Audio Accolades

The Audio Publishers Association announced the finalists for the annual Audie Awards for audiobooks and spoken-word entertainment, including mysteries and thrillers. You can check out all of the shortlisted titles here, which have some crime-related titles sprinkled throughout the various categories, including King of Ashes by S. A. Cosby, narrated by Adam Lazarre-White, a finalist for Best Audiobook of the Year. Winners will be revealed at the 2026 Audies Gala to be held at Pier 60 in New York City on Monday, March 2, 2026. 

Mystery Finalists

• Gone Before Goodbye by Reese Witherspoon and Harlan Coben, narrated by Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine, Kiff VandenHeuvel, Suehyla El-Attar Young, Peter Ganim, Saskia Maarleveld, and James Fouhey (Hachette Audio)
• Gray Dawn by Walter Mosley, narrated by Michael Boatman and Walter Mosley (Hachette Audio)
• The Queens of Crime by Marie Benedict, narrated by Bessie Carter (Macmillan Audio)
• Secret Sister by Sarah A. Denzil, narrated by Jessica Gunning, Sacha Dhawan, Joanne Froggatt, Nathaniel Curtis, and Hopi Grace (Audible Originals)
• Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping (on a Dead Man) by Jesse Q. Sutanto, narrated by Eunice Wong (Penguin Ranndom House Audio)

Thriller Finalists

• Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney, narrated by Richard Armitage and Tuppence Middleton (Macmillan Audio)
• Don't Let Him In by Lisa Jewell, narrated by Richard Armitage, Joanne Froggatt, Tamaryn Payne, Gemma Whelan, Louise Brealey, and Patience Tomlinson (Simon & Schuster Audio)
• Everyone Is Lying to You by Jo Piazza, narrated by Rachel F. Hirsch, Sarah Reny, Vas Eli and Saskia Maarleveld (Penguin Random House Audio)
• Havoc by Christopher Bollen, narrated by Maggi-Meg Reed (HarperAudio)
• To Die For by David Baldacci, narrated by Zach Villa, Mela Lee, Cassandra Morris, Rena Marie Villano, Christine Lakin, Will Collyer, Kiff Vandenheuvel, and Erin Bennett (Hachette Audio)