10 audiobooks for fans of Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
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Killing the Rising Sun: How America Vanquished World War II Japan
Bill O'Reilly's Killing Series
by Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard
Narrated by Robert Petkoff, Bill O'Reilly
★ 4.81 BLT Score (32.2K ratings)★ 4.35 Goodreads (21.9K) ★ 4.78 Audible (10.3K) -
Outliers: The Story of Success
Narrated by Malcolm Gladwell
★ 4.80 BLT Score (923.0K ratings)★ 4.19 Goodreads (873.6K) ★ 4.68 Audible (49.4K) -
Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art
by James Nestor
Narrated by James Nestor
★ 4.68 BLT Score (127.9K ratings)★ 4.14 Goodreads (118.1K) ★ 4.72 Audible (9.8K) -
Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever
Bill O'Reilly's Killing Series
by Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard
Narrated by Bill O'Reilly
★ 4.50 BLT Score (120.2K ratings)★ 4.06 Goodreads (109.0K) ★ 4.6 Audible (11.2K) -
David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
Narrated by Malcolm Gladwell
★ 4.45 BLT Score (217.2K ratings)★ 3.97 Goodreads (192.6K) ★ 4.55 Audible (24.6K) -
Blink
by Malcolm Gladwell, Barry Fox, Irina Henegar
Narrated by Malcolm Gladwell
★ 4.41 BLT Score (651.5K ratings)★ 3.96 Goodreads (624.9K) ★ 4.49 Audible (26.7K) -
Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
by Dan Ariely
Narrated by Simon Jones
★ 4.39 BLT Score (144.5K ratings)★ 4.12 Goodreads (131.8K) ★ 4.48 Audible (12.7K) -
Beyond Good and Evil
by Friedrich Nietzsche
Narrated by Alex Jennings, Roy McMillan
★ 4.05 BLT Score (117.7K ratings)★ 4.03 Goodreads (116.0K) ★ 4.31 Audible (1.7K) -
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) -
Solid Starts for Babies
by Solid Starts
Narrated by Barrie Kreinik
★ 3.80 BLT Score (534 ratings)★ 4.45 Goodreads (529) ★ 5 Audible (5)
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