16 Best audiobook books like One Giant Leap: The Impossible Mission That Flew Us to the Moon by Charles Fishman

Cover of One Giant Leap: The Impossible Mission That Flew Us to the Moon by Charles Fishman

One Giant Leap: The Impossible Mission That Flew Us to the Moon

By: Charles Fishman

4.14

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

The remarkable story of the trailblazers and the ordinary Americans on the front lines of the epic …

If you liked the audiobook plot in One Giant Leap: The Impossible Mission That Flew Us to the Moon by Charles Fishman , here is a list of 16 books like this:

Cover of A Man on the Moon by Michael Kramer, Bronson Pinchot, Tom Hanks, Andrew Chaikin

1. A Man on the Moon

By: Michael Kramer , Bronson Pinchot , Tom Hanks , Andrew Chaikin

4.49

Format: 688 pages, Paperback

A celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the first moon landing offers an accessible histor… read more

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  • american history
  • science
  • history
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
  • astronomy
  • space
  • audiobook
"It's almost as if Kennedy grabbed a decade out of the 21st century," Cernan said, "and spliced it into the 1960s." That helps to explain why, as I wrote in 1993 in the preface of this book, we weren'…"

-Michael Kramer, A Man on the Moon

Cover of Woolly: The True Story of the Quest to Revive One of History’s Most Iconic Extinct Creatures by Ben Mezrich

2. Woolly: The True Story of the Quest to Revive One of History’s Most Iconic Extinct Creatures

By: Ben Mezrich

3.24

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Science fiction becomes reality in this Jurassic Park-like story of the genetic resurrection of an … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • science
  • audiobook
Cover of Seasons in Hell: With Billy Martin, Whitey Herzog and "The Worst Baseball Team in History" - The 1973-1975 Texas Rangers by Mike Shropshire

3. Seasons in Hell: With Billy Martin, Whitey Herzog and "The Worst Baseball Team in History" - The 1973-1975 Texas Rangers

By: Mike Shropshire

3.89

Format: 221 pages, Paperback

"Even before the start of spring training, Herzog had said, 'If Rich Billings is the starting catch… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Xingu by Edith Wharton

4. Xingu

By: Edith Wharton

4.10

Format: None pages,

Mrs. Ballinger is one of the ladies who pursue Culture in bands, as though it were dangerous to mee… read more

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Cover of Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13 by Jeffrey Kluger, Jim Lovell, Fred Sanders

5. Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13

By: Jeffrey Kluger , Jim Lovell , Fred Sanders

4.22

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

April 1970. The glory days of the Apollo space program. NASA send Commander Jim Lovell and two othe… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • space
  • science

6. Apollo 8

By: Jeffrey Kluger

0.00

Format: None pages,

In August 1968, one short year after three astronauts had burned to death in their spacecraft, NASA… read more

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7. Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journey

By: Michael Collins

2.96

Format: None pages, Paperback

NASA astronaut Michael Collins trained as an experimental test pilot before venturing into space as… read more

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8. The Birth of Korean Cool: How One Nation is Conquering the World Through Pop Culture

By: Euny Hong

4.33

Format: 228 pages, Paperback

A FRESH, FUNNY, UP-CLOSE LOOK AT HOW SOUTH KOREA REMADE ITSELF AS THE WORLD'S POP CULTURE POWERHOUS… read more

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9. First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong

By: James R. Hansen

4.15

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

On July 20, 1969, the world stood still to watch thirty-eight-year-old American astronaut Neil A. A… read more

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10. Failure is Not an Option: Mission Control From Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond

By: Gene Kranz

4.60

Format: 200 pages,

Gene Kranz was present at the creation of America's manned space program and was a key player in it… read more

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11. Bryant & May and the Secret Santa (Bryant & May, #11.5)

By: Christopher Fowler

3.00

Format: 9 pages, ebook

In this fast-paced Peculiar Crimes Unit mystery, available as an eBook short story, detectives Arth… read more

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Cover of My Wife Said You May Want to Marry Me by Jason B. Rosenthal

12. My Wife Said You May Want to Marry Me

By: Jason B. Rosenthal

3.71

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

An inspiring memoir of life, love, loss, and new beginnings by the widower of bestselling children’… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Rocket Men: The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man's First Journey to the Moon by Robert Kurson

13. Rocket Men: The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man's First Journey to the Moon

By: Robert Kurson

4.53

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The inside, lesser-known story of NASA's boldest and riskiest mission: Apollo 8, mankind's first jo… read more

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  • audiobook
  • american history
  • science
  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • space
  • technology
Cover of Beyond: The Astonishing Story of the First Human to Leave Our Planet and Journey into Space by Stephen Walker

14. Beyond: The Astonishing Story of the First Human to Leave Our Planet and Journey into Space

By: Stephen Walker

4.57

Format: 512 pages, ebook

09.07 am. April 12, 1961. A top secret rocket site in the USSR. A young Russian sits inside a tiny … read more

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  • audiobook
  • american history
  • science
  • history
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
  • space
  • technology
Cover of The Fisherman's Tomb: The True Story of the Vatican's Secret Search by John O'Neill

15. The Fisherman's Tomb: The True Story of the Vatican's Secret Search

By: John O'Neill

4.20

Format: 181 pages, Kindle Edition

A Texas oilman. A brilliant female archaeologist. An unknown world underneath the Vatican. In 1939… read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space by Adam Higginbotham

16. Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

By: Adam Higginbotham

4.60

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

The definitive, dramatic, minute-by-minute story of the Challenger disaster based on new archival r… read more

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  • audiobook
  • american history
  • science
  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • space
  • technology
"When asked what he was thinking about when preparing for launch abroad his Mercury-Redstone rocket, Alan Shepard, the first American in space, had infamously replied, "The fact that every part of thi…"

-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

"At the foot of the ladder, he [Gene Cernan Apollo 17] delivered the short speech he had memorized for the occasion. "Is like to just say what I believe history will record: That America's challenge o…"

-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

Cover of With a Dog AND a Cat, Every Day is Fun, Vol. 1 by Hidekichi Matsumoto

17. With a Dog AND a Cat, Every Day is Fun, Vol. 1

By: Hidekichi Matsumoto

3.76

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

With both a cat and a dog, there's double the antics, double the fun (and double the kibble!) but w… read more

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Cover of The Cure for Burnout: How to Find Balance and Reclaim Your Life by Emily Ballesteros

18. The Cure for Burnout: How to Find Balance and Reclaim Your Life

By: Emily Ballesteros

4.15

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Is dread the first thing you feel when you wake up in the morning? Are you working in the evenings … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates by Eric Jay Dolin

19. Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates

By: Eric Jay Dolin

3.77

Format: 380 pages, Hardcover

With surprising tales of vicious mutineers, imperial riches, and high-seas intrigue, Black Flags, B… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Far from being misanthropic loners with anger issues, most of these pirates had lives that were intimately intertwined with the communities from which they came, and to which they one day hoped to re…"

-Eric Jay Dolin, Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates

Cover of Hana Khan Carries On by Uzma Jalaluddin

20. Hana Khan Carries On

By: Uzma Jalaluddin

3.95

Format: 368 pages, ebook

From the author of Ayesha at Last comes a sparkling new rom-com for fans of “You’ve Got Mail”. H… read more

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  • audiobook
"Books are like people, you have to give them room to breathe."

-Uzma Jalaluddin, Hana Khan Carries On

"Everything is better told as a story, and mine is still unfolding."

-Uzma Jalaluddin, Hana Khan Carries On

"I had filled my heart and hands with everyone else’s burdens, had accepted their worries as if they had been my own, assuming they were all doing the same for me—but they weren’t."

-Uzma Jalaluddin, Hana Khan Carries On

"Then you tell me your favourite colour so I can send you flowers, your favourite place so I can take you there, your favourite book so I can read it just so we can argue about it. I know you want to …"

-Uzma Jalaluddin, Hana Khan Carries On

Cover of Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis by Jonathan Blitzer

21. Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis

By: Jonathan Blitzer

4.49

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

An epic, heartbreaking, and deeply reported history of the disastrous humanitarian crisis at the so… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of I'll Be the One by Lyla Lee

22. I'll Be the One

By: Lyla Lee

4.01

Format: 328 pages, Hardcover

The world of K-Pop has never met a star like this. Debut author Lyla Lee delivers a deliciously fun… read more

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  • audiobook
"You are beautiful... Don't let anyone, not even yourself, tell you any different."

-Lyla Lee, I'll Be the One

"I'm fat and I take up space, but that's okay... I'm allowed to take up space just as much as anyone else."

-Lyla Lee, I'll Be the One

Cover of Things Are Never So Bad That They Can't Get Worse: Inside the Collapse of Venezuela by William Neuman

23. Things Are Never So Bad That They Can't Get Worse: Inside the Collapse of Venezuela

By: William Neuman

4.13

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Named Foreign Affairs Best Books of 2022 and the National Endowment for Democracy Notable Books of … read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Apollo Remastered: The Ultimate Photographic Record by Andy   Saunders

24. Apollo Remastered: The Ultimate Photographic Record

By: Andy Saunders

4.87

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Published to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the last steps taken on the moon, this unique, d… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • astronomy
  • space
  • science
Cover of Breed (Primal Planet) by Loki Renard

25. Breed (Primal Planet)

By: Loki Renard

3.74

Format: 227 pages, Kindle Edition

I needed someone to save me. I found an alien alpha to breed me. read more

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Cover of One Giant Leap: The Impossible Mission That Flew Us to the Moon by Charles Fishman

26. One Giant Leap: The Impossible Mission That Flew Us to the Moon

By: Charles Fishman

4.14

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

The remarkable story of the trailblazers and the ordinary Americans on the front lines of the epic … read more

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  • audiobook
  • american history
  • science
  • history
  • historical
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
  • astronomy
  • space
  • technology
Cover of Shoot for the Moon: The Space Race and the Extraordinary Voyage of Apollo 11 by James Donovan

27. Shoot for the Moon: The Space Race and the Extraordinary Voyage of Apollo 11

By: James Donovan

4.37

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

For the 50th anniversary, the epic story of Apollo 11 and the astronauts, flight controllers, and e… read more

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  • audiobook
  • american history
  • science
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • astronomy
  • space
  • technology
Cover of Bringing Columbia Home: The Untold Story of a Lost Space Shuttle and Her Crew by Michael D. Leinbach

28. Bringing Columbia Home: The Untold Story of a Lost Space Shuttle and Her Crew

By: Michael D. Leinbach

4.23

Format: 356 pages, Hardcover

Mike Leinbach was the launch director of the space shuttle program when Columbia disintegrated on r… read more

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  • audiobook
  • american history
  • science
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • astronomy
  • space
  • technology
Cover of Apollo 13 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt by Jim & Jeffrey Kluger Lovell

29. Apollo 13 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

By: Jim & Jeffrey Kluger Lovell

4.32

Format: None pages, Hardcover

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Cover of The Queens of New York by E.L. Shen

30. The Queens of New York

By: E.L. Shen

4.04

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From acclaimed author E. L. Shen comes a sun-drenched, cinematic YA novel about three Asian America… read more

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  • audiobook
"Freudian slips happen to the breast of us"

-E.L. Shen, The Queens of New York

"Once you've bowed your head and burned the incense, the grief locks inside the coffin, shrouded underneath new grass and fertile soil. But I don't think Ariel has any grass at all."

-E.L. Shen, The Queens of New York

"I inhale with the waves flooding the shore. They are easy. They are mine. I can feel my heartbeat slowing. Bea may be in Queens underground, but for now, she is here. We are little girls again, on th…"

-E.L. Shen, The Queens of New York

"When I got my official acceptance letter in the mail, Umma immediately pinned it to the fridge. She took down my old tests to make room. This letter deserved the entire metal canvas. It was the culmi…"

-E.L. Shen, The Queens of New York

Cover of How to Read Poetry Like a Professor: A Quippy and Sonorous Guide to Verse by Thomas C. Foster

31. How to Read Poetry Like a Professor: A Quippy and Sonorous Guide to Verse

By: Thomas C. Foster

3.70

Format: 194 pages, ebook

From the bestselling author of How to Read Literature Like a Professor comes this essential primer … read more

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  • nonfiction

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A Man on the Moon

Michael Kramer , Bronson Pinchot , Tom Hanks , Andrew Chaikin

4.49

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Ben Mezrich

3.24

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Seasons in Hell: With Billy Martin, Whitey Herzog and "The Worst Baseball Team in History" - The 1973-1975 Texas Rangers

Mike Shropshire

3.89

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Jeffrey Kluger , Jim Lovell , Fred Sanders

4.22

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4.25

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3.74

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Maria Monroe

3.91

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Cassie Alexander

4.41

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