10 audiobooks for fans of Unbroken
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Seabiscuit: An American Legend
by Laura Hillenbrand
Narrated by George Newbern
★ 4.42 ABR Score (171.9K ratings)★ 4.23 Goodreads (169.0K) ★ 4.69 Audible (2.9K)13h 13m listening time • Released 2010 -
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 2018Julia 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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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 -
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 -
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 -
Einstein: His Life and Universe
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 -
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 2025The 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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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 2013Robertson 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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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 2018Ray 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.
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The Diary of a Young Girl: Anne Frank's Heartfelt Testament Amidst Darkness
by Anne Frank
Narrated by Madhavi Ganpule
★ 4.59 ABR Score (4.2M ratings)★ 4.2 Goodreads (4.2M)14h 16m listening time • Released 2023
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