audiobooks where the author narrating it actually works

not every celebrity memoir needs the celebrity reading it. these are the ones where it does

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Born a Crime (Trevor Noah)

does the accents and voices himself, obviously. this is the one i recommend first, full stop

Becoming (Michelle Obama)

long but her delivery carries it, never feels like a press tour

Kitchen Confidential, Anthony Bourdain

Born to Run (Bruce Springsteen)

he basically performs it. skip the physical copy and go straight here

The Storyteller (Dave Grohl)

the one nobody puts on these lists and it's my favorite of the bunch. genuinely funny, tells on himself a lot

Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls (David Sedaris)

Talking to Strangers, Malcolm Gladwell

this one's more of a produced audio doc than a straight reading. still counts, still good

Humble Pi (Matt Parker)

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