2020 Audie Awards Finalists

Science Fiction

• Hollow Kingdom, Kira Jane Buxton, read by Robert Petkoff (Hachette Audio)
• Emergency Skin, N.K. Jemisin, read by Jason Isaacs (Brilliance)
• Permafrost, Alastair Reynolds, read by Natasha Soudek (Macmillan Audio)
• The Lesson, Cadwell Turnbull, read by Ron Butler & Janina Edwards (Blackstone)
• The Last Astronaut, David Wellington, read by Megan Tusing (Hachette Audio)

Fantasy

• Ninth House, Leigh Bardugo, read by Michael David Axtell & Lauren Fortgang (Macmillan Audio)
• Beasts of the Frozen Sun, Jill Criswell, read by Alana Kerr-Collins & Tim Campbell (Blackstone)
• The Ten Thousand Doors of January, Alix E. Harrow, read by January LaVoy (Hachette Audio)
• Time’s Children, D.B. Jackson, read by Helen Keeley (Dreamscape)
• Black Leopard, Red Wolf, Marlon James, read by Dion Graham (Penguin Random House Audio)

Audiobook of the Year

• The Testaments, Margaret Atwood, read by Ann Dowd, Bryce Dallas Howard, Mae Whitman, Derek Jacobi, Tantoo Cardinal, & Margaret Atwood (Penguin Random House Audio)
• Charlotte’s Web, E.B. White, read by Meryl Streep and a full cast (Penguin Random House Audio)

Audio Drama

• Puss in Boots, Neil Fishman, Harvey Edelman & Khristine Hvam, read by Jim Dale and a full cast (HarperAudio)

Best Female Narrator

• The Ten Thousand Doors of January, Alix E. Harrow, read by January LaVoy (Hachette Audio)
• Nothing to See Here, Kevin Wilson, read by Marin Ireland (HarperAudio)

Best Male Narrator

• Watership Down, Richard Adams, read by Peter Capaldi (Blackstone)
• The Nickel Boys, Colson Whitehead, read by JD Jackson (Penguin Random House Audio)

History/Biography

• American Moonshot, Douglas Brinkley, read by Stephen Graybill (HarperAudio)

Literary Fiction & Classics

• The Night Tiger, Yangsze Choo, read by the author (Macmillan Audio)
• The Water Dancer, Ta-Nehisi Coates, read by Joe Morton (Penguin Random House Audio)
• Mythos, Stephen Fry, read by the author (Chronicle)

Middle Grade

• Charlotte’s Web, E.B. White, read by Meryl Streep and a full cast (Penguin Random House Audio)

Multi-Voiced Performance

• Star Wars: Dooku: Jedi Lost, Cavan Scott, read by a full cast (Penguin Random House Audio)

Short Stories/Collections

• Full Throttle, Joe Hill, read by Zachary Quinto, Wil Wheaton, Kate Mulgrew, Neil Gaiman, Ashleigh Cummings, Joe Hill, Laysla De Oliveira, Nate Corddry, Connor Jessup, Stephen Lang & George Guidall (HarperAudio)
• Kabu Kabu, Nnedi Okorafor, read by Yetide Badaki (Tantor Audio)
• Forward, Veronica Roth, Blake Crouch, N.K. Jemisin, Amor Towles, Paul Tremblay & Andy Weir, read by Evan Rachel Wood, Rosa Salazar, Jason Isaacs, David Harbour, Steven Strait & Janina Gavankar (Brilliance)

Thrillers/Suspense

• The Institute, Stephen King, read by Santino Fontana (Simon & Schuster Audio)

Young Adult

• Lovely War, Julie Berry, read by Jayne Entwistle, Allan Corduner, Julie Berry, and a full cast (Penguin Random House Audio)