Audiobooks Like Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History

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If you loved Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History by Erik Larson, 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 Richard Davidson's narration will find familiar voices here too.

10 audiobooks for fans of Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History

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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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    The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine cover

    The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine

    by Michael Lewis

    Narrated by Michael Lewis

    4.49 BLT Score (172.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.3 Goodreads (172.2K) ★ 4.88 Audible (188)
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    Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art cover

    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 Kennedy: The End of Camelot cover

    Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot

    Bill O'Reilly's Killing Series

    by Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard

    Narrated by Bill O'Reilly

    4.57 BLT Score (71.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.11 Goodreads (62.5K) ★ 4.66 Audible (9.0K)
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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 cover

    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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    Chase Darkness with Me cover

    Chase Darkness with Me

    by Karen Kilgariff

    Narrated by Karen Kilgariff, Billy Jensen

    4.41 BLT Score (28.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.07 Goodreads (17.1K) ★ 4.57 Audible (10.8K)
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    Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions cover

    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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    The Data Detective: Ten Easy Rules to Make Sense of Statistics cover

    The Data Detective: Ten Easy Rules to Make Sense of Statistics

    by Tim Harford

    Narrated by Tim Harford

    4.36 BLT Score (9.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.12 Goodreads (8.3K) ★ 4.69 Audible (765)

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