1177 B.C. The Year Civilisation Collapsed- Eric H Cline. I think that meets your criteria - although ‘narrator isn’t annoying’ is obviously wildly subjective. I listened a while back and found it very interesting. I will be listening to After 1177 B.C. sometime soon.

I would recommend „Paper : paging through history“ by Mark Kurlansky or his other books on Salt or Cod.

They may sound boring at first glance but they’re very interesting and informative.

Too many filters, too much brain work for someone that I don’t know, I don’t care and is not paying me.

not familiar enough with libby or the narrators, but here are some fun non-fiction books that aren’t biographies, pop psychology, or self-help, but which might have general appeal:

• almost anything by Bill Bryson, e.g. At Home, A Walk in the Woods, A Short History of Nearly Everything
• 1491 and 1493 by Charles C. Mann, which debunks a lot of the common myths about Columbus, indigenous Americans, and American colonialism

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers - Mary Roach

The Country of the Blind - Andrew Leland

The Underworld: Journey to the Depths of the Ocean - Susan Casey

Some of my favorites and in that order. They are not biographies and are about different non fiction topics.

Enjoy!!

Have you tried 1984? :')