John Mulaney to Narrate Audiobook for Former “Saturday Night Live” Writer's New Book (Exclusive)
The actor and comedian will narrate Simon Rich’s forthcoming short story collection ‘Glory Days’
John Salangsang/IndieWire via Getty; Courtesy of Little, Brown and Company and Hachette Audio John Mulaney and the cover of 'Glory Days' by Simon Rich
John Mulaney is lending his voice to a new humor project.
The Emmy-winning comedian, actor and writer, 41, will narrate the audiobook for author and former Saturday Night Live writer Simon Rich’s short story collection Glory Days, PEOPLE can exclusively announce. The audiobook will be published this July by Hachette Audio, along with the hardcover edition, published by Little, Brown and Company.Glory Days is a collection of stories that chronicles the “plight of aging millennials,” per the book’s synopsis. The stories encapsulate a variety of perspectives, such as a 40-year-old Super Mario who must “take-a-stock” of his life, as well as the trials of a participation trophy reminiscing about how they were won by a “jubilant asthmatic” Simon Rich in 1993.
Courtesy of Hachette Audio John Mulaney holds a copy of 'Glory Days' by Simon Rich
“I’ve been a John Mulaney super fan since the day we met at SNL in 2008,” Rich says in a statement shared with PEOPLE. “He’s the funniest person on the planet. I think he should read the audio version of every book, even the super-intense religious ones.”
Rich was the youngest-ever writer for Saturday Night Live when he joined the show in 2008 at 24. He has also published multiple short story collections, including 2021’s New Teeth, as well as two novels. Rich’s comedy series, Man Seeking Woman, premiered on FXX in 2015.
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Courtesy of Little, Brown and Company and Hachette Audio The audiobook cover of 'Glory Days' by Simon Rich
Glory Days will be Mulaney’s first audiobook narration. In May, the comedian returned to Netflix for a six-night live comedy event called John Mulaney Presents: Everybody’s in L.A. The Big Mouth actor has also released three other Netflix comedy specials: John Mulaney: The Comeback Kid (2015), John Mulaney: Kid Gorgeous at Radio City (2018) and John Mulaney: Baby J (2023). His children’s comedy special, John Mulaney & the Sack Lunch Bunch, premiered on the platform in 2019.
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Glory Days
will be published on July 23 and is now available for preorder, wherever books are sold.
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