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The Most-Rated Unique Non-Fiction Audiobooks

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, 114 unabridged Unique Non-Fiction audiobooks in our catalog carry store ratings. These are the 25 with the most ratings.

The Unique Non-Fiction shelf sits under Learn Something New on the store.

The list

#TitleAuthorLength
1Astrophysics for People in a HurryNeil DeGrasse Tyson3.7 hrs
2The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They CommunicatePeter Wohlleben7.6 hrs
3Based on a True StoryNorm Macdonald7.3 hrs
4Elvis and MePriscilla Beaulieu Presley7.5 hrs
5Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human CadaversMary Roach8.1 hrs
6The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True HermitMichael Finkel6.3 hrs
7Beastie Boys BookAdam Horovitz12.7 hrs
8The Drunken Botanist: The Plants That Create the World's Great DrinksAmy Stewart10.3 hrs
9Killer TriggersJoe Kenda8.5 hrs
10American Buffalo: In Search of a Lost IconSteven Rinella8.3 hrs
11How to Keep House While Drowning: A Gentle Approach to Cleaning and OrganizingKc Davis3.1 hrs
12Dangerous Ground: My Friendship with a Serial KillerM. William Phelps12.3 hrs
13Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on CivilizationNeil Degrasse Tyson7.3 hrs
14Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of LifeLulu Miller4.9 hrs
15The Salt Path: The Sunday Times bestseller, shortlisted for the 2018 Costa Biography Award & The Wainwright PrizeRaynor Winn11.1 hrs
16The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the WorldEric Weiner12 hrs
17The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning: How to Free Yourself and Your Family from a Lifetime of ClutterMargareta Magnusson2.6 hrs
18Manhattan Cult Story: My Unbelievable True Story of Sex, Crimes, Chaos, and SurvivalSpencer Schneider8 hrs
19Stay Sane in an Insane World: How to Control the Controllables and ThriveGreg Harden5.7 hrs
20Blitzed: Drugs in the Third ReichNorman Ohler7.3 hrs
21Memoirs and MisinformationDana Vachon7.8 hrs
22The Sawbones Book: The Horrifying, Hilarious Road to Modern MedicineDr. Sydnee Mcelroy7 hrs
23The Truth about Tall TalesChristopher R. Fee10.4 hrs
24How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention EconomyJenny Odell8.2 hrs
25Food of the Gods: The Search for the Original Tree of Knowledge: A Radical History of Plants, Drugs, and Human EvolutionTerence McKenna8.9 hrs

Ordered by the number of store ratings, most first; the counts are used only for ordering and never shown. A rating count measures popularity, never quality. Computed from unabridged English-language audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026); children's titles are not ranked. Methodology.

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