13 Outstanding Audiobooks for Every Book Listener on Your List

December 15 2015
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As you know, we at Off the Shelf are huge fans of audiobooks. You can find some of our favorites on our brilliant , fantastic , and exceptional  audiobook lists. This holiday, why not gift them to family and friends? We’ve already made a shopping list for you. Here are thirteen racy, informative, thrilling, heartfelt, and funny audiobooks that will make great gifts this season.

Bossypants
by Tina Fey

From her tour of duty on "Saturday Night Live" to her nearly fatal honeymoon to her life as a mother eating things off the floor—Tina Fey reveals all in this hilarious memoir and proves what we’ve all suspected: you’re no one until someone calls you bossy.

Narrated by Tina Fey

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Bossypants
Tina Fey

From her tour of duty on "Saturday Night Live" to her nearly fatal honeymoon to her life as a mother eating things off the floor—Tina Fey reveals all in this hilarious memoir and proves what we’ve all suspected: you’re no one until someone calls you bossy.

Narrated by Tina Fey

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Lafayette in the Somewhat United States
by Sarah Vowell

In 1824, an elderly Frenchman sailed into New York Harbor and eighty thousand giddy Americans were there to welcome him back. It had been thirty years since the Revolutionary War hero Lafayette last set foot in the United States. Read by a host of comedic talents, this humorous and insightful audiobook charts the impact Lafayette had on our young country.

Narrated by Fred Armisen, John Hodgman, Stephanie March, Nick Offerman, Bobby Cannavale, and more.

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Lafayette in the Somewhat United States
Sarah Vowell

In 1824, an elderly Frenchman sailed into New York Harbor and eighty thousand giddy Americans were there to welcome him back. It had been thirty years since the Revolutionary War hero Lafayette last set foot in the United States. Read by a host of comedic talents, this humorous and insightful audiobook charts the impact Lafayette had on our young country.

Narrated by Fred Armisen, John Hodgman, Stephanie March, Nick Offerman, Bobby Cannavale, and more.

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Go Set a Watchman
by Harper Lee

Set two decades after the beloved Pulitzer Prize–winning masterpiece TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, GO SET A WATCHMAN follows twenty-six-year-old Scout's return home from New York City to visit her aging father, Atticus. Read by Academy Award–winning actress Reese Witherspoon, this audiobook captures a young woman and a world in a painful yet necessary transition out of the illusions of the past.

Narrated by Reese Witherspoon

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Go Set a Watchman
Harper Lee

Set two decades after the beloved Pulitzer Prize–winning masterpiece TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, GO SET A WATCHMAN follows twenty-six-year-old Scout's return home from New York City to visit her aging father, Atticus. Read by Academy Award–winning actress Reese Witherspoon, this audiobook captures a young woman and a world in a painful yet necessary transition out of the illusions of the past.

Narrated by Reese Witherspoon

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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
by Rebecca Skloot

Henrietta Lacks, known to scientists as HeLa, was a poor Southern tobacco farmer, yet her cells—taken without her knowledge—became one of the most important tools in medicine. Skloot documents the beauty and drama of scientific discovery, as well as its very human consequences.

Narrated by Cassandra Campbell and Bahni Turpin

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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Rebecca Skloot

Henrietta Lacks, known to scientists as HeLa, was a poor Southern tobacco farmer, yet her cells—taken without her knowledge—became one of the most important tools in medicine. Skloot documents the beauty and drama of scientific discovery, as well as its very human consequences.

Narrated by Cassandra Campbell and Bahni Turpin

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Wind/Pinball : Two Novels
by Haruki Murakami

In the spring of 1978, a young Haruki Murakami wrote two remarkable short novels—HEAR THE WIND SING and PINBALL, 1973. These powerful, at times surreal, works about two young men coming of age are stories of loneliness, obsession, and eroticism.

Narrated by Kirby Heyborne

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Wind/Pinball : Two Novels
Haruki Murakami

In the spring of 1978, a young Haruki Murakami wrote two remarkable short novels—HEAR THE WIND SING and PINBALL, 1973. These powerful, at times surreal, works about two young men coming of age are stories of loneliness, obsession, and eroticism.

Narrated by Kirby Heyborne

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The Art of Happiness
by The Dalai Lama and Howard Cutler, M.D.

Based on 2500 years of Buddhist meditations mixed with a healthy dose of common sense, the Dalai Lama shows us how to ride through life's obstacles on a deep and abiding source of inner peace. THE ART OF HAPPINESS is an audiobook that crosses the boundaries of all traditions to help listeners with the difficulties common to all human beings.

Narrated by Howard C. Cutler

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The Art of Happiness
The Dalai Lama and Howard Cutler, M.D.

Based on 2500 years of Buddhist meditations mixed with a healthy dose of common sense, the Dalai Lama shows us how to ride through life's obstacles on a deep and abiding source of inner peace. THE ART OF HAPPINESS is an audiobook that crosses the boundaries of all traditions to help listeners with the difficulties common to all human beings.

Narrated by Howard C. Cutler

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Not That Kind of Girl
by Lena Dunham

This hilarious, poignant, and extremely frank collection of personal essays confirms that Lena Dunham—creator, producer, and star of HBO’s "Girls"—is one of the brightest and most original writers working today. Read by Dunham herself, this audiobook is an exuberant, moving, and keenly observed series of dispatches from the front lines of the struggle that is growing up.

Narrated by Lena Dunham

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Not That Kind of Girl
Lena Dunham

This hilarious, poignant, and extremely frank collection of personal essays confirms that Lena Dunham—creator, producer, and star of HBO’s "Girls"—is one of the brightest and most original writers working today. Read by Dunham herself, this audiobook is an exuberant, moving, and keenly observed series of dispatches from the front lines of the struggle that is growing up.

Narrated by Lena Dunham

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Tangled
by Emma Chase

Rich, handsome, and arrogant Drew Evans meets beautiful, brilliant, and ambitious Katherine Brooks when she is hired at Drew’s father’s multimillion-dollar investment firm. Professional competition and sexual attraction collide, making Emma Chase’s debut a sizzling treat for your ears.

Narrated by Sebastian York

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Tangled
Emma Chase

Rich, handsome, and arrogant Drew Evans meets beautiful, brilliant, and ambitious Katherine Brooks when she is hired at Drew’s father’s multimillion-dollar investment firm. Professional competition and sexual attraction collide, making Emma Chase’s debut a sizzling treat for your ears.

Narrated by Sebastian York

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Intimacy Idiot
by Isaac Oliver

This is a big-hearted, laugh-until-you-can’t-breathe collection of personal essays on finding love and intimacy, direct from Isaac Oliver’s life as a young, fanciful, and extremely single gay man in New York City.

Narrated by Isaac Oliver

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Intimacy Idiot
Isaac Oliver

This is a big-hearted, laugh-until-you-can’t-breathe collection of personal essays on finding love and intimacy, direct from Isaac Oliver’s life as a young, fanciful, and extremely single gay man in New York City.

Narrated by Isaac Oliver

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As You Wish
by Cary Elwes

Inconceivable! "The Princess Bride" debuted in theaters almost thirty years ago, and today it endures as a cult classic. In AS YOU WISH, Cary Elwes, who played Westley in the movie, gives fans an unprecedented look into the creation of the film. Members of the cast reunited to record the audiobook, and the whimsy and magic of the film live on in this entertaining listen.

Narrated by Cary Elwes, Carol Kane, Norman Lear, Rob Reiner, Chris Sarandon, Wallace Shawn, Robin Wright, and more

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As You Wish
Cary Elwes

Inconceivable! "The Princess Bride" debuted in theaters almost thirty years ago, and today it endures as a cult classic. In AS YOU WISH, Cary Elwes, who played Westley in the movie, gives fans an unprecedented look into the creation of the film. Members of the cast reunited to record the audiobook, and the whimsy and magic of the film live on in this entertaining listen.

Narrated by Cary Elwes, Carol Kane, Norman Lear, Rob Reiner, Chris Sarandon, Wallace Shawn, Robin Wright, and more

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The Accidental Billionaires
by Ben Mezrich

In 2003, Mark Zuckerberg hacked into Harvard’s computers, crashed the campus network, almost got himself expelled, and was inspired to create Facebook. This book, which inspired the Oscar-winning film "The Social Network", shows how best friends Eduardo Saverin’s and Mark Zuckerberg’s conflicting ideas about Facebook transformed them into enemies.

Narrated by Mike Chamberlain

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The Accidental Billionaires
Ben Mezrich

In 2003, Mark Zuckerberg hacked into Harvard’s computers, crashed the campus network, almost got himself expelled, and was inspired to create Facebook. This book, which inspired the Oscar-winning film "The Social Network", shows how best friends Eduardo Saverin’s and Mark Zuckerberg’s conflicting ideas about Facebook transformed them into enemies.

Narrated by Mike Chamberlain

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The Bazaar of Bad Dreams
by Stephen King

Morality, the afterlife, guilt: What would we do differently if we could see into the future or correct the mistakes of the past? Stephen King explores these themes in this magnificent, eerie, utterly compelling story collection.

Narrated by Dylan Baker, Hope Davis, Kathleen Chalfant, Will Patton, Edward Hermann, Mare Winningham, Craig Wasson, Thomas Sadoski, and more

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The Bazaar of Bad Dreams
Stephen King

Morality, the afterlife, guilt: What would we do differently if we could see into the future or correct the mistakes of the past? Stephen King explores these themes in this magnificent, eerie, utterly compelling story collection.

Narrated by Dylan Baker, Hope Davis, Kathleen Chalfant, Will Patton, Edward Hermann, Mare Winningham, Craig Wasson, Thomas Sadoski, and more

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Dear Mr. You
by Mary -Louise Parker

Mary-Louise Parker tells her own story through letters to the men—real and hypothetical—who have informed the person she is today. Listeners will be amazed by the depth and style of these letters, which reveal the complexity and power to be found in relationships both loving and fraught.

Narrated by Mary-Louise Parker

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Dear Mr. You
Mary -Louise Parker

Mary-Louise Parker tells her own story through letters to the men—real and hypothetical—who have informed the person she is today. Listeners will be amazed by the depth and style of these letters, which reveal the complexity and power to be found in relationships both loving and fraught.

Narrated by Mary-Louise Parker

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