Audiobooks by John Scalzi, Alan Moore, and Kameron Hurley were among the 2017 Audie Award winners announced at a ceremony tonight in New York.
Audiobook of the Year was Hamilton: The Revolution by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarter, read by Mariska Hargitay, with the authors.
Winners in categories of genre interest are listed below. The rest of the Audie Awards follow the jump.
AUDIO DRAMA
In the Embers By Brian Price and Jerry Stearns
Read by Edwin Strout, Robin Miles, and a full cast
Great Northern Audio Theatre/Blackstone Audio
BEST MALE NARRATOR
Jerusalem By Alan Moore
Read by Simon Vance
Recorded Books
BUSINESS/PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
Humans Need Not Apply By Jerry Kaplan
Read by John Pruden
Tantor Media, a division of Recorded Books
EXCELLENCE IN MARKETING
Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000 By L. Ron Hubbard
Read by Jim Meskimen, Stefan Rudnicki, and a full cast
Galaxy Audio
EXCELLENCE IN DESIGN
Geek Feminist Revolution By Kameron Hurley
Design by Jessica Daigle
HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books
EXCELLENCE IN PRODUCTION
Alien: Out of the Shadows: An Audible Original Drama By Tim Lebbon and Dirk Maggs
Read by Corey Johnson, Laurel Lefkow, and a full cast
Audible Studios
FANTASY
The Hike By Drew Magary
Read by Christopher Lane
Brilliance Publishing
MIDDLE GRADE
How to Train Your Dragon: How to Fight a Dragon’s Fury By Cressida Cowell
Read by David Tennant
Hachette Audio
ORIGINAL WORK
The Dispatcher By John Scalzi
Read by Zachary Quinto
Audible Studios
PARANORMAL
Ghost Gifts By Laura Spinella
Read by Nicol Zanzarella
Brilliance Publishing
SCIENCE FICTION
Star Wars: The Force Awakens By Alan Dean Foster
Read by Marc Thompson
Penguin Random House Audio / Books On Tape
The rest of the 2017 Audie Award winners follow the jump.
AUDIOBOOK OF THE YEAR
Hamilton: The Revolution By Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarter
Read by Mariska Hargitay, with the authors
Hachette Audio
AUTOBIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
The Greatest: My Own Story By Muhammad Ali with Richard Durham
Read by Dion Graham
Graymalkin Media
BEST FEMALE NARRATOR
Be Frank with Me By Julia Claiborne Johnson
Read by Tavia Gilbert
HarperAudio
EROTICA
Marriage Games By CD Reiss
Read by Sebastian York and Elena Wolfe
Flip City Media Inc.
FICTION
Sister of Mine By Sabra Waldfogel
Read by Bahni Turpin
Brilliance Publishing
HISTORY/BIOGRAPHY
In Harm’s Way: The Sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors By Doug Stanton
Read by Mark Boyett
Audible Studios
HUMOR
I’m Judging You Written and read by Luvvie Ajayi
Macmillan Audio
INSPIRATIONAL FAITH-BASED FICTION
Risen: The Novelization of the Major Motion Picture By Angela Hunt
Read by P.J. Ochlan and Alana Kerr Collins
christianaudio, a division of Recorded Books
INSPIRATIONAL FAITH-BASED NON-FICTION
The Awakening of HK Derryberry By Jim Bradford and Andy Hardin
Read by Milton Bagby
Thomas Nelson
LITERARY FICTION & CLASSICS
Homegoing By Yaa Gyasi
Read by Dominic Hoffman
Penguin Random House Audio / Books On Tape
MULTI-VOICED PERFORMANCE
Small Great Things By Jodi Picoult
Read by Audra McDonald, Cassandra Campbell, and Ari Fliakos
Penguin Random House Audio / Books On Tape
MYSTERY
The Crossing By Michael Connelly
Read by Titus Welliver
Hachette Audio
NARRATION BY AUTHOR
A Life in Parts Written and read by Bryan Cranston
Simon & Schuster Audio
NON-FICTION
Hillbilly Elegy Written and read by J.D. Vance
HarperAudio
ROMANCE
Dirty By Kylie Scott
Read by Andi Arndt
Macmillan Audio
SHORT STORIES/COLLECTIONS
The Brink: Stories By Austin Bunn
Read by Austin Bunn, Luke Daniels, Tanya Eby, et al.
Blunder Woman Productions via ACX
THRILLER/SUSPENSE
Cross Justice By James Patterson
Read by Ruben Santiago Hudson and Jefferson Mays
Hachette Audio
YOUNG ADULT
Salt to the Sea By Ruta Sepetys
Read by Jorjeana Marie, Will Damron, et al.
Listening Library
YOUNG LISTENERS
28 Days: Moments in Black History That Changed the World By Charles R. Smith, Jr.
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Simon Vance! Simon Vance!
One of my all-time favorite narrators. Very happy to see him win his category. 🙂
Locus Online reports the winners this morning — I know what they’re trying to do (list all the genre nominees, with the winners in red) but even knowing that, they still leave a strong impression of having reported the wrong Audiobook of the Year. If they had mentioned Hamilton in the introductory paragraph, that impression could have been avoided.