Audiobooks Like The Creative Act: A Way of Being

10 audiobooks for fans of The Creative Act: A Way of Being

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   Endurance

   by Alfred Lansing

   Narrated by Tim Pigott-Smith

   ★ 4.75 BLT Score (172.9K ratings)

   ★ 4.46 Goodreads (170.2K) ★ 4.76 Audible (2.7K)

   5h 59m listening time • Released 2000

   Shackleton's 1914 Antarctic expedition becomes a survival epic when pack ice crushes their ship, stranding 28 men for nearly two years. Tim Pigott-Smith's authoritative narration matches the crew's determination as they battle impossible odds across frozen wasteland.

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   Shackleton's 1914 Antarctic expedition becomes a survival epic when pack ice crushes their ship, stranding 28 men for nearly two years. Tim Pigott-Smith's authoritative narration matches the crew's determination as they battle impossible odds across frozen wasteland.

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   In Love

   by Amy Bloom

   Narrated by Amy Bloom

   ★ 4.59 BLT Score (26.8K ratings)

   ★ 4.26 Goodreads (25.6K) ★ 4.83 Audible (1.2K)

   4h 49m listening time • Released 2022

   Bloom narrates her own devastating memoir about accompanying her husband to Switzerland for assisted dying as Alzheimer's stole his brilliant mind.

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   Bloom narrates her own devastating memoir about accompanying her husband to Switzerland for assisted dying as Alzheimer's stole his brilliant mind.

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   A Brief History of Time

   by Stephen W. Hawking

   Narrated by Michael Jackson

   ★ 4.35 BLT Score (491.1K ratings)

   ★ 4.21 Goodreads (483.3K) ★ 4.43 Audible (7.9K)

   5h 49m listening time • Released 2022

   Hawking tackles black holes, the Big Bang, and time's arrow using analogies anyone can grasp—no equations required. The audio format works perfectly for absorbing complex concepts about space-time and quantum mechanics during commutes.

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   Hawking tackles black holes, the Big Bang, and time's arrow using analogies anyone can grasp—no equations required. The audio format works perfectly for absorbing complex concepts about space-time and quantum mechanics during commutes.

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   The Making of Outlander: The Series: The Official Guide to Seasons One & Two

   by Tara Bennett

   Narrated by Tiffany Morgan

   ★ 4.25 BLT Score (4.5K ratings)

   ★ 4.6 Goodreads (4.3K) ★ 4.62 Audible (137)

   5h 36m listening time • Released 2017

   Behind-the-scenes details from the first two Outlander seasons reveal how Diana Gabaldon's epic romance translated from beloved books to hit television phenomenon.

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   Behind-the-scenes details from the first two Outlander seasons reveal how Diana Gabaldon's epic romance translated from beloved books to hit television phenomenon.

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   Is This Anything?

   by Jerry Seinfeld

   Narrated by Jerry Seinfeld

   ★ 3.92 BLT Score (28.1K ratings)

   ★ 3.72 Goodreads (25.1K) ★ 4.37 Audible (3.0K)

   6h 19m listening time • Released 2020

   Five decades of Seinfeld's standup material organized chronologically, from college clubs to stadium shows. Jerry reading his own jokes adds the timing and inflection that made them famous.

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   Five decades of Seinfeld's standup material organized chronologically, from college clubs to stadium shows. Jerry reading his own jokes adds the timing and inflection that made them famous.

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   Songs of the Son: Reading the Psalms with the Author of Hebrews

   by Daniel Stevens, Thomas R. Schreiner

   Narrated by Adam Verner

   ★ 3.74 BLT Score (62 ratings)

   ★ 4.35 Goodreads (62)

   4h 44m listening time • Released 2025

   Nine Psalms suddenly make sense when Schreiner and Stevens unlock their connection to Christ through Hebrews. Theology that transforms how you actually pray.

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   Nine Psalms suddenly make sense when Schreiner and Stevens unlock their connection to Christ through Hebrews. Theology that transforms how you actually pray.

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   Daily Rituals: How Artists Work

   by Mason Currey

   Narrated by Adam Verner

   ★ 3.48 BLT Score (23.0K ratings)

   ★ 3.65 Goodreads (21.3K) ★ 4.01 Audible (1.7K)

   6h 13m listening time • Released 2013

   Over 150 creative minds reveal their daily habits, from Kafka's insomnia to Darwin's thinking path. Adam Verner's steady narration lets you absorb these intimate glimpses into how genius navigates the mundane obstacles of daily life.

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   Over 150 creative minds reveal their daily habits, from Kafka's insomnia to Darwin's thinking path. Adam Verner's steady narration lets you absorb these intimate glimpses into how genius navigates the mundane obstacles of daily life.

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   The Way of Dante: Going Through Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven with C. S. Lewis, Dorothy L. Sayers, and Charles Williams (Hansen Lectureship Series)

   by Richard Hughes Gibson, Nicole Mazzarella

   Narrated by Adam Verner

   ★ 3.47 BLT Score (21 ratings)

   ★ 4.3 Goodreads (20) ★ 4 Audible (1)

   6h 45m listening time • Released 2025

   Literary scholars explore how Dante's Divine Comedy shaped the imaginative works of Lewis, Sayers, and Williams across their creative careers.

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   Literary scholars explore how Dante's Divine Comedy shaped the imaginative works of Lewis, Sayers, and Williams across their creative careers.

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   The Murder of King Tut

   by James Patterson, Martin Dugard

   Narrated by Joe Barrett

   ★ 3.21 BLT Score (11.3K ratings)

   ★ 3.4 Goodreads (11.1K) ★ 3.67 Audible (239)

   5h 59m listening time • Released 2009

   Patterson and Dugard investigate the Boy King's mysterious death after nine controversial years on Egypt's throne, exploring palace rivalries and the subsequent erasure of his name from history.

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   Patterson and Dugard investigate the Boy King's mysterious death after nine controversial years on Egypt's throne, exploring palace rivalries and the subsequent erasure of his name from history.

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    Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest

    by Stephen E. Ambrose

    Narrated by Tim Jerome

    ★ 4.95 BLT Score (151.7K ratings)

    ★ 4.44 Goodreads (140.3K) ★ 4.87 Audible (11.4K)

    12h 37m listening time • Released 2012

    Ambrose chronicles Easy Company's journey from D-Day to Hitler's Eagle's Nest through interviews with the paratroopers themselves—the definitive account of ordinary soldiers in extraordinary circumstances.

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    Ambrose chronicles Easy Company's journey from D-Day to Hitler's Eagle's Nest through interviews with the paratroopers themselves—the definitive account of ordinary soldiers in extraordinary circumstances.

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