26 must-read audiobook books like Ben & Me: In Search of a Founder's Formula for a Long and Useful Life by Eric Weiner

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Ben & Me: In Search of a Founder's Formula for a Long and Useful Life

By: Eric Weiner

4.18

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Eric Weiner follows in the footsteps of Benjamin Franklin, mining…

"Franklin was an odd fish but not a cold one."

-Eric Weiner, Ben & Me: In Search of a Founder's Formula for a Long and Useful Life

"Franklin was an odd fish but not a cold one."

-Eric Weiner, Ben & Me: In Search of a Founder's Formula for a Long and Useful Life

"Franklin was an odd fish but not a cold one."

-Eric Weiner, Ben & Me: In Search of a Founder's Formula for a Long and Useful Life

"Franklin was an odd fish but not a cold one."

-Eric Weiner, Ben & Me: In Search of a Founder's Formula for a Long and Useful Life

If you liked the audiobook plot in Ben & Me: In Search of a Founder's Formula for a Long and Useful Life by Eric Weiner , here is a list of 26 books like this:

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1. The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey

By: Rinker Buck

3.95

Format: 254 pages, Hardcover

In the bestselling tradition of Bill Bryson and Tony Horwitz, Rinker Buck's "The Oregon Trail" is a… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • travel
  • nonfiction

2. The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World

By: Eric Weiner

3.37

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

Weiner spent a decade as a foreign correspondent reporting from such discontented locales as Iraq, … read more

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3. The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I

By: Douglas Brunt

4.23

Format: 374 pages, Kindle Edition

This instant New York Times bestselling “dynamic detective story” (The New York Times) reveals the … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"But the prevailing and indelible lesson, learned through traumatic personal experience, was his understanding of the family’s security. War and industrial innovation could destroy the life a family h…"

-Douglas Brunt, The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I

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4. An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s

By: Doris Kearns Goodwin

4.71

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

An Unfinished Love A Personal History of the 1960s by Doris Kearns Goodwin, one of America’s most … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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5. Tits Up: What Sex Workers, Milk Bankers, Plastic Surgeons, Bra Designers, and Witches Tell Us about Breasts

By: Sarah Thornton

3.77

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

An innovative investigation of the five strange worlds that worship women’s chests After years o… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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6. The Shadow of War: A Novel of the Cuban Missile Crisis

By: Jeff Shaara

4.33

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Jeff Shaara brings alive the heart-stopping days and nights of th… read more

Similar categories in Jeff Shaara's The Shadow of War: A Novel of the Cuban Missile Crisis book and Eric Weiner's Ben & Me: In Search of a Founder's Formula for a Long and Useful Life

  • audiobook
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7. 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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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"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

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8. In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife

By: Sebastian Junger

3.92

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

A near-fatal health emergency leads to this powerful reflection on death—and what might follow—by t… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook
"Everyone has a relationship with death whether they want one or not; refusing to think about death is its own kind of relationship. When we hear about another person's death, we are hearing a version…"

-Sebastian Junger, In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife

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9. The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir

By: Griffin Dunne

4.19

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

At nine, Sean Connery saved him from drowning. At thirteen, desperate to hook up with Janis Joplin,… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"At the moment when Mrs. Griffin had been notified of her husband’s death, she was in bed with her lover at the Hotel del Coronado in California, and took the news that she was a widow rather well. Sh…"

-Griffin Dunne, The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir

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10. Never Give Up: A Prairie Family's Story (Random House Large Print)

By: Tom Brokaw

3.85

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

In this moving story, the New York Times bestselling author of The Greatest Generation chronicles t… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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11. Magic Pill: The Extraordinary Benefits and Disturbing Risks of the New Weight-Loss Drugs

By: Johann Hari

4.31

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The bestselling author of Lost Connections and Stolen Focus offers a revelatory look at the drugs u… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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12. Entrances and Exits

By: Michael Richards

4.12

Format: 425 pages, Hardcover

The man who brought the kavorka to the Seinfeld show through one of the most remarkable and beloved… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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13. When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day

By: Garrett M. Graff

4.59

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Only Plane in the Sky and Pulitzer Prize finalist… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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14. A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon

By: Kevin Fedarko

4.36

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

A deeply moving account ever of walking the Grand Canyon, a highly dangerous, life-changing 750-mil… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"You were made and set here to give voice to this, your own astonishment. -Annie Dillard"

-Kevin Fedarko, A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon

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15. Right Thing, Right Now: Justice in an Unjust World

By: Ryan Holiday

4.21

Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition

In his New York Times bestselling book, Discipline Is Destiny, Ryan Holiday made the Stoic case for… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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16. The Year of Living Constitutionally: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Constitution's Original Meaning

By: A.J. Jacobs

4.08

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of The Year of Living Biblically attempts to follow the origi… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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17. Reading the Constitution: Why I Chose Pragmatism, Not Textualism

By: Stephen Breyer

4.05

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A provocative, brilliant analysis by recently retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer that dec… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Roctogenarians: Late in Life Debuts, Comebacks, and Triumphs by Mo Rocca

18. Roctogenarians: Late in Life Debuts, Comebacks, and Triumphs

By: Mo Rocca

4.04

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From beloved CBS Sunday Morning correspondent Mo Rocca, author of New York Times bestseller Mobitua… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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19. Swole: The Making of Men and the Meaning of Muscle

By: Michael Andor Brodeur

3.97

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From a Washington Post critic and self-described a witty, incisive, poignant exploration of male b… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • memoir
  • audiobook
"Lifting weights has trained me to understand my body not just as a consensus of cells, but as a critical mass—a medium where meaning is made. It's also helped me come to understand my own unsteady re…"

-Michael Andor Brodeur, Swole: The Making of Men and the Meaning of Muscle

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20. The Singularity Is Nearer: When We Merge with AI

By: Ray Kurzweil

3.93

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The noted inventor and futurist’s successor to his landmark book The Singularity Is Near explor… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Love & Whiskey: The Remarkable True Story of Jack Daniel, His Master Distiller Nearest Green, and the Improbable Rise of Uncle Nearest by Fawn Weaver

21. Love & Whiskey: The Remarkable True Story of Jack Daniel, His Master Distiller Nearest Green, and the Improbable Rise of Uncle Nearest

By: Fawn Weaver

4.34

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

Embark on a captivating journey with Love & Whiskey. New York Times bestselling author Fawn Weaver … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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22. JFK Jr.: An Intimate Oral Biography

By: RoseMarie Terenzio

4.43

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The first oral biography of John F. Kennedy Jr. is an extraordinarily intimate, comprehensive look … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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23. Ben & Me: In Search of a Founder's Formula for a Long and Useful Life

By: Eric Weiner

4.18

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Eric Weiner follows in the footsteps of Benjamin Franklin, mining… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Franklin was an odd fish but not a cold one."

-Eric Weiner, Ben & Me: In Search of a Founder's Formula for a Long and Useful Life

"Three hundred years is a very long time, and no time at all."

-Eric Weiner, Ben & Me: In Search of a Founder's Formula for a Long and Useful Life

"Nowhere does [Benjamin Franklin] disappoint more, though, than when it comes to slavery."

-Eric Weiner, Ben & Me: In Search of a Founder's Formula for a Long and Useful Life

"Chronometric age tells us nothing about a person. It tells us nothing about Ben Franklin who, at nearly seventy, was just getting started."

-Eric Weiner, Ben & Me: In Search of a Founder's Formula for a Long and Useful Life

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24. Angel of Vengeance (Pendergast, #22)

By: Douglas Preston

4.41

Format: 333 pages, Hardcover

Preston & Child continue their #1 bestselling series featuring FBI Special Agent Pendergast and Con… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI by Yuval Noah Harari

25. Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI

By: Yuval Noah Harari

4.11

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

For the last 100,000 years, we Sapiens have accumulated enormous power. But despite all our discove… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Henry V: The Astonishing Triumph of England's Greatest Warrior King by Dan Jones

26. Henry V: The Astonishing Triumph of England's Greatest Warrior King

By: Dan Jones

4.61

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author returns with a biography examining the dramatic life and unpa… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Shadow Men: The Tangled Story of Murder, Media, and Privilege That Scandalized Jazz Age America by James Polchin

27. Shadow Men: The Tangled Story of Murder, Media, and Privilege That Scandalized Jazz Age America

By: James Polchin

3.86

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From Edgar Award finalist James Polchin comes a thrilling examination of the murder that captivated… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Kingmaker: Pamela Harriman's Astonishing Life of Power, Seduction, and Intrigue by Sonia Purnell

28. Kingmaker: Pamela Harriman's Astonishing Life of Power, Seduction, and Intrigue

By: Sonia Purnell

4.34

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE, a re-exam… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of By the Fire We Carry: The Generations-Long Fight for Justice on Native Land by Rebecca Nagle

29. By the Fire We Carry: The Generations-Long Fight for Justice on Native Land

By: Rebecca Nagle

4.60

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A powerful work of reportage and American history that braids the story of the forced removal of Na… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts by Oliver Burkeman

30. Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts

By: Oliver Burkeman

4.51

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

From Oliver Burkeman, author of the New York Times bestseller Four Thousand Weeks, a four-week jour… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering by Malcolm Gladwell

31. Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering

By: Malcolm Gladwell

4.16

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Twenty-five years after the publication of his groundbreaking first book, Malcolm Gladwell returns … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook

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4.23

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An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s

Doris Kearns Goodwin

4.71

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Mustafa Suleyman

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Salman Khan

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