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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). 2020 was the 25th year of annual Audie Awards.

Winners were announced at the Audies Gala, March 2.

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

Audio Drama

THE ABSOLUTE BRIGHTNESS OF LEONARD PELKEY

James Lecesne, Read by James Lecesne

James Lecesne's performance is campy, poignant, funny, and sad. This short one-man play, told... Read More

Audio Drama

ANGELS IN AMERICA

WINNER

Tony Kushner, Read by Andrew Garfield, Nathan Lane, Susan Brown, Denise Gough, and a Full Cast

Intimate, surreal, and devastatingly honest. Tony Award winners Nathan Lane and Andrew Garfield lead... Read More

Audio Drama

BIRTHDAY SUIT

Lauren Blakely, Read by Andi Arndt, Sebastian York, January Lavoy, Julia Whelan, R.C. Bray, Shane East, Joe Arden, Erin Mallon, Dion Graham, Savannah Peachwood, Jason Clarke, Robin Miles

An ensemble of talented narrators performs a romantic comedy involving a love triangle with equal... Read More

Audio Drama

HAVE A NICE DAY

Billy Crystal, Quinton Peeples, Read by Annette Bening, Dick Cavett, Auli'i Cravalho, Billy Crystal, Rachel Dratch, Darrell Hammond, Kevin Kline, Robin Thede and a full cast

In this ensemble production featuring several prestigious actors, the story opens on the last day in... Read More

Audio Drama

PUSS IN BOOTS

Neil Fishman, Harvey Edelman, Khristine Hvam, Read by Jim Dale and a Full Cast

Jim Dale and a full cast reimagine a classic story, giving it musical numbers, inventive... Read More

Audiobook of the Year

ANGELS IN AMERICA

Tony Kushner, Read by Andrew Garfield, Nathan Lane, Susan Brown, Denise Gough, and a Full Cast

Intimate, surreal, and devastatingly honest. Tony Award winners Nathan Lane and Andrew Garfield lead... Read More

Audiobook of the Year

BECOMING

Michelle Obama, Read by Michelle Obama

In a rich, warm timbre, Michelle Obama treats us to reminiscences and reflections on her life as... Read More

Audiobook of the Year

CHARLOTTE'S WEB

E.B. White, Read by Meryl Streep, January LaVoy, Kirby Heyborne, MacLeod Andrews, and a Full Cast

Melissa Sweet, author of SOME WRITER, introduces this edition of CHARLOTTE'S WEB with insights into... Read More

Audiobook of the Year

THE DUTCH HOUSE

Ann Patchett, Read by Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks narrates this novel about Danny and Maeve, and their beloved childhood home, The Dutch... Read More

Audiobook of the Year

THE ONLY PLANE IN THE SKY

WINNER

Garrett M. Graff, Read by Holter Graham and a Full Cast

This powerful audiobook is narrated by an appropriately understated but very talented cast. The... Read More

Audiobook of the Year

THE TESTAMENTS

Margaret Atwood, Read by Ann Dowd, Bryce Dallas Howard, Mae Whitman, Derek Jacobi, Tantoo Cardinal, Margaret Atwood

Bear witness to the secretive lives of Gilead’s women 15 years after THE HANDMAID’S TALE’s... Read More

Autobiography/Memoir

BECOMING

WINNER

Michelle Obama, Read by Michelle Obama

In a rich, warm timbre, Michelle Obama treats us to reminiscences and reflections on her life as... Read More

Audie Award Finalists and Winners

THE ABSOLUTE BRIGHTNESS OF LEONARD PELKEY

ANGELS IN AMERICA

BIRTHDAY SUIT

HAVE A NICE DAY

PUSS IN BOOTS

ANGELS IN AMERICA

BECOMING

CHARLOTTE'S WEB

THE DUTCH HOUSE

THE ONLY PLANE IN THE SKY

THE TESTAMENTS

BECOMING

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