2023 Audie Awards®
Categories
Audiobook of the Year|Audio Drama|Autobiography/Memoir|Best Female Narrator|Best Male Narrator|Business/Personal Development|Erotica|Español - Spanish Language|Faith-Based Fiction or Non-Fiction| Fantasy |Fiction |History/Biography| Humor|Literary Fiction & Classics|Middle Grade|Multi-Voiced Performance|Mystery|Narration by the Author(s)|Non-Fiction|Original Work|Romance| Science Fiction|Short Stories/Collections|Thriller/Suspense|Young Adult|Young Listeners|
AUDIOBOOK OF THE YEAR WINNER
Finding Me
Written and narrated by Viola Davis
Published by HarperAudio
AUDIOBOOK OF THE YEAR FINALISTS
THE 1619 PROJECT – Created by Nikole Hannah-Jones and The New York Times Magazine; Edited by Caitlin Roper, Ilena Silverman, and Jake Silverstein; Narrated by Nikole Hannah-Jones, January LaVoy, Claudia Rankine, Nikky Finney, Janina Edwards, Dorothy Roberts, Shayna Small, Terrance Hayes, Khalil Gibran Muhammad, Yusef Komunyakaa, Eve L. Ewing, Karen Chilton, Aaron Goodson, Reginald Dwayne Betts, Erin Miles, Dominic Hoffman, Adenrele Ojo, Matthew Desmond, Tyehimba Jess, Tim Seibles, Jamelle Bouie, Cornelius Eady, Minka Wiltz, Martha S. Jones, Darryl Pinckney, ZZ Packer, Carol Anderson, Tracy K. Smith, Evie Shockley, Bryan Stevenson, William DeMeritt, Jasmine Mans, Trymaine Lee, A. Van Jordan, Yaa Gyasi, Linda Villarosa, Danez Smith, Terry McMillan, Anthea Butler, Rita Dove, Camille T. Dungy, Wesley Morris, Natasha Trethewey, Joshua Bennett, Chanté McCormick, Nafissa Thompson-Spires, Ron Butler, Kevin M. Kruse, Bahni Turpin, Gregory Pardlo, Ibram X. Kendi, JD Jackson, Jason Reynolds, and Sonia Sanchez; Published by Penguin Random House Audio
MIRACLE AND WONDER: CONVERSATIONS WITH PAUL SIMON – By Malcolm Gladwell and Bruce Headlam; Narrated by Paul Simon, Malcolm Gladwell, and Bruce Headlam; Published by Pushkin Industries
REMARKABLY BRIGHT CREATURES – By Shelby Van Pelt; Narrated by Marin Ireland and Michael Urie; Published by HarperAudio
WAKE: THE HIDDEN HISTORY OF WOMEN-LED SLAVE REVOLTS – Adapted by Tyler English-Beckwith, based on the graphic novel by Rebecca Hall and Hugo Martínez; Narrated by DeWanda Wise, Chanté Adams, Jerrie Johnson, Folake Olowofoyeku, Bahni Turpin, Rhian Rees, Karen Malina White, Román Zaragoza, Alex Ubokudom, John Stewart, Blake Cooper Griffin, Tim DeKay, Katherine McNamara, Kate Steele, Matthew Wolf, André Sogliuzzo, and Saundra McClain; Published by Podium Audio
AUDIOBOOK DRAMA WINNER
Pipeline
By Dominique Morisseau
Performed by Sophina Brown, Eugene Byrd, Demetrius Grosse, Sharon Lawrence, X Mayo, Uyoata Udi, and Karen Malina White
Published by L.A. Theatre Works
AUDIO DRAMA FINALISTS
1984 – By George Orwell; Adapted by Anna Lea; Performed by Chris Lew Kum Hoi, Rhianne Barreto, Michael Maloney, Clare Corbett, Homer Todiwala, Jonathan Keeble, Rupert Holliday Evans, Sarah Paul, Simon Shepherd, Theo Solomon, Wayne Forester, Finnigan Morris, Hugo Whysall, Jake Turner, Jo Ashe, Katrina Cooke, Linton Tulloch, Morgan Denman, Bronwen Denman, Muriel Abehsera, and Rob Wilson; Published by Storytel Original
CLEAN SWEEP – By Ilona Andrews; Performed by Alejandro Ruiz, Christopher Walker, Holly Adams, James Lewis, Karen Novack, Ken Jackson, Nora Achrati, Peter Holdway, Elias Khalil, Ryan Reid, and Alex Hill-Knight; Published by GraphicAudio, a division of RBMedia
CORALINE – By Neil Gaiman; Performed by Julian Rhind-Tutt, Pixie Davies, Katherine Kingsley, Julian Clary, Jacqueline Boatswain, Kevin McNally, Adjoa Andoh, Adrian Schiller, Heather Nicol, William Parker, and Nicole Davis; Published by HarperAudio
GOOD OMENS – By Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett; Performed by Rebecca Front, Michael Sheen, David Tennant, Katherine Kingsley, Arthur Darvill, Peter Forbes, Gabrielle Glaister, Louis Davison, Pixie Davis, Chris Nelson, Ferdinand Frisby Williams, Adjoa Andoh, Allan Corduner, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, John Hopkins, Lorelei King, Matt Reeves, and Lemn Sissay; Published by HarperAudio
AUTOBIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR WINNER
Unprotected: A Memoir
Written and narrated by Billy Porter
Published by Recorded Books, a division of RBmedia
AUTOBIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR FINALISTS
THE EXTRAORDINARY LIFE OF AN ORDINARY MAN – By Paul Newman; Edited by David Rosenthal, foreword by Melissa Newman, afterword by Clea Newman Soderlund; Narrated by Jeff Daniels, Melissa Newman, Clea Newman Soderlund, Ari Fliakos, January LaVoy, John Rubinstein, and Emily Wachtel; Published by Penguin Random House Audio
HELLO, MOLLY! – Written and narrated by Molly Shannon; Published by HarperAudio
LEFT ON TENTH – Written and narrated by Delia Ephron; Published by Hachette Audio
SAFE, WANTED, AND LOVED – By Patrick Dylan; Narrated by Raúl E. Esparza; Published by Snow Anselmo Press with Girl Friday Productions
BEST FEMALE NARRATOR WINNER
Rosamund Pike
for The Eye of the World
By Robert Jordan
Published by Macmillan Audio
BEST FEMALE NARRATOR FINALISTS
JONIECE ABBOTT-PRATT for Nightcrawling; By Leila Mottley; Published by Penguin Random House Audio
JANUARY LAVOY for Thistlefoot; By GennaRose Nethercott; Published by Penguin Random House Audio
STEPHANIE NÉMETH-PARKER for NSFW; By Isabel Kaplan; Published by Macmillan Audio
THANDIWE NEWTON for War and Peace; By Leo Tolstoy, Translated by Louise Maude and Aylmer Maude; Published by Audible Studios
BEST MALE NARRATOR WINNER
Seth Numrich
for Fairy Tale
By Stephen King
Published by Simon & Schuster Audio
BEST MALE NARRATOR FINALISTS
EDOARDO BALLERINI for The Silent Sisters; By Robert Dugoni; Published by Brilliance Publishing
SCOTT BRICK for Narrator; By Landon Beach; Published by Brick by Brick Audiobooks
JD JACKSON for The Violin Conspiracy; By Brendan Slocumb; Published by Penguin Random House Audio
JOHN PIRHALLA for Sleepwalk; By Dan Chaon; Published by Macmillan Audio
BUSINESS/PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT WINNER
Tough
Written and narrated by Terry Crews
Published by Penguin Random House Audio
BUSINESS/PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT FINALISTS
BUILDING A SECOND BRAIN – By Tiago Forte; Narrated by André Santana; Published by Simon & Schuster Audio
THE FIRST FIVE: A LOVE LETTER TO TEACHERS – Written and narrated by Patrick Harris II; Published by Heinemann Publishing
PREP, PUSH, PIVOT – By Octavia Goredema; Narrated by Zoleka Vundla; Published by Ascent Audio, a division of Recorded Books
SUSTAIN YOUR GAME – By Alan Stein and Jon Sternfeld, foreword by Rece Davis; Narrated by Alan Stein and Rece Davis; Published by Hachette Audio
EROTICA WINNER
On the Hustle
By Adriana Herrera
Narrated by Sean Crisden and Frankie Corzo (as Lola James)
Published by HarperAudio
EROTICA FINALISTS
THE DARK KING – By Gina L. Maxwell; Narrated by Aiden Snow and Avery Reid; Published by Recorded Books, a division of RBmedia
THE DEMON’S PET – By Domino Savage; Narrated by Avery Reid; Published by Blackstone Publishing
NIGHTS OF SILK AND SAPPHIRE – By Amber Jacobs; Narrated by Anastasia Watley; Published by Tantor Audio, a division of RBmedia
PERSONAL – By Alexandria House; Narrated by Jakobi Diem and Wesleigh Siobhan; Published by Pink Cashmere Publishing
TEMPER ME – By Alexandria House; Narrated by Jakobi Diem and Adenrele Ojo; Published by Audible Originals
ESPAÑOL - SPANISH LANGUAGE WINNER
¡Primera Caída! El Enmascarado de Terciopelo
By Diego Mejía Eguiluz
Narrated by Noé Velázquez
Published by Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial México
ESPAÑOL - SPANISH LANGUAGE FINALISTS
CAKE UNA HISTORIA DE AMOR – By J. Bengtsson; Narrated by M. Bella and Sebastian Leon; Published by Sirena Audiobooks Production
GASTROSOFÍA – By Cristina Macía and Eduardo Infante; Narrated by Ana María Muñoz; Published by BookaVivo, a division of RBmedia
VELORIO – By Xavier Navarro Aquino; Narrated by Diana Pou, Vico Ortiz, María Victoria Martínez, Gil René Rodríguez, Jesús E. Martínez, Gabriel S. Rivera Vázquez, and Yetta Gottesman; Published by HarperAudio
YO TE SALVARÈ – By Matt de la Peña; Narrated by Alberto Santillán; Published by Penguin Random House Audio
FAITH-BASED FICTION OR NON-FICTION WINNER
Dark Angel
By Brian Andrews and Jeffrey Wilson
Narrated by MacLeod Andrews
Published by Tyndale House Publishers
FAITH-BASED FICTION OR NON-FICTION FINALISTS
MARRIAGE BE HARD – Written and narrated by Kevin Fredericks and Melissa Fredericks; Published by Penguin Random House Audio
PART OF MY WORLD – By Jodi Benson & Carol Traver, foreword by Paige O'Hara; Narrated by Jodi Benson; Published by Tyndale House Publishers
THE PROPHET’S WIFE – By Libbie Grant; Narrated by Sophie Amoss; Published by HarperAudio
YOU SHOULD SIT DOWN FOR THIS – Written and narrated by Tamera Mowry-Housley; Published by Hachette Audio
FANTASY WINNER
The Monsters We Defy
By Leslye Penelope
Narrated by Shayna Small
Published by Hachette Audio
FANTASY FINALISTS
THE ART OF PROPHECY – By Wesley Chu; Narrated by Natalie Naudus; Published by Penguin Random House Audio
COLD AS HELL – By Rhett C. Bruno and Jaime Castle; Narrated by Roger Clark; Published by Blackstone Publishing
GOOD OMENS – By Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett; Performed by Rebecca Front, Michael Sheen, David Tennant, Katherine Kingsley, Arthur Darvill, Peter Forbes, Gabrielle Glaister, Louis Davison, Pixie Davis, Chris Nelson, Ferdinand Frisby Williams, Adjoa Andoh, Allan Corduner, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, John Hopkins, Lorelei King, Matt Reeves, and Lemn Sissay; Published by HarperAudio
LEGENDS & LATTES – Written and narrated by Travis Baldree; Published by Macmillan Audio
FICTION WINNER
Mad Honey
By Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan
Narrated by Carrie Coon, Key Taw, Jodi Picoult, and Jennifer Finney Boylan
Published by Penguin Random House Audio
FICTION FINALISTS
ACROSS A HUNDRED MOUNTAINS – By Reyna Grande; Narrated by Marisa Blake and Cynthia Farrell; Published by Simon & Schuster Audio
THE BRIGHT SIDE RUNNING CLUB – By Josie Lloyd; Narrated by Danielle Cohen; Published by Dreamscape Media
A HOUSE FULL OF WINDSOR – By Kristin Contino; Narrated by Barrie Kreinik; Published by Wyatt-MacKenzie & Blackstone Publishing
LESS IS LOST – By Andrew Sean Greer; Narrated by Robert Petkoff; Published by Hachette Audio
TRACY FLICK CAN’T WIN – By Tom Perrotta; Narrated by Lucy Liu, Dennis Boutsikaris, Jeremy Bobb, Ramona Young, Ali Andre Ali, and Pete Simonelli, with a full cast; Published by Simon & Schuster Audio
HISTORY/BIOGRAPHY WINNER
Summer of ‘85
By Chris Morrow, Kevin Hart, Tara Thomas, Nicole Shelton, Charlamagne Tha God, Marc Gerald, Dave Becky, Mike Stein, Thai Randolph, Bryan Smiley, and Karen Kinney
Narrated by Kevin Hart
Published by Audible Originals
HISTORY/BIOGRAPHY FINALISTS
AN AFRO-INDIGENOUS HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES – By Kyle T. Mays; Narrated by Shaun Taylor-Corbett; Published by Beacon Press Audio
HIS NAME IS GEORGE FLOYD – By Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa; Narrated by Dion Graham, Robert Samuels, and Toluse Olorunnipa; Published by Penguin Random House Audio
THE LAST SLAVE SHIP – By Ben Raines; Narrated by Kevin R. Free; Published by Simon & Schuster Audio
UNDELIVERED – By Jeff Nussbaum; Narrated by Adam Gifford, Brian Bowles, Elisa Roth, Garrick Hagon, Glen McCready, Greg Lockett, James Lailey, Jeff Nussbaum, Johnny Heller, Kathleen Chalfant, Kurt Kanazawa, and Lance Blair; Published by Macmillan Audio
HUMOR WINNER
Happy-Go-Lucky
Written and narrated by David Sedaris
Published by Hachette Audio
HUMOR FINALISTS
LET'S CATCH UP SOON – By Sarah Cooper; Narrated by Sarah Cooper and Felip Jeremic; Published by Audible Originals
THE OFFICE BFFS – Written and narrated by Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey; Published by HarperAudio
WHO DO I THINK I AM? – Written and narrated by Anjelah Johnson-Reyes; Published by Hachette Audio
THE WILDER WIDOWS – By Katherine Hastings; Narrated by Pamela Dillman; Published by Flyte Publishing
LITERARY FICTION & CLASSICS WINNER
War and Peace
By Leo Tolstoy, translated by Louise Maude and Aylmer Maude
Narrated by Thandiwe Newton
Published by Audible Studios
LITERARY FICTION & CLASSICS FINALISTS
FLAUBERT’S PARROT – By Julian Barnes; Narrated by Simon Vance; Published by Recorded Books, a division of RBmedia
HORSE – By Geraldine Brooks; Narrated by James Fouhey, Lisa Flanagan, Graham Halstead, Katherine Littrell, and Michael Obiora; Published by Penguin Random House
THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME – By Victor Hugo; Translated by Isabel Florence Hapgood; Narrated by Simon Vance; Published by Oasis Audio
YERBA BUENA – By Nina LaCour; Narrated by Julia Whelan; Published by Macmillan Audio
MIDDLE GRADE WINNER
Stuntboy, In the Meantime
By Jason Reynolds
Narrated by Guy Lockard, Nile Bullock, Angel Pean, James Fouhey, Soneela Nankani, Leon Nixon, Chanté McCormick, Lamarr Gulley, and DePre Owens
Published by Simon & Schuster Audio
MIDDLE GRADE FINALISTS
CORALINE – By Neil Gaiman; Performed by Julian Rhind-Tutt, Pixie Davies, Katherine Kingsley, Julian Clary, Jacqueline Boatswain, Kevin McNally, Adjoa Andoh, Adrian Schiller, Heather Nicol, William Parker, and Nicole Davis; Published by HarperAudio
THE DOOR OF NO RETURN – By Kwame Alexander; Narrated by Kobna Holdbrook-Smith; Published by Hachette Audio
THE LAST MAPMAKER – By Christina Soontornvat; Narrated by Sura Siu; Published by OrangeSky Audio
THE OGRESS AND THE ORPHANS – By Kelly Barnhill; Narrated by Suzanne Toren; Published by Hachette Audio
MULTI-VOICED PERFORMANCE WINNER
Sparring Partners
By John Grisham
Narrated by Jeff Daniels, Ethan Hawke, January LaVoy, and John Grisham
Published by Penguin Random House Audio
MULTI-VOICED PERFORMANCE FINALISTS
THE 1619 PROJECT – Created by Nikole Hannah-Jones and The New York Times Magazine; Edited by Caitlin Roper, Ilena Silverman, and Jake Silverstein; Narrated by Nikole Hannah-Jones, January LaVoy, Claudia Rankine, Nikky Finney, Janina Edwards, Dorothy Roberts, Shayna Small, Terrance Hayes, Khalil Gibran Muhammad, Yusef Komunyakaa, Eve L. Ewing, Karen Chilton, Aaron Goodson, Reginald Dwayne Betts, Erin Miles, Dominic Hoffman, Adenrele Ojo, Matthew Desmond, Tyehimba Jess, Tim Seibles, Jamelle Bouie, Cornelius Eady, Minka Wiltz, Martha S. Jones, Darryl Pinckney, ZZ Packer, Carol Anderson, Tracy K. Smith, Evie Shockley, Bryan Stevenson, William DeMeritt, Jasmine Mans, Trymaine Lee, A. Van Jordan, Yaa Gyasi, Linda Villarosa, Danez Smith, Terry McMillan, Anthea Butler, Rita Dove, Camille T. Dungy, Wesley Morris, Natasha Trethewey, Joshua Bennett, Chanté McCormick, Nafissa Thompson-Spires, Ron Butler, Kevin M. Kruse, Bahni Turpin, Gregory Pardlo, Ibram X. Kendi, JD Jackson, Jason Reynolds, and Sonia Sanchez; Published by Penguin Random House Audio
ACTS OF VIOLET – By Margarita Montimore; Narrated by Brittany Pressley, Amy McFadden, Dan Bittner, Fred Berman, Hillary Huber, Johnny Heller, Katharine Chin, Ramón de Ocampo, Suzanne Toren, and Alejandro Ruiz; Published by Macmillan Audio
THE BUTCHER AND THE WREN – By Alaina Urquhart; Narrated by Sophie Amoss and Joe Knezevich; Published by Zando
THE MANY DAUGHTERS OF AFONG MOY – By Jamie Ford; Narrated by Jennifer Lim, Cindy Kay, Mirai, Natalie Naudus, Sura Siu, Emily Woo Zeller, Nancy Wu, and Jamie Ford; Published by Simon & Schuster Audio
RICHARD MARSH: THE BEETLE – By Richard Marsh; Narrated by Gunnar Cauthery, Jonathan Aris, Natalie Simpson, Andrew Wincott, and John Foley; Published by Naxos AudioBooks
MYSTERY WINNER
The Heron
By Don Winslow
Narrated by Ed Harris
Published by Audible Originals
MYSTERY FINALISTS
THE BANGALORE DETECTIVES CLUB – By Harini Nagendra; Narrated by Soneela Nankani; Published by Blackstone Publishing
THE MAID – By Nita Prose; Narrated by Lauren Ambrose; Published by Penguin Random House Audio
THE MURDER OF MR. WICKHAM – By Claudia Gray; Narrated by Billie Fulford-Brown; Published by Penguin Random House Audio
SUSPECT – By Scott Turow; Narrated by Helen Laser; Published by Hachette Audio
NARRATION BY AUTHOR(S) WINNER
Finding Me
Written and narrated by Viola Davis
Published by HarperAudio
NARRATION BY THE AUTHOR(S) FINALISTS
APPARENTLY THERE WERE COMPLAINTS – Written and narrated by Sharon Gless; Published by Simon & Schuster Audio
HELLO, MOLLY! – Written and narrated by Molly Shannon; Published by HarperAudio
TEN STEPS TO NANETTE – Written and narrated by Hannah Gadsby; Published by Penguin Random House Audio
WAYPOINTS – Written and narrated by Sam Heughan; Published by Hachette Audio
NON-FICTION WINNER
The Ransomware Hunting Team
By Renee Dudley and Daniel Golden
Narrated by BD Wong
Published by Macmillan Audio
NON-FICTION FINALISTS
DAVOS MAN – By Peter S. Goodman; Narrated by Michael David Axtell; Published by HarperAudio
QUEER DUCKS (AND OTHER ANIMALS) – By Eliot Schrefer; Narrated by Joel Froomkin, Dustin Ballard, Hope Newhouse, and Neo Cihi; Published by HarperAudio
THE SEX LIVES OF AFRICAN WOMEN – By Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah; Narrated by Iesha Nyree, Adenrele Ojo, Deanna Anthony, Stephanie Weeks, Joy Hooper, Lisa Reneé Pitts, Karen Murray, Joniece Abbott-Pratt, Janina Edwards, M. J. Brown, and Karla Mosley; Published by Blackstone Publishing
THE SOUL OF THE INDIAN: AN INTERPRETATION – By Charles Alexander Eastman (Ohiyesa); Narrated by Shaun Taylor-Corbett; Published by Brilliance Publishing
ORIGINAL WORK WINNER
Mrs. Wickham
By Sarah Page
Narrated by Jessie Buckley, Johnny Flynn, and a full cast
Published by Audible Originals
ORIGINAL WORK FINALISTS
THE BABYSITTER LIVES – By Stephen Graham Jones; Narrated by Isabella Star LaBlanc and Stephen Graham Jones; Published by Simon & Schuster Audio
DAFFODILS – By Louise Beech; Narrated by Lesley Harcourt; Published by Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd
THE RIVER OF SILVER – By S. A. Chakraborty; Narrated by Soneela Nankani; Published by HarperAudio
STAR TREK: PICARD: NO MAN’S LAND – By Kirsten Beyer and Mike Johnson; Narrated by Michelle Hurd, Jeri Ryan, Jack Cutmore-Scott, John Kassir, Fred Tatasciore, Chris Andrew Ciulla, Lisa Flanagan, Gibson Frazier, Lameece Issaq, Natalie Naudus, Xe Sands, and Emily Woo Zeller; Published by Simon & Schuster Audio
ROMANCE WINNER
Delilah Green Doesn’t Care
By Ashley Herring Blake
Narrated by Kristen DiMercurio
Published by Penguin Random House Audio
ROMANCE FINALISTS
CRUSHING ON YOU – By Jen Trinh; Narrated by Emily Woo Zeller and James Chen; Published by Lyric Audiobooks
LOVE ON THE BRAIN – By Ali Hazelwood; Narrated by Brooke Bloomingdale; Published by Penguin Random House Audio
SAVVY SHELDON FEELS GOOD AS HELL – By Taj McCoy; Narrated by Adenrele Ojo; Published by HarperAudio
SEATMATE – By Cara Bastone; Narrated by Amanda Ronconi, Zachary Webber, Josh Hurley, Carol Monda, Corey Allen, Allyson Johnson, Eric Yves Garcia, Tanya Eby, and Dina Pearlman; Published by Audible Originals
YOU MADE A FOOL OF DEATH WITH YOUR BEAUTY – By Akwaeke Emezi; Narrated by Bahni Turpin; Published by Simon & Schuster Audio
SCIENCE FICTION WINNER
Intergalactic Exterminators, Inc
By Ash Bishop
Narrated by Scott Brick and Suzanne Elise Freeman
Published by CamCat Books
SCIENCE FICTION FINALISTS
HOW HIGH WE GO IN THE DARK – By Sequoia Nagamatsu; Narrated by Julia Whelan, Brian Nishii, Keisuke Hoashi, MacLeod Andrews, Jeanne Sakata, Greg Watanabe, Kurt Kanazawa, Matthew Bridges, Kotaro Watanabe, Brianna Ishibashi, Joe Knezevich, Micky Shiloah, Stephanie Komure, and Jason Culp; Published by HarperAudio
NO KINDNESS TOO SOON – By Sylvain Neuvel; Narrated by Melanie Nicholls-King, Deepti Gupta, Neil Hellegers, Gabriel Vaughan, Kathy Searle, Imani Jade Powers, Nicolette Chin, Gopal Divan, and Garrett Michael Brown; Published by Audible Originals
NOOR – By Nnedi Okorafor; Narrated by Délé Ogundiran; Published by Tantor Audio, a division of RBMedia
YMIR – By Rich Larson; Narrated by Alan Medcroft; Published by Hachette Audio
SHORT STORIES/COLLECTIONS WINNER
Getaway
By Sally Hepworth, Zakiya Dalila Harris, Catherine Steadman, Luanne Rice, Jess Lourey, and Rumaan Alam
Narrated by Candice Moll, Shayna Small, Samara Naeymi, Jennifer Jill Araya, Carly Robins, and Fajer Al-Kaisi
Published by Brilliance Publishing
SHORT STORIES/COLLECTIONS FINALISTS
GENERATION WONDER – By Barry Lyga and others; Edited by Barry Lyga; Narrated by Emily Lawrence, Jaime Lincoln Smith, Sarah Naughton, Mark Sanderlin, Ron Butler, James Anderson Foster, Jennifer Aquino, Tim Campbell, Jeanette Illidge, Ariana Delawari, Frankie Corzo, Kenny Ramos, and Eunice Wong; Published by Blackstone Publishing
GIVING THE DEVIL HIS DUE: A CHARITY ANTHOLOGY – By Lee Murray, Jason Sanford, Peter Tieryas, Kelley Armstrong, Kenesha Williams, Linda D Addison, Christina Henry, Hillary Monahan, Nisi Shawl, Leanna Renee Hieber, Kaaron Warren, Stephen Graham Jones, Errick Nunnally, Angela Yuriko Smith, Dana Cameron, and Nicholas Kaufmann; Narrated by Alyssa Bresnahan, Brian Nishii, Christina Moore, Cynthia Farrell, Edoardo Ballerini, Erin Moon, Karen Chilton, Kate Forbes, Nancy Wu, Robin Miles, Samuel Roukin, and Stephanie Cozart; Edited by Rebecca Brewer; Published by The Pixel Project
MARRIAGE: FROM THE FEMININE PERSPECTIVE – Edited, narrated and published by Christine Mascott
REBENT SINNER – Written and narrated by Ivan Coyote; Published by ECW Press Ltd.
THRILLER/SUSPENSE WINNER
Greenwich Park
By Katherine Faulkner
Narrated by Laura Kirman
Published by Simon & Schuster Audio
THRILLER/SUSPENSE FINALISTS
THE BOYS FROM BILOXI – By John Grisham; Narrated by Michael Beck; Published by Penguin Random House Audio
THE ISLAND – By Adrian McKinty; Narrated by Mela Lee; Published by Hachette Audio
THE PARIS APARTMENT – By Lucy Foley; Narrated by Clare Corbett, Daphne Kouma, Julia Winwood, Sope Dirisu, Sofia Zervudachi, and Charlie Anson; Published by HarperAudio
SNOWSTORM IN AUGUST – By Marshall Karp; Narrated by Chris Andrew Ciulla and Michael Manuel; Published by Blackstone Publishing
WHERE SECRETS LIVE – By S. C. Richards; Narrated by Jennifer Jill Araya; Published by Dreamscape Media
YOUNG ADULT WINNER
Demon in the Wood Graphic Novel
By Leigh Bardugo
Narrated by Ben Barnes, Benjamin Valic, Cassandra Morris, Eason Rytter, James Fouhey, Mary McCartney, Matt Leisy, Salli Saffioti, Sean Gormley, and Tom Bromhead
Published by Macmillan Audio
YOUNG ADULT FINALISTS
THE DROWNED WOODS – By Emily Lloyd-Jones; Narrated by Moira Quirk; Published by Hachette Audio
LOVE RADIO – By Ebony LaDelle; Narrated by Joniece Abbott-Pratt and JaQwan J. Kelly; Published by Simon & Schuster Audio
LOVELESS – By Alice Oseman; Narrated by Billie Fulford-Brown, Elizabeth Schenk, and Imogen Church; Published by Scholastic Audio
THE SUMMER OF BITTER AND SWEET – By Jen Ferguson; Narrated by Julie Lumsden; Published by HarperAudio
YOUNG LISTENERS WINNER
A Door Made For Me
Written and narrated by Tyler Merritt
Published by Hachette Audio
YOUNG LISTENERS FINALISTS
OUR TABLE – Written and narrated by Peter H. Reynolds; Published by Weston Woods Studios
PATCHWORK – By Matt de la Peña; Narrated by Philip Hernandez, Catherine Ho, Dion Graham, Finlay Stevenson, Arischa Conner, and Sunil Malhotra; Published by Penguin Random House Audio
WHEN GRANDFATHER FLEW – By Patricia MacLachlan; Narrated by Katie Schorr and George Guidall; Published by Live Oak Media
WHERE SNOW ANGELS GO – By Maggie O'Farrell; Narrated by Ruth Negga; Published by Dreamscape Media