Audiobooks Like Open

Erik Davies narrates Open in a voice that mirrors Agassi's own contradictions — measured and searching, never triumphant, carrying the weight of a man still working out what his life meant. The 18-hour runtime gives Agassi room to breathe, and Davies uses every hour, letting the silences between confessions land as hard as any match point. These recommendations follow in that introspective register — memoirs and biographies where the narrator's craft matches the emotional honesty of the material, and where the listen rewards patience.

10 audiobooks for fans of Open

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    Becoming

    by Michelle Obama

    Narrated by Michelle Obama

    4.93 ABR Score (1.4M ratings)
    ★ 4.43 Goodreads (1.2M) ★ 4.89 Audible (183.2K)
    19h 3m listening time • Released 2018

    Michelle Obama reading her own story is the rare case where the narrator's voice becomes inseparable from the intimacy of the memoir—you're getting her reflections in her own cadence, which hits different over 19 hours.

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    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
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    The Autobiography of Malcolm X

    by Malcolm X, Alex Haley

    Narrated by Laurence Fishburne

    4.76 ABR Score (307.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.37 Goodreads (293.7K) ★ 4.9 Audible (13.5K)
    16h 52m listening time • Released 2020
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    Elon Musk

    by Walter Isaacson

    Narrated by Jeremy Bobb

    4.59 ABR Score (86.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.32 Goodreads (77.3K) ★ 4.79 Audible (9.3K)
    20h 39m listening time • Released 2023
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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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    The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz

    by Erik Larson

    Narrated by John Lee, Erik Larson

    4.49 ABR Score (151.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.3 Goodreads (139.3K) ★ 4.66 Audible (12.3K)
    17h 49m listening time • Released 2020
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    [A Man in Love: My Struggle: 2 (Knausgaard)] [By: Knausgaard, Karl Ove] [November, 2013] cover

    [A Man in Love: My Struggle: 2 (Knausgaard)] [By: Knausgaard, Karl Ove] [November, 2013]

    Min kamp • Book 2

    by Karl Ove Knausgård

    Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini

    4.26 ABR Score (24.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.33 Goodreads (24.5K) ★ 4.62 Audible (464)
    21h 4m listening time • Released 2015
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    Will

    by Will Smith, Mark Manson

    Narrated by Will Smith

    4.70 ABR Score (134.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.24 Goodreads (75.6K) ★ 4.87 Audible (59.1K)
    16h 16m listening time • Released 2021
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    Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13 cover

    Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13

    by Jim Lovell, Jeffrey Kluger, Fred Sanders

    Narrated by Fred Sanders

    4.53 ABR Score (11.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.4 Goodreads (10.5K) ★ 4.87 Audible (1.5K)
    16h 15m listening time • Released 2019
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    Old Path White Clouds: Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha

    by Thich Nhat Hanh

    Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini

    4.49 ABR Score (8.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.43 Goodreads (7.1K) ★ 4.87 Audible (1.0K)
    16h 39m listening time • Released 2016

    Ballerini's unhurried narration transforms Thich Nhat Hanh's retelling into something meditative rather than distant—you don't just learn Buddha's life, you inhabit it alongside him across 16 immersive hours.

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