Audiobooks Like Surrounded by Idiots

10 audiobooks for fans of Surrounded by Idiots

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   The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness

   by Jonathan Haidt

   Narrated by Sean Pratt, Jonathan Haidt

   ★ 4.71 ABR Score (197.2K ratings)

   ★ 4.31 Goodreads (190.4K) ★ 4.79 Audible (6.8K)

   10h 32m listening time • Released 2024

   Haidt builds an airtight case for why teen mental health collapsed in the 2010s—then offers actual solutions instead of hand-wringing. Sean Pratt's steady narration keeps you grounded through genuinely unsettling data.

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   How to Talk So Little Kids Will Listen: A Survival Guide to Life with Children Ages 2-7

   by Joanna Faber, Julie King

   Narrated by Heather Alicia Simms, Michele Pawk, Candace Thaxton, January LaVoy, Rebekkah Ross, Gibson Frazier, Molly Pope

   ★ 4.60 ABR Score (29.1K ratings)

   ★ 4.38 Goodreads (25.5K) ★ 4.73 Audible (3.6K)

   10h 8m listening time • Released 2017

   The ensemble cast transforms practical parenting advice into something genuinely listenable—each narrator voices real-world scenarios so you absorb the techniques through dialogue rather than lecture.

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   Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution

   by Brené Brown

   Narrated by Brené Brown

   ★ 4.70 ABR Score (108.2K ratings)

   ★ 4.25 Goodreads (89.3K) ★ 4.79 Audible (18.9K)

   8h 51m listening time • Released 2015

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   A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose

   by Eckhart Tolle

   Narrated by Eckhart Tolle

   ★ 4.67 ABR Score (242.0K ratings)

   ★ 4.17 Goodreads (221.2K) ★ 4.78 Audible (20.8K)

   9h 12m listening time • Released 2005

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   The Comfort Crisis: Embrace Discomfort To Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self

   by Michael Easter

   Narrated by Michael Easter

   ★ 4.62 ABR Score (46.3K ratings)

   ★ 4.24 Goodreads (38.4K) ★ 4.78 Audible (8.0K)

   8h 52m listening time • Released 2021

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   Think and Grow Rich special edition (Napoleon Hill - The Thirteen Steps to Riches)

   by Napoleon Hill, Seedbox Classics

   Narrated by Erik Synnestvedt

   ★ 4.54 ABR Score (418.7K ratings)

   ★ 4.16 Goodreads (385.9K) ★ 4.65 Audible (32.8K)

   9h 35m listening time • Released 2007

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   Grit

   by Angela Duckworth

   Narrated by Angela Duckworth

   ★ 4.50 ABR Score (170.5K ratings)

   ★ 4.08 Goodreads (143.7K) ★ 4.69 Audible (26.8K)

   9h 22m listening time • Released 2016

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   How We Love: Discover Your Love Style, Enhance Your Marriage

   by Milan Yerkovich, Kay Yerkovich

   Narrated by Adam Verner, Sarah Zimmerman

   ★ 4.50 ABR Score (4.3K ratings)

   ★ 4.36 Goodreads (3.2K) ★ 4.81 Audible (1.1K)

   10h 56m listening time • Released 2016

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   How to Stop Worrying and Start Living: Dale Carnegie Provides Techniques for a Stress-Free Life by Carnegie, Dale

   by Dale Carnegie

   Narrated by Robert Petkoff

   ★ 4.46 ABR Score (124.4K ratings)

   ★ 4.16 Goodreads (116.5K) ★ 4.66 Audible (7.9K)

   10h 35m listening time • Released 2007

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    Scattered Minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder

    by Gabor Maté MD

    Narrated by Daniel Maté

    ★ 4.45 ABR Score (22.4K ratings)

    ★ 4.27 Goodreads (21.6K) ★ 4.75 Audible (782)

    10h 59m listening time • Released 2023

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