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Audie Award Finalists and Winners

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 28 categories.

Explore the 2016 Audie Award Finalists with sound clips and reviews in all categories below.

Literary Fiction & Classics

LITTLE BIG MAN

WINNER

Thomas Berger, Read by Scott Sowers, David Aaron Baker, Henry Strozier

This audio achievement begins with narrator David Aaron Baker portraying writer Ralph Fielding... Read More

Literary Fiction & Classics

SWEETLAND

Michael Crummey, Read by John Lee

Narrator John Lee’s deep voice and rhythmic intonation are perfect for this beautiful novel, set... Read More

Literary Fiction & Classics

'TIL THE WELL RUNS DRY

Lauren Francis-Sharma, Read by Ron Butler, Bahni Turpin

An astonishingly unique historical novel, which begins in Trinidad in the 1940s, this is an example... Read More

Middle Grade

DIARY OF A MAD BROWNIE

Bruce Coville, Read by Euan Morton, Nancy O'Connor, Amanda Carlin, Scott Sherratt, Amanda D'Acierno, Jennifer Rubins, Joe Scalora, Dan Zitt, Tavia Gilbert, Matt Hostetler, Karen Dziekonski

Presented with a full cast, this story is a delightful romp from Scotland to Connecticut via the... Read More

Middle Grade

ECHO

WINNER

Pam Muñoz Ryan, Read by Mark Bramhall, David de Vries, MacLeod Andrews, Rebecca Soler

Music infuses this production as four narrators perform interlocked stories about children who... Read More

Middle Grade

JUMP BACK, PAUL

Sally Derby, Read by Bahni Turpin, Dion Graham

Listening to Paul Laurence Dunbar’s poetry is truly a delight. Narrator Dion Graham reads the poems... Read More

Middle Grade

STELLA BY STARLIGHT

Sharon M. Draper, Read by Heather Alicia Simms

Peering through brush in the starlight, Stella and her brother see hooded Klan figures burning a... Read More

Middle Grade

THE UNMAPPED SEA

Maryrose Wood, Read by Katherine Kellgren

Narrator Katherine Kellgren’s enthusiastic energy is a fine match for the farcical tone of this... Read More

Multi-Voiced Performance

CLOCKWORK LIVES

Kevin J. Anderson, Neil Peart, Read by Morgan Hallet, George Guidall, Richard Poe, Jim Jenner, Tandy Cronyn, Pete Bradbury, Barbara Rosenblat, Brian Hutchinson, Luis Moreno, Lynne McCullough, Jonathan Todd Ross, Kevin J. Anderson, Neil Peart

AudioFile review pending. FROM THE PUBLISHER: Some lives can be summed up in a sentence or two.... Read More

Multi-Voiced Performance

ECHO

Pam Muñoz Ryan, Read by Mark Bramhall, David de Vries, MacLeod Andrews, Rebecca Soler

Music infuses this production as four narrators perform interlocked stories about children who... Read More

Multi-Voiced Performance

HOW IT WENT DOWN

Kekla Magoon, Read by Cherise Boothe, Shari Peele, Kevin R. Free, Avery Glymph, Patricia R. Floyd, Brian Hutchinson, Myra Lucretia Taylor, Ezra Knight, Peter Jay Fernandez, Hubert Point-Du-Jour, Korey Jackson

Cherise Boothe anchors this production with her performance as world-weary Jennica, a teen we meet... Read More

Multi-Voiced Performance

ILLUMINAE

WINNER

Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff, Read by Lincoln Hoppe, Olivia Taylor Dudley, Jonathan McClain, Beata Pozniak,and a Full Cast

A full cast, sound effects, strong pacing, and thorough characterizations expand as well as anchor... Read More

Audie Award Finalists and Winners

LITTLE BIG MAN

SWEETLAND

'TIL THE WELL RUNS DRY

DIARY OF A MAD BROWNIE

ECHO

JUMP BACK, PAUL

STELLA BY STARLIGHT

THE UNMAPPED SEA

CLOCKWORK LIVES

ECHO

HOW IT WENT DOWN

ILLUMINAE

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