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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). 2017 is the 22nd year of annual Audies Awards. Finalists are announced in 26 categories. 


Explore the 2017 Audie Award Finalists with sound clips and reviews in all categories below. 

Short Stories/Collections

EAST, WEST

EAST, WEST

Salman Rushdie, Read by Sunil Malhotra, Steven Crossley

Narrator Sunil Malhotra tackles the three "East" stories, and narrator Steven Crossley delivers the... Read More

Short Stories/Collections

KILLER WOMEN

KILLER WOMEN

Louise Miller, Alex Marwood, Tammy Cohen, Read by Clare Corbett, Adjoa Andoh, Rache Atkins, Carl Prekopp

AudioFile review pending. FROM THE PUBLISHER: Blade-sharp and pared to the bone, these original... Read More

Thriller/Suspense

CROSS JUSTICE

WINNER
CROSS JUSTICE

James Patterson, Read by Ruben Santiago Hudson, Jefferson Mays

James Patterson fine-tunes his backstory in this latest Alex Cross audiobook. He sends Alex and his... Read More

Thriller/Suspense

THE FALL OF MOSCOW STATION

THE FALL OF MOSCOW STATION

Mark Henshaw, Read by Eric G. Dove

Despite the demise of the Soviet Union, Russia still engenders mistrust and is an ideal subject for... Read More

Thriller/Suspense

HIDDEN BODIES

HIDDEN BODIES

Caroline Kepnes, Read by Santino Fontana

In this stand-alone sequel to YOU, smart and droll listeners are reintroduced to Joe Goldberg, a... Read More

Thriller/Suspense

HOME

HOME

Harlan Coben, Read by Steven Weber

Myron Bolitar and his sidekick, Windsor Horne Lockwood III—Win for short—investigate the decade-old... Read More

Thriller/Suspense

THE SHORT DROP

THE SHORT DROP

Matthew FitzSimmons, Read by James Patrick Cronin

A riveting story needs a narrator who can keep pace, and James Patrick Cronin meets the challenge.... Read More

Young Adult

THE GAME OF LOVE AND DEATH

THE GAME OF LOVE AND DEATH

Martha Brockenbrough, Read by Susan Hanfield

Narrator Susan Hanfield embodies the characters Love and Death, who wager on the love between Henry... Read More

Young Adult

GEMINA

GEMINA

Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff, Read by Carla Corvo, Steve West, P.J. Ochlan and a Full Cast

In the 26th century, a space station is besieged by privateers--but how and why? Kaufman and... Read More

Young Adult

MY LADY JANE

MY LADY JANE

Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, Jodi Meadows, Read by Katherine Kellgren

AudioFile review pending. FROM THE PUBLISHER: The comical, fantastical, romantical, (not) entirely... Read More

Young Adult

SALT TO THE SEA

WINNER
SALT TO THE SEA

Ruta Sepetys, Read by Jorjeana Marie, Will Damron, Cassandra Morris, Michael Crouch

The points of view of four young people caught in the clash between Germany and Russia during WWII... Read More

Young Adult

WINTER

WINTER

Marissa Meyer, Read by Rebecca Soler

Narrator Rebecca Soler confidently navigates a complicated plot in this final installment of the... Read More

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