In the middle of 2023 I was left at home for a week while my wife and kids went abroad. I was left with a list of DIY tasks, so I decided listen to some audiobooks while glossing the hall stairs and landing.

Since then I have been cramming audiobooks into dog walks, car journeys and household tasks.

These are the titles I listened to in 2023 (a couple of physical books too). I have rated them out of 5 stars.

Title	Author	Rating
Atomic Habits	James Clear	⭐⭐⭐⭐
Hit Refresh	Satya Nadella	⭐⭐⭐
The Art of War	Sun Tzu	⭐⭐
How to Avoid a Climate Disaster	Bill Gates	⭐⭐⭐⭐
Start with Why	Simon Sinek	⭐⭐⭐⭐
A Brief History of Time	Stephen Hawking	⭐⭐⭐
Existential Physics	Sabine Hossenfelder	⭐⭐⭐
Turn the Ship Around	David Marquet	⭐⭐⭐⭐
The Future is Faster than you Think	Peter H. Diamandis, Steven Kotler	⭐⭐
Quantum Supremacy	Michio Kaku	⭐⭐
Zero to One	Peter Thiel	⭐⭐⭐⭐
Never Split the Difference	Chris Voss	⭐⭐⭐⭐
Measure what Matters	John Doerr	⭐⭐
Emotional Agility	Susan David	⭐⭐⭐
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team	Patrick Lencioni	⭐⭐⭐⭐
The Making of a Manager	Julie Zhuo	⭐⭐
Shoe Dog	Phil Knight	⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Tools and Weapons	Brad Smith	⭐
Dare to Lead	Brene Brown	⭐⭐⭐
Drive	Daniel H. Pink	⭐⭐⭐⭐
Grit	Angela Duckworth	⭐⭐⭐

For me the stand out was “Shoe Dog”, Phil Knights account of the founding of Nike. I was gripped from start to finish. He’s a great story teller, and it’s a fascinating story, making you wonder how Nike ever made it. I gave it 5 stars.