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)More about this pick
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)More about this pick
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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Humankind: A Hopeful History
by Rutger Bregman, Elizabeth Manton, Erica Moore
Narrated by Rutger Bregman, Thomas Judd
★ 4.61 ABR Score (84.0K ratings)★ 4.32 Goodreads (81.8K) ★ 4.73 Audible (2.2K) -
The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
Narrated by Michael Lewis
★ 4.45 ABR Score (172.4K ratings)★ 4.3 Goodreads (172.2K) ★ 4.88 Audible (188)More about this pick
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)More about this pick
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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When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress
by Gabor Maté
Narrated by Daniel Maté
★ 4.53 ABR Score (37.2K ratings)★ 4.18 Goodreads (36.0K) ★ 4.79 Audible (1.2K) -
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)More about this pick
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)More about this pick
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)More about this pick
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)More about this pick
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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