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2018 Audie Award Finalists Announced
Do you like to listen to your books? If so, you are in for a treat by checking out some of the best Audio Books available in 2018. If we don’t have them here at the library we can help you get them from other Minerva libraries, MaineCat libraries or we can even search far and wide and get them from another library in a different state! Just the other day we got a book for someone from Salt Lake City Library in Utah. Of course, you can also look on the cloudLibrary for downloadable books but usually the newest ones have long waitlists so getting them as books on CD might be your best bet.
The Audio Publisher’s Association has announced the nominees for the 2018 Audie Awards, honoring excellence in audiobooks and spoken entertainment. Winners will be announced at the Audies Gala at the New York Historical Society on May 31.
Fiction
An Almond for a Parrot, by Wray Delaney, narrated by Rachel Atkins, published by Harlequin Audio
Beartown, by Fredrik Backman, narrated by Marin Ireland, published by Simon & Schuster Audio
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine, by Gail Honeyman, narrated by Cathleen McCarron, published by Penguin Audio
I Liked My Life, by Abby Fabiaschi, narrated by Susan Bennett, Dan Bittner, and Therese Plummer, published by Macmillan Audio
The Life and Times of Persimmon Wilson, by Nancy Peacock, narrated by JD Jackson, published by HighBridge Audio, a division of Recorded Books
The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane, by Lisa See, narrated by Ruthie Ann Miles, Kimiko Glenn, et al., published by Simon & Schuster Audio
Literary Fiction and Classics
Beast, by Paul Kingsnorth, narrated by Simon Vance, published by Tantor Audio, a division of Recorded Books
Daisy Miller, by Henry James, narrated by Kitty Hendrix, published by Spoken Realms
Dracula, by Bram Stoker, narrated by Nick Sandys, published by Brilliance Publishing
The Handmaid’s Tale: Special Edition, by Margaret Atwood and Valerie Martin, narrated by Claire Danes, Margaret Atwood, and a full cast, published by Audible Studios
House of Names, by Colm Toibin, narrated by Juliet Stevenson, et al., published by Simon & Schuster Audio
Phineas Finn, by Anthony Trollope, narrated by David Shaw-Parker, published by Naxos
Mystery
The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye, by David Lagercrantz, narrated by Simon Vance, published by Random House Audio
Glass Houses, by Louise Penny, narrated by Robert Bathurst, published by Macmillan Audio
Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz, narrated by Samantha Bond, published by HarperAudio
On Her Majesty’s Frightfully Secret Service, by Rhys Bowen, narrated by Katherine Kellgren, published by Audible Studios
Telling Tales, by Ann Cleeves, narrated by Julia Franklin, published by Macmillan Audio
Audio Drama
Brother Francis: The Barefoot Saint of Assisi, by Paul McCusker, narrated by Joseph Timms, Owen Teale, and Geoffrey Palmer, published by Augustine Institute
Cicero, by David Llewellyn, narrated by Samuel Barnett and George Naylor, published by Big Finish Productions
The Mean, written and narrated by John Arthur Long, published by Blackstone Audio
Treasure Island: An Audible Original Drama, by Robert Louis Stevenson and Marty Ross, narrated by Philip Glenister, Daniel Mays, Catherine Tate, Owen Teale, and Gerran Howell, published by Audible Studios
The Tug of War, by David Rambo, narrated by Matthew Arkin, Hugo Armstrong, Seamus Dever, Matthew Floyd Miller, James Morrison, David Selby, Rich Sommer, Josh Stamberg, Nick Toren, John Vickery, and Jules Willcox, published by LA Theatre Works
Narration by the Author or Authors
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, written and narrated by Neil deGrasse Tyson, published by Blackstone Audio
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood, written and narrated by Trevor Noah, published by Audible Studios
Nikki Giovanni: Love Poems & a Good Cry, written and narrated by Nikki Giovanni, published by HarperAudio
Norse Mythology, written and narrated by Neil Gaiman, published by HarperAudio
This Fight Is Our Fight, written and narrated by Elizabeth Warren, published by Macmillan Audio
Best Female Narrator
The Alice Network, by Kate Quinn, narrated by Saskia Maarleveld, published by HarperAudio
Anne of Green Gables, by Lucy Maud Montgomery, narrated by Rachel McAdams, published by Audible Studios
The Hate U Give, by Angie Thomas, narrated by Bahni Turpin, published by HarperAudio
The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer, by Jennifer Lynch, narrated by Sheryl Lee, published by Audible Studios
The Stone Sky, by N. K. Jemisin, narrated by Robin Miles, published by Hachette Audio
Best Male Narrator
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood, written and narrated by Trevor Noah, published by Audible Studios
The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue, by Mackenzi Lee, narrated by Christian Coulson, published by HarperAudio
Glass Houses, by Louise Penny, narrated by Robert Bathurst, published by Macmillan Audio
Murder on the Orient Express, by Agatha Christie, narrated by Kenneth Branagh, published by HarperAudio
Sherlock Holmes, by Arthur Conan Doyle and Stephen Fry, narrated by Stephen Fry, published by Audible Studios
History / Biography
Bette & Joan: The Divine Feud, by Shaun Considine, narrated by January LaVoy, published by Graymalkin Media
Born Survivors: Three Young Mothers and Their Extraordinary Story of Courage, Defiance, and Hope, by Wendy Holden, narrated by Elizabeth Wiley, published by Tantor Audio, a division of Recorded Books
Code Girls, by Liza Mundy, narrated by Erin Bennett, published by Hachette Audio
The Home Front: Life in America During World War II, narrated by Martin Sheen, published by Audible Originals
Loving vs. Virginia, by Patricia Hruby Powell, narrated by Adenrele Ojo and MacLeod Andrews, published by Dreamscape Media
My Life, My Love, My Legacy, by Coretta Scott King as told to Rev. Dr. Barbara Reynolds, narrated by Phylicia Rashad and January LaVoy, published by Macmillan Audio
Non-fiction
American Wolf: A True Story of Survival and Obsession in the West, by Nate Blakeslee, narrated by Mark Bramhall, published by Random House Audio
The Butterfly Effect with Jon Ronson, written and narrated by Jon Ronson, published by Audible Originals
Ghosts of the Tsunami, by Richard Lloyd Parry, narrated by Simon Vance, published by Macmillan Audio
Shattered: Inside Hillary Clinton’s Doomed Campaign, by Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes, narrated by Kimberly Farr, published by Random House Audio
This Fight Is Our Fight, written and narrated by Elizabeth Warren, published by Macmillan Audio
Business / Personal Development
Do More Great Work, by Michael Bungay Stanier, narrated by Daniel Maté, published by Post Hypnotic Press, Inc.
Getting There: A Book of Mentors, by Gillian Zoe Segal, narrated by Jorjeana Marie, Rene Ruiz, and Alex Hyde-White, published by Novel Audio
How to Work for an Idiot (Revised and Expanded with More Idiots, More Insanity, and More Incompetency): Survive and Thrive Without Killing Your Boss, by John Hoover, narrated by Brian Sutherland, published by Audible Studios
Peak Performance, by Brad Stullberg and Steve Magness, narrated by Christopher Lane, published by Brilliance Publishing
Unfu*k Yourself, written and narrated by Gary John Bishop, published by HarperAudio
Fantasy
Red Sister, by Mark Lawrence, narrated by Heather O’Neil, published by Recorded Books
The Refrigerator Monologues, by Catherynne M. Valente, narrated by Karis A. Campbell, published by HighBridge Audio, a division of Recorded Books
Skullsworn, by Brian Stavely, narrated by Elizabeth Knowelden, published by Brilliance Publishing
Snake Eyes, by John Conroe, narrated by James Patrick Cronin, published by Audible Studios
Spellmonger, by Terry Mancour, narrated by John Lee, published by Podium Publishing
The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter, by Theodora Goss, narrated by Kate Reading, published by Simon & Schuster Audio