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Audie Award Finalists and Winners

The Audie Awards recognize distinction in audiobooks and spoken word entertainment and are sponsored by the Audio Publishers Association (APA). 2020 was the 25th year of annual Audie Awards.

Winners were announced at the Audies Gala, March 2.

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

Literary Fiction & Classics

THE WATER DANCER

WINNER

Ta-Nehisi Coates, Read by Joe Morton

Joe Morton doesn't just give a stellar performance of Coates's audiobook. He embodies its characters... Read More

Middle Grade

CHARLOTTE'S WEB

WINNER

E.B. White, Read by Meryl Streep, January LaVoy, Kirby Heyborne, MacLeod Andrews, and a Full Cast

Melissa Sweet, author of SOME WRITER, introduces this edition of CHARLOTTE'S WEB with insights into... Read More

Middle Grade

NEW KID

Jerry Craft, Read by Jesus Del Orden, Nile Bullock, Robin Miles, Guy Lockard, Peyton Lusk, Rebecca Soler, Dan Bittner, Phoebe Strole, Marc Thompson

Jordan is full of anxiety at the start of seventh grade, and this full-cast audiobook production of... Read More

Middle Grade

OUR CASTLE BY THE SEA

Lucy Strange, Read by Lucy Strange

Author Lucy Strange narrates her second book, capturing the historical thriller’s gothic atmosphere.... Read More

Middle Grade

THE REMARKABLE JOURNEY OF COYOTE SUNRISE

Dan Gemeinhart, Read by Khristine Hvam

Khristine Hvam’s narration is as heartfelt as the story of 12-year-old Coyote Sunrise. As Coyote and... Read More

Middle Grade

ROLLER GIRL

Victoria Jamieson, Read by Almarie Guerra and a Full Cast

Full of the best kind of punk-rock energy, narrator Almarie Guerra and a full cast take listeners on... Read More

Multi-Voiced Performance

200 WOMEN

Geoff Blackwell, Ruth Hobday, Sharon Gelman, Marianne Lassandro [Eds.], Read by a Full Cast

This inspiring audiobook is composed of short interviews with women who represent a range of ages,... Read More

Multi-Voiced Performance

DAISY JONES & THE SIX

Taylor Jenkins Reid, Read by Jennifer Beals, Benjamin Bratt, Judy Greer, Pablo Schreiber, Ari Fliakos, January LaVoy, Julia Whelan and a Full Cast

This is—to state it plainly—a remarkable audiobook. It recounts the story of a seventies rock band’s... Read More

Multi-Voiced Performance

DOOKU: JEDI LOST

Cavan Scott, Read by Orlagh Cassidy, Euan Morton, Marc Thompson, Pete Bradbury, Jonathan Davis, Neil Hellegers, Sean Kenin, January LaVoy, Saskia Maarleveld, Carol Monda, Robert Petkoff, Rebecca Soler

An ensemble cast narrates a story involving one of the Star Wars saga's more sinister figures: Count... Read More