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Audie Award Finalists and Winners

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The Audie Awards recognize distinction in audiobooks and spoken word entertainment and are sponsored by the Audio Publishers Association (APA). See our current coverage here.

Winners were announced at the Audies Gala on March 4.

Below, explore the 2023 Audie Award Winners and Finalists with sound clips and reviews in all categories below.  Browse prior years' awards: 2022 Audies, 2021 Audies, 2020 Audies, 2019 Audies, 2018 Audies, 2017 Audies, 2016 Audies, 2015 Audies, 2014 Audies.

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All Categories Audio Drama Audiobook of the Year 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

Audio Drama

PIPELINE

WINNER

Dominique Morisseau, Read by Sophina Brown, Eugene Byrd, Demetrius Grosse, Sharon Lawrence, X Mayo, Uyoata Udi, Karen Malina White

Television regular Sophina Brown leads a talented and largely African- American ensemble in this... Read More

Audiobook of the Year

FINDING ME

WINNER

Viola Davis, Read by Viola Davis

Actor Viola Davis doesn't mince words. Her audiobook captures the voice of a woman with a... Read More

Autobiography/Memoir

UNPROTECTED

WINNER

Billy Porter, Read by Billy Porter

Since voice is central to this gripping audio memoir by award-winning performer Billy Porter, it's... Read More

Best Female Narrator

THE EYE OF THE WORLD

WINNER

Robert Jordan, Read by Rosamund Pike

Rosamund Pike brings a fresh narration to the first book in the beloved Wheel of Time series. At 33... Read More

Best Male Narrator

FAIRY TALE

WINNER

Stephen King, Read by Seth Numrich, Stephen King

Seth Numrich’s narration of 17-year-old Charlie Reade’s story is moving and frightening in equal... Read More

Business/Personal Development

TOUGH

WINNER

Terry Crews, Read by Terry Crews

This powerful memoir has the former NFL football player, now an actor, work through his issues with... Read More

Erotica

ON THE HUSTLE

WINNER

Adriana Herrera, Read by Lola James, Sean Crisden

In this multicultural romantic comedy, Alba Duarte, portrayed by Lola James, is a bookish room... Read More

Español - Spanish Language

PRIMERA CAIDA! [FIRST FALL!]

WINNER

Diego Mejia Eguiluz, Read by Noé Velázquez

It's hard to imagine that anyone else could have narrated this action-packed audiobook about... Read More

Faith-Based Fiction or Non-Fiction

DARK ANGEL

WINNER

Brian Andrews, Jeffrey Wilson, Read by MacLeod Andrews

MacLeod Andrews takes on this complex military adventure of good versus evil with a supernatural... Read More

Fantasy

THE MONSTERS WE DEFY

WINNER

Leslye Penelope, Read by Shayna Small

In this dazzling fantasy set in 1920s Washington, DC, narrator Shayna Small imbues her voice with... Read More

Fiction

MAD HONEY

WINNER

Jodi Picoult, Jennifer Finney Boylan, Read by Carrie Coon, Key Taw, Jodi Picoult, Jennifer Finney Boylan

Raw and timely, this audiobook is a must-listen. Olivia McAfee rebuilt her life in New Hampshire,... Read More

History/Biography

SUMMER OF '85

WINNER

Chris Morrow, Kevin Hart, Charlamagne Tha God, SBH Productions, Read by Kevin Hart

Kevin Hart hosts a detailed account of a fateful summer almost 40 years ago and how two major events... Read More

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