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Breaking down the Audie Award Winners with Robin Whitten of AudioFile Magazine

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On today's episode, Robin Whitten from AudioFIle joins Adam to dive into all the major Audie Award winners for the best audiobooks of 2019! They talk about the Audie Award gala and how the awards are selected before breaking down some of the biggest categories.

Audie Award winners mentioned in this episode

Audiobook of the year - The Only Plane in the Sky by Garrett M. Graff

Audio Drama - Angels in America by Tony Kushner

Female Narrator -Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson

Male Narrator - Kingdom of the Blind by Louise Penny

Fantasy - The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow

Fiction - City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert

Nonfiction - Grace Will Lead Us Home by Jennifer Berry Hawes

History/Biography - American Moonshot by Douglas Brinkley

Mystery - The Chestnut Man by Søren Sveistrup

Short Story Collection -Full Throttle by Joe Hill

Thriller - The Institute by Stephen King

Other audiobooks discussed:

The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

Becoming by Michelle Obama

The Lost Man by Jane Harper

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