Audiobooks Like The Choice: Embrace the Possible

10 audiobooks for fans of The Choice: Embrace the Possible

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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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   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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   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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   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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   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.

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   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.

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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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