Audiobook month is almost here! Every June, audiobook fans around the world celebrate the joy that is listening to our favorite stories. Some of my personal favorite stories are audiobooks performed by their authors. There’s just something special about hearing an author read their own work. In honor of the occasion, here are a few of my all-time favorite audiobooks.
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Pandora’s Jar: Women in the Greek Myths by Natalie Haynes
Pandora’s Jar looks at some of the most prominent mortal women featured in Greek myths. Haynes discusses figures like Jocasta, Helen, and Medusa, detailing the different versions of their stories and how these women have been featured in popular culture. With each woman, Haynes has this masterful way of highlighting how much of these women’s stories have been constructed through a sexist patriarchal lens. Haynes narrates the audiobook of Pandora’s Jar, making the collection feel intimate, like she’s sitting beside you as she tells these stories.
Let’s Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir by Jenny Lawson
As a chronic illness girlie myself, sometimes I find it difficult to read books about other women with chronic illnesses, but Jenny Lawson possesses a unique ability to describe some of the worst moments of her life with the perfect amount of humor to ease the pain, and her audiobook narration adds perfect comedic timing. From the first few moments of the audiobook, her story sucks you in as you learn about her childhood in Texas, her father’s love of taxidermy, and all of the delightfully awkward situations in which Lawson finds herself.
We Are Never Meeting in Real Life: Essays by Samantha Irby
As a huge Samantha Irby fan, I couldn’t wait to discuss We Are Never Meeting in Real Life with my book club. Irby is a delight to read and discuss, with her bawdy humor and sharp insight. Everyone has their favorite essays and scenes to retell. Several of us listened to the audiobook and couldn’t help but gush over Irby’s perfect narration.
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
In this gorgeous memoir, Michelle Zauner shares her experience growing up as the only Asian American kid in Eugene, Oregon. Having a white American father and a Korean mother always made her feel not part of either world. When her mother dies, she finds herself in an Asian grocery store, reminded of her mother and crying in the aisles. Beautifully written and full of quick wit and insight, Crying in H Mart has to be one of the best memoirs in recent times. Zauner’s performance of the audiobook highlights the intimate tone and emotional depth of her prose.
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
One of the best audiobooks to come out in the last decade, Trevor Noah narrates his memoir, where he tells the story of his very birth being a crime during South Africa’s apartheid, which banned interracial relationships. But he doesn’t just read his memoir; he performs it. Every person in his story has their own voice and cadence, and his comedic timing is perfection. I loved every second of this audiobook and will be listening to it again and again.
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