Notes of an Undocumented Citizen

Written and Narrated By: Jose Antonio Vargas

Length: 5 hrs and 45 mins

Good enough but by no MEANS is this the experience of most Undocumented individuals…

The Story of an Unlikely Hero of World War II

By: Ben Montgomery / Narrated By: Joe Barrett

Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins

Wait, I know there’s a story in here SOMEwhere…!

Life After Nuclear War

By: Susan Southard / Narrated By: Traci Kato-Kiriyama

Length: 12 hrs and 16 mins

75 years later, and I’m devastated, and I’m a tad confused (I do admit it…!)

The Journal of a Japanese Physician, August 6-September 30, 1945

By: Michihiko Hachiya MD / Narrated By: Robertson Dean

Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins

Boooooo, Robertson DEAN! …but at least he didn’t ruin this one…! Verrrry touching, soul-stirring

What China's Orphans Taught Me About Moving Mountains

Written and Narrated By: Jenny Bowen

Length 8 hrs and 24 mins

Jenny is the mother of all Hope!

The One-Hundred-Year Odyssey of My Chinese-American Family

By: Lisa See / Narrated By: Kate Reading

Length: 18 hours and 6 mins

An unconventional family, ESPECIALLY considering the times!

By: Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston / Narrated By: Jennifer Ikeda

Length: 4 hrs and 59 mins

A young girl’s account of Internment—very good, tho’ a trifle sad…

The Odyssey of a Cambodian Family

By Joan Criddle and Teeda Butt Mam / Narrated by Christina Moore

Length: 11 hrs and 39 mins

Brutal, with hit after hit, yet hopeful when all is said and done

Three Women on the Front Lines in Afghanistan

By: Eileen Rivers / Narrated By: Elisabeth Rodgers

Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins

A mighty Huzzah! for women!

A Young Activist's Memoir of Race, Family, and the Mentors Who Made Him Whole

Written and Narrated By: Will Jawando

Length: 7 hrs and 35 mins

A moving testament to how our kids need aaaaallll of us

Pioneer in Racial Advancement

By: John M. Carroll / Narrated By: JD Jackson

Length: 11 hrs and 47 mins

The man’s story is sooo good, sooo inspiring…!

A Falconer's Journey and the Healing Power of Wildlife

By: Rodney Stotts, Kate Pipkin - contributor / Narrated By: James Fouhey

Length: 4 hrs and 23 mins

Listen to the Universe; Lean into the Dream…!

How One Man Found Light in the Darkest Place

By: David Sheff / Narrated By: Michael Boatman

Length: 7 hrs and 32 mins

Listened to it twice cuz once, quite simply, was NOT enough.

Constance Baker Motley and the Struggle for Equality

By: Tomiko Brown-Nagin / Narrated By: Karen Chilton

Length: 15 hrs and 57 mins

Okay, this jumps around ALL OVER THE PLACE, but boy is it awesome!!!

(Abridged)

By: Chris Gardner / Narrated By: Andre Blake

Length: 5 hrs and 42 mins

Soooo torn about this one! Would you respect me less were I to be as indecisive as to neither Yay nor Boo it?!

The True Story of the Triple Nickles: America's First Black Paratroopers

By: Tanya Lee Stone / Narrated By: JD Jackson

Length: 3 hrs and 1 min

Seriously—if 7th grade History class was like this, maybe I woulda listened. Absolutely wonderful!

The New Generation of Cowboys in America's Urban Heartland

By: Walter Thompson-Hernández / Narrated By: Glenn Davis, Ron Butler

Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins

Mostly the author’s perspective on why things are the way they are… with several heartbreaking moments thrown in

Stories That Are Funny, Complicated, and True

Written and Narrated By: Gabrielle Union

Length: 7 hrs and 48 mins

Would I love to have a glass of wine with Union? Yesss! Would I listen to more of her essays? Nooooo!

A Memoir

Written and Narrated By: Bakari Sellers

Length: 5 hrs and 9 mins

A look at Black working class rural America? I think not. A look at Bakari being an ambitious bit of a buffoon? Oh totally…

A Vision for Change and the Future of America

By: John Lewis / Narrated By: Keith David

Length: 5 hrs and 27 mins

Beautiful, brutal, at times disheartening but ALWAYS filled with such love

How Four Men Helped a Boy on His Journey to Manhood

By: MaryAnne Howland / Narrated By: Adenrele Ojo

Length: 10 hrs and 24 mins

Was looking for a book on strong men guiding a boy into young manhood; got instead a mom learning to let go…

Written and Narrated By: Bernie Mac

Length: 4 hrs and 25 mins

A fine tribute to a funny man gone way too soon

A Story of Race and Inheritance

Written and Narrated By: Barack Obama

Length: 7 hrs and 8 mins

The End Notes were the best part… >Heavy Sigh<

Written and Narrated By: Michelle Obama

Length: 19 hrs and 3 mins

A long and heartfelt journey

Written and Narrated By: Maya Angelou

Length: 4 hrs

A petite yet oh so feisty woman you just can’t help but love

A Story of Resilience, Redemption, and an Unlikely Family

Written and Narrated By: Lisa Fenn

Length: 10 hrs and 13 mins

The really, really hard work after the Happily Ever After

My Mother’s Life in the Detroit Numbers

Written and Narrated By: Bridgett M. Davis

Length: 10 hrs and 14 mins

Loooooved Fannie! Wanted to strangle Bridgett Davis, though

The Autobiography of Ms. Pat

By: Patricia Williams, Jeannine Amber / Narrated By: Patricia Williams

Length: 7 hrs and 23 mins

Tragic and funny with lots of explanations and excuses… so hmm…

The Epic Story of the 761st Tank Battalion, WWII’s Forgotten Heroes

By: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Anthony Walton / Narrated By: Richard Allen

Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins

A very proud addition to Audiobook Accomplice’s Military History!

A Black Lives Matter Memoir

By: Patrisse Khan-Cullors, asha bandele / Narrated By: Patrisse Khan-Cullors

Length: 6 hrs and 29 mins

Because Black lives matter…

A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock’s Central High

By: Melba Pattillo Beals / Narrated By: Lisa Reneé Pitts

Length: 12 hrs and 39 mins

Unbelievable! Filled with rage, violence. Filled with love, innocence.

The Real Story of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Final Year

By: Tavis Smiley, David Ritz / Narrated By: Tavis Smiley

Length: 6 hrs and 15 mins

Fraught narration sometimes mars a good account

Stories from a South African Childhood

Written and Narrated By: Trevor Noah

Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins

Dude with ADD survives childhood and doesn’t kill anybody with his shenanigans

By: Isabel Allende / Foreword By: Isabel Allende / Narrated By: Cynthia Farrell

Length: 14 hrs and 28 mins

Ah Jeez… it’s like watching sausage getting made… poor Paula

Life Lessons from a Latino Chef

Written and Narrated By: Aarón Sánchez

Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins

M’ favorite “Chopped” judge!!!

One Mexican Woman’s Journey of Faith, Hope, and Dreams to Join her Children in the USA

By: Edgar H. Hernandez MD / Narrated By: Shihara Austin

Length: 7 hrs and 26 mins

Time Hopping made me dizzy, but this is still a fine tribute to a dearly loved Mama

A Memoir

Written and Narrated By: Rita Moreno

Length: 9 hrs and 25 mins

A hit with a few misses

A 6000-Mile Marathon Through North America's Stolen Land

By: Noé Álvarez / Narrated By: Ramon de Ocampo

Length: 5 hrs and 19 mins

Some lovely writing, some good imagery, but an awful lot of negativity in there also makes this painful at times…

Dispatches from the Border

Written and Narrated By: Francisco Cantú

Length: 6 hrs and 30 mins

Often haunting but, ultimately, as muddy as the Rio Grande

The Power of Boundless Compassion

Written and Narrated By: Gregory Boyle

Length: 7 hrs and 35 mins

Whazza? No longer available but through CDs?!? This is a gem, an epic of love hard-won! Beautiful!!!

By: Sonia Sotomayor / Narrated By: Rita Moreno

Length: 12 hrs and 27 mins

Warm, rich with family. May I say that I’m now a fan…?

One Veteran, One Dog, and Their Bold Quest to Change Lives

By: Luis Carlos Montalvan, Ellis Henican / Narrated By: Kevin Free

Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins

Wounds, invisible wounds, love that saves, love that cannot save. This book is perfect to honor the Fallen on Memorial Day…

Four Undocumented Teenagers, One Ugly Robot, and the Battle for the American Dream

By: Joshua Davis / Narrated By: Will Damron

Length: 6 hrs and 51 mins

And the battle goes on and on. And on… So very WOW-ish!

An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea

By: Jonathan Franklin / Narrated By: George Newbern

Length: 7 hrs and 7 mins

If Unbroken’s lost-at-sea gave you nightmares… whoo boy! Try this!

The Making of a Poet

By: Jimmy Santiago Baca / Narrated By: Jackson Gutierrez

Length: 9 hrs and 50 mins

Brutal yet ultimately beautiful

A Cross-Border Memoir

Written and Narrated By: Jean Guerrero

Length: 12 hrs and 6 mins

Oh UGH!!! Where to start? Where to start?

Written and Narrated By: Luis Carlos Montalvan

Length: 8 hrs and 3 mins

Iraq, PTSD, physical disabilities, and Tuesday

The Power of Radical Kinship

Written and Narrated By: Gregory Boyle

Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins

Pondering theology one gang member at a time

A Chef's Hunger for More

By: Fatima Ali / Contributor: Tarajia Morrell / Narrated By: Nikhaar Kishnani, Deepa Samuel

Length: 11 hrs and 17 mins

Oh thank GOSH! A Thanksgiving Listen that causes cravings, causes cheering, causes tears

On Vision Lost and Found

Written and Narrated by: Frank Bruni

Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins

NOT what I was expecting; and that’s a GOOD thing!

A Memoir of Love, AIDS, and Chosen Family in the American South

By: Ruth Coker Burks, Kevin Carr O'Leary / Narrated By: Ruth Coker Burks

Length: 13 hrs and 3 mins

Moving, heartfelt, emotionally evocative, and I could go on. Let’s leave it at simply stunning.

A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Other Four-Letter Words

Written and Narrated By: Michael Ausiello

Length: 10 hrs

Oh gosh… reeeally wanted to LOVE this… can I settle for just LIKING it…?

A Graphic Memoir

By: Liz Prince / Narrated By: Full Cast

Length: 1 hr and 58 mins

Missing sooo much from the graphic book, yet somehow it works… such a delight!

By: Wendy Moore / Narrated By: Suzanne Toren

Length: 12 hrs and 13 mins

“Deeds not Words”

Notes of an Undocumented Citizen

Written and Narrated By: Jose Antonio Vargas

Length: 5 hrs and 45 mins

Good enough but by no MEANS is this the experience of most Undocumented individuals…

My Life in Seven Dogs

By: Jennifer Finney Boylan / Narrated By: Kelsey Navarro, Jennifer Finney Boylan

Length: 7 hrs and 42 mins

Okay, so where are the dogs?! Other than that, heartwarming

The Untold Story of the Up Stairs Lounge Fire and the Rise of Gay Liberation

By: Robert W. Fieseler / Narrated By: Paul Heitsch

Length: 11 hrs and 25 mins

More a testament to FINALLY remembering a tragedy than a story about a fire

A Chef’s Story of Family, Food, and Forgiveness

By: Cat Cora / Narrated By: Cassandra Campbell

Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins

Oy vey: Clueless! clueless! exASPeratingly clueless!

By: Helen Fremont / Narrated By: Gabra Zackman

Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins

So “unsparing” that Fremont should feel some sense of shame…

Written and Narrated By: Mark Doty

Length: 6 hrs and 14 mins

On Death, On Grief, On Living the best Life possible

Written and Narrated By: Anuradha Bhagwati

Length: 10 hrs and 57 mins

Hmm… Would it be possible to haaaate this any more than I do…?

By: Ann Townsend / Narrated By: Lauren Fortgang

Length: 2 hrs and 43 mins

More about a search for comfort in the Church rather than Townsend outing herself as a Christian

A Memoir

By: Kate Bornstein / Narrated By: Alice Rosengard

Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins

Disarmingly honest; I mean, like, waaaaaaay honest!!!

Written and Narrated By: David Sedaris

Length: 5 hrs and 51 mins

Sedaris takes on language, France, America, and drugs. Oh and art! Oh and the Ugly American! Oh and fat! Oh and…!

By: Ross King / Narrated By: Mark Meadows

Length: 11 hrs and 18 mins

Intrigue, scandals, excesses, plus painting techniques: This is endlessly entertaining!

A Memoir

Written and Narrated By: Alan Cumming

Length: 6 hrs and 28 mins

Ahhh, so much Alan Cumming, so little time

My Life in Stories and Pictures

Written and Narrated By: Alan Cumming

Length: 3 hrs and 19 mins

More Honey and for cripes sake: FEWER SELFIES!!!!

Changing the World One Heart at a Time

By: Steve Jenkins, Derek Walter, Caprice Crane / Narrated By: Steve Jenkins

Length: 4 hrs and 43 mins

Those who obtain the pig must obtain the farm…!

Oil, Murder, and a Woman's Search for Justice in Indian Country

Written and Narrated By: Sierra Crane Murdoch

Length: 14 hrs and 56 mins

One journalist’s obsession with one woman’s obsession…

By: Richard Wagamese / Narrated By: Christian Baskous

Length: 5 hrs and 26 mins

Such a warm and healing book!

Becoming a Crow Chief on the Reservation and Beyond

By: Joseph Medicine Crow / Narrated By: Henry Strozier

Length: 2 hrs and 22 mins

Oh gosh how I wish this was longer!

By: James Dommek Jr., Josephine Holtzman, Isaac Kestenbaum / Narrated By: James Dommek Jr.

Length: 3 hrs and 23 mins

Tho’ a bit scattered and kinda sorta doesn’t wind everything up, ‘twas easy to listen to it all at one sitting… and be spooked!

The Team That Changed a Game, a People, a Nation

By: Sally Jenkins / Narrated By: Don Leslie

Length: 13 hrs and 17 mins

A mightily inspirational listen… that’s pretty god awfully depressing as well…

A Memoir

Written and Narrated By: Joy Harjo

Length: 4 hrs and 6 mins

What a surprise! What a real treat!

The First and Only Memoir by One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WW II

By: Chester Nez, Judith Schiess Avila / Narrated By: David Colacci

Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins

You’d better believe this is a good book about a great man