Red-Haired Ash Reads

Hello! It has been a while since I posted one of these. I have been addicted to audiobooks for the past two years so I figured I would share some of my favorites. But I am focusing only on those narrated by the actual author because I have found I love it when the author narrates the book.

I am splitting these up into categories: general history, social issues, science, and memoirs. Also, these are only audiobooks that I have personally listened to.

General History

• When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt by Kara Cooney
• The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut’s Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt by Kara Cooney
• The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress and the Road to Civil War by Joanne B. Freeman

Social Issues

• How the Word is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith
• Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019 by Various
• Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi
• Jews Don’t Count: How identity politics failed one particular identity by David Baddiel

Science

• A Grown-Up Guide to Dinosaurs by Ben Garrod
• A Grown-Up Guide to Oceans by Ben Garrod
• Written in Bone: Hidden Stories in What We Leave Behind by Sue Black

Memoirs

• Trejo: My Life of Crime, Redemption, and Hollywood by Danny Trejo
• Yours Cruelly, Elvira: Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark by Cassandra Peterson
• Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty
• If At Birth You Don’t Succeed: My Adventures with Disaster and Destiny by Zach Anner
• All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson

I hope you enjoyed this post and found a new audiobook recommendation.

Do you have a favorite audiobook that is narrated by the author? If so, leave it in the comments, I am looking for new audiobooks right now.

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Previous recommendation topics:

• Paranormal Romance 
• Contemporary Romance 
• Urban Fantasy
• Historical Romance
• Halloween Books
• Holiday Books