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  1. 1Born a Crime (2016)Born a Crime (2016) 9.1/10 on Open LibraryPublished Jan 1, 2016Noah carries the comedy and danger of his South African childhood in the same voice. Listen for the switches between languages and accents as he remembers his mother and the rules people lived under during apartheid.0
  2. 2I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969)I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969) 8.2/10 on Open LibraryPublished Jan 1, 1969Angelou’s reading is a way into her account of growing up in Stamps, Arkansas, and later California. Start with the unabridged recording to hear how she moves from the incidents of childhood to what she can say about them as an adult.0
  3. 3Crying in H Mart (2020)Crying in H Mart (2020) 7.6/10 on Open LibraryPublished Jan 1, 2020Zauner’s measured delivery gives the meals and grocery trips room to carry some of the story. Her memoir traces her relationship with her mother, the illness that changed it, and the Korean dishes she returns to afterward.0
  4. 4Finding Me (2022)Finding Me (2022) 7.6/10 on Open LibraryPublished Jan 1, 2022Davis reads her own account of growing up in Rhode Island and making a life as an actor. The Audio Publishers Association recognized her reading itself, as well as the audiobook as a whole. Try the sample to hear how much she puts into the opening recollections.0
  5. 5I'm Glad My Mom Died (2022)I'm Glad My Mom Died (2022) 8.6/10 on Open LibraryPublished Jan 1, 2022McCurdy brings a dry delivery to the unsettling stories of child acting and her relationship with her mother. The narrator and the former child performer are the same person, which gives the changes in how she describes those years an extra weight.0
  6. 6Heavy (2018)Heavy (2018) 10.0/10 on Open LibraryPublished Jan 1, 2018Laymon writes much of this memoir in direct address to his mother. Listening makes that choice immediate as he moves through his Mississippi childhood and his adult struggles with weight, gambling, and what he learned to keep secret.0
  7. 7Solito (2022)Solito (2022) 9.0/10 on Open LibraryPublished Jan 1, 2022Zamora narrates the journey he made from El Salvador to reunite with his parents when he was nine. Hear how he gives the child’s uncertainty and his traveling companions room in a story whose larger stakes he can describe only in hindsight.0
  8. 8What My Bones Know (2022)What My Bones Know (2022) 9.8/10 on Open LibraryPublished Jan 1, 2022Foo reads a memoir that moves from childhood abuse to the work of understanding complex PTSD. The book follows her reporting as well as her memories. In the audio, her voice connects the questions she investigates with what it costs her to ask them.0
  9. 9Know My Name (2019)Know My Name (2019) 8.7/10 on Open LibraryPublished Jan 1, 2019Miller first became publicly known under the name Emily Doe. In her own reading, you spend time with the person who wrote that victim impact statement as she also tells the parts of her life that court proceedings and headlines could leave out.0
  10. 10Born to Run (1975)Born to Run (1975) 8.8/10 on Open LibraryPublished Jan 1, 1975Springsteen’s familiar voice is a good reason to choose the audio for his account of growing up in Freehold, New Jersey, and finding his way into working bands. It gives listeners a chance to hear him tell the parts of his own story that sit between the songs.0