Bono’s audiobook Surrender, which the U2 frontman authored and narrated, was named Audiobook of the Year at the 2024 Audie Awards, which acknowledge distinction in audiobooks and spoken-word leisure. The awards have been offered at the Avalon Hollywood in Los Angeles on Monday (March 4).
Bono’s audiobook, subtitled 40 Songs, One Story, was launched by Penguin Random House Audio in November 2022. It runs 20 hours and 25 minutes. A companion album, Songs of Surrender, debuted and peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 in April 2023.
The 4 different finalists for audiobook of the 12 months have been All the Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby, narrated by Adam Lazarre-White, revealed by Macmillan Audio; Inside Voice: My Obsession with How We Sound, written and narrated by Lake Bell, revealed by Pushkin Industries; Sing a Black Girl’s Song, by Ntozake Shange, edited by Imani Perry, foreword by Tarana Burke, narrated by Alfre Woodard, D. Woods and full forged, revealed by Hachette Audio; and Tom Lake by Ann Patchett, narrated by Meryl Streep, revealed by HarperAudio.
Oscar-nominated screenwriter Nia Vardalos (My Big Fat Greek Wedding) hosted the awards present. Presenters included Felicia Day (a 2024 Audie Award winner), Lake Bell (a 2024 finalist) and Samira Wiley (a 2021 finalist).
Former first girl Michelle Obama gained in the enterprise/private improvement class for The Light We Carry. Six-time Tony winner Audra McDonald gained in the literary fiction & classics class for Homer’s The Iliad. In the humor class, the winner was Leslie F*cking Jones, written and narrated by Leslie Jones, with a foreward by Chris Rock.
All 27 classes have been gender-neutral this 12 months. The finest male narrator and finest feminine narrator classes have been remodeled to finest fiction narrator and finest non-fiction narrator.
The awards are offered by Audio Publishers Association (APA), a not-for-profit commerce group. Since 1986, the APA has labored to carry audio publishers collectively to extend curiosity in audiobooks.
The full record of winners might be discovered on the APA’s web site: audiopub.org.
Here are 2024 Audie Award winners in chosen classes:
Audiobook of the 12 months
Surrender
Written and narrated by Bono
Published by Penguin Random House Audio
Autobiography/memoir
Making It So
Written and narrated by Patrick Stewart
Published by Simon & Schuster Audio
Business/private improvement
The Light We Carry
Written and narrated by Michelle Obama
Published by Penguin Random House Audio
Fantasy
The Dragon Reborn
By Robert Jordan
Narrated by Rosamund Pike
Published by Macmillan Audio
Fiction
Tom Lake
By Ann Patchett
Narrated by Meryl Streep
Published by HarperAudio
Humor
Leslie F*cking Jones
Written and narrated by Leslie Jones, foreword by Chris Rock
Published by Hachette Audio
Literary fiction & classics
The Iliad
By Homer, translated by Emily Wilson
Narrated by Audra McDonald
Published by Audible Studios
Short tales/collections
Wild and Precious: A Celebration of Mary Oliver
By Mary Oliver, with the contributions by Sophia Bush, Ross Gay, Samin Nosrat, Rainn Wilson, and Susan Cain
Narrated by Sophia Bush
Published by Pushkin Industries
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