Audiobooks Like A Brief History of Time

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If you loved A Brief History of Time by Stephen W. Hawking, 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 Michael Jackson's narration will find familiar voices here too.

10 audiobooks for fans of A Brief History of Time

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    Endurance cover

    Endurance

    by Alfred Lansing

    Narrated by Tim Pigott-Smith

    4.81 BLT Score (172.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.46 Goodreads (170.2K) ★ 4.76 Audible (2.7K)
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    The Making of Outlander: The Series: The Official Guide to Seasons One & Two cover

    The Making of Outlander: The Series: The Official Guide to Seasons One & Two

    by Tara Bennett

    Narrated by Tiffany Morgan

    4.28 BLT Score (4.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.6 Goodreads (4.3K) ★ 4.62 Audible (137)
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    Words of Life: Jesus and the Promise of the Ten Commandments Today cover

    Words of Life: Jesus and the Promise of the Ten Commandments Today

    by Adam Hamilton

    Narrated by Adam Verner

    3.83 BLT Score (300 ratings)
    ★ 4.43 Goodreads (271) ★ 4.66 Audible (29)
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    Faith in the Shadows: Finding Christ in the Midst of Doubt cover

    Faith in the Shadows: Finding Christ in the Midst of Doubt

    by Austin Fischer

    Narrated by Adam Verner

    3.77 BLT Score (222 ratings)
    ★ 4.32 Goodreads (198) ★ 4.63 Audible (24)
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    Songs of the Son: Reading the Psalms with the Author of Hebrews cover

    Songs of the Son: Reading the Psalms with the Author of Hebrews

    by Daniel Stevens, Thomas R. Schreiner

    Narrated by Adam Verner

    3.72 BLT Score (62 ratings)
    ★ 4.35 Goodreads (62)
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    The Lost Art of Dying cover

    The Lost Art of Dying

    by L.S. Dugdale, Unknown Author

    Narrated by Abby Craden

    3.62 BLT Score (60 ratings)
    ★ 4.5 Goodreads (4) ★ 4.45 Audible (56)
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    The Way of Dante: Going Through Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven with C. S. Lewis, Dorothy L. Sayers, and Charles Williams (Hansen Lectureship Series) cover

    The Way of Dante: Going Through Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven with C. S. Lewis, Dorothy L. Sayers, and Charles Williams (Hansen Lectureship Series)

    by Richard Hughes Gibson, Nicole Mazzarella

    Narrated by Adam Verner

    3.49 BLT Score (21 ratings)
    ★ 4.3 Goodreads (20) ★ 4 Audible (1)
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    Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup cover

    Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup

    by John Carreyrou

    Narrated by Will Damron

    5.00 BLT Score (323.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.4 Goodreads (283.7K) ★ 4.8 Audible (39.3K)
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    Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants cover

    Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

    by Robin Wall Kimmerer

    Narrated by Robin Wall Kimmerer

    4.96 BLT Score (189.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.5 Goodreads (177.7K) ★ 4.78 Audible (12.1K)
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    Maybe You Should Talk to Someone cover

    Maybe You Should Talk to Someone

    by Lori Gottlieb

    Narrated by Brittany Pressley

    4.91 BLT Score (456.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.37 Goodreads (411.2K) ★ 4.72 Audible (45.1K)

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