Audie Awards 2021

by Audio Publishers Association

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79 books

The Audie Awards is the premier awards program in the United States recognizing distinction in audiobooks and spoken-word entertainment.

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Audiobook Of The Year

Winner

Piranesi

Susanna Clarke, 2020

Finalist Titles

More Myself

Alicia Keys, 2020

The Mountains Sing

Que Mai Phan Nguyen, 2021

We're Better Than This

My Fight for the Future of Our Democracy

Elijah Cummings, James Dale, 2020

Autobiography/memoir

Winner

The Autobiography of Malcolm X

Malcolm X, 2015

Finalist Titles

Becoming Duchess Goldblatt

Anonymous, 2020

Mr. New Orleans

The Life of a Big Easy Underworld Legend

Matthew Randazzo V, Frenchy Brouillette, 2014

Sigh, Gone

A Misfit's Memoir of Great Books, Punk Rock, and the Fight to Fit In

Phuc Tran, 2020

Uncanny Valley

Anna Wiener, 2020

Faith-based Fiction & Non-fiction

Winner

Fierce, Free, and Full of Fire

The Guide to Being Glorious You

Jen Hatmaker, 2020

Finalist Titles

Chasing Vines

Finding Your Way to an Immensely Fruitful Life

Beth Moore, 2020

Cliff Falls

The Missing Pieces Edition

C. B. Shiepe, 2020

Old School Love

And Why It Works

Joseph "Rev Run" Simmons, Justine Simmons, 2020

The Power of Favor

The Force That Will Take You Where You Can't Go on Your Own

Joel Osteen, 2020

Fantasy

Winner

The City We Became

N. K. Jemisin, 2020

Finalist Titles

The House in the Cerulean Sea

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

V. E. Schwab, 2020

The Last Smile in Sunder City

Luke Arnold, 2020

Raybearer

Jordan Ifueko, 2020

Fiction

Winner

Such a Fun Age

Kiley Reid, 2021

Finalist Titles

Big Lies in a Small Town

Diane Chamberlain, 2020

The Last Story of Mina Lee

Nancy Jooyoun Kim, 2020

The Midnight Library

Matt Haig, 2020

Sex and Vanity

Kevin Kwan, 2020

History/biography

Winner

His Truth Is Marching On

John Lewis and the Power of Hope

Jon Meacham, 2020

Finalist Titles

The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X

Les Payne, Tamara Payne, 2020

Deep Delta Justice

A Black Teen, His Lawyer, and Their Groundbreaking Battle for Civil Rights in the South

Matthew Van Meter, 2020

J R R Tolkien

The Making of a Legend

Colin Duriez, 2012

Just Us

An American Conversation

Claudia Rankine, 2020

The Lincoln Conspiracy

The Secret Plot to Kill America's 16th President--and Why It Failed

Brad Meltzer, Josh Mensch, 2020

Humor

Winner

A Very Punchable Face

Colin Jost, 2020

Finalist Titles

The New One

Painfully True Stories from a Reluctant Dad

Mike Birbiglia, 2020

Small Doses

Potent Truths for Everyday Use

Amanda Seales, 2019

Surrender, White People!

Our Unconditional Terms for Peace

D. L. Hughley, Doug Moe, 2020

Wow, No Thank You.

Samantha Irby, 2020

Literary Fiction & Classics

Winner

The Death of Vivek Oji

Akwaeke Emezi, 2021

Finalist Titles

The Color Purple

Alice Walker, 2003

Deacon King Kong

James McBride, 2020

Pew

Catherine Lacey, 2020

These Ghosts Are Family

Maisy Card, 2021

Middle Grade

Winner

The Good Hawk

Joseph Elliott, 2020

Finalist Titles

Genesis Begins Again

Alicia D. Williams, 2020

King and the Dragonflies

Kacen Callender, 2020

Say Her Name

Zetta Elliott, 2020

Shuri: A Black Panther Novel (Marvel)

Nic Stone, 2020

We Dream of Space

Erin Entrada Kelly, 2020

Mystery

Winner

Fair Warning

Michael Connelly, 2020

Finalist Titles

A Bad Day for Sunshine

Darynda Jones, 2020

Confessions on the 7:45: A Novel

Lisa Unger, 2020

The Guest List

Lucy Foley, 2020

Non-fiction

Winner

Fire in Paradise

An American Tragedy

Dani Anguiano, Alastair Gee, 2021

Finalist Titles

If You Tell

A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood

Gregg Olsen, 2019

Rage

Bob Woodward, 2020

Tightrope

Americans Reaching for Hope

Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn, 2020

Wandering in Strange Lands

A Daughter of the Great Migration Reclaims Her Roots

Morgan Jerkins, 2020

Romance

Winner

Dirty Letters

Vi Keeland, Penelope Ward, 2019

Finalist Titles

Call Me Maybe

Could it be love at first talk?

Cara Bastone, 2021

Chasing Cassandra

Lisa Kleypas, 2020

Get a Life, Chloe Brown

Talia Hibbert, 2020

The Honey-Don't List

Christina Lauren, 2020

Science Fiction

Winner

The Deep

Rivers Solomon, Daveed Diggs, William Hutson, Jonathan Snipes, 2019

Finalist Titles

Aliens: Phalanx

Scott Sigler, 2020

Axiom’s End

Lindsay Ellis, 2020

Heaven's River

Dennis E. Taylor, 2021

Ruins of the Galaxy

A Military Scifi Epic

J.N. Chaney, Christopher Hopper, 2019

Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy (Book I: Chaos Rising)

Timothy Zahn, 2020

Thriller/suspense

Winner

When No One Is Watching

Alyssa Cole, 2020

Finalist Titles

If It Bleeds

Stephen King, 2021

The Only Good Indians

Stephen Graham Jones, 2020

The Sentinel

A Jack Reacher Novel

Lee Child, Andrew Child, 2021

Young Adult

Winner

Clap When You Land

Elizabeth Acevedo, 2020

Finalist Titles

Everything Sad Is Untrue: (A True Story)

Daniel Nayeri, 2021

Poisoned

Jennifer Donnelly, 2020

A Song Below Water

Bethany C. Morrow, 2021

This Is My America

Kim Johnson, 2020

Young Listeners (Up To Age 8)

Winner

Overground Railroad

Lesa Cline-Ransome, 2020

Finalist Titles

Going Down Home with Daddy

Kelly Starling Lyons, 2020

Rise!

From Caged Bird to Poet of the People, Maya Angelou

Bethany Hegedus, 2019

Say Something!

Peter H. Reynolds, 2019