
A Audio Publishers Association divulgou a lista de finalistas para o Audie Awards, considerado o "Oscar" dos audiolivros nos EUA. Em 2025, o programa comemora seu aniversário de 30 anos. Os vencedores das 28 categorias da competição serão nomeados em 4 de março em um evento na cidade de Nova York que terá autora e atriz Amy Sedaris, indicada para um Audie em 2008, como apresentadora da cerimônia.
Sean McManus, presidente da Audio Publishers Association e da Dreamscape Media, vencedora do Audie Awards no passado, disse: “Ao comemorarmos o 30º aniversário do Audie Awards, estamos refletindo sobre três décadas de homenagens ao incrível talento e à inovação no setor de audiolivros. Também estamos entusiasmados por ter Amy Sedaris como nossa anfitriã. Sua inteligência, seu charme e seu inconfundível senso de humor darão um brilho único à noite. É uma combinação perfeita para um evento que celebra a arte da voz e da performance, e mal podemos esperar para que todos se juntem a nós nesta celebração especial.”
De acordo com Porter Anderson, do Publishing Perspectives, uma das maneiras pelas quais os Audies são semelhantes a outros programas de prêmios de livros e editoras é que eles têm o potencial de contribuir para as percepções do setor sobre como seus reconhecimentos movimentam as vendas de audiolivros. Segundo ele, seria útil saber o quanto essas honrarias para tantos trabalhos excelentes em audiolivros realmente podem significar no mercado.
Ele exemplifica que, no Reino Unido, o setor de livros se beneficiou quando a Booker Prize Foundation, o Baillie Gifford Prize e o British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding passaram a compartilhar informações sobre os efeitos que seus prêmios têm sobre as vendas. No site da associação é possível ver todos os finalistas das 28 categorias.
Confira alguns destaques dos finalistas:
Audiolivro do ano
- George Orwell’s 1984
By George Orwell, adapted by Joe White
Performed by Andrew Garfield, Cynthia Erivo, Andrew Scott, Tom Hardy, Chukwudi Iwuji, Romesh Ranganathan, Natasia Demetriou, Francesca Mills, Alex Lawther, and Katie Leung
Published by Audible Originals - My Name Is Barbra
Written and read by Barbra Streisand
Published by Penguin Random House Audio - Playground: A Novel
By Richard Powers
Read by Edoardo Ballerini, Robin Siegerman, Eunice Wong, Pun Bandhu, Krys Janae, and Kevin R Free
Published by Spotify Audiobooks - Poor Deer
By Claire Oshetsky
Read by Sophie Amoss
Published by HarperAudio - The Sing Sing Files
Written and read by Dan Slepian
Published by Macmillan Audio
Audio Drama
- Brokedown Prophets
By S.A. Cosby, Kevin Hart, Charlamagne Tha God, and SBH Productions
Performed by Jonathan Majors, Brian Tyree Henry, Dasha Polanco, Jeremy Jordan and a full cast
Published by Audible Originals and SBH Productions - The Coldest Case: The Past Has a Long Memory
By James Patterson, Aaron Tracy, and Ryan Silbert
Performed by Aaron Paul, Krysten Ritter, Beau Bridges, Greta Lee, Kevin Pollak, Jordan Bridges, Terrence Terrell, Patton Oswalt, and a full cast
Published by Audible Originals - George Orwell’s 1984
By George Orwell, adapted by Joe White
Performed by Andrew Garfield, Cynthia Erivo, Andrew Scott, Tom Hardy, Chukwudi Iwuji, Romesh Ranganathan, Natasia Demetriou, Francesca Mills, Alex Lawther, and Katie Leung
Published by Audible Originals - Journey’s End
By R.C. Sherriff
Performed by James Callis, Josh Cole, Jack Cutmore-Scott, Tobias Echeverria, Adam Godley, Ian Ogilvy, Darren Richardson, Simon Templeman, and Matthew Wolf
Published by L.A. Theatre Works - Wild with Happy
By Colman Domingo
Performed by Colman Domingo, Alex Newell, Sharon Washington, Tyler James Williams, and Oprah Winfrey
Published by Audible Originals
Autobiografia / Memoir
- Farewell Yellow Brick Road
By Elton John, foreword by David Furnish
Read by Richard Armitage, Vikas Adam, Daniel Henning, Ray Porter, Jesse Einstein, Fred Berman, Edoardo Ballerini, Mark Boyett, Kevin T. Collins, Peter Ganim, Mike Cooper, John Lee, and Oliver Wyman
Published by Audible Studios - In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife
Written and read by Sebastian Junger
Published by Simon & Schuster Audio - Knife
Written and read by Salman Rushdie
Published by Penguin Random House Audio - My Name Is Barbra
Written and read by Barbra Streisand
Published by Penguin Random House Audio - The Third Gilmore Girl: A Memoir
Written and read by Kelly Bishop
Published by Simon & Schuster Audio
Melhor narrador ficção (Leitor)
- Elle Fanning for Margo’s Got Money Trouble
By Rufi Thorpe
Published by HarperAudio - Stephen Fry for Great Expectations
By Charles Dickens
Published by SNR Audio Ltd. - Dominic Hoffman for James
By Percival Everett
Published by Penguin Random House Audio - Saskia Maarleveld for The Briar Club
By Kate Quinn
Published by HarperAudio - Julia Whelan for The Women
By Kristin Hannah
Published by Macmillan Audio
Melhor narrador de não ficção (Leitor)
- Justin Vivian Bond for Candy Darling
By Cynthia Carr
Published by Macmillan Audio - Peter Noble for The Wide Wide Sea
By Hampton Sides
Published by Penguin Random House Audio - Malcolm Gladwell for Revenge of the Tipping Point
By Malcolm Gladwell
Published by Hachette Audio and Pushkin Industries - Andia Winslow for Coming Home
By Brittney Griner and Michelle Burford
Published by Penguin Random House Audio
Negócios / Desenvolvimento pessoal
- And Then We Rise
Written and read by Common
Published by HarperAudio - Come Together
Written and read by Emily Nagoski, PhD
Published by Penguin Random House Audio - Fluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters
Written and read by Brian Klaas
Published by Simon & Schuster Audio - Humans Who Teach: A Guide for Centering Love, Justice, and Liberation in Schools
Written and read by Shamari Reid
Published by Heinemann - Women Money Power: The Rise and Fall of Economic Equality
Written and read by Josie Cox
Published by Recorded Books, Inc., a division of RBmedia
Erótico
- The Beta
By Avanne Michaels
Read by Blanca Frappier, Sean Crisden, and Jack Hill
Published by Black Dog Publishing - Faking with Benefits
By Lily Gold
Read by Faye Adele, Shane East, Will Watt, and John York
Published by Lyric Audiobooks - The Heartbreaker
By Marni Mann
Read by Savannah Peachwood, Connor Crais
Published by Dreamscape Media LLC - Hurt for Me
By Heather Levy
Read by Ava Lucas
Published by Brilliance Publishing - Once You’re Mine
By Morgan Bridges
Read by Amelia Hugh and Walker Williams
Published by Podium Audio
Espanhol
- La canción de Aquiles
By Madeline Miller
Read by Pedro M. Sánchez
Published by BookaVivo, a division of RBmedia - Hija legítima
By Aida Rodriguez
Read by Kianny Antigua
Published by HarperAudio - La isla oculta
By Abraham Jiménez Enoa; Prologue by Jon Lee Anderson
Read by Ernesto Rumbaut and Javier Lacroix
Published by Penguin Random House Audio - Medea Me Cantó un Corrido
By Dahlia de la Cerda
Read by Irene Azuela, Maya Zapata, Astrid Mariel Romo, Gabriela Guraieb, Julio Dublán, and Sara Vivanco
Published by Editorial Audiolibre - A veces despierto temblando
By Ximena Santaolalla
Read by Jaime Colón
Published by Editorial Planeta
Ficção e não ficção religiosa
- The American Queen
By Vanessa Miller
Read by Angel Pean
Published by HarperAudio - Do the New You
Written and read by Steven Furtick
Published by Hachette Audio - Intercessor
By John Robert Still
Read by Jonathan Beville
Published by Covenant Books - Life-Minded
By Brady Boyd
Read by Chris Abell
Published by Our Daily Bread Publishing - Mostly What God Does
Written and read by Savannah Guthrie
Published by HarperAudio
Fantasia
- Black Shield Maiden
By Willow Smith and Jess Hendel
Read by Willow Smith
Published by Penguin Random House Audio - Bookshops & Bonedust
Written and read by Travis Baldree
Published by Macmillan Audio - The Bright Sword
By Lev Grossman
Read by Nicholas Guy Smith and Lev Grossman
Published by Penguin Random House Audio - Goddess of the River
By Vaishnavi Patel
Read by Sneha Mathan
Published by Hachette Audio - Someone You Can Build a Nest In
By John Wiswell
Read by Carmen Rose
Published by Tantor Audio, a division of RBMedia
Ficção
- The Evolution of Annabel Craig
By Lisa Grunwald
Read by Erin Bennett
Published by Penguin Random House Audio - Hamlet’s Children
By Richard Kluger
Read by Paul Woodson
Published by Tantor Audio, a division of RBMedia - The Ministry of Time: A Novel
By Kaliane Bradley
Read by George Weightman and Katie Leung
Published by Simon & Schuster Audio - Rednecks
By Taylor Brown
Read by Ramiz Monsef
Published by Recorded Books, Inc., a division of RBmedia - The Women
By Kristin Hannah
Read by Julia Whelan
Published by Macmillan Audio
História / Biografia
- Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
By Adam Higginbotham
Read by Jacques Roy
Published by Simon & Schuster Audio - Codename Nemo
By Charles Lachman
Read by Qarie Marshall
Published by Dreamscape Media LLC - The Demon of Unrest
By Erik Larson
Read by Will Patton and Erik Larson
Published by Penguin Random House Audio - The Loves of Theodore Roosevelt: The Women Who Created the President
Written and narrated by Edward F. O’Keefe
Published by Simon & Schuster Audio - The Showman
By Simon Shuster
Read by Daniel Gamburg
Published by HarperAudio
Humor
- Erasure: A Novel
By Percival Everett
Read by Sean Crisden
Published by Tantor Audio, a division of RBMedia - Glory Days
By Simon Rich
Read by John Mulaney
Published by Hachette Audio - Joyful Recollections of Trauma
Written and Read by Paul Scheer
Published by HarperAudio - The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science
By Kate McKinnon
Read by Kate McKinnon and Emily Lynne
Published by Hachette Audio - Wilder Widows Walk on the Wilder Side
By Katherine Hastings
Read by Pamela Dillman
Published by Flyte Publishing
Horror (categoria de juízes)
- The Angel of Indian Lake
By Stephen Graham Jones
Read by Isabella Star LaBlanc, Barbara Crampton, Angela Goethals, Andrew J. Robinson, and Stephen Graham Jones with Stephen King
Published by Simon & Schuster Audio - Bury Your Gays
By Chuck Tingle
Read by André Santana with special guest appearances by Mara Wilson, CJ Leeds, T. Kingfisher, TJ Klune, Mark Oshiro, Sarah Gailey, Georgia Bird, Liz Keri, Charlie Jane Anders, and Stephen Graham Jones
Published by Macmillan Audio - A Darker Shade of Noir: New Stories of Body Horror by Women Writers
Edited by Joyce Carol Oates
Read by Bianca Amato, Lynette R. Freeman, Eva Kaminsky, and Nancy Wu
Published by Recorded Books, Inc., a division of RBmedia - I Was a Teenage Slasher: A Novel
By Stephen Graham Jones
Read by Michael Crouch and Stephen Graham Jones
Published by Simon & Schuster Audio - Swarm
By Jennifer D. Lyle
Read by Krystal Hammond
Published by Blackstone Publishing
Ficção Literária e Clássicos
- Devil Is Fine
By John Vercher
Read by Dion Graham
Published by Macmillan Audio - James
By Percival Everett
Read by Dominic Hoffman
Published by Penguin Random House Audio - Martyr!
By Kaveh Akbar
Read by Arian Moayed
Published by Penguin Random House Audio - The Mighty Red
By Louise Erdrich
Read by Marin Ireland
Published by HarperAudio - Pachinko
By Min Jin Lee
Read by Sandra Oh
Published by Hachette Audio
Middle Grade
- Black Star
By Kwame Alexander
Read by Angel Pean, Nile Bullock, Karen Chilton, Aaron Goodson, and Dominic Hoffman
Published by Hachette Audio - Louder Than Hunger
By John Schu
Read by Jeff Ebner and John Schu
Published by Penguin Random House Audio - One Big Open Sky
By Lesa Cline-Ransome
Read by Crystal Clarke, Janina Edwards, and Emana Rachelle
Published by Dreamscape Media LLC - The Secret Garden — Enhanced Edition
By Frances Hodgson Burnett, adapted by Jeanne Sakata
Performed by Jonathan Charles, Shannon Cochran, Adhir Kalyan, Alma Marian, Cerris Morgan-Moyer, Alastair James Murden, Ian Ogilvy, and Lina Patel
Published by L.A. Theatre Works - Skandar and the Chaos Trials
By A.F. Steadman
Read by David Dawson
Published by Simon & Schuster Audio
Mistério
- By Amy Tintera
Read by Will Damron and January LaVoy
Published by Macmillan Audio - The Midnight Feast
By Lucy Foley
Read by Joe Eyre, Sarah Slimani, Roly Botha, Laurence Dobiesz, and Tuppence Middleton
Published by HarperAudio - Rough Pages
By Lev AC Rosen
Read by Vikas Adam
Published by Macmillan Audio - Still See You Everywhere
By Lisa Gardner
Read by Hillary Huber
Published by Hachette Audio - This Is Why We Lied
By Karin Slaughter
Read by Kathleen Early
Published by HarperAudio
Narração (Leitura) pelos autores
- The 23rd Hero
Written and read by Rebecca Anne Nguyen
Published by Castle Bridge Media - Bits and Pieces
Written and read by Whoopi Goldberg
Published by Blackstone Publishing - Bookshops & Bonedust
Written and read by Travis Baldree
Published by Macmillan Audio - Knife
Written and read by Salman Rushdie
Published by Penguin Random House Audio - Sorry for the Inconvenience
Written and read by Farah Naz Rishi
Published by Brilliance Publishing
Romance
- Lights Out
By Navessa Allen
Read by Elena Wolfe and Jacob Morgan
Published by Zando - Love You a Latke
By Amanda Elliot
Read by Kelli Tager
Published by Penguin Random House Audio - The Rom-Commers
By Katherine Center
Read by Patti Murin
Published by Macmillan Audio - The Starter Ex
By Mia Sosa
Read by Noah B. Perez and Miranda Jay
Published by Audible Originals - This Could Be Us
By Kennedy Ryan
Read by Ines del Castillo and Jakobi Diem
Published by Hachette Audio
Ficção Científica
- The Book of Doors
By Gareth Brown
Read by Miranda Raison
Published by HarperAudio - Frontier
By Grace Curtis
Read by Aven Shore
Published by Tantor Audio, a division of RBMedia - Lake of Souls
By Ann Leckie
Read by Adjoa Andoh
Published by Hachette Audio - Mal Goes to War
By Edward Ashton
Read by John Pirhalla and Katharine Chin
Published by Macmillan Audio - System Collapse
By Martha Wells
Read by Kevin R. Free
Published by Recorded Books, Inc., a division of RBmedia
Short Stories / Coleções
- Glory Days
By Simon Rich
Read by John Mulaney
Published by Hachette Audio - The History of Sound
By Ben Shattuck
Read by Ben Shattuck, Zachary Chastain, Paul Mescal, Dion Graham, Ellen Adair, Steven Jay Cohen, Jim Seybert, Dawn Harvey, Chris Cooper, Rebecca Lowman, Jenny Slate, Ed Helms, and Nick Offerman
Published by Penguin Random House Audio - Letters from Klara
By Tove Jansson and Thomas Teal – Übersetzer
Read by Indira Varma
Published by Saga Egmont - What If We Get It Right?
Written and Read by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson
Published by Penguin Random House Audio - You Like It Darker: Stories
By Stephen King
Read by Will Patton with Stephen King
Published by Simon & Schuster Audio
Thriller / Suspense
- First Lie Wins
By Ashley Elston
Read by Saskia Maarleveld
Published by Penguin Random House Audio - The Forest of Lost Souls
By Dean Koontz
Read by January LaVoy
Published by Brilliance Publishing - The Little Drummer Girl
By John le Carré
Read by Adjoa Andoh
Published by Dreamscape Media LLC - Lone Wolf
By Gregg Hurwitz
Read by Scott Brick
Published by Macmillan Audio - The Return of Ellie Black: A Novel
By Emiko Jean
Read by Mizuo Peck, Tessa Albertson, Nicole Lewis, Rebecca Lowman, Joy Osmanski, Angel Pean, Shaun Taylor-Corbett, Erin Ruth Walker, and CJ Wilson
Published by Simon & Schuster