Audiobooks Like Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup

10 audiobooks for fans of Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup

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   Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World

   by David Epstein

   Narrated by Will Damron

   ★ 4.58 ABR Score (91.1K ratings)

   ★ 4.13 Goodreads (80.9K) ★ 4.7 Audible (10.2K)

   10h 46m listening time • Released 2019

   Epstein dismantles the 10,000-hour rule with compelling research showing why late starters and dabblers often outperform specialists, and Damron's narration keeps the dense material engaging.

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   Epstein dismantles the 10,000-hour rule with compelling research showing why late starters and dabblers often outperform specialists, and Damron's narration keeps the dense material engaging.

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   Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest

   by Stephen E. Ambrose

   Narrated by Tim Jerome

   ★ 4.95 ABR Score (151.7K ratings)

   ★ 4.44 Goodreads (140.3K) ★ 4.87 Audible (11.4K)

   12h 37m listening time • Released 2012

   Ambrose chronicles Easy Company's journey from D-Day to Hitler's Eagle's Nest through interviews with the paratroopers themselves—the definitive account of ordinary soldiers in extraordinary circumstances.

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   Ambrose chronicles Easy Company's journey from D-Day to Hitler's Eagle's Nest through interviews with the paratroopers themselves—the definitive account of ordinary soldiers in extraordinary circumstances.

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   The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine

   by Michael Lewis

   Narrated by Michael Lewis

   ★ 4.44 ABR Score (172.4K ratings)

   ★ 4.3 Goodreads (172.2K) ★ 4.88 Audible (188)

   9h 43m listening time • Released 2025

   Lewis follows the few investors who saw the 2008 housing collapse coming and bet against the entire system. His own narration adds immediacy to these portraits of financial outsiders who understood what Wall Street refused to see.

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   Lewis follows the few investors who saw the 2008 housing collapse coming and bet against the entire system. His own narration adds immediacy to these portraits of financial outsiders who understood what Wall Street refused to see.

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   Killing the Rising Sun: How America Vanquished World War II Japan

   Bill O'Reilly's Killing Series

   by Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard

   Narrated by Robert Petkoff, Bill O'Reilly

   ★ 4.74 ABR Score (32.2K ratings)

   ★ 4.35 Goodreads (21.9K) ★ 4.78 Audible (10.3K)

   9h 21m listening time • Released 2016

   O'Reilly and Dugard chronicle the Pacific War's final phase, from kamikaze attacks to atomic bombs. Robert Petkoff and Bill O'Reilly share narration duties, bringing intensity to this account of Japan's refusal to surrender.

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   O'Reilly and Dugard chronicle the Pacific War's final phase, from kamikaze attacks to atomic bombs. Robert Petkoff and Bill O'Reilly share narration duties, bringing intensity to this account of Japan's refusal to surrender.

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   The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided

   by Jonathan Haidt

   Narrated by Jonathan Haidt

   ★ 4.53 ABR Score (79.9K ratings)

   ★ 4.19 Goodreads (66.9K) ★ 4.62 Audible (12.9K)

   11h 1m listening time • Released 2012

   Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt explores why political opponents assume the worst about each other's motives, and he narrates his own insights beautifully.

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   Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt explores why political opponents assume the worst about each other's motives, and he narrates his own insights beautifully.

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   All the President's Men

   by Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein

   Narrated by Richard Poe

   ★ 4.44 ABR Score (60.4K ratings)

   ★ 4.18 Goodreads (58.3K) ★ 4.65 Audible (2.1K)

   12h 55m listening time • Released 2012

   The Washington Post reporters who toppled a presidency detail their investigation from hotel break-in to White House resignation.

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   The Washington Post reporters who toppled a presidency detail their investigation from hotel break-in to White House resignation.

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   The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride

   by Daniel James Brown

   Narrated by Michael Prichard

   ★ 4.43 ABR Score (43.0K ratings)

   ★ 4.25 Goodreads (40.5K) ★ 4.61 Audible (2.5K)

   10h 55m listening time • Released 2019

   Brown follows newlywed Sarah Graves through the Donner Party's horrific winter trapped in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Michael Prichard's measured narration lets the documented horror speak for itself without sensationalism.

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   Brown follows newlywed Sarah Graves through the Donner Party's horrific winter trapped in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Michael Prichard's measured narration lets the documented horror speak for itself without sensationalism.

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   Quiet

   by Susan Cain

   Narrated by Kathe Mazur

   ★ 4.42 ABR Score (498.5K ratings)

   ★ 4.07 Goodreads (478.1K) ★ 4.51 Audible (20.3K)

   10h 39m listening time • Released 2012

   Cain reveals how Western culture's extrovert bias wastes the talents of Rosa Parks, Einstein, and millions of others who think before speaking. Kathe Mazur's thoughtful pacing matches perfectly with this manifesto for introverted power.

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   Cain reveals how Western culture's extrovert bias wastes the talents of Rosa Parks, Einstein, and millions of others who think before speaking. Kathe Mazur's thoughtful pacing matches perfectly with this manifesto for introverted power.

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   The Democrat Party Hates America

   by Mark R. Levin

   Narrated by Jeremy Lowell

   ★ 4.39 ABR Score (1.7K ratings)

   ★ 4.44 Goodreads (1.2K) ★ 4.86 Audible (467)

   11h 21m listening time • Released 2023

   Levin's systematic breakdown of Democratic policies gets the fiery delivery it deserves from Jeremy Lowell, who captures the author's righteous indignation without veering into caricature.

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   Levin's systematic breakdown of Democratic policies gets the fiery delivery it deserves from Jeremy Lowell, who captures the author's righteous indignation without veering into caricature.

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    Bloody Ridge and Beyond

    by Marlin Groft, Larry Alexander

    Narrated by Joe Barrett

    ★ 4.38 ABR Score (1.6K ratings)

    ★ 4.43 Goodreads (272) ★ 4.83 Audible (1.3K)

    12h 13m listening time • Released 2014

    A veteran of Edson's battalion recounts the brutal fight for Guadalcanal's Henderson Field. Joe Barrett's weathered voice suits this gritty Pacific War memoir perfectly.

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    A veteran of Edson's battalion recounts the brutal fight for Guadalcanal's Henderson Field. Joe Barrett's weathered voice suits this gritty Pacific War memoir perfectly.

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