Autobiographies and memoirs are a favorite genre in audiobooks, and the subject matter in this category can be wide ranging. Hear host Jo Reed and AudioFile’s Michele Cobb discuss the impressive finalists and the winner who took home the 2020 Audie Award home in the Autobiography/Memoir category. Listen in for a clip from the winning audiobook, too.

The finalists for the 2020 Audie Awards in Autobiography/Memoir are:
BECOMING by Michelle Obama, read by Michelle Obama, published by Penguin Random House Audio
FROM SCRATCH by Tembi Locke, read by Tembi Locke, published by Simon & Schuster Audio
ME by Elton John, read by Taron Egerton, Elton John, published by Macmillan Audio
MOTHERSTRUCK! by Staceyann Chin, read by Staceyann Chin, published by Audible Studios
TOO MUCH IS NOT ENOUGH by Andrew Rannells, read by Andrew Rannells, published by Penguin Random House Audio

Find a full list of 2020 Audie Award finalists and winners at theaudies.com

Support for Behind the Mic with AudioFile Magazine comes from Oasis Audio, publisher of Jolina Petersheim’s How the Light Gets In — a 2020 Audie Awards winner.
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