Category
Narrative Nonfiction
History, science, biography and memoir, often better heard than read.
Narrative Nonfiction reviews
Neil Strauss
The highest writing score of his four, a 5. An audiobook exists and it is abridged, but I have only read this one, so there is no narration score here.
- Writing
- 5.0
- Narration
- not heard
432 pagesNeil Strauss
Five hundred pages of interview fragments from his years as a music journalist, scored 4.5. There is no audiobook of it at all, which is a strange absence for a book made of people talking.
- Writing
- 4.5
- Narration
- not heard
507 pagesI have read all of his own books in print. In audio the catalogue is patchier than the bibliography looks: two of the best-known are abridged, one has no audiobook at all, and the only unabridged one is a full cast.
Stephen King, narrated by Stephen King
Four editions are in circulation, the covers barely differ, and the listings do not say what is inside. Here is what each one adds, and which half of the book each format suits.
- Writing
- 4.25
- Narration
- 4.5
9 hr 7 minNeil Strauss, narrated by Neil Strauss, with Ione Skye, Jessica Sattelberger, Justin Gunn, Adele Jacques, Mem Kennedy, Carola Madis, Leah Cevoli and John Runnette
The only unabridged Strauss audiobook, read by a cast of nine rather than by him alone. A full cast on a memoir sounds like it should not work. Writing 4.5, narration 4.
- Writing
- 4.5
- Narration
- 4.0
16 hr 50 minNeil Strauss, narrated by Neil Strauss
Writing 4.0, narration 3.5, and the gap between them is the edition. The only audiobook is abridged, it cuts the field reports, and it does not announce itself.
- Writing
- 4.0
- Narration
- 3.5
9 hr 27 min
