2023 Listening Books Members’ Choice Award

Listening Books has announced the thriller novel Bleeding Heart Yard by Elly Griffiths (Mariner) as the winner of its Members’ Choice Award. The winning title was chosen by members of Listening Books, all of whom are “UK residents who have a disability or illness that impacts their ability to read the printed word.”

Several of the finalists were titles of genre interest, including:

  • Bleeding Heart Yard, Elly Griffiths (Mariner; Quercus
  • The Curator, Owen King (Scribner; Hodder & Stoughton)
  • Demon Copperhead, Barbara Kingsolver (Harper; Faber & Faber)
  • Babel, R.F. Kuang (Harper)
  • Illuminations, Alan Moore (Bloomsbury)
  • The Golden Mole, Katherine Rundell (Faber & Faber)
  • A Bad God’s Guide to Taking the Blame, Louie Stowell (Walker; Nudged)
  • Spaceboy, David Walliams (Harper)
  • Charm, Tracy Wolff (Entangled; Crave)
  • The Lies We Tell, Katie Zhao (Bloomsbury)

For the full list of winners, see the award website.





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