Audiobooks Like 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think

If you loved 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think by Brianna Wiest, these audiobooks share similar qualities — same genre, sometimes the same narrator, comparable length, and the kind of ratings that signal a great listen. Fans of Abby Craden's narration will find familiar voices here too.

10 audiobooks for fans of 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think

  1. 1
    Bringing Up Bébé: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting cover

    Bringing Up Bébé: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting

    by Pamela Druckerman, Abby Craden

    Narrated by Abby Craden

    ★ 4.27 ABR Score (86.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.02 Goodreads (79.8K) ★ 4.59 Audible (6.6K)
    9h 8m listening time • Released 2012
    Listen Free on Audible
  2. 2
    Adrenal Transformation Protocol: A 4-Week Plan to Release Stress Symptoms and Go from Surviving to Thriving cover

    Adrenal Transformation Protocol: A 4-Week Plan to Release Stress Symptoms and Go from Surviving to Thriving

    by Dr Izabella Wentz

    Narrated by Abby Craden

    ★ 3.86 ABR Score (317 ratings)
    ★ 4.05 Goodreads (317)
    10h 33m listening time • Released 2023
    Listen Free on Audible
  3. 3
    Adrenal Transformation Protocol: A 4-Week Plan to Release Stress Symptoms and Go from Surviving to Thriving cover

    Adrenal Transformation Protocol: A 4-Week Plan to Release Stress Symptoms and Go from Surviving to Thriving

    by Izabella Wentz PharmD

    Narrated by Abby Craden

    ★ 3.75 ABR Score (327 ratings)
    ★ 4.05 Goodreads (317) ★ 3.7 Audible (10)
    10h 33m listening time • Released 2023
    Listen Free on Audible
  4. 4
    Come to Win: Business Leaders, Artists, Doctors, and Other Visionaries on How Sports Can Help You Top Your Profession cover

    Come to Win: Business Leaders, Artists, Doctors, and Other Visionaries on How Sports Can Help You Top Your Profession

    by Venus Williams, Kelly E. Carter, Abby Craden, Mirron Willis, Paula Jai Parker

    Narrated by Abby Craden, Paula Jai Parker-Martin, Mirron Willis

    ★ 3.62 ABR Score (80 ratings)
    ★ 3.55 Goodreads (71) ★ 3 Audible (9)
    11h 12m listening time • Released 2010
    Listen Free on Audible
  5. 5
    The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness cover

    The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness

    by Jonathan Haidt

    Narrated by Sean Pratt, Jonathan Haidt

    ★ 4.71 ABR Score (197.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.31 Goodreads (190.4K) ★ 4.79 Audible (6.8K)
    10h 32m listening time • Released 2024

    Haidt builds an airtight case for why teen mental health collapsed in the 2010s—then offers actual solutions instead of hand-wringing. Sean Pratt's steady narration keeps you grounded through genuinely unsettling data.

    Listen Free on Audible
  6. 6
    How to Talk So Little Kids Will Listen: A Survival Guide to Life with Children Ages 2-7 cover

    How to Talk So Little Kids Will Listen: A Survival Guide to Life with Children Ages 2-7

    by Joanna Faber, Julie King

    Narrated by Heather Alicia Simms, Michele Pawk, Candace Thaxton, January LaVoy, Rebekkah Ross, Gibson Frazier, Molly Pope

    ★ 4.60 ABR Score (29.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.38 Goodreads (25.5K) ★ 4.73 Audible (3.6K)
    10h 8m listening time • Released 2017

    The ensemble cast transforms practical parenting advice into something genuinely listenable—each narrator voices real-world scenarios so you absorb the techniques through dialogue rather than lecture.

    Listen Free on Audible
  7. 7
    IBS: Finding and Treating the Root Cause of Irritable Bowel Syndrome cover

    IBS: Finding and Treating the Root Cause of Irritable Bowel Syndrome

    by Izabella Wentz PharmD

    Narrated by Abby Craden

    ★ 3.45 ABR Score (1 ratings)
    ★ 5 Goodreads (1)
    13h 26m listening time • Released 2026
    Listen Free on Audible
  8. 8
    Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution cover

    Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution

    by Brené Brown

    Narrated by Brené Brown

    ★ 4.70 ABR Score (108.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.25 Goodreads (89.3K) ★ 4.79 Audible (18.9K)
    8h 51m listening time • Released 2015
    Listen Free on Audible
  9. 9
    A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose cover

    A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose

    by Eckhart Tolle

    Narrated by Eckhart Tolle

    ★ 4.67 ABR Score (242.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.17 Goodreads (221.2K) ★ 4.78 Audible (20.8K)
    9h 12m listening time • Released 2005
    Listen Free on Audible
  10. 10
    The Comfort Crisis: Embrace Discomfort To Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self cover

    The Comfort Crisis: Embrace Discomfort To Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self

    by Michael Easter

    Narrated by Michael Easter

    ★ 4.62 ABR Score (46.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.24 Goodreads (38.4K) ★ 4.78 Audible (8.0K)
    8h 52m listening time • Released 2021
    Listen Free on Audible

Browse Related Lists

101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think Best Self-Help Audiobooks Most Popular Self-Help

How We Rank Audiobooks

Rankings are driven by listener ratings and review counts from Audible and Goodreads. Books with high ratings across a large number of listeners rank higher — a 4.5 with 50,000 ratings says more than a 4.8 with 200.

Unlike most book lists, we weight audiobook-specific factors: narrator performance, production quality, and how well a story translates to audio. A great book with a poor narration isn't a great audiobook.

We don't accept paid placements or prioritize new releases. These rankings reflect what listeners actually enjoy, not what's being promoted.

Rankings update periodically as new ratings come in and new titles are added to the collection.

Read our full ranking methodology →