2019 Audie Awards Finalists

Science Fiction

• The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: Hexagonal Phase, Eoin Colfer & Douglas Adams, read by John Lloyd, Simon Jones, Geoff McGivern, and a full cast (Penguin Random House UK Audio)
• Planetside, Michael Mammay, read by R.C. Bray (HarperAudio)
• Black Star Renegades, Michael Moreci, read by Dan Bittner (Macmillan Audio)
• Head On, John Scalzi, read by Wil Wheaton (Audible)
• Artemis, Andy Weir, read by Rosario Dawson (Audible)

Fantasy

• European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman, Theodora Goss, read by Kate Reading (Simon & Schuster Audio)
• Second Hand Curses, Drew Hayes, read by Scott Aiello, Marc Vietor & Tavia Gilbert (Audible)
• Kill the Farm Boy, Kevin Hearne & Delilah S. Dawson, read by Luke Daniels (Penguin Random House Audio)
• Jade City, Fonda Lee, read by Andrew Kishino (Hachette Audio)
• Spinning Silver, Naomi Novik, read by Lisa Flanagan (Penguin Random House Audio)

Audiobook of the Year

• Children of Blood and Bone, Tomi Adeyemi, read by Bahni Turpin (Macmillan Audio)

Audio Drama

• Alien: Sea of Sorrows, James A. Moore & Dirk Maggs, read by John Chancer, Stockard Channing, Tony Gardner, Lorelei King, Laurel Lefkow & a full cast (Audible)
• Steal the Stars, Mac Rogers, read by a full cast (Macmillan Audio)
• The Martian Invasion of Earth, H.G. Wells & Nicholas Briggs, read by Richard Armitage & Lucy Briggs-Owen (Big Finish)

Best Female Narrator

• The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock, Imogen Hermes Gowar, read by Juliet Stevenson (HarperAudio)

Best Male Narrator

• Pet Sematary, Stephen King, read by Michael C. Hall (Simon & Schuster Audio)
• Watchers, Dean Koontz, read by Edoardo Ballerini (Brilliance)

Faith-Based Fiction & Non-Fiction

• The Rogue, Lee W. Brainard, read by Therese Plummer (Podium)

Fiction

• An Absolutely Remarkable Thing, Hank Green, read by Kristen Sieh & Hank Green (Penguin Random House Audio)
• Life of Pi, Yann Martel, read by Vikas Adam (Audible)

Humor

• Noir, Christopher Moore, read by Johnny Heller (HarperAudio)

Literary Fiction & Classics

• Split Tooth, Tanya Tagaq, read by the author (Penguin Random House Canada)

Middle Grade

• Louisiana’s Way Home, Kate DiCamillo, read by Cassandra Morris (Penguin Random House Audio)
• The Secret of Nightingale Wood, Lucy Strange, read by the author (Scholastic Audio)

Multi-Voiced Performance

• Hans Christian Andersen’s Fairy Tales, Hans Christian Andersen, read by F. Murray Abraham and an ensemble cast (Listening Library)

Narration by the Author or Authors

• The Poet X, Elizabeth Acevedo, read by the author (HarperAudio)
• The Secret of Nightingale Wood, Lucy Strange, read by the author (Scholastic Audio)

Original Work

• Loki Ragnarok, Mark Binder, read by the author (Light)
• Spin, Harvey Edelman, Neil Fishman & David B. Coe, read by Jim Dale, Barrett Leddy, Lisa Livesay, Nicola Barber, Khristine Hvam, Nick Sullivan, John Brady & Johnny Heller (HarperAudio)
• Magus Elgar, Kennedy Phillips, read by Ricardo Cabral, William Violenus, Christopher Moore, and a full cast (Kennedy Phillips, MelodyGun)

Romance

• Shadow and Ice, Gena Showalter, read by Melissa Moran & Leo Barnabas (HarperAudio)

Thrillers/Suspense

• The Outsider, Stephen King, read by Will Patton (Simon & Schuster Audio)

Young Adult

• The Poet X, Elizabeth Acevedo, read by the author (HarperAudio)
• Children of Blood and Bone, Tomi Adeyemi, read by Bahni Turpin (Macmillan Audio)
• The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy, Mackenzi Lee, read by Moira Quirk (HarperAudio)

Young Listeners

• Esquivel!: Space-Age Sound Artist, Susan Wood, read by Brian Amador (Live Oak)