10 audiobooks for fans of The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail—But Some Don't
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Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Narrated by Robin Wall Kimmerer
★ 4.88 ABR Score (189.7K ratings)★ 4.5 Goodreads (177.7K) ★ 4.78 Audible (12.1K)More about this pick
Botanist and Citizen Potawatomi member Robin Wall Kimmerer reads her own work, weaving together Western science and indigenous knowledge about our relationship with the natural world.
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Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
by Lori Gottlieb
Narrated by Brittany Pressley
★ 4.85 ABR Score (456.3K ratings)★ 4.37 Goodreads (411.2K) ★ 4.72 Audible (45.1K)More about this pick
Gottlieb reveals what happens when therapists need therapy themselves, with Brittany Pressley capturing both professional insight and personal vulnerability beautifully.
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In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts
by Gabor Maté
Narrated by Daniel Maté
★ 4.68 ABR Score (25.8K ratings)★ 4.48 Goodreads (24.3K) ★ 4.79 Audible (1.5K)More about this pick
Daniel Maté's intimate narration of his father's work adds emotional weight to stories from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, where addiction meets compassion.
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Facing the Mountain
by Daniel James Brown
Narrated by Louis Ozawa
★ 4.63 ABR Score (14.1K ratings)★ 4.48 Goodreads (12.6K) ★ 4.77 Audible (1.5K)More about this pick
Brown follows Japanese-American soldiers fighting in Europe while their families suffer in internment camps back home. Louis Ozawa's narration brings profound dignity to this story of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team's heroism.
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Shadow Divers
by Robert Kurson
Narrated by Michael Prichard
★ 4.59 ABR Score (41.9K ratings)★ 4.37 Goodreads (36.9K) ★ 4.66 Audible (5.0K)More about this pick
Two weekend divers discover a mysterious WWII German U-boat off the New Jersey coast and risk everything to solve its deadly secrets. Michael Prichard's narration captures every claustrophobic descent.
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Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History
by S.C. Gwynne
Narrated by David Drummond
★ 4.72 ABR Score (84.8K ratings)★ 4.25 Goodreads (68.9K) ★ 4.75 Audible (15.9K)More about this pick
Gwynne chronicles the forty-year war between Comanches and settlers through Quanah Parker's incredible story. David Drummond's narration matches the epic scope of this sweeping history.
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Digest of The Boys in the Boat
by A Reader's Companion
Narrated by Edward Herrmann
★ 4.49 ABR Score (43.6K ratings)★ 4.44 Goodreads (9) ★ 4.83 Audible (43.6K)More about this pick
Nine working-class teenagers from Depression-era Seattle row toward Olympic glory in Nazi Germany. Edward Herrmann's authoritative voice matches the story's historical weight perfectly.
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The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women
by Kate Moore
Narrated by Angela Brazil
★ 4.33 ABR Score (195.7K ratings)★ 4.16 Goodreads (189.8K) ★ 4.47 Audible (5.9K) - 9
Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica's Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night
by Julian Sancton
Narrated by Vikas Adam
★ 4.33 ABR Score (20.0K ratings)★ 4.27 Goodreads (19.0K) ★ 4.58 Audible (979)More about this pick
The Belgian expedition becomes trapped in Antarctic ice for thirteen months of polar night, driving the crew toward madness and cannibalism. Vikas Adam's narration amplifies the claustrophobic horror of this true survival story.
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Our Crime Was Being Jewish
by Anthony S. Pitch, Michael Berenbaum
Narrated by Malk Williams, Fenella Fudge
★ 4.31 ABR Score (1.5K ratings)★ 4.5 Goodreads (881) ★ 4.73 Audible (618)More about this pick
576 Holocaust survivor memories told in their own words, preserving insider stories of teenagers who watched families disappear. Malk Williams and Fenella Fudge handle these testimonies with the reverence and clarity such accounts demand.
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