I close my eyes and imagine the story and it merges with my listening experience.” -Joanna Hershon, author of St. I find myself remembering the sensual nature of the prose and the remarkably mellifluous voice of Irish actress Aoife McMahon. It was as if I was simply over hearing - and then becoming part of - a particularly juicy conversation. As I try to sort out why, I imagine it’s because there’s a conversations-with-friends quality to the writing, which lends itself perfectly to a listening experience. “There is something intoxicating and soothing about the experience of listening to Sally Rooney’s debut. So in addition to each author’s recommendation, we’ve noted their most recent titles as well.
But due to the restrictions on gatherings and crowd sizes amid the coronavirus pandemic, they have been forced to postpone tours and events to promote them. Otherwise, you can pay for each individually, but know that most titles cost more on their own than the price of a monthly subscription.Įditor’s note: All but two of these authors have either recently published new books or are about to publish new books. Before we get to the individual picks, we should note that all of the recommended audiobooks below are available on Audible, and for $15 a month, you can get all of them for free via a monthly Audible subscription. Our 17 authors’ 18 favorite audiobooks span genres, too, so there’s something for everyone - they also feature narrators as compelling as the material itself, from A-list celebrities like Diane Keaton and Armie Hammer to the books’ authors themselves. In speaking to these authors, many also noted the other inherent benefit of having a book read to you: That you are more likely to actually finish it, because you can listen while doing other things, like the dishes, walking, driving, or simply sitting on the couch. Seeing as we’re living through a particularly stressful time right now, we thought we’d take the opportunity to ask some of our favorite authors about the audiobooks they like to have read to them when they’re feeling particularly frazzled, frenetic, or frustrated. It’s why we were read to in bed as toddlers, and it’s the reason the Von Trapp children all rush into Maria’s room as soon as the thunderstorm hits in The Sound of Music. Having a story read to us has calmed humans down for centuries.
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