Audiobooks Like Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life

10 audiobooks for fans of Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life

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   Night

   The Night Trilogy • Book 1

   by Elie Wiesel, Marion Wiesel, François Mauriac

   Narrated by George Guidall

   ★ 4.64 ABR Score (1.4M ratings)

   ★ 4.38 Goodreads (1.4M) ★ 4.73 Audible (11.1K)

   4h 17m listening time • Released 2006

   George Guidall's measured, unflinching narration transforms Wiesel's testimony into something unbearable and essential—his voice never flinches from the darkness, forcing you to witness rather than look away.

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   The Last Lecture

   by Randy Pausch

   Narrated by Eric Singer

   ★ 4.35 ABR Score (370.8K ratings)

   ★ 4.26 Goodreads (365.2K) ★ 4.53 Audible (5.7K)

   4h 36m listening time • Released 2008

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   Going Solo

   Roald Dahl's Autobiography • Book 2

   by Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake

   Narrated by Dan Stevens

   ★ 4.28 ABR Score (34.4K ratings)

   ★ 4.06 Goodreads (33.8K) ★ 4.81 Audible (547)

   4h 38m listening time • Released 2013

   Dan Stevens brings such warmth and wry humor to Dahl's wildly true adventures that you'll forget you're listening to memoir instead of fiction. A genuinely thrilling audiobook.

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   Letters of Note: Fathers

   by Shaun Usher

   Narrated by Louise Brealey, Simon Callow, Adrian Edmondson, Stephen Fry, Ferdinand Kingsley, Toby Jones, Greg Lockett, Natascha McElhone, Chris Nayak, Juliet Stevenson, Mark Strong, Shaun Usher

   ★ 4.26 ABR Score (6.2K ratings)

   ★ 4.31 Goodreads (6.2K)

   3h 26m listening time • Released 2021

   A stellar ensemble cast transforms intimate father-child letters into a masterclass in emotional delivery. Each narrator's voice becomes the letter itself, making you feel the tenderness, humor, and weight of these private moments.

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   Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)

   by Mindy Kaling

   Narrated by Mindy Kaling, B. J. Novak, Michael Schur, Brenda Withers

   ★ 4.01 ABR Score (531.8K ratings)

   ★ 3.86 Goodreads (514.9K) ★ 4.29 Audible (16.9K)

   4h 37m listening time • Released 2011

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   What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

   by Haruki Murakami, Philip Gabriel

   Narrated by Ray Porter

   ★ 4.01 ABR Score (211.6K ratings)

   ★ 3.87 Goodreads (206.6K) ★ 4.36 Audible (4.9K)

   4h 23m listening time • Released 2008

   Ray Porter's measured, introspective narration captures Murakami's quiet philosophy perfectly—this is less memoir, more meditation on discipline and solitude filtered through running. If you've ever wondered how a writer actually thinks, this is the closest you'll get.

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   St. Francis of Assisi

   by G. K. Chesterton

   Narrated by Simon Vance

   ★ 3.98 ABR Score (13.0K ratings)

   ★ 4.01 Goodreads (11.7K) ★ 4.39 Audible (1.3K)

   4h 4m listening time • Released 2015

   Simon Vance's measured cadence perfectly captures Chesterton's paradoxical prose about a saint who turned the world upside down. Four hours of pure intellectual joy.

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   I Will Protect You

   by Eva Mozes Kor, Danica Davidson

   Narrated by Barrie Kreinik

   ★ 3.92 ABR Score (826 ratings)

   ★ 4.48 Goodreads (813) ★ 4.85 Audible (13)

   4h 7m listening time • Released 2022

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   I Feel Bad About My Neck and Other Thoughts on Being a Woman

   by Nora Ephron

   Narrated by Nora Ephron

   ★ 3.81 ABR Score (92.4K ratings)

   ★ 3.74 Goodreads (90.1K) ★ 4.25 Audible (2.4K)

   3h 50m listening time • Released 2006

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    Finding Me

    by Viola Davis

    Narrated by Viola Davis

    ★ 4.91 ABR Score (228.8K ratings)

    ★ 4.53 Goodreads (184.9K) ★ 4.94 Audible (43.9K)

    9h 15m listening time • Released 2022

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