Best Robert A. Caro Audiobooks

The best audiobooks by Robert A. Caro — 5 titles spanning Biography & Memoir, averaging 4.56 ABR stars.

Robert A. Caro's highest-rated audiobook in our collection is The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York, narrated by Robertson Dean (4.63 ABR stars). Browse the full list below.

Where to Start with Robert A. Caro

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    The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York

    by Robert A. Caro

    Narrated by Robertson Dean

    4.63 ABR Score (34.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.53 Goodreads (29.7K) ★ 4.8 Audible (4.9K)
    66h 7m listening time • Released 2011

    Robertson Dean's measured, authoritative narration transforms this 1,300-page biography into a gripping political thriller—his pacing makes even dense urban planning decisions feel like calculated power moves. If you want to understand how cities actually get built (and broken), this is essential listening.

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    The Path to Power

    The Years of Lyndon Johnson • Book 1

    by Robert A. Caro

    Narrated by Grover Gardner

    4.59 ABR Score (30.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.43 Goodreads (26.9K) ★ 4.82 Audible (3.8K)
    40h 29m listening time • Released 2013

    Grover Gardner's measured, commanding voice transforms Caro's masterwork into an irresistible deep dive into how raw ambition and political genius actually get built. Forty hours well spent.

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    The Passage of Power

    The Years of Lyndon Johnson • Book 4

    by Robert A. Caro

    Narrated by Grover Gardner

    4.53 ABR Score (23.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.41 Goodreads (19.9K) ★ 4.78 Audible (3.6K)
    32h 45m listening time • Released 2012

    Grover Gardner's measured, authoritative voice transforms Caro's masterwork into pure political theater—you'll hear the machinery of power grinding beneath every conversation about Johnson's rise and fall.

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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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    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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