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2023 Audie Awards (Our Favourite Nominees)

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The Audie Awards recognize the best in audiobooks and spoken-word entertainment. Here are some of our favourite nominees for the 2023 awards. The full list of nominees can be found here: https://www.audiopub.org/2023audieawards-finalists

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The 1619 Project

The 1619 Project

A New Origin Story

Downloadable Audiobook - 2021

Nominated for Audiobook of the Year, Multi-Voiced Performance. In this expansion of the New York Times Magazine's 2019 special issue commemorating the 400...Show more Nominated for Audiobook of the Year, Multi-Voiced Performance. In this expansion of the New York Times Magazine's 2019 special issue commemorating the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first enslaved Africans in America, Pulitzer winner Hannah-Jones and an impressive cast of historians, journalists, poets, novelists, and cultural critics deliver a sweeping study of the "unparalleled impact" of African slavery on American society. Show less

Nominated for Audiobook of the Year, Multi-Voiced Performance. In this expansion of the New York Times Magazine's 2019 special issue commemorating the 400...Show more Nominated for Audiobook of the Year, Multi-Voiced Performance. In this expansion of the New York Times Magazine's 2019 special issue commemorating the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first enslaved Africans in America, Pulitzer winner Hannah-Jones and an impressive cast of historians, journalists, poets, novelists, and cultural critics deliver a sweeping study of the "unparalleled impact" of African slavery on American society. Show less

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Finding Me

Finding Me

by Davis, Viola

Downloadable Audiobook - 2022

Nominated for Audiobook of the Year and Narration by the Author. Much-anticipated, emotionally-charged debut memoir from award-winning actor and icon Viola Davis. Nominated for Audiobook of the Year and Narration by the Author. Much-anticipated, emotionally-charged debut memoir from award-winning actor and icon Viola Davis. Show less

Nominated for Audiobook of the Year and Narration by the Author. Much-anticipated, emotionally-charged debut memoir from award-winning actor and icon Viola Davis. Nominated for Audiobook of the Year and Narration by the Author. Much-anticipated, emotionally-charged debut memoir from award-winning actor and icon Viola Davis. Show less

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Miracle and Wonder

Miracle and Wonder

Conversations With Paul Simon

by Gladwell, Malcolm

Downloadable Audiobook - 2021

Nominated for Audiobook of the Year. What happens when Paul Simon, widely considered one of the greatest songwriters in music history, and Malcolm Gladwel...Show more Nominated for Audiobook of the Year. What happens when Paul Simon, widely considered one of the greatest songwriters in music history, and Malcolm Gladwell, the best-selling author, sit down together, with a tape recorder and a guitar? The resulting story is part memoir, part investigation, and unlike any creative portrait you've ever heard before. Show less

Nominated for Audiobook of the Year. What happens when Paul Simon, widely considered one of the greatest songwriters in music history, and Malcolm Gladwel...Show more Nominated for Audiobook of the Year. What happens when Paul Simon, widely considered one of the greatest songwriters in music history, and Malcolm Gladwell, the best-selling author, sit down together, with a tape recorder and a guitar? The resulting story is part memoir, part investigation, and unlike any creative portrait you've ever heard before. Show less

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Remarkably Bright Creatures

Remarkably Bright Creatures

A Novel

by Van Pelt, Shelby

Downloadable Audiobook - 2022

Nominated for Audiobook of the Year. After Tova Sullivan's husband died, she began working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, mopping floors and ...Show more Nominated for Audiobook of the Year. After Tova Sullivan's husband died, she began working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, mopping floors and tidying up. Tova becomes acquainted with curmudgeonly Marcellus, a giant Pacific octopus living at the aquarium. Marcellus knows more than anyone can imagine but wouldn't dream of lifting one of his eight arms for his human captors--until he forms a remarkable friendship with Tova. Show less

Nominated for Audiobook of the Year. After Tova Sullivan's husband died, she began working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, mopping floors and ...Show more Nominated for Audiobook of the Year. After Tova Sullivan's husband died, she began working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, mopping floors and tidying up. Tova becomes acquainted with curmudgeonly Marcellus, a giant Pacific octopus living at the aquarium. Marcellus knows more than anyone can imagine but wouldn't dream of lifting one of his eight arms for his human captors--until he forms a remarkable friendship with Tova. Show less

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Clean Sweep [dramatized Adaptation]

Clean Sweep [dramatized Adaptation]

by Andrews, Ilona

Downloadable Audiobook - 2022

Nominated for Best Audio Drama. In a small town in Texas, Dina Demille runs a Victorian bed and breakfast that is actually a quirky, otherworldly inn that...Show more Nominated for Best Audio Drama. In a small town in Texas, Dina Demille runs a Victorian bed and breakfast that is actually a quirky, otherworldly inn that provides refuge for weary galactic travelers. When neighborhood dogs are murdered by an unknown predator, Dina forgoes neutrality to investigate. Show less

Nominated for Best Audio Drama. In a small town in Texas, Dina Demille runs a Victorian bed and breakfast that is actually a quirky, otherworldly inn that...Show more Nominated for Best Audio Drama. In a small town in Texas, Dina Demille runs a Victorian bed and breakfast that is actually a quirky, otherworldly inn that provides refuge for weary galactic travelers. When neighborhood dogs are murdered by an unknown predator, Dina forgoes neutrality to investigate. Show less

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The Extraordinary Life of An Ordinary Man

The Extraordinary Life of An Ordinary Man

A Memoir

by Newman, Paul

Downloadable Audiobook - 2022

Nominated for Best Autobiography/Memoir. Before he died in 2008, Paul Newman commissioned his best friend to interview actors and directors he worked with...Show more Nominated for Best Autobiography/Memoir. Before he died in 2008, Paul Newman commissioned his best friend to interview actors and directors he worked with, his friends, his children, his first wife, his psychiatrist, and Joanne Woodward, to create an oral history of his life. After hearing and reading what others said about him, Newman then dictated his own version of his life. Enjoy this long-lost memoir-90% Newman's own narrative, interspersed with wonderful stories and recollections by his family, friends, and luminaries. Show less

Nominated for Best Autobiography/Memoir. Before he died in 2008, Paul Newman commissioned his best friend to interview actors and directors he worked with...Show more Nominated for Best Autobiography/Memoir. Before he died in 2008, Paul Newman commissioned his best friend to interview actors and directors he worked with, his friends, his children, his first wife, his psychiatrist, and Joanne Woodward, to create an oral history of his life. After hearing and reading what others said about him, Newman then dictated his own version of his life. Enjoy this long-lost memoir-90% Newman's own narrative, interspersed with wonderful stories and recollections by his family, friends, and luminaries. Show less

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Hello, Molly!

Hello, Molly!

A Memoir

by Shannon, Molly

Downloadable Audiobook - 2022

Nominated for Best Autobiography/Memoir and Best Narration by Author. At age four, Molly Shannon's world was shattered when she lost her mother, baby sist...Show more Nominated for Best Autobiography/Memoir and Best Narration by Author. At age four, Molly Shannon's world was shattered when she lost her mother, baby sister, and cousin in a car accident with her father at the wheel. Held together by her tender and complicated relationship with her grieving father, Molly was raised in a permissive household where her gift for improvising and role-playing blossomed alongside the fearlessness that would lead her to become a celebrated actress. Show less

Nominated for Best Autobiography/Memoir and Best Narration by Author. At age four, Molly Shannon's world was shattered when she lost her mother, baby sist...Show more Nominated for Best Autobiography/Memoir and Best Narration by Author. At age four, Molly Shannon's world was shattered when she lost her mother, baby sister, and cousin in a car accident with her father at the wheel. Held together by her tender and complicated relationship with her grieving father, Molly was raised in a permissive household where her gift for improvising and role-playing blossomed alongside the fearlessness that would lead her to become a celebrated actress. Show less

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Nightcrawling

Nightcrawling

by Mottley, Leila

Downloadable Audiobook - 2022

Nominated for Best Female Narrator for Joniece Abbott-Pratt. Kiara and her brother, Marcus, are scraping by in an East Oakland apartment complex optimisti...Show more Nominated for Best Female Narrator for Joniece Abbott-Pratt. Kiara and her brother, Marcus, are scraping by in an East Oakland apartment complex optimistically called the Regal-Hi. Both have dropped out of high school, their family fractured by death and prison. But while Marcus clings to his dream of rap stardom, Kiara hunts for work to pay their rent--which has more than doubled--and to keep the nine-year-old boy next door, abandoned by his mother, safe and fed. Show less

Nominated for Best Female Narrator for Joniece Abbott-Pratt. Kiara and her brother, Marcus, are scraping by in an East Oakland apartment complex optimisti...Show more Nominated for Best Female Narrator for Joniece Abbott-Pratt. Kiara and her brother, Marcus, are scraping by in an East Oakland apartment complex optimistically called the Regal-Hi. Both have dropped out of high school, their family fractured by death and prison. But while Marcus clings to his dream of rap stardom, Kiara hunts for work to pay their rent--which has more than doubled--and to keep the nine-year-old boy next door, abandoned by his mother, safe and fed. Show less

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The Eye of the World

The Eye of the World

by Jordan, Robert

Downloadable Audiobook - 1990

Nominated for Best Female Narrator for Rosamund Pike. Moiraine Damodred arrives in Emond's Field on a quest to find the one prophesized to stand against T...Show more Nominated for Best Female Narrator for Rosamund Pike. Moiraine Damodred arrives in Emond's Field on a quest to find the one prophesized to stand against The Dark One, a malicious entity sowing the seeds of chaos and destruction. When a vicious band of half-men, half beasts invade the village seeking their master's enemy, Moiraine persuades Rand al'Thor and his friends to leave their home and enter a larger unimaginable world filled with dangers waiting in the shadows and in the light. Show less

Nominated for Best Female Narrator for Rosamund Pike. Moiraine Damodred arrives in Emond's Field on a quest to find the one prophesized to stand against T...Show more Nominated for Best Female Narrator for Rosamund Pike. Moiraine Damodred arrives in Emond's Field on a quest to find the one prophesized to stand against The Dark One, a malicious entity sowing the seeds of chaos and destruction. When a vicious band of half-men, half beasts invade the village seeking their master's enemy, Moiraine persuades Rand al'Thor and his friends to leave their home and enter a larger unimaginable world filled with dangers waiting in the shadows and in the light. Show less

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The Silent Sisters

The Silent Sisters

by Dugoni, Robert

Audiobook CD - 2022

Nominated for Best Male Narrator for Edoardo Ballerini. When two of the seven sisters--American assets who have been deep undercover in Russia for decades...Show more Nominated for Best Male Narrator for Edoardo Ballerini. When two of the seven sisters--American assets who have been deep undercover in Russia for decades--cut off all communication with their handlers, Charles Jenkins, despite being on a Russian kill list, returns to the country, where he must track them down--or die trying. Show less

Nominated for Best Male Narrator for Edoardo Ballerini. When two of the seven sisters--American assets who have been deep undercover in Russia for decades...Show more Nominated for Best Male Narrator for Edoardo Ballerini. When two of the seven sisters--American assets who have been deep undercover in Russia for decades--cut off all communication with their handlers, Charles Jenkins, despite being on a Russian kill list, returns to the country, where he must track them down--or die trying. Show less

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Fairy Tale

Fairy Tale

by King, Stephen

Audiobook CD - 2022

Nominated for Best Male Narrator for Seth Numrich. Legendary storyteller Stephen King goes into the deepest well of his imagination in this spellbinding n...Show more Nominated for Best Male Narrator for Seth Numrich. Legendary storyteller Stephen King goes into the deepest well of his imagination in this spellbinding novel about a seventeen-year-old boy who inherits the keys to a parallel world where good and evil are at war, and the stakes could not be higher--for that world or ours. Show less

Nominated for Best Male Narrator for Seth Numrich. Legendary storyteller Stephen King goes into the deepest well of his imagination in this spellbinding n...Show more Nominated for Best Male Narrator for Seth Numrich. Legendary storyteller Stephen King goes into the deepest well of his imagination in this spellbinding novel about a seventeen-year-old boy who inherits the keys to a parallel world where good and evil are at war, and the stakes could not be higher--for that world or ours. Show less

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Legends & Lattes

Legends & Lattes

A Novel of High Fantasy and Low Stakes

by Baldree, Travis

Downloadable Audiobook - 2022

Nominated for Best Fantasy Audiobook. After a lifetime of bounties and bloodshed, Viv is hanging up her sword for the last time. The battle-weary orc aims...Show more Nominated for Best Fantasy Audiobook. After a lifetime of bounties and bloodshed, Viv is hanging up her sword for the last time. The battle-weary orc aims to start fresh, opening the first ever coffee shop in the city of Thune. But old and new rivals stand in the way of success -- not to mention the fact that no one has the faintest idea what coffee actually is. Show less

Nominated for Best Fantasy Audiobook. After a lifetime of bounties and bloodshed, Viv is hanging up her sword for the last time. The battle-weary orc aims...Show more Nominated for Best Fantasy Audiobook. After a lifetime of bounties and bloodshed, Viv is hanging up her sword for the last time. The battle-weary orc aims to start fresh, opening the first ever coffee shop in the city of Thune. But old and new rivals stand in the way of success -- not to mention the fact that no one has the faintest idea what coffee actually is. Show less

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Mad Honey

Mad Honey

A Novel

by Picoult, Jodi

Audiobook CD - 2022

Nominated for Best Fiction Audiobook. A soul-stirring novel about what we choose to keep from our past, and what we choose to leave behind. Nominated for Best Fiction Audiobook. A soul-stirring novel about what we choose to keep from our past, and what we choose to leave behind. Show less

Nominated for Best Fiction Audiobook. A soul-stirring novel about what we choose to keep from our past, and what we choose to leave behind. Nominated for Best Fiction Audiobook. A soul-stirring novel about what we choose to keep from our past, and what we choose to leave behind. Show less

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His Name Is George Floyd

His Name Is George Floyd

One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice

by Samuels, Robert

Downloadable Audiobook - 2022

Nominated for Best History/Biography Audiobook. A landmark biography by two prizewinning Washington Post reporters that reveals how systemic racism shaped...Show more Nominated for Best History/Biography Audiobook. A landmark biography by two prizewinning Washington Post reporters that reveals how systemic racism shaped George Floyd's life and legacy-from his family's roots in the tobacco fields of North Carolina, to ongoing inequality in housing, education, health care, criminal justice, and policing-telling the singular story of how one man's tragic experience brought about a global movement for change. Show less

Nominated for Best History/Biography Audiobook. A landmark biography by two prizewinning Washington Post reporters that reveals how systemic racism shaped...Show more Nominated for Best History/Biography Audiobook. A landmark biography by two prizewinning Washington Post reporters that reveals how systemic racism shaped George Floyd's life and legacy-from his family's roots in the tobacco fields of North Carolina, to ongoing inequality in housing, education, health care, criminal justice, and policing-telling the singular story of how one man's tragic experience brought about a global movement for change. Show less

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The Office Bffs

The Office Bffs

Tales of the Office From Two Best Friends Who Were There

by Fischer, Jenna

Downloadable Audiobook - 2022

Nominated for Best Humor Audiobook. An intimate, behind-the-scenes, richly illustrated celebration of beloved The Office co-stars Jenna Fischer and Angela...Show more Nominated for Best Humor Audiobook. An intimate, behind-the-scenes, richly illustrated celebration of beloved The Office co-stars Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey's friendship, and an insiders' view of Pam Beesly, Angela Martin, and the iconic TV show. Show less

Nominated for Best Humor Audiobook. An intimate, behind-the-scenes, richly illustrated celebration of beloved The Office co-stars Jenna Fischer and Angela...Show more Nominated for Best Humor Audiobook. An intimate, behind-the-scenes, richly illustrated celebration of beloved The Office co-stars Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey's friendship, and an insiders' view of Pam Beesly, Angela Martin, and the iconic TV show. Show less

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The Maid

The Maid

A Novel

by Prose, Nita

Downloadable Audiobook - 2022

Nominated for Best Mystery Audiobook. Since Gran died a few months ago, twenty-five-year-old Molly Gray throws herself with gusto into her work as a hotel...Show more Nominated for Best Mystery Audiobook. Since Gran died a few months ago, twenty-five-year-old Molly Gray throws herself with gusto into her work as a hotel maid. But Molly's orderly life is turned on its head the day she enters the suite of the infamous and wealthy Charles Black, only to find it in a state of disarray and Mr. Black himself very dead in his bed. Molly quickly finds herself caught in a web of deception, one she has no idea how to untangle. Show less

Nominated for Best Mystery Audiobook. Since Gran died a few months ago, twenty-five-year-old Molly Gray throws herself with gusto into her work as a hotel...Show more Nominated for Best Mystery Audiobook. Since Gran died a few months ago, twenty-five-year-old Molly Gray throws herself with gusto into her work as a hotel maid. But Molly's orderly life is turned on its head the day she enters the suite of the infamous and wealthy Charles Black, only to find it in a state of disarray and Mr. Black himself very dead in his bed. Molly quickly finds herself caught in a web of deception, one she has no idea how to untangle. Show less

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