Top Biographies & Memoirs Audiobooks

Joining us in the Audible studios is Sam Heughan, the Scottish actor best known for his role as Jamie Fraser in Outlander....

Joining us in the Audible Studios to talk to us about his latest series, Stephen Fry’s Victorian Secrets, is the man himself, Stephen Fry....

An twentysomething comic and his equally shameless grandmother join forces as proud pariahs in this dark and rowdy story of dicey family ties, kindred spirits, bad behavior, and bribery. When Rory’s mother told him that he took after his grandma Evelyn, he took it as a compliment....

Joining us at Audible Studios is Bill Bryson, one of Britain's best-selling nonfiction authors....

Dr. Eric Berne (May 10, 1910 to July 15, 1970) was a Canadian psychiatrist and analyst who, in 1964, wrote the seminal book on transactional analysis, Games People Play, a discussion on the dynamics of human interactions. The following recording is from a 1966 television interview.

Historical novelist Philippa Gregory published her first novel Wideacre in 1987. In the year of Wideacre's 30th anniversary, Philippa joins us in the Audible Studios to discuss the trilogy....

Joining us at Audible Studios is Ben Miller, English actor, comedian and author. Miller's latest book is titled The Boy Who Made the World Disappear....

Author Clare Mackintosh joins Robin Morgan in the Audible Studios....

Tom Marcus joins Laurence Howell in the Audible Studios....

Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour. King of England, claimant King of France, Lord – and later King – of Ireland, Supreme Head of the Church of England and, perhaps most famously, six times a husband, Henry VIII is England’s most notorious monarch. Succeeding his father...

Joining us in the Audible Studios to discuss her latest memoir, Another Planet: A Teenager in Suburbia, is singer Tracey Thorn....

John Lennon was a world famous and influential singer/songwriter and former member of the Beatles. Here he discusses his life and achievements in a series of interviews from the BBC radio and TV archive: Tonight, broadcast on BBC TV, 18 June 1965 (featuring Kenneth Allsop); The World of Books...

Enjoy this montage of selections from some of Frank's recordings....

The world's largest retailer, Walmart, has moved into Europe, with UK as its next target after Germany....

Shirley Temple (April 23, 1928 - February 10, 2014) was an American actress, singer, dancer, and diplomat, who was Hollywood's number-one box-office draw as a child actress from 1934 to 1938.

In this interview, Armando Iannucci talks about his favourite composers, whether or not it's cool to like classical music and what it was like to do stand-up comedy aged 12....

Mary Wollstonecraft is an undisputed icon for women’s rights, and this is not a status she earned lightly....

Joining us at Audible Studios is Kerry Daynes, an English forensic psychologist and consultant who has worked as an expert witness and within the family law courts as well as opening her own private practices....

Economist and author Pippa Malmgren joins Elise Italiaander in the Audible Studios....

Roy Orbison possessed a voice that commanded immediate attention. He may have appeared meek and mild-mannered on the surface, yet beneath this facade lay an inner world brimming with passion and fervor....