10 audiobooks for fans of Rise and Fall of the Third Reich and "This is Berlin" Radio Broadcasts from Nazi Germany (Easton Press 3 Volumes)
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Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942
The Pacific War Trilogy • Book 1
by Ian W. Toll
Narrated by Grover Gardner
★ 4.74 ABR Score (14.5K ratings)★ 4.61 Goodreads (10.4K) ★ 4.82 Audible (4.2K)22h 6m listening time • Released 2011Grover Gardner's measured, authoritative narration transforms Toll's meticulous battle accounts into a gripping you-are-there experience—22 hours that feel essential, not exhausting.
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The Glorious Cause (The American Revolutionary War)
American Revolutionary War • Book 2
by Jeff Shaara
Narrated by Grover Gardner
★ 4.40 ABR Score (9.0K ratings)★ 4.33 Goodreads (7.9K) ★ 4.69 Audible (1.1K)25h 54m listening time • Released 2003Grover Gardner's commanding narration transforms Shaara's sprawling Revolutionary War epic into something genuinely gripping—he makes you feel the weight of each general's impossible choices.
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Empire
Narratives of Empire • Book 4
by Gore Vidal
Narrated by Grover Gardner
★ 3.95 ABR Score (2.6K ratings)★ 3.86 Goodreads (2.5K) ★ 4.69 Audible (113)23h 28m listening time • Released 2019Grover Gardner's steady, authoritative narration anchors Vidal's sprawling Gilded Age saga, making 23 hours of political intrigue and dynastic ambition feel essential rather than exhausting.
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Hollywood
Narratives of Empire • Book 5
by Gore Vidal
Narrated by Grover Gardner
★ 3.70 ABR Score (1.6K ratings)★ 3.64 Goodreads (1.5K) ★ 4.25 Audible (92)21h 31m listening time • Released 2019 -
The Civil War: A Narrative, Vol. 3: Red River to Appomattox
The Civil War • Book 3
by Shelby Foote
Narrated by Grover Gardner
★ 4.70 ABR Score (9.2K ratings)★ 4.55 Goodreads (7.5K) ★ 4.88 Audible (1.7K)58h 23m listening time • Released 2017Grover Gardner's measured, authoritative narration transforms Foote's sprawling final volume into something genuinely immersive—58 hours that feel essential rather than exhausting as the Civil War's tragic conclusion unfolds.
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The Reformatory
by Tananarive Due
Narrated by Joniece Abbott-Pratt
★ 4.68 ABR Score (81.3K ratings)★ 4.43 Goodreads (78.1K) ★ 4.79 Audible (3.2K)20h 51m listening time • Released 2023 -
The Civil War: A Narrative, Vol. 2: Fredericksburg to Meridian
The Civil War • Book 2
by Shelby Foote
Narrated by Grover Gardner
★ 4.68 ABR Score (9.5K ratings)★ 4.53 Goodreads (7.7K) ★ 4.86 Audible (1.8K)52h 45m listening time • Released 2016Grover Gardner's measured, gravitas-laden performance transforms Foote's sprawling narrative into something you can't stop listening to—52 hours that feel necessary, not exhausting.
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The Huntress
by Kate Quinn
Narrated by Saskia Maarleveld
★ 4.60 ABR Score (231.6K ratings)★ 4.3 Goodreads (217.5K) ★ 4.66 Audible (14.1K)19h 4m listening time • Released 2019 -
Once An Eagle
by Anton Myrer
Narrated by Grover Gardner
★ 4.55 ABR Score (10.7K ratings)★ 4.4 Goodreads (8.1K) ★ 4.75 Audible (2.6K)41h 20m listening time • Released 2011Grover Gardner's measured, commanding narration transforms this sprawling military epic into an intimate character study—his voice carries you through decades of ambition, betrayal, and sacrifice with the weight they deserve.
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1970 Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
by Dee Brown
Narrated by Grover Gardner
★ 4.55 ABR Score (108.9K ratings)★ 4.26 Goodreads (103.3K) ★ 4.69 Audible (5.6K)14h 20m listening time • Released 2009Grover Gardner's measured, respectful narration transforms this devastating history into something that feels less like documentation and more like testimony you can't look away from.
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