Societal History
The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America
Written and Narrated By: Annie Jacobsen
Length: 19 hrs and 26 mins
I Am. GUTTED…
The Rise of Fascism: 1919-1945
By: Julia Boyd / Narrated By: Christa Lewis
Length: 13 hrs and 46 mins
Three words? Stunning. Terrifying. Timely…
The Forgotten War That Changed American History
By: Brian Kilmeade, Don Yaeger / Narrated By: Brian Kilmeade
Length: 4 hrs and 52 mins
Uh-oh… one eye firmly on History, the other? Oh ouch… total Squid’s Eye, and I can’t help it…
The Lost Recordings
By: Luis Alberto González Arenas, Diego Morales De Murga / Narrated By: Robb Moreira, Thom Rivera, Ozzie Rodriguez, Gabriel Romero, Pietro Gonzalez, Julia Vera Andrews, Frankie Maria Corzo, Rene Veron
Length: 6 hrs and 18 mins
Intricate, Inspiring, Very Well-Done
The Rise of the Oligarchs and the Greatest Wealth in History
By: Ben Mezrich / Narrated By: Jeremy Bobb
Length: 6 hrs and 47 mins
Ben Mezrich ain’t no Luke Harding -but-
Witches, Wonder Doctors, and the Ghosts of the Past in Post-WWII Germany
By: Monica Black / Narrated By: Erin Dion
Length: 10 hrs and 35 mins
I don’t know; but I don’t think Monica Black quite knows either… hmmm…
Updated with Twenty New Lessons from Russia's War on Ukraine
Written and Narrated By: Timothy Snyder
Length: 9 hrs and 45 mins
Timothy Snyder is a MUST Listen!!!
Europe Between Hitler and Stalin
By: Timothy Snyder / Narrated By: Ralph Cosham
Length: 19 hrs and 14 mins
Overwhelming… Familiar…
Pioneer in Racial Advancement
By: John M. Carroll / Narrated By: JD Jackson
Length: 11 hrs and 47 mins
The man’s story is sooo good, sooo inspiring…!
The Charleston Church Massacre and the Hard, Inspiring Journey to Forgiveness
By: Jennifer Berry Hawes / Introduction: Jennifer Berry Hawes / Narrated By: Karen Chilton
Length: 12 hrs and 43 mins
ExTENsive and even-handed reporting on a tragedy made this a MUST Listen
Migrant Farmworkers in the United States
By: Seth Holmes / Narrated By: Paul Costanzo
Length: 8 hrs and 24 mins
No really, beYONd a Left/Right Issue—this is just a shared humanity, isn’t it?!?
Written and Narrated By: Thomas Fudge
Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
Snooooze… hypotheses suggested… snooooze…. no conclusions drawn… snooooooze… Whazza? Is it over?!
The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy
By: David Zucchino / Narrated By: Victor Bevine
Length: 11 hrs and 26 mins
How come this isn’t widely known? A disgustingly successful coup on American soil
By: Sarah Vowell / Narrated By: Sarah Vowell, Conan O'Brien, Catherine Keener, Stephen King, Dave Eggers, Jon Stewart
Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
Uneven guest narrators don’t throw off a delight. Morbid meets Road Trip
A Republican Strategist Gets Real About the Worst President Ever
Written and Narrated By: Rick Wilson
Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins
Was crying from Minute One—dunno whether from laughter or from deepest sorrow
The Waterborne Evacuation of Manhattan on 9/11
By: James Kendra, Tricia Wachtendorf / Narrated By: Peter Lerman
Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
You looking for almost-mythological heroes? Nooooo, look far away from this study of the mechanics of rescues…!
Written and Narrated By: Jon Ronson
Length: 7 hrs and 26 mins
Deep and fraught; shallow and histrionic: Ronson always, ALWAYS provides a hilarious descent into Hell
Fighting to Save a Way of Life in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina
By: Ken Wells / Narrated By: Chris Andrews
Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins
Not quite what I thought it was gonna be…
The Montgomery Story
Series: The King Legacy
By: Martin Luther King Jr. / Narrated By: JD Jackson
Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
Ponderous narration (And I mean PONDEROUS!) doesn’t mar this incredibly fine account
By: Matt Taibbi / Narrated By: Rob Shapiro
Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins
Listened to it; now I’m ready for a bleach dip…
The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper
By: Hallie Rubenhold / Narrated By: Louise Brealey
Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
Very much wanted to love this, but… >Meh<
Servitude and Salvation in the Heartland
By: Dan Barry / Narrated By: Fred Sanders
Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins
Read one review of this audiobook that TOTALLY shows WHY this happened for so long and continues to happen today…
Written and Narrated By: Joseph M. Marshall III
Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
Mostly about a lost Way of Life
The Wampanoag Indians, Plymouth Colony, and the Troubled History of Thanksgiving
By: David J. Silverman / Narrated By: William Roberts
Length: 14 hrs and 55 mins
We reeeeally should lay the Thanksgiving Myth to rest… oh. my. gosh…
The Team That Changed a Game, a People, a Nation
By: Sally Jenkins / Narrated By: Don Leslie
Length: 13 hrs and 17 mins
A mightily inspirational listen… that’s pretty god awfully depressing as well…
The First and Only Memoir by One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WW II
By: Chester Nez, Judith Schiess Avila / Narrated By: David Colacci
Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins
You’d better believe this is a good book about a great man
By: Sarah Vowell / Narrated By: Sarah Vowell, Fred Armisen, Bill Hader, John Hodgman, Catherine Keener, Edward Norton, Keanu Reeves, Paul Rudd, Maya Rudolph, John Slattery
Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins
“Caustic rhetoric”?!? Yesssss!!!
The Rival Jewish Dynasties That Helped Create Modern China
By: Jonathan Kaufman / Narrated By: Joel Richards
Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
Engaging, a real treat!
Life After Nuclear War
By: Susan Southard / Narrated By: Traci Kato-Kiriyama
Length: 12 hrs and 16 mins
75 years later, and I’m devastated, and I’m a tad confused (I do admit it…!)
The Journal of a Japanese Physician, August 6-September 30, 1945
By: Michihiko Hachiya MD / Narrated By: Robertson Dean
Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
Boooooo, Robertson DEAN! …but at least he didn’t ruin this one…! Verrrry touching, soul-stirring
Private Markets, Fashion Trends, Prison Camps, Dissenters and Defectors
By: Daniel Tudor, James Pearson / Narrated By: Derek Perkins
Length: 4 hrs and 45 mins
A HIGHly respectful look at what we don’t know about North Korea
The Epic World War II Story of the Japanese American GIs Who Rescued the Lost Battalion
By: Scott McGaugh / Narrated By: Traber Burns
Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
Riveting Military History of Heroes, but oh! Traber Burns :(
Pioneer in Racial Advancement
By: John M. Carroll / Narrated By: JD Jackson
Length: 11 hrs and 47 mins
The man’s story is sooo good, sooo inspiring…!
The Charleston Church Massacre and the Hard, Inspiring Journey to Forgiveness
By: Jennifer Berry Hawes / Introduction: Jennifer Berry Hawes / Narrated By: Karen Chilton
Length: 12 hrs and 43 mins
ExTENsive and even-handed reporting on a tragedy made this a MUST Listen
Constance Baker Motley and the Struggle for Equality
By: Tomiko Brown-Nagin / Narrated By: Karen Chilton
Length: 15 hrs and 57 mins
Okay, this jumps around ALL OVER THE PLACE, but boy is it awesome!!!
The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy
By: David Zucchino / Narrated By: Victor Bevine
Length: 11 hrs and 26 mins
How come this isn’t widely known? A disgustingly successful coup on American soil
A Vision for Change and the Future of America
By: John Lewis / Narrated By: Keith David
Length: 5 hrs and 27 mins
Beautiful, brutal, at times disheartening but ALWAYS filled with such love
The Hidden History of Slavery, Four Presidents, and Five Black Lives
By: Kenneth C. Davis / Narrated By: Kenneth C. Davis, Frankie Faison, Keith David, JD Jackson, Adenrele Ojo, Adam Lazarre-White, Dion Graham, Mark Bramhall
Length: 5 hrs and 41 mins
Behind our great men? An army of enslaved men, women, and children… Happy Presidents Day, y’all…
A German POW, a Black Nurse, and an Unlikely Romance
By: Alexis Clark / Narrated By: Allyson Johnson
Length: 5 hrs and 19 mins
A book combining History, Romance, and WWII?!? I SHOULD’VE loved this!
The Montgomery Story
Series: The King Legacy
By: Martin Luther King Jr. / Narrated By: JD Jackson
Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
Ponderous narration (And I mean PONDEROUS!) doesn’t mar this incredibly fine account
The African American Search for Family Lost in Slavery
By: Heather Andrea Williams / Narrated By: Robin Miles
Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
If you ever thought you knew about the evils of slavery? You have NO idea—here we go
The Epic Story of the 761st Tank Battalion, WWII’s Forgotten Heroes
By: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Anthony Walton / Narrated By: Richard Allen
Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
A very proud addition to Audiobook Accomplice’s Military History!
A Black Lives Matter Memoir
By: Patrisse Khan-Cullors, asha bandele / Narrated By: Patrisse Khan-Cullors
Length: 6 hrs and 29 mins
Because Black lives matter…
A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock’s Central High
By: Melba Pattillo Beals / Narrated By: Lisa Reneé Pitts
Length: 12 hrs and 39 mins
Unbelievable! Filled with rage, violence. Filled with love, innocence.
The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race
By: Margot Lee Shetterly / Narrated By: Robin Miles
Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
Worth it for the prologue and the epilogue
The Real Story of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Final Year
By: Tavis Smiley, David Ritz / Narrated By: Tavis Smiley
Length: 6 hrs and 15 mins
Fraught narration sometimes mars a good account