7 Irreverent Audiobooks That Mother Figures Can Gift Themselves

Here’s something to gift yourself this Mother’s Day: a literary date with Miranda July. And by literary date, we mean Miranda’s voice in your ear reading her whip-smart, dead-sexy, sneakily hilarious and infinitely buzzy novel All Fours. Or if you’re in the mood for a delicious dark comedy about a family of creatives and what it takes to “make it” while making a marriage work, then it’s time to check out the many hues of Danzy Senna’s brilliant novel Colored Television, read on audio by Kristen Ariza. And for pure sunshine and belly laughs, This American Woman, written and read by comedian Zarna Garg, is our pick for an instant mom—and crowd—pleaser. We dare you to listen to Zarna without a smile on your face. You. Cannot. Do. It.

Sensing a theme? Our Mother’s Day audiobook playlist is all about wild and hungry voices—voices that explore what it feels like to mother, be mothered, and mother ourselves while living a bodacious human life.