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THE SHORTLIST
Tale
Margaret Atwood PRH AUDIO
My Sister, the Serial Killer Oyinkan Braithwaite W F HOWES
The Body Bill Bryson AUDIBLE
The Beekeeper of Aleppo Christy Lefteri BONNIER
The Madness of Crowds Douglas Murray BLOOMSBURY
The Secret Commonwealth Philip Pullman PRH AUDIO
Gotta Get Theroux This Louis Theroux MACMILLAN
BOOK OF THE YEAR AUDIOBOOK
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he casting for this audiobook was dubbed “clever” and “inspired” by the judges for this category. The Testaments audiobook starred Ann Dowd, Bryce Dallas Howard and Mae Whitman voicing the three protagonists. The casting of Dowd, who plays Aunt Lydia in “The
Handmaid’s Tale” television series, cleverly brought in the series-watching audience, while the other big names also attracted new listeners. Atwood herself voiced an introduction to the audiobook. One judge felt
WINNER
The Testaments Margaret Atwood PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE AUDIO
this added a “real magic” to the book as the somewhat private author welcomed readers back to the story, after almost 30 years had passed since The Handmaid’s Tale. Alongside the casting, the marketing strategy looked to introduce the audiobook to non-readers. The targeted cinema advertising was “smart” and brought “broad commercial appeal” to the title, said the judges. And it paid off: The Testaments became the fastest-selling Penguin Random House audiobook ever—both in the UK and globally. Ultimately, this is an audiobook that seems to have been “treated as an
equal to the book itself—not a derivative, nor a competitor, or an alternative; it is a different thing of equal value.” The judges felt that “many audiobooks could learn from this superb production”.
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