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Grover Gardner narrates Shirer's monumental history with a gravity that matches the scale of the subject — at 57 hours, this is a listen that makes demands, and Gardner's voice carries the weight of testimony rather than performance, which is the only register appropriate for material drawn from Nazi records and the accounts of survivors. Eight of the recommendations are also by Gardner, most of them serious historical and biographical works that share that same documentary authority.

10 books for fans of The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany

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    The Path to Power

    The Years of Lyndon Johnson • Book 1

    by Robert A. Caro

    4.43 Goodreads (26.9K ratings)
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    Master of the Senate

    The Years of Lyndon Johnson • Book 3

    by Robert A. Caro

    4.43 Goodreads (24.3K ratings)
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    The Passage of Power

    The Years of Lyndon Johnson • Book 4

    by Robert A. Caro

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    Grant

    by Ron Chernow

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    Mark Bramhall's measured narration suits this comprehensive biography that reclaims Grant's legacy from decades of historical mischaracterization.

    4.50 Goodreads (44.7K ratings)
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    by Will Durant, Ariel Durant

    4.42 Goodreads (994 ratings)
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    A Short Life of Jonathan Edwards

    by George M. Marsden

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    Autobiography of Mark Twain, Vol. 3

    Autobiography of Mark Twain: The Complete and Authorized Edition • Book 3

    by Mark Twain, Benjamin Griffin, Harriet Elinor Smith

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    The great satirist's uncensored final reflections provide intimate access to his mind during America's Gilded Age. Twain holds nothing back in these posthumous confessions.

    4.32 Goodreads (277 ratings)
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    Daniel Berrigan: Essential Writings

    Modern Spiritual Masters

    by John Dear

    4.32 Goodreads (68 ratings)
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    Means of Ascent

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    by Robert A. Caro

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