2024 Audie Awards® FINALISTS

AUDIOBOOK OF THE YEAR FINALISTS

All the Sinners Bleed

By S.A. Cosby

Narrated by Adam Lazarre-White

Published by Macmillan Audio

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Inside Voice: My Obsession with How We Sound (Audio)

Written and narrated by Lake Bell

Published by Pushkin Industries

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Sing a Black Girl's Song (Audio)

By Ntozake Shange, edited by Imani Perry, foreword by Tarana Burke

Narrated by Alfre Woodard, D. Woods, full cast

Published by Hachette Audio

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Surrender (Audio)

Written and narrated by Bono

Published by Penguin Random House Audio

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Tom Lake (Audio)

By Ann Patchett

Narrated by Meryl Streep

Published by HarperAudio

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AUDIO DRAMA FINALISTS

None of This Is True (Audio)

By Lisa Jewell

Performed by Nicola Walker and Louise Brealey with a full cast

Published by Simon & Schuster Audio

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Once Upon a Time in Nazi Occupied Tunisia (Audio)

By Josh Azouz

Performed by Laila Ayad, Tara Lynne Barr, full cast

Published by L.A. Theatre Works

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Star Wars: The Battle of Jedha (The High Republic) (Audio)

By George Mann

Performed by Raphael Corkhill, Kristen Sieh, full cast

Published by Penguin Random House Audio

Red Rising (Audio)

By Pierce Brown

Performed by Stewart Crank, John Kielty, full cast

Published by Graphic Audio

Third Eye (Audio)

By Felicia Day

Performed by Felicia Day, Neil Gaiman, full cast

Published by Audible Originals

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AUTOBIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR FINALISTS

Behind the Seams (Audio)

Written and narrated by Dolly Parton, Holly George-Warren, and Rebecca Seaver

Published by Penguin Random House Audio

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La Finca: Love, Loss, and Laundry on a Tiny Puerto Rican Island (Audio)

Written and narrated by Corky Parker

Published by Lantern Audio

Making It So (Audio)

Written and narrated by Patrick Stewart

Published by Simon & Schuster Audio

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A Place for Us (Audio)

Written and narrated by Brandon J. Wolf

Published by Brilliance Publishing

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Saved (Audio)

Written and narrated by Benjamin Hall

Published by HarperAudio

BEST FICTION NARRATOR FINALISTS

Billie Fulford-Brown (Audio)

for The Last Lifeboat

By Hazel Gaynor

Published by Penguin Random House Audio

AudioFile Review

Ethan Hawke (Audio)

for The Eyes and the Impossible

By Dave Eggers

Published by Listening Library

Marni Penning (Audio)

for Johanna Porter Is Not Sorry

By Sara Read

Published by Harlequin Audio

Meryl Streep (Audio)

for Tom Lake

By Ann Patchett

Published by HarperAudio

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Eunice Wong (Audio)

for Land of Milk and Honey

By C Pam Zhang

Published by Penguin Random House Audio

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BEST NON-FICTION NARRATOR FINALISTS

Edoardo Ballerini (Audio)

for The Art Thief

By Michael Finkel

Published by Penguin Random House Audio

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Dion Graham

for King: A Life

By Jonathan Eig

Published by Macmillan Audio

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Dion Graham (Audio)

for The Lost Sons of Omaha

By Joe Sexton

Published by Simon & Schuster Audio

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Dion Graham (Audio)

for The Wager

By David Grann

Published by Penguin Random House Audio

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Michelle Williams (Audio)

for The Woman in Me

By Britney Spears

Published by Simon & Schuster Audio

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BUSINESS/PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT FINALISTS

Diva 2.0: 12 Life Lessons from Me for You (Audio)

Written and narrated by Sheryl Lee Ralph

Published by Recorded Books

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The Light We Carry (Audio)

Written and narrated by Michelle Obama

Published by Penguin Random House Audio

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Please Unsubscribe, Thanks! (Audio)

Written and narrated by Julio Vincent Gambuto

Published by Simon & Schuster Audio

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The Wisdom of Morrie

By Morrie Schwartz, edited by Rob Schwartz 

Narrated by Rob Schwartz and Steven Weber

Published by Blackstone Publishing

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Win Every Argument: The Art of Debating, Persuading, and Public Speaking

Written and narrated by Mehdi Hasan

Published by Macmillan Audio

EROTICA FINALISTS

Anger Bang (Audio)

By Avery Flynn

Narrated by Kirsten Leigh and Lance Greenfield

Published by Recorded Books

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Goal (Audio)

By Alexandria House

Narrated by Jakobi Diem and Nicole Small

Published by Pink Cashmere Publishing

Sabbatical (Audio)

By Katrina Jackson

Narrated by Mari and Oscar Reyes

Published by Sea Port Press

Salt Kiss (Audio)

By Sierra Simone

Narrated by Oscar Reyes

Published by Sierra Simone, Produced by Lyric Audiobooks

Soul Eater (Monstrous, Book 1) (Audio)

By Lily Mayne

Narrated by Michael Lesley

Published by Podium Audio

ESPAÑOL - SPANISH LANGUAGE FINALISTS

Con Luz Propia  (Audio)

By Michelle Obama, translated by Gabriel Dols Gallardo, Efrén Del Valle Peñamil, Raúl Sastre Letona, and Carlos Abreu Fetter

Narrated by Jane Santos

Published by Penguin Random House Audio

El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha (Audio)

By Miguel de Cervantes

Narrated by Israel Elejalde, Pedro Casablanc, full cast

Published by Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial S.A.U.

La Guardiana de Recuerdos de Kyiv (Audio)

By Erin Litteken

Narrated by Eva Coll and Marta Moreno

Published by BookaVivo

Verte Regresar: los 43+ (Audio)

By Luis Alberto Gónzalez Arenas

Narrated by Luis Alberto Gónzalez Arenas and Clivia Torres

Published by Audible Originals

Vincent, Girasoles Contra el Mundo (Audio)

By Mario Iván Martínez

Narrated by Mario Iván Martínez, Diego Jáuregui, full cast

Published by Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial México

FAITH-BASED FICTION OR NON-FICTION FINALISTS

Dark Fall

By Brian Andrews and Jeffrey Wilson

Narrated by MacLeod Andrews

Published by Tyndale House Publishers

Once We Were Home

By Jennifer Rosner

Narrated by Gabra Zackman and Vikas Adam

Published by Macmillan Audio

Six Sermons (Audio)

By Asa Merritt

Narrated by Stephanie Hsu and a full cast

Published by Audible Originals

Soul Boom - Why We Need a Spiritual Revolution (Audio)

Written and narrated by Rainn Wilson

Published by Hachette Audio

The Year of Jubilee (Audio)

By Cindy Morgan

Narrated by Sisi Aisha Johnson

Published by Recorded Books

FANTASY FINALISTS

The Dragon Reborn

By Robert Jordan

Narrated by Rosamund Pike

Published by Macmillan Audio

The God of Endings

By Jacqueline Holland

Narrated by Saskia Maarleveld

Published by Macmillan Audio

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Red Rabbit (Audio)

By Alex Grecian

Narrated by John Pirhalla

Published by Macmillan Audio

Starling House

By Alix E. Harrow

Narrated by Natalie Naudus

Published by Macmillan Audio

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Tread of Angels (Audio)

By Rebecca Roanhorse

Narrated by Dion Graham

Published by Simon & Schuster Audio

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FICTION FINALISTS

Birnam Wood (Audio)

By Eleanor Catton

Narrated by Saskia Maarleveld

Published by Audible Studios

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Maame

By Jessica George

Narrated by Heather Agyepong

Published by Macmillan Audio

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One Blood

By Denene Millner

Narrated by Bahni Turpin, Joniece Abbott-Pratt, and Tina Lifford

Published by Macmillan Audio

Tom Lake (Audio)

By Ann Patchett

Narrated by Meryl Streep

Published by HarperAudio

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Yellowface (Audio)

By R.F. Kuang

Narrated by Helen Laser

Published by HarperAudio

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HISTORY/BIOGRAPHY FINALISTS

Elon Musk (Audio)

By Walter Isaacson

Narrated by Jeremy Bobb and Walter Isaacson

Published by Simon & Schuster Audio

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Empire of Ice and Stone: The Disastrous and Heroic Voyage of the Karluk

By Buddy Levy

Narrated by Will Damron

Published by Macmillan Audio

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Goodbye Christopher Robin: A.A. Milne and the Making of Winnie-the-Pooh (Audio)

By Ann Thwaite, preface by Frank Cottrell-Boyce

Narrated by Simon Vance

Published by Tantor Audio, a division of Recorded Books

King: A Life

By Jonathan Eig

Narrated by Dion Graham

Published by Macmillan Audio

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The Wager (Audio)

By David Grann

Narrated by Dion Graham with David Grann

Published by Penguin Random House Audio

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HUMOR FINALISTS

How to Survive History (Audio)

By Cody Cassidy

Narrated by Dennis Boutsikaris

Published by Penguin Random House Audio

Leslie F*cking Jones (Audio)

Written and narrated by Leslie Jones, foreword by Chris Rock

Published by Hachette Audio

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No One Leaves the Castle (Audio)

By Christopher Healy

Narrated by Jessica Almasy

Published by HarperAudio

Raw Dog: The Naked Truth About Hot Dogs

Written and narrated by Jamie Loftus

Published by Macmillan Audio

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Uncle of the Year (Audio)

By Andrew Rannells

Narrated by Andrew Rannells

Published by Penguin Random House Audio

JUDGES CATEGORY: UK-Produced Audiobook

Atlas: The Story of Pa Salt 

By Lucinda Riley and Harry Whittaker

Narrated by Richard Armitage and Tuppence Middleton

Published by Pan Macmillan

The Ice Children (Audio)

By M.G. Leonard

Narrated by Helen Keeley, Izabella Dziewanska, full cast

Published by Audible Studios

Normal Women: 900 Years of Making History

By Philippa Gregory

Narrated by Clare Corbett, Tania Rodrigues, full cast

Published by HarperCollins Publishers

The Party (Audio)

By Nora Valters

Narrated by Lucy Price-Lewis

Published by Dreamscape Media

Someone Else's Shoes (Audio)

By Jojo Moyes

Narrated by Daisy Ridley

Published by Penguin Random House Audio UK

LITERARY FICTION & CLASSICS FINALISTS

Harold and Maude

By Colin Higgins

Narrated by Barbara Rosenblat

Published by Blackstone Publishing

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The Iliad (Audio)

By Homer, translated by Emily Wilson

Narrated by Audra McDonald

Published by Audible Studios

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The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece (Audio)

By Tom Hanks

Narrated by Tom Hanks, with a full cast

Published by Penguin Random House Audio

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Oliver Twist (Audio)

By Charles Dickens, adapted by Marty Ross, presented by Sam Mendes

Narrated by Brian Cox, Daniel Kaluuya, full cast

Published by Audible Studios

The Quest of the Silver Fleece 

By W.E.B. Du Bois

Narrated by Bahni Turpin

Published by Blackstone Publishing with Skyboat Media

MIDDLE GRADE FINALISTS

Big Tree (Audio)

By Brian Selznick

Narrated by Meryl Streep

Published by Scholastic Audio

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Elf Dog and Owl Head (Audio)

By M.T. Anderson

Narrated by Pete Cross

Published by Dreamscape Media

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School Trip (Audio)

By Jerry Craft

Narrated by Dereje Tarrant, Nile Bullock, full cast

Published by HarperAudio

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Simon Sort of Says (Audio)

By Erin Bow

Narrated by Will Collyer

Published by Disney-Hyperion

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What Happened to Rachel Riley? (Audio)

By Claire Swinarski

Narrated by Ferdelle Capistrano, Alexandra Hunter, full cast

Published by HarperAudio

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MULTI-VOICED PERFORMANCE FINALISTS

Coleman Hill (Audio)

By Kim Coleman Foote

Narrated by Bahni Turpin and Dion Graham

Published by Zando

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The Ghost Sequences

By A.C. Wise

Narrated by Erica Sullivan, Traber Burns, full cast

Published by Blackstone Publishing

No Two Persons

By Erica Bauermeister

Narrated by Barrie Kreinik, Braden Wright, full cast

Published by Macmillan Audio

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Sing Her Down

By Ivy Pochoda

Narrated by Frankie Corzo, Kimberly M. Wetherell, full cast

Published by Macmillan Audio

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Surely You Can't Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane!

By David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker

Narrated by "Weird Al" Yankovic, Arne Schmidt, full cast

Published by Macmillan Audio

MYSTERY FINALISTS

The Golden Gate

By Amy Chua

Narrated by Robb Moreira, Tim Campbell, and Suzanne Toren

Published by Macmillan Audio

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A Line in the Sand (Audio)

By Kevin Powers

Narrated by Christine Lakin

Published by Hachette Audio

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Murder Your Employer (Audio)

By Rupert Holmes

Narrated by Neil Patrick Harris and Simon Vance

Published by Simon & Schuster Audio

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Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers (Audio)

By Jesse Q. Sutanto

Narrated by Eunice Wong

Published by Penguin Random House Audio

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A World of Curiosities

By Louise Penny

Narrated by Robert Bathurst

Published by Macmillan Audio

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NARRATION BY THE AUTHOR(S) FINALISTS

The Covenant of Water

Written and narrated by Abraham Verghese

Published by Recorded Books

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It. Goes. So. Fast. - The Year of No Do-Overs

Written and narrated by Mary Louise Kelly

Published by Macmillan Audio

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The Light We Carry (Audio)

Written and narrated by Michelle Obama

Published by Penguin Random House Audio

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Making It So (Audio)

Written and narrated by Patrick Stewart

Published by Simon & Schuster Audio

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Sisters of the Lost Marsh (Audio)

Written and narrated by Lucy Strange

Published by Scholastic Audio

NON-FICTION FINALISTS

Fire Weather (Audio)

By John Vaillant

Narrated by Alan Carlson

Published by Penguin Random House Audio

AudioFile Review

Poverty, by America (Audio)

By Matthew Desmond

Narrated by Dion Graham

Published by Penguin Random House Audio

AudioFile Review

Punished for Dreaming: How School Reform Harms Black Children and How We Heal

By Bettina L. Love

Narrated by Karen Chilton with an introduction read by the author

Published by Macmillan Audio

A Refugee's American Dream: From the Killing Fields of Cambodia to the U.S. Secret Service (Audio)

By Leth Oun; contribution by Joe Samuel Starnes

Narrated by Tim Lounibos

Published by Tantor Audio, a division of Recorded Books

Shakespeare Was a Woman and Other Heresies (Audio)

By Elizabeth Winkler

Narrated by Eunice Wong

Published by Simon & Schuster Audio

AudioFile Review

ORIGINAL WORK FINALISTS

The Debutante (Audio)

Written and narrated by Jon Ronson

Published by Audible Originals

Exodus: The Shanghai Jews (Audio)

By Kate McAll

Performed by Edyta Brychta, Michael Canavan, full cast

Published by L.A. Theatre Works

AudioFile Review

Hellboy: A Plague of Wasps (Audio)

By Christopher Golden

Narrated by Jasmine Hyde, Scott McCormick, full cast

Published by Graphic Audio

AudioFile Review

Nirvana The Amplifications (Audio)

Written and narrated by Michael Azerrad

Published by HarperAudio

ROMANCE FINALISTS

10 Things That Never Happened (Audio)

By Alexis Hall

Narrated by Will Watt

Published by Dreamscape Media

AudioFile Review

Big Witch Energy (Audio)

By Molly Harper

Narrated by Teddy Hamilton and Amanda Ronconi

Published by Audible Originals

Butcher and Blackbird (Audio)

By Brynne Weaver

Narrated by Joe Arden and Lucy Rivers

Published by Blue Nose Publishing

French Holiday (Audio)

By Sarah Ready

Narrated by Kelsey Navarro Foster

Published by W.W. Crown

The True Love Experiment (Audio)

By Christina Lauren

Narrated by Jonathan Cole and Cindy Kay

Published by Simon & Schuster Audio

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SCIENCE FICTION FINALISTS

Cassandra in Reverse (Audio)

By Holly Smale

Narrated by Kristin Atherton

Published by HarperAudio

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The Deep Sky 

By Yume Kitasei

Narrated by Sarah Skaer

Published by Macmillan Audio

Dual Memory (Audio)

By Sue Burke

Narrated by André Santana

Published by Dreamscape Media

Wool

By Hugh Howey

Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini

Published by Blackstone Publishing

The World We Make (Audio)

By N.K. Jemisin

Narrated by Robin Miles

Published by Hachette Audio

AudioFile Review

SHORT STORIES/COLLECTIONS FINALISTS

The Adventures of Finn MacCool & Other Irish Folk Tales (Audio)

Edited and narrated by Liam Gerrard

Published by Raconteurs Audio

The Best American Short Stories 2023 (Audio)

By Min Jin Lee and Heidi Pitlor

Narrated by Laura Copland, Jeena Yi, full cast

Published by HarperAudio

A Guest at the Feast (Audio)

Written and narrated by Colm Tóibín

Published by Simon & Schuster Audio

AudioFile Review

Obsession Collection (Audio)

By Nita Prose, B.A. Paris, Minka Kent, Julie Clark, Chris Bohjalian, and Alyssa Cole

Narrated by Susan Dalian, Kimberly Woods, full cast

Published by Brilliance Publishing

Wild and Precious: A Celebration of Mary Oliver (Audio)

By Mary Oliver, with the contributions by Sophia Bush, Ross Gay, Samin Nosrat, Rainn Wilson, and Susan Cain

Narrated by Sophia Bush

Published by Pushkin Industries

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THRILLER/SUSPENSE FINALISTS

All the Sinners Bleed

By S.A. Cosby

Narrated by Adam Lazarre-White

Published by Macmillan Audio

AudioFile Review

Bad Cree (Audio)

By Jessica Johns

Narrated by Tanis Parenteau

Published by Penguin Random House Audio

AudioFile Review

I Will Find You (Audio)

By Harlan Coben

Narrated by Steven Weber

Published by Brilliance Publishing

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None of This Is True (Audio)

By Lisa Jewell

Narrated by Nicola Walker, Louise Brealey, and a full cast

Published by Simon & Schuster Audio

AudioFile Review

The Woodkin (Audio)

By Alexander James

Narrated by Alex Knox

Published by CamCat Books

YOUNG ADULT FINALISTS

Beholder (Audio)

By Ryan La Sala

Narrated by Vikas Adam 

Published by Scholastic Audio

AudioFile Review

One Night in a Thousand Years (Audio)

By Craig Cunningham

Narrated by James Van Der Beek

Published by Kent Studio

Savi and the Memory Keeper

By Bijal Vachharajani

Narrated by Soneela Nankani

Published by Blackstone Publishing

Stolen Heir (Audio)

By Holly Black

Narrated by Saskia Maarleveld

Published by Hachette Audio

AudioFile Review

This Terrible True Thing

By Jenny Laden

Narrated by Gail Shalan

Published by Blackstone Publishing

This Winter: A Heartstopper Novella (Audio)

By Alice Oseman

Narrated by Jenny Walser, Joe Jameson, and Aaron Barashi

Published by Scholastic Audio

AudioFile Review

YOUNG LISTENERS FINALISTS

Carina Felina (Audio)

Written and narrated by Carmen Agra Deedy

Published by Scholastic Audio

I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know

Written and narrated by Leslie Odom Jr. and Nicolette Robinson

Published by Macmillan Audio

The Skull (Audio)

By Jon Klassen

Narrated by Fairuza Balk and Jon Klassen

Published by Dreamscape Media

AudioFile Review

There Was a Party for Langston (Audio)

Written and narrated by Jason Reynolds

Published by Recorded Books

AudioFile Review

Twelve Dinging Doorbells (Audio)

By Tameka Fryer Brown

Narrated by January LaVoy

Published by Listening Library