The 2021 Audie Awards
Founded in 1995, the Audie Awards represent the premier awards program in the United States, recognizing distinction in audiobooks and spoken word entertainment. Finalists are selected in 24 different categories ranging from children's titles to memoir, including categories for best male and female audio performer as well. A single title is selected for the honor of Audiobook of the Year. Winners are announced in March at the annual Audie Awards Gala. To learn more about the Audie Awards and to see the longlists for all 24 categories, visit the Audiopub website.
Audiobook of the Year
Winner:
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
Nominees:
The Mountains Sing by Nguyen Phan Que Mai
We're Better Than This by Elijah Cummings
More Myself by Alicia Keys
The Decision by Kevin Hart
Best Fiction
Winner:
Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
Nominees:
Big Lies in a Small Town by Diane Chamberlain
The Last Story of Mina Lee by Nancy Jooyoun Kim
Sex and Vanity by Kevin Kwan
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
Best Non Fiction
Winner:
Fire in Paradise by Anastair Gee and Dani Anguiano
Nominees:
Wandering in Strange Lands by Morgan Jerkins
Tightrope by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
If You Tell by Gregg Olsen
Rage by Bob Woodward
Best Young Adult
Winner:
Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo
Nominees:
A Song Below Water by Bethany C. Morrow
Everything Sad Is Untrue by Daniel Mayeri
This Is My America by Kim Johnson
Poisoned by Jennifer Donnelly
Best Female Narrator
Winner:
Robin Miles for The City We Became by N. K. Jemisin
Nominees:
Samira Wiley for The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Nicole Lewis for Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
Marissa Tomei for The Lyring Life of Adults by Elena Ferrante
Imogen Church for One by One by Ruth Ware
Best Male Narrator:
Winner:
Laurence Fishburne for The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X and Alex Haley
Nominees:
Robert Bathurst for All the Devils Are Here by Louise Penny
Scott Brick for Squeeze Me by Carl Hiaasen
J.K. Simmons for A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
Andrew Scott for The Glimme by Emily Rodda
Best Multi-Voiced Production
Winner:
Elizabeth Acevedo & Melania-Luisa Marte, for Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo
Nominees:
Alison Steadman and Daisy Edgar-Jones for The Switch by Beth O'Leary
Helen Lloyd, Andrew Fallaize, and Mandy Williams for How the Peguins Saved Veronica by Hazel Prior
J. K. Simmons and full cast for The Trial of the Chicago 7: The Official Transcript
Jude Mason, Chloe Dolandis, and Tyra Kennedy for Women Who Wrote by various authors
Nicholas Boulton and full cast for No Name by Wilkie Collins
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