Audie Awards Winners
The Audio Publishers Association announced the 2018 Audie Awards winners, recognizing excellence in audiobooks and spoken word entertainment, at the Audies Gala on May 31, 2018 at the New York Historical Society in New York.
Winners of genre interest include:
Literary Fiction & Classics
- WINNER: House of Names, Colm Tóibín, read by Juliet Stevenson, et al. (Simon & Schuster)
- 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)
Science Fiction
- WINNER: Provenance, Ann Leckie, read by Adjoa Andoh (Hachette)
- 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)
- New York 2140, Kim Stanley Robinson, read by Suzanne Toren, and more (Hachette)
Fantasy
- WINNER: The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter, Theodora Goss, read by Kate Reading (Simon & Schuster)
- Snake Eyes, John Conroe, read by James Patrick Cronin (Audible)
- 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
- WINNER: 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)
Short Stories/Collections
- WINNER: The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic, Leigh Bardugo, read by Lauren Fortgang (Audible)
Humor
- WINNER: Carpet Diem: Or…How to Save the World By Accident, Justin Lee Anderson, read by Matthew Lloyd Davies (Tantor)
Narration by the Author or Authors
- WINNER: Norse Mythology, Neil Gaiman, read by Neil Gaiman (HarperAudio)
For the full list of Audie Awards winners and nominees see the official website.
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