I'll Tell It Myself: books read by the author
full-cast audio dramas have their place, and celebrity narrators are fun to recognize, but sometimes it's better to hear it in the author's voice, literally.
created by peryton
last updated December, 2025
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If you're curious, I have a list specific to memoirs narrated by their own authors! MEmoir: me lived, me wrote, and me narrated
Oh sweet ty! of course memoirs are prob the genre most read by the author, that tracks lol
Oh this is so fun
something about hearing the way the words were meant to be heard as told by the writer themselves :’))
i personally loved “on earth we’re briefly gorgeous” read and written by ocean vuong! his emotional cadence and poeticism is best captured in the audio💓
You should add I have no mouth, and I must scream. Harlan Ellison’s narration is absolutely phenomenal.
Ooh I didn't know Carrie Fisher read her book 🥺 I think I'll move it up my TBR!
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