In the case of two of them they won multiple awards, so it was hard to not talk about them. So in terms of the audiobooks we’re talking about today, presumably these are your favourites from among the winners of the 2021 Audie Awards, ones that you personally loved?Ībsolutely, yes. That can help you make your decision of what to listen to. AudioFile works very closely with the Audio Publishers Association and puts together a website that includes sound clips so you can actually see their review and hear a little bit of the book.

But I find that the Audies are a very good place to get top recommendations for some of the best listening each year.

Yes! I mean, as with anything, judging is subjective. So we can rely on these audiobook recommendations being pretty solid. Those are all listened to by multiple judges in multiple rounds so by the time there’s a winner in a particular category, it will have had a minimum of nine people listening to the whole audiobook. They typically get a lot of submissions and this year we actually blew past the previous top number and we’re now in the neighbourhood of over 1500 submissions per year. The Audio Publishers Association is the group that puts on the Audie Awards. Before we get to the individual winners, can you give me a general sense of how many books you’re choosing from? We’re talking about the 2021 Audie awards, which select the best audiobooks of the past year across a range of categories and genres. Foreign Policy & International Relations.

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