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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.

Erotica

SWEET DREAMS

Sunny Leone, Read by Simone Lewis, Vikas Adam

Adult film and Bollywood actor Sunny Leone's collection of erotic stories with Indian characters is... Read More

Excellence in Design

THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER

Mark Twain, Read by Nick Offerman

AudioFile review pending. FROM THE PUBLISHER: "Being paid to perform such a gratifying activity as... Read More

Excellence in Design

ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND

Lewis Carroll, Read by Scarlett Johansson

After falling asleep, seeing the White Rabbit, and falling down the rabbit hole to Wonderland, Alice... Read More

Excellence in Design

ALIEN: OUT OF THE SHADOWS

Tim Lebbon, Dirk Maggs, Read by Rutger Hauer, Corey Johnson, Matthew Lewis, Kathryn Drysdale, Laurel Lefkow, Andrea Deck, Mac McDonald

The deep-space mining vessel MARION, with Chief Engineer Hooper (Corey Johnson) at the helm, is... Read More

Excellence in Design

GEEK FEMINIST REVOLUTION

WINNER

Kameron Hurley, Read by C.S.E. Cooney

Hurley, a two-time Hugo winner and deeply thoughtful social and media critic, has published a... Read More

Excellence in Design

GRIMM'S FAIRY TALES

The Brothers Grimm, Read by Jim Dale, Janis Ian, Alfred Molina, Katherine Kellgren, Dion Graham, and a Full Cast

Opening with Katherine Kellgren’s stately, measured reading of “Rapunzel,” this collection presents... Read More

Excellence in Marketing

ALIEN: OUT OF THE SHADOWS

Tim Lebbon, Dirk Maggs, Read by Rutger Hauer, Corey Johnson, Matthew Lewis, Kathryn Drysdale, Laurel Lefkow, Andrea Deck, Mac McDonald

The deep-space mining vessel MARION, with Chief Engineer Hooper (Corey Johnson) at the helm, is... Read More

Excellence in Marketing

BATTLEFIELD EARTH

WINNER

L. Ron Hubbard, Read by Josh Clark, Charlie Davis, Scott Menville, Jim Meskimen, Stefan Rudnicki, and a Full Cast

Jonnie Tyler isn’t like the rest of his small, isolated tribe. He wants to know what lies beyond his... Read More

Excellence in Marketing

BOB HONEY WHO JUST DO STUFF

Pappy Pariah, Read by Sean Penn, Frances McDormand, Ari Fliakos, Leila George

This full-cast performance of a series of vignettes that intend to allude to contemporary U.S.... Read More

Excellence in Marketing

THE DISPATCHER

John Scalzi, Read by Zachary Quinto

The hero of this book is narrator Zachary Quinto, who makes a potentially confusing story simple and... Read More

Excellence in Marketing

HAMILTON

Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jeremy McCarter, Read by Mariska Hargitay, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jeremy McCarter [Intro]

Mariska Hargitay takes on the role of warm documentarian in her narration of this behind-the-scenes... Read More

Excellence in Production

ALIEN: OUT OF THE SHADOWS

WINNER

Tim Lebbon, Dirk Maggs, Read by Rutger Hauer, Corey Johnson, Matthew Lewis, Kathryn Drysdale, Laurel Lefkow, Andrea Deck, Mac McDonald

The deep-space mining vessel MARION, with Chief Engineer Hooper (Corey Johnson) at the helm, is... Read More

Audie Award Finalists and Winners

SWEET DREAMS

THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER

ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND

ALIEN: OUT OF THE SHADOWS

GEEK FEMINIST REVOLUTION

GRIMM'S FAIRY TALES

ALIEN: OUT OF THE SHADOWS

BATTLEFIELD EARTH

BOB HONEY WHO JUST DO STUFF

THE DISPATCHER

HAMILTON

ALIEN: OUT OF THE SHADOWS

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