Audiobooks Like Good Morning, Monster: A Therapist Shares Five Heroic Stories of Emotional Recovery

10 audiobooks for fans of Good Morning, Monster: A Therapist Shares Five Heroic Stories of Emotional Recovery

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   Shoe Dog

   by Phil Knight

   Narrated by Norbert Leo Butz

   ★ 4.86 BLT Score (428.2K ratings)

   ★ 4.46 Goodreads (374.7K) ★ 4.86 Audible (53.5K)

   13h 21m listening time • Released 2016

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   The Choice: Embrace the Possible

   by Edith Eger, Edith Eva Eger

   Narrated by Tovah Feldshuh

   ★ 4.82 BLT Score (138.9K ratings)

   ★ 4.57 Goodreads (132.9K) ★ 4.91 Audible (6.0K)

   12h 26m listening time • Released 2017

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   Rare WITH THE OLD BREED by E.B. Sledge -1st/1st HCDJ 1981 - Peleliu & Okinawa marines unknown

   by Unknown .

   Narrated by Marc Vietor, Joe Mazzello, Tom Hanks (introduction)

   ★ 4.79 BLT Score (60.1K ratings)

   ★ 4.5 Goodreads (48.6K) ★ 4.9 Audible (11.5K)

   13h 58m listening time • Released 2013

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   Never Finished: Unshackle Your Mind and Win the War Within

   by David Goggins

   Narrated by David Goggins, Adam Skolnick, Jacqueline Gardner

   ★ 4.78 BLT Score (80.2K ratings)

   ★ 4.39 Goodreads (48.0K) ★ 4.9 Audible (32.2K)

   11h 6m listening time • Released 2022

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   Nobody's Girl

   by Virginia Roberts Giuffre

   Narrated by Thérèse Plummer, Gabra Zackman

   ★ 4.75 BLT Score (78.2K ratings)

   ★ 4.55 Goodreads (70.8K) ★ 4.85 Audible (7.4K)

   13h 39m listening time • Released 2025

   The dual narration cuts between Giuffre's voice and Plummer's, creating an intimate testament that demands to be heard rather than read—a survivor's reckoning told with devastating clarity.

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   The dual narration cuts between Giuffre's voice and Plummer's, creating an intimate testament that demands to be heard rather than read—a survivor's reckoning told with devastating clarity.

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   A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II

   by Adam Makos, Larry Alexander

   Narrated by Robertson Dean

   ★ 4.66 BLT Score (37.9K ratings)

   ★ 4.38 Goodreads (28.1K) ★ 4.85 Audible (9.8K)

   13h 22m listening time • Released 2013

   Robertson Dean's narration transforms this true WWII encounter into pure cinematic tension—two enemy pilots' humanity cuts through the chaos in ways that feel both intimate and epic.

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   Robertson Dean's narration transforms this true WWII encounter into pure cinematic tension—two enemy pilots' humanity cuts through the chaos in ways that feel both intimate and epic.

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   The Elephant Whisperer: Learning About Life, Loyalty and Freedom from a Remarkable Herd of Elephants

   Elephant Whisperer • Book 1

   by Lawrence Anthony, Graham Spence

   Narrated by Simon Vance

   ★ 4.63 BLT Score (41.2K ratings)

   ★ 4.5 Goodreads (33.3K) ★ 4.76 Audible (7.9K)

   10h 55m listening time • Released 2012

   Simon Vance's narration transforms this true story into an intimate portrait of grief and redemption, letting you hear the quiet breakthroughs between a man and a traumatized herd he refuses to abandon.

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   Simon Vance's narration transforms this true story into an intimate portrait of grief and redemption, letting you hear the quiet breakthroughs between a man and a traumatized herd he refuses to abandon.

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   Rocket Men: The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man's First Journey to the Moon

   by Robert Kurson

   Narrated by Ray Porter, Robert Kurson

   ★ 4.63 BLT Score (14.7K ratings)

   ★ 4.53 Goodreads (12.0K) ★ 4.84 Audible (2.7K)

   12h 20m listening time • Released 2018

   Ray Porter's narration transforms this into a nail-biting thriller about three men gambling their lives on an insane four-month sprint to the Moon, capturing both the engineering desperation and the human courage that makes Apollo 8 feel impossibly dramatic.

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   Ray Porter's narration transforms this into a nail-biting thriller about three men gambling their lives on an insane four-month sprint to the Moon, capturing both the engineering desperation and the human courage that makes Apollo 8 feel impossibly dramatic.

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   Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10

   by Marcus Luttrell, Patrick Robinson

   Narrated by Kevin T. Collins

   ★ 4.63 BLT Score (118.1K ratings)

   ★ 4.34 Goodreads (101.7K) ★ 4.76 Audible (16.4K)

   14h 17m listening time • Released 2012

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    Between Two Kingdoms

    by Suleika Jaouad

    Narrated by Suleika Jaouad

    ★ 4.62 BLT Score (135.0K ratings)

    ★ 4.42 Goodreads (130.6K) ★ 4.78 Audible (4.5K)

    13h 2m listening time • Released 2021

    Suleika narrating her own leukemia diagnosis and recovery creates an intimacy no other voice could match. Devastating, raw, and utterly human.

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    Suleika narrating her own leukemia diagnosis and recovery creates an intimacy no other voice could match. Devastating, raw, and utterly human.

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