2025 Audie Awards Finalists

Science Fiction

• Mal Goes to War, Edward Ashton, narrated by Katharine Chin & John Pirhalla (Macmillan Audio)
• The Book of Doors, Gareth Brown, narrated by Miranda Raison (HarperAudio)
• Frontier, Grace Curtis, narrated by Aven Shore (Tantor Audio)
• Lake of Souls, Ann Leckie, narrated by Adjoa Andoh (Hachette Audio)
• System Collapse, Martha Wells, narrated by Kevin R. Free (Recorded Books)

Fantasy

• Bookshops & Bonedust, written and narrated by Travis Baldree (Macmillan Audio)
• The Bright Sword, Lev Grossman, narrated by Lev Grossman & Nicholas Guy Smith (Penguin Random House Audio)
• Goddess of the River, Vaishnavi Patel, narrated by Sneha Mathan (Hachette Audio)
• Black Shield Maiden, Willow Smith & Jess Hendel, narrated by Willow Smith (Penguin Random House Audio)
• Someone You Can Build a Nest In, John Wiswell, narrated by Carmen Rose (Tantor Audio)

Horror

• The Angel of Indian Lake, Stephen Graham Jones, narrated by Barbara Crampton, Angela Goethals, Stephen Graham Jones, Andrew J. Robinson, & Isabella Star LaBlanc, with Stephen King (Simon & Schuster Audio)
• I Was a Teenage Slasher, Stephen Graham Jones, narrated by Michael Crouch & Stephen Graham Jones (Simon & Schuster Audio)
• Swarm, Jennifer D. Lyle, narrated by Krystal Hammond (Blackstone)
• A Darker Shade of Noir: New Stories of Body Horror by Women Writers, edited by Joyce Carol Oates, narrated by by Bianca Amato, Lynette R. Freeman, Eva Kaminsky, & Nancy Wu (Recorded Books)
• Bury Your Gays, Chuck Tingle, narrated by André Santana, with special guest appearances by Charlie Jane Anders, Georgia Bird, Sarah Gailey, Stephen Graham Jones, Liz Keri, T. Kingfisher, TJ Klune, CJ Leeds, Mark Oshiro, & Mara Wilson (Macmillan Audio)

Audiobook of the Year

• George Orwell’s 1984, George Orwell (adapted by Joe White), performed by by Cynthia Erivo, Natasia Demetriou, Andrew Garfield, Tom Hardy, Chukwudi Iwuji, Alex Lawther, Katie Leung, Alex Lawther, Francesca Mills, Romesh Ranganathan, & Andrew Scott (Audible Originals)
• Poor Deer, Claire Oshetsky, narrated by Sophie Amoss (HarperAudio)
• Playground, Richard Powers, narrated by Edoardo Ballerini, Pun Bandhu, Kevin R Free, Krys Janae, Robin Siegerman, & Eunice Wong (Spotify Audiobooks)

Fiction

• The Ministry of Time, Kaliane Bradley, narrated by Katie Leung & George Weightman & (Simon & Schuster Audio)

Narration by the Author(s)

• Bookshops & Bonedust, written and narrated by Travis Baldree (Macmillan Audio)
• The 23rd Hero, written and narrated by Rebecca Anne Nguyen (Castle Bridge)
• Knife, written and narrated by Salman Rushdie (Penguin Random House Audio)

Best Fiction Narrator

• Dominic Hoffman for James by Percival Everett (Penguin Random House Audio)

Multi-Voiced Performance

• Five Broken Blades, Mai Corland, narrated by Donald Chang, Greg Chun, Zion Jang, Sophie Oda, Jaine Ye, & Roger Yeh (Recorded Books)
• Snake Oil, Kelsey Rae Dimberg, narrated by Andi Arndt, Renata Friedman, & Kristen Sieh, (HarperAudio)
• Butcher, Joyce Carol Oates, narrated by Edoardo Ballerini, Cassandra Campbell, Danny Campbell, Robert Fass, Tavia Gilbert, Max Meyers, Jeremy Carlisle Parker, & Amy Shiels (Penguin Random House Audio)

Audio Drama

• George Orwell’s 1984, George Orwell (adapted by Joe White), performed by by Cynthia Erivo, Natasia Demetriou, Andrew Garfield, Tom Hardy, Chukwudi Iwuji, Alex Lawther, Katie Leung, Alex Lawther, Francesca Mills, Romesh Ranganathan, & Andrew Scott (Audible Originals)

Original Work

• Hellboy and the BPRD: The Goddess of Manhattan, Christopher Golden and Thomas E. Sniegoski, narrated by Nora Achrati, Tim Carlin, Steven Carpenter, Amanda Forstrom, Michael John Casey, Lydia Kraniotis, Scott McCormick, Rob McFadyen, Eric Messner, Marni Penning, Ken Yatta Rogers, & others (GraphicAudio)
• Earthlight, J. Michael Straczynski, narrated by Erik Braa, Pete Bradbury, Jonathan Davis, William DeMeritt, Robert Fass, Jeff Gurner, Ryan Haugen, David Lee Huynh, Mars Lipowski, Saskia Maarleveld, Kathleen McInerney, Brandon McInnis, Sean Kenin Elias Reyes, Stefan Rudnicki, Salli Saffioti, Kristen Sieh, Christopher Smith, Marc Thompson, and Will Watt (Penguin Random House Audio)

Short Stories

• What If We Get It Right?: Visions of Climate Futures, written and narrated by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson (Penguin Random House Audio)
• You Like It Darker: Stories, Stephen King, narrated by Will Patton with Stephen King (Simon & Schuster Audio)
• Letters from Klara, Tove Jansson, narrated by Indira Varma, translated by Thomas Teal (Saga Egmont)

Humor

• Erasure, Percival Everett, narrated by Sean Crisden (Tantor Audio)

Autobiography/Memoir

• Knife, written and narrated by Salman Rushdie (Penguin Random House Audio)

Literary/Classics

• James, Percival Everett, narrated by Dominic Hoffman (Penguin Random House Audio)
• Devil Is Fine, John Vercher, narrated by Dion Graham (Macmillan Audio)

Thriller/Suspense

• The Forest of Lost Souls, Dean Koontz, narrated by January LaVoy (Brilliance)

Young Listeners

• Millie Fleur’s Poison Garden, Christy Mandin, narrated by Elizabeth Knowelden (Scholastic Audio)

Childrens

• Skandar and the Chaos Trials, A.F. Steadman, narrated by David Dawson (Simon & Schuster Audio)

Young Adult

• Heir, Sabaa Tahir, narrated by Vidish Athavale, Esme Lonsdale, Rachel Petladwala, Joe Pitts, & Marco Young
• Gamer Girls: Out of Control, Andrea Towers, narrated by Jensen Olaya (Simon & Schuster Audio)

UK

• Northern Lights, Philip Pullman, narrated by Ruth Wilson (Penguin Random House Audio UK)
• Astrochimp, David Williams, narrated by Eric Meyers, Joanna Ruiz, Aaron Vodovoz, David Walliams, and Rebecca Yeo (HarperCollins UK)

Spanish-Language

• La canción de Aquiles (The Song of Achilles), Madeline Miller, narrated by Pedro M. Sánchez (BookaVivo)

Winners will be announced at the Audie Awards Gala on March 4, 2025 in New York. Finalists are selected by the following process:

Publishers and rights holders enter titles in various categories for recognition of achievement. Finalists are selected, and from that group of finalists one winner is awarded.

For more information, including the complete shortlist, see the Audie Awards website.