Poll: Read me a story....

Results of 578 votes:

1. 1.
   

   The Ninth Gate (1999)

    

   Give me a physical book to grasp in my hands. I don't need anyone to do my reading for me.
2. 2.
   

   Stephen King

    

   Fiction authors like Stephen King, who don't rely on creating separate and distinct voices for each character in the book but lets his story pull the reader in. He reads the book with his own distinc…
3. 3.
   

   Meryl Streep

    

   My narration should be Oscar worthy like Meryl Streep or another Oscar nominated/winning actor.
4. 4.
   

   Peter Falk and Fred Savage in The Princess Bride (1987)

    

   I want a loving member of my family or a good friend to read me a book for my storytime.
5. 5.
   

   Roy Dotrice

    

   Distinguished character actors like Roy Dotrice, who is said to have created over 500 distinct voices so far in his narration of George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series of novels.
6. 6.
   

   Neil Gaiman at an event for Stardust (2007)

    

   Fiction authors like Neil Gaiman, whose voice acting skills make the reader wonder why the author doesn't do more outside voiceover work. They create distinct voices and speech patterns for each char…
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   Sarah Silverman

    

   Stand-up comedians reading their own life stories like Sarah Silverman, who tell the bestest stories.
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   Maya Angelou

    

   Spoken word virtuosos like Maya Angelou.
9. 9.
   

   Wil Wheaton and Chris Hardwick in The Wil Wheaton Project (2014)

    

   Former child-stars who didn't quite transition into Hollywood stardom entering young adulthood but found a different kind of success like supergeek, Wil Wheaton, etc.... They found a new found treasu…
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    Sarah Vowell in The Incredibles (2004)

     

    History supernerds like Sarah Vowell.
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    Doris Kearns Goodwin

     

    Distinguished talking-heads like Pulitzer Prize-winning writers like Doris Kearns Goodwin.
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    Ira Glass

     

    Radio personalities like Ira Glass, whose face was made for radio or so I've heard.