Where to Start with Joe Barrett
- New to Joe Barrett? Start here → One Second After
- What fans keep coming back to → The bonfire of the vanities / Tom Wolfe
- Short listen, big payoff → The Making of Donald Trump
- Highest rated by listeners → The Murder of King Tut
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Bloody Ridge and Beyond
by Marlin Groft, Larry Alexander
Narrated by Joe Barrett
★ 4.38 ABR Score (1.6K ratings)★ 4.43 Goodreads (272) ★ 4.83 Audible (1.3K)More about this pick
A veteran of Edson's battalion recounts the brutal fight for Guadalcanal's Henderson Field. Joe Barrett's weathered voice suits this gritty Pacific War memoir perfectly.
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One Second After
After • Book 1
by William R. Forstchen, Newt Gingrich
Narrated by Joe Barrett
★ 4.25 ABR Score (107.3K ratings)★ 3.98 Goodreads (77.0K) ★ 4.5 Audible (30.3K)More about this pick
An EMP attack sends America back to the Dark Ages, and Joe Barrett's narration captures one father's desperate fight to save his family and town.
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The bonfire of the vanities / Tom Wolfe
by Tom Wolfe
Narrated by Joe Barrett
★ 4.16 ABR Score (92.9K ratings)★ 3.93 Goodreads (87.8K) ★ 4.39 Audible (5.1K)More about this pick
Joe Barrett navigates Wolfe's sprawling social satire of 1980s New York, where investment banker Sherman McCoy's Bronx accident triggers a media feeding frenzy.
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The Making of Donald Trump
by David Cay Johnston
Narrated by Joe Barrett
★ 3.92 ABR Score (4.8K ratings)★ 3.9 Goodreads (3.4K) ★ 4.4 Audible (1.4K)More about this pick
Pulitzer winner Johnston traces Trump's rise through 30 years of investigative reporting, including early Russia connections. Joe Barrett's measured delivery lets the documented facts speak for themselves.
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366 Days in Abraham Lincoln's Presidency: The Private, Political, and Military Decisions of America's Greatest President
by Stephen A. Wynalda, Harry Turtledove
Narrated by Joe Barrett
★ 3.79 ABR Score (171 ratings)★ 3.91 Goodreads (127) ★ 4.55 Audible (44)More about this pick
Day-by-day breakdown of Lincoln's presidency reveals both monumental decisions like the Homestead Act and intimate family moments like son Willie's death. Joe Barrett's narration should provide gravitas to this unique chronological approach.
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Miami Noir (Akashic Noir)
Akashic noir Series
by Les Standiford, Kevin Allen, Preston L. Allen, Lynne Barrett, David Beaty, John Bond, Tom Corcoran, John Dufresne, Anthony Dale Gagliano, Carolina Garcia-Aguilera, James W. Hall, Vicki Hendricks, Christine Kling, Paul Levine, Barbara Parker, George Tucker, Jeffrey Wehr
Narrated by Scott Brick, William Dufris, Joe Barrett, Jonathan Davis, Ray Porter, R.C. Bray, Elizabeth Evans
★ 3.62 ABR Score (194 ratings)★ 3.7 Goodreads (179) ★ 4.07 Audible (15)More about this pick
Seventeen authors explore Miami's criminal underbelly through tales of corruption, violence, and moral decay. Multiple narrators match the diverse voices exploring the city's dark heart.
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The Murder of King Tut
by James Patterson, Martin Dugard
Narrated by Joe Barrett
★ 3.21 ABR Score (11.3K ratings)★ 3.4 Goodreads (11.1K) ★ 3.67 Audible (239)More about this pick
Patterson and Dugard investigate the Boy King's mysterious death after nine controversial years on Egypt's throne, exploring palace rivalries and the subsequent erasure of his name from history.
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