--- title: Bryan Cranston to Narrate Audiobook of 'Go The F-ck to Sleep' Sequel description: The one who reads canonical: https://time.com/3578873/bryan-cranston-narrates-book-sequel/ author: Laura Stampler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-11-11T19:49:01.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:14:32.507Z og:title: Bryan Cranston to Narrate Audiobook of 'Go the F-ck to Sleep' Sequel og:description: A dream we never knew we had og:url: https://time.com/3578873/bryan-cranston-narrates-book-sequel/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta3eeb2b4a4a04665/69876837f887dc0744e88514/454193444.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2238 og:image:height: 1259 og:image:alt: 66th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Bryan Cranston to Narrate Audiobook of 'Go the F-ck to Sleep' Sequel twitter:description: A dream we never knew we had twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta3eeb2b4a4a04665/69876837f887dc0744e88514/454193444.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Bryan Cranston to Narrate Audiobook of _Go The F-ck to Sleep_ Sequel > Sponsored content. 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Jackson, who narrated the [audio version _Go the F-ck to Sleep_](http://www.today.com/popculture/samuel-l-jacksons-reading-go-f-sleep-free-fathers-day-2D79780387), _Breaking Bad_‘s Bryan Cranston will lend his voice to the profane nursery rhyme’s sequel. The multiple-Emmy-winner, for his role as a chemistry teacher-turned-meth kingpin, will narrate the audiobook of Adam Mansbach’s _You Have to F-cking Eat_, the [AP](http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/bryan-cranston-reads-profane-hit-nursery-rhyme/2014/11/11/be79f08c-69d2-11e4-bafd-6598192a448d%5Fstory.html) reports. It will be [available Wednesday on Audible.](http://www.audible.com/pd/Fiction/Free-You-Have-to-F-king-Eat-Audiobook/B00P9JHMDK?source%5Fcode=AUDFPPR1104149BIE) “This is a very funny book and my hope is that listeners will agree that I can swear with just as much panache as Samuel Jackson,” Cranston said in a statement. > [](https://twitter.com/JonesyandAmanda/status/516865065308282883) If only [Los Pollos Hermanos ](http://breakingbad.wikia.com/wiki/Los%5FPollos%5FHermanos)was a real chain, then those picky kids would eat their dinner. \[[_AP_](http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/bryan-cranston-reads-profane-hit-nursery-rhyme/2014/11/11/be79f08c-69d2-11e4-bafd-6598192a448d%5Fstory.html)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3578873/bryan-cranston-narrates-book-sequel/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3578873/bryan-cranston-narrates-book-sequel/"},"headline":"Bryan Cranston to Narrate Audiobook of Go The F-ck to Sleep Sequel","datePublished":"2014-11-11T19:49:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:14:32.507Z","description":"The one who reads","url":"https://time.com/3578873/bryan-cranston-narrates-book-sequel/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Books","Bryan Cranston"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta3eeb2b4a4a04665/69876837f887dc0744e88514/454193444.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta3eeb2b4a4a04665/69876837f887dc0744e88514/454193444.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"66th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards - Arrivals","caption":"66th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards - Arrivals","creditText":"Jon Kopaloff—FilmMagic","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":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3578873/bryan-cranston-narrates-book-sequel/","name":"Bryan Cranston to Narrate Audiobook of Go The F-ck to Sleep Sequel"}}]}] ```