The Audio Publishers Association announced the finalists for the 2025 Audie Awards, given annually to honor outstanding achievement in audiobooks and spoken-word entertainment.
Barbra Streisand was named a finalist in the category of audiobook of the year for the narration of her memoir, My Name Is Barbra. Also making the shortlist were The Sing Sing Files, written and narrated by Dan Slepian and Poor Deer, written by Claire Oshetsky and narrated by Sophie Amoss. Two audiobooks with large casts were also named finalists: George Orwell’s 1984, adapted by Joe White, and Richard Powers’ Playground.
Streisand’s book also made the autobiography/memoir category, along with In My Time of Dying, written and narrated by Sebastian Junger; Knife, written and narrated by Salman Rushdie; The Third Gilmore Girl, written and narrated by Kelly Bishop; and Farewell Yellow Brick Road, written by Elton John and narrated by a large cast.
The finalists in the best fiction narrator category are Elle Fanning for Margo’s Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe; Stephen Fry for Great Expectations by Charles Dickens; Dominic Hoffman for James by Percival Everett; Saskia Maarleveld for The Briar Club by Kate Quinn, and Julia Whelan for The Women by Kristin Hannah.
In the running for the best nonfiction narrator award are Justin Vivian Bond for Candy Darling by Cynthia Carr; Peter Noble for The Wide Wide Sea by Hampton Sides; Andia Winslow for Coming Home by Brittney Griner and Michelle Burford; and Malcolm Gladwell for his Revenge of the Tipping Point.
The winners of this year’s awards will be announced at a ceremony in New York, hosted by comedian Amy Sedaris, on March 4. A full list of finalists is available at the APA website.
Michael Schaub is a contributing writer.
