2018 Audie Awards Finalists

Original Work

• The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood & Valerie Martin, read by Claire Danes, Margaret Atwood, and a full cast (Audible)
• Mother Go, James Patrick Kelly, read by January LaVoy (Audible)

Literary Fiction & Classics

• The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood & Valerie Martin, read by Claire Danes, Margaret Atwood, and a full cast (Audible)
• Beast, Paul Kingsnorth, read by Simon Vance (Tantor)
• Dracula, Bram Stoker, read by Nick Sandys (Brilliance)
• House of Names, Colm Tóibín, read by Juliet Stevenson, et al. (Simon & Schuster)

Fiction

• An Almond for a Parrot, Wray Delaney, read by Rachel Atkins (Harlequin)

Science Fiction

• Battlefront II: Inferno Squad, Christie Golden, read by Janina Gavankar (Random House)
• The X-Files: Cold Cases, Joe Harris, Chris Carter & Dirk Maggs, narrated by David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, and more (Audible)
• The Stone Sky, N.K. Jemisin, read by Robin Miles (Hachette)
• Provenance, Ann Leckie, read by Adjoa Andoh (Hachette)
• New York 2140, Kim Stanley Robinson, read by Suzanne Toren, and more (Hachette)

Fantasy

• Snake Eyes, John Conroe, read by James Patrick Cronin (Audible)
• The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter, Theodora Goss, read by Kate Reading (Simon & Schuster)
• Red Sister, Mark Lawrence, read by Heather O’Neill (Recorded)
• Spellmonger, Terry Mancour, read by John Lee (Podium)
• Skullsworn, Brian Stavely, read by Elizabeth Knowelden (Brilliance)
• The Refrigerator Monologues, Catherynne M. Valente, read by Karis A. Campbell (HighBridge)

Paranormal

• Curse on the Land, Faith Hunter, read by Khristine Hvam (Audible)
• Eleventh Grave in Moonlight, Darynda Jones, read by Lorelei King (Macmillan)
• Nights of the Living Dead, Jonathan Maberry & George A. Romero, eds., read by Stefan Rudnicki, and more (Blackstone)
• Silver Silence, Nalini Singh, read by Angela Dawe (Tantor)
• Finding My Pack, Lane Whitt, read by Cooper North & Aletha George (Tantor)

Young Adult

• Before the Devil Breaks You, Libba Bray, read by January LaVoy (Listening Library)

Middle Grade

• Wedgie & Gizmo, Suzanne Selfors, read by Johnny Heller & Maxwell Glick (HarperAudio)

Short Stories/Collections

• The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic, Leigh Bardugo, read by Lauren Fortgang (Audible)

Thriller/Suspense

• The Breakdown, B.A. Paris, read by Georgia Maguire (Macmillan)