Audie Awards 2024: Winners

Surrender

40 Songs, One Story

By: Bono
Narrated by: Bono
Length: 20 hours 24 minutes

“In Surrender, Bono gives you personal insight into his life, the creation of U2, and the inspiration for some of U2’s most iconic songs. But even more so, he goes into detail about his advocacy and how they came to be. And he shares some amazing stories about the famous people that he has had the opportunity to meet and work with. With every... Read more

King: A Life

By: Jonathan Eig
Narrated by: Dion Graham
Length: 20 hours 45 minutes

Winner of the 2024 Audie Award for Best Nonfiction Narrator!

This program is narrated by Dion Graham, narrator of over 300 audiobooks and an AudioFile Golden Voice. Dion has won multiple Earphones and Audie Awards.

"Dion Graham superbly narrates this riveting audiobook, emulating the majestic cadence of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s, speeches. He... Read more

The Last Lifeboat

By: Hazel Gaynor
Narrated by: Billie Fulford-Brown
Length: 10 hours 27 minutes

A Most Anticipated Book by Real Simple ∙ SheReads ∙ BookBub ∙ and more!

Inspired by a remarkable true story, a young teacher evacuates children to safety across perilous waters, in a moving and triumphant new novel from New York Times bestselling author Hazel Gaynor.
 
1940, Kent: Alice King is not brave or daring—she’s happiest finding adventure... Read more

Tom Lake

A Novel

By: Ann Patchett
Narrated by: Meryl Streep
Length: 11 hours 22 minutes

“This is a story of love for family, of past passions and people once loved, and their continuing influence on the present. With Ann Patchett’s wit and wryness finely tuned, Tom Lake is the perfect book for a summer weekend read. Read more

Leslie F*cking Jones

By: Leslie Jones
Narrated by: Leslie Jones & Chris Rock
Length: 16 hours 32 minutes

“If you loved watching Leslie Jones on Saturday Night Live, you’ll love her memoir. Her brazen and bold self is on full display, unapologetically, while she recalls her upbringing to making her breakthrough. She never shies away from discussing the toughest points in her life but always manages to lighten the mood soon after. Equal parts... Read more

The Light We Carry

Overcoming in Uncertain Times

By: Michelle Obama
Narrated by: Michelle Obama
Length: 9 hours 58 minutes

“Michelle Obama is back with more words of wisdom, pillars of humility, and just simply Michelle. The Light We Carry is an uplighting book that will help you deal with the emotions and isolation that we have had to deal with during and after the pandemic. But more than that, she has compiled questions that she has been asked again and again, and... Read more

Making It So

A Memoir

By: Patrick Stewart
Narrated by: Patrick Stewart
Length: 18 hours 49 minutes

“Probably my favorite audiobook of 2023. What a delight to learn about Stewart's life and his journey from a small working class town in England to LA. And you are in for a treat if you grab the audiobook which is narrated by Stewart and features a clip from A Christmas Carol at the very end. Read more

This Terrible True Thing

A Visual Novel

By: Jenny Laden
Narrated by: Gail Shalan
Length: 11 hours 20 minutes

In this heartbreaking multimedia debut—filled with drawings, poems, and journal entries—author Jenny Laden draws on her own experience to create a story of grief and transcendence, perfect for fans of Francesca Zappia and Jennifer Niven.Danielle Silver is a Philadelphia high school senior at the dawn of the ’90s. Ever since her parents split up,... Read more

All the Sinners Bleed

A Novel

By: S. A. Cosby
Narrated by: Adam Lazarre-White
Length: 13 hours 42 minutes

“S.A. Cosby has given us an early favorite for the best crime fiction novel of the year with All the Sinners Bleed. We are big fans of his two previous books (Blacktop Wasteland and Razorblade Tears), and Cosby knocks it out of the park as he writes from the perspective of a town’s first black sheriff and his descent into the mid of a serial... Read more

Wild and Precious

A Celebration of Mary Oliver

By: Mary Oliver
Narrated by: Sophia Bush
Length: 4 hours 11 minutes

***WINNER OF THE 2024 AUDIE AWARD FOR SHORT STORIES/COLLECTION*** Wild and Precious: A Celebration of Mary Oliver is a first of its kind audio commemoration of one of the greatest poets in modern history. Actress and activist Sophia Bush guides listeners on a journey of contemplation and discovery into the artistry of Mary Oliver as... Read more

Anger Bang

Downside to Dating: Book #1

By: Avery Flynn
Narrated by: Kirsten Leigh & Lance Greenfield
Length: 8 hours 45 minutes

Sometimes you just need to bang it out …

Shy paleontologist Thea Pope just wants to get through her sister's '80s-themed monstrosity of a TV reality-show wedding so she can get to her summer field work. The only problem? Her sister has turned into the ultimate bridezilla—as in pink parasols, organza hats,
forcing people to shave and dye their... Read more

Cassandra in Reverse

By: Holly Smale
Narrated by: Kristin Atherton
Length: 13 hours 15 minutes

“A brilliant, neurodiverse reimagination of the time-loop trope with the humor and wit of Bridget Jones. Perfect for any late-diagnosed woman who is learning how to love themselves for all their wonderful differences. Read more

The True Love Experiment

By: Christina Lauren
Narrated by: Jonathan Cole & Cindy Kay
Length: 10 hours 59 minutes

Winner of the 2024 Audie Award for Romance

Sparks fly when a romance writer and a documentary filmmaker join forces to craft the ultimate Hollywood love story—but only if they can keep the chemistry between them from taking the whole thing off script—from the “divine” (Jodi Picoult) New York Times bestselling authors of The Soulmate Equation and... Read more

Poverty, by America

By: Matthew Desmond
Narrated by: Dion Graham
Length: 5 hours 40 minutes

“Yeah, yeah we all know how income inequality has skyrocketed in recent decades, but do you want to get fired up about it? Matthew Desmond targets the usual suspects in this damning manifesto, but he also asks complicated, nuanced questions about how all of us are complicit in the status quo. An important read for everyone interested in creating... Read more

It. Goes. So. Fast.

The Year of No Do-Overs

By: Mary Louise Kelly
Narrated by: Mary Louise Kelly
Length: 7 hours

“For parents, especially moms, this one hits hard during graduation season. Mary Louise Kelly is an NPR journalist who has reported from the frontlines of war and interviewed major world leaders. Her stellar writing takes you down some unexpected paths, working through the pandemic and the breakout of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, but it... Read more

Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers

A Vera Wong Novel: Book #1

By: Jesse Q. Sutanto
Narrated by: Eunice Wong
Length: 10 hours 41 minutes

“I loved this book, it was so much fun. It hits a lot notes - it's funny and also has some family drama and a good mystery. I loved Vera Wang! Read more

No Two Persons

A Novel

By: Erica Bauermeister
Narrated by: Barrie Kreinik, Braden Wright, Carol Jacobanis, Cassandra Campbell, Gabra Zackman, George Newbern, Jesse Vilinsky, Max Meyers, Rachel L. Jacobs & Stephen Graybill
Length: 8 hours 54 minutes

“Skillfully written interconnected short stories that reveal the serendipitous impact of a single book on the lives of 10 people, beginning and ending in an unexpected way with the author. The mood is bittersweet, with loss threading throughout, but the melancholy is tempered by hope, connection, and the readerly joy of discovery. It's a... Read more

What Happened to Rachel Riley?

By: Claire Swinarski
Narrated by: Ferdelle Capistrano, Alexandra Hunter, Karla Serrato, Gail Shalan, Reena Dutt, Caitlin Davies, Andrew Eiden & Kirby Heyborne
Length: 5 hours 49 minutes

ALA Notable Children's Book Regional Indie Bestseller Audie Award Winner Edgar Award Nominee Cybils Award Nominee YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults New York Public Library Best Book of the Year Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Amazon Best Book of the Year SLJ Best Book of the Year Texas Lone Star Reading List Capital Choices Noteworthy... Read more

Someone Else's Shoes

A Novel

By: Jojo Moyes
Narrated by: Daisy Ridley
Length: 12 hours 21 minutes

“In Someone Else's Shoes, Jojo Moyes has a knack for getting you to love a character on one page and then hate them on the next, and she does so with humor and humanity. The two main characters, Nisha and Sam, are prime examples of this. The story is told from a third person perspective which helped me understand what was going on in each... Read more

Goodbye Christopher Robin

A. A. Milne and the Making of Winnie-the-Pooh

By: Ann Thwaite
Narrated by: Simon Vance
Length: 5 hours 47 minutes

Goodbye Christopher Robin: A.A. Milne and the Making of Winnie-the-Pooh is drawn from Ann Thwaite's Whitbread Award-winning biography of A. A. Milne, one of England's most successful writers.



After serving in the First World War, Milne wrote a number of well-received plays, but his greatest triumph came when he created Winnie-the-Pooh, Piglet,... Read more