5 Audiobooks That Have Persisted

A few podcasts that have persisted through the years.

Years of Audiobooks

In 2017 I started to supplement my podcasts with audiobooks. Most audiobooks get listened to once or twice before being archived / deleted.

But a few stick around and get listened to more often, coming back every couple years to learn their wisdom anew.

Five that have stuck with me are...

How to be Everything by Emilie Wapnick

One of the first audiobooks I listened to, it was one that opened up my ideas of how I could integrate my life and work together. It got me thinking about what I wanted to do and brought lots of strands together I'd had floating around.

It it the author explains how some people have many different strong interests and discusses some ways they can organise their life and work to fit what they want.

It's also an easy listen but think I might have struggled to read it (I prefer listening to most non-fiction instead of reading them).

Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed

Tiny Beautiful Things is an emotional rollercoaster, a series of reader's questions and replies from advice columnist "Sugar".

The questions and answers (and stories) cover lots of ground, from children to jobs to abuse and living day to day. They pull from the life experiences of the author and comes from a place totally different to mine.

I listen to this every couple of years and it gets me every time.

Wilding by Isabella Tree

This was my favourite listen of 2022. The story of how a couple decided to do something a little different.

It tells the story of Knepp Farm, which used traditional farming techniques for generations and changed everything when they let everything go wild.

I was fascinated by the story of introducing cattle, pigs and deer to their farm, and later beavers. The difference made to the surroundings that allowed nature and animals to function differently to how they are normally seen in the UK.

Its a story of how many of our preconceived ideas (of nature and other things) are based on modern concepts and how different that world is to one that existed 60 or 100 years ago.

I went to visit Knepp in March 2025 (with my mum) and got to see a presentation by the author (and her husband).

The War of Art by Steven Pressfield

A lesson on creativity and the importance of persistence. And setting up your environment in the right way to get things done.

It's one I have in book format too and it's a short read (and listen). But one I liked enough to make it into a book club item (when in Porto)

The Source by Dr Tara Swart

This one I have listened to a few times.

It has visualisation, manifesting, sorting out what you want. It talks about dealing with emotions, sleep and physical health. And things needed to look after our brain.

However, the magic behind it is going through all of these things and explaining the science and brain processes behind them. And our brain is our most important creative tool.

There's also a 4-step process at the end of it for visualising and manifesting what you want. For me that was an extra bonus and less interesting than the rest of it.

In 2023 I started my first Vision Board / Action Board and I've made a new one each year since.