Kieren Fallon Audiobooks

Form: sport, pressure and the long view, read by Frank Grimes

1 audiobook reviewed

★ 4.5/5 average

360 listener ratings

Who is Kieren Fallon?

In sport, form is the word that settles every argument. It is what you have or have not got on the day, the thing that cannot be manufactured and will not be talked round. Kieren Fallon’s book takes that single syllable as its title, and our catalogue places the result on the sports shelf.

Titles of one word carry a particular confidence. They assume the reader already understands the stakes and refuse to waste a subtitle explaining them. Eight hours and a quarter gives the book room to move at its own pace rather than sprinting through highlights.

Sports writing at this length is rarely about results alone. Pressure, endurance, the days that go wrong: that is generally where the interest lies, and where the listening rewards people with no particular expertise in the field.

Kieren Fallon in audiobooks

Frank Grimes narrates, and there is real craft in reading a sports book: the pace has to carry momentum without slipping into commentary.

The numbers here are among the strongest signals in this part of our catalogue. Comfortably over three hundred ratings, an average around four and a half stars, and a title available since 2017 that people are evidently still finding. That combination usually means word of mouth rather than a marketing push. No prior knowledge is required to enjoy it, though those who follow the sport closely will catch more of the detail. See what is available below.