An amazing Black Friday sale on popular audiobooks

I met a GRS reader named T.J. for happy hour last week. As we sipped our beer, we chatted about money and videogames and our personal struggles with ADHD. We also discovered we have a shared love for audiobooks.

T.J. listens to audiobooks as he drives from client to client. I used to consume audiobooks during my commute to work at the box factory. In recent years, I've found that audiobooks are an effective way to cope with my insomnia. No joke: Every night — all night — I listen to audiobooks. (Plus, I still like to listen to them during long drives.)

Here's a shocking stat: I listen to nearly 3000 hours of audiobooks every year. (As a point of reference, if you work a full-time job, you probably work about 2000 hours each year.)

    

Because I consume so much audio material, I have a strange problem. I run out of things to listen to. I've audited my favorite books — True Grit, The Lord of the Rings, the Aubrey/Maturin series — many times over by now. I constantly crave new titles…but I'm unwilling to pay full price to purchase them.

Well, this weekend — until 11:59 Pacific on Monday evening — Audible is having a huge sale on 473 popular audiobooks. Prices range from $4.95 to $6.95. (And because Amazon now owns Audible, it's possible to purchase directly from the parent company.)

As I sorted through the list to find new titles for myself, it occurred to me that many of these books might be of interest to GRS readers. I compiled a subset of 36 audiobooks, which I've sorted into four categories below. (Or you can visit Audible to view every title included in the sale.)

Note: If I've marked a book with a , that means I own the audio version myself. If I've marked a book with a , that means I recommend it highly. (Cry, the Beloved Country is one of my all-time favorite books, for instance, and the audio version is fantastic.)

Audiobooks About Money

First up, here are nine books that are explicitly about money and money management. I'm not sure how something like The Intelligent Investor translates to audio, but there's no doubt it's considered a personal-finance classic in print form. You Need a Budget is good in audio, though, and The Wealthy Barber should be too.

• Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist by Roger Lowenstein [$4.95]
• Influence by Robert Cialdini [$5.95]
• The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham [$6.95]
• The Personal MBA by Josh Kaufman [$5.95]
• The Power of Broke by Daymond John [$4.95]
• A Random Walk Down Wall Street by Burton Malkiel [$5.95]
• Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki [$4.95]
• The Wealthy Barber by David Chilton [$4.95]
• You Need a Budget by Jesse Mecham [$4.95]

Audiobooks About Self-Improvement

Here are nine books that aren't about personal finance, but are about personal development. All the same, some — such as The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up — can have a powerful, indirect impact on your pocketbook.

• Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself by Joe Dispenza [$4.95]
• Find Your Why by Simon Sinek [$4.95]
• High Performance Habits by Brendon Burchard [$5.95]
• The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo [$4.95]
• Made to Stick by Chip Heath and Dan Heath [$4.95]
• The Willpower Instinct by Kelly McGonigal [$4.95]
• You Are a Badass by Jen Sincero [$4.95]
• The 10x Rule by Grant Cardone [$4.95]
• 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene [$6.95]

The Great Courses

As much as I love audiobooks, I love The Great Courses even more. Over the past twenty years, I've listened to dozens of these “classes” and have enjoyed nearly all of them. I'm pleased that Audible (and Amazon) now offer these for sale because they're much cheaper than buying directly from The Teaching Company.

• The American Civil War from The Great Courses [$6.95]
• Critical Business Skills for Success from The Great Courses [$6.95]
• Great Mythologies of the World from The Great Courses [$6.95]
• Money Management Skills from The Great Courses [$4.95]
• The Other Side of History: Daily Life in the Ancient World from The Great Courses [$6.95]
• Practicing Mindfulness: An Introduction to Meditation from The Great Courses [$5.95]
• Scientific Secrets for Raising Kids Who Thrive from The Great Courses [$5.95]
• The Story of Human Language from The Great Courses [$6.95]
• Understanding the Mysteries of Human Behavior from The Great Courses [$5.95]

Other Books of Note

Most of this weekend's Audible sale is focused on popular fiction and non-fiction, of course. Here are six books I've audited and enjoyed, plus three new titles I picked up this morning. (I'm looking forward to Shogun. It gets great reviews!)

• The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon [$6.95]
• Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton [$4.95]
• David Copperfield by Charles Dickens [$4.95]
• The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien [$5.95]
• Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey [$6.95]
• The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro [$4.95]
• The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins [$6.95]
• Shogun by James Clavell [$6.95]
• The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison Weir [$6.95]

Most years, I deliberately do not encourage folks to participate in Black Friday madness. I'm a strong believer in Buy Nothing Day. This year, I'm making an exception. But only for this sale. I'm happy to promote self-education!

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