The Audie Awards were announced this week. “The Audie Awards recognize distinction in audiobooks and spoken word entertainment and are sponsored by the Audio Publishers Association (APA). 2020 is the 25th year of the annual Audie Awards.”

Here are the winners.

Audio Drama

Tony Kushner, Read by Andrew Garfield, Nathan Lane, Susan Brown, Denise Gough, and a Full Cast

Audiobook of the Year

Garrett M. Graff, Read by Holter Graham and a Full Cast

Autobiography/Memoir

Michelle Obama, Read by Michelle Obama




















Best Female Narrator

Kevin Wilson, Read by Marin Ireland






















Best Male Narrator

Louise Penny, Read by Robert Bathurst






















Personal/Business Development

Kristen Meinzer, Read by Kristen Meinzer






















Faith-Based Fiction & Nonfiction

Jolina Petersheim, Read by Tavia Gilbert






















Fantasy

Alix E. Harrow, Read by January LaVoy






















Fiction

Elizabeth Gilbert, Read by Blair Brown






















History/Biography

Douglas Brinkley, Read by Stephen Graybill






















Humor

Kirsten Kearse, Gretchen Enders, Aparna Nancherla, Cirocco Dunlap, Dave Hill, Read by Nick Offerman, Patrick Stewart, Alia Shawkat, Ellen Page, Jane Lynch, John Waters, Anjelica Huston, Wendell Pierce, Mike Birbiglia, Rachel Dratch, Matt Walsh, Nicole Byer, Harry Goaz, Aisling Bea, Gary Anthony Williams














Literary Fiction & Classics

Ta-Nehisi Coates, Read by Joe Morton






















Middle Grade

E.B. White, Read by Meryl Streep, January LaVoy, Kirby Heyborne, MacLeod Andrews, and a Full Cast


















Multi-Voiced Performance – The Only Plane in the Sky (See above)

Mystery

Søren Sveistrup, Caroline Waight [Trans.], Read by Peter Noble




















Narration by the Author or Authors

Elizabeth Acevedo, Read by Elizabeth Acevedo






















Non-Fiction

Jennifer Berry Hawes, Read by Karen Chilton, Jennifer Berry Hawes [Intro.]




















Original Work

Madhuri Shekar, Read by Nick Choksi, Harsh Nayyar, Annapurna Sriram, Bernard White, Rita Wolf




















Romance

Lisa Kleypas, Read by Mary Jane Wells






















Science Fiction

N.K. Jemisin, Read by Jason Isaacs






















Short Stories/Collections

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


















Thriller/Suspense

Stephen King, Read by Santino Fontana






















Young Adult

Jarrett J. Krosoczka, Read by Jarrett J. Krosoczka, Jeanne Birdsall, Richard Ferrone, Jenna Lamia, and a Full Cast




















Young Listeners

Mo Willems, Read by Mo Willems