Can anyone please recommend a good non fiction audiobook?

[VanillaEverytime]

I have 2 Audible credits and I don’t know what to use them on.

I tend to prefer science and history books but I’m open to any suggestions.

TIA

Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez - great book and the author reads the audiobook herself. Easy listen but incredibly insightful

Unruly is good fun
Spare Parts is really interesting
I also like the Prisoners of Geography books

I just read (on audible) Difficult Women a history of feminism in 11 fights by Helen Lewis, really good book, well researched and presented.

The life of henierrietta lacks is brilliant

A Bit of a Stretch, Chris Atkins

Another vote fir Unruly. Written and read by David Mitchell. His voice imo really adds to it. It's an easy and funny listen, especially if you like history

Another vote for Unruly here.

I enjoyed The Code Breaker by Walter Isaacson, about gene editing.

For history and science, Salt by Mark Kurlansky, it' about Salt and how important it was in shaping civilisation and covers ancient history, Cheshire and its role in the American Civil War. Prisoners of Geography I would second that one too, Butler to the World by Oliver Bullough about London and money laundering, We Don't Know Ourselves by Fintan O'Toole about the history of Ireland and The Price of Time by Edward Challenor about interest rates (trust me, way more interesting than it sounds!).

I have one audible credit and was wondering whether to spend it on ' Femina' by Janina Ramirez or ' normal women' by Phillipa Gregory. Or Difficult women by Helen Lewis All on the same topic.

Thanks all! I’m grateful for the suggestions.

Challenger by Adam Higginbotham is really really good about the shuttle and the events leading up to the Challenger disaster. Science and History boxes ticked !

I really enjoyed Killing Thatcher. The book, that is 😁DH is enjoying Rory Stewart's latest book.

Empire of Pain.

I am also a fan of Unruly by David Mitchell. Plus The Five by Halle Rubenhold.

Ultra-processed people

Politics on the Edge by Rory Stewart

If you like Harry Potter The History of Magi’s is based on the exhibition held in London. It explores real history and artefacts through the lens of the story, looking at magic, dragons and that kind of things. As an audio book it’s done really well with lots of different voices and the actual experts from the British Museum.

I'm not usually one for memoirs but Limitless by Nuala Moore is a great read (listen).

Definitely Politics onthe Edge

Also remembered Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell which is done a bit like a longform podcast

Pathogenesis about germs in history

Any Jon Ronson if read by him

I'm a sucker for Bill Bryson

Centuries of Change looks at fastest developing periods in a fun way

About to start The Wager

Almost wish I hadnt read Henrietta Lacks as I bet the audio book is really good

Loved Outliers by Malcolm gladwell- one of my fave audiobooks ever.

it’s fiction but my actual fave audio book is demon copperhead if you’re interested!

Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad by Daniel Finkelstein is superb.
Also good is Hans and Rudolf by Thomas Harding.
I also enjoyed The Moment of Lift by Melinda Gates.
And like others I thought Politics on the Edge by Rory Stewart was superb and I would never vote Tory.
This is a great thread, thank you @VanillaEverytime

All that remains - Professor Sue Black
War Doctor - David Nott
Becoming - Michelle Obama

"Centuries of Change looks at fastest developing periods in a fun way."

I would also agree with this as well. The subtitle is "Which Century Saw the Most Change and Why it Matters to Us". It's by Ian Mortimer who also did the excellent "Time Travellers Guide to Elizabethan England" and "Time Travellers Guide to Medieval England".

All of these books are really interesting to listen to.

Another, maybe slightly unusual, recommendation would be "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" by Edward Gibbon published in 1772.

The narrator is rather dry but how Gibbon writes is very different to how historians write these days and his use of language is very interesting at times.

To be frank though, this wouldn't be in my top two if I only had two credits to use up. It's very interesting to listen to though.