2018 Audie Award Winners Announced

The Audio Publishers Association (APA) announced the winners of the 2018 Audie Awards at its 23rd Annual Audies Gala on May 31, the most prestigious awards in the United States honoring audiobooks.

Authors, narrators, and publishers gathered at the New York Historical Society in New York City to hear the list of winners. The Audiobook of the Year recognizes the work that, through quality, innovation, marketing, and sales, has had the most significant impact on the industry. This year’s prize went to Lincoln in the Bardo, written by George Saunders and voiced by a cast of over 160 actors.

Here is the list of Audie winners for 2018:

Audiobook of the Year: Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders, read by Nick Offerman, David Sedaris, George Saunders, and a full cast (Random House Audio)

Audio Drama: Brother Francis: The Barefoot Saint of Assisi by Paul McCusker, read by over 30 actors including Joseph Timms, Owen Teale, and Geoffrey Palmer (Augustine Institute)

Autobiography/Memoir: Born to Run, written and read by Bruce Springsteen (Simon & Schuster Audio)

Best Female Narrator: The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas, read by Bahni Turpin (HarperAudio)

Best Male Narrator: Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood, written and read by Trevor Noah (Audible Studios)

Business/Personal Development: Peak Performance by Brad Stullberg and Steve Magness, read by Christopher Lane (Brilliance Publishing)

Erotica: Claim & Protect by Rhenna Morgan, read by John Lane (Harlequin Audio)

Excellence in Design: In Death Limited Collector’s Edition by J.D. Robb, design by Carissa Dreese (Brilliance Publishing)

Excellence in Marketing: Transform Your Commute Campaign (Penguin Random House Audio)

Excellence in Production: Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle and Stephen Fry, read by Stephen Fry (Audible Studios)

Fantasy: The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter by Theodora Goss, read by Kate Reading (Simon & Schuster Audio)

Fiction: Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman, read by Cathleen McCarron (Penguin Audio)

History/Biography: Loving Vs. Virginia by Patricia Hruby Powell, read by Adenrele Ojo and MacLeod Andrews (Dreamscape Media)

Humor: Carpet Diem: Or...How to Save the World by Accident by Justin Lee Anderson, read by Matthew Lloyd Davies (Tantor Audio, a division of Recorded Books)

Inspirational/Faith-Based Fiction: Catching the Wind by Melanie Dobson, read by Nancy Peterson (Two Words Publishing | Tyndale House – Print publisher)

Inspirational/Faith-Based Nonfiction: Fire Road: The Napalm Girl’s Journey through the Horrors of War to Faith, Forgiveness, and Peace by Kim Phuc Phan Thi, read by Emily Woo Zeller (HighBridge Audio, a division of Recorded Books)

Literary Fiction and Classics: House of Names by Colm Toibin, read by Juliet Stevenson, et al. (Simon & Schuster Audio)

Middle Grade: See You in the Cosmos by Jack Cheng, read by Kivlighan de Montebello, Brittany Pressley, Michael Crouch, and a full cast (Listening Library)

Multi-Voices Performance: Restart by Gordon Korman, read by Jonathan Todd Ross, Laura Knight Keating, Ramon de Ocampo, Andy Paris, Suzy Jackson, Graham Halstead, and John Kroft (Recorded Books)

Mystery: The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye by David Lagercrantz, read by Simon Vance (Random House Audio)

Narration by the Author: Norse Mythology, written and read by Neil Gaiman (HarperAudio)

Nonfiction: American Wolf: A True Story of Survival and Obsession in the West by Nate Blakeslee, read by Mark Bramhall (Random House Audio)

Original Work: Romeo and Juliet: A Novel by David Hewson, read by Richard Armitage (Audible Studios)

Paranormal: Curse on the Land: Soulwood, Book 2 by Faith Hunter, read by Khristine Hvam (Audible Studios)

Romance: The Duchess Deal, by Tessa Dare, read by Mary Jane Wells (HarperAudio)

Science Fiction: Provenance, by Ann Leckie, read by Adjoa Andoh (Hachette Audio)

Short Stories/Collections: The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magi, by Leigh Bardugo, read by Lauren Fortgang (Audible Studios)

Thriller/Suspense: The Fourth Monkey by J.D. Barker, read by Edoardo Ballerini and Graham Winton (Recorded Books)

Young Adult: The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas, read by Bahni Turpin (HarperAudio)

Young Listeners: Trombone Shorty by Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews and Charles R. Smith, Jr., read by Dion Graham (Live Oak Media)