Audie Awards 2023

by Audio Publishers Association

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111 books

The Audie Awards® is the premier awards program in the United States recognizing distinction in audiobooks and spoken-word entertainment. Publishers and rights holders enter titles in various categories for recognition of achievement. Finalists are selected, and then one winner is awarded in each category at the Audies Gala.

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Audiobook Of The Year

Winner

Finding Me

Viola Davis, 2022

Finalists

The 1619 Project

A New Origin Story

Nikole Hannah-Jones, The New York Times Magazine, 2021

Remarkably Bright Creatures

Shelby Van Pelt, 2022

Wake

The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts

Rebecca Hall, 2022

Audio Drama

Winner

Pipeline

Dominique Morisseau, 2018

Finalists

1984

George Orwell, 1983

Clean Sweep

Ilona Andrews, 2013

Coraline

Neil Gaiman, 2013

Good Omens

Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, 2011

Autobiography/Memoir

Winner

Unprotected

Billy Porter, 2021

Finalists

The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man

Paul Newman, 2022

Hello, Molly!

Molly Shannon, Sean Wilsey, 2022

Left on Tenth

A Second Chance at Life: A Memoir

Delia Ephron, 2022

Safe, Wanted, and Loved

A Family Memoir of Mental Illness, Heartbreak, and Hope

Patrick Dylan, 2021

Business/Personal Development

Winner

Tough

My Journey to True Power

Terry Crews, 2022

Finalists

Building a Second Brain

A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential

Tiago Forte, 2022

The First Five

A Love Letter to Teachers

Patrick Harris II, 2022

Prep, Push, Pivot

Essential Career Strategies for Underrepresented Women

Octavia Goredema, 2022

Sustain Your Game

High Performance Keys to Manage Stress, Avoid Stagnation, and Beat Burnout

Alan Stein, Jon Sternfeld, 2022

Erotica

Winner

On the Hustle

Adriana Herrera, 2022

Finalists

The Dark King

Gina L. Maxwell, 2022

Nights of Silk and Sapphire

Amber Jacobs, 2016

Personal

Alexandria House, 2022

Español - Spanish Language

Winner

¡Primera caída! (El enmascarado de terciopelo 1)

(El enmascarado de terciopelo 1)

Diego Mejía Eguiluz, 2018

Finalists

Cake: Una Historia de Amor

J. Bengtsson, 2022

Gastrosofía

una historia de la filosofía a través de la gastronomía

Eduardo Infante, 2022

Velorio

Xavier Navarro Aquino, 2022

Yo te salvaré

Matt De la Peña, 2021

Faith-based Fiction or Non-fiction

Winner

Dark Angel

Brian Andrews, Jeffrey Wilson, 2022

Finalists

Marriage Be Hard

12 Conversations to Keep You Laughing, Loving, and Learning with Your Partner

Kevin Fredericks, Melissa Fredericks, 2022

Part of My World

Jodi Benson, 2022

The Prophet's Wife

A Novel of an American Faith

Libbie Grant, 2022

You Should Sit Down for This

A Memoir about Life, Wine, and Cookies

Tamera Mowry-Housley, 2022

Fantasy

Winner

The Monsters We Defy

Leslye Penelope, 2022

Finalists

The Art of Prophecy

Wesley Chu, 2022

Cold As Hell

Jaime Castle, Rhett C. Bruno, 2022

Good Omens

Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, 2011

Legends & Lattes

Travis Baldree, 2022

Fiction

Winner

Mad Honey

Jodi Picoult, Jennifer Finney Boylan, 2022

Finalists

Across a Hundred Mountains

Reyna Grande, 2007

The Bright Side Running Club

A novel of breast cancer, best friends, and jogging for your life.

Josie Lloyd, 2022

A House Full of Windsor

Kristin Contino, 2021

Less Is Lost

Andrew Sean Greer, 2022

Tracy Flick Can't Win

Tom Perrotta, 2022

History/Biography

Finalists

An Afro-Indigenous History of the United States

Kyle T. Mays, 2021

His Name Is George Floyd

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE IN NON-FICTION

Robert Samuels, Toluse Olorunnipa, 2022

The Last Slave Ship

The True Story of How Clotilda Was Found, Her Descendants, and an Extraordinary Reckoning

Ben Raines, 2022

Undelivered

The Never-Heard Speeches That Would Have Rewritten History

Jeff Nussbaum, 2022

Humor

Winner

Happy-Go-Lucky

David Sedaris, 2022

Finalists

The Office BFFs

Tales of The Office from Two Best Friends Who Were There

Jenna Fischer, Angela Kinsey, 2022

Who Do I Think I Am?

Stories of Chola Wishes and Caviar Dreams

Anjelah Johnson-Reyes, 2022

The Wilder Widows

Katherine Hastings, 2020

Literary Fiction & Classics

Winner

War and Peace

Leo Tolstoy, graf Leo Tolstoy, 1998

Finalists

Flaubert's Parrot

Julian Barnes, 2011

Horse

Geraldine Brooks, 2022

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Victor Hugo, 2010

Yerba Buena

Nina LaCour, 2022

Middle Grade

Winner

Stuntboy, in the Meantime

Jason Reynolds, 2021

Finalists

Coraline

Neil Gaiman, 2013

The Door of No Return

Kwame Alexander, 2022

The Last Mapmaker

Christina Soontornvat, 2022

The Ogress and the Orphans

Kelly Barnhill, 2022

Multi-voiced Performance

Winner

Sparring Partners

John Grisham, 2022

Finalists

The 1619 Project

A New Origin Story

Nikole Hannah-Jones, The New York Times Magazine, 2021

Acts of Violet

Margarita Montimore, 2022

The Butcher and the Wren

Alaina Urquhart, 2023

The Many Daughters of Afong Moy

Jamie Ford, 2022

The Beetle

Richard Marsh, 2021

Mystery

Finalists

The Bangalore Detectives Club

Harini Nagendra, 2022

The Maid

Nita Prose, 2022

The Murder of Mr. Wickham

Claudia Gray, 2022

Suspect

Scott Turow, 2022

Narration by the Author(s)

Winner

Finding Me

Viola Davis, 2022

Finalists

Apparently There Were Complaints

Sharon Gless, 2022

Hello, Molly!

Molly Shannon, Sean Wilsey, 2022

Ten Steps to Nanette

A Memoir Situation

Hannah Gadsby, 2023

Waypoints

Sam Hueghan, 2023

Non-fiction

Winner

The Ransomware Hunting Team

A Band of Misfits' Improbable Crusade to Save the World from Cybercrime

Renee Dudley, Daniel Golden, 2022

Finalists

Davos Man

How the Billionaires Devoured the World

Peter S. Goodman, 2022

Queer Ducks (and Other Animals)

The Natural World of Animal Sexuality

Eliot Schrefer, 2022

The Sex Lives of African Women

Self-Discovery, Freedom, and Healing

Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah, 2022

The Soul of the Indian

An Interpretation

Charles A. Eastman, 2020

Original Work

Finalists

The River of Silver

Tales from the Daevabad Trilogy

S. A. Chakraborty, 2022

Romance

Winner

Delilah Green Doesn't Care

Ashley Herring Blake, 2022

Finalists

Crushing on You

Jen Trinh, 2019

Love on the Brain

Ali Hazelwood, 2022

Savvy Sheldon Feels Good As Hell

Taj McCoy, 2023

Seatmate

Or soulmate? Could this road trip lead to romance?

Cara Bastone, 2022

You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty

Akwaeke Emezi, 2022

Science Fiction

Winner

Intergalactic Exterminators, Inc

Ash Bishop, 2022

Finalists

How High We Go in the Dark

Sequoia Nagamatsu, 2022

Noor

Nnedi Okorafor, 2021

Ymir

Rich Larson, 2022

Short Stories/Collections

Finalists

Generation Wonder

The New Age of Heroes

Barry Lyga, 2022

Giving the Devil His Due

Stephen Graham Jones, Nisi Shawl, Kenesha Williams, Linda D Addison, Kelly Armstrong, 2022

Thriller/Suspense

Winner

Greenwich Park

Katherine Faulkner, 2022

Finalists

The Boys from Biloxi

John Grisham, 2023

The Island

Adrian McKinty, 2022

The Paris Apartment

Lucy Foley, 2022

Snowstorm in August

Marshall Karp, 2022

Where Secrets Live

S. C. Richards, 2022

Young Adult

Winner

Demon in the Wood Graphic Novel

Leigh Bardugo, 2022

Finalists

The Drowned Woods

Emily Lloyd-Jones, 2022

Love Radio

Ebony LaDelle, 2022

Loveless

Alice Oseman, 2022

The Summer of Bitter and Sweet

Jen Ferguson, 2022

Young Listeners

Winner

A Door Made for Me

Tyler Merritt, 2022

Finalists

Our Table

Peter H. Reynolds, 2021

Patchwork

Matt de la Peña, 2022

When Grandfather Flew

Patricia Maclachlan, 2021

Where Snow Angels Go

Maggie O'Farrell, 2021