The Audio Publishers Association presents this award annually to audiobooks in several categories to honor excellence and the spoken word in entertainment. They just released their list of finalists. Winners will be named on March 28th. Have you listened to or read any of these? Comment below if you think any of these are a clear winner in their category.
The categories are:
- 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
I will only list the books in a few of the Audie Awards categories.
AUDIOBOOK OF THE YEAR FINALISTS
THE 1619 PROJECT Created by Nikole Hannah-Jones and The New York Times Magazine
FINDING ME Written and narrated by Viola Davis
MIRACLE AND WONDER: CONVERSATIONS WITH PAUL SIMON By Malcolm Gladwell and Bruce Headlam+
REMARKABLY BRIGHT CREATURES By Shelby Van Pelt
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
FICTION FINALISTS
ACROSS A HUNDRED MOUNTAINS By Reyna Grande
THE BRIGHT SIDE RUNNING CLUB By Josie Lloyd
A HOUSE FULL OF WINDSOR By Kristin Contino
LESS IS LOST By Andrew Sean Greer
MAD HONEY By Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan
TRACY FLICK CAN’T WIN By Tom Perrotta
ROMANCE FINALISTS
CRUSHING ON YOU By Jen Trinh
DELILAH GREEN DOESN’T CARE By Ashley Herring Blake
LOVE ON THE BRAIN By Ali Hazelwood
SAVVY SHELDON FEELS GOOD AS HELL By Taj McCoy
SEATMATE By Cara Bastone
YOU MADE A FOOL OF DEATH WITH YOUR BEAUTY By Akwaeke Emezi
THRILLER/SUSPENSE FINALISTS
THE BOYS FROM BILOXI By John Grisham
GREENWICH PARK By Katherine Faulkner
THE ISLAND By Adrian McKinty
THE PARIS APARTMENT By Lucy Foley
SNOWSTORM IN AUGUST By Marshall Karp
WHERE SECRETS LIVE By S. C. Richards