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Beloved: Pulitzer Prize Winner (Vintage International) Audiobook— narrated by Toni Morrison and Karen Murray
AudioFile Earphones Award
Toni Morrison's Beloved follows a formerly enslaved woman haunted, literally, by the daughter she lost, in a novel about memory, motherhood, and the debts slavery leaves on a family long after freedom arrives.
Why the audiobook wins
Toni Morrison reads her own prose here, and that changes the experience in a way few author-narrated books manage: she wrote Beloved's loops and silences with a specific cadence in her head, and now you get to hear it. Karen Murray handles the introduction, but the novel itself is Morrison's voice carrying you through Sethe's haunted house, and her pacing turns the book's circling, non-linear structure into something you feel more than follow.
This is a demanding, essential novel on the page; on audio, Morrison's own restraint in the hardest scenes does something a silent reading can't, because she never lets the prose tip into melodrama, knowing exactly how much weight each sentence can carry. It rewards slow, uninterrupted listening: an evening alone, headphones on, no distractions.
The recording earned an AudioFile Earphones Award, recognition that matches what you'd expect from hearing a Nobel laureate perform her own Pulitzer winner. Twelve-plus hours, one credit, and the author's own voice in the room with you.
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- Who narrates the Beloved: Pulitzer Prize Winner (Vintage International) audiobook?
- Toni Morrison and Karen Murray narrate the audiobook edition of Beloved: Pulitzer Prize Winner (Vintage International).
- How long is the Beloved: Pulitzer Prize Winner (Vintage International) audiobook?
- The audiobook runs 12 hr 33 min.
- Is the Beloved: Pulitzer Prize Winner (Vintage International) audiobook worth listening to?
- We scored Beloved: Pulitzer Prize Winner (Vintage International) 4.5 out of 5. Toni Morrison reads her own prose here, and that changes the experience in a way few author-narrated books manage: she wrote Beloved's loops and silences with a specific cadence in her head, and now you get to hear it. Karen Murray handles the introduction, but the novel itself…
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- No. Beloved: Pulitzer Prize Winner (Vintage International) was not included with Kindle Unlimited when we last checked on July 18, 2026.
- How much does Beloved: Pulitzer Prize Winner (Vintage International) cost?
- On Amazon: Kindle $12.99, Paperback $9.16, Hardcover $18.99. Prices as of August 23, 2026 at 3:45 AM EDT and may change.
