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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. 

Young Listeners

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WINNER
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Charles R. Smith, Jr., Read by Dion Graham, William Jackson Harper, Zainab Jah, January LaVoy, Robin Miles, Lizan Mitchell, Jonathan Earl Peck, Carter Woodson Redwood

This history of black culture performed by a talented ensemble of eight voices is a listening... Read More

Young Listeners

ISLAND TREASURES

ISLAND TREASURES

Alma Flor Ada, Read by Trini Alvarado

Trini Alvarado is the consummate narrator for these delightful first-person vignettes that take... Read More

Young Listeners

THE TALE OF KITTY-IN-BOOTS

THE TALE OF KITTY-IN-BOOTS

Beatrix Potter, Read by Helen Mirren

This previously unpublished story by Beatrix Potter, released on the 150th anniversary of her birth,... Read More

Young Listeners

VOICE OF FREEDOM

VOICE OF FREEDOM

Carole Boston Weatherford, Read by Janina Edwards

Opening with a spirited rendition of “This Little Light of Mine,” one of Fannie Lou Hamer’s favorite... Read More

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