Biography & Memoir audiobooks

A Woman's Place is in the Kitchen

By: Sally Abé

Narrated by: Sally Abé

Length: 8 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

'Sally really tells it how it is . . . This book will be a go to for those needing that bit of bravery and resilience in a world that needs more people like her' CANDICE BROWN

'Wow. Sally's book is an insightful, honest account of a young cook's journey to an inspirational chef' ANGELA HARTNETT

'She doesn't so much pull back the curtains as yank... Read more

Taylor: Era by Era

By: Caroline Sullivan

Narrated by: Katelyn Levering

Length: 6 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Celebrate the incredible career of pop music’s biggest star in this sparkling biography. We're all living in the Taylor Swift Era. Since her 2006 debut album, she’s sold more than 200 million records, sold out countless arenas, and become one of the most influential artists of her generation. Her Eras Tour is on track to gross more than $1... Read more

Worrell

By: Simon Lister

Narrated by: Mendez

Length: 11 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

'The definitive telling of the life of a West Indian hero'
Sir Clive Lloyd 

The brilliant all-rounder Frank Worrell had to wait until 1960 to become the first permanent Black captain of the West Indies cricket team, denied for a decade by the elitism, insularity and racism of Caribbean cricket’s rulers. When his chance finally came, Worrell... Read more

I Was There

By: Alan Edwards

Narrated by: Alan Edwards

Length: 8 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

I Was There is a memoir by Alan Edwards, the godfather of modern music PR, whose stellar list of clients has ranged over the years from the Rolling Stones to the Spice Girls via the Stranglers, Blondie, Prince, Britney Spears, Robbie Williams, Amy Winehouse and, outside of music, David Beckham and Naomi Campbell.

Edwards describes getting his... Read more

My Thirty-Minute Bar Mitzvah

By: Denis Hirson

Narrated by: Denis Hirson

Length: 4 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

A bestselling South African writer known for tackling history and memory finally makes his American debut



Witty and deeply poignant, My Thirty-Minute Bar Mitzvah is a breathtaking account of one man being confronted by his past and, ultimately, how his daughter proved to be the key in understanding his own father.



Recreating 1960s Johannesburg... Read more

Notes from an Island

By: Tove Jansson

Narrated by: Sandi Toksvig

Length: 1 hour 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Set against the rugged backdrop of Klovharun, a barren skerry in the Gulf of Finland, ´Notes from an Island´ invites you into the intimate world of Tove Jansson and her partner, graphic artist Tuulikki Pietilä, known affectionately as "Tooti." Aided by Brunstroem, an unconventional fisherman, Jansson races against time and the elements to build... Read more

The Heart of the Woods

By: Wyl Menmuir

Narrated by: Wyl Menmuir

Length: 6 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Just as a parent leaves a legacy to their child, a tree leaves a legacy to its surroundings. A deep and explorative companion piece to the Roger Deakin Award-winning The Draw of The Sea.

Throughout history, trees have determined the tools we use, the boats we build, the stories we tell about the world and ourselves, the songs we sing, and some of... Read more

Narcoball

By: David Arrowsmith

Narrated by: John Sackville

Length: 8 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Pablo Escobar had one obsession. Not drugs, not money, not power... football.

Narcoball uncovers the incredible story of Colombian football during the early 1990s - shaped by drug lords, rivalries, and ambition. It uncovers a football empire backed by cartels - where victory was a currency of its own, and defeat, a matter of life and death.

This... Read more

In Pursuit of Love

By: Mark Bostridge

Narrated by: John Hastings

Length: 10 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents In Pursuit of Love by Mark Bostridge, read by John Hastings.

From Normandy to the Caribbean Islands, this innovative biographical pursuit follows Adèle Hugo on her reckless journey of unrequited love – and the writer who chased after her more than 150 years later.

It’s 1863. The daughter of the most famous writer in the world,... Read more

One Garden Against the World

By: Kate Bradbury

Narrated by: Kate Bradbury

Length: 8 hours

Abridged: No

'If you ever doubted that you can help change the world, READ THIS BOOK.' CAROLINE LUCAS
'The greatest existential crisis we face distilled into the crucible of a tiny piece of paradise.' CHRIS PACKHAM

Five years after writing her first nature memoir, The Bumblebee Flies Anyway, Kate Bradbury has a new garden.

It’s busy: home to all sorts of... Read more

Trails and Tribulations

By: Susie Chan

Narrated by: Susie Chan

Length: 8 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents Trails and Tribulations written and read by Susie Chan.

‘I laughed, gulped and cried as I read Susie’s stories of battling through some of the hardest races on this planet as well as some of the hardest moments in her life’ Sophie Raworth

'Tells it all with an openness and honesty that comes from having endured some of the... Read more

Blackout Punch

By: Chris Hunter

Narrated by: Chris Hunter

Length: 6 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

What’s it like to rise from Youngstown, Ohio to flying in private jets, then lose it all? What’s it like to be an alpha male who gets what you want, then realize you have put everything that matters to you at risk? What does it mean to know exactly who you are, then understand that you don’t know yourself at all?
A born hustler, Chris Hunter... Read more

The Military Effect

By: Scott Manthorne

Narrated by: Robertson Dean

Length: 8 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

The Military Effect shares authentic stories of fifty amazing veterans, each providing unique insight into the challenges of transition and business success after service to our country. Read more

The Final Diagnosis

By: Cynric Temple-Camp

Narrated by: John Voce

Length: 10 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

The 'if' of death is certain. The 'when' is unknown. It is the 'why' that really gets people's interest ...
From a rare and deadly amniotic avalanche to a victim of roasted peanuts ... The bestselling author of The Cause of Death and The Quick and the Dead returns with more stranger-than-fiction stories of death, disease and murder - as well as... Read more

Running With My Angel

By: George O. Hallman

Narrated by: Nick Sullivan

Length: 12 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

From his phenomenal memory, George O. Hallman, Ph.D., describes in fascinating detail what it was like to grow up as a member of the Silent Generation and how a tragic accident on a U.S. Air Force base in Korea led to the loss of his eyesight and the gain of his cherished wife Eileen. With Eileen's sacrificial support, George became a beloved... Read more

Strange Little Girl

By: Jessica Knight

Narrated by: Rebekah Hill

Length: 6 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Maybe you don't need heaven, maybe you just need to find yourself.
My father tells it because he made it up. A little bedtime story of my origin. They are not really my parents, the people who I call Mum and Dad. Those are not my siblings, the kids who I know as my brother and sisters.
I am not really human.
I am an alien from another planet in a... Read more

A Kindness I Will Never Forget

By: Lisa Ramelow

Narrated by: Lisa Ramelow

Length: 2 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

A Kindness I Will Never Forget tells the story of a young woman with a 2-year-old and a newborn, who suddenly becomes widowed at age 33. She explains the shock of coming home and finding her husband collapsed on her kitchen floor, of trying to save him, and of the futility of explaining his death to her young son.She details how she navigated... Read more

На высьпе ўспамінаў

By: Валянцін Тарас

Narrated by: Валянцін Тарас

Length: 3 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Cучасныя мэмуары. Чытае аўтар. З архіваў «Радыё Свабода». 2002-2005гг. Read more

Ma vie sur la route

By: Gloria Steinem

Narrated by: Catherine Riboli

Length: 12 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Les mémoires de Gloria Steinem enfin traduites en français " Du journalisme à l'activisme : toute la vie de l'icône féministe Gloria Steinem dans ses mémoires " Les inrockuptibles " Un voyage galvanisant " Télérama " La passionnate chronique de cinq décennies de combats et d'histoire américaine" Grazia " Rebelle et inspirante, prête... Read more

Willie, Waylon, and the Boys

By: Brian Fairbanks

Narrated by: Tyler Darby

Length: 13 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

The tragic and inspiring story of the leaders of Outlaw country and their influence on today’s Alt-County and Americana superstars, tracing a path from Waylon Jennings’ survival on the Day the Music Died through to the Highwaymen and on to the current creative and commercial explosion of Chris Stapleton, Brandi Carlile, Zach Bryan, Jason Isbell,... Read more

Endspiel 1974

By: Rüdiger von Fritsch

Narrated by: Oliver Dupont

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

7. Juli 1974: Die Welt schaut nach München, wo das Endspiel der Fußballweltmeisterschaft stattfindet. Dieser Zeitpunkt scheint Rüdiger von Fritsch und seinem Bruder Burkhard ideal, um ihrem Vetter Thomas und dessen Freunden zur Flucht aus der DDR zu verhelfen. Fast ein Jahr haben sie auf die Vorbereitungen verwandt. Doch im letzten Augenblick... Read more

The Brave In-Between

By: Amy Low

Narrated by: Leanne Woodward

Length: 6 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

This honest and emotional memoir presents much needed lessons and advice for navigating uncertainty in the worst of times. 

Amy Low resides in a room that is her last—her medical team is clear-eyed with her: there is no cure for Stage IV metastatic colon cancer, and the odds of long-term survival are scant. Miraculously, she’s lived four years... Read more

Boyhood with Gurdjieff

By: Fritz Peters

Narrated by: Emile Hirsch

Length: 6 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

“On a par with Alice in Wonderland, a real treasure of our literature… Full of wisdom, the wisdom of life.” – Henry Miller, author of Tropic of Cancer
When Fritz first arrived at Gurdjieff’s Institute for the Harmonious Development of Man, the mystic asked the boy what he wanted to learn. Fritz replied, "I want to know everything. Everything... Read more

Love Out Loud

By: Jarius Joseph & Terrell Joseph

Narrated by: Jarius Joseph & Terrell Joseph

Length: 3 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

LGBTQ+ influencers Terrell and Jarius open up about their joyful love story and family life—and the challenges they've encountered along the way—in this honest, powerful guidebook.

Terrell and Jarius Joseph—a picturesque home, adorable children, family businesses, and millions of fans online. Love Out Loud is Terrell and Jarius’s guide to help... Read more