Non-Fiction – The Audiobook Review

Waterhole Economies

The Audiobook Review — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 09:22:25 +0000

If hunter-gatherer societies sustained themselves for the overwhelming majority of human existence, is there something modern civilisation has forgotten? That’s Samuel Layne’s central question, and whether you end up agreeing with his conclusions or not, it’s a genuinely interesting one […]

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Everwoven

The Audiobook Review — Sun, 03 May 2026 08:11:28 +0000

Have you ever picked up a story and been a little unsure if I you were going to be able to get through it? Stories involving abuse, especially involving kids, tend to hit a bit hard for me. I am, […]

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Twice the Family

The Audiobook Review — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 09:45:18 +0000

This ended up being a fairly big miss for me, which is a tricky thing to say given how personal the material clearly is. The themes are substantial. Adoption, identity, sisterhood, grief, faith, belonging. There is plenty here that should […]

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Blind Greed

The Audiobook Review — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 08:58:32 +0000

They say crime doesn’t pay. In Lawrence Hartman’s case, it paid very well for a while, until the authorities caught up. Hartman narrates his own story from being accepted into Columbia Law School, then through a whirlwind of shady business […]

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Windswept & Interesting

The Audiobook Review — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 08:23:58 +0000

I have liked Billy Connolly for as far back as I can remember. My parents introduced me to him long before I was old enough to understand most of what he was saying. A lot of the jokes probably went […]

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Love Wars

The Audiobook Review — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 08:53:33 +0000

Divorce is often described as a battle, but Love Wars: Clash of the Parents shows what that battle feels like from the vantage point of a child caught in the crossfire. This is Matthew Tower’s own story, told through the […]

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Take Men on Board!

The Audiobook Review — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 09:39:45 +0000

Some stories feel almost too improbable to be true. Take Men On Board is one of those. In February 1944, with Nazi-occupied Holland still under German control, five Dutch men decided to escape. Not by air or through hidden land […]

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Because I Knew You

The Audiobook Review — Fri, 15 Aug 2025 23:59:54 +0000

Because I Knew You by Robert Macauley is a memoir told through short, vivid vignettes of the children and families he’s encountered in his work as one of only a handful of pediatric palliative care physicians in the United States. […]

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My Animals, and Other Animals

The Audiobook Review — Mon, 25 Nov 2024 10:28:58 +0000

While not as funny as I thought something by comedian Bill Bailey would be, this memoir is of animals he has owned, taken care of, or generally just met along the way during his life. From pet dogs, tortoises, and […]

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The Madman’s Hotel

The Audiobook Review — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 09:32:29 +0000

A podcast turned into an Audible Original title, so it more closely follows a podcast format, in particular the editing and other things done for dramatic effect. Not a bad thing, but I say this just to set the scene […]

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Strong Female Character

The Audiobook Review — Tue, 29 Oct 2024 20:20:31 +0000

Before about a week ago I’d never heard of Fern Brady, and now I think she’s one of my favourite comedians of all time. I stumbled upon some of her standup comedy on YouTube and have watched hours of her […]

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A Bit of a Stretch

The Audiobook Review — Wed, 04 Sep 2024 06:23:16 +0000

Chris Atkins (documentary-maker) did the crime and did the time… and took notes along the way to write and narrate this bang-up (ha! prison pun) account of his time in prison. From just before his arrival, we follow his journey […]

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