Tuesday, March 03, 2020

2020 Audie Awards Winners Announced

The winners of the 2020 Audie Awards have been announced by the Audio Publishers Association at the Audie Awards® Gala on March 2 2020 at Guastavino’s in New York City.

The Audie Awards® are recognized as the most prestigious awards in audiobook and spoken word entertainment.

AUDIOBOOK OF THE YEAR

  • 'The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11' by Garrett M Graff, narrated by a full cast with Holter Graham, published by Simon & Schuster Audio

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, published by Penguin Random House Audio

AUTOBIOGRAPHY / MEMOIR

  • 'Becoming', written and narrated by Michelle Obama, published by Penguin Random House Audio

BEST FEMALE NARRATOR

  • 'Nothing To See Here' by Kevin Wilson, narrated by Marin Ireland, published by HarperAudio

BEST MALE NARRATOR

  • 'Kingdom of the Blind' by Louise Penny, narrated by Robert Bathurst, published by Macmillan Audio

BUSINESS / PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

  • 'So You Want to Start a Podcast?', written and narratedby Kristen Meinzer, published by HarperAudio Wolfpack, written and narrated by Abby Wambach, published by Macmillan Audio

FAITH-BASED FICTION & NON-FICTION

  • 'How The Light Gets In' by Jolina Petersheim, narrated by Tavia Gilbert, published by Oasis Audio

FANTASY

  • 'The Ten Thousand Doors of January' by Alix E Harrow, narrated by January LaVoy, published by Hachette Audio

FICTION

  • 'City of Girls' by Elizabeth Gilbert, narrated by Blair Brown, published by Penguin Random House Audio

HISTORY / BIOGRAPHY

  • 'American Moonshot' by Douglas Brinkley, narrated by Stephen Graybill, published by HarperAudio

HUMOUR

  • '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, published by Audible Originals

LITERARY FICTION & CLASSICS

  • 'The Water Dancer' by Ta-Nehisi Coates, narrated by Joe Morton, published by Penguin Random House Audio

MIDDLE GRADE

  • 'Charlotte’s Web' by EB White, narrated by Meryl Streep and a full cast, published by 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, published by Simon & Schuster Audio

MYSTERY

  • 'The Chestnut Man' by Soren Sveistrup, narrated by Peter Noble, published by HarperAudio

NARRATION BY AUTHOR OR AUTHORS

  • 'With the Fire on High', written and narrated by Elizabeth Acevedo, published by HarperAudio

NON-FICTION

  • 'Grace Will Lead Us Home' by Jennifer Berry Hawes, narrated by Karen Chilton and Jennifer Berry Hawes, published by Macmillan Audio

ORIGINAL WORK

  • 'Evil Eye' by Madhuri Shekar, narrated by Nick Choksi, Harsh Nayaar, Annapurna Sriram, Bernard White, and Rita Wolf, published by Audible Originals

ROMANCE

  • 'Devil’s Daughter' by Lisa Kleypas, narrated by Mary Jane Wells, published by HarperAudio

SCIENCE FICTION

  • 'Emergency Skin' by NK Jemisin, narrated by Jason Isaacs, published by Brilliance Publishing

SHORT STORIES / COLLECTIONS

  • 'Full Throttle' 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, published by HarperAudio

THRILLER / SUSPENSE

  • 'The Institute' by Stephen King, narrated by Santino Fontana, published by Simon & Schuster Audio

YOUNG ADULT

  • 'Hey, Kiddo' by Jarrett J Krosoczka, narrated by Jarrett J Krosoczka, Jeanne Birdsall, Richard Ferrone, Jenna Lamia, and a full cast, published by Scholastic Audio

YOUNG LISTENERS

  • 'The Pigeon HAS to Go to School!', written and narrated by Mo Willems, published by Weston Woods

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

  • Beth Anderson

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

  • Stephen King

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