Memoir & Biography

The first thing that hits you about Prince Harry’s Spare audiobook is the voice itself—not the words yet, just the sound of him reading his own story. There’s a rawness in his delivery that can only come from hearing someone…

Tara Westover would unsettle you in person. Here’s my honest, spoiler-free take on the Educated audiobook. Not because she’s unkind, but because she moves through the world with a clarity that comes from clawing her way out of deliberate darkness.…

Not a slick CEO memoir—a nervy, broke, nearly-failing origin story of Nike told with startling honesty. When I hit play on Shoe Dog, I expected the usual business success narrative: visionary founder, market insight, inevitable triumph. Instead, Phil Knight pulled…

Some memoirs you read; this one you have to hear. A few spoiler-free thoughts on the I’m Glad My Mom Died audiobook, then. From the first minute of I’m Glad My Mom Died, Jennette McCurdy’s own voice does something a…

Some memoirs are good on the page and transcendent in your ears, and Born a Crime is the rare book that belongs in the second category. This is the Born a Crime audiobook, from one listener to another. Here Trevor…

I’ve listened to a lot of memoirs, but few grabbed me by the collar the way this one did. This is the Can’t Hurt Me audiobook, from one listener to another. Hearing David Goggins tell his own story out loud…

Look, I hear you. What follows is my honest read on the Becoming audiobook. Celebrity memoirs are everywhere. Political figures peddling their life stories to the highest bidder. Another glossy hardcover that promises revelation but delivers mostly varnish. You might…