Memoir Audiobooks

Looking for an audiobook version of a memoir for your project?

Here, you'll find links to audiobook copies of most of the memoirs in the WHS library's collection. They are sorted alphabetically by author's last name. Don't forget, you can use CTRL + F to search the page!

Please note: audiobooks are available from the following places:

Sora from Watertown High School
Hoopla and Libby from Watertown Free Public Library (library card required)
Libby from Boston Public Library (library card or e-card required)

Availability may vary - please let Ms. Piazza know if something is no longer available.

If you still can't find what you're looking for, check out this guide to adding additional library networks in Libby.

Authors A - C

Abdul-Jabar, Kareem Becoming Kareem : growing up on and off the court
Listen on: Sora, WFPL Libby, BPL Libby

Agassi, Andre Open: an autobiography
Listen on: Sora, WFPL Libby, BPL Libby

Alexie, Sherman You don't have to say you love me : a memoir
Listen on: WFPL Hoopla, WFPL Libby, BPL Libby

Allen, Ray From the outside : my journey through life and the game I love
Listen on: WFPL Hoopla

Anthony, Carmelo Where tomorrows aren't promised : a memoir
Listen on: BPL Libby

Beah, Ishmael A long way gone : memoirs of a boy soldier
Listen on: Sora, WFPL Hoopla, WFPL Libby (different narration: version 1 or version 2)

Beals, Melba Warriors don't cry : a searing memoir of the battle to integrate Little Rock's Central High
Listen on: Sora, WFPL Hoopla, WFPL Libby, BPL Libby

Besler, Matt No other home : living, leading, and learning what matters most
Listen on: WFPL Hoopla

Bordier, Anais Separated @ birth : the heartwarming and true love story of twin sisters reunited
Listen on: WFPL Hoopla

Britz, Allison Obsessed : a memoir of my life with OCD
Listen on: Sora, WFPL Hoopla, WFPL Libby

Burroughs, Augusten Running with scissors : a memoir
Listen on: WFPL Libby, BPL Libby

Busby, Cylin The year we disappeared : a father-daughter memoir
Listen on: WFPL Hoopla, WFPL Libby, BPL Libby

Cahalan, Susannah Brain on fire : my month of madness
Listen on: Sora, WFPL Libby, BPL Libby

Carlisle, Kelly Grey We are all shipwrecks : a memoir
Listen on: WFPL Hoopla, WFPL Libby

Castañeda, Yvonne Pork belly tacos with a side of anxiety : my journey through depression, bulimia, and addiction
Listen on: Sora, WFPL Hoopla, WFPL Libby

Charlamagne Tha God Shook one : anxiety playing tricks on me
Listen on: BPL Libby

Chow, Kat Seeing ghosts
Listen on: BPL Libby

Chung, Nicole All you can ever know : a memoir
Listen on: Sora, WFPL Hoopla, WFPL Libby, BPL Libby

Coates, Ta-Nehisi The beautiful struggle : a memoir
Listen on: Sora, WFPL Hoopla, WFPL Libby, BPL Libby
NOTE: WHS's physical copy is the Young Adult edition. This audiobook is the adult edition.

Coates, Ta-Nehisi Between the world and me
Listen on: Sora, WFPL Libby, BPL Libby

Codell, Esmé Raji Educating Esmé : diary of a teacher's first year
Listen on: WFPL Hoopla
NOTE: This audiobook is abridged.

Contley, Garrard Boy erased
Listen on: WFPL Libby, BPL Libby

Copeland, Misty Life in motion : an unlikely ballerina
Listen on: WFPL Hoopla, WFPL Libby, BPL Libby

Cunningham, Doreen Soundings : journeys in the company of whales
Listen on: WFPL Hoopla

Authors D - F

Dahl, Roald Going solo
Listen on: WFPL Libby

Day, Felicia You're never weird on the Internet (almost) : a memoir
Listen on: BPL Libby

Deng, Achut Don't look back
Listen on: Sora, WFPL Hoopla, WFPL Libby, BPL Libby

DePrince, Michaela Taking flight: from war orphan to star ballerina
Listen on: Sora, WFPL Hoopla

Diamond, Cheryl Nowhere girl : a memoir of a fugitive childhood
Listen on: Sora, BPL Libby

DiMarco, Nyle Deaf utopia : a memoir--and a love letter to a way of life
Listen on: WFPL Hoopla, BPL Libby

Douglas, John E. Mindhunter : inside the FBI's elite serial crime unit
Listen on: Sora, WFPL Hoopla (abridged), WFPL Libby, BPL Libby (unabridged) (abridged)
NOTE: WFPL Hoopla has the abridged edition and BPL has both abridged and unabridged editions.

Doyle, Glennon Untamed
Listen on: Sora, WFPL Libby, BPL Libby

Dugard, Jaycee Lee A stolen life : a memoir
Listen on: BPL Libby

Eagle, Adam Fortunate Pipestone : my life in an Indian boarding school
Listen on: WFPL Hoopla

Ebadi, Shirin Until we are free : my fight for human rights in Iran
Listen on: BPL Libby

Ebrahim, Zak The terrorist's son : a story of choice
Listen on: Sora, WFPL Hoopla, WFPL Libby

Edelman, Julian Relentless : a memoir
Listen on: WFPL Hoopla, BPL Libby

Eggers, Dave A heartbreaking work of staggering genius
Listen on: Sora, WFPL Hoopla, BPL Libby

Emezi, Akwaeke Dear Senthuran : a Black spirit memoir
Listen on: WFPL Libby, BPL Libby

Fey, Tina Bossypants
Listen on: Sora, WFPL Libby, BPL Libby

Foles, Nick Believe it : my journey of success, failure, and overcoming the odds
Listen on: WFPL Hoopla, WFPL Libby

Funk, Carla Mennonite valley girl : a wayward coming of age
Listen on: WFPL Hoopla

Authors G - I

Gansworth, Eric L. Apple, skin to the core : a memoir in words and pictures
Listen on: Sora, WFPL Hoopla, WFPL Libby, BPL Libby

Gay, Roxane Hunger : a memoir of (my) body
Listen on: Sora, WFPL Hoopla, WFPL Libby, BPL Libby

Goodwin, Doris Kearns Wait till next year : a memoir
Listen on: WFPL Hoopla, WFPL Libby, BPL Libby

Grandin, Temple Thinking in pictures : and other reports from my life with autism
Listen on: WFPL Libby, BPL Libby

Grealy, Lucy Autobiography of a face
Listen on: Sora, WFPL Hoopla

Greenfeld, Karl Taro Boy alone : a brother's memoir of growing up with an autistic sibling
Listen on: WFPL Hoopla

Greitens, Eric The warrior's heart : becoming a man of compassion and courage
Listen on: WFPL Hoopla, WFPL Libby

Gretzky, Wayne 99 : stories of the game
Listen on: WFPL Libby

Grimes, Nikki Ordinary hazards : a memoir
Listen on: Sora, WFPL Hoopla, WFPL Libby, BPL Libby

Hall, Shyima Hidden girl : the true story of a modern-day child slave
Listen on: Sora, WFPL Hoopla

Hamilton, Bethany Soul surfer : a true story of faith, family, and fighting to get back on the board
Listen on: Sora, WFPL Hoopla, WFPL Libby, BPL Libby

Hegar, Mary Jennings Fly like a girl : one woman's dramatic fight in Afghanistan and on the home front
Listen on: WFPL Hoopla
NOTE: WHS has the Young Adult edition. This audiobook is the adult edition, Shoot Like a Girl.

Henigson, Jeff Warhead : the true story of one teen who almost saved the world
Listen on: Sora

Henley, Ariel A face for Picasso : coming of age with Crouzon syndrome
Listen on: Sora, WFPL Hoopla, WFPL Libby, BPL Libby

Herren, Chris Basketball junkie : a memoir
Listen on: Sora, WFPL Hoopla, BPL Libby

Hickam, Homer H. Rocket boys : a memoir
Listen on: WFPL Hoopla, BPL Libby

Holes, Paul Unmasked : my life solving America's cold cases
Listen on: Sora, WFPL Hoopla, WFPL Libby, BPL Libby

Houston, Jeanne Wakatsuki Farewell to Manzanar : a true story of Japanese American experience during and after the World War II internment
Listen on: Sora, WFPL Hoopla, WFPL Libby

Iftin, Abdi Nor Call Me American : the extraordinary true story of a young Somali immigrant
Listen on: Sora, WFPL Libby
NOTE: WHS has the Young Adult edition. This audiobook is the adult edition.

Ikpi, Bassey I'm telling the truth, but I'm lying : essays
Listen on: WFPL Hoopla, BPL Libby

Authors J - L

Jahren, Hope Lab girl
Listen on: Sora, WFPL Libby, BPL Libby

Jennings, Jazz Being Jazz : my life as a (transgender) teen
Listen on: Sora, WFPL Libby, BPL Libby

Jiang, Ji-li Red scarf girl : a memoir of the Cultural Revolution
Listen on: Sora, WFPL Hoopla, WFPL Libby

Johnson, George M. All boys aren't blue : a memoir-manifesto
Listen on: Sora, WFPL Hoopla, WFPL Libby, BPL Libby

Kalanithi, Paul When breath becomes air
Listen on: Sora, WFPL Libby, BPL Libby

Kaling, Mindy Is everyone hanging out without me? (and other concerns)
Listen on: Sora, WFPL Libby, BPL Libby

Kelly, Scott Endurance : a year in space, a lifetime of discovery
Listen on: Sora, WFPL Libby, BPL Libby

Kerman, Piper Orange is the new black : my year in a woman's prison
Listen on: WFPL Libby, BPL Libby

Kimberlin, Bill Inside the Star Wars empire : a memoir
Listen on: WFPL Hoopla

Knight, Philip H. Shoe dog : a memoir by the creator of Nike
Listen on: Sora, WFPL Libby, BPL Libby
NOTE: WHS has the Young Adult edition. This audiobook is the Adult edition.

Krakauer, Jon Into thin air : a personal account of the Mount Everest disaster
Listen on: Sora, WFPL Libby, BPL Libby

Kuusisto, Stephen Planet of the blind
Listen on: WFPL Hoopla

Kyle, Chris American sniper : the autobiography of the most lethal sniper in U.S. military history
Listen on: Sora, WFPL Hoopla, WFPL Libby, BPL Libby

Land, Stephanie Maid: hard work, low pay, and a mother's will to survive
Listen on: Sora, WFPL Hoopla, WFPL Libby, BPL Libby

Laymon, Kiese Heavy : an American memoir
Listen on: Sora, WFPL Libby, BPL Libby

Layton, Deborah Seductive poison : a Jonestown survivor's story of life and death in the Peoples Temple
Listen on: WFPL Libby

Lee, Sungju Every falling star : the true story of how I survived and escaped North Korea
Listen on: Sora, WFPL Hoopla, WFPL Libby, BPL Libby

Liu, Simu We were dreamers : an immigrant superhero origin story
Listen on: WFPL Hoopla, WFPL Libby, BPL Libby

Lloyd, Carli When nobody was watching : my hard-fought journey to the top of the soccer world
Listen on: BPL Libby

Luttrell, Marcus Lone survivor : the eyewitness account of Operation Redwing and the lost heroes of SEAL Team 10
Listen on: Sora, WFPL Libby, BPL Libby

Authors M - O

Macdonald, Michael Patrick All Souls
Listen on: Sora, BPL Libby

Mailhot, Terese Marie Heart berries : a memoir
Listen on: Sora, WFPL Hoopla, WFPL Libby, BPL Libby

Mandela, Nelson Long walk to freedom : the autobiography of Nelson Mandela
Listen on: Sora, WFPL Libby, BPL Libby

Manzano, Sonia Becoming Maria : love and chaos in the South Bronx
Listen on: Sora, WFPL Hoopla, BPL Libby

Marnell, Cat How to murder your life : a memoir
Listen on: BPL Libby

Mathabane, Mark Kaffir boy : the true story of a Black youth's coming of age in Apartheid South Africa
Listen on: Sora, WFPL Hoopla, WFPL Libby, BPL Libby

McBride, James The color of water : a Black man's tribute to his white mother
Listen on: Sora (Version 1 and Version 2), WFPL Libby (Version 1 only), BPL Libby (Version 2 only)
NOTE: There are 2 different versions with different narrators. Both are unabridged but have a large difference in run times.

McCurdy, Jennette I'm glad my mom died
Listen on: Sora, WFPL Libby, BPL Libby

Miller, Chanel Know my name : a memoir
Listen on: Sora, WFPL Libby, BPL Libby

Muhammad, Ibtihaj Proud : living my American dream
Listen on: Sora (YA Edition and Adult Edition), WFPL Libby (YA Edition), BPL Libby (YA Edition)
NOTE: WHS has the Young Adult edition. These are also the YA edition, though Sora has YA and Adult.

Murakami, Haruki What I talk about when I talk about running : a memoir
Listen on: WFPL Hoopla, WFPL Libby, BPL Libby

Nafisi, Azar Reading Lolita in Tehran : a memoir in books
Listen on: Sora, WFPL Libby, BPL Libby

Obama, Barack Dreams from my father : a story of race and inheritance
Listen on: Sora,

O'Brien, Vanessa To the greatest heights : facing danger, finding humility, and climbing a mountain of truth : a memoir
Listen on: WFPL Hoopla

Oluseyi, Hakeem Quantum life
Listen on: Sora, WFPL Libby
NOTE: WHS has the Young Adult edition. These are also the YA edition.

Onwuachi, Kwame Notes from a young Black chef
Listen on: WFPL Libby (YA Edition), BPL Libby (Adult Edition)

Opdyke, Irene Gut In my hands : memories of a Holocaust rescuer
Listen on: WFPL Libby

Owen, Mark No easy day : the autobiography of a Navy SEAL : the firsthand account of the mission that killed Osama bin Laden
Listen on: WFPL Libby, BPL Libby

Authors P - R

Page, Elliot Pageboy : a memoir
Listen on: Sora, WFPL Libby, BPL Libby

Patchett, Ann Truth & beauty : a friendship
Listen on: WFPL Hoopla, BPL Libby

Paulsen, Gary Winterdance : the fine madness of running the Iditarod
Listen on: WFPL Hoopla, WFPL Libby

Perry, Sarah After the eclipse : a memior
Listen on: WFPL Hoopla

Piper, Karen Lynnea A girl's guide to missiles : growing up in America's secret desert
Listen on: BPL Overdrive

Poehler, Amy Yes please
Listen on: Sora, WFPL Hoopla, WFPL Libby, BPL Libby

Poitier, Sidney The measure of a man : a spiritual autobiography
Listen on: WFPL Hoopla, WFPL Libby, BPL Libby

Prince Harry Spare
Listen on: Sora, WFPL Libby, BPL Libby

Raisman, Aly Fierce : how competing for myself changed everything
Listen on: Sora, WFPL Hoopla, WFPL Libby, BPL Libby

Ralston, Aron Between a rock and a hard place
Listen on: BPL Libby

Rawl, Paige Positive : surviving my bullies, finding hope, and living to change the world : a memoir
Listen on: WFPL Hoopla

Reynolds, Jason and Reynolds, Griffin My name is Jason. Mine too : our story, our way
Listen on: Sora, WFPL Libby
NOTE: This audiobook is 25 minutes long due to the visual nature of the book

Price, Planaria J. Claiming my place : coming of age in the shadow of the Holocaust
Listen on: Sora, WFPL Hoopla

Roberts, Jon American desperado : my life--from mafia soldier to cocaine cowboy to secret government asset
Listen on: BPL Libby

Robison, John Elder Look me in the eye : my life with Asperger's
Listen on: Sora, WFPL Libby, BPL Libby

Rodgers, Sugar They better call me Sugar : My journey from the hood to the hardwood
Listen on: Sora, WFPL Hoopla, WFPL Libby, BPL Libby

Rodriguez, Luis J. Always running : la vida loca, gang days in L.A
Listen on: Sora, WFPL Hoopla, WFPL Libby

Romero, Jordan No summit out of sight
Listen on: Sora, WFPL Hoopla, WFPL Libby

Rowe, Claudia The spider and the fly : a writer, a murderer, and a story of obsession
Listen on: WFPL Hoopla, BPL Libby

Runyon, Brent The burn journals
Listen on: WFPL Hoopla

Authors S - U

Sabic-El-Rayess, Amra The cat I never named : a true story of love, war, and survival
Listen on: Sora, WFPL Hoopla, WFPL Libby, BPL Libby

Santiago, Esmeralda Almost a woman
Listen on: Sora, BPL Libby
NOTE: This audiobook is only available in Spanish as Casi una Mujer

Santiago, Esmeralda When I was Puerto Rican
Listen on: Sora, WFPL Hoopla, WFPL Libby, BPL Libby
NOTE: This audiobook is only available in Spanish as Cuando Era Puertorriqueña

Schutz, Samantha I don't want to be crazy
Listen on: Sora, WFPL Hoopla, WFPL Libby

Scully, Julia Outside passage : a memoir of an Alaskan childhood
Listen on: WFPL Hoopla

Shahani, Aarti Namdev Here we are : American dreams, American nightmares
Listen on: Sora, WFPL Hoopla, WFPL Libby, BPL Libby

Shaheen, Stefany Elle & Coach : diabetes, the fight for my daughter's life, and the dog who changed everything
Listen on: Sora

Smithson, Ryan Ghosts of war : the true story of a 19-year-old GI
Listen on: WFPL Hoopla

Solo, Hope Hope Solo : my story
Listen on: WFPL Hoopla, BPL Libby
NOTE: WHS has the Young Adult edition. This is the Adult edition.

Stevenson, Bryan Just mercy : a story of justice and redemption
Listen on: Sora, WFPL Libby, BPL Libby
NOTE: This is the Adult edition

Stevenson, Bryan Just mercy : adapted for young adults : a true story of the fight for justice
Listen on: Sora, WFPL Libby, BPL Libby
NOTE: This is the Young Adult edition

Strayed, Cheryl Wild : from lost to found on the Pacific Crest Trail
Listen on: Sora, WFPL Libby, BPL Libby

Sundquist, Josh We should hang out sometime : embarrassingly, a true story
Listen on: Sora, WFPL Hoopla, WFPL Libby, BPL Libby

Takei, George To the stars : the autobiography of George Takei, Star Trek's Mr. Sulu.
Listen on: WFPL Hoopla

Talley, André Leon The chiffon trenches : a memoir
Listen on: WFPL Hoopla, WFPL Libby, BPL Libby

Talusan, Meredith Fairest : a memoir
Listen on: WFPL Libby, BPL Libby

Tammet, Daniel Born on a blue day : inside the extraordinary mind of an autistic savant : a memoir
Listen on: Sora, WFPL Hoopla, WFPL Libby

Tyson, Cicely Just as I am : a memoir
Listen on: WFPL Hoopla, WFPL Libby, BPL Libby

Ung, Loung First they killed my father : a daughter of Cambodia remembers
Listen on: Sora, WFPL Hoopla, WFPL Libby, BPL Libby

Uwiringiyimana, Sandra How dare the sun rise : memoirs of a war child
Listen on: Sora, WFPL Hoopla, WFPL Libby, BPL Libby

Authors V - Z

Wade, Dwyane A father first : how my life became bigger than basketball
Listen on: WFPL Hoopla, BPL Libby

Wagenen, Maya van Popular : a memoir : vintage wisdom for a modern geek
Listen on: Sora, WFPL Hoopla, WFPL Libby

Walls, Jeannette The glass castle : a memoir
Listen on: Sora, WFPL Libby, BPL Libby

Wambach, Abby Forward : a memoir
Listen on: Sora, WFPL Hoopla, WFPL Libby, BPL Libby

Wang, Qian Julie Beautiful country : a memoir
Listen on: Sora, WFPL Libby, BPL Libby

Wasdin, Howard E. I am a SEAL Team Six warrior : memoirs of an American soldier
Listen on: Sora, WFPL Hoopla

Westover, Tara Educated
Listen on: Sora, WFPL Libby, BPL Libby

Wiesel, Elie Night
Listen on: Sora, WFPL Hoopla, WFPL Libby, BPL Libby

Williams, Stanley Tookie Blue rage, black redemption : a memoir
Listen on: WFPL Hoopla

Wolff, Tobias This boy's life : a memoir
Listen on: Sora, WFPL Hoopla, WFPL Libby

Woodson, Jacqueline Brown girl dreaming
Listen on: Sora (Copy 1) (Copy 2), WFPL Libby (Copy 1) (Copy 2), BPL Libby
NOTE: The difference between copy 1 and copy 2 is unclear.

Yankoski, Michael Under the overpass
Listen on: WFPL Hoopla

Yousafzai, Malala I am Malala : how one girl stood up for education and changed the world
Listen on: Sora (YA) (Adult), WFPL Hoopla, WFPL Libby (YA, Adult), BPL Libby (YA, Adult)
NOTE: WHS has 2 copies of the Young Adult edition. Sora, WFPL and BPL all have both Young Adult and Adult editions. Hoopla's edition is likely the children's edition.

Zamora, Javier Solito
Listen on: Sora, WFPL Libby, BPL Libby

Zauner, Michelle Crying in H Mart : a memoir
Listen on: Sora, WFPL Libby, BPL Libby