Audiobooks Like The Six Wives of Henry VIII

10 audiobooks for fans of The Six Wives of Henry VIII

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   Napoleon's Wars: An International History, 1803-1815

   by Charles J. Esdaile

   Narrated by Simon Prebble

   ★ 3.61 ABR Score (800 ratings)

   ★ 3.71 Goodreads (669) ★ 3.92 Audible (131)

   24h 47m listening time • Released 2009

   Simon Prebble's measured, authoritative delivery transforms Esdaile's sweeping reexamination of Napoleon into something unexpectedly gripping—he makes the geopolitical chess match feel as urgent as any battlefield.

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   Simon Prebble's measured, authoritative delivery transforms Esdaile's sweeping reexamination of Napoleon into something unexpectedly gripping—he makes the geopolitical chess match feel as urgent as any battlefield.

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2. 2

   

   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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3. 3

   

   Open

   by Andre Agassi, J.R. Moehringer

   Narrated by Erik Davies

   ★ 4.58 ABR Score (157.5K ratings)

   ★ 4.32 Goodreads (149.2K) ★ 4.74 Audible (8.3K)

   18h 4m listening time • Released 2009

   Tennis champion Andre Agassi reveals he hated the sport that made him famous, detailing his struggles with perfectionism, addiction, and family pressure. Erik Davies captures the raw honesty of this brutally candid sports memoir.

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   Tennis champion Andre Agassi reveals he hated the sport that made him famous, detailing his struggles with perfectionism, addiction, and family pressure. Erik Davies captures the raw honesty of this brutally candid sports memoir.

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4. 4

   

   Master of the Senate

   The Years of Lyndon Johnson • Book 3

   by Robert A. Caro

   Narrated by Grover Gardner

   ★ 4.55 ABR Score (25.9K ratings)

   ★ 4.43 Goodreads (24.3K) ★ 4.81 Audible (1.6K)

   18h 29m listening time • Released 2005

   Grover Gardner's steady, commanding voice transforms Caro's dense political narrative into riveting storytelling—18 hours that feel essential once you grasp how Johnson actually bended the Senate to his will.

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   Grover Gardner's steady, commanding voice transforms Caro's dense political narrative into riveting storytelling—18 hours that feel essential once you grasp how Johnson actually bended the Senate to his will.

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5. 5

   

   [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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   Becoming

   by Michelle Obama

   Narrated by Michelle Obama

   ★ 4.95 ABR Score (1.4M ratings)

   ★ 4.43 Goodreads (1.2M) ★ 4.89 Audible (183.2K)

   19h 3m listening time • Released 2018

   Michelle Obama reading her own memoir creates an intimate conversation about her path from Chicago's South Side to the White House and beyond.

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   Michelle Obama reading her own memoir creates an intimate conversation about her path from Chicago's South Side to the White House and beyond.

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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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