--- title: Reese Witherspoon to Narrate Harper Lee’s Go Set a Watchman description: This is the first audiobook project for the actress canonical: https://time.com/3832928/reese-witherspoon-audiobook/ author: Entertainment Weekly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-04-23T15:00:09.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T06:37:03.728Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Reese Witherspoon to Narrate Harper Lee's 'Go Set a Watchman' og:description: This is the first audiobook project for the actress og:url: https://time.com/3832928/reese-witherspoon-audiobook/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcb0f6d0eaade307f/6987ec8906f2c17f93337e25/470387218-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Reese Witherspoon attends the 50th Academy Of Country Music Awards in Arlington, Texas on April 19, 2015. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Reese Witherspoon to Narrate Harper Lee's 'Go Set a Watchman' twitter:description: This is the first audiobook project for the actress twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcb0f6d0eaade307f/6987ec8906f2c17f93337e25/470387218-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Reese Witherspoon to Narrate Harper Lee's _Go Set a Watchman_ by [Andrea Towers / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Andrea Towers / Entertainment Weekly Apr 23, 2015 3:00 PM UTC  Reese Witherspoon attends the 50th Academy Of Country Music Awards in Arlington, Texas on April 19, 2015. Reese Witherspoon attends the 50th Academy Of Country Music Awards in Arlington, Texas on April 19, 2015.Jason Merritt—Getty Images by [Andrea Towers / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Andrea Towers / Entertainment Weekly Apr 23, 2015 3:00 PM UTC Not much is known about Harper Lee’s second novel, _Go Set a Watchman_, the project that will mark Lee’s return to fiction after 55 years. But [according to _The Guardian_](http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/apr/23/reese-witherspoon-harper-lee-novel-go-set-a-watchman), the book already has one reader: Reese Witherspoon, who will record the audio version of Lee’s follow-up to _To Kill a Mockingbird_. Witherspoon [told _USA Today_](http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/books/2015/04/23/reese-witherspoon-go-set-a-watchman-harper-lee/26140769/) that, “as a Southerner, it is an honor and a privilege to give voice to the Southern characters who inspired by childhood love of reading, Scout and Atticus Finch.” The Oscar-winning star added that she is “eager for readers to be transported to a pivotal time in American history in the manner that only Lee’s gorgeous prose can deliver.” _Go Set A Watchman_, [the sequel to Lee’s popular debut novel _To Kill A Mockingbird_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/03/25/harper-lees-go-set-watchman-cover-here), will reportedly focus on an adult Scout returning to her childhood town and the issues she encounters in a more modern society. Witherspoon – who produced and starred in _Wild_ and also helped produced David Fincher’s _Gone Girl –_ is no stranger to literary adaptations, but this is the first time she’ll lend her voice to an audiobook. The unabridged version of the audiobook will be released alongside the _Go Set a Watchman_ debut on July 14 by HarperAudio’s imprint, Caedmon Audio. _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/04/23/reese-witherspoon-go-set-a-watchman) _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com)_._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3832928/reese-witherspoon-audiobook/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3832928/reese-witherspoon-audiobook/"},"headline":"Reese Witherspoon to Narrate Harper Lee's Go Set a Watchman","datePublished":"2015-04-23T15:00:09.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T06:37:03.728Z","description":"This is the first audiobook project for the actress","url":"https://time.com/3832928/reese-witherspoon-audiobook/","keywords":["Books","Reese Witherspoon","Harper Lee"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcb0f6d0eaade307f/6987ec8906f2c17f93337e25/470387218-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Andrea Towers / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcb0f6d0eaade307f/6987ec8906f2c17f93337e25/470387218-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Reese Witherspoon attends the 50th Academy Of Country Music Awards in Arlington, Texas on April 19, 2015.","caption":"Reese Witherspoon attends the 50th Academy Of Country Music Awards in Arlington, Texas on April 19, 2015.","creditText":"Jason Merritt—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/books/","name":"Books"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3832928/reese-witherspoon-audiobook/","name":"Reese Witherspoon to Narrate Harper Lee's Go Set a Watchman"}}]}] ```