The Audio Publishers Association (APA) has announced the finalists for the 2025 Audie Awards, \u201crecognizing distinction in audiobooks and spoken-word entertainment.\u201d Winners were announced at the Audie Awards Gala at The Avalon in Los Angeles on March 4, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For more information check out the Audie Awards website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Here are the finalists for 2025 that are in the TBP collection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Audio Publishers Association (APA) has announced the finalists for the 2025 Audie Awards, \u201crecognizing distinction in audiobooks and spoken-word entertainment.\u201d Winners were announced at the Audie Awards Gala at The Avalon in Los Angeles on March 4, 2025. For … Continue reading Audiobook of the Year<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
MY NAME IS BARBRA by Barbra Streisand and narrated by the author (DB 116687)<\/td><\/tr> PLAYGROUND: A NOVEL by Richard Powers and narrated by Edoardo Ballerini, Robin Siegerman, Eunice Wong, Pun Bandhu, Krys Janae, and Kevin R. Free (DB 124700)<\/td><\/tr> POOR DEER by Claire Oshetsky and narrated by Sophie Amoss (DB 122755)<\/td><\/tr> SING SING FILES: ONE JOURNALIST, SIX INNOCENT MEN, AND A TWENTY-YEAR FIGHT FOR JUSTICE by Dan Slepian and narrated by the author (DB 126173)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n Autobiography\/Memoir<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
IN MY TIME OF DYING: HOW I CAME FACE TO FACE WITH THE IDEA OF AN AFTERLIFE by Sebastian Junger and narrated by the author (DB 123521)<\/td><\/tr> KNIFE: MEDITATIONS AFTER AN ATTEMPTED MURDER by Salman Rushdie and narrated by the author (DB 120670)<\/td><\/tr> MY NAME IS BARBRA by Barbra Streisand and narrated by the author (DB 116687)<\/td><\/tr> THIRD GILMORE GIRL: A MEMOIR by Kelly Bishop and narrated by the author
(DB 124981)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\nBest Fiction Narrator<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Elle Fanning for MARGO\u2019S GOT MONEY TROUBLES by Rufi Thorpe (DB 122178)<\/td><\/tr> Dominic Hoffman for JAMES by Percival Everett (DB 120063)<\/td><\/tr> Saskia Maarleveld for BRIAR CLUB by Kate Quinn (DB 122866)<\/td><\/tr> Julia Whelan for WOMEN by Kristin Hannah (DB 118896)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n Best Nonfiction Narrator<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Peter Noble for WIDE WIDE SEA: IMPERIAL AMBITION, FIRST CONTACT AND THE FATEFUL FINAL VOYAGE OF CAPTAIN JAMES COOK by Hampton Sides (DB 120831)<\/td><\/tr> Malcolm Gladwell for REVENGE OF THE TIPPING POINT: OVERSTORIES, SUPERSPREADERS, AND THE RISE OF SOCIAL ENGINEERING by Malcolm Gladwell (DB 124574)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n Business\/Personal Development<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
AND THEN WE RISE: A GUIDE TO LOVING AND TAKING CARE OF SELF by Common and narrated by the author (DB 118989)<\/td><\/tr> FLUKE: CHANCE, CHAOS, AND WHY EVERYTHING WE DO MATTERS by Brian Klaas and narrated by the author (DB 120430)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n Espa\u00f1ol – Spanish Language<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
ISLA OCULTA por Abraham Jim\u00e9nez Enoa narrated by Ernesto Rumbaut and Javier Lacroix (DB 121746)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n Faith-Based Fiction or Nonfiction<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
AMERICAN QUEEN by Vanessa Miller and narrated by Angel Pean
(DB 125706 IN PROCESS)<\/td><\/tr>DO THE NEW YOU by Steven Furtick and narrated by the author (DB 120437)<\/td><\/tr> MOSTLY WHAT GOD DOES: REFLECTIONS ON SEEKING AND FINDING HIS LOVE EVERYWHERE by Savannah Guthrie and narrated by the author (DB 120654)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n Fantasy<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
BLACK SHIELD MAIDEN by Willow Smith and Jess Hendel and narrated by Willow Smith (DB 126966 IN PROCESS)<\/td><\/tr> BRIGHT SWORD: A NOVEL OF KING ARTHUR by Lev Grossman and narrated by the author and Nicholas Guy Smith (DB 122990)<\/td><\/tr> GODDESS OF THE RIVER by Vaishnavi Patel and narrated by Sneha Mathan
(DB 125631)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\nFiction<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
MINISTRY OF TIME by Kaliane Bradley and narrated by George Weightman and Katie Leung (DB 121556)<\/td><\/tr> WOMEN by Kristin Hannah and narrated by Julia Whelan (DB 118896)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n History\/Biography<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
CHALLENGER: A TRUE STORY OF HEROISM AND DISASTER ON THE EDGE OF SPACE by Adam Higginbotham and narrated by Jacques Roy (DB 122096)<\/td><\/tr> CODENAME NEMO: THE HUNT FOR A NAZI U-BOAT AND THE ELUSIVE ENIGMA MACHINE by Charles Lachman and narrated by Qarie Marshall (DB 123531)<\/td><\/tr> DEMON OF UNREST: A SAGA OF HUBRIS, HEARTBREAK, AND HEROISM AT THE DAWN OF THE CIVIL WAR by Erik Larson and narrated by the author and Will Patton (DB 120675)<\/td><\/tr> LOVES OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT: THE WOMEN WHO CREATED A PRESIDENT by Edward F. O’Keefe and narrated by the author (DB 123403)<\/td><\/tr> SHOWMAN: INSIDE THE INVASION THAT SHOOK THE WORLD AND MADE A LEADER OF VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY by Simon Shuster and narrated by Daniel Gamburg (DB 119252)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n Humor<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
GLORY DAYS: STORIES by Simon Rich and narrated by John Mulaney (DB 124328)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n Judges Category- Horror<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
ANGEL OF INDIAN LAKE by Stephen Graham Jones and narrated by the author and Isabella Star LaBlanc, Barbara Crampton, Angela Goethals, Andrew J. Robinson, with Stephen King (DB 120300)<\/td><\/tr> I WAS A TEENAGE SLASHER by Stephen Graham Jones narrated by the author and Michael Crouch (DB 123048)<\/td><\/tr> SWARM by Jennifer D. Lyle and narrated by Krystal Hammond (DB 117572)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n Literary Fiction and Classics<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
JAMES by Percival Everett and narrated by Dominic Hoffman (DB 120063)<\/td><\/tr> MIGHTY RED by Louise Erdrich and narrated by Marin Ireland (DB 124843)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n Multi-Voiced Performance<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
BUTCHER: FATHER OF MODERN GYNO-PSYCHIATRY by Joyce Carol Oates and narrated by Amy Shiels, Edoardo Ballerini, Cassandra Campbell, Robert Fass, Tavia Gilbert, Jeremy Carlisle Parker, Danny Campbell, and Max Meyers (DB 121699)<\/td><\/tr> FROM HERE TO THE GREAT UNKNOWN: A MEMOIR by Lisa Marie Presley and Riley Keough and narrated by Julia Roberts and Riley Keough (DB 124764)<\/td><\/tr> WHEN THE SEA CAME ALIVE: AN ORAL HISTORY OF D-DAY by Garrett M. Graff and narrated by Edoardo Ballerini, Garrett M. Graff, Arthur Bishop, Nicholas Boulton, Holter Graham, Imogen Church, Raphael Corkhill, Kevin R. Free, Billie Fulford-Brown, Gary Furlong, Adam Grupper, Graham Halstead, Simon Jones, Elizabeth Lagel\u00e9e, James Langton, Matthew Lloyd Davies, Saskia Maarleveld, Ron May, Leon Nixon, Jacques Roy, Rob Shapiro, and Eunice Wong (DB 122991)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n Mystery<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
LISTEN FOR THE LIE by Amy Tintera and narrated by Will Damron and January LaVoy (DB 119654)<\/td><\/tr> MIDNIGHT FEAST by Lucy Foley and narrated by Joe Eyre, Sarah Slimani, Roly Botha, Laurence Dobiesz, and Tuppence Middleton (DB 122574)<\/td><\/tr> STILL SEE YOU EVERYWHERE by Lisa Gardner and narrated by Hillary Huber
(DB 119891)<\/td><\/tr>THIS IS WHY WE LIED by Karin Slaughter and narrated by Kathleen Early (DB 124323)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n Narration by Author<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
BITS AND PIECES: MY MOTHER, MY BROTHER, AND ME written and narrated by Whoopi Goldberg (DB 121637)<\/td><\/tr> KNIFE: MEDITATIONS AFTER AN ATTEMPTED MURDER written and narrated by Salman Rushdie (DB 120670)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n Nonfiction<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
SITUATION ROOM: THE INSIDE STORY OF PRESIDENTS IN CRISIS by George Stephanopoulos with Lisa Dickey and narrated by George Stephanopoulos, Peter Ganim, and Elisabeth Rodgers (DB 121216)<\/td><\/tr> WHEN WOMEN RAN FIFTH AVENUE: GLAMOUR AND POWER AT THE DAWN OF AMERICAN FASHION by Julie Satow and narrated by Karen Murray (DB 122466)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n Romance<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
LOVE YOU A LATKE by Amanda Elliot and narrated by Kelli Tager (DB 124977)<\/td><\/tr> ROM-COMMERS by Katherine Center and narrated by Patti Murin (DB 122047)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n Science Fiction<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
BOOK OF DOORS: A NOVEL by Gareth Brown and narrated by Miranda Raison
(DB 119678)<\/td><\/tr>LAKE OF SOULS: THE COLLECTED SHORT FICTION by Ann Leckie and narrated by Adjoa Andoh (DB 120243)<\/td><\/tr> MAL GOES TO WAR by Edward Ashton and narrated by John Pirhalla and Katharine Chin (DB 121330)<\/td><\/tr> SYSTEM COLLAPSE by Martha Wells and narrated by Kevin R. Free (DB 117861)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n Thriller\/Suspense<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
FIRST LIE WINS by Ashley Elston and narrated by Saskia Maarleveld (DB 118733)<\/td><\/tr> FOREST OF LOST SOULS by Dean R. Koontz and narrated by January LaVoy
(DB 125187 IN PROCESS)<\/td><\/tr>LONE WOLF by Gregg Hurwitz and narrated by Scott Brick (DB 119099)<\/td><\/tr> RETURN OF ELLIE BLACK by Emiko Jean and narrated by Mizuo Peck, Tessa Albertson, Nicole Lewis, Rebecca Lowman, Joy Osmanski, Angel Pean, Shaun Taylor-Corbett, Erin Ruth Walker, and CJ Wilson (DB 121780)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n Young Adult<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
HEIR by Sabaa Tahir and narrated by Vidish Athavale, Esme Lonsdale, Joe Pitts, Marco Young, and Rachel Petladwala (DB 124830)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"