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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 25 categories.

See the Press Release (pdf) of the 2016 Finalists—released February 9, here .
Explore the 2016 Audie Award Finalists with sound clips and reviews in all categories below.

Audio Drama

SAINT JOAN

WINNER

Bernard Shaw, Read by Amy Irving, Edward Herrmann, Stefan Rudnicki, and a Full Cast

Those who doubt the power of radio theater should be silenced by this performance of what has been... Read More

AUDIOBOOK ADAPTATION

NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN

WINNER

Cormac McCarthy, Read by Sean Barrett

The source for the superb film NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN is the equally superb short novel by Cormac... Read More

Audiobook of the Year

LIFE

WINNER

Keith Richards, James Fox, Read by Keith Richards, Johnny Depp, Joe Hurley

One of the most highly anticipated autobiographies in years, Keith Richards’s memoir, predictably,... Read More

Biography/Memoir

LIFE

WINNER

Keith Richards, James Fox, Read by Keith Richards, Johnny Depp, Joe Hurley

One of the most highly anticipated autobiographies in years, Keith Richards’s memoir, predictably,... Read More

Business/Educational

THE INTELLIGENT ENTREPRENEUR

WINNER

Bill Murphy, Jr. , Read by L.J. Ganser, Fred Berman

After plowing through all 12+ hours of this audiobook, the listener may wonder if it was... Read More

Children's Titles - Ages 8-12

THE EVOLUTION OF CALPURNIA TATE

WINNER

Jacqueline Kelly, Read by Natalie Ross

Eleven-year-old Calpurnia Tate is growing up on a Texas farm with six brothers in 1899. She longs to... Read More

CHILDRENS TITLES - AGES UP TO 8

THIS JAZZ MAN

WINNER

Karen Ehrhardt, Read by James "D Train" Williams

Some stories shared by parents and children have the power to be remembered long after the loved and... Read More

Classic

THE WOMAN IN WHITE

WINNER

Wilkie Collins, Read by Roger Rees, Rosalyn Landor, John Lee, Judy Geeson, Gabrielle de Cuir, Stefan Rudnicki

Diabolical plans are afoot when the wealthy, young Laura Fairlie is targeted in a conspiracy to... Read More

DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION

HERE IN HARLEM

WINNER

Walter Dean Myers, Read by Muhammad Cunningham, Michael Early, Patricia R. Floyd, Kevin R. Free, Arthur French, Dion Graham, Nathan Hinton, Ezra Knight, Robin Miles, Lizan Mitchell, Gail Nelson, Monica Patton, Charles Turner

In his introduction, author Walter Dean Myers explains that his collection of poems about Harlem was... Read More