Hear Our National Book Award Winners
By Penguin Random House Audio
Award season is here, and we’re thrilled to congratulate Penguin Random House’s 2024 National Book Award winners! Don’t miss a beat—listen to clips and download the audiobook editions of these remarkable productions now.
Winner – Fiction
“Dominic Hoffman narrates this reimagining of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, but this time Jim tells his own story…Hoffman’s performance captures the varying tone of Jim’s dialogue, highlighting the shifts in his vocabulary and rhythm. With its subtlety and attention to detail, Hoffman’s narration reinforces Jim’s character and narrative arcs as Jim takes back his agency in life.”—AudioFile
Winner – Young People’s Literature
“Narrator Peter Romano’s soft voice is at an appropriate volume for Syrian American Kareem, a middle child who feels unseen at home and at school…Romano’s ability to shift between Syrian and American accents illuminates how Kareem is caught between cultures…”—AudioFile
Winner – Nonfiction
“Jason De León is a strong narrator of his own work, an eye-opening examination of human smugglers…His performance carries empathy for the people he is writing about, but he is not overly sentimental. He does an excellent job with dialogue, injecting humanity and personality into those whom many Americans see simply as criminals.”—AudioFile
