The Future Is History (National Book Award Winner)
The Best Fiction Podcasts for Listeners Who Love a Good Story
You can’t beat a good story. Luckily, humans are great at storytelling, and the best fiction podcasts are all the proof that the modern listener requires. Get the popcorn ready; it’s storytime.
Best Sellers
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The Man Without a Face
- The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin
- Written by: Masha Gessen
- Narrated by: Masha Gessen
- Length: 10 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance40
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WINNER OF THE 2026 PULITZER PRIZE FOR OPINION WRITING The National Book Award winner's biography of a ruthless man's ascent to near-absolute power. “In a country where journalists critical of the government have a way of meeting untimely deaths, Gessen has shown remarkable courage in...
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Masha Gessen has a chilling view of the early Vlad
- By HRPuff&Stuff on 2020-02-12
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The Man Without a Face
- The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin
- Narrated by: Masha Gessen
- Length: 10 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 2019-04-30
- Language: English
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$25.80 or free with 30-day trial
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The Future Is History (National Book Award Winner)
- How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia
- Written by: Masha Gessen
- Narrated by: Masha Gessen
- Length: 16 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall37
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Performance26
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Story25
WINNER OF THE 2026 PULITZER PRIZE FOR OPINION WRITING WINNER OF THE 2017 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN NONFICTION WINNER OF THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY'S HELEN BERNSTEIN BOOK AWARD The essential journalist and bestselling biographer of Vladimir Putin reveals how, in the space of a generation, Russia...
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The Future Is History (National Book Award Winner)
- How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia
- Narrated by: Masha Gessen
- Length: 16 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 2017-10-03
- Language: English
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$32.48 or free with 30-day trial
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Surviving Autocracy
- Written by: Masha Gessen
- Narrated by: Masha Gessen
- Length: 5 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall15
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Performance14
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Story13
WINNER OF THE 2026 PULITZER PRIZE FOR OPINION WRITING “When Gessen speaks about autocracy, you listen.” —The New York Times “A reckoning with what has been lost in the past few years and a map forward with our beliefs intact.” —Interview As seen on MSNBC’s Morning Joe and heard on...
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- By Amazon Customer on 2020-08-08
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Surviving Autocracy
- Narrated by: Masha Gessen
- Length: 5 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 2020-06-02
- Language: English
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$21.97 or free with 30-day trial
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Where the Jews Aren't
- The Sad and Absurd Story of Birobidzhan, Russia's Jewish Autonomous Region
- Written by: Masha Gessen
- Narrated by: Christina Delaine
- Length: 5 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1
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Performance1
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In 1929, the Soviet government set aside a sparsely populated area in the Soviet Far East for settlement by Jews. The place was called Birobidzhan. The idea of an autonomous Jewish region was championed by Jewish Communists, Yiddishists, and intellectuals, who envisioned a haven of...
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Where the Jews Aren't
- The Sad and Absurd Story of Birobidzhan, Russia's Jewish Autonomous Region
- Narrated by: Christina Delaine
- Length: 5 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 2017-06-13
- Language: English
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$17.88 or free with 30-day trial
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El hombre sin rostro
- El sorprendente ascenso de Vladímir Putin [The Surprising Rise of Vladimir Putin]
- Written by: Masha Gessen, Marcos Pérez Sánchez - translator, Juan Manuel Ibeas Delgado - translator
- Narrated by: Angi Sansón
- Length: 12 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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La fascinante historia de cómo Vladímir Putin, un agente mediocre del KGB, llegó a la presidencia de Rusia, deshizo años de avances y convirtió a su país de nuevo en una amenaza para sus ciudadanos y para el mundo....
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El hombre sin rostro
- El sorprendente ascenso de Vladímir Putin [The Surprising Rise of Vladimir Putin]
- Narrated by: Angi Sansón
- Length: 12 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 2023-02-23
- Language: Spanish
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$26.43 or free with 30-day trial
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The Brothers
- The Road to an American Tragedy
- Written by: Masha Gessen
- Narrated by: Hillary Huber
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2
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WINNER OF THE 2026 PULITZER PRIZE FOR OPINION WRITING “A gripping narrative and a stunning piece of investigative journalism… [that] gives us the human side to the story of two young men who must be understood as more than monsters” (Christian Science Monitor) The National Book Award...
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The Brothers
- The Road to an American Tragedy
- Narrated by: Hillary Huber
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 2015-04-07
- Language: English
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$24.84 or free with 30-day trial
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Words Will Break Cement
- The Passion of Pussy Riot
- Written by: Masha Gessen
- Narrated by: Carrington MacDuffie
- Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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The heroic story of Pussy Riot, who resurrected the power of truth in a society built on lies. On February 21, 2012, five young women entered the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow. In neon-colored dresses, tights, and balaclavas, they performed a “punk prayer” beseeching the “Mother...
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Words Will Break Cement
- The Passion of Pussy Riot
- Narrated by: Carrington MacDuffie
- Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 2014-02-03
- Language: English
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$19.11 or free with 30-day trial
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Der Mann ohne Gesicht
- Wladimir Putin. Eine Enthüllung
- Written by: Masha Gessen
- Narrated by: Dana Geissler
- Length: 12 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Das ist neu in Russland: Hunderttausende gehen gegen die gefälschten Wahlen auf die Straße. Ihr Protest richtet sich gegen den Mann, der hinter...
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Der Mann ohne Gesicht
- Wladimir Putin. Eine Enthüllung
- Narrated by: Dana Geissler
- Length: 12 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 2012-03-01
- Language: German
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$19.77 or free with 30-day trial
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