10 audiobooks for fans of Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
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Educated
by Tara Westover
Narrated by Julia Whelan
★ 4.87 ABR Score (2.0M ratings)★ 4.46 Goodreads (1.9M) ★ 4.78 Audible (128.2K)More about this pick
Westover recounts her journey from Idaho survivalist compound to Cambridge PhD, with Julia Whelan capturing both her initial naivety and hard-won wisdom.
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Shoe Dog
by Phil Knight
Narrated by Norbert Leo Butz
★ 4.86 ABR Score (428.2K ratings)★ 4.46 Goodreads (374.7K) ★ 4.86 Audible (53.5K)More about this pick
Knight's memoir reveals how Nike nearly collapsed multiple times before becoming a global empire, fueled by obsession with running shoes and Japanese manufacturing. Norbert Leo Butz brings energy and authenticity to Knight's self-deprecating storytelling style.
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The Choice: Embrace the Possible
by Edith Eger, Edith Eva Eger
Narrated by Tovah Feldshuh
★ 4.82 ABR Score (138.9K ratings)★ 4.57 Goodreads (132.9K) ★ 4.91 Audible (6.0K)More about this pick
Holocaust survivor Edith Eger's journey from Auschwitz prisoner forced to dance for Mengele to renowned psychologist becomes profoundly intimate through Tovah Feldshuh's compassionate narration.
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Rare WITH THE OLD BREED by E.B. Sledge -1st/1st HCDJ 1981 - Peleliu & Okinawa marines unknown
by Unknown .
Narrated by Marc Vietor, Joe Mazzello, Tom Hanks (introduction)
★ 4.79 ABR Score (60.1K ratings)★ 4.5 Goodreads (48.6K) ★ 4.9 Audible (11.5K)More about this pick
Sledge's unflinching memoir of fighting as a Marine mortarman in the Pacific's bloodiest battles strips away war's heroic mythology. Tom Hanks introduces this harrowing firsthand account.
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Never Finished: Unshackle Your Mind and Win the War Within
by David Goggins
Narrated by David Goggins, Adam Skolnick, Jacqueline Gardner
★ 4.78 ABR Score (80.2K ratings)★ 4.39 Goodreads (48.0K) ★ 4.9 Audible (32.2K)More about this pick
Goggins continues his brutal honesty about mental toughness, sharing strategies from his 'Mental Lab' for pushing past perceived limitations and comfortable mediocrity.
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Unbroken
by Laura Hillenbrand
Narrated by Edward Herrmann
★ 4.78 ABR Score (1.1M ratings)★ 4.39 Goodreads (1.0M) ★ 4.78 Audible (51.5K)More about this pick
Olympic runner Louis Zamperini survives 47 days on a life raft, then endures brutal Japanese POW camps during WWII. This incredible true story of resilience and forgiveness reads like fiction but happened to one remarkable man.
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Nobody's Girl
by Virginia Roberts Giuffre
Narrated by Thérèse Plummer, Gabra Zackman
★ 4.75 ABR Score (78.2K ratings)★ 4.55 Goodreads (70.8K) ★ 4.85 Audible (7.4K)More about this pick
The memoir that brought down Jeffrey Epstein gets the raw, unflinching narration it deserves from Théèse Plummer and Gabra Zackman.
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Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10
by Marcus Luttrell, Patrick Robinson
Narrated by Kevin T. Collins
★ 4.63 ABR Score (118.1K ratings)★ 4.34 Goodreads (101.7K) ★ 4.76 Audible (16.4K)More about this pick
Collins delivers Luttrell's harrowing account of the Afghanistan mission where four SEALs entered Taliban territory but only one returned.
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Between Two Kingdoms
by Suleika Jaouad
Narrated by Suleika Jaouad
★ 4.62 ABR Score (135.0K ratings)★ 4.42 Goodreads (130.6K) ★ 4.78 Audible (4.5K)More about this pick
Suleika Jaouad narrates her own journey from promising college graduate to leukemia patient to road-trip survivor, her voice carrying the weight of near-death transformation.
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Good Morning, Monster: A Therapist Shares Five Heroic Stories of Emotional Recovery
by Catherine Gildiner
Narrated by Deborah Burgess
★ 4.62 ABR Score (71.2K ratings)★ 4.45 Goodreads (67.5K) ★ 4.79 Audible (3.7K)More about this pick
Therapist Catherine Gildiner recounts five remarkable patient recoveries, including a Chinese immigrant musician and a woman abandoned by her father in isolated cottage.
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