Audiobooks Like Hidden Figures

10 audiobooks for fans of Hidden Figures

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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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   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

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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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   God's Smuggler

   by Unknown Author

   Narrated by Simon Vance

   ★ 4.63 ABR Score (50.5K ratings)

   ★ 4.38 Goodreads (47.8K) ★ 4.9 Audible (2.6K)

   8h 48m listening time • Released 2009

   Simon Vance's measured, trustworthy delivery transforms this true account of Bible smuggling into a page-turner that feels both intimate and urgent. A modern classic that still grips because the stakes, and the faith, feel devastatingly real.

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   The Elephant Whisperer: Learning About Life, Loyalty and Freedom from a Remarkable Herd of Elephants

   Elephant Whisperer • Book 1

   by Lawrence Anthony, Graham Spence

   Narrated by Simon Vance

   ★ 4.61 ABR Score (41.2K ratings)

   ★ 4.5 Goodreads (33.3K) ★ 4.76 Audible (7.9K)

   10h 55m listening time • Released 2012

   Simon Vance's narration transforms this true story into an intimate portrait of grief and redemption, letting you hear the quiet breakthroughs between a man and a traumatized herd he refuses to abandon.

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   Outlaw Platoon: Heroes, Renegades, Infidels, and the Brotherhood of War in Afghanistan

   by Sean Parnell, John R. Bruning

   Narrated by Ray Porter

   ★ 4.60 ABR Score (20.7K ratings)

   ★ 4.4 Goodreads (13.3K) ★ 4.84 Audible (7.4K)

   10h 18m listening time • Released 2012

   Ray Porter's gravelly delivery cuts through the chaos of combat and the raw intimacy of brotherhood—he makes you feel the weight of command decisions that haunt you long after the final mission ends.

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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 2018

   Ray 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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   I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

   Maya Angelou's Autobiography • Book 1

   by Maya Angelou

   Narrated by Maya Angelou

   ★ 4.59 ABR Score (596.3K ratings)

   ★ 4.3 Goodreads (586.4K) ★ 4.74 Audible (9.9K)

   10h 11m listening time • Released 2011

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   Born a Crime

   by Trevor Noah

   Narrated by Chumel Torres

   ★ 4.46 ABR Score (817.2K ratings)

   ★ 4.49 Goodreads (817.0K) ★ 4.86 Audible (169)

   9h 25m listening time • Released 2021

   Chumel Torres inhabits every voice in Noah's childhood with such precision that you're not just hearing a memoir, you're overhearing a life unfold across South Africa's darkest years, with his mother stealing every scene.

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    Finding My Way

    by Malala Yousafzai

    Narrated by Malala Yousafzai

    ★ 4.45 ABR Score (14.0K ratings)

    ★ 4.53 Goodreads (13.6K) ★ 4.89 Audible (319)

    8h 57m listening time • Released 2025

    Hearing Malala's own voice narrate her private struggles—the anxiety, the humor, the messy adolescence behind the icon—transforms this from inspiration porn into something genuinely intimate and real.

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