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#AudioBookClub episodes

April 17, 2025 'A Brief History of the End of the F*cking World' - WITH Tom Phillips
On this episode of #AudioBookClub:

"The end of the world is nigh!"

(And always has been).

Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks.

On this week's pod, Steve and Matthew speak to Tom Phillips the author of 'A Brief of the End of the F*cking World'

This is a book about the end of the world - and our relationship with our impending doom

A Brief History of the End of the F*cking World

Brief Histories Series

A: Tom Phillips

N: Tom Phillips

R: 27-02-25

L: 12 hrs and 39 mins

P: Wildfire

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On the next episode of #AudioBookClub:

Piranesi

A: Susanna Clarke

N: Chiwetel Ejiofor

R: 15-09-20

L: 6 hrs and 58 mins

P: Bloomsbury

1 hr 1 min
April 07, 2025 'Why We Sleep' - by Matthew Walker
'Why We Sleep' - by Matthew Walker

On this episode of #AudioBookClub:

Sleep

Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks.

Why We Sleep

The New Science of Sleep and Dreams

A: Matthew Walker

N: John Sackville

R: 07-12-17

L: 13 hrs and 31 mins

P: Penguin Audio

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On the next episode of #AudioBookClub:

A Brief History of the End of the F*cking World

Brief Histories Series

A: Tom Phillips

N: Tom Phillips

R: 27-02-25

L: 12 hrs and 39 mins

P: Wildfire

38 min
March 31, 2025 Audiobook Clubber: Why you should listen to 'James' by Percival Everett
On this episode of #AudioBookClub:

For one week, we're trying something new - Audiobook Clubber - where you come on and evangelise about an audiobook you love and recommend why we should all 'ear read' it.

Our first Audiobook Clubber, Claire, joins Steve to discuss the brilliant 'James' by Percival Everett from the world of Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn.

'James'

A: Percival Everett

N: Dominic Hoffman

Length: 7 hrs and 49 mins

Publisher: Mantle

Release date: 11-04-24

Read more of Claire's reviews at wordywitterings.com

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16 min
March 23, 2025 'Careless People' - by Sarah Wynn-Williams
On this episode of #AudioBookClub:

The book of the moment!

Shocking revelations from the highest echelons of The Metaverse from Whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams

Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks.

Careless People

A story of where I used to work

A: Sarah Wynn-Williams

N: Sarah Wynn-Williams

R: 13-03-25

L: 13 hrs and 16 mins

P: Macmillan

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On the next episode of #AudioBookClub:

Why We Sleep

The New Science of Sleep and Dreams

A: Matthew Walker

N: John Sackville

L: 13 hrs and 31 mins

R: 07-12-17

L: English

42 min
March 16, 2025 'The Red Circle' - by Anthony Horowitz and Sarah J Naughton
On this episode of #AudioBookClub:

We head to a parallel universe, forty years in the future, where Sherlock Holmes roams the gas-lit streets of a post-apocalyptic, future London…

Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks.

Becoming Sherlock - The Red Circle

Becoming Sherlock, Book 1

A: Sarah J. Naughton and Anthony Horowitz

N: Alfred Enoch

R: 13-01-25

L: 9 hrs and 17 mins

P: Storytel Original

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On the next episode of #AudioBookClub:

Want

Sexual Fantasies by Anonymous

A: Gillian Anderson, Anonymous

N: Gillian Anderson

R: 05-09-24

L: 12 hrs

P: Bloomsbury Publishing

43 min
March 11, 2025 'Mavericks' with Jenny Draper
On this episode of #AudioBookClub:

The most modern of historians!

YouTube and TikTok sensation Jenny Draper joins Steve and Matthew to talk about her first audiobook 'Mavericks: Life Stories and Lessons of History's Most Extraordinary Misfits'

Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks.

Mavericks

Life Stories and Lessons of History's Most Extraordinary Misfits

A: Jenny Draper

P: Jenny Draper

R: 11-02-25

L: 8 hrs and 21 mins

P: Watkins Publishing

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On the next episode of #AudioBookClub:

Becoming Sherlock - The Red Circle

Becoming Sherlock, Book 1

A: Sarah J. Naughton, Anthony Horowitz

P: Alfred Enoch

R: 13-01-25

L: 9 hrs and 17 mins

P: Storytel Original

37 min
March 02, 2025 'Source Code' - by Bill Gates
On this episode of #AudioBookClub:

William Henry Gates III.

Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks.

This week, 'Source Code', a memoir from the world's first tech billionaire, Bill Gates

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47 min
February 16, 2025 'V UK: Visitation' - from Big Finish
On this episode of #AudioBookClub:

The aliens are coming!

Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks.

This week, rather than reviewing a single title, Matthew and Steve take a dive into the world of Big Finish - the loving family of audio craftspeople most famous for lovingly keeping Doctor Who alive.

They produce high quality dramas that are the audio equivalent of a fine malt whisky - a highquality refined product best consumed by people who really appreciate the good stuff.

We shall be listening to and recommending their reimagining of 80s sci-fi classic V…

V UK: Visitation

…and their 'free-to-air' back catalogue, now available in podcast form…

Into the TARDIS

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59 min
February 09, 2025 'Why Is This Lying Bastard Lying to Me?' - by Rob Burley
On this episode of #AudioBookClub:

The television interview that marked the beginning of the end for Margaret Thatcher

Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks.

Matthew's mid-life crisis continues Steve reveals how he was traumatised by Brian Walden as a small child

Why Is This Lying Bastard Lying to Me?

Searching for the Truth on Political TV

A: Rob Burley

N: Rob Burley

L: 13 hrs and 8 mins

P: HarperCollins

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36 min
February 03, 2025 'Alchemy: The Surprising Power of Ideas That Don't Make Sense' by Rory Sutherland
On this episode of #AudioBookClub:

We unleash our inner Don Drapers with the help of avuncular adman Rory Sutherland

Steve Phillips and Matthew Layton present #AudioBookClub - the podcast that reviews and recommends audiobooks.

Alchemy

The Surprising Power of Ideas That Don't Make Sense

A: Rory Sutherland

N: Rory Sutherland

L: 9 hrs and 38 mins

P: Penguin Audio

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46 min