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Our 17 Finalists for 2019 Audie Awards

The Audio Publishers Association has announced its 2019 Audie Awards finalists, including 17 Penguin Random House Audio titles. These awards recognize excellence in audiobooks and spoken word entertainment. The winners will be announced at a gala awards ceremony on March 4 in Manhattan.

Our Audie Awards finalists:

Audio Book of the Year

• BEASTIE BOYS BOOK by Michael Diamond and Adam Horovitz, read by the authors and a full cast (Random House Audio)

Autobiography/Memoir

• EDUCATED by Tara Westover, read by Julia Whelan (Random House Audio)

Best Female Narrator

• EDUCATED by Tara Westover, read by Julia Whelan (Random House Audio)

Science Fiction

• THE HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY: Hexagonal Phase by Eoin Colfer & Douglas Adams, read by John Lloyd, Simon Jones, Geoff McGivern, and a full cast (Penguin Random House UK Audio)

Fantasy

• KILL THE FARM BOY by Kevin Hearne & Delilah S. Dawson, read by Luke Daniels (Random House Audio)
• SPINNING SILVER by Naomi Novik, read by Lisa Flanagan (Random House Audio)

Fiction

• AN ABSOLUTELY REMARKABLE THING by Hank Green, read by Kristen Sieh & Hank Green (Penguin Audio)

Literary Fiction & Classics

• SPLIT TOOTH by Tanya Tagaq, read by the author (Penguin Random House Canada)

Humor

• EVERYTHING’S TRASH, BUT IT’S OKAY by Phoebe Robinson, read by the author (Penguin Audio)
• THE GREATEST LOVE STORY EVER TOLD by Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally, read by the authors (Penguin Audio)

Multi-Voiced Performance

• HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN’S FAIRY TALES by Hans Christian Andersen, read by F. Murray Abraham and an ensemble cast (Listening Library)
• THERE THERE by Tommy Orange, read by Darrell Dennis, Shaun Taylor-Corbett, Alma Cuervo, and Kyla Garcia (Random House Audio)

Mystery

• THE PUNISHMENT SHE DESERVES by Elizabeth George, read by Simon Vance (Penguin Audio)

Thriller/Suspense

• MACBETH by Jo Nesbo, read by Euan Morton (Random House Audio)

Romance

• THE WEDDING DATE by Jasmine Guillory, read by Janina Edwards (Penguin Audio)

Short Stories/Collections

• YOU THINK IT, I’LL SAY IT: Stories by Curtis Sittenfeld, read by Emily Rankin (Random House Audio)

Middle Grade

• LOUISIANA’S WAY HOME by Kate DiCamillo, read by Cassandra Morris (Listening Library)

Congratulations to our audiobook authors, narrators, producers and publishers.

To view the complete list of 2019 Audie Awards finalists, click here.