Clara Hayes

Clara Hayes

Clara Hayes is the founder and lead reviewer at Audio Book Spot. A lifelong listener, she has worked her way through thousands of hours of audio across every genre — epic fantasy, literary fiction, romance, thrillers, and memoir. Clara reviews with the listening experience front and center: narrator performance, pacing, production, and whether a title truly rewards the hours it asks of you. Her goal is simple — to help you spend your listening time on audiobooks you'll actually love.

Rich Dad Poor Dad Audiobook

Tim Wheeler’s delivery made me sit up and pay attention the moment he switched between the two dads. I’ve spent real hours with the Rich Dad Poor Dad audiobook, so here is the verdict. There’s a precision to how he…

Beloved Audiobook

Sethe Is Not Who You Think She Is Sethe lives at 124 Bluestone Road, and from the moment you hear her voice in this audiobook, you understand why she haunts the spaces she occupies. So let’s get into the Beloved…

A Promised Land Audiobook

A Promised Land is the definitive presidential memoir—not because of what Obama says about his presidency, but because of how hearing him say it transforms the entire arc of his story. For twenty-eight hours and ten minutes, you’re not reading…

Outliers Audiobook

In the Canadian city of Thunder Bay, the difference between being born in January versus December meant the difference between playing in the National Hockey League and never cracking the junior roster at all. What follows is my honest read…

The Overstory Audiobook

“This book is preachy.” “Trees can’t carry a 700-page novel.” I heard these warnings before I started The Overstory, and honestly? Consider this your spoiler-free guide to the Overstory audiobook. I get why people say them. Richard Powers has written…

Steve Jobs Audiobook

Twenty-five hours and four minutes. This is the Steve Jobs audiobook, from one listener to another. That’s how long you’ll spend with Steve Jobs if you commit to Walter Isaacson’s full biography, and those hours don’t drift past—they accumulate, settling…

Start with Why Audiobook

About 47 minutes into Start with Why, Simon Sinek walks you through an Apple store—and something just clicks. I’ve spent real hours with the Start with Why audiobook, so here is the verdict. He’s explaining how Apple became Apple, and…

Crying in H Mart Audiobook

How much of your mother lives in your taste buds? Consider this your spoiler-free guide to the Crying in H Mart audiobook. That’s the question Michelle Zauner forced me to sit with over the seven hours and twenty-three minutes of…

Grit Audiobook

You’re halfway through a difficult chapter—maybe it’s training for something that hurts, or learning a skill that feels impossibly hard. That is the setup; now the Grit audiobook itself. Your brain is screaming at you to quit. And in that…