March 13, 2024

35 Best History Audiobooks Published in the Past Five Years

On LearnOutLoud.com, we’ve recently added thousands of new audiobooks to our Audio & Video Learning Catalog. Included in these additions are thousands of new history audiobooks that have been published in the past five years. These audiobooks cover a wide range of historical topics across time and around the world. You can now browse:

Over 7,000 History Audiobooks to Download on LearnOutLoud.com

From ancient history to audiobooks about the future, we’ve added thousands of new titles. To guide you we’ll highlight 35 of the best new history audiobooks for each of our history subcategories. We’ve picked out about five titles from each subcategory that have been popular and highly rated. Check them out:

Best American History Audio Books:

The Pioneers by David McCullough
These Truths: A History of the United States by Jill Lepore
Sam Houston and the Alamo Avengers by Brian Kilmeade
The Fifties by David Halberstam
Four Hundred Souls by Ibram X. Kendi
The British Are Coming by Rick Atkinson

Best Ancient & Medieval History Audio Books:

Powers and Thrones: A New History of the Middle Ages by Dan Jones
The Anglo-Saxons by Marc Morris
Rubicon: The Triumph and Tragedy of the Roman Republic by Tom Holland
Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings by Neil Price
Ten Caesars: Roman Emperors from Augustus to Constantine by Barry Strauss
Naked Statues, Fat Gladiators, and War Elephants by Garrett Ryan

Best European History Audio Books:

The Story of the British Isles in 100 Places by Neil Oliver
The Shortest History of Europe by John Hirst
A History of France by John Julius Norwich
The Death of Democracy by Benjamin Carter Hett
The Berlin Wall: August 13, 1961 – November 9, 1989 by Frederick Taylor

Best Military History Audio Books:

The Spy and the Traitor by Ben Macintyre
Ordinary Men by Christopher R. Browning
Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy, 1945-1975 by Max Hastings
Inferno: The World at War, 1939-1945 by Max Hastings
Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era by James M. McPherson

Best Audio Books Featuring Speeches:

Keeping Hope Alive by Jesse Jackson
When They Go Low, We Go High by Philip Collins
Voices of History: Speeches That Changed the World by Simon Sebag Montefiore
Speaking Out: Lectures and Speeches, 1937-1958 by Albert Camus

Best Audio Books About The Future:

2030: How Today’s Biggest Trends Will Collide by Mauro F. Guillen
The Fourth Turning Is Here by Neil Howe
The Third Wave by Alvin Toffler
From Gutenberg to Google: The History of Our Future by Tom Wheeler

Best World History:

Countdown 1945 by Chris Wallace
Tiny Blunders-Big Disasters by Jared Knott
The End Is Always Near by Dan Carlin
Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World by Niall Ferguson
Imperial Twilight by Stephen R. Platt
Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis by Jared Diamond

Learn about history because “Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it!” -George Santayana.

March 13, 2024

65 Best Business Audiobooks Published in the Past Five Years

Are you looking for some of the best new audiobooks in the areas of business and professional development? We’ve recently added thousands of titles to our catalog, including the best business audiobooks from top authors and publishers. You can now browse:

Over 8,000 Business Audiobooks on LearnOutLoud.com

Whether you’re looking to start a new business, improve your leadership & management skills, invest more wisely, find out the latest marketing tips, or learn about the complex world of economics, we’ve got audiobooks for you! While browsing 8,000 audiobooks might seem a bit daunting, we’ve picked out 65 business audiobooks from the past five years that are highly rated and popular. Below, you’ll find about five audiobooks selected from each of our business subcategories to help you in many areas of professional development. Hopefully, you’ll find one that sounds interesting!

Best Business Leaders Audio Books:

Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber by Mike Isaac
No Filter: The Inside Story of Instagram by Sarah Frier
The Toyota Way by Jeffrey Liker
The Four: The Hidden DNA of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google by Scott Galloway
Becoming Trader Joe by Joe Coulombe

Best Economics Audio Books:

Good Economics for Hard Times by Abhijit Banerjee
Talking to My Daughter About the Economy by Yanis Varoufakis
The Deficit Myth by Stephanie Kelton
The Economics Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained
Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order
by Ray Dalio

Best Entrepreneurship Audio Books:

Crushing It! by Gary Vaynerchuk
How I Built This by Guy Raz
Company of One by Paul Jarvis
Girl Code by Cara Alwill
100 Side Hustles by Chris Guillebeau
12 Months to $1 Million by Ryan Daniel Moran
Company of One by Paul Jarvis

Best Investing & Finance Audio Books:

Get Good with Money by Tiffany Aliche
Let’s Talk Money by Monika Halan
Coffee Can Investing by Saurabh Mukherjea
We Should All Be Millionaires by Rachel Rodgers
The Ultimate Retirement Guide for 50+ by Suze Orman

Best Leadership & Management Audio Books:

Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek
The Dichotomy of Leadership by Jocko Willink
The Making of a Manager by Julie Zhuo
Leadershift by John C. Maxwell
Dare to Lead by Brene Brown
High Output Management by Andrew S. Grove
How to Lead by David M. Rubenstein

Best Negotiating Audio Books:

Flip the Script by Oren Klaff
Negotiate Without Fear by Victoria Medvec
Ask for More: 10 Questions to Negotiate Anything by Alexandra Carter
The Altman Close by Josh Altman

Best Networking Audio Books:

Friend of a Friend by David Burkus
50 Essential Etiquette Lessons by Katherine Flannery
Taking the Work Out of Networking by Karen Wickre
What’s in It for Them? by Joe Polish
Build Your Dream Network by J. Kelly Hoey

Best Public Speaking Audio Books:

Storyworthy by Matthew Dicks
Win Every Argument by Mehdi Hasan
How to Deliver a TED Talk by Jeremey Donovan
The Communication Book by Mikael Krogerus
Get to the Point! by Joel Schwartzberg (Free on Spotify!)

Best Real Estate Audio Books:

Real Estate Titans by Erez Cohen
Landlording on AutoPilot by Mike Butler
The Agent’s Edge by Jordan Cohen
2 Years to a Million in Real Estate by Matthew A. Martinez
The E-Myth Real Estate Agent by Michael Gerber

Best Sales & Marketing Audio Books:

This Is Marketing by Seth Godin
Building a StoryBrand by Donald Miller
Sell It Like Serhant by Ryan Serhant
Marketing Made Simple by Donald Miller
Dotcom Secrets by Russell Brunson
The Ultimate Sales Letter by Dan S. Kennedy

Best Strategy Audio Books:

Measure What Matters by John Doerr
Your Next Five Moves by Patrick Bet-David
It Doesn’t Have to Be Crazy at Work by Jason Fried
Unreasonable Hospitality by Will Guidara
Joy at Work: Organizing Your Professional Life by Marie Kondo
What You Do Is Who You Are by Ben Horowitz
Measure What Matters by John Doerr

Best Wealth Audio Books:

Happy Money by Ken Honda
Money: A User’s Guide by Laura Whateley
Million Dollar Habits by Brian Tracy
Tapping into Wealth by Margaret M. Lynch
The Money Tree by Chris Guillebeau

Boost your professional growth with a new business audiobook today!

March 13, 2024

50 Best Audio Book Biographies in the Past 5 Years

Who doesn’t like a fascinating biography on audio book? We’ve recently added thousands of new audio books to LearnOutLoud.com, including many new biographies. We now feature in our Audio Book Downloads section over 70,000 titles! Please note that we are linking to Audible on Amazon.com for almost all of our audio book downloads. You can browse them all here:

Browse Over 70,000 Audio Book Downloads from LearnOutLoud.com

There have been many bestselling biographies on audio book in the past five years, with bestsellers from both Michelle Obama with her book Becoming, and Barack Obama with his memoir A Promised Land. Additionally, there have been popular biographies from famous people like Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey, and Spare by Prince Harry. Arguably, the most celebrated biography of recent has been Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover, which was on the The New York Times bestseller list for over 130 weeks.

We have a lot more biographies on our site to choose from. Currently, you can browse:

Over 9,000 Biographies on Audio Book Download on LearnOutLoud.com

Below, we’ll highlight 50 of the best biographies from the past five years in each of our biography subcategories. Hopefully, we’ll tip you off to one you hadn’t heard of or one that you might interested in listening to.

Best Biography Audio Books About Artists:

Van Gogh: The Life by Steven Naifeh
The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo by Hayden Herrera
Agatha Christie: An Elusive Woman by Lucy Worsley
Oscar Wilde: A Life by Matthew Sturgis
Warhol by Blake Gopnik
Every Man for Himself and God Against All by Werner Herzog

Best Biography Audio Books About Business Leaders:

Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson
Sam Walton: Made in America by John Huey
Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon by Michael Lewis
Amazon Unbound by Brad Stone
Finding My Virginity: The New Autobiography by Richard Branson
Capital Gaines by Chip Gaines

Best Biography Audio Books About Entertainers:

Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey
Me: Elton John Official Autobiography
The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music by Dave Grohl
The Woman in Me by Britney Spears
Just as I Am by Cicely Tyson
The Answer Is: Reflections on My Life by Alex Trebek
In Pieces by Sally Field
The Meaning of Mariah Carey by Mariah Carey

Best Biography Audio Books About Everyday People:

Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover
The Salt Path by Raynor Winn
High Achiever by Tiffany Jenkins
Everything I Know About Love by Dolly Alderton
Know My Name by Chanel Miller

Best Biography Audio Books About Military Figures:

The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson
A Woman of No Importance by Sonia Purnell
Grant by Ron Chernow
Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead by James Mattis
Thank You for My Service by Mat Best
Walk in My Combat Boots by James Patterson & Matt Eversmann

Best Biography Audio Books About Philosophers:

I Am Dynamite!: A Life of Nietzsche by Sue Prideaux
In My Own Way by Alan Watts
Dying Every Day: Seneca at the Court of Nero by James S. Romm
The Adventures of Henry Thoreau by Michael Sims
I’ve Been Thinking by Daniel Dennett

Best Biography Audio Books About Political Figures:

A Promised Land by Barack Obama
Spare by Prince Harry
The President and the Freedom Fighter by Brian Kilmeade
Churchill: Walking with Destiny by Andrew Roberts
Victoria: The Queen by Julia Baird
Harriett Tubman: The Moses of Her People by Sarah H. Bradford

Best Biography Audio Books About Religious Figures:

Apprenticed to a Himalayan Master by Sri M.
Where the Light Fell by Philip Yancey
River of Fire: My Spiritual Journey by Helen Prejean
Being Ram Dass by Rameshwar Das & Ram Dass
Mother Angelica by Raymond Arroyo

Best Biography Audio Books About Scientists:

An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth by Chris Hadfield
Letters from an Astrophysicist by Neil deGrasse Tyson
Edison by Edmund Morris
Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie by Lauren Redniss
The Wizard and the Prophet by Charles C. Mann
Stephen Hawking: A Memoir of Friendship and Physics by Leonard Mlodinow

Learn about a fascinating person from these recent audio book biographies!

March 13, 2024

20 Best Arts & Entertainment Audio Books from the Past 5 Years

We’ve recently added thousands of new audio books from the past five years to our Audio Book Downloads section on LearnOutLoud.com. As always we’ve focused on audio books you can learn from, including most nonfiction audio books along with classic and contemporary literature. This brings the total number of titles in our Audio Book Downloads section to over 70,000! Please note that we are linking to Audible on Amazon.com for almost all of our audio book downloads. You can browse them all here:

Browse Over 70,000 Audio Book Downloads from LearnOutLoud.com

In this blog post, we’ll highlight 20 of the best audio books from the past five years in our categories of Arts & Entertainment Audio Books. You can now browse:

Over 3,500 Arts & Entertainment Audio Books on Download

Sort by Release Date for the titles we’ve most recently added. Below, we’ll highlight 20 of the best new audio books from the world of arts & entertainment. Enjoy this list and hopefully you’ll find some audio book that sparks your interest to learn more!

20 Best Arts & Entertainment Audio Books from the Past 5 Years

Best Comedy Audio Books:

Happy-Go-Lucky by David Sedaris
Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama by Bob Odenkirk
Sure, I’ll Join Your Cult by Maria Bamford
How to Talk to Your Cat About Gun Safety by Zachary Auburn
The Upright Citizens Brigade Comedy Improv Manual
Mastering Stand-Up by Stephen Rosenfield

Best Film, Music, Radio, TV, & Pop Culture Audio Books:

Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics by Dolly Parton
The Office: An Oral History by Andy Greene
Cinema Speculation by Quentin Tarantino
Room to Dream by David Lynch
From Staircase to Stage by Raekwon

Best Painting, Architecture, & Sculpture Audio Books:

Brunelleschi’s Dome by Ross King
All the Beauty in the World by Patrick Bringley
What Are You Looking At? by Will Gompertz
The Last Leonardo by Ben Lewis
Van Gogh and the Artists He Loved by Steven Naifeh
Talk Art by Russell Tovey

Best Theater, Opera, & Classical Music Audio Books:

Sanford Meisner on Acting by Sanford Meisner
Mozart: The Reign of Love by Jan Swafford
Classical Music for Dummies by David Pogue
Wagnerism: Art and Politics in the Shadow of Music by Alex Ross
In the Heights: Finding Home by Lin-Manuel Miranda

Plenty of entertaining and edifying audio books to choose from!

February 16, 2024

Michael Sugrue’s Free Great Minds Course from the Great Courses

Professor Michael Sugrue passed away last month after a long battle with cancer. Dr. Sugrue was a professor at Princeton and numerous other colleges. In the 1990s he recorded courses for The Teaching Company including many of the lectures for a history of philosophy course entitled Great Minds of the Western Intellectual Tradition. The course has gained a renewed interest on Dr. Sugrue’s YouTube Channel. Apparently, the rights to this edition of the course reverted to him, and he was able to upload them. The course also features Professor Darren Staloff, who taught and maybe still teaches at the City College of New York. Dr. Staloff has appeared in videos on Dr. Sugrue’s channel as well. Dr. Sugrue’s channel, which features lectures from his old Teaching Company courses and more recent lectures he gave on YouTube, currently has over 200,000 subscribers and over 13 million views.

It took me a few hours, but I was able to put together the Great Minds course in chronological order, with about 60 out of the 72 lectures. I used this helpful Great Minds lecture list to help me put them in order. I believe some of the lectures are from the first edition of the course, but most of them are from the second edition of the course, which has a little better audio and video. You can check out the playlist on YouTube here:

Great Minds of the Western Intellectual Tradition Lectures Playlist on YouTube

I was delighted to see his lectures pop up on YouTube as 20 years ago, when I was fresh out of college, I listened to Professor Sugrue’s course Plato, Socrates, and the Dialogues (which you can currently get on Audible). Back then, I was listening to Teaching Company courses on audio cassettes in my car as I delivered pizzas all summer. It was a delightful course, and Dr. Sugrue was undoubtedly a superstar lecturer. Many years later The Teaching Company became The Great Courses which are available on audio download through Audible and on streaming video through Wondrium.

The Great Courses did record a 3rd Edition of Great Minds of the Western Intellectual Tradition, which you can purchase from Audible. But it’s great to have the 2nd Edition available for free on YouTube. Professor Sugrue also uploaded an old Teaching Company course entitled The Bible and Western Culture. I also remember listening to this course oh so long ago! Rest in peace, Dr. Sugrue. A true lover of wisdom!