Audiobooks Like Seabiscuit: An American Legend

10 audiobooks for fans of Seabiscuit: An American Legend

1. 1

   

   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

   Listen Free on Audible
2. 2

   

   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

   Listen Free on Audible
3. 3

   

   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

   Listen Free on Audible
4. 4

   

   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

   Listen Free on Audible
5. 5

   

   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.

   Listen Free on Audible
6. 6

   

   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.

   Listen Free on Audible
7. 7

   

   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.

   Listen Free on Audible
8. 8

   

   Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture

   by David Kushner

   Narrated by Wil Wheaton

   ★ 4.41 ABR Score (25.8K ratings)

   ★ 4.3 Goodreads (20.3K) ★ 4.67 Audible (5.5K)

   12h 43m listening time • Released 2012

   Wil Wheaton's narration brings genuine humanity to this obsessive rivalry between gaming's two Johns—his pacing captures both the euphoria of creation and the slow burn of betrayal that split an empire.

   Listen Free on Audible
9. 9

   

   Educated

   by Tara Westover

   Narrated by Julia Whelan

   ★ 4.84 ABR Score (2.0M ratings)

   ★ 4.46 Goodreads (1.9M) ★ 4.78 Audible (128.2K)

   12h 10m listening time • Released 2018

   Julia Whelan's narration transforms this memoir into something almost unbearable to pause—her voice carries you through Westover's harrowing escape with such intimacy that you feel the weight of every decision she made to survive and think for herself.

   Listen Free on Audible
10. 10

    

    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.

    Listen Free on Audible