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Fangirl: A Novel Audiobook by Rainbow Rowell— narrated by Rainbow Rowell, Maxwell Caulfield, and Rebecca Lowman
A tender, true-to-life novel about an anxious college freshman who would rather write fanfiction than face the real world, and slowly learns to step into her own story. Warm, funny, and quietly wise about growing up.
Why the audiobook wins
Fangirl gets a three-voice treatment, with Rainbow Rowell herself joining narrators Maxwell Caulfield and Rebecca Lowman, and that structure suits a novel that's partly about the gap between the story you're telling yourself and the one everyone else is living. Lowman carries Cath's anxious inner voice with real tenderness, never playing her nervousness for easy laughs.
The hook here is how well audio suits a book about a girl who processes her life through fiction. Hearing Cath's fanfiction interludes voiced distinctly from her real-world scenes makes the blurred line between the two feel intentional rather than confusing, and gives the novel's quieter, funnier moments room to breathe.
Having the author's own voice in the mix adds a nice authenticity to a story this personal to Rowell. It's a warm, unhurried listen, and one credit covers Cath's whole freshman year.
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- Who narrates the Fangirl: A Novel audiobook?
- Rainbow Rowell, Maxwell Caulfield, and Rebecca Lowman narrate the audiobook edition of Fangirl: A Novel.
- Is the Fangirl: A Novel audiobook worth listening to?
- We scored Fangirl: A Novel 4.4 out of 5. Fangirl gets a three-voice treatment, with Rainbow Rowell herself joining narrators Maxwell Caulfield and Rebecca Lowman, and that structure suits a novel that's partly about the gap between the story you're telling yourself and the one everyone else is living. Lowman carries…
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- Eligible new Audible members can use a free-trial credit to listen in the Audible app. Eligibility and current offer terms are set by Audible.
