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.
Audio Drama
Richard St. Vier, swordsman extraordinaire, often fights duels to protect the honor of a noble—or... Read More
Audiobook of the Year
The smooth and convincing intimacy of Colin Firth's narration brings listeners quickly into dreary,... Read More
Biography/Memoir
In this gripping memoir, narrator Wanda McCaddon recounts how Holocaust survivor Sara Tuvel... Read More
Business/Educational
Can body language reveal when someone is lying? Is there a way to identify when an interviewee is... Read More
Children's Titles - Ages 8-12
Sometimes an author-narrator’s spoken voice does not ring as true as his or her characters' voices... Read More
CHILDRENS TITLES - AGES UP TO 8
The heroine of Alexander McCall Smith’s popular series becomes accessible to the younger set with... Read More
Classic
Add this title to the list of Dickens works that leap to life, thanks to a skillful narrator. After... Read More
DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION
Followers of the popular vampire literary and film interpretations of recent years might be blasé... Read More
Fantasy
Neil Gaiman Presents reintroduces listeners to Keith Roberts’s flirty witch, Anita. Anita flits... Read More
Fiction
Claire Danes sparkles in this performance. At once timeless and timely, this dystopian novel... Read More
History
One of the key innovations of rock and roll was that it empowered young artists to not only write... Read More
Humor
Halpern’s collection of relationship faux pas is filtered through interactions between himself and... Read More
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