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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 of the Year Biography/Memoir Business/Educational Children's Titles - Ages 8-12 CHILDRENS TITLES - AGES UP TO 8 Classic DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION Fantasy 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 Paranormal Personal Development Romance Science Fiction Short Stories/Collections Teens Thriller/Suspense

Audio Drama

I, CLAUDIUS

WINNER

Robert Graves, Read by a Full Cast

BBC Radio 4 presents a dramatization of poet and classicist Robert Graves’s Julio-Claudian family... Read More

Audiobook of the Year

BOSSYPANTS

WINNER

Tina Fey, Read by Tina Fey

Part personal story, part comedy, and part career advice, Tina Fey's memoir is full of her... Read More

Biography/Memoir

BOSSYPANTS

WINNER

Tina Fey, Read by Tina Fey

Part personal story, part comedy, and part career advice, Tina Fey's memoir is full of her... Read More

Business/Educational

BAREFOOT EXECUTIVE

WINNER

Carrie Wilkerson, Read by Carrie Wilkerson

Carrie Wilkerson is a business coach, mentor, consultant, and motivational speaker from deep in the... Read More

Children's Titles - Ages 8-12

HEART AND SOUL

WINNER

Kadir Nelson, Read by Debbie Allen

The success of Kadir Nelson’s short book and Debbie Allen’s amazing dramatization comes from the... Read More

CHILDRENS TITLES - AGES UP TO 8

DJANGO

WINNER

Bonnie Christensen, Read by George Guidall

Christensen’s biography of Django Reinhardt brings this pioneer of jazz to life for young people.... Read More

Classic

THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF NICHOLAS NICKLEBY

WINNER

Charles Dickens, Read by Simon Vance

As is typical of Charles Dickens, NICHOLAS NICKLEBY contains a myriad of characters, and as is... Read More

DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION

THE WATCH THAT ENDS THE NIGHT

WINNER

Allan Wolf, Read by Michael Page, Phil Gigante, Christopher Lane, Laural Merlington, Angela Dawe

This production tells the story of the passengers on the TITANIC through interlinked poems from... Read More

Fantasy

DAUGHTER OF SMOKE AND BONE

WINNER

Laini Taylor, Read by Khristine Hvam

Khristine Hvam portrays a confident, inquisitive, and grounded young woman who lives an ordinary... Read More

Fiction

ALAS, BABYLON

WINNER

Pat Frank, Read by Will Patton

Will Patton is a calm and steady narrator whose quiet intensity wraps around this post-apocalyptic... Read More

History

1861: THE CIVIL WAR AWAKENING

WINNER

Adam Goodheart, Read by Jonathan Davis

Adam Goodheart focuses on the start of the war and the events leading up to it. The book opens in... Read More

Humor

SHATNER RULES

WINNER

William Shatner, Chris Regan, Read by William Shatner

Opinionated, award-winning actor William Shatner here reveals his rules for life with great panache... Read More

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