2023 AUDIE AWARDS FINALISTS

AUDIOBOOK OF THE YEAR
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

Finding Me 
Written and narrated by Viola Davis
Published by HarperAudio

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

AUDIO DRAMA
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

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

AUTOBIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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: A Family Memoir of Mental Illness, Heartbreak, and Hope
By Patrick Dylan
Narrated by Raúl E. Esparza 
Published by Snow Anselmo Press with Girl Friday Productions

Unprotected: A Memoir
Written and narrated by Billy Porter
Published by Recorded Books, a division of RBmedia

BEST FEMALE NARRATOR
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

Rosamund Pike for The Eye of the World
By Robert Jordan
Published by Macmillan Audio

BEST MALE NARRATOR 
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

Seth Numrich for Fairy Tale 
By Stephen King 
Published by Simon & Schuster Audio 

John Pirhalla for Sleepwalk
By Dan Chaon
Published by Macmillan Audio

BUSINESS/PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT 
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: Essential Career Strategies for Underrepresented Women
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

Tough 
Written and narrated by Terry Crews 
Published by Penguin Random House Audio

EROTICA
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

On the Hustle
By Adriana Herrera
Narrated by Lola James and Sean Crisden
Published by HarperAudio

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
¡Primera caída! El enmascarado de terciopelo 
By Diego Mejía Eguiluz
Narrated by Noé Velázquez
Published by Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial México

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
Dark Angel
By Brian Andrews and Jeffrey Wilson
Narrated by MacLeod Andrews
Published by Tyndale House Publishers

Marriage Be Hard
By Kevin Fredericks and Melissa Fredericks
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
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

The Monsters We Defy 
By Leslye Penelope 
Narrated by Shayna Small 
Published by Hachette Audio

FICTION
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

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

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
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

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

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
Happy-Go-Lucky
Written and narrated by David Sedaris
Published by Hachette Audio

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
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

War and Peace
By Leo Tolstoy
Translated by Louise Maude and Aylmer Maude
Narrated by Thandiwe Newton
Published by Audible Studios

Yerba Buena
By Nina LaCour
Narrated by Julia Whelan 
Published by Macmillan Audio

MIDDLE GRADE
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

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

MULTI-VOICED PERFORMANCE 
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

Sparring Partners
By John Grisham
Narrated by Jeff Daniels, Ethan Hawke, January LaVoy, and John Grisham
Published by Penguin Random House Audio

MYSTERY
The Bangalore Detectives Club
By Harini Nagendra
Narrated by Soneela Nankani 
Published by Blackstone Publishing

The Heron
By Don Winslow
Narrated by Ed Harris
Published by Audible Originals

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 THE AUTHOR(S)
Apparently There Were Complaints
Written and narrated by Sharon Gless
Published by Simon & Schuster Audio

Finding Me
Written and narrated by Viola Davis
Published by HarperAudio

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
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 Ransomware Hunting Team
By Renee Dudley and Daniel Golden
Narrated by BD Wong
Published by Macmillan Audio

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
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

Mrs. Wickham
By Sarah Page
Narrated by Jessie Buckley, Johnny Flynn, and a full cast
Published by Audible Originals

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
Crushing on You
By Jen Trinh
Narrated by Emily Woo Zeller and James Chen
Published by Lyric Audiobooks

Delilah Green Doesn't Care
By Ashley Herring Blake
Narrated by Kristen DiMercurio
Published by Penguin Random House Audio

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 
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

Intergalactic Exterminators, Inc
By Ash Bishop
Narrated by Scott Brick and Suzanne Elise Freeman
Published by CamCat Books

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 
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

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

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
The Boys from Biloxi 
By John Grisham
Narrated by Michael Beck
Published by Penguin Random House Audio

Greenwich Park
By Katherine Faulkner
Narrated by Laura Kirman
Published by Simon & Schuster 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
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

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
A Door Made For Me
Written and narrated by Tyler Merritt
Published by Hachette Audio

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

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