I have always preferred the ease of having to listen to a book instead of reading it myself. Or, sometimes, I just want to follow along while someone reads the book to me. However, after listening to thousands of audiobooks myself, I feel like the book is always narrated better by the person who knows the book best. Who knows the book better than the author?
This is one of the reasons why I’m always choosing books narrated by their author instead of someone else! If you’re looking for the same captivating experience of a great audiobook but with the expertise and fun that only the author can give, here are Amazing Audiobooks Narrated by Their Authors.
In this award-winning Audible Studios production, Trevor Noah tells his wild coming-of-age tale during the twilight of apartheid in South Africa. It’s a story that begins with his mother throwing him from a moving van to save him from a potentially fatal dispute with gangsters, then follows the budding comedian’s path to self-discovery through episodes both poignant and comical. Noah’s virtuoso embodiment of all the characters from his childhood, and his ability to perform accents and dialects effortlessly in English, Xhosa, and Zulu, garnered the Audie Award for Best Male Narrator in 2018.
An intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former first lady of the United States.
The Graveyard Book, by Neil Gaiman, has sold more than one million copies and is the only novel ever to win both the Newbery Medal and the Carnegie Medal.
Amy Poehler is hosting a dinner party and you’re invited! Welcome to the audiobook edition of Amy Poehler’s Yes Please. The guest list is star-studded with vocal appearances from Carol Burnett, Seth Meyers, Michael Schur, Patrick Stewart, Kathleen Turner, and even Amy’s parents – Yes Please is the ultimate audiobook extravaganza. 
Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person
Sarah Vowell exposes the glorious conundrums of American history and culture with wit, probity, and an irreverent sense of humor. With Assassination Vacation, she takes us on a road trip like no other, a journey to the pit stops of American political murder and through the myriad ways they have been used for fun and profit, for political and cultural advantage.
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman, a haunting novel that explores the awesome power of memory, friendship, and sacrifice?one of ten classic Gaiman works repackaged with elegant original watercolor art by acclaimed artist Henry Sene Yee
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
On the eve of her ninth birthday, unassuming Rose Edelstein bites into her mother’s homemade lemon-chocolate cake and discovers she has a magical gift: she can taste her mother’s emotions in the slice. To her horror, she finds that her cheerful mother tastes of despair. Soon, she’s privy to the secret knowledge that most families keep hidden: her father’s detachment, her mother’s transgression, her brother’s increasing retreat from the world. But there are some family secrets that even her cursed taste buds can’t discern.
Let’s Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir
Scrappy Little Nobody
Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things
From the author of the beloved New York Times best-selling book Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? and the creator and star of The Mindy Project comes a collection of essays that are as hilarious and insightful as they are deeply personal.
An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth
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