Audiobooks Like Lab Girl

10 audiobooks for fans of Lab Girl

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   Shoe Dog

   by Phil Knight

   Narrated by Norbert Leo Butz

   ★ 4.83 ABR 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

   ★ 4.79 ABR Score (138.9K ratings)

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

   12h 26m listening time • Released 2017

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   Nobody's Girl

   by Virginia Roberts Giuffre

   Narrated by Thérèse Plummer, Gabra Zackman

   ★ 4.73 ABR 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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   Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

   by Alfred Lansing

   Narrated by Simon Prebble

   ★ 4.70 ABR Score (196.7K ratings)

   ★ 4.46 Goodreads (169.7K) ★ 4.77 Audible (27.1K)

   10h 21m listening time • Released 2008

   Simon Prebble's measured, unflinching narration transforms this into survival storytelling that feels like you're huddled in the ice with them. The tension never breaks for 10+ hours.

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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

   ★ 4.64 ABR 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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   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

   ★ 4.61 ABR 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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   Outlaw Platoon: Heroes, Renegades, Infidels, and the Brotherhood of War in Afghanistan

   by Sean Parnell, John R. Bruning

   Narrated by Ray Porter

   ★ 4.60 ABR Score (20.7K ratings)

   ★ 4.4 Goodreads (13.3K) ★ 4.84 Audible (7.4K)

   10h 18m listening time • Released 2012

   Ray Porter's gravelly delivery cuts through the chaos of combat and the raw intimacy of brotherhood—he makes you feel the weight of command decisions that haunt you long after the final mission ends.

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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

   ★ 4.60 ABR 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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   I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

   Maya Angelou's Autobiography • Book 1

   by Maya Angelou

   Narrated by Maya Angelou

   ★ 4.59 ABR Score (596.3K ratings)

   ★ 4.3 Goodreads (586.4K) ★ 4.74 Audible (9.9K)

   10h 11m listening time • Released 2011

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    HOUSE TO HOUSE - An Epic Memoir of Urban War

    by STAFF SERGEANT DAVID with BRUNING JOHN R BELLAVIA

    Narrated by Ray Porter

    ★ 4.50 ABR Score (12.7K ratings)

    ★ 4.33 Goodreads (7.7K) ★ 4.8 Audible (5.0K)

    9h 20m listening time • Released 2007

    Ray Porter's narration transforms this brutal house-to-house account into something visceral and unforgettable—you're not just reading about Fallujah, you're inside it with Bellavia's Third Platoon.

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