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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). 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.

Romance

YOU MADE A FOOL OF DEATH WITH YOUR BEAUTY

Akwaeke Emezi, Read by Bahni Turpin

Bahni Turpin powerfully narrates this compelling story about loss, love, and the many brave and... Read More

Science Fiction

HOW HIGH WE GO IN THE DARK

Sequoia Nagamatsu, Read by Julia Whelan, Brian Nishii, Keisuke Hoashi, MacLeod Andrews, Jeanne Sakata, Greg Watanabe, Kurt Kanazawa, Matthew Bridges, Kotaro Watanabe, Brianna Ishibashi, Joe Knezevitch, Micky Shiloah, Stephanie Komure, Jason Culp

A full cast sensitively presents Nagamatsu’s somber novel illuminating humanity’s trials and... Read More

Science Fiction

INTERGALACTIC EXTERMINATORS, INC

WINNER

Ash Bishop, Read by Scott Brick, Suzanne Elise Freeman

This sci-fi includes a strange extraterrestrial artifact found in Grandpa's back room, as well as... Read More

Science Fiction

NO KINDNESS TOO SOON

Sylvain Neuvel, Read by Melanie Nicholls-King, Deepti Gupta, Neil Hellegers, Gabriel Vaughan, Kathy Searle, Imani Jade Powers, Nicolette Chin, Gopal Divan, Garrett Michael Brown

An ensemble cast with international accents, including Melanie Nicolls- King, Deepti Gupta, and Neil... Read More

Science Fiction

NOOR

Nnedi Okorafor, Read by Délé Ogundiran

Délé Ogundiran narrates this futuristic novel, which is set in Northern Nigeria at a time when body... Read More

Science Fiction

YMIR

Rich Larson, Read by Alan Medcroft

Alan Medcroft's soothing narration suits this dark retelling of BEOWULF. Yorick left Ymir two... Read More

Short Stories/Collections

GENERATION WONDER

Barry Lyga [Ed.], Read by Emily Lawrence, Jaime Lincoln Smth, Sarah Naughton, Mark Sanderlin, Ron Butler, James Anderson Foster, Jennifer Aquino, Tim Campbell, Jeanette Illidge, Ariana Delawari, Frankie Corzo, Kenny Ramos, Eunice Wong

FROM THE PUBLISHER: A high-flying YA anthology featuring thirteen short stories that turn superhero... Read More

Short Stories/Collections

GETAWAY

WINNER

Sally Hepworth, Zakiya Dalila Harris, Catherine Steadman, Luanne Rice, Jess Lourey, Rumaan Alam, Read by Candice Moll, Shayna Small, Samara Naeymi, Jennifer Jill Araya, Carly Robins, Fajer Al-Kaisi

This taut collection of psychological thrillers offers a wide variety of vacation settings. The... Read More

Short Stories/Collections

GIVING THE DEVIL HIS DUE (SPECIAL EDITION)

Lee Murray, Jason Sanford, Peter Tieryas, Kelley Armstrong, Kenesha Williams, Linda D Addison, Christina Henry, et al., Read by Edoardo Ballerini, Robin Miles, Christina Moore, Nancy Wu, Erin Moon, Karen Chilton, et al.

A battered wife puts a hex on her abusive husband. A child magically stops her father from beating... Read More