Behind every amazing audiobook on Libro.fm is a narrator that brings the author’s words to life. These narrators are responsible for transporting us to another world even as we work, run errands, work out, or commute. This week we recognize the narrators of the Top Ten Bestselling Audiobooks of 2017.
Which of these narrators’ works do you enjoy?
The 166-person cast
that narrated Lincoln in the Bardo
This huge cast includes celebrity voices such as Nick Offerman, Lena Dunham, David Sedaris, and many others. It is impossible to recognize every narrator in this post, but that’s a large part of what makes this audiobook unforgettable.
Nicholas Guy Smith
Narrator of A Gentleman in Moscow
Nicholas Guy Smith’s expressive voice transports the listener to the Metropol and takes them on the count’s journey, even as he remains in the same room for decades. “I always keep the listeners in mind during the narration. How can I keep them connected to the story?” – Nicholas Guy Smith
J.D. Vance
Author and Narrator of Hillbilly Elegy
A former marine and Yale Law School graduate, J.D. Vance gives a powerful account–through both his writing and narration–of growing up in a poor Rust Belt town, offering a broader, probing look at the struggles of America’s white working class.
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Author and Narrator of What Happened
In her most personal memoir yet, Hillary Rodham Clinton reveals what she was thinking and feeling during one of the most controversial and unpredictable presidential elections in history. Who better to narrate this story than the woman that lived it?
Neil Gaiman
Author and Narrator of Norse Mythology
Neil Gaiman breathes new life into Norse Myths with both prose and narration. And he encourages the listener to become the narrator! He says of these stories, “The fun comes in telling them yourself–something I warmly encourage you to do, you person reading this. Read the stories in this book, then make them your own.”
David Sedaris
Author and Narrator of Theft by Finding
David Sedaris is the ideal narrator for a bestselling audiobook made up of his own experiences and observations and told with his own misanthropic sense of humor and generosity of spirit.
Bahni Turpin
Narrator of The Hate U Give and The Underground Railroad
Bahni Turpin’s brings these two important and unforgettable stories to life with her commitment to accurately expressing the stories and their characters. She says, “I like to give each one a characterization and really try to read the way I feel the text should be heard.”
Sherman Alexie
Author and Narrator of You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me
No one could have better narrated his deeply moving memoir than Sherman Alexie himself. This audiobook is a powerful exploration of family, love, loss, and forgiveness.
Hope Davis
Narrator of Commonwealth
Hope Davis’ rendering of Commonwealth is both fluid and engaging as she tells the story of how a chance romantic encounter sets in motion the dissolution of two marriages and the joining of two families.
I am surprised Vikas Adam is not among the winners. The varied cast of characters he brilluantly brings to life in A Dragon of a Different Color, by Rachel Aaron, reminds me of Jim Dale’s achievements with the later Harry Potter novels.