Barbra Streisand Wins Audiobook of the Yr at 2025 Audie Awards

Barbra Streisand’s My Title Is Barbra received audiobook of the yr on the 2025 Audie Awards, that have been introduced on Tuesday (March 4) at Pier Sixty in New York.

Streisand’s audiobook received a 2d award, autobiography/memoir. Karen Dziekonskiof Penguin Random Space Audio accredited on Streisand’s behalf. “Each recording consultation with Barbra was once an absolute open door into her procedure,” Dziekonski stated. “It confirmed what a steadfast and dedicated artist that she is. And a exceptional human being.”

Those wins assist in making up for Streisand’s contemporary Grammy loss for highest audio e-book, narration and storytelling recording. The award went (inevitably) to Jimmy Carter’s Final Sundays in Plains: A Centennial Birthday party. The previous president died at age 100 on Dec. 29, close to the top of the Grammy vote casting duration.

Streisand’s audiobook competed within the autobiography/memoir class with a piece through some other qualified song legend, Elton John. Not like Streisand, John didn’t narrate his personal memoir (Farewell Yellow Brick Highway).

Whoopi Goldberg received the award for narration through the writer. Goldberg, who was once provide to just accept, expressed her gratitude to the entire narrators within the room. She then jokingly stated, “You all will have to know that I most definitely have every considered one of you in my telephone as a result of I’ve 10,000 audiobooks.” She added, “I grew up dyslexic so listening to issues learn to me is heaven.”

Kate McKinnon received within the humor class for The Millicent Quibb College of Etiquette for Younger Girls of Mad Science. She narrated the audiobook with Emily Lynne.

Stephen King received the award for brief tales/collections for You Like It Darker: Tales. King narrated the audiobook with Will Patton.

Listed here are the nominees in decided on classes for the 2025 Audie Awards, with winners marked.

The awards are voted on through individuals of the Audio Publishers Affiliation (APA), which expenses itself because the premier awards program spotting difference in audiobooks and spoken-word leisure.

Audiobook of the Yr

George Orwell’s 1984; Via George Orwell, tailored through Joe White; Carried out through Andrew Garfield, Cynthia Erivo, Andrew Scott, Tom Hardy, Chukwudi Iwuji, Romesh Ranganathan, Natasia Demetriou, Francesca Turbines, Alex Lawther, and Katie Leung; Printed through Audible Originals

WINNER: My Title Is Barbra; Written and narrated through Barbra Streisand; Printed through Penguin Random Space Audio

Playground: A Novel; Via Richard Powers; Narrated through Edoardo Ballerini, Robin Siegerman, Eunice Wong, Pun Bandhu, Krys Janae, and Kevin R Unfastened; Printed through Spotify Audiobooks

Deficient Deer; Via Claire Oshetsky; Narrated through Sophie Amoss; Printed through HarperAudio

The Sing Sing Information; Written and narrated through Dan Slepian; Printed through Macmillan Audio

Autobiography/Memoir

Farewell Yellow Brick Highway; Via Elton John, foreword through David Furnish; Narrated through Richard Armitage, Vikas Adam, Daniel Henning, Ray Porter, Jesse Einstein, Fred Berman, Edoardo Ballerini, Mark Boyett, Kevin T. Collins, Peter Ganim, Mike Cooper, John Lee, and Oliver Wyman; Printed through Audible Studios

In My Time of Loss of life: How I Got here Face to Face with the Concept of an Afterlife; Written and narrated through Sebastian Junger; Printed through Simon & Schuster Audio

Knife; Written and narrated through Salman Rushdie; Printed through Penguin Random Space Audio

WINNER: My Title Is Barbra; Written and narrated through Barbra Streisand; Printed through Penguin Random Space Audio

The 3rd Gilmore Lady: A Memoir; Written and narrated through Kelly Bishop; Printed through Simon & Schuster Audio

Audio Drama

Brokedown Prophets; Via S.A. Cosby, Kevin Hart, Charlamagne Tha God, and SBH Productions;
Carried out through Jonathan Majors, Brian Tyree Henry, Dasha Polanco, Jeremy Jordan and a complete forged
Printed through Audible Originals and SBH Productions

The Coldest Case: The Previous Has a Lengthy Reminiscence; Via James Patterson, Aaron Tracy, and Ryan Silbert; Carried out through Aaron Paul, Krysten Ritter, Beau Bridges, Greta Lee, Kevin Pollak, Jordan Bridges, Terrence Terrell, Patton Oswalt, and a complete forged; Printed through Audible Originals

WINNER: George Orwell’s 1984; Via George Orwell, tailored through Joe White; Carried out through Andrew Garfield, Cynthia Erivo, Andrew Scott, Tom Hardy, Chukwudi Iwuji, Romesh Ranganathan, Natasia Demetriou, Francesca Turbines, Alex Lawther, and Katie Leung; Printed through Audible Originals

Adventure’s Finish; Via R.C. Sherriff; Carried out through James Callis, Josh Cole, Jack Cutmore-Scott, Tobias Echeverria, Adam Godley, Ian Ogilvy, Darren Richardson, Simon Templeman, and Matthew Wolf; Printed through L.A. Theatre Works

Wild with Glad; Via Colman Domingo; Carried out through Colman Domingo, Alex Newell, Sharon Washington, Tyler James Williams, and Oprah Winfrey; Printed through Audible Originals

Industry/Private Building

And Then We Upward thrust; Written and narrated through Not unusual; Printed through HarperAudio

WINNER: Come In combination; Written and narrated through Emily Nagoski, PhD; Printed through Penguin Random Space Audio

Fluke: Likelihood, Chaos, and Why The entirety We Do Issues; Written and narrated through Brian Klaas; Printed through Simon & Schuster Audio

People Who Educate: A Information for Centering Love, Justice, and Liberation in Colleges; Written and narrated through Shamari Reid; Printed through Heinemann

Ladies Cash Energy: The Upward thrust and Fall of Financial Equality; Written and narrated through Josie Cox; Printed through Recorded Books, Inc., a department of RBmedia

Myth

Black Defend Maiden; Via Willow Smith and Jess Hendel; Narrated through Willow Smith; Printed through Penguin Random Space Audio

WINNER: Bookshops & Bonedust; Written and narrated through Travis Baldree; Printed through Macmillan Audio

The Brilliant Sword; Via Lev Grossman; Narrated through Nicholas Man Smith and Lev Grossman; Printed through Penguin Random Space Audio

Goddess of the River; Via Vaishnavi Patel; Narrated through Sneha Mathan; Printed through Hachette Audio

Anyone You Can Construct a Nest In; Via John Wiswell; Narrated through Carmen Rose; Printed through Tantor Audio, a department of RBMedia

Humor

Erasure: A Novel; Via Percival Everett; Narrated through Sean Crisden; Printed through Tantor Audio, a department of RBMedia

Glory Days; Via Simon Wealthy; Narrated through John Mulaney; Printed through Hachette Audio

Comfortable Memories of Trauma; Written and narrated through Paul Scheer; Printed through HarperAudio

WINNER: The Millicent Quibb College of Etiquette for Younger Girls of Mad Science; Via Kate McKinnon; Narrated through Kate McKinnon and Emily Lynne; Printed through Hachette Audio

Wilder Widows Stroll at the Wilder Facet; Via Katherine Hastings; Narrated Pamela Dillman; Printed through Flyte Publishing

Multi-Voiced Efficiency

 Anita de Monte Laughs Final; Via Xochitl Gonzalez; Narrated through Stacy Gonzalez, Jonathan Gregg, and Jessica Pimentel; Printed through Macmillan Audio

Butcher; Via Joyce Carol Oates; Narrated through Amy Shiels, Edoardo Ballerini, Cassandra Campbell, Robert Fass, Tavia Gilbert, Jeremy Carlisle Parker, Danny Campbell, and Max Meyers; Printed through Penguin Random Space Audio

5 Damaged Blades; Via Mai Corland; Narrated through Greg Chun, Zion Jang, Roger Yeh, Donald Chang, Jaine Ye, and Sophie Oda; Printed through Recorded Books, Inc., a department of RBmedia

From Right here to the Nice Unknown; Via Lisa Marie Presley and Riley Keough; Narrated through Julia Roberts and Riley Keough; Printed through Penguin Random Space Audio

Snake Oil; Via Kelsey Rae Dimberg; Narrated through Kristen Sieh, Andi Arndt, and Renata Friedman; Printed through HarperAudio

WINNER: When the Sea Got here Alive: An Oral Historical past of D-Day; Via Garrett M. Graff; Narrated through Edoardo Ballerini and Garrett M. Graff, with a complete forged; Printed through Simon & Schuster Audio

Narration through the Writer(s)

The twenty third Hero; Written and narrated through Rebecca Anne Nguyen; Printed through Fortress Bridge Media

WINNER: Bits and Items; Written and narrated through Whoopi Goldberg; Printed through Blackstone Publishing

Bookshops & Bonedust; Written and narrated through Travis Baldree; Printed through Macmillan Audio

Knife; Written and narrated through Salman Rushdie; Printed through Penguin Random Space Audio

Sorry for the Inconvenience; Written and narrated through Farah Naz Rishi; Printed through Brilliance Publishing

Unique Paintings

The Boar’s Nest; Via Rachel Bonds, Holly Gleason and Dub Cornett; Narrated through Mandy Moore, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, W. Earl Brown, Stephen Louis Grush, John Hoogenakker, TJ Osborne, and a complete forged; Printed through Audible Originals

Casanova LLC; Via Julia Whelan; Carried out through Sebastian York, Julia Whelan, Edoardo Ballerini, and Johnathan McClain; Printed through Audiobrary

Earthlight; Via J. Michael Straczynski; Narrated through Erik Braa, Pete Bradbury, Jonathan Davis, William DeMeritt, Robert Fass, Jeff Gurner, Ryan Haugen, David Lee Huynh, Mars Lipowski, Saskia Maarleveld, Kathleen McInerney, Brandon McInnis, Sean Kenin Elias Reyes, Stefan Rudnicki, Salli Saffioti, Kristen Sieh, Christopher Smith, Marc Thompson, and Will Watt; Printed through Penguin Random Space Audio

WINNER: Hellboy and the BPRD: The Goddess of Ny [Dramatized Adaptation]; Via Christopher Golden and Thomas E. Sniegoski; Carried out through Tim Carlin, Rob McFadyen, Nora Achrati, Scott McCormick, Eric Messner, Lydia Kraniotis, Ken Yatta Rogers, Michael John Casey, Amanda Forstrom, Marni Penning, Steven Wood worker, and a complete forged; Printed through GraphicAudio, a department of RBmedia

Two Can Play; Via Ali Hazelwood; Narrated through Kelsey Navarro Foster; Printed through Spotify Audiobooks

Brief Tales/Collections

Glory Days; Via Simon Wealthy; Narrated through John Mulaney; Printed through Hachette Audio

The Historical past of Sound; Via Ben Shattuck; Narrated through Ben Shattuck, Zachary Chastain, Paul Mescal, Dion Graham, Ellen Adair, Steven Jay Cohen, Jim Seybert, Crack of dawn Harvey, Chris Cooper, Rebecca Lowman, Jenny Slate, Ed Helms, and Nick Offerman; Printed through Penguin Random Space Audio

Letters from Klara; Via Tove Jansson and Thomas Teal – Übersetzer; Narrated through Indira Varma; Printed through Saga Egmont 

What If We Get It Proper?; Written and narrated through Ayana Elizabeth Johnson; Printed through Penguin Random Space Audio

WINNER: You Like It Darker: Tales; Via Stephen King; Narrated through Will Patton with Stephen King; Printed through Simon & Schuster Audio