Audiobooks Like Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)

Mindy Kaling reads her own essays with the timing of someone who has spent years in a writers' room — she knows when to accelerate and when to let a joke breathe, and the supporting narrators including B.J. Novak and Michael Schur give the five-hour runtime a loose, collaborative energy. The picks here share that same sharp, self-aware comedic memoir quality, and several run a nearly identical length, so this is a list for listeners who want the celebrity-voice essay format to stay funny all the way through.

10 audiobooks for fans of Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)

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    Why Not Me?

    by Mindy Kaling

    Narrated by Mindy Kaling, Greg Daniels, B. J. Novak

    4.12 ABR Score (242.8K ratings)
    ★ 3.9 Goodreads (227.2K) ★ 4.42 Audible (15.7K)
    4h 57m listening time • Released 2015
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    Night

    The Night Trilogy • Book 1

    by Elie Wiesel, Marion Wiesel, François Mauriac

    Narrated by George Guidall

    4.64 ABR Score (1.4M ratings)
    ★ 4.38 Goodreads (1.4M) ★ 4.73 Audible (11.1K)
    4h 17m listening time • Released 2006

    George Guidall's measured, unflinching narration transforms Wiesel's testimony into something unbearable and essential—his voice never flinches from the darkness, forcing you to witness rather than look away.

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    In the Dream House

    by Carmen Maria Machado

    Narrated by Carmen Maria Machado

    4.33 ABR Score (166.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.38 Goodreads (164.6K) ★ 4.53 Audible (1.8K)
    5h 29m listening time • Released 2019
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    The Last Lecture

    by Randy Pausch

    Narrated by Eric Singer

    4.35 ABR Score (370.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.26 Goodreads (365.2K) ★ 4.53 Audible (5.7K)
    4h 36m listening time • Released 2008
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    Bossypants

    by Tina Fey

    Narrated by Tina Fey

    4.32 ABR Score (1.1M ratings)
    ★ 3.96 Goodreads (1.1M) ★ 4.5 Audible (60.9K)
    5h 32m listening time • Released 2011
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    Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life

    by Steve Martin

    Narrated by Steve Martin

    4.13 ABR Score (122.8K ratings)
    ★ 3.88 Goodreads (107.7K) ★ 4.46 Audible (15.0K)
    4h 2m listening time • Released 2007
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    What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

    by Haruki Murakami, Philip Gabriel

    Narrated by Ray Porter

    4.01 ABR Score (211.6K ratings)
    ★ 3.87 Goodreads (206.6K) ★ 4.36 Audible (4.9K)
    4h 23m listening time • Released 2008

    Ray Porter's measured, introspective narration captures Murakami's quiet philosophy perfectly—this is less memoir, more meditation on discipline and solitude filtered through running. If you've ever wondered how a writer actually thinks, this is the closest you'll get.

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    I Will Protect You

    by Eva Mozes Kor, Danica Davidson

    Narrated by Barrie Kreinik

    3.92 ABR Score (826 ratings)
    ★ 4.48 Goodreads (813) ★ 4.85 Audible (13)
    4h 7m listening time • Released 2022
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    I Feel Bad About My Neck and Other Thoughts on Being a Woman

    by Nora Ephron

    Narrated by Nora Ephron

    3.81 ABR Score (92.4K ratings)
    ★ 3.74 Goodreads (90.1K) ★ 4.25 Audible (2.4K)
    3h 50m listening time • Released 2006
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    Glastonbury 50: The Official Story of Glastonbury Festival

    by Emily Eavis, Michael Eavis

    Narrated by Gemma Whelan, Jamael Westman, Lauren Laverne, Louise Brealey, Oliver Ford Davies

    3.77 ABR Score (333 ratings)
    ★ 4.5 Goodreads (331) ★ 4.5 Audible (2)
    5h 27m listening time • Released 2019

    Hearing the Eavis family's own voices alongside a stellar ensemble cast transforms five decades of festival history into something intimate and immediate, like getting the real story from people who actually built the thing.

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