Audiobook recommendations to perk up your ears from 'The Stacks' host Traci Thomas

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Published June 8, 2022 at 11:40 AM CDT

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Looking for a good audiobook? Traci Thomas, host and creator of the podcast “The Stacks,” has fiction, non-fiction and celebrity memoirs to whittle away the hours.

Traci Thomas’ audiobook picks:

Fiction:

“There There” by Tommy Orange, read by cast of voice actors
“Station Eleven” by Emily St. John Mandel, read by Kirsten Potter
“Black Buck” by Mateo Askaripour, read by Zeno Robinson
“Look Both Ways” by Jason Reynolds, read by cast of voice actors
“Heads of the Colored People: Stories” by Nafissa Thompson-Spires read by Adenrele Ojo
“Sula” by Toni Morrison (or any of her audiobooks because she reads them)

Nonfiction:

“Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar” by Cheryl Strayed, read by the author
“Heavy: An American Memoir” by Kiese Laymon, read by the author
“Fight of the Century” edited by Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman, read by a cast of readers both contributors and voice actors
“The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters” by Priya Parker, read by Bernadette Dunne
“Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language” by Amanda Montell, read by the author
“Somebody’s Daughter: A Memoir” by Ashley C. Ford, read by the author
“Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted” by Suleika Jaouad, read by the author
“Here For It: Or How to Save Your Soul in America: Essays” by R. Eric Thomas, read by the author
“Wow, No Thank You.: Essays” by Samantha Irby, read by the author

Celebrity audiobooks Thomas loves:

“The Sixth Man” by Andre Iguodala, read by author and Sullivan Jones
“The Last Black Unicorn” by Tiffany Haddish, read by the author
“Taste: My Life Through Food” by Stanley Tucci, read by the author
“Finding Me: A Memoir” by Viola Davis, read by the author
“Will” by Will Smith, read by the author
“Inside Out: A Memoir” by Demi Moore, read by the author
“Eat a Peach: A Memoir” by David Chang and Gabe Ulla, read by Chang

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