Five audiobooks have been nominated for the Grammy Award for best audio book, narration and storytelling recording.
Barbra Streisand received her 47th Grammy nomination for narrating the audiobook version of her memoir, My Name Is Barbra. The audiobook, which features a cameo by talk show host Stephen Colbert, is 48 hours long.
Former President Jimmy Carter, who is in hospice care and recently turned 100, scored his 10th Grammy nomination for Last Sundays in Plains: A Centennial Celebration. Carter won the award three times before, for Our Endangered Values, A Full Life, and Faith.
Dolly Parton, who has been nominated for more than 50 Grammys, added another nod for her narration of Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones, the book she co-wrote with Holly George-Warren and Rebecca Seaver.
Another music legend, George Clinton, earned a nomination for his Audible original …And Your Ass Will Follow, while Guy Oldfield was nominated as the producer of All You Need Is Love: The Beatles in Their Own Words, the audiobook version of Peter Brown and Steven Gaines’ book.
The Grammy Award for best audio book, narration and storytelling recording was established in 1959 under the name best performance, documentary or spoken word. Past winners include Ken Burns for The Civil War, Christopher Reeve for Still Me, and Viola Davis for Finding Me.
The winners of the Grammy Awards will be announced at a ceremony on Feb. 2, 2025.
Michael Schaub is a contributing writer.
