2023 PEN/Faulkner Award Finalists
The PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction honors the best published works of fiction by American permanent residents in a calendar year. Here are the 2023 finalists in audiobook form that are available through your local bookstore.
Fruiting Bodies
Stories
By: Kathryn Harlan
Narrated by: Heather Masters
Length: 8 hours 28 minutes
Finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction - 2023
This genre-bending debut collection of stories constructs eight eerie worlds full of desire, wisdom, and magic blooming amidst decay.
In stories that beckon and haunt, Fruiting Bodies ranges confidently from the fantastical to the gothic to the uncanny as it follows characters—mostly queer,... Read more
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The Islands
Stories
By: Dionne Irving
Narrated by: Chanté McCormick
Length: 6 hours 13 minutes
The Islands follows the lives of Jamaican women—immigrants or the descendants of immigrants—who have relocated all over the world to escape the ghosts of colonialism on what they call the Island. Set in the United States, Jamaica, and Europe, these international stories examine the lives of an uncertain and unsettled cast of characters. In one... Read more
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Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm
A Novel
By: Laura Warrell
Narrated by: Nicole Lewis
Length: 13 hours 8 minutes
Audiobook details Add to Wish List“Sexy, gritty, robust characters. Immerse yourself in the life of Circus Palmer, jazz musician, and the astounding women who rumble in and out of his life in love and disdain. Outrageous debut novel! Read more
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If I Survive You
By: Jonathan Escoffery
Narrated by: Torian Brackett
Length: 8 hours
Audiobook details Add to Wish List“A compelling collection of stories about blended identities, race, parental favoritism and financial struggles. A Jamaican family moves to Miami, but their youngest son struggles to fit in, constantly wondering who he is, always feeling like an outsider even within his own family. Beautiful writing. Read more
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The Book of Goose
A Novel
By: Yiyun Li
Narrated by: Caroline Hewitt
Length: 9 hours 1 minute
Audiobook details Add to Wish List“The Book of Goose by Yiyun Li is a beautifully told tale of friendship, obsession, power and creativity. Childhood friends Agnes and Fabienne entertain themselves by spinning tales about the strange characters and situations in their post-war French province. As in many intense friendships, one is the leader and one the follower but with a... Read more
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