2020 Audies Finalists

Permafrost

By: Alastair Reynolds
Narrated by: Natasha Soudek
Length: 4 hours 12 minutes

A LOCUS AWARD FINALIST FOR BEST NOVELLA

Fix the past. Save the present. Stop the future. Master of science fiction Alastair Reynolds unfolds a time-traveling climate fiction adventure in Permafrost.

2080: at a remote site on the edge of the Arctic Circle, a group of scientists, engineers and physicians gather to gamble humanity’s future on one... Read more

The Lesson

A Novel

By: Cadwell Turnbull
Narrated by: Janina Edwards & Ron Butler
Length: 8 hours 36 minutes

An alien ship rests over Water Island. For five years the people of the US Virgin Islands have lived with the Ynaa, a race of superadvanced aliens on a research mission they will not fully disclose. They are benevolent in many ways but meet any act of aggression with disproportional wrath. This has led to a strained relationship between the Ynaa... Read more

The Last Astronaut

By: David Wellington
Narrated by: Megan Tusing
Length: 12 hours 47 minutes

Shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award 2020!
"A terrifying tour de force." --James Rollins
"Readers will be riveted." --Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Sally Jansen was NASA's leading astronaut, until a mission to Mars ended in disaster. Haunted by her failure, she lives in quiet anonymity, convinced her days in space are over.
She's wrong.
A... Read more

Hollow Kingdom

By: Kira Jane Buxton
Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
Length: 10 hours 10 minutes

“The Zombie Apocalypse through the eyes of a foul-mouthed domesticated crow and an assortment of other animals. Hilarious, witty, emotional and thought-provoking, this story made me laugh out loud. Read more

Red, White & Royal Blue

A Novel

By: Casey McQuiston
Narrated by: Ramon de Ocampo
Length: 12 hours 15 minutes

“Fresh, irreverent, and funny, Red, White & Royal Blue is a delight and a treasure. With subtle jabs, Casey McQuiston pokes fun at both the public face of the British monarchy as well as the back-door politicking that dominates the U.S. political scene. The story follows the self-centered Alex Claremont-Diaz (America’s First Son) and his... Read more

The Friend Zone

By: Abby Jimenez
Narrated by: Teddy Hamilton & Erin Mallon
Length: 9 hours 31 minutes

Fall in love with this hilarious and heartwarming USA Today bestselling romantic comedy that LJ Shen calls "an absolute treat."
Kristen Peterson doesn't do drama, will fight to the death for her friends, and has no room in her life for guys who just don't get her. She's also keeping a big secret: facing a medically necessary procedure that will... Read more

Devil's Daughter

The Ravenels meet The Wallflowers

The Ravenels: Book #5

By: Lisa Kleypas
Narrated by: Mary Jane Wells
Length: 8 hours 50 minutes

2020 Audie Winner – RomanceAlthough beautiful young widow Phoebe, Lady Clare, has never met West Ravenel, she knows one thing for certain: he’s a mean, rotten bully. Back in boarding school, he made her late husband’s life a misery, and she’ll never forgive him for it. But when Phoebe attends a family wedding, she encounters a dashing and... Read more

The Bride Test

By: Helen Hoang
Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
Length: 10 hours

“This follow-up to The Kiss Quotient is an incredibly diverse and fun story about Khai, Michael’s cousin from the previous novel. He is Vietnamese-American, autistic, and believes himself to be incapable of the emotions that matter. I would recommend this to those who enjoyed The Rosie Effect and Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine. Hoang is... Read more

Nevertheless We Persisted: Me Too

By: Tanya Eby, Deepti Gupta, Suzanne Barbetta, Samantha MacLeod, Bronwyn Green, Rachel Fulginiti, Mary Caroline Smith, Jackie Rosenfeld, Tor Thom, Samantha Greene, Rachel Wisley, K.E. White, Emily Lawrence, Francesca Amari, Carol Schneider, Sahana Kumar
Narrated by: Christa Lewis, Tanya Eby, Emily Beresford, Hillary Huber, Deepti Gupta, Suzanne Barbetta, Madeleine Maby, Tavia Gilbert, Lisa Flanagan, Rachel Fulginiti, Donna Postel, Carly Robins, Tor Thom, Nicol Zanzarella, Caitlin Kelly, Erin Mallon, Karen White, Fran
Length: 4 hours 59 minutes

This special collection of prose and poetry was created by survivors of sexual discrimination and/or abuse.
These pieces were written specifically for audio and present a range of emotion, including anger. For too long, victims have been told to be quiet, to keep a secret, to be ashamed, to be blamed, and we now say No More. It is time to speak.... Read more

We Are the Weather

Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast

By: Jonathan Safran Foer
Narrated by: Jonathan Safran Foer
Length: 5 hours 6 minutes

“In signature literary fashion, Jonathan Safran Foer draws on the threads of history, science, and family history to illustrate the power in a single human choice to change the world—and the challenge to make it. His premise is simple: You can stop climate change’s devastation by not eating animal products before dinner. While light on practical... Read more

Talking to Strangers

What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know

By: Malcolm Gladwell
Narrated by: Malcolm Gladwell
Length: 8 hours 57 minutes

“If you're thinking about giving audiobooks a try, I highly recommend starting off your audiobook experience with Malcolm Gladwell's Talking to Strangers. I just finished this last night and love the work Gladwell put into the production of it, and of course Gladwell delivers, as always, an in-depth analysis of a topic that will flip your worldview. Read more

The Perfect Predator

A Scientist's Race to Save Her Husband from a Deadly Superbug: A Memoir

By: Steffanie Strathdee & Thomas Patterson
Narrated by: Christine Lakin & Dan Woren
Length: 11 hours 31 minutes

An electrifying memoir of one woman's extraordinary effort to save her husband's life-and the discovery of a forgotten cure that has the potential to save millions more.
"A memoir that reads like a thriller." -New York Times Book Review"A fascinating and terrifying peek into the devastating outcomes of antibiotic misuse-and what happens when... Read more

Mama's Last Hug

Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves

By: Frans de Waal
Narrated by: L.J. Ganser
Length: 10 hours 38 minutes

A New York Times Bestseller and winner of the PEN / E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award

Mama’s Last Hug is a fascinating exploration of the rich emotional lives of animals, beginning with Mama, a chimpanzee matriarch who formed a deep bond with biologist Jan van Hooff. Her story and others like it—from dogs “adopting” the injuries of... Read more

Grace Will Lead Us Home

The Charleston Church Massacre and the Hard, Inspiring Journey to Forgiveness

By: Jennifer Berry Hawes
Narrated by: Jennifer Berry Hawes & Karen Chilton
Length: 12 hours 43 minutes

**Winner of the 2020 Audie Award for Best Non-Fiction**

"This audiobook achieves an exceptional performance of an important work on a difficult subject--mass murder and its aftermath." - AudioFile Magazine, Earphones Award winner

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2019 * BARNES & NOBLE DISCOVER GREAT NEW WRITERS PICK * OPRAH MAGAZINE SUMMER 2019... Read more

With the Fire on High

By: Elizabeth Acevedo
Narrated by: Elizabeth Acevedo
Length: 7 hours 26 minutes

“This was a great listen. Emoni, a single teen mom, has so much on her plate and has maturity beyond her years. She’s realistic and responsible and navigates high school, parenting, college decisions and a budding love interest. She’s becoming a talented chef and her feelings are expressed in her food. The author narrates and she had me hooked... Read more

Tough Love

My Story of the Things Worth Fighting For

By: Susan Rice
Narrated by: Susan Rice
Length: 22 hours 41 minutes

A 2020 Audie Award Finalist

Recalling pivotal moments from her dynamic career on the front lines of American diplomacy and foreign policy, Susan E. Rice—National Security Advisor to President Barack Obama and US Ambassador to the United Nations—reveals her surprising story with unflinching candor in this New York Times bestseller.

Mother, wife,... Read more

Shortest Way Home

One Mayor's Challenge and a Model for America's Future

By: Pete Buttigieg
Narrated by: Pete Buttigieg
Length: 9 hours 57 minutes

A mayor's inspirational story of a Midwest city that has become nothing less than a blueprint for the future of American renewal.



Once described by the Washington Post as "the most interesting mayor you've never heard of," Pete Buttigieg, the thirty-six-year-old Democratic mayor of South Bend, Indiana, has improbably emerged as one of the... Read more

Inside Out

A Memoir

By: Demi Moore
Narrated by: Demi Moore
Length: 6 hours 31 minutes

“Demi Moore's memoir is riveting. She begins the book describing her desperately sad childhood. Both parents suffer from alcoholism and the demons that accompany the disease. Her father commits suicide in his thirties. As a result, Demi enters into many failed romances with men who are cut from the same cloth as her father. Demi candidly... Read more

The New Iberia Blues

A Dave Robicheaux Novel

Dave Robicheaux

By: James Lee Burke
Narrated by: Will Patton
Length: 15 hours 3 minutes

A 2020 Audie Award Finalist

Named one of the best crime novels of 2019 by The New York Times Book Review.

The shocking death of a young woman leads Detective Dave Robicheaux into the dark corners of Hollywood, the mafia, and the backwoods of Louisiana in this New York Times bestselling mystery from “modern master” (Publishers Weekly) James Lee... Read more

The Lost Man

By: Jane Harper
Narrated by: Stephen Shanahan
Length: 10 hours 59 minutes

“Jane Harper has created yet another masterpiece, this one a standalone set in the outback region of Queensland Australia. It is a beautifully written character driven novel where the extreme hardship of living and surviving in the outback is one of the major characters. It is the story of the Bright brothers told from the perspective of Nathan –... Read more