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.
Inspirational/Faith-Based Fiction
In segregated Virginia, 1932, a white family takes in a black girl whose parents are killed in a... Read More
Inspirational/Faith-Based Non-Fiction
This book is, in part, the backstory of the hit movie THE BLIND SIDE, about the couple who were... Read More
Literary Fiction
Narrator Coleen Marlo has ample opportunities to shine with an unlikely combination of characters:... Read More
Multi-Voiced Performance
Review pending. © AudioFile 2011, Portland, Maine
Mystery
Michael Connelly’s latest legal thriller brings together his major characters on the same team:... Read More
Non-Fiction
This multifaceted story interweaves a mini-biography of Henrietta Lacks and her family with an... Read More
Original Work
This is a 21st-century Spillane yarn with all the clichés intact. The author would have loved Stacy... Read More
Package Design
Fans of Bob and Ray’s timeless wit and intelligent humor will rejoice as some of the best of the... Read More
Paranormal
Narrator Kevin Collins is eminently likable as Ethan Wate, a teenager trying to navigate the loss of... Read More
Personal Development
Queen Latifah seeks to help young women build their self-esteem and find their own inner queen.... Read More
Romance
This beautiful literary romance is told from the point of view of Charlotte Brontë as she and her... Read More
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