Our Members' Choice Award
Our Members' Choice Award
Launched in 2021, our Members' Choice Award provides members with the opportunity to vote for their favourite titles published in the previous 12 months, from a shortlist of 20 titles which includes a wide range of fiction and non-fiction titles. A highlight of the year for staff and members, read on to hear from the winners so far, and what winning this award means to them.
2024
Our 2024 winner was Rebecca Yarros for Iron Flame, book 2 in the fantasy series, The Empyrean. Click here to watch the announcement and hear from Rebecca.
2023
Last years winner was Elly Griffiths for Bleeding Heart Yard, a gripping crime thriller.
Elly said of winning the award;
"I’m very honoured to win the Listening Books Members’ Choice Award," said Griffiths, "Audiobooks are a wonderful thing in themselves and that is partly, if not entirely due to the brilliance of the narrators. So, I have to share this award with the narrators of Bleeding Heart Yard”.
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2022
The 2022 winner was Ben Aaronovitch for Rivers of London: Amongst Our Weapons, the ninth book in the Rivers of London series.
Ben Aaronovitch said this about winning the award,
"This is a particularly good award.. it’s an honour. People look down on listening to books and I don’t see why. I listen to books all the time and I think it is a wonderful way to hear a story. After all when you write you are hearing it in your head and so having it spoken out loud is practically an extension of what you are doing!".
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2021
In 2021, the winning title of the inaugural award was The Marlow Murder Club by Robert Thorogood, also known for his acclaimed Death in Paradise series.
“When I write a novel, I’m always saying the words out loud, because I believe that books should be read out loud. So, the fact that the award is for how [The Marlow Murder Club] sounds means so much to me.”
Voting for our Members' Choice Award 2025 will open later in the year. If you are a Listening Books member and want to take part in this year's award by voting for your favourite title, visit https://www.listening-books.org.uk/extra/members-choice-award. You can view all the current nominee's and cast your vote.
If you or someone you know has an illness, disability, learning or mental health condition and would like to become a member of Listening Books, to enjoy our wide range of audiobooks, newspapers and magazines, you can join online at www.listening-books.org.uk/join or get in touch on 0207 407 9417 or email info@listening-books.org.uk.
Written by Claire Bell
