Audiobooks Like The Six Wives of Henry VIII

10 audiobooks for fans of The Six Wives of Henry VIII

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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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   Napoleon's Wars: An International History, 1803-1815

   by Charles J. Esdaile

   Narrated by Simon Prebble

   ★ 3.59 ABR Score (800 ratings)

   ★ 3.71 Goodreads (669) ★ 3.92 Audible (131)

   24h 47m listening time • Released 2009

   Simon Prebble's measured, authoritative delivery transforms Esdaile's sweeping reexamination of Napoleon into something unexpectedly gripping—he makes the geopolitical chess match feel as urgent as any battlefield.

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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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   Open

   by Andre Agassi, J.R. Moehringer

   Narrated by Erik Davies

   ★ 4.55 ABR Score (157.5K ratings)

   ★ 4.32 Goodreads (149.2K) ★ 4.74 Audible (8.3K)

   18h 4m listening time • Released 2009

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   Master of the Senate

   The Years of Lyndon Johnson • Book 3

   by Robert A. Caro

   Narrated by Grover Gardner

   ★ 4.52 ABR Score (25.9K ratings)

   ★ 4.43 Goodreads (24.3K) ★ 4.81 Audible (1.6K)

   18h 29m listening time • Released 2005

   Grover Gardner's steady, commanding voice transforms Caro's dense political narrative into riveting storytelling—18 hours that feel essential once you grasp how Johnson actually bended the Senate to his will.

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   [A Man in Love: My Struggle: 2 (Knausgaard)] [By: Knausgaard, Karl Ove] [November, 2013]

   Min kamp • Book 2

   by Karl Ove Knausgård

   Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini

   ★ 4.26 ABR Score (24.9K ratings)

   ★ 4.33 Goodreads (24.5K) ★ 4.62 Audible (464)

   21h 4m listening time • Released 2015

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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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   Means of Ascent

   The Years of Lyndon Johnson • Book 2

   by Robert A. Caro

   Narrated by Grover Gardner

   ★ 4.51 ABR Score (30.6K ratings)

   ★ 4.29 Goodreads (27.8K) ★ 4.82 Audible (2.9K)

   22h 8m listening time • Released 2013

   Grover Gardner's measured, penetrating narration transforms Caro's meticulous biography into a gripping portrait of raw ambition—you hear LBJ's desperation and cunning come alive across 22 hours in a way that makes his ruthlessness feel inevitable, not distant.

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   A Piece of Cake

   by Cupcake Brown

   Narrated by Bahni Turpin

   ★ 4.44 ABR Score (41.8K ratings)

   ★ 4.26 Goodreads (38.9K) ★ 4.74 Audible (2.9K)

   21h 2m listening time • Released 2006

   Bahni Turpin's raw, unflinching narration transforms this harrowing survival story into something you can't stop listening to—she finds humanity in every dark corner without softening the brutality.

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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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