From the "free" available collection would be nice, but I do have a few credits to spend as well for good stuff. lol


I'm about to finish Bury my heart at Wounded Knee, which is a book that's been in my house for 30+ years but I never read. I think that's the last of what was unlined to in my Audible library, so I'm looking for suggestions.

Not NF, but worth considering, the Aubrey/Maturin series by Patrick O'Brian.

Based closely on the exploits of Thomas Cochrane.

I’ve really enjoyed a few of the Bill O’Reilly Killing books, specifically “Killing Regan”, “Killing Jesus” and “Killing Lincoln”.

I also recently re-listened to “American Gunfight” by Stephen Hunter which is excellent. None of these are free but they are good books.

Oh that's an easy one:
The Viking Heart by Arthur Herman.

Goes from Viking history to the descendants of Viking immigrants in America; in the middle the Vikings are deeply involved in the origins of many countries in Europe, including England, Russia, and Italy, in addition to the Scandinavian countries (which includes Iceland).
I have no significant Scandinavian heritage but the history is fascinating and well told.

Meditations by Marcus Aurelius is a phenomenal book.
I also thought The Rational Male by Rollo Tomasi should be required for every boy before they are allowed to date.
Both are very good reads.

Hell in a Very Small Place by Bernard Fall. It's the definitive account of the French defeat by the Viet Minh at the Siege of Dien Bien Phu, and one of the best military histories ever written. I read the book about 20 years ago, but recent finished "reading" it again by listening to the audiobook through Audible.

(Fall also wrote another book titled Street Without Joy, which is a broader overview of the First Indochina War as a whole, and its segue into the Second Indochina War/Vietnam War.)

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Hell in a Very Small Place by Bernard Fall.

Thanks for the reminder I read A Street Without Joy years ago, then started Hell In A Very Small Place but got side tracked after a few chapters and never got back to it. A few months ago I thought of it as something to revisit on audio book, but promptly forgot apparently.

Here's a couple that I liked. Not 100% sure they are available on audible, but suspect they are. I read the pages.

A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking


A People’s History of the United States

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson (I've read it twice and feel smarter each time.)

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A People’s History of the United States

That’s on there, but so far I prefer “A Patriots History of the United States” which is also available.

I am only partway through but it seems like the Patriots history doesn’t shy away from inequality or bad things the government has done, but also acknowledges that this country and its leaders got a lot of things right as well as debunking several myths from the left.

The first book i listened to on Audible was "South" by Sir Ernest Shackleton, narrated by Steven Crossley. It was excellent. What an amazing and fascinating journey. It basically convinced me to keep Audible as a subscription.

And it is free.

^ Listened to it a few months ago, after listening to In The Kingdom Of Ice.

I “read” mostly non-fiction on Audible. Recently, I read “Abraham Lincoln” by Carl Sandburg. It was good, but pretty long

I just started “Sherman” by B.H. Liddel Hart. It sounds good, but it’s too early to recommend.

I read “Hell in a Very Small Place” a couple of years ago and definitely second the recommendations above.

Empire of the summer moon. Its about the Comanche. Great book.

What about the Hardcore History podcast? Not books, but the WW1 one was amazing.

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What about the Hardcore History podcast? Not books, but the WW1 one was amazing.

Yeah, that’s a great podcast. Unfortunately only a few are free and the WWI episodes aren’t included. But they are well worth the money to buy them.