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Audie Award Finalists and Winners

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The Audie Awards recognizes distinction in audiobooks and spoken word entertainment sponsored by the Audio Publishers Association (APA). 2016 is the 21st year of annual Audies Awards. Finalists are announced in 25 categories. 

See the Press Release (pdf) of the 2016 Finalists—released February 9, here .
Explore the 2016 Audie Award Finalists with sound clips and reviews in all categories below. 

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All Categories Audio Drama AUDIOBOOK ADAPTATION Audiobook of the Year Biography/Memoir Business/Educational Children's Titles - Ages 8-12 CHILDRENS TITLES - AGES UP TO 8 Classic DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION Fiction History Humor Inspirational/Faith-Based Fiction Inspirational/Faith-Based Non-Fiction Literary Fiction Multi-Voiced Performance Mystery Narration by the Author or Authors Non-Fiction Original Work Package Design Personal Development Romance SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY Short Stories/Collections SPANISH LANGUAGE Teens Thriller/Suspense

Inspirational/Faith-Based Non-Fiction

THE WORD OF PROMISE AUDIO BIBLE

WINNER

Thomas Nelson [Eds.], Read by Michael York, Jim Caviezel, Richard Dreyfuss, Gary Sinise, Jason Alexander, Marisa Tomei, et al.

The elements of voice, sound, and music are densely woven together in this complete New King James... Read More

Literary Fiction

WOLF HALL

WINNER

Hilary Mantel, Read by Simon Slater

Simon Slater's inspired narration of this year's Booker Prize novel, set in the court of Henry VIII,... Read More

Multi-Voiced Performance

NELSON MANDELA'S FAVORITE AFRICAN FOLKTALES

WINNER

Nelson Mandela [Ed.], Read by Gillian Anderson, Benjamin Bratt, LeVar Burton, Ricardo Chavira, Don Cheadle, Matt Damon, et al.

What a special collection of preserved and retold folklore, creation stories, and fables from... Read More

Mystery

DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS

WINNER

Walter Mosley, Read by Michael Boatman

Narrator Michael Boatman's ability to transition smoothly through a range of accents and from... Read More

Narration by the Author or Authors

ODD AND THE FROST GIANTS

WINNER

Neil Gaiman, Read by Neil Gaiman

Neil Gaiman does a good bear voice. This is important in an audiobook populated with a talking bear,... Read More

Non-Fiction

THE NATIONAL PARKS

WINNER

Dayton Duncan, Ken Burns, Read by Danny Campbell et al.

The audio version of Duncan's companion volume to his and Ken Burns's film (which seems much the... Read More

Package Design

THE WORD OF PROMISE AUDIO BIBLE

WINNER

Thomas Nelson [Eds.], Read by Michael York, Jim Caviezel, Richard Dreyfuss, Gary Sinise, Jason Alexander, Marisa Tomei, et al.

The elements of voice, sound, and music are densely woven together in this complete New King James... Read More

Personal Development

NURTURESHOCK

WINNER

Po Bronson, Ashley Merryman, Read by Po Bronson

Bronson's genial voice and enthusiasm work well as he narrates his and Merryman's paradigm-shifting... Read More

Romance

THE UNTAMED BRIDE

WINNER

Stephanie Laurens, Read by Simon Prebble

The first book in Laurens’s Black Cobra Quartet begins slowly, and Simon Prebble's leisurely... Read More

SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY

BELLWETHER

WINNER

Connie Willis, Read by Kate Reading

Kate Reading delivers this novella, which features a sociologist and a chaos theorist. A man and... Read More

Short Stories/Collections

BLACK MASK AUDIO MAGAZINE, VOL. 1

WINNER

Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, Earl Stanley Gardner, et al., Read by Richard Ferrone, Grover Gardner, Anthony Heald, Malcolm Hillgartner, William Hughes, Lorna Raver, Burt Ross, Rochelle Savitt, Christine Williams, Tom Weiner, Kaitlin Hopkins, George Guidall, Jeff Woodman

Blackstone Audio returns listeners to the thrilling days of yesteryear with some of the best takes... Read More

Teens

PEACE, LOCOMOTION

WINNER

Jacqueline Woodson, Read by Dion Graham

In her sequel to LOCOMOTION, Woodson's format has moved from poetry to letters in this epistolary... Read More

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