10 powerful works of literary fiction narrated by their authors If you’re interested, we’ll share more author-narrated works by genre in the future, and chiming in with your favorite author-read audiobooks helps us share more great books with you. We hope you’ll share your favorites in the comments. But there are plenty of fiction authors of all genres who narrate their own work. In keeping with our 2022 philosophy of shorter book lists, we’re focusing on literary fiction today. Some of the authors mentioned in today’s book list narrate most, if not all, of their own work, whereas others have only narrated the one. The first few listens were accidental, and then I began to seek them out. Over the last year I happened to listen to a handful of wonderful audiobooks narrated by their authors. It’s a unique joy to listen to a wonderful novel, narrated exactly as the author herself envisioned. That’s why I’m always intrigued when authors narrate their own novels for the audiobook edition. Novelists know how to tell a good story but that doesn’t mean they’re the best one to perform it. The best audiobooks aren’t a substitute for actual books instead they enhance them, adding layers to the reading experience. You can bet I’m not the only one who reads her own work for this reason! But it remains rare for authors to narrate their own novels. For example, I narrate all my own audiobooks, and a key reason is that so many readers know my voice from my podcast. It’s not terribly uncommon for authors to read memoirs and nonfiction works. Because writing books and performing books aloud are very different skill sets, voice actors typically narrate audiobooks. I’m willing to bet the answer is: not very. Think about who narrates your favorite fiction audiobooks.
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