23 PRH and PRHGE Audio Finalists Announced for the 2024 Audie Awards®
The Audio Publishers Association has revealed the 2024 Audie Award® finalists, including 20 PRH Audio nominations! The Audie Awards® is the premier awards program in the United States recognizing distinction in audiobooks and spoken-word entertainment. Publishers and rights holders enter titles in various categories for recognition of achievement. Finalists are selected, and then one winner is awarded in each category at the Audies Gala.
Audiobook of the Year
SURRENDER by Bono; read by Bono (Random House Audio)
Produced by Dan Zitt
Audio Drama
STAR WARS: THE BATTLE OF JEDHA (The High Republic)
by George Mann, read by a full cast (Random House Audio)
Produced by Nick Martorelli and Lauren Klein
Autobiography/Memoir
BEHIND THE SEAMS by Dolly Parton; with Holly George-Warren and Rebecca Seaver,
read by Dolly Parton, Holly George-Warren and Rebecca Seaver (Random House Audio)
Produced by Dan Zitt
Best Fiction Narrator
Ethan Hawke, THE EYES AND THE IMPOSSIBLE by Dave Eggers (Listening Library)
Produced by Orli Moscowitz
Eunice Wong, LAND OF MILK AND HONEY by C Pam Zhang (Penguin Audio)
Produced by Karen Dziekonski and Lauren Klein
Billie Fulford-Brown, THE LAST LIFEBOAT by Hazel Gaynor (Penguin Audio)
Produced by Molly Lo Re
Best Non-Fiction Narrator
Dion Graham, THE WAGER by David Grann (Random House Audio)
Produced by Kelly Gildea
Edoardo Ballerini, THE ART THIEF by Michael Finkel (Random House Audio)
Produced by Linda Korn
Business & Personal Development
THE LIGHT WE CARRY by Michelle Obama, read by Michelle Obama (Random House Audio)
Produced by Dan Zitt
History & Biography
THE WAGER by David Grann, read by Dion Graham (Random House Audio)
Produced by Kelly Gildea
Humor
HOW TO SURVIVE HISTORY by Cody Cassidy, read by Dennis Boutsikaris (Penguin Audio)
Produced by Sarah Jaffe
UNCLE OF THE YEAR by Andrew Rannells, read by Andrew Rannells (Random House Audio)
Produced by Iris McElroy and Julie Wilson
Judge’s Category: UK-Produced Audiobook
SOMEONE ELSE’S SHOES by Jojo Moyes, read by Daisy Ridley (Penguin Audio)
Produced by PRH Audio UK
Literary Fiction & Classics
THE MAKING OF ANTOHER MAJOR MOTION PICTURE MASTERPIECE by Tom Hanks, read by Tom Hanks and a full cast (Random House Audio)
Produced by Karen Dziekonski and Lauren Klein
Mystery
VERA WONG’S UNSOLICITED ADVICE FOR MURDERERS by Jesse Q. Sutanto, read by Eunice Wong (Penguin Audio)
Produced by Kelly Gildea
Narration by the Author(s)
THE LIGHT WE CARRY by Michelle Obama, read by Michelle Obama (Random House Audio)
Produced by Dan Zitt
Non-Fiction
POVERTY, BY AMERICA by Matthew Desmond, read by Dion Graham (Random House Audio)
Produced by Brady Emerson
FIRE WEATHER by John Vaillant, read by Alan Carlson (Random House Audio)
Produced by Julie Wilson
Thriller/Suspense
BAD CREE by Jessica Johns, read by Tanis Parenteau (Random House Audio)
Produced by Nithya Rajendran
Young Listeners
TWELVE DINGING DOORBELLS by Tameka Fryer Brown, read by January LaVoy (Listening Library)
Produced by Amber Beard
Español – Spanish Language
CON LUZ PROPIA by Michelle Obama, translated by Gabriel Dols Gallardo, Efrén Del Valle Peñamil, Raúl Sastre Letona, and Carlos Abreu Fetter (Grupo Editorial)
Narrated by Jane Santos
EL INGENIOSO HIDALGO DON QUIJOTE DE LA MANCHA by Miguel de Cervantes (Grupo Editorial)
Narrated by Israel Elejalde, Pedro Casablanc, Pepe Viyuela, Víctor Clavijo, María Agúndez, Íñigo Álvarez de Lara, Eugenio Barona, Sol de la Barreda, Laura Carrero del Tío, David Carrillo, Raúl García Arrondo, Óscar Goikoetxea, Eugenio Gómez, Rebeca Hernando, Paula Iwasaki, Arturo Lopez, Ariana Martínez, Antonio Martínez Asensio, Íñigo Montero, Juan Ochoa, Pepe Ocio, Javier Portugués “Portu”, Ignacio Rengel, Diego Rousselon, Asier Sola, Charo Soria, Fernando Soto, and Elsa Veiga.
VINCENT, GIRASOLES CONTRA EL MUNDO incent, Girasoles Contra el Mundo by Mario Iván Martínez (Grupo Editorial)
Narrated by Mario Iván Martínez, Diego Jáuregui, Luaura Luz, Salvador Petrola, Carlos Pascual, Luly Reve, Memije, and Paula Comaduran
See the full list here. The winners will be announced at the gala Audie Awards ceremony on March 4.