Audiobooks Like Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything

10 audiobooks for fans of Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything

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   Outliers: The Story of Success

   by Malcolm Gladwell

   Narrated by Malcolm Gladwell

   ★ 4.74 ABR Score (923.0K ratings)

   ★ 4.19 Goodreads (873.6K) ★ 4.68 Audible (49.4K)

   7h 18m listening time • Released 2008

   Success isn't just talent and hard work—it's birth dates, cultural background, and 10,000 hours of practice that create achievement. Malcolm Gladwell narrates his own exploration of the hidden factors that separate high achievers from everyone else.

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   Success isn't just talent and hard work—it's birth dates, cultural background, and 10,000 hours of practice that create achievement. Malcolm Gladwell narrates his own exploration of the hidden factors that separate high achievers from everyone else.

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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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   Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever

   Bill O'Reilly's Killing Series

   by Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard

   Narrated by Bill O'Reilly

   ★ 4.45 ABR Score (120.2K ratings)

   ★ 4.06 Goodreads (109.0K) ★ 4.6 Audible (11.2K)

   7h 49m listening time • Released 2011

   O'Reilly and Dugard reconstruct Lincoln's final days and John Wilkes Booth's conspiracy with thriller-like pacing, while O'Reilly's own narration adds his distinctive television-honed delivery to the historical drama.

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   O'Reilly and Dugard reconstruct Lincoln's final days and John Wilkes Booth's conspiracy with thriller-like pacing, while O'Reilly's own narration adds his distinctive television-honed delivery to the historical drama.

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   David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants

   by Malcolm Gladwell

   Narrated by Malcolm Gladwell

   ★ 4.40 ABR Score (217.2K ratings)

   ★ 3.97 Goodreads (192.6K) ★ 4.55 Audible (24.6K)

   7h 1m listening time • Released 2013

   Gladwell reexamines the biblical story and modern examples to argue that disadvantages often become advantages in disguise. His own narration adds personal conviction to case studies ranging from dyslexic entrepreneurs to civil rights activists who turned weakness into strength.

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   Gladwell reexamines the biblical story and modern examples to argue that disadvantages often become advantages in disguise. His own narration adds personal conviction to case studies ranging from dyslexic entrepreneurs to civil rights activists who turned weakness into strength.

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   Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

   by David Grann

   Narrated by Will Patton, Ann Marie Lee, Danny Campbell

   ★ 4.38 ABR Score (478.4K ratings)

   ★ 4.14 Goodreads (454.9K) ★ 4.44 Audible (23.5K)

   9h 4m listening time • Released 2017

   Oil wealth made the Osage Nation the richest people per capita in 1920s America, then made them targets for systematic murder. The multi-narrator approach helps Grann's investigation unfold like a true-crime podcast, revealing how greed and racism enabled genocide.

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   Oil wealth made the Osage Nation the richest people per capita in 1920s America, then made them targets for systematic murder. The multi-narrator approach helps Grann's investigation unfold like a true-crime podcast, revealing how greed and racism enabled genocide.

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   Blink

   by Malcolm Gladwell, Barry Fox, Irina Henegar

   Narrated by Malcolm Gladwell

   ★ 4.37 ABR Score (651.5K ratings)

   ★ 3.96 Goodreads (624.9K) ★ 4.49 Audible (26.7K)

   7h 44m listening time • Released 2005

   Gladwell explores rapid decision-making and intuitive thinking, examining how our brains make split-second judgments. His own narration adds personal conviction to the psychological insights.

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   Gladwell explores rapid decision-making and intuitive thinking, examining how our brains make split-second judgments. His own narration adds personal conviction to the psychological insights.

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   Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions

   by Dan Ariely

   Narrated by Simon Jones

   ★ 4.35 ABR Score (144.5K ratings)

   ★ 4.12 Goodreads (131.8K) ★ 4.48 Audible (12.7K)

   7h 22m listening time • Released 2008

   Behavioral economist Dan Ariely reveals why we pay more for expensive placebos and splurge on lavish meals while clipping grocery coupons.

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   Behavioral economist Dan Ariely reveals why we pay more for expensive placebos and splurge on lavish meals while clipping grocery coupons.

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   The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder

   by David Grann

   Narrated by Dion Graham, David Grann

   ★ 4.29 ABR Score (226.1K ratings)

   ★ 4.17 Goodreads (219.4K) ★ 4.42 Audible (6.7K)

   8h 28m listening time • Released 2023

   An 18th-century British warship wrecks on a desolate island, leading to murder, cannibalism, and competing survival stories. Dion Graham and David Grann guide listeners through this harrowing true tale of imperial ambition gone catastrophically wrong.

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   An 18th-century British warship wrecks on a desolate island, leading to murder, cannibalism, and competing survival stories. Dion Graham and David Grann guide listeners through this harrowing true tale of imperial ambition gone catastrophically wrong.

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   Beyond Good and Evil

   by Friedrich Nietzsche

   Narrated by Alex Jennings, Roy McMillan

   ★ 4.02 ABR Score (117.7K ratings)

   ★ 4.03 Goodreads (116.0K) ★ 4.31 Audible (1.7K)

   8h 24m listening time • Released 2008

   Two narrators amplify what makes Nietzsche urgent: aphorisms cut deeper when spoken, and his case against morality feels genuinely essential.

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   Two narrators amplify what makes Nietzsche urgent: aphorisms cut deeper when spoken, and his case against morality feels genuinely essential.

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    Solid Starts for Babies

    by Solid Starts

    Narrated by Barrie Kreinik

    ★ 3.78 ABR Score (534 ratings)

    ★ 4.45 Goodreads (529) ★ 5 Audible (5)

    8h 54m listening time • Released 2025

    Forget special baby food: these pediatric feeding pros show how babies thrive when you skip the purees and let them eat real food, safely and curiously.

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    Forget special baby food: these pediatric feeding pros show how babies thrive when you skip the purees and let them eat real food, safely and curiously.

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