World War I
WWI Fiction:
By: Carol Rivers / Narrated By: Helen Dickens
Length: 11 hrs and 35 mins
I thiiiiink it was sweet and all that, at least what I didn’t sleep through…
Written and Narrated By: Josh Ritter
Length: 5 hrs and 19 mins
THIS is what happens when ya choose based on the cover art… Just NO!
A Novel
By: Erich Maria Remarque / Narrated By: Graham Halstead
Length: 11 hrs and 7 mins
History is written by the Victors, but War is lived and survived by those who lived it, who died it
Series: War Horse, Book 1
By: Michael Morpurgo / Narrated By: John Keating
Length: 4 hrs and 3 mins
… >sniffle< …>sniffle< WAAAAAH!!!
A Novel
By: Kathleen Rooney / Narrated By: Juliana Canfield, Noah Michael Levine
Length: 11 hrs and 13 mins
Kinda depressing, esPECially as narrated, esPECially by Canfield—
A Novel
By: Helen Simonson / Narrated By: Fiona Hardingham
Length: 15 hrs and 47 mins
First listen? Tickled pink! Second listen? Holy cow, the narration really killed it for me…!
Series: The Regeneration Trilogy, Book 3
By: Pat Barker / Narrated By: Peter Firth
Length: 5 hrs and 47 mins
Slow-going at first but, my GOD how it ends!!!
Series: The Regeneration Trilogy, Book 2
By: Pat Barker / Narrated By: Peter Firth
Length: 6 hrs and 43 mins
Regeneration was about men; The Eye in the Door is about people… And that’s never a good thing…
By: Erich Maria Remarque / Narrated By: Frank Muller
Length: 6 hrs and 55 mins
Exquisitely written with heartfelt narration. Absolutely devastating…
Series: The Regeneration Trilogy, Book 1
By: Pat Barker / Narrated By: Peter Firth
Length: 7 hrs and 32 mins
Oh how quietly this book screams—WOW
An Audible Original
By: Charles Olivier / Narrated By: Full Cast
Length: 1 hr and 13 mins
A truly good audio drama
WWI Nonfiction:
By: Barbara W. Tuchman / Narrated By: John Lee / Narrated By: Wanda McCaddon
Length: 18 hrs and 59 mins
Erudite and clever crafting, impeccable narration!
A Visionary Surgeon's Battle to Mend the Disfigured Soldiers of World War I
By: Lindsey Fitzharris / Narrated By: Daniel Gillies
Length: 8 hrs and 15 mins
Ahhhhh… m’ sister read the Publisher’s Summary… something you should NOT do if you’re going to enjoy this VAStly AWEsome book!
How J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis Rediscovered Faith, Friendship, and Heroism in the Cataclysm of 1914-1918
By: Joseph Loconte / Narrated By: Dave Hoffman
Length: 6 hrs and 38 mins
The occasional urge to throttle the narrator did NOT stop this from being a hard-hitting Listen. Filled with Strife; filled with Grace
A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918
By: Adam Hochschild / Narrated By: Arthur Morey
Length: 16 hrs and 26 mins
AWESOME! Soooo awesome I barely noticed Arthur Morey
A New History of the Western Front in World War I
By: Emily Mayhew / Narrated By: Kelly Birch
Length: 8 hrs and 48 mins
Brava, Ms. Mayhew! The urgency is captured, here, over 100 years past the event!
The Great War and the Birth of the Modern Age
By: Modris Eksteins / Narrated By: Michael Prichard
Length: 14 hrs and 52 mins
So suuuuue me—Best intro to Springtime EVER!
The Heartbreaking Story of Five Harvard Men Who Led America to Victory in World War I
By: James Carl Nelson / Narrated By: Geoffrey Blaisdell
Length: 12 hrs and 6 mins
Iffy narration and production problems can’t mar a good story
The Untold Story of America’s Unknown Soldier and WWI’s Most Decorated Heroes Who Brought Him Home
By: Patrick K. O’Donnell / Narrated By: Dan Woren
Length: 12 hrs and 54 mins
It was good; it’s just that I was expecting something more emotionally evocative. So sue me!
The Untold Story of America’s Canine Heroes
By: Maria Goodavage / Narrated By: Nicole Vilencia
Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
Everything, and I mean EVERYthing you’ll ever wanna know about Military Working Dogs!
The Heroes of America's Forgotten Invasion of Russia, 1918-1919
By: James Carl Nelson / Narrated By: Johnny Heller
Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
Has its flaws but is still a very interesting bit of forgotten history
A Band of Daredevil Pilots and the Greatest Prison Break of the Great War
By: Neal Bascomb / Narrated By: LJ Ganser
Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
Little known story of some genuine heroes