We’re so excited to have 15 Audie Award nominations this year! Congratulations to all of our incredible authors and narrators. We are also thrilled that Tan France, author and narrator of Naturally Tan, will be hosting the Audie Awards!

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And listen to excerpts from all of our finalists below:

Nominee for Audiobook of the Year and Young Adult

Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

Read by Bahni Turpin

“Turpin’s sonorous incantation of prayers, as well as her brisk pacing during exciting moments of danger, will have listeners on the edge of their seats. Her depiction of the king’s rage is also downright terrifying, as Turpin is unafraid to roar. Her hypnotic performance is one to be reckoned with.” — Publishers Weekly, Starred Review

Nominee for Audio Drama

Steal the Stars by Mac Rogers

Read by a full cast

“The listener experiences the audio drama as it unfolds and the quirky characters come to life, making this program addictive.” — AudioFile

Nominee for Best Male Narrator

The Devil’s Half Mile by Paddy Hirsch

Read by Euan Morton

“Narrator Euan Morton’s soft Irish brogue transports listeners to New York City in 1799.” — AudioFile

Nominee for Business/Personal Development

The Dichotomy of Leadership by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin

Read by the authors

“Until this point in my life, I’ve never read a book that reveals the truths of leadership in such detail and rawness. The true value of this book cannot be quantified in words.”    — Pete Roberts, Co-Founder & CEO, Origin Maine USA

Nominee for Faith-Based Fiction/Non-Fiction

The Christmas Star by Donna VanLiere

Read by the author

“VanLiere is an expert at tugging heartstrings, and this sincere tearjearker delivers.” — Library Journal

Nominee for Fiction

The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah

Read by Julia Whelan

“Voice actor Whelan ratchets up the suspense in her tense narration of this tale of Ernt Albright, a Vietnam vet with PTSD, who takes his wife, Cora, and 13-year-old daughter, Leni, to Alaska to live off the grid.” — Publishers Weekly, Starred Review

Nominee for History/Biography

Robin by Dave Itzkoff

Read by Fred Berman and Dave Itzkoff

“Narrator Fred Berman’s youthful enthusiasm percolates through his performance of this in-depth, detailed, and quite revealing biographical analysis of Robin Williams’s life and career.” — AudioFile

Nominee for Literary Fiction & Classics

Housegirl by Michael Donkor

Read by Adjoa Andoh

“Narrator Adjoa Andoh will have listeners aching for the lost childhoods of Belinda and Mary as the two child servants work in an upper-middle-class home in Ghana.” — AudioFile

Nominee for Multi-Voiced Performance and Young Adult

Sadie by Courtney Summers

Read by Dan Bittner, Rebecca Soler, Gabra Zackman, Fred Berman, and a full cast

“The premise of this young adult thriller makes it a perfect audiobook, as much of the story is recounted as a radio whodunit.” — The New York Times

Nominee for Mystery

Wild Fire by Ann Cleeves

Read by Kenny Blyth

“Narrator Kenny Blyth draws the listener into the mystery and beauty of the Shetland Islands as DI Jimmy Perez and his senior colleague and love interest, Willow Reeves, investigate the murder of a young nanny, Emma Shearer. ” — AudioFile on this Earphones Award-winning title

Nominee for Science Fiction

Black Star Renegades by Michael Moreci

Read by Dan Bittner

“Narrator Dan Bittner throws himself into this science-fiction adventure with the enthusiasm the story begs for.” — AudioFile

Nominee for Short Stories/Collections

The Flame by Leonard Cohen

Read by Margaret Atwood, Seth Rogen, Michael Shannon, Will Patton, Rodney Crowell, John Doe, Jim Fletcher, Ari Fliakos, Maggie Hoffman, Ross Marquand, and Neela Vaswani

“The many narrators are familiar with Cohen’s phrasing, and they provide an eloquent tribute.” — AudioFile

Nominee for Thriller/Suspense

Crimson Lake by Candice Fox

Read by Euan Morton

“Two of the best times to pick up an audiobook are 1) when you want to get sucked into a great mystery, and 2) when you want to do a backstroke through an accent not your own. Candice Fox’s Crimson Lake series, set in the croc-infested north of Australia, lets you do both.” — Paste

Dive into master of suspense Sharon Bolton’s creepiest standalone yet, THE CRAFTSMAN, following a young cop trying to trace the disappearance of a small town’s teenagers.

Florence Lovelady hit the career jackpot when she convicted coffin-maker Larry Grassbrook of a series of child murders 30 years ago in a small village in Lancashire. Like something out of a nightmare, the victims were buried alive. Florence solved the mystery and got a confession out of Larry before more children were murdered, and he spent the rest of his life in prison.

But now, decades later, after Grassbrook’s death, events from the past start to repeat themselves. Is someone copying the original murders? Or did Lovelady get it wrong all those years ago?  When her own son goes missing under similar circumstances, the case not only gets reopened… it gets personal.

Narrator Nathalie Buscombe perfectly encapsulates the hectic horror that the characters must face in this spine-chilling audiobook.

Listen to an excerpt below! 

New York Times bestselling author David Hagberg continues his acclaimed Kirk McGarvey series with another compelling and timely thriller.

Kirk McGarvey is enjoying his lunch in the Eiffel Tower when terrorists attempt to bring down the Paris landmark. He springs into action to stop the attack, only to find there’s a much larger plot at stake. One that aims to force the incompetent US President out by pitting him against Russia.

But Putin himself is eager to avoid World War III. When a Russian nuclear weapon goes missing and is found heading to the US, Putin enlists McGarvey’s help in stopping it.

The stakes couldn’t be higher, and the outcome couldn’t be more unclear. Only McGarvey stands a chance of intervening before it’s too late, in a race against time across Paris, Istanbul, Moscow, and Washington, D.C.

Narrator Jeff Gurner’s powerful, steady voice balances the action and sense of urgency that will keep listeners on the edge of their seats in this thrilling audiobook.

Listen to an excerpt below!