Looking for audiobooks that will keep you entertained and teach you something new? History, memoirs, true crime, and more – these are the best non-fiction audiobooks you need to listen to right now.
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
Blurb: “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 hones a finer fury in response to such modern annoyances as restaurant meals presented in ludicrous towers and cashiers with 6-inch fingernails. Compared by The New Yorker to Twain and Hawthorne, Sedaris has become one of our best-loved authors.” Read my review of Me Talk Pretty One Day here.
Bonus: David Sedaris is basically the ever-giving tree of amazing non-fiction audiobooks. If you love Me Talk Pretty One Day, you should check out Calypso, Dress Your Family In Corduroy And Denim, Let’s Explore Diabetes With Owls, and the other essay collections from his backlist.
A Short History Of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Blurb: “Taking as territory everything from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization, Bryson seeks to understand how we got from there being nothing at all to there being us. To that end, he has attached himself to a host of the world’s most advanced (and often obsessed) archaeologists, anthropologists, and mathematicians, travelling to their offices, laboratories, and field camps. He has read (or tried to read) their books, pestered them with questions, apprenticed himself to their powerful minds. A Short History of Nearly Everything is the record of this quest, and it is a sometimes profound, sometimes funny, and always supremely clear and entertaining adventure in the realms of human knowledge, as only Bill Bryson can render it. Science has never been more involving or entertaining.” Read my review of A Short History Of Nearly Everything here.
Bonus: Want more Bill Bryson? In addition to, well, everything, his non-fiction audiobooks have explored everything from the human body (The Body), to the home (At Home), to the incredible summer of 1927 (One Summer).
The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Blurb: “Intimate in feeling, astonishing in scope, and impossible to put down, The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks captures the beauty and drama of scientific discovery, as well as its human consequences. As Rebecca Skloot so brilliantly shows, the story of the Lacks family—past and present—is inextricably connected to the dark history of experimentation on African Americans, the birth of bioethics, and the legal battles over whether we control the stuff we are made of.” Read my review of The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks here.
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Under The Banner Of Heaven by Jon Krakauer
Blurb: “Under The Banner Of Heaven is an extraordinary work of investigative journalism takes readers inside America’s isolated Mormon Fundamentalist communities. At the core of Krakauer’s book are brothers Ron and Dan Lafferty, who insist they received a commandment from God to kill a blameless woman and her baby girl. Beginning with a meticulously researched account of this appalling double murder, Krakauer constructs a multi-layered, bone-chilling narrative of messianic delusion, polygamy, savage violence, and unyielding faith.”
Read Under The Banner Of Heaven on audiobook via Libro.fm here.
Columbine by Dave Cullen
Blurb: “Columbine became the template for nearly two decades of ‘spectacle murders’. It is a false script, seized upon by a generation of new killers. Dave Cullen was one of the first reporters on the scene, and he spent ten years on this book, the definitive account. With a keen investigative eye and psychological acumen, he draws on mountains of evidence, insight from the world’s leading forensic psychologists, and the killers’ own words and drawings. Cullen paints raw portraits of two polar opposite killers. They contrast starkly with the flashes of resilience and redemption among the survivors.” Read my review of Columbine here.
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107 Days by Kamala Harris
Blurb: “From the chaos of campaign strategy sessions to the intensity of debate prep under relentless scrutiny and the private moments that rarely make headlines, Kamala Harris offers an unfiltered look at the pressures, triumphs, and heartbreaks of a history-defining race. With behind-the-scenes details and a voice that is both intimate and urgent, this is more than a political memoir—it’s a chronicle of resilience, leadership, and the high stakes of democracy in action. Written with candor, a unique perspective, and the pace of a page-turning novel, 107 Days takes you inside the race for the presidency as no one has ever done before.” Read my review of 107 Days here.
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Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi
Blurb: “Vincent Bugliosi was the prosecuting attorney in the Manson trial, and Helter Skelter is his enthralling account of how he built his case from what a defense attorney dismissed as only ‘two fingerprints and Vince Bugliosi’. The meticulous detective work with which the story begins, the prosecutor’s view of a complex murder trial, the reconstruction of the philosophy Manson inculcated in his fervent followers… these elements make for a true crime classic.” Read my review of Helter Skelter here.
Bad Blood by John Carreyrou
Blurb: “In Bad Blood, John Carreyrou investigates the biggest corporate fraud since Enron, a tale of ambition and scandal set amid the bold promises of Silicon Valley. Seen as the female Steve Jobs, Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes was a brilliant Stanford dropout whose startup ‘unicorn’ promised to revolutionize the medical industry with a machine that would make blood testing significantly faster and easier. Backed by wealthy investors, Theranos sold shares that valued the company at more than $9 billion. There was just one problem: the technology didn’t work.” Read my review of Bad Blood here.
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The Only Plane In The Sky by Garrett M Graff
Blurb: “At once a powerful tribute to the courage of everyday Americans and an essential addition to the literature of 9/11, The Only Plane In The Sky weaves together the unforgettable personal experiences of the men and women who found themselves caught at the center of an unprecedented human drama. The result is a unique, profound, and searing exploration of humanity on a day that changed the course of history, and all of our lives.”
Read The Only Plane In The Sky on audiobook via Libro.fm here.
Becoming by Michelle Obama
Blurb: “Michelle Obama invites readers into her world, chronicling the experiences that have shaped her. With unerring honesty and lively wit, she describes her triumphs and her disappointments, both public and private, telling her full story as she has lived it—in her own words and on her own terms. Warm, wise, and revelatory, Becoming is the deeply personal reckoning of a woman of soul and substance who has steadily defied expectations—and whose story inspires us to do the same.” Read my review of Becoming here.
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Educated by Tara Westover
Blurb: “Tara Westover and her family grew up preparing for the End of Days but, according to the government, she didn’t exist. She hadn’t been registered for a birth certificate. She had no school records because she’d never set foot in a classroom, and no medical records because her father didn’t believe in hospitals. As she grew older, her father became more radical and her brother more violent. At sixteen, Tara knew she had to leave home. In Educated, she describes how in doing so she discovered both the transformative power of education, and the price she had to pay for it.” Read my review of Educated here.
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Stiff by Mary Roach
Blurb: “In this fascinating, ennobling account, Mary Roach visits the good deeds of cadavers over the centuries from the anatomy labs and human-sourced pharmacies of medieval and nineteenth-century Europe to a human decay research facility in Tennessee, to a plastic surgery practice lab, to a Scandinavian funeral directors’ conference on human composting. In Stiff, Roach tells the engrossing story of our bodies when we are no longer with them.” Read my review of Stiff here.
The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule
Blurb: “The Stranger Beside Me is Ann Rule’s compelling firsthand account of not just her relationship with Ted Bundy, but also his life—from his complicated childhood to the media circus of his trials. Astonishing in its intimacy and with Rule’s clear-eyed prose, you can’t help but share in her growing horror at discovering that her friend was one of the most notorious American serial killers.” Read my review of The Stranger Beside Me here.
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Larrimah by Caroline Graham and Kylie Stevenson
Blurb: “Larrimah: hot, barren, a speck of dust in the centre of the nothingness of outback Australia. A town at the centre of one of the biggest mysteries outback Australia has ever seen – a weird, swirling whodunnit about camel pies and wild donkeys and drug deals and crocodiles, a case that’s had police scratching their heads for years, while journalists and filmmakers and Hollywood turn up, from time to time, to ask what the hell happened here.” Read my review of Larrimah here.
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So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed by Jon Ronson
Blurb: “A great renaissance of public shaming is sweeping our land. Justice has been democratized. The silent majority are getting a voice. But what are we doing with our voice? We are mercilessly finding people’s faults. We are defining the boundaries of normality by ruining the lives of those outside it. We are using shame as a form of social control. Simultaneously powerful and hilarious in the way only Jon Ronson can be, So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed is a deeply honest book about modern life, full of eye-opening truths about the escalating war on human flaws – and the very scary part we all play in it.” Read my review of So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed here.
Empire Of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe
Blurb: “This is the saga of three generations of a single family and the mark they would leave on the world, a tale that moves from the bustling streets of early twentieth-century Brooklyn to the seaside palaces of Greenwich, Connecticut, and Cap d’Antibes to the corridors of power in Washington, D.C. Empire of Pain chronicles the multiple investigations of the Sacklers and their company, and the scorched-earth legal tactics that the family has used to evade accountability.” Read my review of Empire Of Pain here.
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The Trauma Cleaner by Sarah Krasnostein
Blurb: “Before she was a trauma cleaner, Sandra Pankhurst was many things: husband and father, drag queen, gender reassignment patient, sex worker, small businesswoman, trophy wife… but as a little boy, raised in violence and excluded from the family home, she just wanted to belong. Now she believes her clients deserve no less. Sarah Krasnostein has watched the extraordinary Sandra Pankhurst bring order and care to these, the living and the dead – and the book she has written is equally extraordinary. Not just the compelling story of a fascinating life among lives of desperation The Trauma Cleaner is an affirmation that, as isolated as we may feel, we are all in this together.” Read my review of The Trauma Cleaner here.
Reckoning by Magda Szubanksi
Blurb: “In this extraordinary memoir, Reckoning, Magda Szubanski describes her journey of self-discovery from a suburban childhood, haunted by the demons of her father’s espionage activities in wartime Poland and by her secret awareness of her sexuality, to the complex dramas of adulthood and her need to find out the truth about herself and her family. With courage and compassion she addresses her own frailties and fears, and asks the big questions about life, about the shadows we inherit and the gifts we pass on.” Read my review of Reckoning here.
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I’ll Be Gone In The Dark by Michelle McNamara
Blurb: “I’ll Be Gone in the Dark—the masterpiece McNamara was writing at the time of her sudden death—offers an atmospheric snapshot of a moment in American history and a chilling account of a criminal mastermind and the wreckage he left behind. It is also a portrait of a woman’s obsession and her unflagging pursuit of the truth. Utterly original and compelling, it is destined to become a true crime classic—and may at last unmask the Golden State Killer.” Read my review of I’ll Be Gone In The Dark here.
The Diary Of A Bookseller by Shaun Bythell
Blurb: “Shaun Bythell owns Scotland’s largest secondhand bookshop. It contains 100,000 books spread over a mile of shelving, with twisting corridors and roaring fires, all set in a beautiful, rural town by the edge of the sea. A book-lover’s paradise? Well, almost…. In The Diary Of A Bookseller, Shaun provides an inside look at the trials and tribulations of life in the book trade, from struggles with eccentric customers to wrangles with his own staff, who include the ski-suit-wearing, bin-foraging Nicky. He takes us with him on buying trips to old estates and auction houses, recommends books – both lost classics and new discoveries – introduces us to the thrill of the unexpected find, and evokes the rhythms and charms of small-town life, always with a sharp and sympathetic eye.” Read my review of The Diary Of A Bookseller here.
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Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams
Blurb: “An explosive memoir charting one woman’s career at the heart of one of the most influential companies on the planet, Careless People gives you a front-row seat to Facebook, the decisions that have shaped world events in recent decades, and the people who made them. From trips on private jets and encounters with world leaders to shocking accounts of misogyny and double standards behind the scenes, this searing memoir exposes both the personal and the political fallout when unfettered power and a rotten company culture take hold. In a gripping and often absurd narrative where a few people carelessly hold the world in their hands, this eye-opening memoir reveals what really goes on among the global elite.”
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Everything I Know About Love by Dolly Alderton
Blurb: “When it comes to the trials and triumphs of becoming an adult, journalist and former Sunday Times columnist Dolly Alderton has seen and tried it all. In her memoir, she vividly recounts falling in love, finding a job, getting drunk, getting dumped, realizing that Ivan from the corner shop might just be the only reliable man in her life, and that absolutely no one can ever compare to her best girlfriends. Everything I Know About Love is about bad dates, good friends and—above all else— realizing that you are enough.” Read my review of Everything I Know About Love here.
Read Everything I Know About Love on audiobook via Libro.fm here.
The Woman They Could Not Silence by Kate Moore
Blurb: “Best-selling author Kate Moore brings her sparkling narrative voice to The Woman They Could Not Silence, a story of the forgotten woman who courageously fought for her own freedom – and in so doing freed millions more. Elizabeth’s refusal to be silenced and her ceaseless quest for justice not only challenged the medical science of the day and led to a giant leap forward in human rights, it also showcased the most salutary lesson: Sometimes, the greatest heroes we have are those inside ourselves.”
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The Family Law by Benjamin Law
Blurb: “Meet the Law family – eccentric, endearing and hard to resist. Your guide: Benjamin, the third of five children and a born humorist. Join him as he tries to answer some puzzling questions: Why won’t his Chinese dad wear made-in-China underpants? Why was most of his extended family deported in the 1980s? Will his childhood dreams of Home and Away stardom come to nothing? What are his chances of finding love? Hilarious and moving, The Family Law is a linked series of tales from a wonderful Australian talent.” Read my review of The Family Law here.
Friends, Lovers, And The Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry
Blurb: “In an extraordinary story that only he could tell—and in the heartfelt, hilarious, and warmly familiar way only he could tell it—Matthew Perry lays bare the fractured family that raised him (and also left him to his own devices), the desire for recognition that drove him to fame, and the void inside him that could not be filled even by his greatest dreams coming true. Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing is an unforgettable memoir that is both intimate and eye-opening—as well as a hand extended to anyone struggling with sobriety. Unflinchingly honest, moving, and uproariously funny, this is the audiobook fans have been waiting for.” Read my review of Friends, Lovers, And The Big Terrible Thing here.
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Know My Name by Chanel Miller
Blurb: “Know My Name will forever transform the way we think about sexual assault, challenging our beliefs about what is acceptable and speaking truth to the tumultuous reality of healing. It also introduces readers to an extraordinary writer, one whose words have already changed our world. Entwining pain, resilience, and humor, this memoir will stand as a modern classic.” Read my review of Know My Name here.
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My Friend Anna by Rachel Deloache Williams
Blurb: “When Rachel DeLoache Williams meets Anna Delvey, Anna claims to be a wealthy German heiress with boundless ambition and an extravagant lifestyle. She treats generously, covering lavish dinners, luxury hotels, high-end workouts, and nights out across Manhattan. Drawn into Anna’s orbit, Rachel is flattered by the friendship and dazzled by the access it provides. The illusion shatters during a dream trip to Marrakech, when Anna’s credit cards suddenly stop working. Fast-paced, immersive, and deeply personal, My Friend Anna offers an insider’s account of fraud, privilege, and the seductive power of ambition—told by the woman who lived it.” Read my review of My Friend Anna here.
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Quietly Hostile by Samantha Irby
Blurb: “Samantha Irby’s career has taken her to new heights. She dodges calls from Hollywood and flop sweats on the red carpet at premieres (well, one premiere). But nothing is ever as it seems online, where she can crop out all the ugly parts. Quietly Hostile makes light as Irby takes us on another outrageously funny tour of all the gory details that make up the true portrait of a life behind the screenshotted depression memes. Relatable, poignant, and uproarious, once again, Irby is the tonic we all need to get by.” Read my review of Quietly Hostile here.
Read Quietly Hostile on audiobook via Libro.fm here.
Bonus: Samantha Irby has more (equally hilarious) memoirs on audiobook, like Wow, No Thank You.
This Is Going To Hurt by Adam Kay
Blurb: “Welcome to 97-hour weeks. Welcome to life and death decisions. Welcome to a constant tsunami of bodily fluids. Welcome to earning less than the hospital parking meter. Wave goodbye to your friends and relationships. Welcome to the life of a first-year doctor. Scribbled in secret after endless days, sleepless nights, and missed weekends, comedian and former medical resident Adam Kay’s This Is Going To Hurt provides a no-holds-barred account of his time on the front lines of medicine.” Read my review of This Is Going To Hurt here.
Read This Is Going To Hurt on audiobook via Libro.fm here.
We’re Going To Need More Wine by Gabrielle Union
Blurb: “In We’re Going To Need More Wine, Gabrielle Union tackles a range of experiences, including bullying, beauty standards, and competition between women in Hollywood, growing up in white California suburbia and then spending summers with her black relatives in Nebraska, coping with crushes, puberty, and the divorce of her parents. Genuine and perceptive, Union bravely lays herself bare, uncovering a complex and courageous life of self-doubt and self-discovery with incredible poise and brutal honesty. Throughout, she compels us to be ethical and empathetic, and reminds us of the importance of confidence, self-awareness, and the power of sharing truth, laughter, and support.” Read my review of We’re Going To Need More Wine here.
Read We’re Going To Need More Wine on audiobook via Libro.fm here.
Year Of Yes by Shonda Rhimes
Blurb: “This poignant, intimate, and hilarious memoir explores Shonda Rhimes’s life before her Year Of Yes—from her nerdy, book-loving childhood to her devotion to creating television characters who reflected the world she saw around her. The book also chronicles her life after—when Shonda forced herself out of the house and onto the stage; when she learned to explore, empower, applaud, and love her truest self. Yes.” Read my review of Year Of Yes here.
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Any Ordinary Day by Leigh Sales
Blurb: “As a journalist, Leigh Sales often encounters people experiencing the worst moments of their lives in the full glare of the media. But one particular string of bad news stories – and a terrifying brush with her own mortality – sent her looking for answers about how vulnerable each of us is to a life-changing event. What are our chances of actually experiencing one? What do we fear most and why? And when the worst does happen, what comes next? In Any Ordinary Day, Leigh brilliantly condenses the cutting-edge research on the way the human brain processes fear and grief, and poses the questions we too often ignore out of awkwardness.” Read my review of Any Ordinary Day here.
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Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay
Blurb: “Bad Feminist is a sharp, funny, and spot-on look at the ways in which the culture we consume becomes who we are, and an inspiring call-to-arms of all the ways we still need to do better, coming from one of our most interesting and important cultural critics. The portrait that emerges is not only one of an incredibly insightful woman continually growing to understand herself and our society, but also one of our culture.” Read my review of Bad Feminist here.
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Character Limit by Kate Conger and Ryan Mac
Blurb: “The story of the showdown between Musk and Twitter and his eventual takeover of the company is unlike anything in business or media that has come before. In Character Limit, Conger and Mac follow the inner workings of the company as Musk lays siege to it, first from the outside as one of its most vocal users, and then finally from within as a contentious and mercurial leader. Musk has shared some of his version of events, but Conger and Mac have uncovered the full story through exclusive interviews, unreported documents, and internal recordings at Twitter following the billionaire’s takeover.” Read my review of Character Limit here.
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Fake Law by The Secret Barrister
Blurb: “Most of us think the law is only relevant to criminals, if we even think of it at all. But the law touches every area of our lives: from intimate family matters to the biggest issues in our society. Our unfamiliarity is dangerous because it makes us vulnerable to media spin, political lies and the kind of misinformation that frequently comes from loud-mouthed amateurs and those with vested interests. In Fake Law, the Secret Barrister debunks the lies and builds a defence against the abuse of our law, our rights and our democracy that is as entertaining as it is vital.” Read my review of Fake Law here.
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The Library Book by Susan Orlean
Blurb: “In The Library Book, Susan Orlean chronicles the Los Angeles Public Library fire and its aftermath to showcase the larger, crucial role that libraries play in our lives; delves into the evolution of libraries; brings each department of the library to vivid life; studies arson and attempts to burn a copy of a book herself; and reexamines the case of Harry Peak, the blond-haired actor long suspected of setting fire to the LAPL more than thirty years ago.” Read my review of The Library Book here.
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Victoria by Julia Baird
Blurb: “Fifth in line to the throne at the time of her birth, Victoria was an ordinary woman thrust into an extraordinary role. As a girl, she defied her mother’s meddling and an adviser’s bullying, forging an iron will of her own. As a teenage queen, she eagerly grasped the crown and relished the freedom it brought her. At twenty, she fell passionately in love with Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, eventually giving birth to nine children. Julia Baird brings vividly to life the fascinating story of a woman who struggled with so many of the things we do today: balancing work and family, raising children, navigating marital strife, losing parents, combating anxiety and self-doubt, finding an identity, searching for meaning.” Read my review of Victoria here.
Read Victoria on audiobook via Libro.fm here.
The Arsonist by Chloe Hooper
Blurb: “On the scorching February day in 2009 that became known as Black Saturday, a man lit two fires in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley, then sat on the roof of his house to watch the inferno. In the Valley, where the rates of crime were the highest in the state, more than thirty people were known to the police as firebugs. But the detectives soon found themselves on the trail of a man they didn’t know. The Arsonist takes listeners on the hunt for this man, and inside the strange puzzle of his mind. This book is also the story of fire in Australia, and of a community that owed its existence to that very element.” Read my review of The Arsonist here.
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In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Blurb: “On November 15, 1959, in the small town of Holcomb, Kansas, four members of the Clutter family were savagely murdered by blasts from a shotgun held a few inches from their faces. There was no apparent motive for the crime, and there were almost no clues. In one of the first non-fiction novels ever written, Truman Capote reconstructs the murder and the investigation that led to the capture, trial, and execution of the killers, generating both mesmerizing suspense and astonishing empathy. In Cold Blood is a work that transcends its moment, yielding poignant insights into the nature of American violence.” Read my review of In Cold Blood here.
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Puff Piece by John Safran
Blurb: “Wild, hilarious and thought-provoking, Puff Piece is a probing look into Big Tobacco and the vaping industry, and how words can be literally a matter of life and death. The folks that bring you Marlboro are wheezing, slowly dying. Cigarettes are out of favour with everyone, from world governments and investors to, increasingly, smokers. So, what’s their plan? Prepare to be dazzled – or, at the very least, befuddled. Philip Morris has announced they will shut down as a cigarette company, and relaunch as a health enterprise, dedicated to convincing the one billion smokers of the world to quit. The ever-curious John Safran leaves his apartment to find out what on God’s green earth is going on.” Read my review of Puff Piece here.
Read Puff Piece on audiobook via Libro.fm here.
Bonus: No one writes a whacky non-fiction audiobook like John Safran. Check out Murder In Mississippi.
This House Of Grief by Helen Garner
Blurb: “On the evening of 4 September 2005, Father’s Day, Robert Farquharson, a separated husband, was driving his three sons home to their mother, Cindy, when his car left the road and plunged into a dam. The boys, aged 10, seven and two, drowned. Was this an act of revenge or a tragic accident? The court case became Helen Garner’s obsession. She followed it on its protracted course until the final verdict. In This House Of Grief, Helen Garner tells the story of a man and his broken life. She presents the theatre of the courtroom with its actors and audience – all gathered to witness to the truth – players in the extraordinary and unpredictable drama of the quest for justice.” Read my review of This House Of Grief here.
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Trace by Rachael Brown
Blurb: “Trace re-examines the 1980 murder of Maria James — the single mother of two sons, one with a disability — revealing abuse in the Catholic Church, cult activities, and claims of incompetence and corruption at the highest levels. Investigating possible conspiracies and uncovering fresh evidence, Rachael Brown’s riveting investigation has won multiple media awards and may lead to the reopening of this chilling case.” Read my review of Trace here.
Read Trace on audiobook via Libro.fm here.
We Keep The Dead Close by Becky Cooper
Blurb: “The story that unfolds, one that Becky Cooper follows for ten years, is a tale of gender inequality in academia, a ‘cowboy culture’ among empowered male elites, the silencing effect of institutions, and our compulsion to rewrite the stories of female victims. We Keep The Dead Close is a memoir of mirrors, misogyny, and murder. It is at once a rumination on the violence and oppression that rules our revered institutions, a ghost story reflecting one young woman’s past onto another’s present, and a love story for a girl who was lost to history.” Read my review of We Keep The Dead Close here.
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Frog by Sally Gould
Blurb: “Behind the sirens and the life-or-death scenes, and the absurdity of non-urgent callouts, a paramedic’s career is very different to how most people imagine it. Based on years of meticulously kept journals, Frog is an intimate look at the human cost of the job and the cumulative effect of trauma. Sally shares a personal story that is searingly honest and truly inspiring, one which offers a heartfelt tribute to the resilience, courage and camaraderie that define the high-stakes world of emergency medicine.” Read my review of Frog here.
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Like by Megan C Reynolds
Blurb: “In Like, Megan C Reynolds takes us on a pop culture journey through the unique etymology and usage of this oft-reviled word, highlighting how the policing of women’s speech is often used to undermine people who are traditionally seen as having less status in society—women, younger people, people from specific subcultures—and how, if thought about differently, it might open up a new way of communication and validation. Written in a breezy yet informative and engaging style, this is a must-read for anyone who considers themselves a grammarian, a lover of language, and an advocate for the marginalized in discussions of cultural capital, power, and progress.” Read my review of Like here.
Read Like on audiobook via Libro.fm here.
Pain And Prejudice by Gabrielle Jackson
Blurb: “In Pain And Prejudice, acclaimed investigative reporter Gabrielle Jackson takes readers behind the scenes of doctor’s offices, pharmaceutical companies, and research labs to show that—at nearly every level of healthcare—men’s health claims are treated as default, whereas women’s are often viewed as a-typical, exaggerated, and even completely fabricated. The impacts of this bias? Women are losing time, money, and their lives trying to navigate a healthcare system designed for men.” Read my review of Pain And Prejudice here.
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Servo by David Goodwin
Blurb: “Most of us have done our time in the retail trenches, but service stations are undoubtedly the frontline, as Melburnian David Goodwin found out when he started working the weekend graveyard shift at his local servo. For anyone who’s ever toiled under the unforgiving fluorescent lights of a customer service job, Servo is a side-splitting and darkly mesmeric coming-of-age story from behind the anti-jump wire that will have you gritting your teeth, then cackling at the absurdity, idiocy and utterly beguiling strangeness of those who only come out at night.” Read my review of Servo here.
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She Said by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey
Blurb: “Nothing could have prepared Kantor and Twohey for what followed the publication of their Weinstein story. Within days, a veritable Pandora’s Box of sexual harassment and abuse was opened, and women who had suffered in silence for generations began coming forward, trusting that the world would understand their stories. Over the next twelve months, hundreds of men from every walk of life and industry would be outed for mistreating their colleagues. With superlative detail, insight, and journalistic expertise, She Said takes us for the first time into the very heart of this social shift, reliving in real-time what it took to get the story and giving an up-close portrait of the forces that hindered and spurred change.” Read my review of She Said here.
Sociopath by Patric Gagne
Blurb: “In college, Patric finally confirmed what she’d long suspected. She was a sociopath. But even though it was the very first personality disorder identified—well over 200 years ago—sociopathy had been neglected by mental health professionals for decades. She was told there was no treatment, no hope for a normal life. But when Patric reconnects with an old flame, she gets a glimpse of a future beyond her diagnosis. Sociopath is the inspiring story of Patric’s journey to unlock the true nature of sociopathy and build a life of love and hope against all odds.” Read my review of Sociopath here.
Read Sociopath on audiobook via Libro.fm here.
The Teacher’s Pet by Hedley Thomas
Blurb: “Lynette Simms disappeared from Sydney’s idyllic Northern Beaches in 1982 and was never seen again. Lyn was a caring nurse, loving mother and devoted wife. Her husband Chris Dawson was a rugby league star, a popular teacher and exceptionally close to his identical twin brother, Paul. But this facade of domestic bliss was shattered when Chris became infatuated with the family’s babysitter – his 16-year-old student – a girl he moved into Lyn’s home and bed just two days after her disappearance. The Teacher’s Pet takes you behind the scenes with a blow-by-blow account of one of the most intriguing and enduring murder mysteries of our time – the crime, the podcast investigation, the sexual exploitation of teenage students, the courtroom drama – and how justice was finally delivered.” Read my review of The Teacher’s Pet here.
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