotella has advised everyone from professional golfers to NBA superstars to... Read more

Walking Well

A New Approach for Comfort, Vitality, and Inspiration in Every Step

By: Michael J. Gelb & Bruce Fertman
Narrated by: Beth Culshaw
Length: 5 hours 53 minutes

Walking is good for you. It can regulate weight, improve sleep, elevate mood, transform stress, and boost creativity. Most people want to walk more. But what if the key isn’t just to walk more, but to walk better? Walking Well presents a three-part journey that will guide you to discover more comfort, vitality, and inspiration in every step.... Read more

Tour de Force

My history-making Tour de France

By: Mark Cavendish
Narrated by: Mark Cavendish
Length: 7 hours 56 minutes

Brought to you by Penguin.

'I pulled off my glasses and wiped my eyes. "That was perhaps the last race of my career..."'

Deep down, Mark Cavendish thought he was finished. After illness, setbacks and clinical depression, the once fastest man in the world had been written off by most. And at the age of 36, even he believed his explosive cycling... Read more

Deep Descent

Adventure and Death Diving the Andrea Doria

By: Kevin F. McMurray
Narrated by: P. J. Ochlan
Length: 9 hours 25 minutes

On a foggy July evening in 1956, the Italian cruise liner Andrea Doria, bound for New York, was struck broadside by another vessel. In eleven hours, she would sink nearly 250 feet to the murky Atlantic Ocean floor. Thanks to a daring rescue operation, only 51 of more than 1,700 people died in the tragedy. But the Andrea Doria is still taking... Read more

Mud, Sweat and Tears

By: Bear Grylls
Narrated by: Tom Patrick Stephens
Length: 9 hours 22 minutes

Bear Grylls is a man who has always sought the ultimate in adventure. Growing up on the Isle of Wight, he was taught by his father to sail and climb at an early age. As a teenager he found identity and purpose through both mountaineering and martial arts, which led the young adventurer to the foothills of the mighty Himalaya and a grandmaster's... Read more

The World I Fell Out Of

By: Melanie Reid
Narrated by: Melanie Reid & Andrew Marr
Length: 12 hours 58 minutes

The Sunday Times Bestseller From the award-winning writer of The Times Magazine's 'Spinal Column': a deeply moving, darkly funny, inspirational memoir ‘It’s beautiful – full of love and light – and an exploration into not only how, but why we survive, despite everything’... Read more

Reversing Alzheimer's

The New Toolkit to Improve Cognition and Protect Brain Health

By: Heather Sandison
Narrated by: Heather Sandison & Teri Clark Linden
Length: 11 hours 4 minutes

A revolutionary and much-needed exploration of Alzheimer’s and how patients and their caregivers can take back control from this insidious disease.A significant portion of our population worries about the grip of dementia as we age. With over 6.5 million Americans living with Alzheimer's, the urgency for a solution has never been greater.Dr.... Read more

Hope by Terry Fox

By: Barbara Adhiya
Narrated by: Sarah Wilson & Evan Mackenzie
Length: 9 hours 37 minutes

Featuring excerpts from Terry’s very own Marathon of Hope journal, Hope by Terry Fox shares the untold story of a well known hero — the goofy, resilient, and courageous 21-year-old who rallied a nation behind his mission. In 1976, when Terry Fox was just eighteen years old, he was diagnosed with osteosarcoma and his right leg was amputated... Read more

The Perfect Pass

American Genius and the Reinvention of Football

By: S. C. Gwynne
Narrated by: Santino Fontana
Length: 8 hours 53 minutes

An “excellent sports history” (Publishers Weekly) in the tradition of Michael Lewis’s Moneyball, award-winning historian S.C. Gwynne tells the incredible story of how two unknown coaches revolutionized American football at every level, from high school to the NFL.

Hal Mumme spent fourteen mostly losing seasons coaching football before inventing a... Read more

Total Recall

My Unbelievably True Life Story

By: Arnold Schwarzenegger
Narrated by: Stephen Lang & Arnold Schwarzenegger
Length: 23 hours 20 minutes

In his signature larger-than-life style, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Total Recall is a revealing self-portrait of his illustrious, controversial, and truly unique life.

The greatest immigrant success story of our time.

His story is unique, and uniquely entertaining, and he tells it brilliantly in these pages.

He was born in a year of famine, in a... Read more

Sporting Heroes

Ladybird Audio Adventures

By: Ladybird
Narrated by: Sophie Aldred
Length: 1 hour 3 minutes

Brought to you by Ladybird.

Winner of The FutureBook of the Year Award 2019 and shortlisted for the Best Children's Audiobook at the New York Festival Radio Awards 2020.

Meet our fearless adventurers Cassandra, Otto and Missy AKA the smartest raven in the universe as they set out on their next action-packed Ladybird Audio Adventure!

Get ready, set,... Read more

Born to Run

A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen

By: Christopher McDougall
Narrated by: Fred Sanders
Length: 11 hours 6 minutes

“This pasty nerd never thought she’d be hanging on to every word about long distance running! That’s how riveting, joyful, meaningful, and fun this book about racing, community, physiology, prehistory, and, greatest runners in the world, the indigenous Tarahumara, is. A modern classic published 15 years ago, the science here may be dated... Read more

How to Build a Car

The Autobiography of the World’s Greatest Formula 1 Designer

By: Adrian Newey
Narrated by: Richard Trinder
Length: 12 hours 26 minutes

'Adrian has a unique gift for understanding drivers and racing cars. He is ultra competitive but never forgets to have fun. An immensely likeable man.' Damon Hill The world’s foremost designer in Formula One, Adrian Newey OBE is arguably one of Britain’s greatest engineers and this is his fascinating, powerful memoir. ... Read more

Young Woman and the Sea

How Trudy Ederle Conquered the English Channel and Inspired the World

By: Glenn Stout
Narrated by: Gisela Chipe
Length: 15 hours 3 minutes

The exhilarating true story of Trudy Ederle, the first woman to swim the English Channel, and inspire a “wave of confidence and emancipation” for women in sports (Parade).By age twenty, at the height of the Jazz Age, Trudy Ederle was the most accomplished swimmer in the world. She’d won Olympic gold and set a host of world records. But the... Read more

Trails and Tribulations

The Running Adventures of Susie Chan AS SEEN ON BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS

By: Susie Chan
Narrated by: Susie Chan
Length: 8 hours 26 minutes

Bloomsbury presents Trails and Tribulations written and read by Susie Chan.

‘I laughed, gulped and cried as I read Susie’s stories of battling through some of the hardest races on this planet as well as some of the hardest moments in her life’ Sophie Raworth

'Tells it all with an openness and honesty that comes from having endured some of the... Read more

The Longest Race

Inside the Secret World of Abuse, Doping, and Deception on Nike's Elite Running Team

By: Kara Goucher
Narrated by: Kara Goucher
Length: 8 hours 48 minutes

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

In “one of the most important athlete memoirs of its generation” (Kate Fagan, #1 New York Times bestselling author), Olympian Kara Goucher reveals her experience of living through and speaking out about one of the biggest scandals in running.

Kara Goucher grew up with Olympic dreams. She excelled at running from... Read more

WOLFPACK

How to Come Together, Unleash Our Power, and Change the Game

By: Abby Wambach
Narrated by: Abby Wambach
Length: 1 hour 10 minutes

“Abby is a relatable revolutionary — with WOLFPACK, she inspires the confidence, leadership and sisterhood we all so desperately need right now.” — Amy Schumer

This program is read by the author.

Based on her inspiring, viral 2018 commencement speech to Barnard College’s graduates in New York City, New York Times bestselling author, two-time... Read more

Be You Be Free

Your 12-step body positivity plan

By: Shreen El Masry
Narrated by: Shreen El Masry
Length: 6 hours 30 minutes

Break free from dieting once and for all with this easy-to-follow guide to healing your relationship with food and exercise from body inclusive personal trainer and certified intuitive eating counsellor Shreen El Masry.

Have you been on so many diets that you can’t remember a time in your life when you weren’t dieting? Be You Be Free gives you... Read more