![]() ![]() ![]() In the National Book Award-winning work, Coates coaches him through the dangers and blessings, highs and lows, mythologies and realities of the African-American experience. Hailed by Toni Morrison as “required reading”, Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Between the World and Me reads aloud his own deeply personal letter to his 15-year-old son. Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates, narrated by the author Tackling a range of complex subjects from race and mental health to consent and class, it is all beautifully narrated by actor Shvorne Marks. Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams, narrated by Shvorne MarksĪ Sunday Times bestseller, Candice Carty-Williams’s phenomenal debut follows the titular Queenie, struggling with low self esteem, as she navigates the end of a toxic relationship a complicated family dynamic and a soul-destroying job at a major newspaper. What could be more powerful than hearing Maya Angelou speak the poetic words of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings? Or Ta-Nehisi Coates expressing his own feelings about race in America in Between the World and Me? Below, Vogue shares its guide to the best audiobooks available now. ![]() Then, of course, there are authors reading their own works to savour. Listen to Diane Keaton reading Joan Didion’s seminal essay “Goodbye To All That”, or a full cast bringing to life the many graveyard spirits depicted in George Saunders’s masterful Lincoln in the Bardo. The wealth of fiction and non-fiction options on Spotify and Audible now go beyond straightforward narration – adding another dimension to moving texts. If you don’t have the time or attention span to read a novel, consider an audiobook. ![]()
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