The Audie Awards put the spotlight of the best audiobooks of the past year and it gives listeners a ton of recommendations if they are looking to discover something new. The Audie Awards recognize outstanding achievement from the authors, narrators, publishers, and producers of the most talked-about audiobooks in the industry.
AUDIO DRAMA
Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes
By Tony Kushner, performed by Andrew Garfield, Nathan Lane, Susan Brown, Denise Gough, Beth Malone, James McArdle, Lee Pace, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Bobby Cannavale, and Edie Falco
Penguin Random House Audio
AUTOBIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
Written and narrated by Michelle Obama
Penguin Random House Audio
BEST FEMALE NARRATOR
By Kevin Wilson, narrated by Marin Ireland
HarperAudio
BEST MALE NARRATOR
By Louise Penny, narrated by Robert Bathurst
Macmillan Audio
BUSINESS/PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
So You Want to Start a Podcast?
Written and narrated by Kristen Meinzer
HarperAudio
FAITH-BASED FICTION & NON-FICTION
By Jolina Petersheim, narrated by Tavia Gilbert
Oasis Audio
FANTASY
The Ten Thousand Doors of January
By Alix E. Harrow, narrated by January LaVoy
Hachette Audio
FICTION
By Elizabeth Gilbert, narrated by Blair Brown
Penguin Random House Audio
HISTORY/BIOGRAPHY
By Douglas Brinkley, narrated by Stephen Graybill
HarperAudio
HUMOR
More Bedtime Stories for Cynics
By Kirsten Kearse, Gretchen Enders, Aparna Nancherla, Cirocco Dunlap, and Dave Hill, narrated by Nick Offerman, Patrick Stewart, Alia Shawkat, Ellen Page, Jane Lynch, John Waters, Anjelica Huston, Wendell Pierce, Mike Birbiglia, Rachel Dratch, Matt Walsh, Nicole Byer, Harry Goaz, Aisling Bea, and Gary Anthony Williams
Audible Originals
LITERARY FICTION & CLASSICS
By Ta-Nehisi Coates, narrated by Joe Morton
Penguin Random House Audio
MIDDLE GRADE
By E.B. White, narrated by Meryl Streep and a full cast
Penguin Random House Audio
MULTI-VOICED PERFORMANCE
The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11
By Garrett M. Graff, narrated by a full cast with Holter Graham
Simon & Schuster Audio
MYSTERY
By Søren Sveistrup, narrated by Peter Noble
HarperAudio
NARRATION BY AUTHOR OR AUTHORS
Written and narrated by Elizabeth Acevedo
HarperAudio
NON-FICTION
By Jennifer Berry Hawes, narrated by Karen Chilton and Jennifer Berry Hawes
Macmillan Audio
ORIGINAL WORK
By Madhuri Shekar, narrated by Nick Choksi, Harsh Nayyar, Annapurna Sriram, Bernard White, and Rita Wolf
Audible Originals
ROMANCE
By Lisa Kleypas, narrated by Mary Jane Wells
HarperAudio
SCIENCE FICTION
By N.K. Jemisin, narrated by Jason Isaacs
Brilliance Publishing
SHORT STORIES/COLLECTIONS
By Joe Hill, narrated by Zachary Quinto, Wil Wheaton, Kate Mulgrew, Neil Gaiman, Ashleigh Cummings, Joe Hill, Laysla De Oliveira, Nate Corddry, Connor Jessup, Stephen Lang, and George Guidall
HarperAudio
THRILLER/SUSPENSE
By Stephen King, narrated by Santino Fontana
Simon & Schuster Audio
YOUNG ADULT
By Jarrett J. Krosoczka, narrated by Jarrett J. Krosoczka, Jeanne Birdsall, Richard Ferrone, Jenna Lamia, and a full cast
Scholastic Audio
YOUNG LISTENERS
The Pigeon HAS to Go to School!
Written and narrated by Mo Willems
Weston Woods
Michael Kozlowski is the editor-in-chief at Good e-Reader and has written about audiobooks and e-readers for the past fifteen years. Newspapers and websites such as the CBC, CNET, Engadget, Huffington Post and the New York Times have picked up his articles. He Lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.