Best audiobooks of and about the 1980s Collection By The Audible Editors

The Audible Editors

Best audiobooks of and about the 1980s

Some of the best listens to give you a better look at the events and VIPs that made the decade unforgettable.

15 titles

Passable in Pink

By: Mike Sacks

Narrated by: Gillian Jacobs, Adam Scott, Bobby Moynihan, Bob Odenkirk, Rhea Seehorn, Emily Woo Zeller, Laraine Newman, Sasheer Zamata, James Adomian, Julie Klausner, Joel Kim Booster, Justine Bateman, Judd Nelson, Jessica McKenna, full cast

Length: 5 hrs and 38 mins

Release date: 11-14-19

Language: English

458 ratings
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And the Band Played On

Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic

By: Randy Shilts

Narrated by: Victor Bevine

Length: 31 hrs and 44 mins

Release date: 08-11-09

Language: English

1072 ratings
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Paperback Crush

The Totally Radical History of '80s and '90s Teen Fiction

By: Gabrielle Moss

Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller

Length: 4 hrs and 53 mins

Release date: 10-30-18

Language: English

71 ratings
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Nöthin' but a Good Time

The Uncensored History of the '80s Hard Rock Explosion

By: Tom Beaujour, Richard Bienstock

Narrated by: Amy McFadden, Gary Furlong, Richard Bienstock, Tom Beaujour

Length: 16 hrs and 8 mins

Release date: 03-16-21

Language: English

701 ratings
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Upon Reflection

Words + Music, Vol. 12

By: Sting

Narrated by: Sting

Series: Words + Music

Length: 1 hrs and 26 mins

Release date: 03-25-21

Language: English

4907 ratings
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Neuromancer

By: William Gibson

Narrated by: Robertson Dean

Series: Sprawl Trilogy Series, Book 1

Length: 10 hrs and 31 mins

Release date: 06-30-11

Language: English

9347 ratings
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Midnight's Children

By: Salman Rushdie

Narrated by: Lyndam Gregory

Length: 24 hrs and 29 mins

Release date: 04-24-09

Language: English

2036 ratings
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Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher

A Political Marriage

By: Nicholas Wapshott

Narrated by: Simon Vance

Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins

Release date: 12-17-07

Language: English

213 ratings
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Brat

An '80s Story

By: Andrew McCarthy

Narrated by: Andrew McCarthy

Length: 4 hrs and 55 mins

Release date: 05-11-21

Language: English

2204 ratings
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Lonesome Dove

By: Larry McMurtry

Narrated by: Lee Horsley

Series: Lonesome Dove Saga, Book 3

Length: 36 hrs and 47 mins

Release date: 12-31-17

Language: English

7935 ratings
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Beloved

Pulitzer Prize Winner

By: Toni Morrison, Honorée Fanonne Jeffers - introduction

Narrated by: Toni Morrison, Karen Murray

Length: 12 hrs and 3 mins

Release date: 05-22-06

Language: English

5333 ratings
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The Joy Luck Club

By: Amy Tan

Narrated by: Gwendoline Yeo

Length: 9 hrs and 5 mins

Release date: 12-16-99

Language: English

3114 ratings
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The Color Purple

By: Alice Walker

Narrated by: Samira Wiley

Series: Color Purple, Book 1

Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins

Release date: 05-19-20

Language: English

1745 ratings
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The Remains of the Day

Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature

By: Kazuo Ishiguro

Narrated by: Nicholas Guy Smith

Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins

Release date: 10-15-19

Language: English

3014 ratings
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Films of Endearment

A Mother, a Son and the '80s Films That Defined Us

By: Michael Koresky

Narrated by: Vikas Adam

Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins

Release date: 05-04-21

Language: English

9 ratings
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