Audiobooks Like Leonardo da Vinci

Alfred Molina's voice brings a cultivated warmth to Walter Isaacson's intellectual biography — his delivery sounds genuinely curious rather than merely authoritative, which suits a subject defined by curiosity over every other quality. At 17 hours the listen is comfortably long but never padded, and the Renaissance detail unfolds with the same layered richness as Isaacson's other major biographies. More than half the recommendations come from the same author, which means if this one worked for you, the list is essentially a complete Isaacson audio collection.

10 audiobooks for fans of Leonardo da Vinci

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    The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution cover

    The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution

    by Walter Isaacson

    Narrated by Dennis Boutsikaris

    ★ 4.28 ABR Score (48.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.12 Goodreads (40.0K) ★ 4.57 Audible (8.2K)
    17h 28m listening time • Released 2014
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    Elon Musk

    by Walter Isaacson

    Narrated by Jeremy Bobb

    ★ 4.59 ABR Score (86.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.32 Goodreads (77.3K) ★ 4.79 Audible (9.3K)
    20h 39m listening time • Released 2023
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    Einstein: His Life and Universe

    by Walter Isaacson

    Narrated by Edward Herrmann

    ★ 4.37 ABR Score (219.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.17 Goodreads (204.1K) ★ 4.57 Audible (15.7K)
    21h 30m listening time • Released 2007
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    Benjamin Franklin: An American Life

    by Walter Isaacson

    Narrated by Nelson Runger

    ★ 4.27 ABR Score (160.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.05 Goodreads (151.3K) ★ 4.55 Audible (9.2K)
    24h 40m listening time • Released 2011
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    Steve Jobs

    by Walter Isaacson

    Narrated by Dylan Baker

    ★ 4.57 ABR Score (1.4M ratings)
    ★ 4.16 Goodreads (1.4M) ★ 4.7 Audible (35.3K)
    25h 18m listening time • Released 2011
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    Becoming

    by Michelle Obama

    Narrated by Michelle Obama

    ★ 4.93 ABR Score (1.4M ratings)
    ★ 4.43 Goodreads (1.2M) ★ 4.89 Audible (183.2K)
    19h 3m listening time • Released 2018

    Michelle Obama reading her own story is the rare case where the narrator's voice becomes inseparable from the intimacy of the memoir—you're getting her reflections in her own cadence, which hits different over 19 hours.

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    Know My Name

    by Chanel Miller

    Narrated by Chanel Miller

    ★ 4.81 ABR Score (271.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.68 Goodreads (262.6K) ★ 4.82 Audible (9.3K)
    15h 24m listening time • Released 2019
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    The Autobiography of Malcolm X

    by Malcolm X, Alex Haley

    Narrated by Laurence Fishburne

    ★ 4.76 ABR Score (307.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.37 Goodreads (293.7K) ★ 4.9 Audible (13.5K)
    16h 52m listening time • Released 2020
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    Unbroken

    by Laura Hillenbrand

    Narrated by Edward Herrmann

    ★ 4.75 ABR Score (1.1M ratings)
    ★ 4.39 Goodreads (1.0M) ★ 4.78 Audible (51.5K)
    13h 56m listening time • Released 2010
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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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