16 Best audiobook books like O Brother by John Niven

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O Brother

By: John Niven

4.64

Format: 385 pages, Kindle Edition

John Niven’s little brother Gary was fearless, popular, stubborn, handsome, hilarious and sometimes…

"My mother can hold her own where foreign words are involved. The simple duo-syllable 'croissant' comes out variously as 'craw-sank', 'crass-ant', or 'crah-sint', the word seeming to have no business being in her mouth and getting spat out as quickly as possible like a bad oyster."

-John Niven, O Brother

"My mother can hold her own where foreign words are involved. The simple duo-syllable 'croissant' comes out variously as 'craw-sank', 'crass-ant', or 'crah-sint', the word seeming to have no business being in her mouth and getting spat out as quickly as possible like a bad oyster."

-John Niven, O Brother

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1. Poverty Safari

By: Darren McGarvey

3.87

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

People from deprived communities all around Britain feel misunderstood and unheard. Darren McGarvey… read more

Similar categories in Darren McGarvey's Poverty Safari book and John Niven's O Brother

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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2. Caledonian Road

By: Andrew O'Hagan

3.96

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

A biting portrait of British class, politics, and money told through five interconnected families a… read more

Similar categories in Andrew O'Hagan's Caledonian Road book and John Niven's O Brother

  • audiobook
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3. Earth

By: John Boyne

4.34

Format: 168 pages, Kindle Edition

From million-copy-bestselling author John Boyne, an inescapably gritty story about one young man wh… read more

Similar categories in John Boyne's Earth book and John Niven's O Brother

  • audiobook
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4. Close to Home

By: Michael Magee

4.06

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

While growing up in West Belfast, Sean does every­thing he's supposed to do. He works hard, he stud… read more

Similar categories in Michael Magee's Close to Home book and John Niven's O Brother

  • audiobook
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5. Spaceships Over Glasgow

By: Stuart Braithwaite

3.88

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Born the son of Scotland's last telescope-maker, Stuart Braithwaite was perhaps always destined for… read more

Similar categories in Stuart Braithwaite's Spaceships Over Glasgow book and John Niven's O Brother

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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6. Squeaky Clean (Squeaky Clean, #1)

By: Callum McSorley

4.10

Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition

Half the Glasgow polis think DI Alison McCoist is bent. The other half just think she's a fuck-up. … read more

Similar categories in Callum McSorley's Squeaky Clean (Squeaky Clean, #1) book and John Niven's O Brother

  • audiobook
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7. Paper Cup

By: Karen Campbell

4.11

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

What if going back means you could begin again? Rocked by a terrible accident, homeless Kelly ne… read more

Similar categories in Karen Campbell's Paper Cup book and John Niven's O Brother

  • audiobook
  • mental health
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8. What's That Lady Doing?

By: Lou Sanders

3.91

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

'A deftness that catches your breath' - Fern Brady 'An incredible piece of writing' - Brett Goldst… read more

Similar categories in Lou Sanders's What's That Lady Doing? book and John Niven's O Brother

  • biography
  • memoir
  • mental health
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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9. O Brother

By: John Niven

4.64

Format: 385 pages, Kindle Edition

John Niven’s little brother Gary was fearless, popular, stubborn, handsome, hilarious and sometimes… read more

Similar categories in John Niven's O Brother book and John Niven's O Brother

  • biography
  • memoir
  • mental health
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"My mother can hold her own where foreign words are involved. The simple duo-syllable 'croissant' comes out variously as 'craw-sank', 'crass-ant', or 'crah-sint', the word seeming to have no business …"

-John Niven, O Brother

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10. Berserker!

By: Adrian Edmondson

4.32

Format: 406 pages, Kindle Edition

From brutal schooldays to '80s anarchy, through The Young Ones and beyond, Berserker! is the one-of… read more

Similar categories in Adrian Edmondson's Berserker! book and John Niven's O Brother

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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11. Paper Cuts

By: Ted Kessler

4.14

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

'A great writer' Paul Weller 'A music journalist of integrity' Billy Childish ' There's only one … read more

Similar categories in Ted Kessler's Paper Cuts book and John Niven's O Brother

  • biography
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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12. The Cracked Mirror

By: Chris Brookmyre

4.07

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

FORGET WHAT YOU THINK YOU KNOW THIS IS NOT THAT CRIME NOVEL You know Johnny Hawke. Hard-bitten LAP… read more

Similar categories in Chris Brookmyre's The Cracked Mirror book and John Niven's O Brother

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13. The Full English: A Journey in Search of a Country and its People

By: Stuart Maconie

4.08

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Three years before George Orwell made his expedition to the far and frozen North JB Priestley – who… read more

Similar categories in Stuart Maconie's The Full English: A Journey in Search of a Country and its People book and John Niven's O Brother

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
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14. 1923: The Mystery of Lot 212 and a Tour de France Obsession

By: Ned Boulting

4.17

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The story of an obsession. When cycling commentator Ned Boulting bought a length of Pathé news film… read more

Similar categories in Ned Boulting's 1923: The Mystery of Lot 212 and a Tour de France Obsession book and John Niven's O Brother

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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15. The Black Dog

By: Kevin Bridges

3.60

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

THE BLACK DOG is the exciting debut novel from one of Britain's most-loved comedians, Kevin Bridges… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Bridges's The Black Dog book and John Niven's O Brother

"There’s too much pressure on folk nowadays to try and fully eradicate any form of sadness…"

-Kevin Bridges, The Black Dog

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16. One Boy, Two Bills and a Fry Up: A Memoir of Growing Up and Getting On

By: Wes Streeting

4.30

Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition

Wes Streeting might have ended up in prison rather than in parliament. His maternal grandfather Bil… read more

Similar categories in Wes Streeting's One Boy, Two Bills and a Fry Up: A Memoir of Growing Up and Getting On book and John Niven's O Brother

  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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17. Seventeen

By: Joe Gibson

4.13

Format: 352 pages, ebook

'Engaging and engrossing, frank and frankly troubling, Seventeen is a book not easily forgotten' - … read more

Similar categories in Joe Gibson's Seventeen book and John Niven's O Brother

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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18. My Family: The Memoir

By: David Baddiel

4.41

Format: 427 pages, Kindle Edition

A searingly honest, funny and moving family memoir in which David Baddiel exposes his mother’s idio… read more

Similar categories in David Baddiel's My Family: The Memoir book and John Niven's O Brother

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook
Cover of Resolution (Ray Lennox, #3) by Irvine Welsh

19. Resolution (Ray Lennox, #3)

By: Irvine Welsh

4.05

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

"The truth is what we say the truth is . . . " Former detective Ray Lennox is determined to sta… read more

Similar categories in Irvine Welsh's Resolution (Ray Lennox, #3) book and John Niven's O Brother

  • audiobook
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20. Heart, Be at Peace

By: Donal Ryan

4.22

Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition

‘I said it before. Madness comes circling around. Ten-year cycles, as true as the sun will rise…’ S… read more

Similar categories in Donal Ryan's Heart, Be at Peace book and John Niven's O Brother

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21. The Hotel Avocado

By: Bob Mortimer

4.21

Format: 413 pages, Kindle Edition

Gary Thorn is struggling with a big decision. Should he stay in London, wallowing in the safety of … read more

Similar categories in Bob Mortimer's The Hotel Avocado book and John Niven's O Brother

  • audiobook

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