The finalists for the 31st annual Audie Awards have been announced.
The Audio Publishers Association (APA) announced their list of finalists for the 31st Audie Awards on Jan. 28. The annual ceremony, per a statement shared with PEOPLE, is the premier awards program for “recognizing distinction in audiobooks and spoken-word entertainment.”
The APA noted a record-breaking 2,300 entries for this year’s awards, demonstrating the huge and rising popularity of the medium.
“This year’s Audie Awards finalists represent the extraordinary range, innovation and creative excellence shaping today’s audiobook landscape,” APA president Sean McManus said in the statement. “The record increase in submissions marks a tremendous milestone for the Audies and is a powerful testament to the medium’s growing popularity and cultural impact. Audiobooks continue to expand the way stories are told and experienced, reaching broader audiences and cementing their place as an essential part of the publishing and entertainment industries.”
This year’s awards ceremony also sees the addition of four new categories: Adaptation/Original Work, Ensemble Performance, New Voice Award and Production and Sound Design.
See the full list of Audie Award finalists below.
Audiobook of the YearThe Devil Reached Toward the Sky by Garrett M. GraffNarrated by Edoardo Ballerini, a full cast and Garrett M. Graff
King of Ashes by S. A. CosbyNarrated by Adam Lazarre-White
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen and Lulu RaczkaNarrated by Marisa Abela, Harris Dickinson, Glenn Close, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Bill Nighy, Sophie Wilde, Jessie Buckley, Toheeb Jimoh, Patricia Allison, Bertie Carvel, Leah Hazard, David Gyasi, Rosalind Eleazar and a full cast
Shield of Sparrows: Book 1 in the Shield of Sparrows series by Devney PerryNarrated by Samantha Brentmoor and Jason Clarke
Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne CollinsNarrated by Jefferson White
Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghyNarrated by Saskia Maarleveld, Katherine Littrell, Cooper Mortlock and Steve West
Adaptation/Original WorkThe Big Fix: A Jack Bergin Mystery by John Mankiewicz, Jamie Napoli, Daniel Pyne, Katie Pyne and Aaron LipstadtNarrated by Jon Hamm, Ana de la Reguera, Alia Shawkat, Omar Epps, Erin Moriarty, Sosie Bacon, John Slattery and a full cast
Doctor Who — Hooklight 1 by Tim FoleyNarrated by Peter Davison, Paul McGann, Janet Fielding, Sarah Sutton, Matthew Waterhouse, Kieran Bew, Alan Cox, Ruby Crepin-Glyne, David Holt, Celia Imrie, Harriet Kershaw, Shogo Miyakita, David Shaw-Parker, Theo Solomon and Issy Van Randwyck
The Making of Jackson Parrish by Liv ConstantineNarrated by Ari Fliakos, Suzanne Elise Freeman and Scott Brick
Shot Clock by Andrew BourelleNarrated by Emma Love
What Could Go Wrong? written and narrated by Scott Z. Burns
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Autobiography/MemoirCher: Part One by CherNarrated by Cher; Stephanie J. Block
Code Name: Pale Horse by Scott PayneNarrated by Scott Payne with Michelle Shephard
The Heart of a Woman by Maya AngelouNarrated by Uzo Aduba
Matriarch by Tina KnowlesNarrated by Tina Knowles, Beyoncé, Solange, Kelly Rowland and Angie Beyincé
Nobody's Girl by Virginia Roberts GiuffreNarrated by Thérèse Plummer and Gabra Zackman
Best Fiction NarratorWill Patton for Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Marin Ireland for My Friends by Fredrik Backman
Kristin Atherton for Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
Dion Graham for Red Clay by Charles B. Fancher
Andrew Eiden for The Sideways Life of Denny Voss by Holly Kennedy
Best Non-fiction NarratorMartin Sheen for Ghosts of Hiroshima by Charles Pellegrino
Dion Graham for Remember Us by Robert M. Edsel and Bret Witter
Blair Underwood for Truly by Lionel Richie
Helen Stern for The Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz by Anne Sebba
Dion Graham for The Zorg by Siddharth Kara
Business/Personal Development Breaking Trauma Bonds with Narcissists and Psychopaths by Shahida Arabi, MANarrated by Rachel Perry
The Let Them Theory written and narrated by Mel Robbins
The Next Conversation written and narrated by Jefferson Fisher
Perseverance > Endurance by Blayne Smith and Brandon YoungNarrated by Joe Knezevich
Strong Ground written and narrated by Brené Brown
Ensemble PerformanceA Bird in the Air Means We Can Still Breathe by Mahogany L. BrowneNarrated by Emana Rachelle, Ozzie Jacobs, Elena Rey, Mahogany L. Browne, Amir Royale, Nile Bullock, Andrea Emmes, Brandon Miles, Kiebpoli Calnek, Ali Nasser, Tyla Collier, Marie-Francoise Theodore, Ron Butler and Chantelle Ramdeen
The Correspondent by Virginia EvansNarrated by Maggi-Meg Reed, Jane Oppenheimer, Carly Robins, Jeff Ebner, David Pittu, Chris Andrew Ciulla, Mark Bramhall, Petrea Burchard, Robert Petkoff, Kimberly Farr, Jim Seybert, Cerris Morgan-Moyer, Jade Wheeler, Peter Ganim and Steve West
Dragon Day by Bob ProehlNarrated by Hayley Atwell, Michael Chiklis, Aldis Hodge, Greta Lee, Jimmi Simpson and a full cast
Heartwood by Amity GaigeNarrated by Justine Lupe, Alma Cuervo, Rebecca Lowman, Ali Andre Ali, Cary Hite and Helen Laser
Soundtrack by Jason ReynoldsNarrated by Nile Bullock, Mekhi Hewling, Jade Williams, Brandon Miles, Ryan Vincent Anderson, Amir Royale, Jasmin Richardson, Christopher Grant, Khaya Fraites, Nadine Simmons, Robb Moreira, We Ani, Rocky Anicette, Brandiss Seward, Siho Ellsmore, Tyrell Buckner, Gina Daniels, Karen Murray, Jonathan Beville, Karla Moore and Ronald Peet
EroticaAmerican Queen by Sierra SimoneNarrated by Sophie Eastlake, Teddy Hamilton, Rex Rhys, Shane East and Valerie Azlynn
Axes and O's by Kayla GrosseNarrated by Stella Hunter, Stephen Dexter and Grayson Owens
House of Rayne by Harley LaRouxNarrated by Allie Shae and Jaclyn Kelso
The Secrets We Hide by Berlin WickNarrated by Sean Masters and Branden Davis-Butler
Torment: Part One by Dylan PageNarrated by Rylee Forrester
Español — Spanish Language Apocalipsis Z - El principio del fin by Manel LoureiroNarrated by Javier Rey, Maggie Civantos, José María de Tavira, Manuel Chacón, Oleg Kricunova, Marta Barriuso, Peter Nikolas, Rosalía Castro, Mercedes Castro, Manuel de Andrés, David García Palencia, Oscar Goikoetxea, Sabela Mascuñana and Daniel Méndez
(Cómo ser una) Gorda Libre by Miriam Lara-Mejia and Adonde MediaNarrated by Miriam Lara-Mejia
El hombre by Guillermo ArriagaNarrated by Javier Poza, Noé Velázquez, Dan Osorio, Chava Reyes, Pilar Escandón and Ariel Sainz
Esperanza — La Autobiografía by Papa Francisco — Pope FrancisNarrated by Gerardo Prat
La Celestina by Fernando de RojasNarrated by Israel Elejalde, Natalia Huarte, María Pujalte, Pedro Casablanc, Francesco Carril, Marta Larralde, Eugenio Gómez, Juan Paños, Rebeca Hernando, Charo Soria, Paula Iwasaki, Arturo Querejeta, Jaime Soler Huete, Raúl García Arrondo, Pablo Ibáñez Durán and Daniel Ortiz
Faith-Based Fiction or Non-fictionThe Bible Recap for Kids by Tara-Leigh CobbleNarrated by Emma Faye
Embergold by Rachelle NelsonNarrated by Aimee Lilly
Every Deadly Suspicion by Janice CantoreNarrated by Jeannie Sheneman
The Last Keeper, The Dream Keeper Saga Book 5 by Kathryn ButlerNarrated by Shannon McManus
The Rebel Girls of Rome by Jordyn TaylorNarrated by Jennifer Jill Araya and Jesse Vilinsky
Silent Horizons by Chad Robichaux and Jack StewartNarrated by Ray Porter
FantasyAnima Rising by Christopher MooreNarrated by Mary Jane Wells
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V. E. SchwabNarrated by Marisa Calin, Katie Leung and Julia Whelan
The Everlasting by Alix E. HarrowNarrated by Sid Sagar and Moira Quirk
The Knight and the Moth by Rachel GilligNarrated by Samantha Hydeson
A Ruin, Great and Free by Cadwell TurnbullNarrated by Dion Graham
FictionAtmosphere by Taylor Jenkins ReidNarrated by Kristen DiMercurio, Julia Whelan and Taylor Jenkins Reid
Broken Country by Clare Leslie HallNarrated by Hattie Morahan
The Correspondent by Virginia EvansNarrated by Maggi-Meg Reed, Jane Oppenheimer, Carly Robins, Jeff Ebner, David Pittu, Chris Andrew Ciulla, Mark Bramhall, Petrea Burchard, Robert Petkoff, Kimberly Farr, Jim Seybert, Cerris Morgan-Moyer, Jade Wheeler, Peter Ganim and Steve West
The Favorites by Layne FargoNarrated by Christine Lakin, Louisa Zhu, Amy Landon, Elena Rey, Valerie Rose Lohman, Suzanne Toren, Graham Halstead, Julia Emelin, Layne Fargo, Eric Yang, Johnny Weir and Brandon Perea
Junie by Erin Crosby EckstineNarrated by Angel Pean
History/BiographyBaldwin: A Love Story by Nicholas BoggsNarrated by Ron Butler
The Fate of the Day by Rick AtkinsonNarrated by Grover Gardner and Rick Atkinson
Mark Twain by Ron ChernowNarrated by Jason Culp
The Spinach King: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty by John SeabrookNarrated by Dion Graham
The Zorg by Siddharth KaraNarrated by Dion Graham
HorrorBat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by Baker Kylie LeeNarrated by Natalie Naudus
Breathe In, Bleed Out by Brian McAuleyNarrated by Jeremy Carlisle Parker
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham JonesNarrated by Shane Ghostkeeper, Marin Ireland and Owen Teale
Coffin Moon by Keith RossonNarrated by Pete Cross
They Bloom at Night by Trang Thanh TranNarrated by Nhi Do
Literary Fiction and Classics33 Place Brugmann by Alice AustenNarrated by Shiromi Arserio, Jilly Bond, Nicholas Boulton, Billie Fulford-Brown, Danielle Cohen, Raphael Corkhill, Matthew Lloyd Davies, James Meunier, Joshua Riley and Simon Slater
The Director by Daniel KehlmannNarrated by Nicholas Boulton
The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean VuongNarrated by James Aaron Oh
Reports of His Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated by James GoodhandNarrated by Peter Noble
So Far Gone by Jess WalterNarrated by Edoardo Ballerini
The Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerNarrated by Edoardo Ballerini, Shaun Taylor-Corbett, Bronson Pinchot and Robin Miles
Middle GradeAll the Blues in the Sky by Renée WatsonNarrated by Bahni Turpin
J vs K written and narrated by Kwame Alexander and Jerry Craft
The Trouble with Heroes by Kate MessnerNarrated by Mack Gordon
The Weirdies 3: Maybe This is a Bit Too Weird by Michael BuckleyNarrated by Helena Bonham Carter
Whale Eyes written and narrated by James Robinson
MysteryGone Before Goodbye by Reese Witherspoon and Harlan CobenNarrated by Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine, Kiff VandenHeuvel, Suehyla El-Attar Young, Peter Ganim, Saskia Maarleveld and James Fouhey
Gray Dawn by Walter MosleyNarrated by Michael Boatman and Walter Mosley
The Queens of Crime by Marie BenedictNarrated by Bessie Carter
Secret Sister by Sarah A. DenzilNarrated by Jessica Gunning, Sacha Dhawan, Joanne Froggatt, Nathaniel Curtis and Hopi Grace
Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping (on a Dead Man) by Jesse Q. SutantoNarrated by Eunice Wong
Narration by the AuthorDitching the Sky written and narrated by Heidi A. Porch
Everything Is Tuberculosis written and narrated by John Green
Food for Thought written and narrated by Alton Brown
I Am Nobody's Slave written and narrated by Lee Hawkins
Separation of Church and Hate written and narrated by John Fugelsang
New Voice Award (Judges Category)Lily Newmark for Bog Queen by Anna North
Shane Ghostkeeper for The Devil Is a Southpaw by Brandon Hobson
James Aaron Oh for The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong
Gem Carmella for The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar
Nicole Cash for We Don't Talk About Carol by Kristen L. Berry
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NonfictionDeath in the Jungle by Candace FlemingNarrated by Karen Murray
Everything Is Tuberculosis written and narrated by John Green
A Fine Line Between Stupid and Clever written and narrated by Rob Reiner, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer
On the Hippie Trail written and narrated by Rick Steves
Separation of Church and Hate written and narrated by John Fugelsang
Production and Sound DesignDragon Day by Bob ProehlNarrated by Hayley Atwell, Michael Chiklis, Aldis Hodge, Greta Lee, Jimmi Simpson and a full cast
King Sorrow by Joe HillNarrated by Ari Fliakos, Dominic Hoffman, Ian Shaw, Jaime Lamchick, Kate Mulgrew, Kevin Stillwell, Kristen Ariza, Kristen Sieh, Marin Ireland, Micky Shiloah, Mike Ortego, Pete Simonelli, Peter Ganim, Tim Sample and Virginia Kull
Millie Fleur Saves the Night by Christy MandinNarrated by Elizabeth Knowelden
The River Has Roots by Amal El-MohtarNarrated by Gem Carmella
Soundtrack by Jason ReynoldsNarrated by Nile Bullock, Mekhi Hewling, Jade Williams, Brandon Miles, Ryan Vincent Anderson, Amir Royale, Jasmin Richardson, Christopher Grant, Khaya Fraites, Nadine Simmons, Robb Moreira, We Ani, Rocky Anicette, Brandiss Seward, Siho Ellsmore, Tyrell Buckner, Gina Daniels, Karen Murray, Jonathan Beville, Karla Moore and Ronald Peet
Under Milk Wood by Dylan ThomasNarrated by Iwan Rheon, Heledd Gywnn, Tim Treloar, Gareth Pierce, Ruby Valentino, Betsan Llwyd, Eiry Thomas, Elena Valentine, Aneirin Hughes, Michael Grinter, Elsie Gallacher, Geriant Pickard, Lowri Gwynne, Bronwen Price and Hannah Lloyd
RomanceGreat Big Beautiful Life by Emily HenryNarrated by Julia Whelan
King of Envy by Ana HuangNarrated by Jason Clark and Nia Serge
Looking for Group by Alexis HallNarrated by Will Watt, Sam Newton, Morag Sims, Rich Keeble, Matt Godfrey and Chris Devon
Plus Size Player by Danielle AllenNarrated by Wesleigh Siobhan
Say You'll Remember Me by Abby JimenezNarrated by Christine Lakin and Matt Lanter
Science FictionAll-Star Superman by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely; Adapted by Meghan FitzmartinNarrated by Marc Thompson, Kristen Sieh, Christopher Smith, Jessica Almasy, Matthew Amendt, Pete Bradbury, Scott Brick, Brennan Brown, Will Damron, Sean Kenin Elias-Reyes, Lauren Ezzo, Robert Fass, James Fouhey, Todd Haberkorn, Neil Hellegers, Dominic Hoffman, Đavid Lee Huỳnh, Joshua Kane, January LaVoy, Saskia Maarleveld, Brandon McInnis, Ray Porter, Salli Saffioti, Catherine Taber and Oliver Wyman
The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu; translated by Joel MartinsenNarrated by Jess Hong
Flybot by Dennis E. TaylorNarrated by Ray Porter
New Arcadia: Judgment Day by Eric Jason MartinNarrated by Eric Jason Martin, Robert Patrick, Matthew Mercer, Erika Ishii, Sam Riegel, Dave Fennoy, Marin Ireland, January LaVoy, James Urbaniak, Emily Woo Zeller and a full cast
Simultaneous by Eric HeissererNarrated by Ray Porter, Marin Ireland and Stephanie Sheh
The Two Lies of Faven Sythe by Megan E O'KeefeNarrated by Zara Ramm
Short Stories/CollectionsAlibis by Freida McFadden, Sally Hepworth, David Lagercrantz, Chris Bohjalian, Chad Zunker and Wanda M. MorrisNarrated by Lauryn Allman, Anthea Greco, Graham Halstead, Eric Altheide, Soneela Nankani, Pete Simonelli, Amara Jasper and Susannah Jones
Animal Bodies: On Death, Desire, and Other Difficulties by Suzanne RobertsNarrated by Julia Whelan
The End of the World as We Know It: New Tales of Stephen King's The Stand edited by Christopher Golden and Brian Keene with an Introduction by Stephen KingNarrated by Sean Patrick Hopkins and Adenrele Ojo
Food for Thought written and narrated by Alton Brown
The Illustrated Man by Ray BradburyNarrated by Prentice Onayemi, Ari Fliakos, and Marin Ireland
Notes to John by Joan DidionNarrated by Julianne Moore
Thriller/SuspenseBeautiful Ugly by Alice FeeneyNarrated by Richard Armitage and Tuppence Middleton
Don't Let Him In by Lisa JewellNarrated by Richard Armitage, Joanne Froggatt, Tamaryn Payne, Gemma Whelan, Louise Brealey and Patience Tomlinson
Everyone Is Lying to You by Jo PiazzaNarrated by Rachel F. Hirsch, Sarah Reny, Vas Eli and Saskia Maarleveld
Havoc by Christopher BollenNarrated by Maggi-Meg Reed
To Die For by David BaldacciNarrated by Zach Villa, Mela Lee, Cassandra Morris, Rena Marie Villano, Christine Lakin, Will Collyer, Kiff Vandenheuvel and Erin Bennett
Young AdultLady or the Tiger by Heather M. HerrmanNarrated by Sophie Amoss
The Otherwhere Post by Emily J. TaylorNarrated by Barrie Kreinik
The Scammer by Tiffany D. JacksonNarrated by January LaVoy
Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne CollinsNarrated by Jefferson White
Under the Same Stars by Libba BrayNarrated by Jeremy Carlisle Parker, January LaVoy and Major Curda
Young ListenersBenny on the Case by Wesley KingNarrated by P.J. Ochlan
How the Word Is Passed by Clint Smith and Sonja Cherry-PaulNarrated by Clint Smith
Pajammin' written and narrated by Ziggy Marley
Prince Among Slaves by N. H. SenzaiNarrated by Junior Nyong'o and N. H. Senzai
Secrets of the Purple Pearl by Kate McKinnonNarrated by Kate McKinnon and Emily Lynne
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