Medicine audiobooks

Your Life Depends on It

By: Talya Miron-Shatz

Narrated by: Coleen Marlo

Length: 8 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

A top expert on decision-making explains why it’s so hard to make good choices—and what you and your doctor can do to make better ones.In recent years, we have gained unprecedented control over choices about our health. But these choices are hard and often full of psychological traps. As a result, we’re liable to misuse medication, fall for... Read more

Confessions of a GP

By: Benjamin Daniels

Narrated by: Eamonn Riley

Length: 6 hours

Abridged: No

Benjamin Daniels is angry. He is frustrated, confused, baffled and, quite frequently, very funny. He is also a GP. These are his confessions. A woman troubled by pornographic dreams about Tom Jones. An 80-year-old man who can't remember why he's come to see the doctor. A woman with a common cold demanding (but not receiving)... Read more

Confessions of a Male Nurse

By: Michael Alexander

Narrated by: John Sackville

Length: 7 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

From the people who brought you the bestselling Confessions of a GP. From stampeding nudes to inebriated teenagers, young nurse Michael Alexander never really knew what he was getting himself into. But now, sixteen years since he was first launched into his nursing career – as the only man in a gynaecology ward – he’s pretty... Read more

Further Confessions of a GP

By: Benjamin Daniels

Narrated by: Leighton Pugh

Length: 6 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Benjamin Daniels is angry. He is frustrated, confused, baffled and, quite frequently, very funny. He is also a GP. These are his confessions. Benjamin Daniels is back. He may be older, wiser and more experienced, but his patients are no less outrageous. Drawing on his time working as a medical student, a locum, and a general... Read more

Skincare

By: Caroline Hirons

Narrated by: Caroline Hirons

Length: 5 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Winner of the Non-Fiction Lifestyle Book of the Year 2021 (British Book Awards) As seen on This Morning Straight-talking advice from the Skincare Queen The Sunday Times Overall #1 bestseller for the w/e 27th June 2020 ... Read more

Torn

By: Rosie Lewis

Narrated by: Madeline Gould

Length: 7 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Experienced foster carer Rosie Lewis faces a battle to uncover the dark family secret that is tearing a family apart. Rosie is used to looking after children from difficult home situations, but she finds herself struggling when she agrees to take in Taylor and her younger brother, Reece, for a short while. Taylor tries... Read more

Our Country Nurse

By: Sarah Beeson

Narrated by: Anna Bentinck

Length: 11 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

All seems tranquil as newly qualified Health Visitor Sarah motors into a small Kentish hilltop village in her new green mini. She’s barely out of the car when she’s called to assist the midwife with a bride who’s gone into labour in the middle of her own wedding reception. And so her adventures begin… As a health visitor... Read more

At the Coalface

By: Joan Hart

Narrated by: Maggie Ollerenshaw

Length: 9 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

A heart-warming story of a woman who devoted her life to helping others. This is the memoir of Joan, who started nursing in the 1940s and whose experiences took her into the Yorkshire mining pits and through the tumult of the 1984-85 miners’ strike. Joan Hart always knew what she wanted to do with her life. Born in South... Read more

Amazing Medical People

By: author

Narrated by: Collins

Length: 1 hour 8 minutes

Abridged: No

The inspiring stories of 6 people who changed history. Contents:Edward Jenner, the man who fought the terrible disease, smallpoxFlorence Nightingale, the nurse known as ‘the lady with the lamp’Elizabeth Garrett, England’s first female doctorCarl Jung, the doctor who wanted to understand the human mindJonas Salk who defeated... Read more

Icons

By: Bradley Wiggins

Narrated by: Bradley Wiggins & Tom Watt

Length: 5 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

With a foreword by Eddy Merckx The world of professional cycling is fraught with fierce competition, fervent dedication and unerring ambition, and only a handful of competitors reach iconic status. Among them is Sir Bradley Wiggins – a man uniquely placed to reflect on the history of this remarkable... Read more

Mind Time

By: Michael Chaskalson & Dr Megan Reitz

Narrated by: Michael Chaskalson & Dr Megan Reitz

Length: 7 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

READ BY THE AUTHOR IT TAKES JUST TEN MINUTES a day train your mind – you will feel more awake, more alive and more creative. Using these carefully researched exercises you can increase your attention span, realise your potential and use your mind to its full capacity. Yes, just ten…short … minutes. ... Read more

A Short History of Falling

By: Joe Hammond

Narrated by: Russell Tovey

Length: 5 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

A Short History of Falling – like The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, and When Breath Becomes Air – is a searingly beautiful, profound and unforgettable memoir that finds light and even humour in the darkest of places. We keep an old shoebox, Gill and I, nestled in a drawer in our room. It’s filled... Read more

That One Patient

By: Ellen de Visser

Narrated by: Karen Cass & Julian Wadham

Length: 6 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

THE INTERNATIONAL BEST SELLER FEATURING INTERVIEWS WITH DR ANTHONY FAUCI, DAME SALLY DAVIES AND DR JIM DOWN For every doctor there is that one patient, whose story touches them in a way they didn’t expect, changing their entire outlook on life. This inspiring and deeply moving book is the... Read more

A Woman of Firsts

By: Edna Adan Ismail

Narrated by: Edna Adan Ismail

Length: 13 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

‘The Muslim Mother Teresa’ Huffington Post Winner of the 2023 Templeton Prize Imprisonment. Mutilation. Persecution. Edna Adan Ismail endured it all – for the women of Africa. Imprisonment. Mutilation. Persecution. ‘The Muslim Mother... Read more

Give Birth Like a Feminist

By: Milli Hill

Narrated by: Milli Hill

Length: 9 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

As featured on BBC Radio 2 and BBC Radio 5 Live Selected as one of the Independent’s 10 best pregnancy books for expectant parents Birth is a feminist issue. It’s the feminist issue nobody’s talking about. For too long... Read more

Open Side: The Official Autobiography

By: Sam Warburton

Narrated by: Thomas Hunt

Length: 10 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

‘A terrific book. No one put their body on the line quite like Sam Warburton.’ Brian O’Driscoll ‘It was an absolute privilege to play against Sam. An inspiring leader with an equally inspiring story to tell.’ Jonny Wilkinson ... Read more

Max the Miracle Dog

By: Kerry Irving

Narrated by: Marston York

Length: 6 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

The Sunday Times bestseller ’Are you ready, Max? If anyone’s going to help me do this, it’s you.’ The heart-warming tale of a life-saving friendship. In 2006, a traumatic car accident changed Kerry Irving’s life forever. Suffering from severe neck... Read more

Front Line Nurse

By: Rosie James

Narrated by: Anna Cordell

Length: 6 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

In the Great War, every act of courage counted… Angelina Green never knew her mother, who left her in a cardboard box by the East London docks on a freezing November night when she was a tiny baby. Saved by a local orphanage, she knows she owes her life to the kindness of others. And she’s determined to repay her debt by... Read more

How to Be Your Own Therapist

By: Owen O’Kane

Narrated by: Owen O’Kane

Length: 4 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Smart, short techniques throughout the day can form a healthier perspective ‘Truly empowering – a book for everyone. It will help you figure out life.’ Fearne Cotton All the benefits of therapy – 10 minutes at a time Let Owen O’Kane, psychotherapist, former NHS Clinical Lead and... Read more

How to Solve a Murder

By: Derek Tremain & Pauline Tremain

Narrated by: John Sackville & Kim Hicks

Length: 8 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

As gripping as it is gruesome, How to Solve a Murder is a fascinating insight into the career of a pathologist told by experts in the field. Includes a foreword from Dr Richard Shepherd, bestselling author of Unnatural Causes. FRACTURED SKULLS. GAS MASKS. BRAIN BUCKETS. VATS OF ACID. PICKLED BODY PARTS. Not the... Read more

Call the Vet

By: Bruce Fogle

Narrated by: Bruce Fogle

Length: 9 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Arriving in 1970s’ London as a fresh-faced Canadian, Bruce Fogle assumed that because he knew the language, he would understand the English. As a graduate of the world’s best veterinary school, he also thought his profession would come naturally to him. He quickly learned not to make assumptions… Bruce began his career at... Read more

Frontline

By: Dr Tony Redmond

Narrated by: Dr Tony Redmond

Length: 9 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

A heroic doctor’s unflinchingly honest and visceral tale of impossible choices in emergency medicine. ‘A brilliant insight into the forgotten heroes at the sharp end of humanitarian emergencies.’ Jon Snow, Channel 4 News This is a story of tireless hard work and astonishing... Read more

Black Skin

By: Dija Ayodele

Narrated by: Dija Ayodele

Length: 6 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

The ultimate skincare guide for Black women Dija Ayodele takes you through the lifetime of skin, sharing transformative essentials from how to work out your skintype to the dos and don’ts for your everyday routine. She explains the best ingredients for your skin and your budget, and the issues that... Read more

Second Spring

By: Kate Codrington

Narrated by: Kate Codrington

Length: 12 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

The ultimate positive, practical guide to menopause. ‘The ‘Artists Way’ of menopause’ Sophie Fletcher, author of the bestselling Mindful Hypnobirthing, Mindful Mamma and Mindful Menopause It’s time to re-frame menopause. Perimenopause can sometimes feel like the rug has been pulled... Read more