Audiobooks Like Truman

10 audiobooks for fans of Truman

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   John Adams

   by David McCullough

   Narrated by Nelson Runger

   ★ 4.46 ABR Score (388.8K ratings)

   ★ 4.09 Goodreads (379.4K) ★ 4.69 Audible (9.4K)

   29h 54m listening time • Released 2005

   McCullough traces the contentious, brilliant Founding Father from his early law career through his presidency, revealing the man behind the historical monument. This sweeping biography shows how Adams' stubbornness both hindered and saved the early republic.

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   McCullough traces the contentious, brilliant Founding Father from his early law career through his presidency, revealing the man behind the historical monument. This sweeping biography shows how Adams' stubbornness both hindered and saved the early republic.

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   Mornings on Horseback

   by David McCullough

   Narrated by Nelson Runger

   ★ 4.03 ABR Score (37.3K ratings)

   ★ 4.1 Goodreads (35.7K) ★ 4.34 Audible (1.6K)

   19h 22m listening time • Released 2011

   McCullough traces young Theodore Roosevelt's transformation from a sickly, asthmatic child into the force of nature who would reshape American politics through sheer determination and family influence.

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   McCullough traces young Theodore Roosevelt's transformation from a sickly, asthmatic child into the force of nature who would reshape American politics through sheer determination and family influence.

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   The Wright Brothers

   by David McCullough

   Narrated by David McCullough

   ★ 4.47 ABR Score (113.7K ratings)

   ★ 4.18 Goodreads (99.5K) ★ 4.68 Audible (14.2K)

   10h 2m listening time • Released 2015

   McCullough chronicles how two bicycle mechanics from Dayton conquered flight through obsessive experimentation and crashes. Having the author himself narrate adds intimate authority to every detail.

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   McCullough chronicles how two bicycle mechanics from Dayton conquered flight through obsessive experimentation and crashes. Having the author himself narrate adds intimate authority to every detail.

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   Brave Companions: Portraits in History

   by David McCullough

   Narrated by David McCullough

   ★ 4.08 ABR Score (9.7K ratings)

   ★ 4.05 Goodreads (8.0K) ★ 4.48 Audible (1.7K)

   11h 19m listening time • Released 2015

   McCullough profiles remarkable figures from Alexander von Humboldt to the Lindberghs who shaped our world through vision and courage. The author's own narration adds personal investment to each portrait.

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   McCullough profiles remarkable figures from Alexander von Humboldt to the Lindberghs who shaped our world through vision and courage. The author's own narration adds personal investment to each portrait.

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   Grant

   by Ron Chernow

   Narrated by Mark Bramhall

   ★ 4.77 ABR Score (58.4K ratings)

   ★ 4.5 Goodreads (44.7K) ★ 4.87 Audible (13.8K)

   48h 2m listening time • Released 2017

   Chernow dismantles myths surrounding the Civil War general and president, revealing a complex figure who overcame failure to reshape American history.

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   Chernow dismantles myths surrounding the Civil War general and president, revealing a complex figure who overcame failure to reshape American history.

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   Churchill: Walking with Destiny

   by Andrew Roberts

   Narrated by Stephen Thorne

   ★ 4.62 ABR Score (16.3K ratings)

   ★ 4.39 Goodreads (11.5K) ★ 4.87 Audible (4.8K)

   50h 28m listening time • Released 2018

   Roberts draws on private letters and cabinet meetings for this comprehensive Churchill portrait. At 50+ hours, Stephen Thorne's narration makes the massive biography surprisingly engaging.

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   Roberts draws on private letters and cabinet meetings for this comprehensive Churchill portrait. At 50+ hours, Stephen Thorne's narration makes the massive biography surprisingly engaging.

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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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   The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany

   by William L. Shirer

   Narrated by Grover Gardner

   ★ 4.63 ABR Score (168.1K ratings)

   ★ 4.23 Goodreads (149.4K) ★ 4.8 Audible (18.7K)

   57h 11m listening time • Released 2010

   Grover Gardner's measured, authoritative narration transforms Shirer's monumental scholarship into something gripping—57 hours that feel essential, not exhausting, when you're learning how a civilization collapses into barbarism.

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   Grover Gardner's measured, authoritative narration transforms Shirer's monumental scholarship into something gripping—57 hours that feel essential, not exhausting, when you're learning how a civilization collapses into barbarism.

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   My Name Is Barbra

   by Barbra Streisand

   Narrated by Barbra Streisand

   ★ 4.38 ABR Score (25.9K ratings)

   ★ 4.17 Goodreads (21.6K) ★ 4.69 Audible (4.2K)

   48h 7m listening time • Released 2023

   Streisand herself guides you through six decades of show business, from Brooklyn teenager to EGOT winner. Her own voice telling these stories—complete with inflections and emphasis only she could provide—makes this memoir incredibly intimate.

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   Streisand herself guides you through six decades of show business, from Brooklyn teenager to EGOT winner. Her own voice telling these stories—complete with inflections and emphasis only she could provide—makes this memoir incredibly intimate.

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    Efeito Bola de Neve - A biografia de Warren Buffett

    by Alice Schroeder

    Narrated by Erika Riba

    ★ 4.31 ABR Score (54.6K ratings)

    ★ 4.16 Goodreads (54.6K)

    50h 43m listening time • Released 2023

    The Portuguese edition captures Buffett's journey from Omaha paperboy to investment legend, exploring his philosophy of compound wealth alongside personal struggles and triumphs that shaped modern capitalism.

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    The Portuguese edition captures Buffett's journey from Omaha paperboy to investment legend, exploring his philosophy of compound wealth alongside personal struggles and triumphs that shaped modern capitalism.

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