2023 Audie Awards® WINNERS

AUDIOBOOK OF THE YEAR WINNER

FINDING ME

Written and narrated by Viola Davis

Published by HarperAudio

AUDIOBOOK OF THE YEAR FINALIST

THE 1619 PROJECT

Created byNikole Hannah-Jones and The New York Times Magazine; Edited by Caitlin Roper, Ilena Silverman, and Jake Silverstein.

Narrated by Nikole Hannah-Jones, January LaVoy, and full cast

Published by Penguin Random House Audio

MIRACLE AND WONDER: CONVERSATIONS WITH PAUL SIMON

By Malcolm Gladwell and Bruce Headlam

Narrated by Paul Simon, Malcolm Gladwell, and Bruce Headlam

Published by Pushkin Industries

REMARKABLY BRIGHT CREATURES

By Shelby Van Pelt

Narrated by Marin Ireland and Michael Urie

Published by HarperAudio

WAKE: THE HIDDEN HISTORY OF WOMEN-LED SLAVE REVOLTS

Adapted by Tyler English-Beckwith, based on the graphic novel by Rebecca Hall and Hugo Martínez

Narrated by DeWanda Wise, Chanté Adams, and full cast

Published by Podium Audio

AUDIOBOOK DRAMA WINNER

PIPELINE

By Dominique Morisseau

Performed by Sophina Brown, Eugene Byrd, Demetrius Grosse, Sharon Lawrence, X Mayo, Uyoata Udi, and Karen Malina White

Published by L.A. Theatre Works

AUDIO DRAMA FINALISTS

1984

By George Orwell; Adapted by Anna Lea

Performed by Chris Lew Kum Hoi, Rhianne Barreto, and full cast

Published by Storytel Original

CLEAN SWEEP

By Ilona Andrews

Performed by Alejandro Ruiz, Christopher Walker, and full cast

Published by GraphicAudio, a division of RBMedia

CORALINE

By Neil Gaiman

Performed by Julian Rhind-Tutt, Pixie Davies, Katherine Kingsley, and full cast

Published by HarperAudio

GOOD OMENS

By Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett

Performed by Rebecca Front, Michael Sheen, and full cast

Published by HarperAudio

AUTOBIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR WINNER

UNPROTECTED: A MEMOIR

Written and narrated by Billy Porter

Published by Recorded Books, a division of RBmedia

AUTOBIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR FINALISTS

THE EXTRAORDINARY LIFE OF AN ORDINARY MAN

By Paul Newman; Edited by David Rosenthal, foreword by Melissa Newman, afterword by Clea Newman Soderlund

Narrated by Jeff Daniels, Melissa Newman, Clea Newman Soderlund, Ari Fliakos, January LaVoy, John Rubinstein, and Emily Wachtel

Published by Penguin Random House Audio

HELLO, MOLLY!

Written and narrated by Molly Shannon

Published by HarperAudio

LEFT ON TENTH

Written and narrated by Delia Ephron

Published by Hachette Audio

SAFE, WANTED, AND LOVED

By Patrick Dylan

Narrated by Raúl E. Esparza

Published by Snow Anselmo Press with Girl Friday Productions

BEST FEMALE NARRATOR WINNER

ROSAMUND PIKE

for The Eye of the World

By Robert Jordan

Published by Macmillan Audio

BEST FEMALE NARRATOR FINALISTS

JONIECE ABBOTT-PRATT

for Nightcrawling

By Leila Mottley

Published by Penguin Random House Audio

JANUARY LAVOY

for Thistlefoot

By GennaRose Nethercott

Published by Penguin Random House Audio

STEPHANIE NÉMETH-PARKER

for NSFW

By Isabel Kaplan

Published by Macmillan Audio

THANDIWE NEWTON

for War and Peace

By Leo Tolstoy, Translated by Louise Maude and Aylmer Maude

Published by Audible Studios

BEST MALE NARRATOR WINNER

SETH NUMRICH

for Fairy Tale

By Stephen King

Published by Simon & Schuster Audio

BEST MALE NARRATOR FINALISTS

EDOARDO BALLERINI

for The Silent Sisters

By Robert Dugoni

Published by Brilliance Publishing

SCOTT BRICK

for Narrator

By Landon Beach

Published by Brick by Brick Audiobooks

JD JACKSON

for The Violin Conspiracy

By Brendan Slocumb

Published by Penguin Random House Audio

JOHN PIRHALLA

for Sleepwalk

By Dan Chaon

Published by Macmillan Audio