Audiobooks Like Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything

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If you loved Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt, 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 Stephen J. Dubner's narration will find familiar voices here too.

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 cover

    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)
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    Outliers: The Story of Success

    by Malcolm Gladwell

    Narrated by Malcolm Gladwell

    4.80 BLT Score (923.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.19 Goodreads (873.6K) ★ 4.68 Audible (49.4K)
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    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)
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    Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever cover

    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)
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    David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants cover

    David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants

    by Malcolm Gladwell

    Narrated by Malcolm Gladwell

    4.45 BLT Score (217.2K ratings)
    ★ 3.97 Goodreads (192.6K) ★ 4.55 Audible (24.6K)
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    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)
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    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)
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    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)
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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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    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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