Congratulations to the 2023 Audie Award finalists!

The Audio Publishers Association has released the finalists for this year's Audie Awards.

Like text book awards, genres include an overall category as well as a variety of genres, and you can see all of those on the APA website.

But here's the lineup for audiobook of the year:

• The 1619 Project, created by Nikole Hannah-Jones and The New York Times Magazine, and narrated by a lengthy cast

• Finding Me, written and narrated by Viola Davis

• Miracle and Wonder: Conversations with Paul Simon, written by Malcolm Gladwell and Bruce Headlam and narrated by the authors plus Paul Simon

• Remarkably Bright Creatures, written by Shelby Van Pelt and narrated by Marin Ireland and Michael Urie 

• Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts, adapted by Tyler English-Beckwith from the graphic novel by Rebecca Hall and Hugo Martínez, and narrated by a lengthy cast

Winners of the twenty-four categories will be announced March 28.

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