Audiobooks Like Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman

10 audiobooks for fans of Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman

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   Elon Musk

   by Walter Isaacson

   Narrated by Jeremy Bobb

   ★ 4.61 ABR Score (86.6K ratings)

   ★ 4.32 Goodreads (77.3K) ★ 4.79 Audible (9.3K)

   20h 39m listening time • Released 2023

   Isaacson spent two years shadowing the world's most controversial innovator, and Jeremy Bobb captures both the genius and chaos of Musk's contradictory nature.

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   Isaacson spent two years shadowing the world's most controversial innovator, and Jeremy Bobb captures both the genius and chaos of Musk's contradictory nature.

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   Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela

   Long Walk to Freedom #1-2

   by Nelson Mandela, Michael Boatman, Sharon Gelman

   Narrated by Michael Boatman

   ★ 4.60 ABR Score (100.0K ratings)

   ★ 4.36 Goodreads (94.9K) ★ 4.79 Audible (5.0K)

   27h 39m listening time • Released 2011

   From rural childhood through 27 years in prison to South Africa's presidency, Mandela chronicles his transformation and his country's journey from apartheid to democracy. This essential autobiography reveals the man behind the global icon.

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   From rural childhood through 27 years in prison to South Africa's presidency, Mandela chronicles his transformation and his country's journey from apartheid to democracy. This essential autobiography reveals the man behind the global icon.

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   [A Man in Love: My Struggle: 2 (Knausgaard)] [By: Knausgaard, Karl Ove] [November, 2013]

   Min kamp • Book 2

   by Karl Ove Knausgård

   Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini

   ★ 4.28 ABR Score (24.9K ratings)

   ★ 4.33 Goodreads (24.5K) ★ 4.62 Audible (464)

   21h 4m listening time • Released 2015

   Ballerini's measured narration matches Knausgaard's obsessive attention to domestic minutiae—making coffee, changing diapers, fighting with his wife become hypnotically compelling.

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   Ballerini's measured narration matches Knausgaard's obsessive attention to domestic minutiae—making coffee, changing diapers, fighting with his wife become hypnotically compelling.

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   The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon

   by David Grann

   Narrated by Mark Deakins

   ★ 3.88 ABR Score (116.7K ratings)

   ★ 3.9 Goodreads (112.3K) ★ 4.2 Audible (4.4K)

   10h 4m listening time • Released 2009

   Mark Deakins traces explorer Percy Fawcett's obsessive quest for an ancient Amazonian civilization, capturing both the historical mystery and modern investigation in this true adventure tale.

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   Mark Deakins traces explorer Percy Fawcett's obsessive quest for an ancient Amazonian civilization, capturing both the historical mystery and modern investigation in this true adventure tale.

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   Means of Ascent

   The Years of Lyndon Johnson • Book 2

   by Robert A. Caro

   Narrated by Grover Gardner

   ★ 4.53 ABR Score (30.6K ratings)

   ★ 4.29 Goodreads (27.8K) ★ 4.82 Audible (2.9K)

   22h 8m listening time • Released 2013

   Grover Gardner's measured, penetrating narration transforms Caro's meticulous biography into a gripping portrait of raw ambition—you hear LBJ's desperation and cunning come alive across 22 hours in a way that makes his ruthlessness feel inevitable, not distant.

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   Grover Gardner's measured, penetrating narration transforms Caro's meticulous biography into a gripping portrait of raw ambition—you hear LBJ's desperation and cunning come alive across 22 hours in a way that makes his ruthlessness feel inevitable, not distant.

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   Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story

   by Arnold Schwarzenegger, Peter Petre

   Narrated by Stephen Lang, Arnold Schwarzenegger

   ★ 4.47 ABR Score (32.7K ratings)

   ★ 4.17 Goodreads (23.8K) ★ 4.75 Audible (8.9K)

   23h 21m listening time • Released 2012

   Hearing Schwarzenegger himself recount his bodybuilding obsession, Hollywood climb, and political career adds authentic Austrian charm to this unlikely American success story.

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   Hearing Schwarzenegger himself recount his bodybuilding obsession, Hollywood climb, and political career adds authentic Austrian charm to this unlikely American success story.

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   A Piece of Cake

   by Cupcake Brown

   Narrated by Bahni Turpin

   ★ 4.46 ABR Score (41.8K ratings)

   ★ 4.26 Goodreads (38.9K) ★ 4.74 Audible (2.9K)

   21h 2m listening time • Released 2006

   Bahni Turpin's raw, unflinching narration transforms this harrowing survival story into something you can't stop listening to—she finds humanity in every dark corner without softening the brutality.

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   Bahni Turpin's raw, unflinching narration transforms this harrowing survival story into something you can't stop listening to—she finds humanity in every dark corner without softening the brutality.

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   Einstein: His Life and Universe

   by Walter Isaacson

   Narrated by Edward Herrmann

   ★ 4.39 ABR Score (219.9K ratings)

   ★ 4.17 Goodreads (204.1K) ★ 4.57 Audible (15.7K)

   21h 30m listening time • Released 2007

   Edward Herrmann's measured narration matches Isaacson's exploration of how Einstein's rebellious nature drove both his revolutionary science and complicated personal life.

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   Edward Herrmann's measured narration matches Isaacson's exploration of how Einstein's rebellious nature drove both his revolutionary science and complicated personal life.

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   The Six Wives of Henry VIII

   by Alison Weir

   Narrated by Simon Prebble

   ★ 4.32 ABR Score (76.3K ratings)

   ★ 4.12 Goodreads (73.2K) ★ 4.62 Audible (3.1K)

   22h 26m listening time • Released 2012

   Simon Prebble's measured, aristocratic delivery transforms these six women from historical footnotes into fully realized people—you'll hear the desperation, ambition, and tragedy that Weir unearths in each marriage to a monster.

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   Simon Prebble's measured, aristocratic delivery transforms these six women from historical footnotes into fully realized people—you'll hear the desperation, ambition, and tragedy that Weir unearths in each marriage to a monster.

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    Benjamin Franklin: An American Life

    by Walter Isaacson

    Narrated by Nelson Runger

    ★ 4.29 ABR Score (160.5K ratings)

    ★ 4.05 Goodreads (151.3K) ★ 4.55 Audible (9.2K)

    24h 40m listening time • Released 2011

    Isaacson reveals Franklin as a pragmatic entrepreneur who invented himself alongside America, from printer to diplomat to founding father. This definitive biography captures the man behind the myths with wit and scholarly depth.

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    Isaacson reveals Franklin as a pragmatic entrepreneur who invented himself alongside America, from printer to diplomat to founding father. This definitive biography captures the man behind the myths with wit and scholarly depth.

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