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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. 

Excellence in Production

BATTLEFIELD EARTH

BATTLEFIELD EARTH

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 Production

BERIC THE BRITON

BERIC THE BRITON

G.A. Henty, Nick Heid, Read by Brian Blessed, Brian Cox, Tom Baker, Huneysuckle Weeks, Cathy Sara, John Rhys-Davies and a Full Cast

The instantly recognizable voice of British actor Brian Blessed (recently awarded an OBE) is just... Read More

Excellence in Production

THE OEDIPUS PLAYS

THE OEDIPUS PLAYS

Sophocles, Ian Johnston [Trans.], Read by Jamie Glover, Hayley Atwell, Michael Maloney, Samantha Bond, Julian Glover, David Horovitch

Classical Greek drama was performed through masks, so an audio version, depending almost entirely on... Read More

Excellence in Production

THE SECRET HISTORY OF TWIN PEAKS

THE SECRET HISTORY OF TWIN PEAKS

Mark Frost, Read by Kyle MacLachlan, Russ Tamblyn, Michael Horse, David Patrick Kelly, Amy Shiels, Robert Knepper, James Morrison, Annie Wersching, Len Cariou, Matt Hostetler

With some original cast members and one of the original authors, this audiobook tells the fictional... Read More

Excellence in Production

A WILD SWAN

A WILD SWAN

Michael Cunningham, Read by Lili Taylor, Billy Hough

How should fairy tales sound? When it comes to Michael Cunningham's marvelous reimagining of 11... Read More

Fantasy

THE BANDS OF MOURNING

THE BANDS OF MOURNING

Brandon Sanderson, Read by Michael Kramer

Narrator Michael Kramer is a knowledgeable guide to Sanderson's Mistborn series, After all, this... Read More

Fantasy

THE BLACK PRISM

THE BLACK PRISM

Brent Weeks, Read by Simon Vance

In this first audiobook of the five-volume Lightbringer series, the tale of two brothers and the... Read More

Fantasy

THE EVERYTHING BOX

THE EVERYTHING BOX

Richard Kadrey, Read by Oliver Wyman

The Everything Box is a mystical artifact of great power, lost by a minor angel many millennia ago.... Read More

Fantasy

THE HIKE

WINNER
THE HIKE

Drew Magary, Read by Christopher Lane

Imagine landing in a role-playing game in which one must go through ridiculously stressful... Read More

Fantasy

LEAGUE OF DRAGONS

LEAGUE OF DRAGONS

Naomi Novik, Read by Simon Vance

Simon Vance returns for the ninth and last book in this series, set during the Napoleonic Wars as... Read More

Fiction

AMERICA'S FIRST DAUGHTER

AMERICA'S FIRST DAUGHTER

Stephanie Dray, Laura Kamoie, Read by Cassandra Campbell

As is her exquisite habit, Cassandra Campbell immerses herself in her narration of this audiobook,... Read More

Fiction

DARKTOWN

DARKTOWN

Thomas Mullen, Read by André Holland

André Holland gives voice to a gripping police procedural that takes place in 1948 but is relevant... Read More

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