Bill Bryson

A Radio 4 Book Club Selection.

A Short History of Nearly Everything is Bill Bryson's fascinating and humorous quest to understand everything that has happened from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization....

In Made in America, Bryson de-mythologizes his native land....

Audible is proud to present One Summer: America, 1927, the new book by Britain’s favourite writer of narrative nonfiction, Bill Bryson....

Twenty years ago Bill Bryson went on a trip around Britain to celebrate the green and kindly island that had become his adopted country....

Bill Bryson was struck one day by the thought that we devote more time to studying the battles and wars of history than to considering what history really consists of....

In Neither Here nor There Bill Bryson brings his unique brand of humour to bear on Europe as he shoulders his backpack and journeys from Hammerfest to Istanbul on the cusp of Asia....

Hardly anyone ever leaves Des Moines, Iowa. But Bill Bryson did....

Christmas is the single biggest annual event on the planet, a time for merry-making, over-indulgence, peace, goodwill, and the occasional family row. It’s as comfortable and familiar as a pair of old shoes and yet still glittery and exciting. But what do you really know about it....

Full of extraordinary facts and astonishing stories, The Body: A Guide for Occupants is a brilliant, often very funny attempt to understand the miracle of our physical and neurological makeup....

Shakespeare's life, despite the scrutiny of generations of biographers and scholars, is still a thicket of myths and traditions....

Shortlisted for Audible's Listen of the Year, 2006.Bill Bryson's hilarious memoir of growing up in middle America in the Fifties, complete, unabridged and read by the author.

With wit and irreverence, Bill Bryson presents the ludicrous and the endearing in equal measure....

Bryson writes about everything from everyday chores, to suing people, the beach, TV, movies....

Australia has more things that can kill you than anywhere else. Nevertheless, Bill Bryson journeyed to the country and promptly fell in love with it....

In Neither Here Nor There, Bill Bryson brings his unique brand of humour to bear on Europe....

Reluctant adventurer Bryson recounts his gruelling hike along the longest continuous footpath in the world....

This celebration of the English countryside does not only focus on the rolling green landscapes and magnificent monuments that set England apart from the rest of the world....

Before leaving his much-loved home in North Yorkshire, Bryson insisted on taking one last trip around Britain....

Bill Bryson presents a fascinating exploration of the history of the English language....

Bill Bryson is the world's funniest travel writer, and a master of comic observation....