Search results for “David Sedaris”

Happy-Go-Lucky

By: David Sedaris

Narrated by: David Sedaris

Length: 7 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

An Audie Award Winner

David Sedaris, the “champion storyteller, 1�7 (Los Angeles Times) returns with his first new collection of personal essays since the bestselling Calypso.

Back when restaurant menus were still printed on paper, and wearing a mask—or not—was a decision made mostly on Halloween, David Sedaris spent his time doing normal things. As... Read more

Calypso

By: David Sedaris

Narrated by: David Sedaris

Length: 6 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

David Sedaris returns with his most deeply personal and darkly hilarious book.

If you've ever laughed your way through David Sedaris's cheerfully misanthropic stories, you might think you know what you're getting with Calypso. You'd be wrong.

When he buys a beach house on the Carolina coast, Sedaris envisions long, relaxing vacations spent... Read more

The Best of Me

By: David Sedaris

Narrated by: David Sedaris

Length: 13 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

“Genius 1�7 It is miraculous to read these pieces 1�7 You must read The Best of Me. 1�7 —Andrew Sean Greer, New York Times Book Review

David Sedaris’s best stories and essays, spanning his remarkable career—as selected and read by the author himself. Featuring fresh and classic recordings, including a new essay and an interview exclusive to the... Read more

Me Talk Pretty One Day

By: David Sedaris

Narrated by: David Sedaris

Length: 5 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

A new collection from David Sedaris is cause for jubilation. His recent move to Paris has inspired hilarious pieces, including Me Talk Pretty One Day, about his attempts to learn French. His family is another inspiration. You Cant Kill the Rooster is a portrait of his brother who talks incessant hip-hop slang to his bewildered father. And no one... Read more

Theft by Finding

By: David Sedaris

Narrated by: David Sedaris

Length: 13 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

One of the most anticipated books of 2017: Boston Globe, New York Times Book Review, New York's "Vulture", The Week, Bustle, BookRiot
An NPR Best Book of 2017An AV Club Favorite Book of 2017A Barnes & Noble Best Book of 2017A Goodreads Choice Awards nominee

David Sedaris tells all in a book that is, literally, a lifetime in the making.

For... Read more

Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim

By: David Sedaris

Narrated by: David Sedaris

Length: 6 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

David Sedaris plays in the snow with his sisters. He goes on vacation with his family. He gets a job selling drinks. He attends his brother's wedding. He mops his sister's floor. He gives directions to a lost traveler. He eats a hamburger. He has his blood sugar tested. It all sounds so normal, doesn't it? In his newest collection of essays,... Read more

Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk

By: David Sedaris

Narrated by: David Sedaris, Sian Phillips, Dylan Baker & Ela...

Length: 2 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Featuring David Sedaris's unique blend of hilarity and heart, this new collection of keen-eyed animal-themed tales is an utter delight. Though the characters may not be human, the situations in these stories bear an uncanny resemblance to the insanity of everyday life.

In "The Toad, the Turtle, and the Duck," three strangers commiserate about... Read more

Hachette Audio Story Sampler

By: Pete Seeger, Nelson Mandela & David Sedaris

Narrated by: Pete Seeger, Alan Rickman & David Sedaris

Length: 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Available exclusively on Bookstore Day (April 29, 2017), the Hachette Audio Sampler features the following:Dentists Without Borders written and read by David Sedaris
Plus shorter listens for the whole family:

Toshi as told by Pete Seeger from Pete Seeger: The Storm King
The Ring of the King from Nelson Mandela’s Favorite African Folktales, read by... Read more

David Sedaris: Live For Your Listening Pleasure

By: David Sedaris

Narrated by: David Sedaris

Length: 1 hour 14 minutes

Abridged: No

If you were lucky enough to have caught a performance on David Sedaris's most recent sold-out, 34-city tour, you already know that David Sedaris Live For Your Listening Pleasure is a must-have album! If you didn't hear it live and in person, then you're in for a treat-hilarious brand-new recordings from performances in Denver, New York, Durham,... Read more

A Carnival of Snackery

By: David Sedaris

Narrated by: David Sedaris & Tracey Ullman

Length: 17 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

A New York Times Book Review Editors 1�7 Choice
Finalist for the Audie Award in Humor

There’s no right way to keep a diary, but if there’s an entertaining way, David Sedaris seems to have mas­tered it.
 
If it’s navel-gazing you’re after, you’ve come to the wrong place; ditto treacly self-examination. Rather, his observations turn outward: a fight... Read more

David Sedaris' Diaries Paint a Life Spent in Observation

By: David Sedaris

Narrated by: David Sedaris & Jeffrey Brown

Length: 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Who was humorist David Sedaris before he had sold millions of books and made countless live appearances before adoring audiences? In a new book, Theft By Finding, Sedaris offers a portrait of himself as a younger artist through his personal diaries. Jeffrey Brown sits down with the author to discuss his compulsion to observe, write and perform. Read more

David Sedaris

By: David Sedaris

Narrated by: David Sedaris

Length: 1 hour 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Bestselling humorist Sedaris likes to test out new material on twice-a-year reading tours to get the rhythm and phrasing perfected before he puts them down on the page. This live recording of his sold out October 22, 2002, reading at Manhattan's Carnegie Hall finds Sedaris performing debuting new stories, all captured in this audiobook. They... Read more

Barrel Fever and Other Stories

By: David Sedaris

Narrated by: David Sedaris & Amy Sedaris

Length: 2 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

In David Sedaris' world, no one is safe and no cow is sacred. A manic cross between Mark Leyner, Fran Lebowitz, and the National Enquirer, Sedaris' collection of essays is a rollicking tour through the national Zeitgeist: a do-it-yourself suburban dad saves money by performing home surgery; a man who is loved too much flees the heavyweight... Read more

Holidays on Ice

By: David Sedaris

Narrated by: David Sedaris, Ann Magnuson & Amy Sedaris

Length: 4 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

David Sedaris's beloved holiday collection is new again with six more pieces, including a never before published story. Along with such favoritesas the diaries of a Macy's elf and the annals of two very competitive families, are Sedaris's tales of tardy trick-or-treaters ("Us and Them"); the difficulties of explaining the Easter Bunny to the... Read more

When You Are Engulfed in Flames

By: David Sedaris

Narrated by: David Sedaris

Length: 9 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Once again, David Sedaris brings together a collection of essays so uproariously funny and profoundly moving that his legions of fans will fall for him once more. He tests the limits of love when Hugh lances a boil from his backside, and pushes the boundaries of laziness when, finding the water shut off in his house in Normandy, he looks to the... Read more

Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls

By: David Sedaris

Narrated by: David Sedaris

Length: 6 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

A new collection of essays from the #1 New York Times bestselling author who has been called "the preeminent humorist of his generation" (Entertainment Weekly).

From the unique perspective of David Sedaris comes a new collection of essays taking his listeners on a bizarre and stimulating world tour. From the perils of French dentistry to the... Read more

Meet David Sedaris: Series Nine

By: David Sedaris

Narrated by: David Sedaris

Length: 2 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Named by Time as America's Favourite Humorist, the uniquely perceptive and hilarious David Sedaris reads from his essays and diaries for his ninth series for Radio 4.


This is the complete recording of Meet David Sedaris Series Nine, which was broadcast on Radio 4. The full listing is:
Episode One:
Happy Go Lucky
Diary: April 23 2011, Tempe;... Read more

Pretty Ugly

By: David Sedaris & Ian Falconer

Narrated by: David Sedaris

Length: 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Meet Anna Von Ogre, a delightful monstrosity. When Anna’s attempt to gross out the family backfires, she finds herself stuck with a face of such beauty that even the neighbors are repulsed. How the sickeningly adorable, rosy-cheeked little girl finds her inner ugly again is the subject of a hilarious fable for the ages.

Performed and expanded by... Read more

The Best Audio Storytelling

By: Julia Barton (Editor) & David Sedaris (Foreword...

Narrated by: Julia Barton & David Sedaris

Length: 6 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Finally an annual collection of the best nonfiction audio stories pulled from podcasts, radio, and audiobooks, featuring a foreword by bestselling author, and audio fan, David Sedaris. The Best Audio Storytelling is a new collection of thirteen of the year’s best nonfiction audio stories from podcasters, radio journalists, authors, independent... Read more

A Carnival of Snackery

By: David Sedaris

Narrated by: David Sedaris & Tracey Ullman

Length: 17 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

There's no right way to keep a diary, but if there's an entertaining way, David Sedaris seems to have mastered it.

If it's navel-gazing you're after, you've come to the wrong place; ditto treacly self-examination. Rather, his observations turn outward: a fight between two men on a bus, a fight between two men on the street; collecting Romanian... Read more

Meet David Sedaris: Series Eight

By: David Sedaris

Narrated by: David Sedaris

Length: 2 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Named by Time as America's Favourite Humorist, the uniquely perceptive and hilarious David Sedaris reads from his essays and diaries for his eighth series for Radio 4.


This is the complete recording of Meet David Sedaris Series Eight, which was broadcast on Radio 4. The full listing is:
Episode One:
Recipe for Disaster
Nailed
Must Everything Go?... Read more

Meet David Sedaris: Series Seven

By: David Sedaris

Narrated by: David Sedaris

Length: 2 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Named by Time as America's Favourite Humorist, the uniquely perceptive and hilarious David Sedaris reads from his essays and diaries for his seventh series for Radio 4.

This is the complete recording of Meet David Sedaris Series Seven, which was broadcast on Radio 4. The full listing is:
Episode One:
Father Time
Diary entries - 'October 10th,... Read more

Calypso

By: David Sedaris

Narrated by: David Sedaris

Length: 6 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

'Unquestionably the king of comic writing . . . Calypso is both funnier and more heartbreaking than pretty much anything out there' Hadley Freeman, Guardian

A New York Times Notable Book of 2018

If you've ever laughed your way through David Sedaris's cheerfully misanthropic stories, you might think you know what you're getting with Calypso. You'd... Read more

The Best of Me

By: David Sedaris

Narrated by: David Sedaris

Length: 13 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

What could be a more tempting Christmas gift than a compendium of David Sedaris's best stories, selected by the author himself? 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.

For more than twenty-five years, David Sedaris has been carving... Read more