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Audie Award Finalists and Winners


The Audie Awards recognize distinction in audiobooks and spoken word entertainment and are sponsored by the Audio Publishers Association (APA). See our current coverage here.

Winners were announced at the Audies Gala on March 4.

Below, explore the 2023 Audie Award Winners and Finalists with sound clips and reviews in all categories below.  Browse prior years' awards: 2022 Audies, 2021 Audies, 2020 Audies, 2019 Audies, 2018 Audies, 2017 Audies, 2016 Audies, 2015 Audies, 2014 Audies.

Audio Drama

1984

1984

George Orwell, Anna Lea [Adapt.], Read by Michael Maloney, Chris Lew Kum Hoi, Rhianne Barreto

FROM THE PUBLISHER: It's 1984. Winston Smith lives alone in London. He is a secret rebel plotting... Read More

Audio Drama

CLEAN SWEEP

CLEAN SWEEP

Ilona Andrews, Read by Nora Achrati and a Full Cast

Versatile narrator Nora Achrati, the main performer of the first audiobook in the Innkeeper... Read More

Audio Drama

CORALINE

CORALINE

Neil Gaiman, Read by Julian Rhind-Tutt, Pixie Davies, Katherine Kingsley, Jack Clary, Jacqueline Boatswain, Kevin McNally, Adjoa Andoh, Adrian Schiller, Heather Nicol, William Parker, Nicole Davis

A cast of talented British actors gives voice to this new audio edition of Neil Gaiman’s classic... Read More

Audio Drama

GOOD OMENS

GOOD OMENS

Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Read by Rebecca Front, Michael Sheen, David Tennant, Katherine Kingsley, Arthur Darvill, et al.

Rebecca Front’s narration is perfectly suited to the wry, dry, very British humor of this classic... Read More

Audio Drama

PIPELINE

WINNER
PIPELINE

Dominique Morisseau, Read by Sophina Brown, Eugene Byrd, Demetrius Grosse, Sharon Lawrence, X Mayo, Uyoata Udi, Karen Malina White

Television regular Sophina Brown leads a talented and largely African- American ensemble in this... Read More

Audiobook of the Year

THE 1619 PROJECT

THE 1619 PROJECT

Nikole Hannah-Jones, The New York Times Magazine, Caitlin Roper, Ilena Silverman, Jake Silverstein [Eds.], Read by Nikole Hannah-Jones and a Full Cast

Nikole Hannah-Jones, herself a persuasive narrator, has brought together a remarkable mosaic of... Read More

Audiobook of the Year

FINDING ME

WINNER
FINDING ME

Viola Davis, Read by Viola Davis

Actor Viola Davis doesn't mince words. Her audiobook captures the voice of a woman with a... Read More

Audiobook of the Year

MIRACLE AND WONDER

MIRACLE AND WONDER

Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam, Paul Simon, Read by Malcom Gladwell, Paul Simon

This is one of the finest examples of audio autobiography/biography. Gleaned from 30 hours of... Read More

Audiobook of the Year

REMARKABLY BRIGHT CREATURES

REMARKABLY BRIGHT CREATURES

Shelby Van Pelt, Read by Marin Ireland, Michael Urie

This fantastical debut audiobook will enchant listeners. Gifted vocal artist Marin Ireland portrays... Read More

Audiobook of the Year

WAKE

WAKE

Rebecca Hall, Tyler English-Beckwith, Read by DeWanda Wise, Chanté Adams, Jerrie Johnson, Bahni Turpin, and a Full Cast

Opening with the film-like sounds of a gathering storm at sea and a group of captive African women... Read More

Autobiography/Memoir

THE EXTRAORDINARY LIFE OF AN ORDINARY MAN

THE EXTRAORDINARY LIFE OF AN ORDINARY MAN

Paul Newman, David Rosenthal, Melissa Newman, Clea Newman Soderlund, Read by Jeff Daniels, Melissa Newman, Clea Newman Soderlund, Ari Fliakos, January LaVoy, John Rubinstein, Emily Wachtel

Paul Newman and his friend Stewart Stern, a screenwriter, decided to compile an oral history of the... Read More

Autobiography/Memoir

HELLO, MOLLY!

HELLO, MOLLY!

Molly Shannon, Sean Wilsey, Read by Molly Shannon

When she was only 4, actor/comedian Molly Shannon lost her mother and baby sister in a tragic auto... Read More

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