A Simpler Life
The Best Fiction Podcasts for Listeners Who Love a Good Story
You can’t beat a good story. Luckily, humans are great at storytelling, and the best fiction podcasts are all the proof that the modern listener requires. Get the popcorn ready; it’s storytime.
Best Sellers
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On Confidence
- Written by: The School of Life, Alain de Botton
- Narrated by: Alain de Botton
- Length: 1 hr and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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A thought-provoking essay that teaches us that confidence is not a gift from the gods, but a skill that can be learned....
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On Confidence
- Narrated by: Alain de Botton
- Length: 1 hr and 9 mins
- Release date: 2020-07-30
- Language: English
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$9.68 or free with 30-day trial
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The School of Life
- An Emotional Education
- Written by: The School of Life
- Narrated by: Alain de Botton, Charlie Anson
- Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall16
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Performance13
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How to live wisely and well in the twenty-first century—an introduction to the modern art of emotional intelligence....
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Brilliant content with exceptional narration
- By Asso on 2024-12-15
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The School of Life
- An Emotional Education
- Narrated by: Alain de Botton, Charlie Anson
- Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 2022-10-18
- Language: English
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Sale price: $5.99 (70% off)
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A Simpler Life
- A Guide to Greater Serenity, Ease and Clarity
- Written by: The School of Life
- Narrated by: Rachel Lanning
- Length: 3 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall11
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Performance8
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The modern world can be a complicated, frenzied, and noisy place, filled with too many options, products, ideas and opinions. That explains why what many of us long for is simplicity: a life that can be more pared down, peaceful, and focused on the essentials....
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It is one one of the best
- By Elyasi on 2023-07-31
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A Simpler Life
- A Guide to Greater Serenity, Ease and Clarity
- Narrated by: Rachel Lanning
- Length: 3 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 2022-01-06
- Language: English
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On Mental Illness
- What Can Calm, Reassure and Console
- Written by: The School of Life
- Narrated by: Rachel Lanning
- Length: 4 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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A compassionate guide to normalizing mental illness and achieving emotional wellbeing. This is a guide to coping with a wide variety of mental unwellness, from the very mild to the severe.
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On Mental Illness
- What Can Calm, Reassure and Console
- Narrated by: Rachel Lanning
- Length: 4 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 2026-01-01
- Language: English
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$16.62 or free with 30-day trial
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What They Forgot to Teach You at School
- Essential Emotional Lessons Needed to Thrive
- Written by: The School of Life
- Narrated by: Sonya Cullingford
- Length: 3 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5
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Performance3
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A collection of the essential emotional lessons we need in order to thrive....
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Need to be read
- By Elyasi on 2023-07-25
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What They Forgot to Teach You at School
- Essential Emotional Lessons Needed to Thrive
- Narrated by: Sonya Cullingford
- Length: 3 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 2021-03-23
- Language: English
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$15.11 or free with 30-day trial
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How to Think More Effectively
- A Guide to Greater Productivity, Insight, and Creativity
- Written by: The School of Life
- Narrated by: Sonya Cullingford
- Length: 2 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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A guide to identifying, nurturing, and growing our insight and creativity for more effective thinking....
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How to Think More Effectively
- A Guide to Greater Productivity, Insight, and Creativity
- Narrated by: Sonya Cullingford
- Length: 2 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 2021-06-08
- Language: English
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$14.44 or free with 30-day trial
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From Trauma to Healing
- How to Locate, Process and Recover from Psychological Wounds
- Written by: The School of Life
- Narrated by: Rachel Lanning
- Length: 5 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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From Trauma to Healing is a practical guide to breaking free of these traumas and finding hope for the future.
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From Trauma to Healing
- How to Locate, Process and Recover from Psychological Wounds
- Narrated by: Rachel Lanning
- Length: 5 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 2025-06-10
- Language: English
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$17.59 or free with 30-day trial
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On Self-Hatred
- Learning to Like Oneself
- Written by: The School of Life
- Narrated by: Rachel Lanning
- Length: 2 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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A guide to emotional healing and living a more self-accepting life....
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On Self-Hatred
- Learning to Like Oneself
- Narrated by: Rachel Lanning
- Length: 2 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 2023-12-07
- Language: English
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$17.16 or free with 30-day trial
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The Good Enough Parent
- How to Raise Contented, Interesting, and Resilient Children
- Written by: The School of Life
- Narrated by: Sonya Cullingford
- Length: 3 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4
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Performance3
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A parenting guide providing compassionate instruction and insight into raising a resilient, well-balanced child....
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- By Elyasi on 2023-07-25
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The Good Enough Parent
- How to Raise Contented, Interesting, and Resilient Children
- Narrated by: Sonya Cullingford
- Length: 3 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 2021-09-09
- Language: English
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$20.19 or free with 30-day trial
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Calm
- Written by: The School of Life
- Narrated by: Rachel Lanning
- Length: 4 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4
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Performance4
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A guide to developing the art of finding serenity, not through meditation, but through understanding the sources of our anxiety and frustrations....
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A Great Resource for Anxiety
- By Laura Franco on 2023-08-28
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Calm
- Narrated by: Rachel Lanning
- Length: 4 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 2022-03-24
- Language: English
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$20.19 or free with 30-day trial
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The Secrets of Successful Relationships
- The Secrets Series, Book 1
- Written by: The School of Life
- Narrated by: Rachel Lanning
- Length: 5 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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This handbook shows the key ingredients to contented love—quintessential advice on relationships from The School of Life, with an approachable tone.
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The Secrets of Successful Relationships
- The Secrets Series, Book 1
- Narrated by: Rachel Lanning
- Series: The Secrets series, Book 1
- Length: 5 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 2024-10-08
- Language: English
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$18.19 or free with 30-day trial
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Anxiety
- Meditations on the Anxious Mind
- Written by: The School of Life
- Narrated by: Rachel Lanning
- Length: 2 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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A guide to our anxious minds; offering a route to calm, self-compassion, and mental well-being....
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Anxiety
- Meditations on the Anxious Mind
- Narrated by: Rachel Lanning
- Length: 2 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 2021-11-08
- Language: English
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$20.19 or free with 30-day trial
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Self-Knowledge
- Written by: The School of Life
- Narrated by: Fiona Buckland
- Length: 1 hr and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance7
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An examination of the importance of self-knowledge, providing practical exercises to aid self-discovery....
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Self-Knowledge
- Narrated by: Fiona Buckland
- Length: 1 hr and 16 mins
- Release date: 2020-07-30
- Language: English
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$15.14 or free with 30-day trial
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How to Overcome Your Childhood
- How to Raise Contented, Interesting, and Resilient Children
- Written by: The School of Life
- Narrated by: Sonya Cullingford
- Length: 2 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance3
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A guide to breaking free from the enduring, and sometimes damaging, behavioral patterns learned in childhood....
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How to Overcome Your Childhood
- How to Raise Contented, Interesting, and Resilient Children
- Narrated by: Sonya Cullingford
- Length: 2 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 2021-09-09
- Language: English
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$17.16 or free with 30-day trial
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Relationships
- Written by: The School of Life
- Narrated by: Fiona Buckland
- Length: 3 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance6
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A fresh approach to matters of the heart, teaching us that success in love need never again be just a matter of luck....
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Great book on relationships
- By JP on 2022-12-16
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Relationships
- Narrated by: Fiona Buckland
- Series: School of Life
- Length: 3 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 2021-01-01
- Language: English
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$14.88 or free with 30-day trial
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A Job to Love
- Written by: The School of Life
- Narrated by: Rachel Lanning
- Length: 5 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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A Job To Love is designed to help us better understand ourselves in order to find a job that is right for us. It explores the myths, traps and confusions that get in our way, and shows us how to develop new, effective attitudes and habits....
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A Job to Love
- Narrated by: Rachel Lanning
- Length: 5 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 2023-03-23
- Language: English
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$20.19 or free with 30-day trial
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The Secrets of Successful Friendships
- The Secrets Series, Book 2
- Written by: The School of Life
- Narrated by: Rachel Lanning
- Length: 4 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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The second book in The School of Life's 'Secrets' series, offering lessons on the emotional skills necessary to build and maintain friendships.
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The Secrets of Successful Friendships
- The Secrets Series, Book 2
- Narrated by: Rachel Lanning
- Length: 4 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 2025-09-29
- Language: English
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$24.23 or free with 30-day trial
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Small Pleasures
- Written by: The School of Life
- Narrated by: Rachel Lanning
- Length: 5 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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52 overlooked small pleasures, from flirtation and figs to cyprus trees and the pleasant exhaustion that follows an especially productive day....
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Small Pleasures
- Narrated by: Rachel Lanning
- Length: 5 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 2022-09-15
- Language: English
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$19.42 or free with 30-day trial
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On Being Nice
- Written by: The School of Life
- Narrated by: Rachel Lanning
- Length: 2 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Much of today's media tells us to be thinner, richer, and more successful. This book tells us how to be nicer....
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On Being Nice
- Narrated by: Rachel Lanning
- Length: 2 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 2023-09-14
- Language: English
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$14.44 or free with 30-day trial
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How to Survive the Modern World
- Making Sense of, and Finding Calm in, Unsteady Times
- Written by: The School of Life
- Narrated by: Rachel Lanning
- Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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How to Survive the Modern World is the ultimate guide to navigating our unusual times. It identifies a range of themes that present acute challenges to our mental wellbeing....
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How to Survive the Modern World
- Making Sense of, and Finding Calm in, Unsteady Times
- Narrated by: Rachel Lanning
- Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 2024-08-02
- Language: English
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$33.32 or free with 30-day trial
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