Challenge: Best of the Best: Audiobooks

Let's read with our ears! Try one of these Audi award winners or finalists!

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2025: Non-fiction Narrator Winner: Candy Darling by Cynthia Carr, narrated by Justin Vivian Bond (no wait on Hoopla) Fiction Narrator Winner: The Women by Kristin Hannah, narrated by Julia Whelan (no wait on Hoopla) Faith-Based Fiction Winner: The American Queen by Vanessa Miller, narrated by Angel Pean (no wait on Hoopla)
2024: Audiobook of the Year Winner: Bono written and narrated by Bono Fiction Winner: Tom Lake by Ann Patchet, narrated by Merly Streep History/Biography Winner: Goodbye Christopher Robin: A.A. Milne and the Making of Winnie-the-Pooh by Ann Thwaite, narrated by Simon Vance (on Hoopla)
2023 Audiobook of the Year Winner: Finding Me written and narrated by Viola Davis (no wait on Hoopla) Science Fiction Finalist: How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu, full cast narration (no wait on Hoopla) Thriller/Suspense Finalist: The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley, full cast narration (no wait on Hoopla)
2022: Autobiography/Memoir Winner: Somebody's Daughter written and narrated by Ashley C. Ford History/Biography Winner: Clanlands written and narrated by Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish Literary Fiction & Classics Winner: All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot, narrated by Nicholas Ralph (no wait on Hoopla) Thriller & Suspense Winner: Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica, narrated by Brittany Pressley, Jennifer Jill Araya, Gary Tiedemann, and Jesse Vilinsky (no wait on Hoopla)
2021: Faith-Based Fiction & Non-Fiction Winner: Fierce, Free, and Full of Fire written and narrated by Jen Hatmaker Fiction Winner: Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid, narrated by Nicole Lewis Humor Winner: A Very Punchable Face written and narrated by Colin Jost Literary Fiction & Classics Winner The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi, narrated by Yetide Badaki, Chukwudi Iwuji
2020: Audiobook of the Year Winner: The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11 by Garrett M. Graff, full cast recording. History/Biography Winner: American Moonshot by Douglas Brinkley, narrated by Stephen Graybill (no wait on Hoopla) Mystery Winner: The Chestnut Man by Søren Sveistrup, narrated by Peter Noble (no wait on Hoopla) Romance Winner: Devil's Daughter by Lisa Kleypas, narrated by Mary Jane Wells (no wait on Hoopla)

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