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
The novel follows the lives of four police officers and their families and an immigrant construction... Read More
Inspirational/Faith-Based Non-Fiction
There are other audio Bibles on the market, including others that come like this one, with musical... Read More
Literary Fiction
The audiobook equivalent of "couldn't put it down" must be "couldn't pause it." There was little... Read More
Multi-Voiced Performance
LA Theatre Works presents an immensely powerful production of Hansberry's 1959 groundbreaking play.... Read More
Mystery
Will Patton is a superb listen. He combines passion, power, and pathos with exquisite voicing to... Read More
Narration by the Author or Authors
Author-narrator Libba Bray starts with this premise: What would happen if a plane carrying Teen... Read More
Non-Fiction
William Dufris does wonders narrating this long, convoluted tale of the shocking murder and... Read More
Original Work
It’s the 2070s. The United States is no longer united, and the breakaway territory of Cascadia in... Read More
Package Design
Review pending. 2012 Audies Finalist © AudioFile 2012, Portland, Maine
Paranormal
Narrator Bronson Pinchot makes this story engagingly real. His close attention to Correia’s tonal... Read More
Personal Development
Jane Fonda’s familiar voice and warm engagement with this lovely book make listening as comfortable... Read More
Romance
New York City's top murder cop, Eve Dallas, is plunged back into her own private nightmare when she... Read More
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