2023 Audie Awards Finalists

The 1619 Project

A New Origin Story

By: Caitlin Roper, Ilena Silverman & Jake Silverstein
Narrated by: Nikole Hannah-Jones & Full Cast
Length: 18 hours 56 minutes

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A dramatic expansion of a groundbreaking work of journalism, The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story offers a profoundly revealing vision of the American past and present.

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Washington Post • NPR • Marie Claire
 
In late August 1619, a ship arrived in the British colony of... Read more

Finding Me

A Memoir

By: Viola Davis
Narrated by: Viola Davis
Length: 9 hours 15 minutes

Winner of the 2023 Grammy for Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording!Audie Award Winner for Audiobook of the Year!Narrated by Viola DavisIn my book, you will meet a little girl named Viola who ran from her past until she made a life-changing decision to stop running forever.This is my story, from a crumbling apartment in Central... Read more

Miracle and Wonder

Conversations with Paul Simon

By: Malcolm Gladwell & Bruce Headlam
Narrated by: Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam & Paul Simon
Length: 5 hours 6 minutes

Miracle and Wonder: Conversations with Paul Simon is unlike any artistic portrait you’ve ever heard before. Recorded over a series of 30 hours of conversation between Simon, Malcolm Gladwell, and Broken Record podcast co-host Bruce Headlam, the conversation flows from Simon’s music to his childhood in Queens, NY, his frequent collaborators... Read more

Remarkably Bright Creatures

A Novel

By: Shelby Van Pelt
Narrated by: Marin Ireland & Michael Urie
Length: 11 hours 16 minutes

“I did not want this book to end! It's the latest book I’ve fallen 'deep' for — and moved right into my instant recommendation booklist. A very particular septuagenarian keeps busy at her aquarium job, tidying up while keeping to herself — like her equally senior and solitary octopod acquaintance (who provides us with his own narration). I just... Read more

Clean Sweep [Dramatized Adaptation] - Abridged

Innkeeper Chronicles 1

Innkeeper Chronicles: Book #1

By: Ilona Andrews
Narrated by: Nora Achrati, Ryan H. Reid, Alex Hill-Knight, Karen Novack, James Lewis, Elias Khalil, Christopher Walker, Alejandro Ruiz, Peter Holdway, Holly Adams & Ken Jackson
Length: 6 hours 2 minutes

"On the outside, Dina Demille is the epitome of normal. She runs a quaint Victorian Bed and Breakfast in a small Texas town, owns a Shih Tzu named Beast, and is a perfect neighbor, whose biggest problem should be what to serve her guests for breakfast. But Dina is... different: Her broom is a deadly weapon; her Inn is magic and thinks for... Read more

Coraline

By: Neil Gaiman
Narrated by: Neil Gaiman
Length: 3 hours 36 minutes

“Exploring her new home, Coraline discovers a mysterious locked door - which she is determined to open. She is rewarded (?) for her efforts when the door finally opens to reveal a hidden passageway. Curious, Coraline naturally goes through. The adventures and people that she encounters along the way make for a Neil Gaiman tale unlike any other. Read more

Good Omens

By: Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett
Narrated by: Martin Jarvis
Length: 12 hours 32 minutes

Season 2 of Good Omens coming soon!“Reads like the Book of Revelation, rewritten by Monty Python.” — San Francisco ChronicleThe classic novel of angels, demons, and Armageddon from the internationally bestselling authors Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, now a Prime original series starring Michael Sheen and David Tennant.According to The Nice... Read more

Pipeline

By: Dominique Morisseau
Narrated by: Sophina Brown, Eugene Byrd, Demetrius Grosse, Sharon Lawrence, X Mayo, Uyoata Udi & Karen Malina White
Length: 1 hour 13 minutes

Nya, a dedicated teacher at an inner-city school, is desperate to give her only son opportunities that her own public high school students will never have. When a controversial incident at his private school threatens to get Omari expelled, Nya must confront her own deepest fears to give her son a future. Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West... Read more

The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man

A Memoir

By: Paul Newman
Narrated by: Jeff Daniels, Melissa Newman, Clea Newman Soderlund, Ari Fliakos, January LaVoy, John Rubinstein & Emily Wachtel
Length: 8 hours 46 minutes

The raw, candid, unvarnished memoir of an American icon. The greatest movie star of the past 75 years covers everything: his traumatic childhood, his career, his drinking, his thoughts on Marlon Brando, James Dean, Elizabeth Taylor, John Huston, his greatest roles, acting, his intimate life with Joanne Woodward, his innermost fears and passions... Read more

Left on Tenth

A Second Chance at Life: A Memoir

By: Delia Ephron
Narrated by: Delia Ephron
Length: 7 hours 38 minutes

“You'll feel you're spending a long weekend with Delia Ephron as she reads her memoir of grief, unexpected joy, and terror -- her story of losing her husband, finding love, and grappling with leukemia. Her honest narration, as only she could present it, offers an inspiration to savor life, and to cherish friends and family. 'Hooray for Delia!' I... Read more

Safe, Wanted, and Loved

A Family Memoir of Mental Illness, Heartbreak, and Hope

By: Patrick Dylan
Narrated by: Raúl E. Esparza
Length: 8 hours 4 minutes

Winner of seven awards, including a National Indie Excellence Award and Best Indie Book Award."Anyone out there struggling to navigate mental illness should read this thoughtful book."—Former U.S. Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy, founder of the Kennedy Forum
“Pat, we need to kill the dog.” A chill ran down Patrick Dylan’s spine as his wife... Read more

Unprotected

A Memoir

By: Billy Porter
Narrated by: Billy Porter
Length: 12 hours 22 minutes

“This is not a coming-out story. It’s not a down-low story either. I never could have passed for straight, even if I’d wanted to, and so I never had the dubious luxury of living a lie.”
From the incomparable Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award winner, a powerful and revealing autobiography about race, sexuality, art, and healing
It’s easy to be yourself... Read more

Nightcrawling

A novel

By: Leila Mottley
Narrated by: Joniece Abbott-Pratt
Length: 10 hours 48 minutes

“Oakland’s own Leila Mottley is the youngest person to be nominated for a Booker Prize. She began writing Nightcrawling, a novel loosely based on the OPD trafficking scandal, when she was attending Oakland School for the Arts, and it was published before she turned 20. The triumph of this story is the way that Mottley manages to present the... Read more

Thistlefoot

A Novel

By: GennaRose Nethercott
Narrated by: January LaVoy
Length: 14 hours 43 minutes

“Meet the Yaga siblings. They just inherited a house - with chicken legs. Come along for a road trip full of mayhem, dramatics, and old-fashioned magic. Find out the true value the power a story can hold as the Yaga siblings solve the mysterious past of the inheritance and the evilness that is tracking them along the way. Nethercott's writing is... Read more

NSFW

A Novel

By: Isabel Kaplan
Narrated by: Stephanie Németh-Parker
Length: 7 hours 59 minutes

“NSFW is an eye-opening commentary on sexism in the workplace. It shows the harsh realities that women not only deal with but have come to accept as a fact of life. It is raw, emotional, and at times heartbreaking with just a touch of humor thrown in for balance. Read more

The Eye of the World

Book One of The Wheel of Time

Wheel of Time: Book #1

By: Robert Jordan
Narrated by: Rosamund Pike
Length: 32 hours 55 minutes

A 2023 Audie Award winner for Best Female Narrator!

"Rosamund Pike brings a fresh narration to the first book in the beloved Wheel of Time series. At 33 hours, this audiobook is no small undertaking, but Pike's impressive performance leaves listeners wanting more." —AudioFile (Earphones Award winner)

“Through her smooth, dramatic performance,... Read more

The Silent Sisters

Charles Jenkins: Book #3

By: Robert Dugoni
Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
Length: 10 hours

An Amazon Charts, Washington Post, and Wall Street Journal bestselling series.In this pulse-racing thriller by the New York Times bestselling author of The Last Agent, an American sleeper cell in Russia goes silent—and it’s one man’s duty to find them.After a harrowing escape from Russian agents on his last mission, Charles Jenkins thinks he’s... Read more

Narrator

A Thriller

By: Landon Beach
Narrated by: Scott Brick
Length: 14 hours 23 minutes

“In my career, having reviewed over 1,200 novels, I can honestly say . . . I have never read anything quite like this. Think Misery meets Gone Girl. Landon Beach delivers a special, unforgettable, jaw-dropping reading experience that readers won't soon forget. Narrator is a masterpiece.”—The Real Book SpyBy the time playwright and actor Shawn... Read more

Fairy Tale

By: Stephen King
Narrated by: Seth Numrich & Stephen King
Length: 24 hours 4 minutes

“I've been very much enjoying my first foray into audiobooks: Stephen King's Fairy Tale. I listen to Seth Numrich's narration every time I'm in my car. I'm not the first to say that King is a master storyteller. As a writer myself, I've long been intrigued by his ability to flesh out characters well enough so that I can actually visualize them... Read more

The Violin Conspiracy

A Novel

By: Brendan Slocumb
Narrated by: JD Jackson & Brendan Slocumb
Length: 12 hours 4 minutes

“One of my new favorite novels. The book tells Ray's story, a young Black man who just wants to play his violin in a world set to see him fail. You’ll root for Ray, get angry on his behalf, cry with him, and triumph with him. Read more