Audiobooks That Are Better Than the Book

1. Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid — Told in a full-cast performance, this audiobook brings the 1970s rock band drama fully to life.

2. Born a Crime by Trevor Noah — Narrated by the author, this memoir about growing up in apartheid South Africa is even better in Trevor’s voice.

3. Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders — This Pulitzer Prize-winning novel becomes a full-cast audio experience with over 160 narrators—including Nick Offerman and David Sedaris.

4. You by Caroline Kepnes (narrated by Santino Fontana) — The chilling, obsessive narration from the perspective of stalker Joe Goldberg is unnervingly intimate—and Fontana’s performance makes it all too real.

5. We Are Never Meeting in Real Life by Samantha Irby — Irby narrates her own essays with perfect comedic timing and vulnerable honesty. You’ll laugh, snort, and maybe cry, sometimes at the same time.

6. The Final Revival of Opal & Nev by Dawnie Walton — Like Daisy Jones, this faux music oral history is so much better with a dynamic full cast.

7. Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner — Narrated by the author, the audiobook adds even more emotional complexity.

8. Circe by Madeline Miller (narrated by Perdita Weeks) — Perdita Weeks gives a mesmerizing performance that breathes mythic power and fury into every word of this reimagined goddess tale.