Is this an audiobook or a karaoke session?

Books in which the audiobook narrator serenades you by singing an in story song.

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created by MadHoney

last updated November, 2025

15 books

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Sounds Like Love

Ashley Poston

Brigands & Breadknives (Legends & Lattes, #2)

Travis Baldree

Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)

Pierce Brown

The Reptile Room (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #2)

Lemony Snicket

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (The Hunger Games, #0)

Suzanne Collins

The Maid and the Crocodile

Jordan Ifueko

The Butcher's Masquerade (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #5)

Matt Dinniman

Ring Shout

P. Djèlí Clark

The River Has Roots

Amal El-Mohtar

The Diviners (The Diviners, #1)

Libba Bray

The Sea of Trolls (Sea of Trolls, #1)

Nancy Farmer

Red Rabbit

Alex Grecian

The Daughters' War (Blacktongue, #0)

Christopher Buehlman

The Hobbit (The Lord of the Rings, #0)

J.R.R. Tolkien

The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)

Suzanne Collins

Comments

moonstone123

Sounds Like Love doesn’t have full songs, but there is definitely some unfortunate audiobook singing that takes place

MadHoney

Oh no is the narrator not a good singer? 🙈🙉

moss-mylk

Fun!!!! And also The River Has Roots i believe 🫡

MadHoney

Added! Thank you!

NikLit

This was especially powerful singing/instrumentation. Iirc, Amal El-Motar and her sister did the singing and playing, which was perfect for this particular story!

OhMyDio

This is so great! I'll try to remember to come back here as I encounter more!

MadHoney

Please do! 😊

displacedcactus

I am listening to The Hobbit and Serkis really seems to be having a blast singing all the songs.

MadHoney

I know some people probably don't like it, but I love when narrators sing, I think it's so fun and brings the story to life! Its even better when they seem like they are enjoying narrating.

displacedcactus

I suspect it would be really case-specific for me, but in this case, there are so many factors that make it work:

Serkis has a great and versatile voice
As mentioned, he's clearly having a good time
It really contributes to the overall vibe of "someone is telling me a story" vs "someone is reading a book to me" that Tolkien's narrative style creates.

MadHoney

I can totally understand that. I wouldn't want it to make the experience less immersive if it didn't feel right. I think maybe I have gotten lucky when experiencing this.

bellini

The Maid and the Crocodile's narrator, Adetinpo Thomas, sings songs throughout the book. Nice list!

NikLit

Loooooved this book and the narration. I know Jordan Ifueko posted a few reels about how psyched to was to have found a narrator who actually sang, since that's a huge part of the story.

MadHoney

Woah I’ve never heard of this book, adding it here and to my interested list! Thanks for the recommendation. ☺️

lizzyy

Incredibly niche topic, I love it!!

MadHoney

Thanks lizzyy! 🫶

erintripsey

Saved this list so fast!!

MadHoney

Thanks! Come back and let me know if you come across anything that should be added. 😊

erintripsey

From what I recall there’s songs in each of the audiobooks for A Series of Unfortunate Events! The one that I remember the most was from The Reptile Room